West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Sunday that she is not afraid of anyone and cannot be intimidated with jail or something else. Holding out a challenge without naming any one or political party, the Trinamool Congress supremo said that they have not learnt to lose.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Assam and West Bengal on February 22. PM Modi will dedicate to the nation important projects of the oil and gas sector in an event organised at Silapathar in Dhemaji, Assam on Monday.
The West Bengal government on Sunday announced a reduction of tax by Re 1 per litre on petrol and diesel. The decision, announced by state finance minister Amit Mitra, will be effective from midnight.
On Friday, the CBI had conducted searches at 13 locations in four districts of poll-bound West Bengal in connection with the coal pilferage scam, officials said.
A three-member CBI team on Sunday reached Trinamool leader Abhishek Banerjee's house in Kolkata in connection with an ongoing investigation into an alleged coal smuggling case.
The convoy of state BJP president Dilip Ghosh was attacked on Saturday in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, following which a clash broke out between bjp and the ruling Trinamool Congress workers.
Ahead of the Assembly elections in west bengal, dates of which are yet to be announced the political violence is getting more intense in the west bengal. Recently, BJP workers have been attacked in the North 24 Parganas. The BJP workers have been injured and have been admitted to the hospital.
The battle of West Bengal is heating up as the Bharatiya Janata Party is all set to battle the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress in bengal polls 2021.
BJP is the biggest challenge for the ruling AITC party in West Bengal. Mamata’s party still holds an edge for now but this could change by the end of the election campaign.
BJP’s West Bengal youth wing functionary Pamela Goswami was arrested on Friday from New Alipore in south Kolkata after cocaine weighing 100 gm was found in her possession, said an officer of Kolkata Police.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided to deploy 125 companies of central forces in West Bengal by February 25 for the ensuing assembly elections, a senior official said on Friday.
Over 200 stray dogs have died in the last three days in Bishnupur town in West Bengal's Bankura district, triggering panic among the people, officialssaid on Friday. While 60 dogs died on Tuesday, 97 were found dead on Wednesday and 45 on Thursday, they said.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a massive roadshow in South 24 Parganas's Namkhana, ahead of West Bengal Assembly elections.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is likely to campaign for JD-U candidates in Bengal.
Alleging that the TMC government has introduced a "cut-money" culture in West Bengal, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said the BJP's fight is to end it and take the state to the path of development if voted to power in the upcoming assembly polls.
Today is the first day of Shah's visit to the poll-bound state. Shah will launch the fifth and final phase of the BJP's 'Poriborton Yatra' from the South 24 Parganas district and attend several other programmes. He is also scheduled to eat lunch with a refugee's family at Narayanpur village in what appears to be an expression of solidarity with the people promised citizenship by the BJP. He will also take part in a roadshow at Namkhana.
Banerjee, who went to the SSKM hospital to inquire after his condition following Wednesday''s incident, slammed the railways for its "lack lusture" way of functioning.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit Shah on Thursday kicked-off his two-day tour of West Bengal by visiting the Bharat Sevashram Sangha in Kolkata. He performed a special aarti here and met religious leaders. The Bharat Sevashram Sangha was founded in 1917 by Acharya Srimat Swami Pranavanandaji Maharaj. The Sangha has hundreds of ashrams in India and other countries. It is known for community work, helping poor and providing healthcare to those in need.
Tension prevailed in Kolkata after unidentified miscreants hurled stones at the convoy of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari. The incident took place on Wednesday evening. Several BJP leaders including Kolkata BJP chief Shibaji Singh Roy suffered injuries in the attack. The incident took place in Phoolbagan area of Kolkata during a march led by Adhikari.
West Bengal minister Jakir Hossain was seriously injured on Wednesday after unidentified miscreants hurled bombs at him, police informed. The attack took place in Nimtita railway station in Murshidabad district. The minister was rushed to a nearby hospital. At least two other persons who were with him were also injured in the incident.
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