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NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party’s days of “Sonar Bangla” are set to begin as Suvendu Adhikari will be sworn in as chief minister of West Bengal on Saturday.This comes after the BJP received an overwhelming mandate in the assembly polls, winning 207 out of 293 seats.Despite being considered a politically difficult terrain for the BJP,…
CONTAI: Nestled in Contai’s Korkuli Para, barely 600 metres from the central bus stand, lies ‘Shantikunj’. The lane leading to the house has now gained a new identity: The residence of Bengal’s CM-designate.In a first in five decades, a Midnapore district will have a chief minister in Suvendu Adhikari. Ajoy Mukherjee, who served as the…
KOLKATA: Suvendu Adhikari was on Friday unanimously elected the BJP legislative party leader at a meeting of newly elected MLAs in the presence of Union home minister Amit Shah, paving the way for him to become Bengal’s ninth chief minister.Making the announcement after a 30-minute closed-door meeting with the MLAs, Shah said, “Eight proposals were…
Sole Choice, No Other Name Proposed: Shah KOLKATA: BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari staked claim Friday to form the first saffron govt in Bengal after being unanimously elected leader of the 207-strong legislature party, paving the way for him to take oath Saturday as the state’s ninth chief minister.Union home minister Amit Shah, who had a hand…
NEW DELHI: Suvendu Adhikari’s rise as BJP’s choice for chief minister in West Bengal comes after years of positioning himself as the party’s most formidable anti-Mamata Banerjee face in the state. From defeating the Trinamool Congress supremo in her own den to leading the BJP’s aggressive Hindutva-driven campaign, Adhikari steadily emerged as the saffron party’s…
Amit Shah with Suvendu Adhikari (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: In what seemed largely impossible in 2021, became exhaustively debatable five years later. Can Suvendu Adhikari defeat Mamata in home turf Bhabanipur? The question gained political legitimacy in 2026 given the nail-biting contest in 2021 Nandigram battle, where Mamata had challenged her ex-protege.Taking the battle to…
Siliguri police detained a vehicle owner after his car’s registration number was linked to the murder of Suvendu Adhikari’s personal assistant (The vehicle used in the crime) SILIGURI/BARASAT: Siliguri police on Wednesday night detained a vehicle owner in north Bengal for questioning in connection with the murder of Chandranath Rath, the personal assistant of Suvendu…
Chandranath Rath, a close aide of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari and a former Indian Air Force officer, was shot dead in a targeted attack in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district KOLKATA: Chandranath Rath, the close aide of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari who was shot dead in a brazen attack in West Bengal’s North 24…
BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari’s aide, Chandranath Rath, was shot dead in a meticulously planned ambush near Kolkata airport. NEW DELHI: A fake number plate, Glock 47X pistols, multiple bike-borne professional shooters, and a point-blank ambush near Kolkata airport — chilling new details have emerged in the killing of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari’s close aide Chandranath…
NEW DELHI: Days after the assembly polls, Suvendu Adhikari’s personal assistant Chandranath Rath’s killing in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas triggered a political storm in the state.Rath was shot dead by motorcycle-borne assailants, who tailed his vehicle, forced it to stop and opened fire in full public view at around 10.30 pm before fleeing.The incident…
