KOLKATA: Claiming the high phase-one turnout as a decisive mandate against both BJP and SIR, CM Mamata Banerjee on Friday predicted that the party would not win even half the 77 seats it held after 2021 — and warned it would be dislodged from Delhi as well.“Yesterday in rural Bengal, 93% were against you, Modi-babu,…
KOLKATA: The Election Commission on Friday ordered the immediate suspension of five police officers in Diamond Harbour Police District for alleged misconduct and failure to maintain neutrality in course of the Bengal assembly elections.The suspended officers are Sandip Garai, Additional SP, Sajal Mondal, SDPO, Mausam Chakraborty, IC, Diamond Harbour Police Station; Ajay Bag, IC of…
Kolkata: A day after Bengal registered record polling in the first phase of the assembly elections, Union home minister Amit Shah claimed that the BJP would win more than 110 of the 152 seats that went to poll on Thursday. Shah also claimed that the tally after the second phase will see “Didi on her…
KOLKATA: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday carried out searches at multiple locations in West Bengal as part of its ongoing money laundering investigation into the alleged ration distribution scam, officials said.ED teams are also conducting a raid at the residence of businessman Partha Sarathi in North 24 Parganas district in connection with the Public…
Kolkata: Congress MP and LoP in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi is set to campaign in Bengal on Saturday, while former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal will campaign for Trinammol candidates. Bihar deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav, who is already in Bengal, held a roadshow for TMC in Bhatpara on Friday. Rahul had campaigned for Congress candidates in…
Kolkata: Himadri Speciality Chemical has commissioned its first anode material production facility at Mahistikry in Bengal, marking the company’s entry into the lithium-ion battery value chain.CMD Anurag Chowdhary said the facility was developed through over a decade of in-house research. “We have been working on this for 14 years and have raw material for this…
Kolkata: Abhishek Banerjee on Friday claimed that Trinamool has already secured more than 100 seats in the first phase of assembly elections held on Thursday, while accusing Union home minister Amit Shah of “threatening voters”.Addressing a rally in Jagatballavpur in Howrah, Banerjee said, “Are you watching how BJP is behaving in such a restless manner?…
Kolkata: “Our Ganga is clean. That is why the PM could enjoy the boat ride. Can he do the same in (Delhi’s) Yamuna?” CM Mamata Banerjee said on Friday, referring to PM Narendra Modi‘s early morning boat ride on the Hooghly.Dubbing it a photo-op, the CM said, “This is election politics, photo-shopping. You took a…
Kolkata: Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s Friday censure for Jadavpur University, about “anti-national slogans being written on the walls” and “students seen protesting on the streets instead of studying”, prompted chief minister Mamata Banerjee to shoot off an open letter, saying the ability to question was not anarchy, rather, it was education and excellence.“The entire nation…
Kolkata: The intense heat notwithstanding, thousands of people across the city queued up outside liquor outlets right from Friday morning as off-shops reopened after a four-day shutdown.By 8.30 am, 40-50 people could be seen standing outside multiple stores, waiting for their two-bottle-per-purchase quota, ordered by the excise department. While areas with several outlets saw relatively…
