The appointment of former Principal of RG Kar Medical College & Hospital, Prof. (Dr.) Sandip Ghosh at Calcutta National Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata triggered massive protest on Tuesday as the students protested against the Principal when West Bengal minister Javed Ahmed Kha
TMC MLA Reyat Hossain Sarkar won from Bhagwangola in the recently concluded bye-election with 107,096 votes, while TMC MLA Sayantika Banerjee won from Baranagar with 69,251 votes.
The standoff between the Governor and the state's ruling party, TMC, was triggered by a Raj Bhavan communication inviting the two newly elected MLAs of Bhagwangola and Baranagar, Reyat Hossain Sarkar and Banerjee, respectively, to take oath at the Governor's House on Wednesday.
While addressing a public meeting in Howrah, PM Modi said, "Congress, Left and TMC have put the identity of Bengal at stake for vote bank politics. TMC MLAs are threatening Hindus. They say that there are a few Hindus left here, and we will drown the Hindus in Bhagirathi. Notably, it's ut
BJP MP from Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency Arjun Singh alleged that ahead of PM Narendra Modi's public meeting in Jagaddal on May 12, the Trinamool Congress (TMC)-led administration has dug up the ground to hamper the event.
In a veiled threat to supporters of Opposition forces in the state, ruling Trinamool Congress MLA Hamidur Rehman said on Thursday if the votes aren't cast in his party's favour, they should not complain if anything were to happen to them once the central forces leave the district, after A
The BJP party on Monday filed a complaint against the TMC MLA from Baruipur Purba Assembly constituency, Bivas Sardar, with the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer after the MLA allegedly threatened to conduct and conclude the voting 15 days before the actual vote.
The agency conducted these raids days after Shahjahan was arrested. Shahjahan, accused of sexual violence and land grab in Sandeshkhali village, was arrested on February 29 morning by West Bengal Police from a house in Minakhan in North 24 Parganas district in the state where he was hiding.
West Bengal Leader of Opposition (LoP) Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday joined the residents of Tarakeswar, Hooghly District, in a protest march against TMC MLA Ramendu Sinha Roy, who made unsavory remarks about Ram temple.
Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Khageswar Roy alleged that his car was attacked on Sunday late in the evening. Roy claimed that the car was attacked by BJP, CPI(M) and Congress-backed goons.
The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate on a bail plea filed by jailed former West Bengal Board of Primary Education chairman Manik Bhattacharya in connection with the primary teacher recruitment scam.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay said that the decision was taken during a disciplinary committee meeting of TMC MLAs, formed by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee after several party legislators were absent in the Assembly during the last session.