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No search of helicopter in WB, Abhishek wasn’t present: I-T sources

New Delhi: As a row erupted over the TMC’s claim of a “raid” by income tax officials targeting a helicopter used by party general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, I-T department sources claimed on…
IT officials raided Abhishek’s helicopter in Kolkata, claims TMC

Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress on Sunday said its general secretary Abhishek Banerjee’s helicopter was raided by Income Tax officials in Kolkata’s Behala flying club and alleged this was part of a deliberate…

Shahjahan submits ‘retraction’ petition to withdraw statements made before ED

Kolkata: The counsel for suspended Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan on Saturday filed a ‘retraction’ petition in a special PMLA court, seeking permission to withdraw the statements made by Shahjahan before the…
Congress will get more seats than in 2019 elections: Chidambaram

Kolkata: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday asserted that his party would get more seats in the ensuing elections than in 2019 and predicted that the INDIA bloc would secure a…
Shahjahan ‘invested’ crime proceeds from land-grabbing in brother’s business: ED

Kolkata: A major portion of the money earned by suspended Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan from land-grabbing at Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district was shown as investments in his brother Sheikh…
Arrests in Rameshwaram cafe blast case trigger political slugfest in Bengal

Kolkata: The arrest of two accused in the Bengaluru cafe blast case from West Bengal on Friday kept the state’s political pot boiling ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, with the opposition…
Sandeshkhali: Cal HC orders CBI probe into alleged crimes against women, land grabbing

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday ordered a CBI investigation into allegations of crimes against women and land grabbing in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali, which had witnessed protests over the issues. Stating…

TMC delegation to lodge complaint against detention of party leaders in Delhi

Kolkata: Senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee went to the Raj Bhavan on Monday night to lodge a complaint with West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose regarding the detention of party leaders…
NIA arrests blast suspects amid mob attack in WB; political slugfest between TMC, BJP

Kolkata: A team of the NIA was allegedly attacked by a mob on Saturday when it went to arrest two main suspects in a 2022 blast case in West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur…
Calcutta HC orders NIA probe into death of BJP activist

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the central government to hand over to NIA the investigation into the death of a BJP activist in violence before the 2023 panchayat elections…
Victory will be fitting reply to expulsion from LS, says confident Mahua

Kolkata: Exuding confidence in securing her Krishnanagar Lok Sabha seat with a bigger margin, senior TMC leader Mahua Moitra feels that her victory would be a fitting response to the “conspiracy” to…
Adhir Ranjan’s ‘traitor’ jibe at Mamata triggers war of words in Bengal

Kolkata: A political slugfest surfaced in West Bengal on Monday after state Congress President Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of being a “traitor” to the opposition INDIA bloc. “What…
WB storm: Death toll rises to 5, CM meets families of victims

Jalpaiguri: The death toll due to a storm that wreaked havoc in parts of Jalpaiguri district in northern West Bengal has risen to five, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said. Over 100…
Now, ED takes Sheikh Shahjahan into custody after 4-hour grilling

Kolkata: In a sudden development, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday took the custody of Sheikh Shahjahan, the suspended Trinamool Congress leader who’s accused of being the mastermind behind the attack on…
TMC slams PM economic adviser Sanjeev Sanyal’s comments on Bengalis

Kolkata: Certain comments on the people of West Bengal by Prime Minister’s Economic Advisor Sanjeev Sanyal have created controversy, with the Trinamool Congress accusing him of “fanning open hatred” towards the residents…