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The Election Commission has scheduled polling in West Bengal in two phases - April 23 and 29 With Assam voting on Thursday (April 9), the Bharatiya Janata Party is shifting its focus to West Bengal. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to hold seven major rallies this week ahead of the first phase of polling on April 23. Party insiders claim that PM Modi's campaign blitzkrieg will help the BJP convert its strong vote-share performance in the 2024 Lok Sabha election into an Assembly breakthr ...Read More >
Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold three rallies at Haldia, Asansol and Suri in West Bengal on Thursday, April 9, to intensify the BJP's campaign for the state assembly polls. This will be his second visit to the state since the announcement of the poll schedule in mid-March. According to the PM's schedule shared by the BJP, Modi will address his first rally at 9.30 am in Haldia Township in Purba Medinipur district, followed by another at the Outdoor Stadium at the Polo Ground in ...Read More >
Kolkata (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold three rallies at Haldia, Asansol and Suri in West Bengal on Thursday to intensify the BJP's campaign for the state assembly polls. This will be his second visit to the state since the announcement of the poll schedule in mid-March. According to the PM's schedule shared by the BJP, Modi will address his first rally at 9.30 am in Haldia Township in Purba Medinipur district, followed by another at the Outdoor Stadium at the Polo Ground in Asan ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 8 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will intensify the BJP's election campaign in West Bengal on Thursday with rallies in Haldia, Asansol and Siuri. The choice of venues underlines the BJP's attempt to consolidate its support in areas where it has made major gains while also pushing into regions considered strongholds of the ruling TMC. According to the schedule shared by the BJP, Modi will address his first rally at 9.30 am in Haldia Township in Purba Medinipur district, followe ...Read More >
Kolkata, Apr 5 (PTI) BJP MLA Agnimitra Paul, who is seeking re-election from the Asansol Dakshin assembly seat in West Bengal's Paschim Bardhaman district, declared that the value of her movable assets has more than doubled to Rs 2.56 crore in the last five years. According to the poll affidavit filed along with nomination papers, Paul's immovable assets remained unchanged at approximately Rs 1.28 crore. The BJP candidate's total movable assets increased to Rs 2.56 crore from Rs 1.10 crore in ...Read More >
West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026: The BJP has released its fifth list of five candidates. With this, the saffron party has announced 292 of candidates. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday evening five more candidates for the two-phase assembly elections in West Bengal, where it is hoping to dislodge Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) from power. As per the list, the party has fielded Taraknath Chatterjee from Krishnanagar Uttar, Anupam Biswas from Kalyani, ...Read More >
New Delhi: The crucial two-phased West Bengal Assembly elections will be held on April 23 and 29, and the results will be out on May 4. The battlefield is ready and political heat is building up. The ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will cross swords and fight a pitched battle on most of the seats. Several constituencies are emerging as key battlegrounds that could sway the balance of power in favour of either party. The first phase of the elections will cov ...Read More >
The father of the RG Kar victim claimed his wife was denied hospital admission. He alleged this happened due to government pressure after she was injured in a protest. The mother sustained injuries during a march. She was protesting the anniversary of her daughter's death. Police deny using force. The father of the RG Kar victim on Sunday alleged that his wife, who was injured in 'police lathicharge' during the previous day's protest march, was "denied" admission to a private hospital after the ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 2 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya, on Wednesday, filed nomination for the post of West Bengal BJP President. The Leader of Opposition in West Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari and the present West Bengal BJP Chief and Union Minister, Sukanta Majumdar were present, accompanying Bhattacharya. Speaking to ANI, Bhattacharya said that the party leadership asked him to file a nomination, which he followed. 'I have nothing to say right now. ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], July 2 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya, on Wednesday, filed nomination for the post of West Bengal BJP President. The Leader of Opposition in West Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari and the present West Bengal BJP Chief and Union Minister, Sukanta Majumdar were present, accompanying Bhattacharya. Also Read | Karnataka Shocker: Infosys Senior Employee Arrested for Filming Woman Colleague While She Was Using Ladies' Washroom at Office in Benga ...Read More >
