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  BJP seeks strict adherence to Jail Code for Madan Mitra

  Politics | January 11, 2015 19:49 IST

  Kolkata: West Bengal BJP today claimed that West Bengal Transport Minister Madan Mitra was being given preferential treatment in jail after his arrest in connection with the mutli-crore rupees Saradha scam and threatened to move

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  BJP slams Mamata, says her claim 'absolutely wrong'

  Politics | January 11, 2015 18:12 IST

  Kolkata: BJP today slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and termed as “absolutely wrong” her claim that the state has received total investment proposals worth around Rs 2.43 lakh crore during the recent Bengal

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  TMC membership is to turn Saradha black money into white: Rahul Sinha

  Politics | January 02, 2015 20:31 IST

  Kolkata: BJP state President Rahul Sinha today described the membership drive of ruling Trinamool Congress as an effort to collect money from the masses and alleged that it was an attempt to turn the black

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  Mamata Banerjee isolated in national politics over Saradha scam: BJP

  Politics | December 23, 2014 18:10 IST

  Kolkata: Mocking West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's recent visit to New Delhi and her brief meeting with PM Narendra Modi at a dinner, State BJP President Rahul Sinha today said that Banerjee has become

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  CBI does not look into money trail of Saradha: Rahul Sinha

  Politics | December 03, 2014 23:27 IST

  Kolkata: Defending Union Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh's statement in Parliament on Wednesday over the Saradha chit fund scam, BJP state president Rahul Sinha today said the jurisdiction of the CBI does not

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  Bengal BJP president Rahul Sinha's brother joins TMC youth wing

  Politics | December 01, 2014 17:08 IST

  Kolkata: West Bengal BJP president Rahul Sinha's brother today joined the Trinamool Congress's youth wing at a rally here, according to TMYC national president Abhishek Banerjee. "Sudip Sinha, brother of Rahul Sinha, was among several youth

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  BJP to move Calcutta HC against denial of permission for Amit Shah's rally

  Politics | November 28, 2014 10:54 IST

  Kolkata: Two days after BJP President Amit Shah was denied permission to hold rally outside Victoria Hall, the party will today approach Calcutta High Court seeking permission for the same.On Wednesday both the city corporation

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  BJP demands sealing of TMC's bank account

  Politics | November 23, 2014 17:42 IST

  Kolkata: Demanding that the bank account of Trinamool Congress be sealed following the arrest of two party MPs in Saradha scam, BJP today said TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee's “intolerance” and “arrogance” would be the reason

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  I will commit suicide before aligning with CPI(M): Rahul Sinha

  Politics | November 05, 2014 20:26 IST

  Kolkata:  Lashing out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for accusing the BJP of hiring goons from the CPI(M), BJP state President Rahul Sinha today said that he would rather commit suicide than align

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  Saradha Scam: Rajanath Singh urged to inquire into terror angle

  Politics | September 13, 2014 22:09 IST

  Kolkata: BJP state president Rahul Sinha has requested Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to inquire into reports claiming funds of Saradha ponzi scheme scam has been used to fund terror in Bangladesh against India.“We have

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  Bengal BJP ropes in Amit Shah, Arun Jaitley

  Politics | August 07, 2014 8:21 IST

  Kolkata: Trying to revive the fortunes of the party in a state where it has traditionally been weak, the Bharatiya Janata Party leadership in West Bengal has roped in the services of two of party

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  No reshuffle in West Bengal BJP as of now: Siddharth Nath Singh

  Politics | July 31, 2014 16:37 IST

  Kolkata: There will be no reshuffle in state BJP as of now, senior party leader Siddharth Nath Singh today said.“There will be no change in BJP leadership as of now.  Rahul Sinha will complete his

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  Look into Trinamool violence: BJP urges home ministry

  Politics | July 30, 2014 11:02 IST

  Kolkata: Claiming that minorities in West Bengal were living in fear in the wake of "violence unleashed by the ruling Trinamool Congress", the BJP Tuesday urged the union home ministry to seek a report from

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  Mamata Banerjee to continue movement against fuel price, rail fare hike

  Politics | July 22, 2014 11:24 IST

  Kolkata: Assailing the Narendra Modi government for hiking fuel prices and railway fares, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday said her party Trinamool Congress would carry on with its movement to combat such policies."They

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  Tapas Pal makes these Bengal villagers live in fear

  Politics | July 03, 2014 16:45 IST

  Kolkata: With Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member Tapas Pal publicly exhorting his partymen to kill CPI-M activists, people of Gopinathpur in West Bengal's Nadia district say they are now living in the shadow of fear.Pal,

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  Hotelier dies after Trinamool threat, BJP, Left blame Mamata

  Politics | June 25, 2014 11:23 IST

  Kolkata: The death of a hotelier after he was threatened, allegedly by a Trinamool Congress activist, sparked outrage Tuesday with Bengal's opposition parties Tuesday accusing the ruling party of "shielding the guilty" and urged Chief

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  BJP calls for 'Trinamool-free' WB after 2016 Assembly polls

  Politics | June 23, 2014 18:55 IST

  Kolkata: BJP today gave a call for a “Trianmool-free” West Bengal after the 2016 Assembly polls and cautioned the ruling Trinamool Congress that if attacks against its party workers did not stop, there were constitutional

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  Congress leader Pradip Ghosh joins BJP

  Politics | June 23, 2014 11:17 IST

  Kolkata: Congress leader Pradip Ghosh Sunday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party along with his loyalists, accusing the Congress of lacking inner-party democracy."I have not joined the BJP for the lure of any post. The party

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  Rahul Sinha claims many people from CPI(M), JP, TMC joined BJP

  Politics | June 15, 2014 17:56 IST

  Jhargram(WB): BJP West Bengal unit president Rahul Sinha today claimed that a large number of people from the CPI(M), Jharkhand Party and TMC joined the BJP at Lodhasuli in West Midnapore district.Sinha who held a

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  BJP central team to visit Bengal again

  Politics | June 08, 2014 18:29 IST

  Kolkata: For the second time, a central team of the BJP will visit West Bengal in the next few days to assess the ground situation in the wake of the murder of a party worker