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15 Sep

West Bengal CID summons BJP leader in coal smuggling case

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsNorth EastCID, Coal, INDIA, Smuggling, TMC, west bengal

West Bengal BJP leader Jitendra Tiwari has been summoned to appear before the state CID for an investigation into the coal smuggling case, officials said on Thursday. The CID on Friday asked Mr Tiwari to appear before its officers in the city for questioning in the coal smuggling case. Mr Tiwari, who is a former Trinamool Congress mayor of Asansol and joined the BJP ahead of the 2021 West Bengal assembly elections, confirmed receiving the notice. "An investigating authority can summon anyone in the interest of the investigation," said Mr Tiwari, former TMC MLA from Pandaveshwar. The CBI and the…

26 Apr

Prashant Kishor Rejects Congress offer, won’t join party

editor0 CommentsPoliticalcongress, TMC

Poll strategist Prashant Kishor on Tuesday declined the Congress offer to be a part of the birthday celebration and evolve its poll strategy and said more than him, the birthday celebration wants management and collective will to fix deep-rooted structural issues through transformational reforms. Kishor was asked by using Congress president Sonia Gandhi to join the celebration and be a phase of the Empowered Action Group-2024 and take care of its election method for upcoming polls. Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said Kishor has declined the provide and the birthday celebration appreciates his efforts and suggestions. Kishor had made a…

16 Apr

West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee thanks voters of Asansol, Ballygunge as TMC inches closer to victory

editor0 CommentsPoliticalMamta banerjee, TMC, west bengal

Mamata Banerjee thanked the voters as the TMC came close to winning the by-elections held in Asansol and Ballygunge in Bengal. On Twitter, she said, “I sincerely thank the electors of the Asansol Parliamentary Constituency and the Ballygunge Assembly Constituency for giving a decisive mandate to AITC birthday celebration candidates. We consider this to be our people’s heat Shubho Nababarsho gift to our Ma- Mati- Manush organization. Salute to the voters for reposing faith in us, but again.” TMC's Shatrughan Sinha is leading in Asansol seat by 1,02,000 votes, Babul Supriyo is also ahead in the Ballygunge seat. Babul Supriya…

22 Mar

TMC panchayat leader killed in bomb attack in Birbhum District

editor0 CommentsWest BengalTMC

A Trinamool Congress (TMC) panchayat leader was killed in an alleged bomb assault in Birbhum, almost a week after two councillors had been gunned down in West Bengal. Unidentified assailants hurled crude bombs at TMC's Bhadu Pradhan in Birbhum's Rampurhat on Monday. According to sources, Pradhan was getting closer to State Highway 50 when miscreants hurled crude bombs at him. He used to be rushed to Rampurhat Medical College, the place he was reported dead. This comes simply a week after two councillors in West Bengal had been shot through unknown assailants. Last Sunday evening, a TMC councillor was once…

17 Mar

TMC govt turned down NSO’s offer to sell Pegasus spyware, says WB CM Mamata Banerjee

editor0 CommentsWest BengalMamata Banerjee, TMC

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that her government had received an offer to purchase the NSO Group's Pegasus software a few years ago, but she had became down the offer. The West Bengal chief minister said, “They came to our police department to sell their software (Pegasus spyware). They demanded 25 crores for it, 5 years back. It came to me, and I stated no, we don't desire to buy such softwares.” Mamata Banerjee’s disclosure comes even as the Supreme Court is looking at a batch of pleas alleging that Israeli adware Pegasus used to be used for…

18 Feb

Amid rift, Abhishek Banerjee reappointed as TMC national general secretary

editor0 CommentsPoliticalTMC

Abhishek Banerjee was appointed Trinamool Congress national general secretary a working committee meeting on Kolkata on Friday. Party supremo Mamata Banerjee, chairing the first working committee meeting since all posts were dissolved on February 12, retained nephew Abhishek in a post he held earlier. Emerging out of the meeting, senior party leader Partha Chatterjee said, “Yashwant Sinha, Subrata Bakshi and Chandrima Bhattacharya will be the party national vice-presidents; Sukhendu Sekhar Ray will be the national spokesperson.” The rift inside the party came to the fore on several occasions, the latest being the tweets of Abhishek loyalists on one-man-one-post which the…

22 Nov

Tripura cops arrest Trinamool’s Saayoni after ‘Khela Hobe’ slogan

editor0 CommentsTripuraTMC

Trinamool Youth Congress president and Tollywood actor Saayoni Ghosh was arrested — and slapped with attemptto-murder charges, among others — by the Agartala police on Sunday, a day after she tweeted a video, in which she was heard saying “Khela Hobe”, the party’s slogan popularised before the Bengal assembly elections, while passing a rally addressed by Tripura CM Biplab Deb.Coming days ahead of the November 25 Agartala Municipal Corporation polls, in which TMC is contesting all 51 wards, there were reports of violence against Trinamool workers, allegedly by BJP men, prompting a Trinamool delegation of MPs to seek an appointment…

22 Oct

“Political Terrorism”: Trinamool’s Sushmita Dev Attacked, Party Blames BJP

editorPoliticalTMC, west bengal

All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Sushmita Dev's vehicle was allegedly vandalised as she and her party workers were reportedly assaulted in Tripura while campaigning for the 2023 elections on Friday. Along with MPO Sushmita Dev, a member of the TMC's political consultancy agency I-PAC was also brutally attacked, the TMC leader alleged. TMC MP Sushmita Dev, who is spearheading the party's campaign for 2023 assembly polls, had launched the campaign called ' Tripurar Jonno Trinamool' and was travelling around the state campaigning in her car along with other members. The party and TMC MP alleged that the attack was…

27 Sep

Mamata vs BJP in Bhabanipur: Dilip Ghosh claims ‘attack’; Trinamool hits back

editor0 CommentsWest BengalBJP, TMC

West Bengal BJP leader Dilip Ghosh has demanded the postponement of the Bhabanipur bypoll. The BJP has pitted Priyanka Tibrewal against Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee in the September 30 bye-election crucial for her to retain her chief ministership. Addressing a press conference on Monday, BJP's national vice president Dilip Ghosh alleged that he and other party workers were attacked on the campaign trail by TMC cadre. Ghosh said he was distributing leaflets in Bhabanipur when TMC workers started raising slogans against the BJP. "Then I entered a vaccination centre. They gheraoed me. That attacked me. Started beating up…

19 Sep

Babul Supriyo not politically significant, his departure not a loss to BJP, says Suvendu Adhikari

editor0 CommentsPoliticalBJP, TMC, west bengal

Reacting to former union minister Babul Supriyo joining Trinamool Congress, West Bengal's leader of opposition (LoP) Suvendu Adhikari claimed that his exit was not a loss for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The BJP leader, however, stated that the Asansol MP Babul Supriyo should have told the party before leaving. "Babul Supriyo should have told BJP before leaving the party. His exit is not a loss for BJP. He is not a mass leader and not a good political organiser. However, personally, he is my good friend," West Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari said. "He could have resigned from Lok…