Kolkata: Hundreds of stalls lining the pavements around New Market sprang back to life after two days of anxiety and silence, as hawkers returned to Bertram Street, Humayun Place, Hogg Street, Chowringhee Place, Lindsay Street and Grand Arcade following Tuesday’s bulldozer scare.The change of guard in the state had triggered uncertainty across the belt, where…
SURI: A flex put up at the entrance of Kankalitala temple in Bolpur on Monday evening declared that only Hindus would be allowed to offer puja at the shrine, one of Birbhum’s five Shakti Peethas. The banner was installed by unidentified youths claiming affiliation to ‘Sanatan Paksha’.“We have neither removed the banner nor endorsed it,”…
Bengal Inc welcomes ‘double engine’ govt, hopes for ‘new dawn’ KOLKATA: Bengal’s leading industrialists and chambers on Tuesday welcomed the poll verdict and said the same party in office, in both the state and at Centre, after five decades may usher in a new dawn for industrialisation.Ambuja Neotia Group chairman Harsh Neotia said this would…
Howrah/Suri/Jalpaiguri: Post-poll violence claimed its first two lives in Bengal within hours of the announcement of election result as clashes erupted between BJP and Trinamool supporters across various districts. The deaths were reported from Howrah and Birbhum.In Howrah’s Udaynarayanpur, BJP activist Jadav Bar (45) was allegedly lynched on Monday night in Debipur village, triggering tension…
Post poll violence in Bengal leaves 5 security personnel injured (Picture credits: PTI) KOLKATA: Post-poll violence continued to rock parts of West Bengal with a clash between rival Trinamool Congress (TMC) groups in North 24 Parganas’ Sandeshkhali leaving five security personnel injured, while a BJP worker and a TMC worker were killed in separate incidents,…
KOLKATA: The ink on the election results was barely dry when seven Tollywood producers shot an email to the EIMPA secretary. Citing a paralysed industry and a shifting political tide, the producers have demanded a four-section emergency meeting within 72 hours or the secretary faces “strict” retaliation. With the defeat of Aroop Biswas, the move…
KOLKATA: A video from West Bengal has gone viral on social media showing a woman, who identified herself as a Trinamool Congress (TMC) worker, accusing BJP workers of assaulting her during a political clash. In the video, the woman is seen with a bandage wrapped around her head and claims she was brutally beaten by…
Kolkata: Any BJP worker with a party flag seen resorting to vandalism will be expelled, BJP president Samik Bhattacharya said on Tuesday, stressing that BJP has closed its doors to any fresh induction.“At some places, people carried the BJP flag and engaged in vandalism. We want to make it clear that if anyone does such…
KOLKATA: The city saw two post-poll deaths in the last 24 hours as a Trinamool Congress poll agent was found dead at his doorstep in Beleghata and another BJP worker killed in New Town’s Baligari after a scuffle with a group of Trinamool workers.In the first incident, family members said Biswajit Pattanaik (45) was at…
KOLKATA: Though his party, Trinamool Congress, was defeated, Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay, 82, won the Ballygunge seat, scripting history, becoming the only Bengal MLA set to serve his 10th consecutive term.This octogenarian Trinamool MLA is one of Mamata Banerjee’s closest associates since the party was founded on Jan 1, 1998. He was the only MLA in the…
