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RG Kar Hospital: TMC pushes for new law, BJP corners Mamata govt over PGT doctor's suspected rape and murder

Kolkata/IBNS: Even as massive outrage continues over the "rape and murder" of a second-year female medical student at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College Hospital, politics, like another incident, crept in this one too with the ruling Trinamool Congress now putting the ball in the Bharatiya Janata Party's court, demanding a law to fast-track trials and ensure exemplary punishment in such cases.

Include North Bengal in North East region: Bengal BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar proposes to PM Modi

New Delhi/IBNS: Triggering a row, Union Minister and West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Sukanta Majumdar has proposed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to include North Bengal in the North East region, in a bid to facilitate the state with more funds and development.

Former Bengal Congress leader Koustav Bagchi joins BJP

Kolkata/IBNS/UNI: Former Bengal Congress leader Koustav Bagchi joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday in the presence of party's state President Sukanta Majumdar and leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari.

PM Modi expected to visit Bengal on March 6, address rally: Bengal BJP president

Kolkata/IBNS: Amid the row of Sandeshkhali, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to visit West Bengal on March 6 and address a rally at Barsat in North 24 Parganas', BJP's state unit President Sukanta Majumdar said on Thursday.

Sandeshkhali row: Supreme Court stays Lok Sabha panel summons to West Bengal officials

New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Monday put a hold on the Lok Sabha panel's summons to West Bengal top officials on a complaint filed by parliamentarian and state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Sukanta Majumdar, media reports said.

Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar hospitalised after sustaining injury during a protest march

BJP's West Bengal unit president Sukanta Majumdar was on Wednesday admitted to a hospital after sustaining injury following a fall from a car bonnet while addressing a protest march at Taki ( North 24 Parganas) on Sandeshkhali issue, official sources said.

Bengal BJP workers stage protest outside party headquarters in Kolkata

Kolkata/IBNS: In an embarrassment for West Bengal's primary opposition camp Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), some of its workers staged a protest against the top brass outside party headquarters in Kolkata on Thursday.

Amit Shah to visit Bengal in August: BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar

Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdar, who returned from New Delhi on Saturday, said Union Home Minister Amit Shah has assured that he will visit the state in August and hold a public rally.

Bengal: Ganga Arati programme on despite police's no permission, says BJP state chief Sukanta Majumdar

Kolkata/UNI: BJP's West Bengal unit president Sukanta Majumdar on Tuesday said their party programme to organise "Ganga Arati" at Babughat, the eastern part of the Ganga, would go ahead this evening even after the Kolkata Police denied such permission.

'You caused embarrassment to central leadership': BJP warns its ex-Bengal chief Dilip Ghosh

Kolkata/IBNS: Former West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Dilip Ghosh has received a letter from the party headquarters in Delhi, evoking attention to comments by him that have "caused embarrassment" to the central leadership.

BJP appoints Sukanta Majumdar as new Bengal chief replacing Dilip Ghosh

Kolkata/IBNS: In a significant political move, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has appointed Lok Sabha MP from West Bengal's Balurghat, Sukanta Majumdar, as the new state unit president, replacing controversial parliamentarian Dilip Ghosh.