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Calcutta HC grants conditional permission for LoP Suvendu Adhikari's rallies in north Bengal
Kolkata, Dec 31: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday granted conditional permission for Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari's rallies in Malda and Cooch Behar districts in north Bengal in New Year.
Amit Shah assures voting rights for Matuas who have submitted applications for citizenship under CAA
Kolkata, Dec 30: Union Home Minister Amit Shah has assured the Matua community that the voting rights of individuals who have submitted applications for citizenship under the Citizenship Act will be preserved.
Mamata lays foundation stone for Durga temple at New Town, announces date for Mahakal temple at Siliguri
Kolkata, Dec 29: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday laid the foundation stone for Durga Angan, the Goddess Durga temple at New Town on the northern outskirts of Kolkata.
Undeterred by protests, ECI special roll observer Murugan vows to complete assigned task
Kolkata, Dec 29: Election Commission of India's Special Roll Observer C. Murugan on Monday appeared undeterred by repeated attacks on his vehicle and vowed to complete the task entrusted to him by the poll panel.
Amit Shah arrives in Kolkata on 3-day visit to West Bengal
Kolkata, December 29: Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Kolkata on Monday as part of a three-day visit aimed at strengthening the Bharatiya Janata Party's organisational base in West Bengal ahead of the crucial Assembly elections scheduled for next year.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee lays foundation stone of Durga Angan, says she is secular and believes in all religions
Kolkata, December 29: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee laid the foundation stone of Durga Angan, a temple complex dedicated to Goddess Durga, at New Town in Kolkata on Monday. She took a jibe at the BJP and said that many people have accused her of engaging in appeasement, but she was secular and believed in all religions.
Hindus equally vulnerable in Bangladesh and West Bengal: BJP leader
Kolkata, Dec 24: Hindus in West Bengal are equally vulnerable as they are in neighbouring Bangladesh, Bharatiya Janata Party claimed on Wednesday, referring to a recent social media post by eminent Bangladeshi writer and poet Taslima Nasreen.
Humayun Kabir withdraws his new party's Ballygunge seat candidate after launch
Kolkata, Dec 23: Nearly 12 hours after forming his new political party, suspended Trinamool Congress leader and MLA Humayun Kabir withdrew the name of one of his party's 10 candidates.
Another religious 'secular' political entity rises in the East
New Delhi, Dec 22: West Bengal's IPS officer-turned-politician Humayun Kabir may not be the first leader to eye a favourable mandate from more than 30 per cent Muslim population in the state, but perhaps the leader holding an extra edge in capturing religious sentiments with his intent of building a "Babri Masjid" in Murshidabad district.
CM Mamata to hold public meeting in Bengal's Bankura on Dec 30
Kolkata, Dec 22: As the year draws to a close, Trinamool Congress leaders and workers are busy with the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of West Bengal's voters' list.
Mamata Banerjee changed in 15 years, beyond common people's reach: Humayun Kabir
Kolkata, Dec 22: Suspended Trinamool Congress legislator from Bharatpur Assembly Constituency Humayun Kabir on Monday claimed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was not the same person as she used to be 15 years ago and was beyond common people's reach.
Suspended Trinamool MLA Humayun Kabir floats political outfit Janata Unnayan Party
Kolkata, Dec 22: Humayun Kabir, the suspended Trinamool Congress legislator from Bharatpur Assembly Constituency in Murshidabad district of West Bengal, on Monday announced his political party, christened the Janata Unnayan Party.
Humayun Kabir calls upon all 'anti-TMC & anti-BJP' forces to unite in Bengal
Kolkata, Dec 21: A day before announcing his new political party on Monday, the now-suspended Trinamool Congress legislator Humayun Kabir, on Sunday, gave a call to all "anti-Trinamool Congress" and "anti- Bharatiya Janata Party" (BJP) forces to get united and contest in alliance to oust the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal in the crucial Assembly elections scheduled next year.
PM Modi to address public rally at Matua bastion in Bengal's Nadia district today
Kolkata, Dec 20: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will kick off the BJP's sustained campaign to counter Trinamool Congress on the contentious citizenship issue of the Matua community, at a mega rally at Matua-dominated Taherpur under Ranaghat sub-division in the Nadia district of West Bengal on Saturday.
