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Kolkata: A divorced couple will face off in the Lok Sabha election in Bengal — a situation that has become a talking point in the state as the ruling Trinamool Congress announced its candidates list today. Sujata Mondal will contest against her former husband Soumitra Khan, a BJP candidate from Bishnupur seat of Bandal’s Bankura…
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Mahua Moitra, expelled from the Lok Sabha three months ago, has been fielded again by Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress in what is seen as a message of defiance to the BJP. Trinamool has fielded her from Bengal’s Krishnanagar — the very same seat she represented — thumbing nose at critics who had predicted an end…
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Trinamool Congress will hold a mega rally at the Brigade Parade Grounds in Kolkata (File) Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress will launch its Lok Sabha poll campaign with a grand rally on Sunday at Kolkata’s famed Brigade Parade Grounds, where party supremo Mamata Banerjee is expected to set the tone for the upcoming elections. Christened ‘Jana…
Kolkata: Adding a new twist to the face-off between Bengal police and the CBI over the custody of Sandeshkhali strongman Sheikh Shahjahan, the Calcutta High Court today set a new deadline for the Bengal cops to hand him over to the central agency. A bench of Justice Harish Tandon and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya has now…
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Former Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan suspended for six years (File). Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday handed custody of Sheikh Shahjahan – the former Trinamool strongman accused of extortion, land grab, and sexual assault in Bengal’s Sandeshkhali – to the CBI. Bengal Police have till 4.30 pm to hand over Shahjahan and all…
In a post on X, Pawan Singh thanked the BJP leadership for his candidature. New Delhi: Bhojpuri actor-singer Pawan Singh on Monday said “time would tell” if he would contest in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Talking to media after meeting BJP president JP Nadda, Singh, who was to be the BJP candidate from Asansol…
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New Delhi: Amid a massive backlash over the BJP fielding him from Asansol Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal, Bhojpuri actor-singer Pawan Singh has said he would not be contesting the election. “I thank the BJP leadership for trusting me and announcing my name as the candidate from Asansol, but I won’t be able to…
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A day after Sandeshkhali strongman Sheikh Shahjahan was arrested in connection with the mob attack on an Enforcement Directorate (ED) team, Trinamool Congress suspended him from the party for six years. In a press meet to announce the move, the party’s leaders slammed the BJP and dared it to act against tainted leaders in its…
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West Bengal’s Leader of Opposition (LoP), Suvendu Adhikari, has raised eyebrows over the arrest of Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sheikh Shahjahan, stating, “This is not an arrest; this is a mutual adjustment.” “Bhaskar Mukherjee (DIG, Malda Range), took him (Sheikh Shahjahan) in the car to Palta and then to Bhushi Ratil. This is not arrest,…
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File photo: A private security guard walks outside the closed Tata Motors Nano car factory in Singur in this April 27, 2011. | Photo Credit: Reuters The story so far: In what could serve as an epilogue to a long-drawn tussle between Tata Motors and the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation (WBIDC), an arbitration panel on…
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