Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
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Trinamool hindering Saradha probe: Congress
National | Aug 10, 2014, 05:22 PM ISTKolkata: The Congress Sunday charged West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress of destroying evidence to hinder the CBI probe into the Saradha scam, and urged the prime minister to fulfill his commitment of unearthing those behind
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Narendra Modi wants to be PM of the Hindus only: Congress
National | Aug 05, 2014, 05:55 PM ISTNew Delhi: Opposition members in the Lok Sabha today sought to rake up an issue accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of not greeting Muslims on the occasion of Eid while noting that he had offered
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Mamata Banerjee's Operation Pig against encephalitis or hogwash?
National | Aug 03, 2014, 02:13 PM ISTKolkata: 'Dirty' pigs are now a harried lot in West Bengal after drawing the ire of none other than Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who has ordered they be packed off following the outbreak of encephalitis
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Clamour for his head grows as Tapas Pal gets an unlikely ally
National | Jul 04, 2014, 03:57 PM ISTKolkata: Even as protests and calls for his arrest continue to gain ground, Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Pal - facing the heat over his rape and violence remarks - Thursday found an unlikely ally in
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Adhir Chowdhury's assets multiply, so do his criminal cases
National | Apr 22, 2014, 03:01 PM ISTKolkata: Along with his assets, the number of criminal cases pending against union minister and West Bengal state Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury - fighting to retain his Baharampur Lok Sabha seat - have multiplied
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Sonia, Rahul, Advani to hit campaign trail in Bengal
National | Apr 15, 2014, 06:42 PM ISTKolkata: Congress president Sonia Gandhi, party vice president Rahul Gandhi, senior BJP leader L.K. Advani and party president Rajnath Singh will hit the campaign trail for the Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal.According to a
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Facing rigid EC, Mamata agrees to transfers, attacks poll official again
National | Apr 09, 2014, 11:44 AM ISTKolkata: With the Election Commission toughening its stand, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday agreed to its direction to transfer eight officials as a "constitutional obligation" but also demanded a top "tainted" poll panel
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Rahul Gandhi to hold workers meeting in Kolkata March 25
National | Mar 21, 2014, 10:51 AM ISTKolkata: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will address party workers at the city's Shahid Minar Maidan Tuesday, West Bengal Pradesh Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said.Gandhi was likely to attend a second rally on the
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MoS Railways Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury seeks bail in Bengal
India | Oct 23, 2013, 12:37 PM ISTBerhampore (West Bengal): Accused in a 2012 case of attacking the District Magistrate's bungalow in Murshidabad, Minister of State for Railways Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has applied for an anticipatory bail.The appeal was made yesterday at
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Railways minister blames Bihar govt for train tragedy
National | Aug 20, 2013, 03:06 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Railways today blamed the Bihar government for the train disaster at Dhamara Ghat in Khagaria district and said that actually 28 persons died in the accident, instead of 37 put by Chief
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Mamata announced railway projects without survey, says new Railway minister
National | Dec 25, 2012, 10:52 AM ISTKolkata, Dec 25: Minister of State for Railways Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Monday questioned the feasibility of a number of projects announced by then railways minister Mamata Banerjee, saying no survey was conducted before making the
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Can't give railway jobs to all, says Minister Chowdhury
India | Nov 26, 2012, 05:47 PM ISTKanchrapara (WB), Nov 26: Union Minister of State for Railways Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury today spoke against granting employment as a rule to all those giving land for rail projects as it would pose difficulty in
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Sever ties with Trinamool, demand Congress MPs from Bengal
National | Jul 09, 2012, 06:46 PM ISTKolkata, July 9: With the Trinamool Congress still undecided on whom to support in the July 19 presidential election, two influential Congress MPs today urged the Congress high command to break the alliance with Mamata
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Talk less, work more, says Congress to Trinamool
National | May 17, 2012, 02:47 PM ISTNew Delhi, May 17: The achievements of the Mamata Banerjee Government in West Bengal today came in for question with key ally Congress asking it to “talk less and work more”, saying it was not