Mamata Banerjee

Local TMC leader shot dead in Bengal

11:46 pm July 12, 2021

Mangalkot (WB): A local Trinamool Congress leader was shot dead on Monday by unidentified assailants when he was returning home on a two-wheeler in Mangalkot in Purba Bardhaman district, police said. Ashim Das, the ‘anchal’ (area) president of the party, was shot from a close range by bike-borne miscreants around 6.30 pm, a senior police […]

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Actor-politician Rudranil Ghosh alleges attack while

11:51 pm May 28, 2021

Kolkata: Actor-turned-BJP politician Rudranil Ghosh, who had unsuccessfully fought the assembly polls, on Friday alleged that he was manhandled by Trinamool Congress activists while distributing relief materials to inmates of a camp in the constituency from where he had contested. Speaking to reporters, Ghosh claimed, he was abused and slapped by a group of local TMC workers at the camp […]

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Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Centre seeks services of West Bengal Chief Secretary, officer to report in Delhi on Monday

11:40 pm May 28, 2021

New Delhi: The Centre on Friday sought services of West Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay and asked the state government to relieve the officer immediately with a direction to him to report in Delhi on Monday. Bandyopadhyay, a 1987-batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre, was earlier due to retire on May 31 after completion of 60 […]

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BJP to boycott WB speaker’s election, not attend Assembly

9:36 pm May 7, 2021

Kolkata: West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh Friday said that party legislatures will boycott the election for the speaker in West Bengal assembly and its newly elected lawmakers will not attend the House till the post poll violence in the state is controlled. The speaker’s election is slated for Saturday. The BJP lawmakers will not […]

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Kangana Ranaut’s Twitter account suspended permanently

6:44 pm May 4, 2021

Mumbai: Twitter has permanently suspended actor Kangana Ranaut’s account for repeated violations of rules, specifically its “Hateful Conduct and Abusive Behaviour policy , the microblogging site said in a statement on Tuesday. The 34-year-old actor’s handle @KanganaTeam now displays the message: account suspended. Ranaut, known for her often inflammatory tweets, posted several messages following the […]

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