This is the second incident where the West Bengal CM got injured months before the crucial election. Earlier in 2021, the TMC leader suffered a leg injury while conducting an Assembly election campaign in Nandigram.
ED had registered a case under PMLA in this matter. ED has raids at a total of four places.
In a bold move, Mamata Banerjee disowned her familial connections with Babun Banerjee amidst a political rift over the TMC's candidate selection process.
TMC has fielded Prasun Banerjee from the Howrah Lok Sabha constituency. A former footballer is a two-time Lok Sabha MP of the TMC from the Howrah seat.
Arjun Singh has a history of switching sides. He started his political career with Congress in 1995. Later in 2001, Singh joined TMC. In 2019, he switched to the BJP and won the Barrackpore seat on the saffron party ticket, but due to some differences in the party, he returned to TMC in 2022.
Shahjahan was alleged to have orchestrated an attack on ED officials who had gone to search his premises in connection with an alleged ration scam involving the defalcation of several crore of rupees.
The rules for implementation of the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) 2019 were notified, paving the way for granting citizenship to undocumented non-Muslim migrants from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
Last week, the CBI conducted searches at the residence and office of suspended TMC leader Shajahan Sheikh in Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district as part of its investigation into the attack on an Enforcement Directorate (ED) team in the area in January.
BJP's Saumitra Khan had announced split from Sujarat Mondal in 2021 during the West Bengal Assembly elections. TMC has fielded Mondal against Khan in the Bishnupur seat.
"By separating herself from the I.N.D.I.A. bloc, she showed that she is in fear and does not want to fight BJP," Congress leader in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday announced candidates of Trinamool Congress (TMC) for all Lok Sabha seats giving a blow to seat-sharing talks with Congress.
TMC announced the names of all 42 party candidates who will contest the Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal. Mahua Moitra, who was expelled from Lok Sabha, has been fielded from Krishnanagar.
In compliance with the orders of the Calcutta High Court, three FIRs were registered at the CBI, ACB, Kolkata, on March 5, 2024, taking over FIRs previously registered by the West Bengal Police.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) also visited areas near his house in Akunchipara locality of Sarberia to collect evidence in connection with the attack. The CBI team was also joined by forensic and ED officials to support the investigation.
In a rally themed 'Mahila Der Adhikaar, Aamader Angikaar' (women's rights are our commitment), West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, accompanied by her nephew and TMC Member of Parliament Abhishek Banerjee, spearheaded the Trinamool Congress's Mahila Wing Rally today.
Calcutta High Court on Tuesday (March 5) ordered to transfer of the Sandeshkhali probe to CBI.
Calcutta High Court judge Abhijit Ganguly sent his resignation letter to President Droupadi Murmu with copies to CJI DY Chandrachud and the Chief Justice of the Calcutta HC TS Sivagnanam.
TMC leader Kunal Ghosh has continued his attack on senior party MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay, stating that the North Kolkata MP's bank account should come under central agency investigations in connection with the coal scam.
PM Modi will also launch the Kavi Subhash-Hemanta Mukhopadhyay metro section of the Kavi Subhash-Airport line and the Taratala-Majerhat section, which is a part of the Joka-Esplanade line, a government release informed.
PM Narendra Modi is on a two-day visit to West Bengal where he will address rallies and also launch several developmental projects.
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