Bengal: Adhir Chowdhury set for defeat in Baharampur amid Congress' resurgence
Jun 04, 2024, at 10:00 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Congress strongman Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury is set for a defeat in the Baharampur constituency of West Bengal amid his party's resurgence in the national politics.
May 18, 2024, at 07:43 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has said his colleague Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury will be axed if he doesn't follow the high command's decision, in response to the party's alliance with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her Trinamool Congress.
After Sam Pitroda, Adhir Chowdhury's 'we have Negrito' comment lands Congress in more trouble
May 10, 2024, at 03:59 am
Kolkata/IBNS: After Sam Pitroda's racial analogy to classify Indians from different parts, now Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury contributed to the stir on Thursday saying "we have Proto Australoids, Mongoloid, Negrito (in India)", referring to now-outdated racial and anthropological groupings of humankind.
Mar 22, 2024, at 05:50 am
New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: The Indian National Congress Thursday released the third list of 57 candidates for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Telangana, West Bengal and Puducherry.
Trinamool Congress fields Yusuf Pathan from Baharampur Lok Sabha seat, Nusrat Jahan dropped
Mar 10, 2024, at 08:21 pm
Trinamool Congress on Sunday announced former Indian cricketer and 2007 World T20 champion Yusuf Pathan will be its candidate from Baharampur constituency for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
After BJP's team, now Congress MP Adhir Chowdhury stopped from reaching Bengal's Sandeshkhali
Feb 16, 2024, at 08:59 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: After the fact-finding team of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress state president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury was stopped by police on his way to Sandeshkhali, where women have accused men linked to Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sheikh Shahjahan of sexually harassing them.
Miking, rallies denied for Rahul Gandhi's Nyay Yatra due to Madhyamik exam in Bengal
Feb 03, 2024, at 02:05 am
Birbhum/IBNS/UNI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra on Friday began in Murshidabad on the way to neighbouring Birbhum district with some "administrative restrictions" due to Madhyamik examinations, which started this morning.
Rahul Gandhi begins his yatra in Malda, CPI (M) supporters join rally
Feb 02, 2024, at 04:42 am
Malda/IBNS/UNI: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Thursday began his ongoing 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' from the West Bengal bordering district of Malda, a day after his car was vandalised while crossing the border from Bihar into this state on Wednesday afternoon, party sources said.
Jan 21, 2024, at 05:28 am
Kolkata: West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury slammed the INDIA alliance bloc Trinamool Congress, asserting that he has defeated the Mamata Banerjee-led party before.
Sep 20, 2023, at 05:30 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress Lok Sabha leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has alleged the words "socialist" and "secular" have been dropped from the Preamble in copies of Indian Constitution handed over to the parliamentarians on the day of shifting to the new Parliament building.
Sep 19, 2023, at 02:02 am
New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Monday recalled India's first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru’s legacy in the Lok Sabha during the special session of the Parliament ahead of moving to the new building.
'One Nation, One Election': Centre forms panel comprising Amit Shah, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
Sep 04, 2023, at 07:38 pm
New Delhi/UNI/IBNS: The government on Saturday named Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Congress Lok Sabha leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad among members to the High Level Committee (HLC) to examine and make recommendations for holding simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha, state assemblies, municipalities and panchayats.
Congress's Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury suspended from Lok Sabha over 'misconduct'
Aug 11, 2023, at 03:00 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress's leader in the Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, was on Thursday suspended from the house for allegedly attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and disturbing the ministers.
Mar 03, 2023, at 05:52 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday launched a scathing attack on state Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury referring to his late daughter and driver in her response to the Trinamool Congress' debacle in Sagardighi assembly by-election.
'Sagardighi verdict shows Mamata not invincible': Adhir Rajan Chowdhury as Congress set for win
Mar 02, 2023, at 07:21 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Sagardighi bypoll result showed that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is not invincible, said state Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury as his party is heading for a stunning victory in the Murshidabad assembly seat.
