Adhir in pickle as Congress high command takes stern view of defacement of Kharge poster

Adhir in pickle as Congress high command takes stern view of defacement of Kharge poster

Kolkata: West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury seems to be on a sticky wicket after being snubbed by party president Mallikarjun Kharge at an INDIA bloc meet last week in Mumbai during a news briefing. Kharge made it clear that Adhir Ranjan’s archrival and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee is with the INDIA bloc … Read more

Congress Releases 4th List Of 46 Candidates, Digvijaya Singh To Contest From Rajgarh

Congress Releases 4th List Of 46 Candidates, Digvijaya Singh To Contest From Rajgarh

Congress announced the fourth list of 46 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections. As per the list Digvijay Singh to contest from Rajgarh Lok Sabha Constituency. Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Congress Releases 4th List Of 46 Candidates, Digvijaya Singh To Contest From Rajgarh New Delhi: Congress on Saturday released the fourth list for the upcoming … Read more

Dairy giant, maker for Parle — Kolkata-based Keventer, which bought electoral bonds worth Rs 617 cr

Dairy giant, maker for Parle — Kolkata-based Keventer, which bought electoral bonds worth Rs 617 cr

Kolkata: At least four firms, which purchased electoral bonds between 2019 and 2024, are part of the Keventer conglomerate and have their registered offices in Kolkata.   Keventer Foodpark Infra Pvt Ltd, Madanlal Ltd, MKJ Enterprises Ltd and Sasmal Infrastructure Pvt Ltd figure in the list of donors by contributing over Rs 600 crore in electoral bonds, … Read more

Why TMC picked former KKR star Yusuf Pathan to contest LS polls from Adhir’s stronghold Berhampore

Why TMC picked former KKR star Yusuf Pathan to contest LS polls from Adhir’s stronghold Berhampore

Kolkata: Former Indian cricketer Yusuf Pathan joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and will contest the Lok Sabha polls from the Berhampore seat in Murshidabad district. TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee announced Pathan’s candidature Sunday amid huge cheer — hoping to wrest the seat from the Congress, which has held it since 1999 under MP Adhir Ranjan … Read more

Bill Seeking Strict Legal Action Against Exam Malpractices And Irregularities Passed By Lok Sabha

Bill Seeking Strict Legal Action Against Exam Malpractices And Irregularities Passed By Lok Sabha

Home Education Bill Seeking Strict Legal Action Against Exam Malpractices And Irregularities Passed By Lok Sabha The need for the bill arose after many competitive exams were cancelled following question paper leaks. The bill also proposes a high-level national technical committee on public examinations. (Representational Image) Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Bill, 2024: A … Read more

Former Naxal, Sonia’s ‘Royal Bengal tiger’ & people’s ‘Robin Hood’ — who is Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

Former Naxal, Sonia’s ‘Royal Bengal tiger’ & people’s ‘Robin Hood’ — who is Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

Chowdhury has won the Berhampore Lok Sabha seat since 1999 — withstanding both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee waves at different points of time.  Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi during the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Murshidabad Thursday | ANI So, when Rahul Gandhi decided to … Read more

‘Working at BJP’s behest’: TMC blames Congress’s Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury over discord in West Bengal | India News

‘Working at BJP’s behest’: TMC blames Congress’s Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury over discord in West Bengal | India News

NEW DELHI: The TMC on Thursday put the blame squarely on Congress’s Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury after a seat-sharing deal failed to materialize between the two parties.Trinamool Congress leader Derek O’Brien said that there were three reasons why the alliance didn’t work out in West Bengal: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.His … Read more

‘Clearly an RSS/BJP event’ — Congress says Sonia, Kharge, Adhir won’t attend Ram temple consecration

‘Clearly an RSS/BJP event’ — Congress says Sonia, Kharge, Adhir won’t attend Ram temple consecration

New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi and the party’s Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury will not attend the 22 January inauguration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, the party announced Wednesday. The Congress said that the invitation to its top leaders was being declined because the … Read more

‘Playing into hands of BJP’: JD(U) objects to Bengal Congress leader’s remarks against Mamata’s Trinamool govt | India News

‘Playing into hands of BJP’: JD(U) objects to Bengal Congress leader’s remarks against Mamata’s Trinamool govt | India News

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury‘s remarks against Mamata Banerjee‘s Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal has not gone down well with Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal(United).“It is wrong for the Congress to demand President’s rule in West Bengal as it is like playing into the hands of the BJP,” senior JD(U) leader K C … Read more

Congress says ‘don’t need Mamata’s mercy’, Trinamool responds with ‘zero baseline’ dig at grand old party | India News

Congress says ‘don’t need Mamata’s mercy’, Trinamool responds with ‘zero baseline’ dig at grand old party | India News

NEW DELHI: The knives are out in West Bengal. The Trinamool Congress and the Congress, who are allies in the anti-BJP front INDIA (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance), engaged in a bitter war of words on Thursday over the proposed seat sharing formula for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.“We don’t need Mamata’s mercy,” said West … Read more