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Humayun Kabir (File photo) NEW DELHI: West Bengal MLA Humayun Kabir on Monday launched his new political party, the Janata Unnayan Party, days after the Trinamool Congress (TMC) suspended him over his decision to lay the foundation stone for a Babri-style mosque in Murshidabad district.Speaking at a public meeting in Beldanga, Kabir said his party…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday defended the West Bengal government’s actions after chaos erupted during football legend Lionel Messi’s appearance at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata.Banerjee said West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee apologised within an hour of the incident, while other state governments had not owned responsibility for incidents…
NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress is miffed over the deletion of around 54 lakh names from electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in West Bengal.The political climate is set to heat up in West Bengal as the All India Trinamool Congress has instructed party workers to carry out fresh door-to-door scrutiny of…
NEW DELHI: The BJP on Saturday trained its guns on the Trinamool Congress after chaos broke out during football icon Lionel Messi’s brief visit to Kolkata’s Salt Lake Stadium, sharing videos of angry spectators and calling the episode a “total embarrassment” on an international stage.BJP national spokesperson Pradeep Bhandari, reacting to footage from the stadium,…
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has received a complaint from BJP MP Anurag Thakur regarding a TMC lawmaker allegedly using an e-cigarette inside the House. Thakur highlighted this as a serious breach of parliamentary rules and the Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes Act, 2019. The Lok Sabha secretariat is reviewing proceedings for appropriate action. NEW DELHI:…
NEW DELHI: A political row deepened on Friday over allegations that a Trinamool Congress MP used an e-cigarette inside the Lok Sabha, after BJP MP Anurag Thakur formally submitted a written complaint to Speaker Om Birla detailing what he described as a “grave violation” of parliamentary rules and statutory law.The controversy first erupted during Question…
Lok Sabha proceedings saw a brief disruption when BJP MP Anurag Thakur alleged a Trinamool Congress member was repeatedly using an e-cigarette in the House. Speaker Om Birla, confirming no such permission was granted, assured action if the information is substantiated. The incident prompted calls for decorum and adherence to rules from the treasury benches….
NEW DELHI: One of the prime witnesses in the Sandeshkhali attack case, Bholanath Ghosh, was critically injured on Wednesday after a truck collided with his car in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district.Local eyewitnesses claimed that the truck, moving in the opposite direction of the car, rammed into the private vehicle at breakneck speed, crushed…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress claimed on Monday that the govt had pushed for a discussion on ‘Vande Mataram’ in the Parliament only with an eye on West Bengal elections, calling BJP’s commitment to the national song a “badly scripted comedy”.With BJP making a determined bid to unseat CM Mamata Banerjee, TMC MPs Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar…
BERHAMPORE/KOLKATA: Humayun Kabir on Sunday said he was ready to form an alliance with Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) in the 2026 Bengal assembly elections. Speaking to reporters, Kabir said he was in touch with AIMIM neta Akbaruddin Owaisi’s personal assistant and while AIMIM wants him to join the party, he prefers an…
