BJP delegation seeks president’s intervention in West Bengal, tells him about Murshidabad murders

Mukul Roy, who was part of the team that met Ram Nath Kovind, claimed that more than 89 people with links to the BJP had been killed since last year.

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· Oct 15, 2019 · 10:05 pm

West Bengal governor says he was insulted at Durga Puja event hosted by CM Mamata Banerjee

Jagdeep Dhankar claimed he was made to sit on a separate stage during the programme on October 11, and was not shown on television even for a second.

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· Oct 15, 2019 · 06:54 pm

West Bengal: Trinamool Congress MLA Sabyasachi Dutta joins BJP

The former Bidhannagar mayor urged Union Home Minister Amit Shah to solve the state’s problems the same way the government ‘cooled down’ Kashmir.

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· Oct 02, 2019 · 11:51 am

West Bengal: Protests, road blockades and clashes mark BJP’s 12-hour strike in Barrackpore

Traffic on the Kalyani expressway, the Naihati-Chuchura ferry service and train services were disrupted.

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· Sep 02, 2019 · 01:52 pm

West Bengal: BJP MP Arjun Singh sustains head injury during protest, blames police

He accused Barrackpore Police Commissioner Manoj Verma of hitting him on the head while attempting to disperse protestors from the saffron party in Kankinara.

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· Sep 01, 2019 · 07:28 pm

Former TMC leader Sovan Chatterjee wants to quit BJP after being ‘humiliated’, claims his associate

Sovan Chatterjee and his associate Baishakhi Banerjee were reported to be unhappy about the induction of Trinamool Congress MLA Debashree Roy into BJP.

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· Sep 01, 2019 · 10:07 am

Former TMC leader Sovan Chatterjee says he is ready to contest polls against Mamata Banerjee

Chatterjee also denied claims that he joined the BJP to save himself from the CBI probe into the Narada scam.

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· Aug 20, 2019 · 09:21 pm

Ex-Kolkata Mayor and TMC leader Sovan Chatterjee joins BJP

The MLA was considered a close aide of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and also reportedly involved in raising funds for the party.

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· Aug 14, 2019 · 09:41 pm

Bengal: Mamata Banerjee says tax department is misleading people on notices to Durga Puja committees

Earlier in the day, the TMC staged a dharna in Kolkata accusing the Centre of sending income tax notices to the committees to intimidate them.

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· Aug 13, 2019 · 08:03 pm

West Bengal: Students at Hooghly school asked questions about ‘Jai Shri Ram’ and cut-money rows

They were asked to write a report on the ‘harmful effects of chanting Jai Shri Ram’ and ‘the government’s bold step to stop corruption by returning cut money’.

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· Aug 09, 2019 · 10:25 am

West Bengal: Trinamool Congress launches 'Didike Bolo' campaign to address grievances

Mamata Banerjee announced that more than 1,000 party leaders would reach out to 10,000 villages across the state over the next 100 days.

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· Jul 29, 2019 · 05:16 pm

West Bengal governor claims remarks about Mamata Banerjee’s ‘appeasement policy’ were misrepresented

KN Tripathi, who is stepping down as the state’s constitutional head at the end of the month, said his experience as governor was both sweet and sour.

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· Jul 28, 2019 · 02:10 pm