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Kolkata Messi Event 'Mess' Fallout: The fallout from the West Bengal Messi event continues to unfold. TMC leader Kunal Ghosh has claimed that Sports Minister Arup Biswas has resigned, though sources say the resignation is yet to be accepted. Meanwhile, DGP Rajeev Kumar has issued show-cause notices to both the Sports Secretary and senior officials. In a major action, Bidhannagar DCP Aneesh Sarkar has been suspended as accountability measures intensify. Watch the video to know more.
Dumdum (West Bengal) [India], December 14 (ANI): Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy on Sunday said that the Chief Minister has appointed an inquiry committee to probe the mismanagement during Argentine footballer Lionel Messi's event at Salt Lake Stadium and added that it is not appropriate to comment on the matter until the panel submits its findings. "The Chief Minister has appointed an inquiry committee. The committee will find out anything (responsible). So it is not for us to comment on the matter. I condemn the BJP for bringing politics into a sports event," Roy told ANI. On Saturday, M ...Read More >
Kolkata: The unprecedented chaos and administrative lapses surrounding football icon Lionel Messi's Kolkata visit have triggered a sweeping political and bureaucratic shake-up in Bengal. Bowing to mounting public anger, sports minister Aroop Biswas resigned on Tuesday, owning what he called the "moral responsibility" for the fiasco at the Salt Lake Stadium. On the same day, the state government initiated some of its toughest-ever administrative action, issuing showcause notices to director-general of police Rajeev Kumar and Bidhannagar police commissioner Mukesh Kumar. The developments, anno ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], December 16 (ANI): West Bengal Sports Minister Aroop Biswas resigned from his post on Tuesday following the chaos that erupted during Footballer Messi's GOAT India Tour in Kolkata. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accepted Biswas' resignation earlier today. West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose had demanded the minister's resignation and action against all those in the Government who have "vicarious liability for the untoward incident." Earlier today, the West Bengal government also informed that a Special Investigation Team comprising IPS officers Piyush Pandey, J ...Read More >
Kolkata, June 6 (SocialNews.XYZ) The National Commission of Women (NCW) has asked the West Bengal Police to take strong and immediate action against party Trinamool Congress' former district president in Birbhum, Anubrata Mondal, over a viral audio clip where he was heard threatening a police officer to rape the latter's mother and wife. The commission, at the same time, has asked the office of the state Director General of Police, Rajeev Kumar, to submit a report to the NCW within 72 hours from the time of receipt of a communique. The main complaint against the Birbhum District Police in co ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The government on Saturday extended the term of the chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Ravi Agrawal by one year, an official notification said.The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the re-appointment of Agrawal, an IRS officer of the 1988 batch, as CBDT chairman for one year from July 1 this year to June 30, 2026, on contract basis.Agrawal took over as the CBDT chairman from Nitin Gupta in June 2024 after Gupta's extended tenure ended. Agrawal has been a member of CBDT. He was member administration and had served as DG investigation in Delhi. The gover ...Read More >
Kolkata: A BJP fact-finding team arrived in Kolkata on Monday and visited the law college where a first-year student was allegedly gang-raped last week. However, they ran into a volley of questions from Trinamool over BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya's comments on the allegations against Kartik Maharaj.On Monday, Malviya hailed Kartik Maharaj as a "revered saint" and claimed the woman who had accused him of rape acted "entirely as instructed by 'Didi's' people, right from the top". "This wasn't about justice. It was a scripted political hit-job -- a disgraceful attack on a Hindu saint and an ins ...Read More >
A bench comprising Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran on Monday took note of the vehement submissions of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the CBI, and posted the matter on October 17 . The solicitor general submitted that the probe agency's plea be listed along with other pending petitions, including a contempt plea for broader understanding and consideration of the entire case. The bench posted the CBI's plea along with other pending cases on Friday. The senior I ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 28 (ANI): BJP National Spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari on Friday launched a scathing attack on the Trinamool Congress over the Kolkata alleged gangrape case and said that West Bengal is not safe for women under the Mamata Banerjee government. 'Mamata Banerjee's government supports the rape of women in Bengal. The accused in the Kasba gangrape is an active member of Mamata Banerjee's party, Trinamool Congress. Mamata Banerjee runs and protects an army of goons in Bengal for her appeasement politics and political dominance. People of Trinamool Congress commit r ...Read More >
Srinagar- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday said foreign countries were told clearly during the post-Operation Sindoor diplomatic outreach that in case of a fresh provocation, India would repeat its action. Speaking at a discussion at the Ahmedabad Management Association, Tharoor said Indian delegations which visited foreign countries in the aftermath of Operation Sindoor managed to convey that India acted with restraint and responsibility. "In other places, we actually were able to get some very high-placed people to say not only that they respected and supported India's right of self- ...Read More >
