Former sports min Aroop Biswas summoned by Bidhannagar police over messi fiasco | Kolkata News

Kolkata: Former sports minister Aroop Biswas has been summoned by Bidhannagar police to report at Bidhannagar south police station on Thursday and meet the investigating officer probing the case of cheating, criminal conspiracy, criminal intimidation and extortion in connection with the Lionel Messi GOAT India Tour controversy at Salt Lake Stadium last year.The development comes…

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After Bengal power shift, villagers start getting back ‘cut money’ paid for govt schemes | Kolkata News

AI generated image used for representation purpose only MATHABHANGA: Several residents of Mathabhanga in Cooch Behar district have received back the “cut money” they had paid to local toughs while availing benefits of government schemes. Reportedly, the residents had paid significant sums during the tenure of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) regime.Villagers and traders claimed the…

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Watch: Woman carries husband on her back at CM Suvendu Adhikari’s Janta Darbar in Kolkata | Kolkata News

Woman seen carrying her specially abled husband on her back at the CM’s public grievance hearing in Kolkata KOLKATA: A woman from the Sundarbans carried her specially abled husband on her back to attend a public grievance meeting organised by chief minister Suvendu Adhikari.She reportedly did so to seek assistance for an electric vehicle and…

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173 male names detected in ‘Lakshmir Bhandar’ scheme beneficiary list in Nadia | Kolkata News

KRISHNANAGAR: The Nadia district administration has launched an investigation after 173 male names were found in the beneficiary list of the Lakshmir Bhandar scheme, which is intended exclusively for women, officials said on Tuesday.The irregularities were detected in the Dhubulia area of Nadia district. District Magistrate Srikanth Palli said the names had already been removed…

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Swapan Dasgupta: Swapan Dasgupta among 35 new mantris in Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari’s govt | Kolkata News

KOLKATA: First-time MLA Swapan Dasgupta, for long the intellectual voice championing BJP’s vision for his native Bengal, was among the 35 new ministers sworn in Monday. This took the strength of chief minister Suvendu Adhikari’s government to 41.Nine MLAs from north Bengal and six women took oath, raising the number of representatives from the northern…

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After CM Suvendu Adhikari’s revelations, ‘Signgate’ controversy leaves Trinamool in disarray | Kolkata News

Ritabrata and (R) Sandipan (L) KOLKATA: The ‘Signgate’ row over the alleged forging of Trinamool MLAs’ signatures claimed its first casualties on Monday, immediately after a press conference by Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari, and threw Trinamool into even greater disarray.Trinamool was forced to expel two of its MLAs, Sandipan Saha (Entally) and Ritabrata Banerjee (Uluberia…

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Mamata Banerjee: ‘Arrest me if you want’: Mamata Banerjee accuses BJP of trying to break TMC with police help amid protests | Kolkata News

KOLKATA: Alleging that BJP was trying to break the Trinamool Congress (TMC), Mamata Banerjee on Monday dared the saffron party to “arrest her if they want”, her words coming shortly after police denied TMC permission for a sit-in at Rani Rashmoni Avenue on June 2.“Trinamool will protest on June 2 even without police permission, a…

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