West Bengal

Drugs, firearms seized; 4 arrested in Bengal

10:14 pm March 15, 2021

Malda (WB): Four persons were arrested and 260 gm of brown sugar and four firearms seized from their possession in West Bengal’s Malda district on Monday, police said. The arrests were made during naka-checking on NH 34 in Gazole area, a police officer said. After interrogating the accused, drugs worth Rs 4 lakh were seized […]

Mamata’s injured leg kicks off political spat in Bengal

10:09 pm March 15, 2021

Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee’s injured leg Monday kicked off a spat between her and Amit Shah, with the wheelchair-bound TMC boss asserting she will fight as long as her “heart beats and vocal cord functions” and the home minister reminding her of the “pain” of the mothers of BJP workers “slain by your goons”. The two […]

Attacks and injuries shaped Mamata’s political career

10:22 am March 12, 2021

Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee has earned for herself the image of the gutsy political leader, who has weathered physical attacks and injuries in her four-decade- long career to emerge stronger in her public life. Her comebacks after such incidents saw her attacking her opposition with greater ferocity. The TMC supremo’s image as a fearless fighter, endowed […]

Commanding Officer of first Rafale squadron transferred

11:49 pm March 11, 2021

New Delhi: The Commanding Officer of the first Rafale fighter squadron based in Ambala air force station in Haryana has been transferred to the headquarters of the Eastern Air Command in Shillong, official sources said on Thursday. Group Captain Harkirat Singh is set to be succeeded by Group Captain Rohit Kataria as the commanding officer of the squadron, known as 17 Golden Arrows. The sources said Group Captain […]

It’s unfortunate that TMC memorandum on Mamata injuries ‘full of insinuations and averments’: EC

11:06 pm March 11, 2021

New Delhi: The Election Commission on Thursday said it is ”rather unfortunate” that the Trinamool Congress memorandum to it on the injuries sustained by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is full of insinuations and averments and questions the very basis of its creation and functioning. The Trinamool Congress on Thursday slammed the Election Commission for failing to provide security to Banerjee who was injured during election campaign in Nandigram, […]