Abhishek Banerjee asserts position within Trinamool before high-stakes 2026 Assembly polls
New Delhi, Dec 18: The Trinamool Congress "general", Abhishek Banerjee, is moving ahead with "reforms" within the organisation -- from block-level to the Parliament.
Mamata Banerjee makes desperate attempts at managing a messy affair
New Delhi, Dec 16: People in West Bengal are said to be passionate largely about two things, sports and culture. It seems that both have played their parts in the state government’s desperate attempts at containing a messy episode, barely months before the Assembly election.
Abhishek Banerjee: Challenges to keep the flock together amid Trinamool bickering
New Delhi, Dec 15: West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress has been witnessing alleged infightings and one-upmanship among party leaders even as administrative challenges from law-and-order situation, teacher recruitment scam, among other issues, have been troubling the government led by its supremo Mamata Banerjee.
Abhishek Banerjee to hold meeting with party MPs on Dec 17 to settle internal differences
Kolkata, Dec 15: Trinamool Congress General Secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, will hold a coordination meeting with all the party MPs, both from the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, on Wednesday in New Delhi.
Suvendu Adhikari seeks impartial probe into chaos at Messi event in Kolkata
Kolkata, Dec 14: Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday sought an impartial probe into the chaos that erupted during Argentine football star Lionel Messi's event at the Yuva Bharati (Salt Lake) Stadium, alleging striking similarities between the handling of the incident and the investigation process in the RG Kar rape and murder case.
Committee constituted by CM to probe chaos in Messi show 'structurally compromised': Bengal LoP
Kolkata, Dec 13: Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Saturday, claimed that the judicial committee announced by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to probe the ‘mismanagement’ that led to the chaos at Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata earlier in the day, presenting Argentinian soccer star Lionel Messi, was “structurally compromisedâ€.
'Mamata Banerjee should know her limit': BJP leaders attack Bengal CM over SIR row
New Delhi, Dec 13: Political tensions between the BJP and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) escalated on Saturday after Bihar Minister Ram Kripal Yadav and senior BJP leader Dilip Ghosh launched a scathing attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over her remarks on the voter list revision exercise in the state.
Humayun Kabir hires pvt security guards from Hyderabad after receiving death threats
Kolkata, Dec 10: Another controversy erupted regarding suspended Trinamool Congress leader and Bharatpur MLA Humayun Kabir after he brought security guards from Hyderabad, alleging his life is in danger after he laid the foundation stone of a Babri Masjid-styled mosque in Murshidabad district.
'Will field candidates against Mamata Banerjee, Suvendu Adhikari': Humayun Kabir
Kolkata, Dec 10: The new party to be floated by now-suspended Trinamool Congress legislator Humayun Kabir will be fielding candidates against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the Leader of Opposition in the Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, in the Assembly elections scheduled next year.
National Conservative Party likely to be the name of new party launched by suspended Trinamool legislator Humayun Kabir
Kolkata, Dec 9: National Conservative Party (NCP) will be the probable name of the new political party to be floated by Humayun Kabir, the now-suspended Trinamool Congress legislator from Bharatpur constituency in minority-dominated Murshidabad district of West Bengal, said a Trinamool Congress leader from the district who continued to remain a confidant of Kabir.
BJP dares CM Mamata to protest against DMK MP's 'derogatory' remarks about Vande Mataram writer
Kolkata, Dec 9: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Tuesday, challenged Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to speak against the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MP A. Raja, for making baseless allegations linking Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Vande Mataram's composer and legendary Bengali writer, to past communal tensions in the state.
Mamata Banerjee asks PM Modi to 'apologise' over his 'Bankim-Da' comments
Kolkata, Dec 9: West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, on Tuesday launched a scathing attack against the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, over the latter’s inadvertent reference to Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Vande Mataram's composer and legendary Bengali poet, as "Bankim Da" during his speech on the floor of the Parliament.
Mamata Banerjee opposes the Centre's conditions for 100-day job scheme eligibility
Kolkata, Dec 9: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Tuesday, opposed the new eligibility criterion set by the Union Government for the 100-day job scheme under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).
