Suprotim Mukherjee

BJP goes all out to debunk TMC charge of depriving Bengal of Central funds

October 4, 2023

The BJP activated its entire Bengal unit and a set of its top national leaders to counter the Trinamool Congress’s narrative of depriving the State of Central funds on a day Mamata Banerjee’s party hit the streets of the national capital against the Narendra Modi Government on the matter. On...

Bengal sounds flood alert weeks before Durga Puja

October 4, 2023

Just a fortnight before West Bengal celebrates its biggest festival Durga Puja, the state government has sounded a flood alert for seven districts in the southern part after a deep depression and heavy rainfall over Jharkhand and western Bengal resulted in a rapid rise in the water levels of rivers...

Trinamool hails High Court relief to Abhishek Banerjee

September 23, 2023

The Calcutta High Court today directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) not to take any coercive action against Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee at this stage of investigation in connection with the school job scam. The Trinamool Congress welcomed the decision and said the order vindicated its oft-repeated charge that...

Trinamool asks party leaders to reach Delhi by Oct 1

September 21, 2023

Denied permission by Delhi police to stage a protest at Ram Leela Maidan, the Trinamool Congress has decided to observe “Satyagraha” at Rajghat on Gandhi Jayanti. The Trinamool Congress has asked its MPs, MLAs, Zilla Parishad Sabhadhipati and Chairman of the municipalities to reach Delhi before October 1st to join...

BJP urges Durga puja organisers to project Central schemes

September 20, 2023

The Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal has set out a fresh revenue stream for community Durga puja organisers. It has said that the puja committees can get Central Government funds if they project Central schemes at the State’s biggest festival to be held between October 20 and 24, inviting...

CPI(M) to stay out of I.N.D.I.A Coordination Committee

September 19, 2023

Exposing the faultlines in the I.N.D.I.A. alliance, the CPIM has decided not to nominate any member for the Coordination Committee, which was formed by opposition parties to decide on seat-sharing in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The Politburo of the CPIM, which is the highest body of the party, toed...

File compensation details for panchayat poll deaths: HC to Bengal govt

September 19, 2023

The Calcutta High Court on Monday asked the West Bengal government to file an affidavit detailing the compensation provided to the families of the 54 people killed in violence in the recently concluded panchayat polls. A division bench of Chief Justice T.S. Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya asked the state...

Manipuris in Kolkata vow to restore peace at home

September 14, 2023

Sarjit Singh, who hails from Imphal, has been living in Calcutta for more than 20 years. He is an electrical contractor who used to travel between Manipur and Calcutta for work. He has not visited Manipur since May when the violence erupted. “We had a family home in Moreh, a...

CBI summons Mathew Samuel in Narada sting case

September 13, 2023

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday asked Mathew Samuel, the former head of Naradanews.com, to appear before the agency in Kolkata on Monday, September 18, for questioning in connection with the sting video tapes in which 12 Trinamool leaders, including MPs, MLAs and ministers, were seen accepting money. Samuel,...

Trinamool MP-actress Nusrat Jahan faces 6-hour ED grilling

September 13, 2023

Trinamool Congress MP and actress Nusrat Jahan, who was summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with an alleged flat-selling scam, appeared before the agency office in Kolkata on Tuesday. The ED questioned the MP for about six hours. On emerging from the ED headquarters, Jahan said that she...

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