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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 pos ...Read More >
Hyderabad: In light of the Parliament session concluding on December 19, the joint meeting of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi Legislature Party (BRSLP) and the party's state executive committee, chaired by former chief minister and BRS national president K Chandrashekar Rao, has now been postponed to December 21. "The postponement has also been done so that BRS Parliament members can participate in this meeting." stated an X post from the BRS. On December 14, the pink party had announced that KCR p ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Lok Sabha, on Tuesday, witnessed sharp exchanges between the Treasury benches and the Opposition with the tabling of Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) -- or VB-G RAM G -- Bill, 2025, which seeks to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) of 2005. Several opposition MPs, including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and K.C. Venugopal from the Congress, Harendra Malik of the Samajwadi Party, and Mahua Mo ...Read More >
KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday accepted the resignation of her cabinet colleague Aroop Biswas from the sports and youth affairs portfolio following widespread criticism over alleged mismanagement at the Salt Lake Stadium during an event featuring legendary footballer Lionel Messi on December 13. The Chief Minister will hold charge of the sports and youth affairs department until a new minister is appointed, sources said. Biswas, who was handling both the power an ...Read More >
Kolkata, Dec 16 (PTI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday accepted Aroop Biswas's resignation as the sports minister in the wake of the controversy over the mismanagement of football icon Lionel Messi's event recently, a senior leader of the ruling TMC said. Biswas, who had written to the chief minister seeking to be relieved of his responsibilities as sports minister, will continue as a cabinet minister, retaining charge of the power department. The chief minister has decide ...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 controv ...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 ...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-gene ...Read More >
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. ...Read More >
KOLKATA: Taking responsibility for the chaos that erupted at Lionel Messi's Kolkata event at Salt Lake Stadium on Saturday, West Bengal Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Arup Biswas has written to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee seeking acceptance of his resignation, sources in the Trinamool Congress confirmed on Tuesday. Amid mounting criticism from across the country over the mismanagement at the high-profile event, the state government on Tuesday issued show-cause notices to Director General ...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 manag ...Read More >
Kolkata | The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday published West Bengal's draft electoral rolls following SIR, deleting the names of more than 58 lakh voters on various grounds, including death, migration and non-submission of enumeration forms, officials said. The deletions have affected several high-profile assembly seats, and have sharpened political fault lines and set the stage for a contentious verification phase ahead of state elections due early next year. According to official data, 5 ...Read More >
New Delhi: West Bengal sports minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) heavyweight Aroop Biswas wrote a handwritten letter to the Chief Minister of Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, for his removal from the post. The step down came after the government ordered an investigation into Lionel Messi's GOAT India Tour 2025, as Aroop received criticism for the chaos in Salt Lake Stadium during Messi's appearance in Kolkata. Aroop also stated that his resignation would ensure a free and fair investigation into th ...Read More >
Kolkata, Dec 16 (PTI) The ruling Trinamool Congress on said that West Bengal's draft electoral rolls published on Tuesday under the EC's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) have sharply undercut BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari's claim that the state hosts "one crore Rohingyas and Bangladeshis", with the number of voters identified as 'fake' or 'ghost' pegged at 1,83,328. The draft rolls, released after a month of enumeration, verification and scrutiny ahead of the 2026 assembly elections, detailed del ...Read More >
New Delhi: A bill seeking to raise FDI in the insurance sector to 100 per cent was on Tuesday introduced in the Lok Sabha amid strong protest from the Opposition. The Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha (Amendment of Insurance Laws) Act, 2025, seeks to amend Insurance Act, 1938, Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956, and Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999, as per the bill circulated to members of Parliament. Introducing the bill, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the commo ...Read More >
Kolkata: Over 58 lakh names of pre-existing voters have been deleted from the draft electoral roll published for West Bengal on Tuesday. This is part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process by the Election Commission of India (ECI) before the 2026 Assembly elections in the state. The names have been deleted due to death, relocation, duplication, missing, and other reasons. West Bengal CEO said that the exact number of voters deleted is 5,820,898, as per Hindustan Times. "Aggrie ...Read More >
New Delhi: A bill seeking to raise Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in India's insurance sector to 100 percent was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, sparking protests from opposition parties. The bill, titled Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha (Amendment of Insurance Laws) Act, 2025, aims to amend the Insurance Act, 1938, LIC Act, 1956, and IRDAI Act, 1999. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the government has always focused on providing insurance for common people, including marginal sec ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 16 (PTI) A bill seeking to raise FDI in the insurance sector to 100 per cent was on Tuesday introduced in the Lok Sabha amid strong protest from the Opposition. The Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha (Amendment of Insurance Laws) Act, 2025, seeks to amend Insurance Act, 1938, Life Insurance Corporation Act, 1956, and Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999, as per the bill circulated to members of Parliament. Introducing the bill, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman ...Read More >