Kolkata: With dates for the election of the state president announced on Tuesday, Bengal BJP faces the challenging task of finding its new Bengal chief before going into the 2026 assembly polls. The results will be declared on Thursday.After Sukanta Majumdar's term ended last Sept, the BJP brass talked to workers and district functionaries to assess the candidate most suitable for the post. Majumdar had replaced Dilip Ghosh as state president after the 2021 assembly polls. He was inducted as a U ...Read More >
Kolkata: Kamarhati MLA Madan Mitra on Tuesday replied to the show-cause notice issued to him by Trinamool and apologised for his remarks on the gang-rape at a south Kolkata law college last week. Creating a fresh controversy, however, state irrigation minister Manas Bhunia made a comment about "small incidents" in Bengal. Speaking at a blood donation drive organised at Calcutta Medical College and Hospital, Bhunia said: "The terrorists who killed 26 of our countrymen haven't been arrested yet. B ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jul 1 (PTI) With less than a year to go for assembly elections, the BJP is all set to announce its new West Bengal president this week, amid intense lobbying, internal deliberations and factional negotiations within the saffron party's state unit. The party's returning officer and MLA, Deepak Barman, issued a notification confirming the schedule, sparking speculations over who will take over the reins of the state unit ahead of the assembly polls in April-May next year. Nomination for ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Congress national general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala Monday kicked off a feedback-cum-review exercise in Karnataka, aimed at evaluating the performance of the govt led by chief minister Siddaramaiah and to quell murmurs of dissent.The move also comes amid speculation of a change at the helm and a cabinet reshuffle, but Surjewala firmly denied any connection to changes at the top."This is purely an organisational exercise," Surjewala said. "Unlike what is being projected -- whic ...Read More >
Kolkata, (West Bengal) [India] June 30 (ANI): A four-member fact-finding committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday addressed the media regarding the recent alleged gangrape of a law student at South Calcutta Law College, BJP leader Satya Pal Singh, member of the BJP fact-finding team for the South Calcutta Law College gangrape case. BJP leader Meenakashi Lekhi said that the political system in West Bengal has broken down as politics has been criminalised and the ruling TMC party i ...Read More >
Kolkata: Since the horrific gangrape incident at South Calcutta Law College, academic activities have come to a halt. The college authorities have issued a notification stating that all classes will remain suspended until the governing body decides on the matter. The notification, which was issued on Sunday, was received by the students on Monday. The students protested in front of the college with several complaints against the authorities on Monday. They demanded that the education and securi ...Read More >
Kolkata: BJP's fact-finding team leaves after a visit to the premises of a law college where an alleged gang rape of a student took place last week, in Kolkata, Monday, June 30, 2025.Source : PTI The South Calcutta Law College has been shut for an indefinite period following the alleged gang rape of a first-year law student, with college authorities announcing a suspension of all BA LLB and LLM classes, according to a notification issued on Monday. The decision, taken by the college's governing ...Read More >
Kolkata, (West Bengal) [India] June 30 (ANI): A four-member fact-finding committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday addressed the media regarding the recent alleged gangrape of a law student at South Calcutta Law College, BJP leader Satya Pal Singh, member of the BJP fact-finding team for the South Calcutta Law College gangrape case. BJP leader Meenakashi Lekhi said that the political system in West Bengal has broken down as politics has been criminalised and the ruling TMC party i ...Read More >
Kullu: All eyes will be on the Dalai Lama when he turns 90 on July 6, as he may announce his successor that day. The year-long birthday celebration of the Tibetan spiritual leader will kick off on July 6 in Mcleodganj near Dharamshala, the headquarters of the Tibetan govt-in-exile, and conclude on July 5 next year.Many ministers in the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), including Penpa Tsering, Sikyong or the elected head of CTA, and deputy speaker Dolma Tsering, have said the Dalai Lama may ...Read More >
