Abhijit Mukherjee, the son of former President late Pranab Mukherjee, returned to the Congress on Wednesday, after a brief stint with Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress (TMC). Mukherjee formally joined the party in Kolkata in the presence of AICC in-charge Ghulam Ahmad Mir and other state leaders. “…He (Abhijit Mukherjee) was in touch with the leadership…
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday criticized West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, accusing her government of neglecting crimes against women in the state. Amid the controversy surrounding the anti-rape bill in Bengal, Rijiju released a letter dated November 11, 2021, addressed to the West Bengal government, urging the establishment of Fast Track Special Courts…
Bollywood actor and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament, Kangana Ranaut has revealed which woman politician she would like to play next on screen after her role of late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in her upcoming movie, ‘Emergency.’ The Mandi MP has been promoting ‘Emergency,’ a biographical political thriller on the former Prime Minister,…
Three days before violent protests erupted in Bangladesh forcing a regime change, India’s Border Security Force (BSF) declared a state of high alert along the river Padma, a geographical and political line between the two countries. Pushing his bicycle, Mukbul Haque, 34, crosses the border outpost (BOP) at Kakmarichar in Murshidabad, beyond the line of…
Congress leader Supriya Shrinate on Thursday criticised the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government of West Bengal over the recent rape and murder of a female trainee doctor at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. Shrinate questioned why the local administration allegedly attempted to cover up the crime. “The incident was extremely…
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury resigned as president of the Congress party’s West Bengal unit after the Lok Sabha polls. The process of appointing a new chief of the state unit is on. With the former Member of Parliament out, the Congress party has started considering rebuilding its organisation in the state ahead of the…
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee walked out of a NITI Aayog meeting on Saturday after she was ‘unfairly stopped’ from finishing her speech. The assertion however drew sharp condemnation from members of the ruling BJP as well the allied Congress. “The things that Mamata Banerjee is saying regarding NITI Aayog meeting, I feel like…
Trinamool Congress Member of Parliament (MP) Sudip Bandyopadhyay said on July 25 that the people of West Bengal will never support the demand of incorporating northern parts of the state into the North East. The TMC leader was referring to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
Suvendu Adhikari, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader in West Bengal, has sparked a row after he suggested that the saffron party should rethink its ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’ slogan if it wants to reclaim its political fortunes in Trinamool Congress-ruled state. Adhikari, who has been facing the brunt of the heat after party’s successive…
