Amid massive public anger over RG Kar case, Mamata Banerjee brings anti-rape bill in Bengal assembly
Sep 03, 2024, at 07:47 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Amid massive public anger over the RG Kar rape-murder case, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday tabled an anti-rape bill in the state assembly.
Bengal bandh: Suvendu Adhikari claims gunshot fired at BJP leader in Bhatpara
Aug 28, 2024, at 05:02 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari has claimed one of his colleagues from the Bharatiya Janata Party was targeted by a Trinamool Congress worker in trouble-ridden Bhatpara in the early hours of a 12-hour state-wide bandh called by his outfit on Wednesday.
Aug 14, 2024, at 05:37 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is the primary opposition force in the state, has demanded the resignation of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the rape and murder of 31-year-old trainee doctor at Kolkata's state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
Mamata Banerjee, Suvendu Adhikari agree on resolution against division of Bengal
Aug 05, 2024, at 08:07 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: In an unprecedented scenario, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari were on the same page in the assembly on the resolution against the division of the state on Monday.
Stop Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, no need of minority wing: Suvendu Adhikari at BJP's internal meeting
Jul 18, 2024, at 12:39 am
Kolkata/IBNS: In a comment potential enough to catch the saffron party off-guard, West Bengal Leader of Opposition and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday gave call to stop "Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas" slogan and do away with the minority cell of the party.
Dilip Ghosh blames BJP's state unit over Bengal performance, prompts flak from within
Jun 08, 2024, at 07:05 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The second successive setback for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal has exposed cracks within the state unit, with former state president Dilip Ghosh hitting out at the local leadership and pointing out flaws in the manner the campaign was carried out.
I will take revenge: Mamata Banerjee recounting her 'Nandigram defeat'
May 16, 2024, at 08:24 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Despite the Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s landslide victory in the 2021 assembly elections, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was defeated by BJP's Suvendu Adhikari by close to 2,000 votes.
'AI-generated': BJP leader claims after 'sting video' shows him claiming no rapes in Sandeshkhali
May 05, 2024, at 05:56 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The political scenario in West Bengal has been thrown into major turmoil with a purported video showing a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader admitting that no rapes or sexual harassment had taken place in Sandeshkhali and women were convinced to file such complaints at the directions of Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari.
Death toll in Kolkata's under-construction illegal building collapse rises to 9
Mar 19, 2024, at 05:59 am
Kolkata/IBNS/UNI: The death toll in the "illegal" under-construction five-storied building collapse at the thickly populated Garden Reach area in Kolkata rose to 9 so far, even as the rescue operations were underway using floodlights, official sources said on Monday.
Former Bengal Congress leader Koustav Bagchi joins BJP
Mar 01, 2024, at 02:05 am
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.
Calcutta HC grants permission to Suvendu Adhikari to visit Sandeshkhali tomorrow
Feb 29, 2024, at 03:07 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The Calcutta High Court Wednesday granted permission to the Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari to visit Sandeshkhali on Thursday.
Feb 22, 2024, at 12:36 am
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann on Wednesday accused BJP leaders of questioning a Sikh police officer's patriotism in West Bengal and demanded an apology from the saffron party.
After police stop, Calcutta HC allows BJP MLAs Suvendu Adhikari, Shankar Ghosh to visit Sandeshkhali
Feb 20, 2024, at 06:02 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Upholding its single-bench order, the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday allowed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs Suvendu Adhikari and Shankar Ghosh to visit violence-hit Sandeshkhali in West Bengal after they were stopped by police in Dhamakhali in the morning.
BJP's Suvendu Adhikari stopped from entering Sandeshkhali despite court order
Feb 20, 2024, at 05:04 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Leader of Opposition and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Suvendu Adhikari was stopped from entering Sandeshkhali for the third time despite the Calcutta High Court order in his favour.
Bengal: Suvendu Adhikari, five other BJP leaders head to violence-hit Sandeshkhali
Feb 20, 2024, at 04:33 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A six-member Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) team comprising Leader of Opposition and MLA Suvendu Adhikari are heading to West Bengal's Sandeshkhali, where women have alleged to have been sexually harassed by local Trinamool Congress leaders.