Patna, July 19 (SocialNews.XYZ) In a major action against corruption, the State Vigilance Unit (SVU) on Saturday arrested Sub-Inspector Putul Kumari, the SHO of the Women's Police Station in Samastipur, for accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000. Her driver was also arrested in the case. The arrest has created a stir within the police department. According to an official, Putul Kumari was caught red-handed while taking the bribe from Rajiv Ranjan, a resident of Chhatauna village under Mufassil police station limits, in connection with an assault case. Rajiv Ranjan had filed a written complaint with ...Read More >
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee made a shocking statement on Sunday as she advised colleges not to allow girls to go outside at night after the alleged gangrape of a medical student in Durgapur. "I'm shocked to see the incident, but private medical colleges also should take care of their students, and especially girls. The girls should not be allowed to go outside (college) at night. They have to protect themselves also. There is a forest area. Police are searching all the people," Ma ...Read More >
Kolkata, Dec 14 (PTI) A day after chaos erupted during Argentine football icon Lionel Messi's event at Salt Lake stadium here, West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Sunday visited the venue for a first-hand inspection and called for a judicial inquiry. Bose also urged the government to frame standard operating procedures (SOPs) for managing such events in future. The governor, accompanied by Chief Secretary Manoj Pant and senior police officials, visited the venue for a first-hand assessment of the stadium chaos. He also said all those responsible for the chaos must be arrested and the or ...Read More >
Kolkata, Dec 16 (PTI) Senior TMC leader Kunal Ghosh on Tuesday said West Bengal Sports Minister Aroop Biswas has written to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, offering to resign from the post, amid mounting criticism over the mismanagement of the Lionel Messi event at the Salt Lake stadium last week. Sharing what he described as a copy of Biswas' letter on social media, Ghosh said the minister had requested the CM to relieve him of his responsibilities as sports minister in the wake of the controversy surrounding the December 13 event at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, popularly known as ...Read More >
Kolkata, Dec 16 (PTI) Senior TMC leader Kunal Ghosh on Tuesday said West Bengal Sports Minister Aroop Biswas has written to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, seeking relief from the charge of the sports department, amid mounting criticism over the mismanagement of the Lionel Messi event at the Salt Lake stadium last week. Sharing what he described as a copy of Biswas's letter on social media, Ghosh said the minister had requested the CM to relieve him of his responsibilities as sports minister in the wake of the controversy surrounding the December 13 event at the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krira ...Read More >
Kolkata: A security guard Pinaki Bandhopadhyay, of the South Kolkata Law College on Saturday got arrested. After following the CCTV footage, it was learnt that the security guard was on duty then and despite knowing that a girl was being molested didn't do anything for her rescue. Question arises: why did the security guard not react? Was he equally involved in the crime or was he afraid of former Trinamool Congress Chhatra Parishad (TMCP) leader Monojit Mishra? Meanwhile, police found the video which was shot to blackmail the victim from one of the accused's mobile phones as the victim had ...Read More >
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], July 15 (ANI): The Golden Temple in Punjab's Amritsar received another bomb threat on Tuesday. The dog squad has been deployed at the Golden Temple premises as part of a security check. The holy site for Sikhs received a bomb threat via e-mail for the second consecutive day. Also Read | India Raises Pahalgam Terror Attack at SCO Meeting: EAM S Jaishankar Calls for 'Uncompromising Position' on Combatting Terrorism. Pratap Singh, Secretary of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), demanded strict action against the miscreants. Pratap Singh told reporte ...Read More >
KOLKATA: The Calcutta high court on Friday quashed 15 police cases filed against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari and ordered a joint probe by West Bengal police and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in four similar cases, senior advocate Billwadal Bhattacharyya said. In these cases, Adhikari faces charges ranging from violating prohibitory orders to making insulting remarks, Bhattacharyya, who appeared for Adhikari, told reporters. The order was passed by a bench of justice Jay Sengupta after the state government told the high court that it had not been able to start ...Read More >
Messi Kolkata Event Chaos: West Bengal Sports Minister and senior TMC leader Aroop Biswas resigned from his position in a letter to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee following the mismanagement at Lionel Messi's event on December 13, 2025. The Minister had been the main target of criticism from all quarters, including civil society and opposition parties, over the chaos at Salt Lake Stadium last week. Biswas on Tuesday submitted his resignation, taking moral responsibility for the lapses in management in the event featuring Argentine football star Messi. Chief Minister Banerjee has accepted hi ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 17 (ANI): West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Tuesday pulled up the state government for the chaos and vandalism at Lionel Messi's event at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata, saying that the CEO of Vivekananda Yuva Bharati Krirangan (VYBK) tried to hide the truth. Bose faced obstruction when he attempted to enter the stadium, with the gates closed and the lights switched off. Deb Kumar Nandan, CEO, Vivekananda Yuva Bharati Krirangan (VYBK), WBCS (Exe) (Retd.) was withdrawn with immediate effect after the Messi event chaos. Speaking with ANI, Bose said, "This is ...Read More >
