Eyes on 2021 poll, BJP chief JP Nadda to visit West Bengal again on Nov 6
Kolkata/IBNS: In a bid to mobilise the outfit's organisation, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Jagat Prakash Nadda will make his second visit to poll-bound West Bengal in less than 20 days on Nov 6.
New Delhi/IBNS: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday lashed out at the Mamata Banerjee administration over the law and order situation in the eastern state as he went to Delhi to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
West Bengal Guv Jagdeep Dhankhar to meet Amit Shah today
New Delhi/IBNS: Jagdeep Dhankhar, the Governor of poll-bound West Bengal, will meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the national capital Delhi on Thursday.
Weeks after Nabanna Abhiyan, West Bengal BJP dissolves BJYM district committees
Kolkata/IBNS: In a surprising move with months to go for the state polls, the West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday dissolved all its Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) district committees and its respective presidents till further notice.
'Durga Puja festival of unity': PM Modi in address to poll-bound West Bengal
New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: In his outreach to the Bengali community (mostly) in poll-bound West Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday virtually addressed around 10 crore people of the state on the occasion of Durga Puja, besides inaugurating a puja pandal at EZCC in Kolkata's Salt Lake area.
PM Modi urges people of Bengal to join his virtual Durga Puja celebration tomorrow
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged the people of Bengal to join him virtually for Durga Puja celebrations on the occasion of Maha Shashti on Thursday.
Kolkata/IBNS: Countering the dole politics and inauguration of puja pandals by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is not reluctant to hold back to address the Bengali community (mostly) this year as barely few months are left for the eastern state to plunge into a high-octane election mode.
CAA will be implemented once Coronavirus is over: BJP president JP Nadda
Kolkata/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president Jagat Prakash Nadda on Monday reiterated that the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) will be implemented once the Novel Coronavirus pandemic is over.
Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh contracts Covid-19, hospitalized with high fever
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh on Friday tested positive for novel coronavirus and has been admitted to the High Dependency Unit (HDU) of AMRI hospital in Kolkata's Salt Lake with high fever, sources confirmed.
Massive fire breaks out in Kolkata multi-storey, firefighting ops underway
Kolkata/IBNS: A major fire broke out at a multi-storey residential building in central Kolkata's Ganesh Chandra Avenue on Friday night, reports said.
Kolkata/IBNS: A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Friday passed an interim order that all the Durga Puja committees in West Bengal, which have been granted a dole of Rs. 50,000 each by the state government, can spend the "public money" only in public interest.
Calcutta HC questions Bengal govt's Durga Puja permission, grants amid Covid-19
Kolkata/IBNS: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday questioned West Bengal government's decision to permit festival Durga Puja in the state amid Covid-19 pandemic and its grant of Rs. 50,000 each to the puja committee.
West Bengal: BJP MP Arjun Singh's nephew arrested on bank fraud charges
Barrackpore/UNI: BJP MP Arjun Singh's nephew was arrested on charges of fraud of a Cooperative Bank, official sources said on Saturday.
Kolkata/IBNS: A day after a massive showdown was witnessed with activists of BJP and its youth wing, BJYM, clashing with the police at multiple locations in Kolkata and Howrah during the party's Nabanna Cholo rally, the Kolkata Police on Friday registered two suo motto FIRs against multiple BJP leaders, including party's national secretary Kailash Vijaywargiya, national vice president Mukul Roy, state president Dilip Ghosh, and lawmakers- Rakesh Singh, Arjun Singh and Locket Chatterjee, officials said.
Kolkata/IBNS: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP and Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) national president Tejasvi Surya on Thursday lashed out at the Mamata Banerjee government after the saffron party's march to West Bengal secretariat Nabanna was met with lathicharge, tear gas and water cannons from police.