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BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari’s close aide, Chandranath Rath, was murdered in a meticulously planned hit near Kolkata airport. KOLKATA: Bullet marks on a black Scorpio, blood-stained seats and cartridge shells strewn across a road near Madhyamgram have become the focus of an intense investigation into the killing of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari’s aide Chandranath Rath,…

KOLKATA: The murder of Chandranath Rath, a close aide of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, sparked a political confrontation in West Bengal on Thursday, with the BJP accusing the ruling TMC of fostering “lawlessness” in the state. The Mamata Banerjee-led party, however, rejected the allegations.The incident comes within 48 hours of the assembly poll verdict. Chandranath…

Chandranath Rath, a close aide of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, was shot dead by motorcycle-borne assailants. KOLKATA: Five BJP supporters were allegedly injured in a bomb attack in Panihati area of West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, police said on Thursday. The incident took place late on Wednesday night, just hours after Chandranath Rath, a…

The BJP MLA urged the police to function “openly, impartially and fairly” and demanded strict action against those involved in the killing. KOLKATA: With Chandranath Rath’s bullet-riddled body lying outside the hospital and grieving BJP workers erupting in anger and disbelief, senior BJP leader and newly-elected Kharagpur MLA Dilip Ghosh launched a blistering attack on…

Chandranath Rath (left) and Suvendu Adhikari KOLKATA: A Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by the IG CID has been formed to probe the killing of Chandranath Rath, the close aide of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari who was shot dead in North 24 Parganas on Wednesday night in what the saffron party has described as a…

Sources claimed that it was Chandranath Rath who confronted Mamata Banerjee during the dramatic late-night dharna outside the Bhabanipur counting centre on April 30 and the early hours of May 1 KOLKATA: Chandranath Rath, the close aide of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari who was shot dead in North 24 Parganas district on Wednesday night, had…

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…

KOLKATA: Siliguri mayor Goutam Deb has indicated that he may step down and rent out part of his house. The move follows his crushing defeat to BJP’s Shankar Ghosh by 73,192 votes.Siliguri is a major urban constituency in Darjeeling district of West Bengal, encompassing Siliguri city and surrounding suburban areas. As a commercial and transportation…

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…

Kolkata: Former state chief secretaries, Alapan Bandyopadhyay and Hari Krishna Dwivedi, resigned from their positions as chief advisors to Mamata Banerjee following BJP’s sweeping mandate in the elections. Manoj Pant, another former chief secretary of Bengal, also resigned as principal secretary to the CM. “Apart from Bandyopadhyay, Dwivedi and Pant, several other retired officers serving…