KOLKATA: After resigning from the Trinamool Congress (TMC), Sukhendu Sekhar Ray criticised the party and spoke on the RG Kar rape and murder incident, saying, “Power had gone to their (TMC) heads to such an extent that they believed no one in the world could touch them.”Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, reacting to the incident and broader…
KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary and Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee on Monday sought more time from the West Bengal CID to appear for questioning in the alleged signature forgery case involving party MLAs. The CID had asked Banerjee to appear at its Bhawani Bhawan headquarters in south Kolkata by noon on Monday….
KOLKATA: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Monday moved the Calcutta high court challenging Assembly Speaker Rathindra Bose’s decision to appoint Ritabrata Banerjee as the Leader of the Opposition instead of Sovandeb Chattopadhyay.The matter was mentioned before the bench of Justice Krishna Rao by advocate Sirsanya Banerjee. Chattopadhyay is the petitioner in the case, and the…
KOLKATA: A movie company will formally announce on Tuesday a project inspired by the RG Kar Medical College & Hospital tragedy that shocked the country and triggered sustained protests by doctors and citizens.The announcement for the movie film “Tilottama” will be held in the presence of the victim’s mother Ratna Debnath, who is now an…
TMC leader Jahangir Khan, who famously declared ‘I will not bow down,’ was arrested near the India-Nepal border. KOLKATA: Just weeks ago, TMC strongman Jahangir Khan was at the centre of one of West Bengal’s most talked-about election battles in Falta, projecting himself as a fearless political enforcer who would not bend before authorities or…
Senior Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy has resigned from TMC. KOLKATA: In a major setback for the TMC amid deepening internal rebellion, senior leader Sukhendu Sekhar Roy on Monday announced his resignation as member of Rajya Sabha and also quit the party.Roy’s exit comes days after the TMC suffered one of the biggest rebellions…
Cops use fibreglass shields to protect Bappaditya Dasgupta from eggs hurled by protesters. KOLKATA: Cops in Kolkata were forced to bring out fibreglass shields, bought as part of riot-control gear, and helmets on Sunday to protect an arrested Trinamool Congress councillor from Bengal’s newfound “dim-ocracy”. Protesters with eggs near arrested councillor Jasimuddin’s house “Dim”, or…
Kolkata: A jail may soon have to be set up at Brigade Parade Ground, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari said while addressing party workers on Sunday, in a sarcastic reference to the spate of arrests on corruption charges since BJP came to office in Bengal.“Wherever you touch, a rotten stink emanates. It appears a jail may…
Kolkata: State cabinet minister Swapan Dasgupta said on Sunday that mafia control of the Kalighat temple complex will be a thing of the past. “There is a law-and-order issue here, and a great amount of ‘tola-baji’ (extortion). It is very unfortunate, I have to say, that there is a sense of mafia control in the…
Kolkata: Stronger enforcement measures are needed to stop manufacture, distribution and sale of illicit liquor, said the Society for the Welfare of West Bengal Foreign Liquor Licenses. At an event on Sunday, the society called upon the state govt to consider reforms in the liquor trade. It has also called for the rationalisation of trade…
