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…
New Delhi/Kolkata: The new BJP govt is likely to take oath on May 9 — Panchishe Baishakh, the birth anniversary of Bengali polymath Rabindra Nath Tagore — with Union home minister Amit Shah, who scripted the massive win, set to preside over the meeting of MLAs to elect the new chief minister.Shah was named the…
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee refuses to step down after her party’s election defeat. KOLKATA/NEW DELHI: Alleging “unusually high” battery levels in EVMs and calling the election a “fixed match”, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday refused to accept the assembly poll verdict, asserting that her party had secured a “moral victory” despite…
Kolkata/New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued a Look Out Circular (LOC) against Kolkata Police Deputy Commissioner (Special Branch) Shantanu Sinha Biswas to prevent him from leaving the country after he failed to join a money laundering probe on five occassions.The investigation pertains to an alleged criminal syndicate linked to Sona Pappu, officials said.The…
Kolkata: Exide Industries reported a marginal rise in Q4 net profit to Rs 312 crore from Rs 255 crore a year ago, while revenue increased from Rs 4,159 crore to Rs 4,551 crore.The company’s MD and CEO Avik Roy said, “Q4 FY26 built on the gains observed in Q3 — GST rationalisation continued to boost…
Kolkata: The ‘bhadralok’ neighbourhoods of Kolkata North and South decisively flipped and voted out the Trinamool govt. For over a decade, these very urban localities were considered impenetrable fortresses of the Trinamool. But the election results revealed a metropolitan electorate that traded its traditional allegiance for a “new beginning” under the BJP.Political science professor Maidul…
