Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The Trinamool Congress on Monday lashed out at the Narendra Modi government over the allocation of only two minister of state positions to BJP MPs from West Bengal, stating that it…
It’s not only allegations against Malviya that are exposing schisms within the West Bengal BJP, which was able to win 12 of the 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal, whereas the TMC bagged 29 seats
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar on Monday dubbed the allegations against party's IT department head Amit Malviya as "baseless" and politically motivated.
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Dismissing speculations about any rift in West Bengal BJP unit regarding the next party president following his induction into the Union Cabinet, senior BJP leader Sukanta Majumdar on…
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Twenty devices to track vehicular emissions and air pollution are being installed on state-run vehicles in West Bengal, Environment Minister Md Ghulam Rabbani said here on Monday.
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Days after the results of the recently concluded Lok Sabha election, the West Bengal government has appointed Purnendu Kumar Maji as the new district magistrate of Purba Medinipur,…
Sources said that the three-day deadline will expire on Tuesday and appropriate legal actions will be initiated against Sinha if he fails to abide by the directions given in the legal notice served to him on June 8.
Kolkata: Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Monday moved the Calcutta High Court, claiming that numerous incidents of post-poll violence were taking place in the state following the Lok Sabha elections. A…
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A man, claimed to be a Trinamool Congress worker, was shot dead at Hariharpara in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, police said on Monday.
KOLKATA: With the BJP bagging only 12 Lok Sabha seats as against 29 by its principal rival Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, the BJP appeared to have limited options to project the state at the Central level, given the fact that it had to…
Majumdar would need to be replaced as the party’s West Bengal chief; Suvendu Adhikari might be next in line, even as rumours swirl about the possibilities of the party picking a woman chief
The West Bengal CID on Sunday recovered parts of human bones near a canal in South 24 Parganas district, during a search operation in connection with its probe into the murder of Bangladesh MP Anwarul Azim Anar, a senior official said.
While the bones are said to be of a human being, the officials are yet to confirm if they are of Bangladeshi MP Anwarul Azim Anar. Notably, the CID team recovered the bones after they got a big lead in the case following the questioning of…
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The West Bengal CID on Sunday began questioning Mohammad Siyam Hussain, who was arrested by the Nepal Police and extradited to India, in connection with the agency's probe into the…
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The West Bengal CID has decided to revisit a flat in New Town area on the outskirts of Kolkata to collect evidence from there in connection with its probe into the murder of Bangladesh…
A group of 13 workers can complete transplantation on four to five acres; they have been hired every year in Pudukottai, Tiruchi and Mayiladuthurai districts for the past three years
Earlier, BJP leader Dilip Ghosh said that it was a mistake by the party to sideline old guards and the poll debacle was waiting to happen as newcomers and inexperienced leaders were calling the shots.
The TMC maintained its dominance in the state as Banerjee led her party to a resounding victory by bagging 29 of the 42 Lok Sabha seats in the state, whereas the principal opposition BJP was down to 12 and the Congress to one seat.
If Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee got the veterans, the newcomers were endorsed by Abhishek Banerjee, who along with I-PAC helped assure the party a decisive victory