Tag: West Bengal Politics
Photo: IANSRs 1.44 crore seized from private school in Bengal, two arrested
Kolkata: Cash amounting to Rs 1.44 crore was recovered from a private English-medium school in Kanchrapara in North 24 Parganas district, police said on Thursday. The recovery was made after a search operation was launched at the school on Wednesday night. Till 4:30 a.m. on Thursday, 1 crore 44 lakh rupees were found. Apart from…
Photo: agencyShiv Sena (UBT) alleges repeat of Maharashtra-style defections in West Bengal
Mumbai: The Shiv Sena (UBT) on Wednesday said the ongoing political developments mark 12 years of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s tenure, terming it a period in which “turncoats and betrayers” are being recast as “rebels” instead of strengthening democratic norms. In an editorial in its mouthpiece, Saamana, the Uddhav Thackeray-led faction alleged that constitutional institutions,…
Photo: IANSTMC on Brink of Split as 20 MPs Write to Speaker Backing NDA
Kolkata: The crisis engulfing the TMC deepened on Monday as 20 Lok Sabha MPs, led by Chief Whip Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, wrote to Speaker Om Birla declaring support for the BJP-led NDA, triggering a split in the party’s parliamentary unit and dealing a severe blow to Mamata Banerjee’s authority after the party’s Assembly poll debacle.…
Photo: IANSMajor Jolt to TMC: Veteran Leader Sukhendu Sekhar Resigns From Party, Rajya Sabha
Kolkata/New Delhi: Veteran TMC Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Shekhar Ray on Monday resigned from the party and stepped down as a member of the Upper House, dealing a fresh blow to the Mamata Banerjee-led outfit amid growing signs that the turbulence in its legislative wing may now be spilling over to its parliamentary ranks. Ray,…