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress on Sunday sent a show-cause notice to Kamarhati MLA Madan Mitra and censured Serampore MP Kalyan Banerjee for their remarks on the alleged gang-rape of a student at a law college, even as a political slugfest continued between the governing party and the opposition over the safety of women in Bengal.Trinamool president Subrata Bakshi sent the notice to Mitra, instructing him to respond within three days over his "unsolicited, unnecessary, and insensitive comments on J ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 29 (ANI): Several Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders and its workers were detained by the police as they were protesting at Lalbazar against the alleged gangrape incident at South Calcutta Law College. Claiming links between the accused in the gangrape of a law student in Kolkata and top TMC leaders, the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has demanded the resignation of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata. Also Read | Bhopal's Aishbagh Railway Overbridg ...Read More >
Kolkata: The political slugfest following the alleged gang rape of a law student inside a south Kolkata college continued on Saturday as Trinamool took pains to distance itself from the "misogynistic remarks" of its own netas, emphasising the "quick action taken against the accused". The opposition, however, questioned security for women at workplaces and educational institutes and "promised to stay on the roads"."The remarks by MP Kalyan Banerjee and MLA Madan Mitra concerning the heinous crime ...Read More >
Srinagar: Ahead of the annual Amaranth Yatra, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha interacted with various stakeholders here on Saturday to discuss arrangements for the smooth pilgrimage. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah was present at the interaction at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre (SKICC) here in which members of the civil society, religious leaders, DDC chairpersons, members of business and trade associations, and MLAs also participated. The LG said the administration has made ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jun 28 (PTI) The police on Saturday stopped a BJP rally led by its West Bengal unit chief Sukanta Majumdar and detained him along with several other party leaders when they tried to take out the protest march to a law college in the city, where a student was allegedly gang-raped, a senior officer said. The rally was not allowed to proceed towards the South Calcutta Law College, where the 24-year-old student was allegedly gang-raped by three men, including an alumnus of the institute, o ...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 vi ...Read More >
Kolkata, Jun 6 (PTI) The women's wing of the TMC on Friday held a march in south Kolkata to protest against alleged derogatory remarks by BJP leaders about West Bengal Chief Minister and party supremo Mamata Banerjee, prompting a fresh political slugfest between the two arch-rivals in the state. The rally, led by state finance minister and TMC women's wing president Chandrima Bhattacharya, commenced from Triangular Park and culminated at Hazra More, covering around 2.4 km. During the rally, TM ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 6 (ANI): Law student Sharmistha Panoli, arrested for allegedly hurting religious sentiments through a social media post, has been granted interim bail by the Calcutta High Court on Thursday. The court directed her to cooperate with the investigation, not leave the country, and furnished bail on a personal bond of Rs 10,000. The court also ordered appropriate police protection for her. Her father, Prithviraj Panoli, expressed relief, citing her health issues, ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 6 (ANI): Law student Sharmistha Panoli, arrested for allegedly hurting religious sentiments through a social media post, has been granted interim bail by the Calcutta High Court on Thursday. The court directed her to cooperate with the investigation, not leave the country, and furnished bail on a personal bond of Rs 10,000. The court also ordered appropriate police protection for her. Her father, Prithviraj Panoli, expressed relief, citing her health issues, ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Former head of Air India and chairman of the Railway Board Ashwani Lohani is the new Prime Ministers Museum and Library (PMML) director. The official order for his appointment was issued on Wednesday. A 1980-batch officer of the Indian Railway Service of Mechanical Engineering (IRSME), Lohani is known for turning around various organisations during his illustrious career. Following his retirement from IRSME service, he joined the GMR Group as the CEO. According to the order dated Ju ...Read More >
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 6 (ANI): Law student Sharmistha Panoli, arrested for allegedly hurting religious sentiments through a social media post, has been granted interim bail by the Calcutta High Court on Thursday. The court directed her to cooperate with the investigation, not leave the country, and furnished bail on a personal bond of Rs 10,000. The court also ordered appropriate police protection for her. Also Read | Goa: Man Held for Trying to Trade Sensitive Data Online Using ...Read More >
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