As Lok Sabha polls approaches, PM Modi to visit Bengal for three days in March
Kolkata/IBNS: In a run-up to the Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be spending three days in West Bengal in the first week of March.
Talks on seat-sharing with Mamata Banerjee still on: Jairam Ramesh
New Delhi/UNI: Averring that a decision on seat sharing with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will be finalised in a day or two for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Friday said talks with Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress are still on.
Mamata Banerjee's TMC resumes seat-sharing talks with Congress for Lok Sabha polls: Reports
New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: In a U-turn from its previous stance, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) has resumed seat-sharing talks with Congress for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, media reports said.
NHRC sends notices to Bengal Chief Secy, DGP on Sandeshkhali incidents, seeks reports within 4 weeks
Kolkata/IBNS/UNI: The National Human Rights Commission has issued notices to the West Bengal Chief Secretary and Director General of Police after taking suo motu cognizance of media reports of alleged harassment and sexual assaults on "innocent and impoverished women" in Sandeshkhali.
ED grills TMC MP Dev for 8 hours in cattle smuggling case in Delhi
New Delhi/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Dev was on Wednesday grilled for about 8 hours by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the cattle smuggling case in New Delhi.
Sandeshkhali row: Supreme Court stays Lok Sabha panel summons to West Bengal officials
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Monday put a hold on the Lok Sabha panel's summons to West Bengal top officials on a complaint filed by parliamentarian and state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Sukanta Majumdar, media reports said.
Sandeshkhali row: West Bengal Police arrests absconding TMC leader Shibu Hazra
Sandeshkhali (West Bengal): After evading arrest for nearly 44 days, Trinamool Congress leader Shibaprasad Hazra alias Shibu Hazra has been apprehended by the West Bengal Police on charges of gang rape and making murder threats.
Sandeshkhali incident: PIL filed in Supreme Court seeking probe into sexual harassment allegations
New Delhi/IBNS: A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking an impartial probe into the allegations of land grabbing and sexual harassment of women in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali by the aides of Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sheikh Shahjahan, media reports said.
Bengal police deny Amit Malviya's allegation on Sandeshkhali, calls it 'most shameful'
Kolkata/IBNS: The West Bengal Police Thursday dubbed BJP spokesperson Amit Malviya's allegation that police have forcibly taken away a few women from Sandeshkhali as fake.
TMC MP Mimi Chakraborty resigns, 'not accepted' by Mamata Banerjee
Kolkata/IBNS: Just months ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, actress-Trinamool Congress MP Mimi Chakraborty on Thursday resigned after meeting West Bengal Chief Minister and party supremo Mamata Banerjee, who as per the parliamentarian's words refused to accept the resignation.
ED summons Mahua Moitra for interrogation in alleged foreign exchange violation case
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress leader and disqualified Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra is facing fresh troubles as the Enforcement Directorate has sent her summons for questioning in an alleged foreign exchange violation case.
West Bengal: Suvendu Adhikari heads towards trouble-torn Sandeshkhali
Kolkata: After a sit-in-dharna outside the West Bengal Assembly against the suspension of five BJP MLAs, Opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday left for Sandeshkhali, the trouble-torn area of North 24 Parganas.
Sandeshkhali row: Calcutta HC cancels prohibitory order, opposition intensifies movement
Kolkata/IBNS/UNI: The oppositions-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), CPI(M) and Congress-on Tuesday intensified their movement separately on the Sandeshkhali issue in Bengal where the women were allegedly being tortured by some TMC local leaders, even as Calcutta High Court set aside the prohibitory order imposed by the state administration under section 144 Cr PC at the troubled-torn area in North 24 Parganas, official sources said.
Suvendu Adhikari, five other BJP MLAs suspended from West Bengal Assembly
Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari and five other BJP MLAs were suspended for the remaining budget session of the West Bengal Assembly on Monday by Speaker Biman Bandyopadhyay, official sources said.
Bengal Guv Ananda Bose expresses concern over situation in Sandeshkhali
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Monday assured the people of this trouble-torn area, especially the women, that he was with them and would do whatever could be done to alleviate their "sufferings", official sources said.