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India and China discuss border disengagement: EAM | Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar discusses defence, trade while interacting with Malaysian leaders | Want to return money 'looted' from poor and attached by ED in Bengal: PM Modi tells Krishnagar BJP candidate | Congress drops Supriya Shrinate as candidate for LS polls over her remarks on Kangana Ranaut | Delhi HC refuses interim relief to Arvind Kejriwal, issues notice to ED

TMC's Mahua Moitra likely to skip ED's summons in foreign exchange violation case

New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Mahua Moitra is likely to skip the Enforcement Directorate (ED)'s third summons in connection with the foreign exchange violation case, media reports said.

Want to return money 'looted' from poor and attached by ED in Bengal: PM Modi tells Krishnagar BJP candidate

New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday said that he was exploring legal measures to return the nearly Rs.3,000 crore money “looted” from poor people in West Bengal and attached by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

EC issues notices to Congress leader Supriya Srinate, BJP's Dilip Ghosh over derogatory remarks

New Delhi/IBNS: The Election Commission has issued show cause notices to Congress leader Supriya Shrinate and the Bharatiya Janata Party's Dilip Ghosh over "derogatory" remarks against actor-turned-politician-Kangana Ranaut - the BJP's candidate for Himachal Pradesh's Mandi Lok Sabha - and Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

PM Modi dials Sandeshkhali protest's face and BJP candidate Rekha Patra, calls her 'Shakti Swaroopa'

New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: In quite a rare scenario, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday dialled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Lok Sabha poll candidate from West Bengal's Basirhat Rekha Patra, who was also the face of the Sandeshkhali protests, to encourage her, a couple of days after her name was announced by the party.

TMC-BJP activists clash in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas, six hurt

At least six activists were injured when the ruling TMC and main opposition BJP supporters clashed at Kumirmari under Gosaba block in election-bound West Bengal's South 24 Parganas, police said on Tuesday.

Mahua Moitra's Kolkata residence raided by CBI in cash-for-query case

Kolkata/IBNS: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday raided Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader and expelled Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra's residence in Kolkata in connection with the cash-for-query case, media reports said.

Trinamool condemns Arvind Kejriwal's arrest, wonders 'how we can expect fair polls?'

Kolkata/IBNS/UNI: The Trinamool Congress on Wednesday "vehemently" condemned the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and wondered how one could expect fair elections if sitting CMs and prominent opposition leaders were taken into custody weeks before the polls.

TMC, BJP supporters clash in Bengal's Dinhata in Union Minister Nisith Pramanik's presence, several injured

Kolkata/IBNS/UNI: Several people including policemen were injured after supporters of Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) clashed in West Bengal's Dinhata on Tuesday night, triggering a fresh showdown between the ruling dispensation and opposition camp, media reports said.

Sandeshkhali victims meet President Murmu; seek intervention in safeguarding their rights

New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: A social service organisation along with some victims of Sandeshkhali met President Droupadi Murmu on Friday and handed over a memorandum urging her intervention to safeguard the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities of the area.

Arjun Singh returns to BJP, TMC MP Dibyendu Adhikari switches allegiance

Kolkata/IBNS: Political heavyweight Arjun Singh, who became a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP in 2019 after leaving the Trinamool Congress but returned to his old party three years later,  made a comeback to the saffron outfit on Friday in the presence of its central leadership in New Delhi.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee suffers 'major injury'

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was on Thursday hospitalised in Kolkata after she suffered a "major injury".

Bengal: Arjun Singh set to rejoin BJP after TMC denied him a ticket for Lok Sabha polls

Kolkata/IBNS: Arjun Singh, the Lok Sabha MP from West Bengal's Barrackpore, is set to rejoin the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after being denied a ticket by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

Mamata Banerjee snaps ties with brother Babun Banerjee after revolt from within family over Lok Sabha poll candidature

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said she has severed her relation with her brother Babun Banerjee after the latter expressed his displeasure over the party's Howrah candidature for the Lok Sabha elections. 

CBI arrests 3 aides of TMC strongman Shahjahan Sheikh in Sandeshkhali case

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), probing the alleged physical attacks on Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials during a failed raid at Shahjahan Sheikh House, Sandeshkhali, on January 5, arrested three close lieutenants of the suspended TMC leader in connection with the assaults, official sources said on Tuesday.

Sandeshkhali case: CBI arrests three aides of suspended TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh

Kolkata/UNI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is probing the January 5 physical attacks on Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials during a failed raid at Shahjahan Sheikh's residence in Sandeshkhali, arrested three close lieutenants of the suspended TMC leader in connection with the assaults, official sources said on Tuesday.