What Modi Ji has done is good: Great-grandson of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee on Vande Mataram
Kolkata, December 8: On the celebration of the 150th anniversary of 'Vande Mataram' by the central government, Sajal Chattopadhyay, great-grandson of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, expressed his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and said that this should have happened a long time ago.
Vande Mataram 150: 'They have objections to everything', Mamata Banerjee on PM Modi's LS speech
Kolkata, Dec 8: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks in the Lok Sabha on Monday regarding the inclusion of only a section of the famous Bengali author Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay's Vande Mataram as the Indian National Song, claiming that the BJP was unnecessarily politicising the matter.
It's not Humayun, but Mamata who orchestrated this, claims Giriraj over foundation of mosque in Murshidabad
New Delhi, Dec 8: Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Monday criticised the foundation-laying ceremony of a Babri Masjid-style mosque by suspended Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir, alleging that the act was not an individual initiative but part of a political strategy backed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Will ally with AIMIM after launching my party on Dec 22: Suspended Trinamool leader Humayun Kabir
Kolkata, Dec 7: Suspended Trinamool Congress leader Humayun Kabir on Sunday expressed his desire to form an electoral alliance with All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) once he launches his new political outfit on December 22.
Suspended Trinamool leader Humayun Kabir backtracks, says he will stay on as Bharatpur MLA
Kolkata, Dec 7: Taking a clear U-turn, suspended Trinamool Congress leader Humayun Kabir on Sunday said that he won't be resigning as an MLA. The announcement by Kabir came just days after he had said that he would step down as the Trinamool Congress legislator from Bharatpur in Murshidabad district on December 8.
'Nothing Kabir-like in Humayun, all his ideas like Babur's': BJP attacks Trinamool on mosque row
New Delhi, Dec 7: BJP National Spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain on Sunday launched a fierce attack on the Trinamool Congress after its suspended MLA Humayun Kabir laid the foundation stone for a Babri Masjid-style mosque in Murshidabad, alleging that Kabir’s actions were orchestrated by the TMC leadership to polarise the electorate.
Rs 300 cr budget ready for setting up Babri mosque at Beldanga, says Humayun Kabir after laying foundation stone
Kolkata, Dec 6: A budget of Rs 300 crore is ready for setting up the Babri Mosque at Beldanga in minority-dominated Murshidabad district, which will be on the lines of the original structure at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh which was demolished on December 6, 1992, claimed MLA Humayun Kabir after laying the foundation stone for the proposed mosque in Murshidabad on Saturday afternoon.
Fight against communal politics will continue: Mamata Banerjee on Babri Mosque demolition anniversary
Kolkata, Dec 6: On the occasion of the Babri Mosque demolition day, which the Trinamool Congress observes every year as “Harmony Dayâ€, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee gave a subtle caution to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), without naming the latter, that her fight against communal politics by some vested interest will continue.
Playing with fire: BJP accuses CM Mamata of polarisation for political gains
Kolkata, Dec 6: The BJP on Saturday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of "playing with fire" by subtly "using" now-suspended Trinamool Congress legislator Humayun Kabir to polarise people's sentiments in the state.
TMC clarifies MLA Humayun Kabir was not suspended for wanting to build Babri Masjid
Kolkata, Dec 6: The Trinamool Congress on Saturday clarified that rebel MLA Humayun Kabir was not suspended for expressing his intent to construct a Babri Masjid in Murshidabad, but for repeatedly issuing anti-party statements over the past few months.
One killed, five injured in Trinamool factional clash in Birbhum
Kolkata, Dec 6: A Trinamool Congress leader was killed, and five others were seriously injured in a violent clash between two factions of the ruling party in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, police said on Saturday.
Matua community citizenship issue: PM Modi to kick off BJP's campaign to counter Trinamool on Dec 20
Kolkata, Dec 5: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will kick off the BJP’s sustained campaign to counter Trinamool Congress on the contentious citizenship issue of the Matua community, during a mega rally at Ranaghat in Nadia district of West Bengal this month.
Wants to turn Murshidabad into Ayodhya: Islamic cleric slams sacked Trinamool MLA against polarising discourseÂ
New Delhi, Dec 5: Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir, who got suspended from the party for proposing to build a Babri mosque in Bengal’s Murshidabad, is drawing fire from all quarters including Islamic scholars, over his brazen attempts to fan a communal divide.