The draft political resolution adopted at the meeting of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) here has ruled out any electoral alliance or understanding with the Congress, party general secretary Sitaram Yechury said here on Sunday. The final decision will be taken at the Party Congress to be held in Hyderabad in April, and electoral tactics […]
» Read moreIshrat Jahan, one of the petitioners in the triple talaq case, has joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday. Ms. Jahan, a resident of Howrah district, was inducted into the party at its Howrah office. She was among the five petitioners in the triple talaq case, that led to Union government tabling a bill to criminalise talaq-e-biddat. Ms. Jahan […]
» Read moreFormer Calcutta High Court judge C.S. Karnan was released from the Presidency jail in Kolkata on Wednesday after serving a six-month prison term awarded by the Supreme Court for contempt of court. Justice Karnan was lodged in the jail on June 21 after the West Bengal police arrested him in Coimbatore the previous night. The judge retired on June 12.
» Read moreWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday announced a solatium of ₹3 lakh for the family of Afrajul Khan, 50, a migrant worker from Malda district, who was killed in Rajasamand, Rajasthan. She also announced a job for one of his family members. In a tweet, Ms. Banerjee described the incident as a “very sad” one. “Afrajul Khan of […]
» Read moreSenior Trinamool Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member Mukul Roy on Monday resigned from the working committee and primary membership of the party. “Today, I will resign from the working committee of the Trinamool Congress… I will resign as Rajya Sabha member after the pujas,” Mr Roy said in a hurriedly called press conference. One of the most prominent leaders […]
» Read moreWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday accused the BJP government at the Centre of subverting democracy and said the Trinamool Congress will work with all opposition parties to oust the BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Giving the slogan of ‘BJP quit India in 2019’, Ms. Banerjee charged that the BJP-led government at the Centre has “taken […]
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