Kolkata, June 28: A political slugfest has erupted in West Bengal after a woman accused Padma Shree awardee monk Kartik Maharaj, who is posted with the Murshidabad unit of Bharat Sevashram Sangha, of allegedly raping her 12 times for six months in 2013. As per the police complaint lodged by the woman, Kartik Maharaj raped her multiple times 12 years ago promising her a job at a local school. The ruling Trinamool Congress is highlighting the issue in a major way and accusing the BJP of being silent on it since the accused monk had been reportedly close to the saffron party. The woman accusin ...Read More >
After the announcement of SIR in Bengal on Monday by ECI, an all-party meeting has been called by the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer's (WB- CEO) office on Tuesday at 4PM, where all national and state-level political parties will be participating. Meanwhile, Trinamool Congress leadership said that they will abide by the Constitution and there is no place for violence. However, they will not allow a single legal voter's name to be deleted from the electoral list and take the movement to Delhi ...Read More >
Kolkata, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) Confusion over claims and counter claims on who provided security to football legend Lionel Messi during his visit to Kolkata late last week which ended in fans storming the pitch and indulging in vandalism after failing to see him properly. The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) on Tuesday rejected the claim made by West Bengal Minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay that it had provided security cover to the footballer. The official account of CISF in an X post said, "It is hereby clarified that the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) did not provide an ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], December 16 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has taken charge of the state's sports ministry, following the resignation of cabinet minister Aroop Biswas, who stepped down from his role amid a probe into the chaos that erupted during Lionel Messi's appearance at a Kolkata stadium. Accepting her minister's resignation, an official statement from the CM read that "until and unless the impartial inquiry is over, the Sports Department will be looked after by me for the time being." Also Read | 'Electricity Is a Basic Necessity': Delhi High Court Dir ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], December 16 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has taken charge of the state's sports ministry, following the resignation of cabinet minister Aroop Biswas, who stepped down from his role amid a probe into the chaos that erupted during Lionel Messi's appearance at a Kolkata stadium. Accepting her minister's resignation, an official statement from the CM read that "until and unless the impartial inquiry is over, the Sports Department will be looked after by me for the time being." "As per the enclosed letter, I appreciate the sentiment and intentio ...Read More >
Srinagar, July 09: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said that Jammu & Kashmir's tourism sector is witnessing a strong revival, with a steady rise in the number of tourists visiting the Union Territory each day.Abdullah, while addressing reporters in West Bengal ahead of the Kolkata Tourism Fair, said, "Tourists are coming back to Kashmir in good numbers. The ongoingAmarnathYatra is proceeding smoothly with heavy footfall on both the Pahalgam and Baltal routes, he said."I spoke to several pilgrims, and they are all happy and satisfied with the arrangements. I have come to Kolkata to ta ...Read More >
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Kolkata, Dec 16 (PTI) Two days after widespread spectator rampage marred a marquee football event featuring Argentine legend Lionel Messi at the Salt Lake stadium, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday accepted the sports minister's resignation, while the state government show-caused the DGP and other senior officers, and suspended a deputy commissioner. A resignation letter written to Banerjee by Sports Minister Aroop Biswas, who has remained in the eye of the storm since the stadium fiasco for his proximity to Messi and his entourage on the pitch allegedly blocking view from galleries, ...Read More >
Shimla, Jul 17 (PTI) Himachal Pradesh High Court has directed the state government to remove encroachments on forest lands, including the fruit-bearing trees, all across the state and not limit it to some areas. The order was passed by a division bench consisting of Justices Vivek Thakur and Bipin C Negi on Wednesday after the Advocate General placed on record fresh instructions issued by Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, informing that 2,456 apple and other fruit trees have been felled from forest lands in Chaithla village, and 713 and 490 trees in Rohru and Kotgarh forest divisions, r ...Read More >
West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose called the recent chaos during Lionel Messi's event a management failure. He stated the incident hurt football lovers and undermined common man dignity. The Governor will submit a pro-people report to the Centre and give suggestions to the state government. He also directed a judicial inquiry and refund of ticket prices. Kolkata: West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Monday termed the recent chaos during Lionel Messi's event at the Salt Lake stadium here as ...Read More >
Aroop Biswas made it to The New York Times on Saturday but the 61-year-old sports minister of Bengal, one of the trusted aides of chief minister Mamata Banerjee, will definitely not like the attention. His party and government were left red-faced after the mess that unfolded at the Salt Lake stadium during the big-ticket event held for Lionel Messi. Angry fans ran amok, clashing with police, after the Argentine football star could barely be seen from the stands because he was surrounded by a ph ...Read More >