'We may lose but won't fade away': Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury as Congress smells Sagardighi victory
Mar 02, 2023, at 06:46 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury trained his guns at the ruling Trinamool Congress as his party is set to pull off a stunning victory in the Sagardighi bypoll.
Bengal: Congress keen on alliance with Left to challenge TMC, BJP
Mar 01, 2023, at 05:39 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Tuesday said his party is keen to fight future elections in the state in an alliance with the Left to take on the Trinamool Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), media reports said.
Jul 30, 2022, at 01:35 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has submitted a written apology to President Droupadi Murmu for calling her "Rashtrapatni" in a media interview earlier this week.
'Nobody knows what really happened': NCP's Supriya Sule on Sonia Gandhi-Smriti Irani spat
Jul 29, 2022, at 01:52 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Supriya Sule, who along with other MPs led away Congress's Sonia Gandhi on Thursday after her heated exchange with Union Minister Smriti Irani, said she had arrived late on the scene and was unaware of what transpired between the two leaders.
'Don't talk to me': Sonia Gandhi rebuffs Smriti Irani in Lok Sabha
Jul 29, 2022, at 12:12 am
New Delhi: Amid a stir in Lok Sabha over Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury calling President Droupadi Murmu 'Rashtrapatni' a scene of dramatic confrontation emerged when Congress President Sonia Gandhi repulsed Union minister Smriti Irani's attempt to talk to her as she approached a woman BJP MP.
Adhir Chowdhury has already apologised for remark on President Murmu: Sonia Gandhi
Jul 28, 2022, at 08:46 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Congress president Sonia Gandhi Thursday said her party's Lok Sabha leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has already apologised for his comments on President Droupadi Murmu, amid a controversy over remarks made by the politician a day ago.
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's remark on President Murmu sparks uproar in RS
Jul 28, 2022, at 08:40 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The issue of alleged derogatory remarks by Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary against President Droupadi Murmu sparked uproar in Rajya Sabha Thursday with the government demanding an apology from Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
'Twitter hacked,' claims Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, files FIR
May 22, 2022, at 02:12 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Saturday filed an FIR stating that his Twitter account was hacked.
Congress Lok Sabha leader Adhir Chowdhury hits out at Centre over Nagaland incident
Dec 09, 2021, at 11:45 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Congress' Lok Sabha leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Thursday hit out at the Centre over Union Home Minister Amit Shah's recent statement in the House on the Dec 4 firing incident at Oting in Nagaland's Mon district.
Congress says it won't contest bypoll against Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata's Bhawanipore
Sep 08, 2021, at 06:06 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Putting an end to all speculations, the Congress party on Tuesday announced that it would not field a candidate against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the upcoming Bhawanipore bypoll from where she is contesting later this month.
Congress to replace Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury as Lok Sabha leader: Reports
Jul 13, 2021, at 03:42 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury will be replaced as the party's leader in the Lok Sabha and a couple of members of G23, the dissenters who wrote an explosive letter to President Sonia Gandhi last year, are contenders for the post, media reports said.
CBI chief selection: CJI NV Ramana's citation of law puts two govt choices out of race
May 25, 2021, at 07:41 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana's citation of a particular law has kept two central government choices out of the race for the next Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director's post, media reports said.
3 names shortlisted for CBI chief's post at PM-led panel meet, Congress protests
May 25, 2021, at 04:53 am
New Delhi/IBNS: A meeting to select the new Central Bureau of India (CBI) chief was held at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's house on Monday evening with Chief Justice of India NV Ramana and Leader of the Opposition Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in attendance.
Amit Shah refutes Adhir Ranjan's charge, says 'I didn't sit on Rabindranath Tagore's chair'
Feb 10, 2021, at 01:25 am
New Delhi/UNI: Amit Shah on Tuesday refuted the charge made by Congress Floor Leader in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury that the Union Home Minister had sat on the chair of poet Rabindranath Tagore during his recent visit to Visva Bharati University in West Bengal.
Congress, Left to fight 2021 West Bengal elections in alliance
Dec 24, 2020, at 10:36 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Congress and Left are set to fight the upcoming West Bengal assembly elections, which are scheduled to be held in Apr-May next year, in an alliance.