West Bengal will vote in eight phases from March 27. Calcutta: MPs such as Minister Babul Supriyo, Locket Chatterjee and Swapan Dasgupta were recruited by the BJP on Sunday to contest the West Bengal elections that begin later this month, in the latest sign that the party leaves no stone …
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Babul Supriyo said that his goodwill towards mothers and daughters was “very strong”. Calcutta: Union Minister Babul Supriyo responded on Sunday to critics who criticized his now-deleted tweet against Mamata Banerjee, as controversy over the post grew. Making fun of her Trinamool Congress party’s election slogan, “Bengal wants her daughter,” …
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At least two rogue legislators from the Trinamool Congress, including Jitendra Tiwari, who had resigned from the party, took a 180-degree turn on Friday. While Tiwari, a TMC MLA from Pandabeshwar, had resigned from the party after accusing top leaders of depriving the city of Asansol and not allowing central …
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Hours after Trinamool Congress MLA Jitendra Tiwari stepped down as head of the Asansol Municipal Corporation and the party on Thursday, the state’s top BJP leaders made it clear that he may not be welcome in the party. At least four TMC lawmakers have resigned from the party in the …
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Jitendra Tiwari, the outgoing mayor of Asansol in Bengal’s West Burdwan district, has accused the Trinamool Congressional government of not allowing the city to receive funds worth Rs 2000 million from the Center under the Smart City project due to for political reasons. This has caused great embarrassment to the …
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Trinamool was fighting fires after Suvendu Adhikari resigned as a minister in Mamata Banerjee’s cabinet. Calcutta: Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress has a third leader who sounds a discordant note ahead of the Assembly elections in about four months from now. Suvendu Adhikari, the Nandigram MLA, has already left the cabinet. …
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Union Minister Babul Supriyo has sparked a dispute by saying that there was a dawai (drug) in the Indian Constitution that can prevent a state government from terrorizing the people and has hinted that it is not impossible for the Center to take that path . Supriyo said this when …
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File photo of Union Minister Babul Supriyo. (PTI) Much to the relief of Union Minister Babul Supriyo, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday struck down a police charge sheet against him for passing ‘objectionable’ remarks to TMC MP Mahua Moitra during a television debate in 2017. News18 Calcutta Last update: …
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BJP supporters clashed with police at a protest in Bengal on Thursday. Calcutta: The Bengal government’s Interior Department, without mentioning any names, said today that “a political party is giving communal color” to the controversial incident of a Sikh protester who lost his turban in a fight with the police …
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