Kolkata: Kolkata Police on Sunday issued a summons to Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member Derek O’Brien in connection with FIRs filed over the removal of an allegedly illegal billboard from the roof of party general secretary Abhishek Banerjee’s office on Camac Street in central Kolkata. In the notice, O’Brien has been asked to appear before.
The Hooghly Rural District Police in West Bengal arrested Uttam Kundu, the former chief of Tarakeswar Municipality, who had been absconding, said officials on Thursday.
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress general secretary and Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday blamed the BJP and sections of the media for the suicide of former West Bengal Minister and ex-Deputy Speaker Asish Banerjee. Referring to the suicide note recovered along with the deceased leader’s body, Abhishek claimed that the statements in the note.
BJP MLA from West Bengal and direct descendant of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Sumitro Chatterjee, has written to Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi expressing “deep anguish” over what he described as an insult to Vande Mataram at the Congress headquarters on Independence Day.
Former Deputy Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly and Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Ashish Banerjee was found dead at the party office in Rampurhat, Birbhum.
Bengaluru Police arrested 25-year-old West Bengal native Asafool Mallik over suspected TTP links and an alleged plan to travel to Afghanistan, officials said.
A PIL has been filed in the Calcutta High Court challenging the West Bengal government’s order to remove microphones and loudspeakers from religious places across the state.
Although the Trinamool worker's family did not apply for it, the Chief Minister also announced financial assistance of Rs 10 lakh, as the deceased man has two children.
Following the attack on former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Bijpur in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district, the minority faction of the Trinamool Congress has decided to hold protest rallies across the state on Monday.
Mamata Banerjee alleged that stones were hurled at her car during a protest in North 24 Parganas' Bijpur. Protesters also raised 'chor' slogans and allegedly smeared mud on her vehicle.