Messi's visit to Kolkata on Saturday was meant to be a celebration for football fans, but the event at Salt Lake Stadium quickly turned chaotic. Spectators, frustrated by their inability to catch a glimpse of the superstar, resorted to throwing bottles and chairs, creating tense scenes across the venue. Amid the confusion, Bengali actor Subhashree Ganguly shared pictures of herself with Lionel Messi on social media, sparking immediate backlash. On Sunday, Subhashree posted several images from t ...Read More >
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday (December 11, 2025) filed in the SIR enumeration form, according to officials at the State's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) office. Mamata threatens dharna if eligible voters are struck off the voter list after SIR Ms. Banerjee's participation in the SIR process on the last day of the collection of filled-in enumeration forms was, however, not without controversy. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leadership on Friday (December 12) pointed o ...Read More >
The BCCI is currently not recognised as a National Sports Federation (NSF), stated Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya in the Lok Sabha on Monday. This status is anticipated to change with the implementation of the new National Sports Governance Act next year. Mandaviya was responding to a question from Mala Roy, the representative of Trinamool Congress' Kolkata Dakshin constituency. Roy inquired whether the government plans to take control of major sports bodies like the BCCI and the financially ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 15: The BCCI is not a recognised National Sports Federation (NSF), Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya stated in the Lok Sabha on Monday, reiterating a long-held status that is expected to change once the new National Sports Governance Act comes into effect next year. Mandaviya was responding to a query from Trinamool Congress' Kolkata Dakshin representative Mala Roy.Roy asked whether the Government intends to take control of big sports bodies such as the BCCI and the cash-strapped ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Saugata Roy accused the Union government of deliberately avoiding a discussion on West Bengal while "repeatedly misleading the House" over pending dues under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), triggering a coordinated walkout from Parliament by opposition parties during the ongoing winter session on Monday. "The Finance Minister (Nirmala Sitharaman) avoided speaking on West Bengal as she knew th ...Read More >
KOLKATA, Dec 15: Fresh details from eyewitness accounts, videos and photographs circulating on social media and television channels point to a serious security breach and lapses in crowd management during Argentine football icon Lionel Messi's brief appearance at the Salt Lake Stadium here, raising questions over planning and coordination. According to multiple eyewitnesses who were present close to the field, Messi appeared visibly uncomfortable moments after stepping out of his vehicle near t ...Read More >
Chaos unfolded at the Salt Lake Stadium on Saturday, after spectators resorted to vandalism on failing to catch a glimpse of Messi, alleging gross mismanagement by the organisers and obstruction of views by VIPs. Kolkata, Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, wrote to Governor C V Ananda Bose, seeking an independent judicial inquiry into "administrative incompetence" and "public humiliation of citizens" at the Salt Lake Stadium here during an event featuring footba ...Read More >
No official response yet from West Bengal government on VHP's demand In a fresh flashpoint in West Bengal, the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) has written to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee seeking the immediate registration of a First Information Report (FIR) against former Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir for allegedly promoting religious enmity. The VHP has demanded that Kabir be booked under Sections 196 and 299 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) along with other relevant provisions of la ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI): TMC MP Sagarika Ghose on Monday said that the Central Government's draft bill to replace the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme (MGNREGA) is an "insult" to Mahatma Gandhi, Rabindra Nath Tagore and West Bengal. This comes as the government is set to introduce the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevil Mission (Gramin) Bill, 2025, to replace the MGNREGA scheme. Sagarika Ghose said, "The Narendra Modi government is renaming the ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI): Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Monday wrote a letter to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, seeking immediate registration of an FIR against suspended Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir over laying the foundation stone of Babri Masjid in West Bengal's Murshidabad. Releasing the letter to the media, the national Spokesperson, Vinod Bansal, said that "the letter signed by our International president Alok Kumar, requested Mamata Banerjee for immediat ...Read More >
Kolkata: A Kolkata court on Saturday denied bail to Satadru Dutta, organiser of the G.O.A.T India Tour 2025, and remanded him to 14 days of police custody in connection with vandalism and mismanagement at Salt Lake Stadium during Lionel Messi's visit. Dutta was arrested at the airport a day earlier as investigations continued into the disruption that marred the high-profile event. Court Orders Custody After Arrest in Stadium Vandalism Case Dutta was produced before the court after his arrest ...Read 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 ...Read More >
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