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TMC demands removal of dy EC Sudeep Jain

7:04 pm March 4, 2021

Kolkata: The ruling TMC in West Bengal Thursday demanded the removal of Sudeep Jain, the deputy election commissioner in-charge of the state, accusing him of being biased against it and breaking norms of the federal structure. TMC spokesperson Sougata Roy said that party leader Derek O’ Brien has written to the Election Commission demanding that […]

Shiv Sena extends support to TMC in Bengal

4:31 pm March 4, 2021

Kolkata: After the Rashtriya Janata Dal and Samajwadi Party (SP), the Shiv Sena on Thursday extended its support to TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, and said it would not contest assembly elections in Bengal. Hailing Banerjee as the “real Bengal tigress”, the party, which had earlier said that it would join the electoral battle in the […]

2 arrested for snatching schoolgirl’s bag in Kolkata

4:30 pm March 3, 2021

Kolkata: Two persons were arrested for allegedly snatching the bag of a schoolgirl and injuring her in south Kolkata’s Gariahat area, police said on Wednesday. The incident happened around 10 pm on Monday when the girl, a Class X student of a well-known English-medium school, was returning home from tuition classes with her mother on […]

TMC will return to power, WB people want its daughter back: Prashant Kishor

5:57 pm February 27, 2021

KOLKATA: With the stage set for high- octane assembly elections, poll strategist Prashant Kishor Saturday exuded confidence of TMC returning to power as the people of West Bengal are ready to bring back their rightful leader. Kishor, whose team I-PAC is working in planning TMC’s election campaign, in his latest tweet said that one of […]

Bengal power minister who tested COVID-19 positive admitted to hospital

4:41 pm February 23, 2021

Kolkata: West Bengal Power Minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay, who was advised home isolation after he tested positive for COVID-19 last week, was on Tuesday admitted to a private hospital here as there was no improvement in his condition, health department officials said. The septuagenarian was taken to the facility after his fever did not subside, the officials said. ASTRO […]