Calcutta HC allows BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari to visit Sandeshkhali
Feb 20, 2024, at 06:14 am
Kolkata/IBNS/UNI: The Calcutta High Court on Monday said that West Bengal Leader of the Opposition and BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari could visit areas of Sandeshkhali where prohibitory orders Section 144 CrPC has not been extended.
West Bengal: Suvendu Adhikari heads towards trouble-torn Sandeshkhali
Feb 15, 2024, at 11:30 pm
Kolkata: After a sit-in-dharna outside the West Bengal Assembly against the suspension of five BJP MLAs, Opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday left for Sandeshkhali, the trouble-torn area of North 24 Parganas.
Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar hospitalised after sustaining injury during a protest march
Feb 14, 2024, at 11:15 pm
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.
Suvendu Adhikari, five other BJP MLAs suspended from West Bengal Assembly
Feb 12, 2024, at 10:26 pm
Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari and five other BJP MLAs were suspended for the remaining budget session of the West Bengal Assembly on Monday by Speaker Biman Bandyopadhyay, official sources said.
BJP's Suvendu Adhikari seeks West Bengal Governor's intervention to restore peace in Sandeshkhali
Feb 11, 2024, at 03:34 am
Kolkata: West Bengal Opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday sought Governor C V Ananda Bose's intervention into the volatile situation at Sandeshkhali in South 24 Parganas district and served a 24-hour ultimatum, saying if the internet services were not restored and Section 144 of CrPC not withdrawn, the BJP workers would hold a protest march on Monday.
Calcutta HC allows Mamata's all-faith rally on Ram Temple inauguration day, rejects BJP's plea
Jan 19, 2024, at 01:15 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday allowed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to hold her already announced all-faith rally on January 22, rejecting the plea filed by Leader of Opposition and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Suvendu Adhikari.
PM Modi to skip mass Gita recitation programme in Kolkata
Dec 21, 2023, at 03:51 am
Kolkata/IBNS/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will skip the mass recitation of the Bhagavad Gita at the Brigade Parade ground in Kolkata on Sunday due to other preoccupations, West Bengal Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari said on Wednesday.
Oct 27, 2023, at 06:02 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Reacting to the arrest of West Bengal Forest Minister Jyotipriya Mallick, state Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Friday demanded a probe into the role of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the alleged ration distribution scam.
Sep 08, 2023, at 01:54 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly Suvendu Adhikari Thursday led a legislative party delegation to Governor C V Ananda Bose to submit a memorandum against the alleged "devious attempt" made by the state government to "distort the history", which led to the formation of the eastern state on June 20, 1947.
'Bengal will observe foundation day on Poila Boishakh,' says Mamata Banerjee; Suvendu fumes
Sep 07, 2023, at 11:35 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari had a massive faceoff in the state assembly during a debate over a bill regarding the state's foundation day on Thursday.
Kolkata: LoP Suvendu Adhikari alleges attack in Jadavpur University
Aug 18, 2023, at 07:51 pm
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Friday alleged that he was suddenly attacked by a group of unknown assailants when he visited Jadavpur University on Thursday to attend an event organised by the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha.
BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari moves SC against Calcutta HC order allowing FIRs against him
Jul 27, 2023, at 08:25 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear on Aug 4, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly Suvendu Adhikari's plea challenging a July 20 order of Calcutta High Court vacating a two-year-long restraint on West Bengal police in registering FIRs against him.
Suvendu Adhikari takes jibe at Opposition meet in Bengaluru
Jul 18, 2023, at 05:20 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Mocking at the meeting of a host of parties opposed to the BJP in Bengaluru, BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday alleged that the opportunistic coalition has ignored the dead bodies of the workers, who laid down their lives in order to resist the tyranny of the ruling party of Bengal during Panchayat election.
Post-poll violence continues unabated in rural Bengal: Suvendu Adhikari
Jul 14, 2023, at 05:42 pm
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Friday alleged that post-poll violence continued unabated in rural Bengal.
Bengal panchayat polls: Counting underway, Suvendu Adhikari flays TMC for obstruction
Jul 11, 2023, at 05:00 pm
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal's Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday accused the ruling Trinamool Congress activists of making one last "desperate attempt" to "steal" the Panchayat elections by "obstructing" the agents and candidates of BJP and other opposition political parties from entering the counting halls.