On Monday, Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir courted controversy for demanding the replacement of fellow TMC members from the party committee in Murshidabad with ‘Muslim leaders’. Kabir had been aghast with the TMC high command for giving ‘pure unadulterated power’ to party members such as Shaoni Sinha Roy and Apurba Sarkar and their family members. Will this community not receive …
The income tax department seized around ₹11crore cash from the residence and factory of former minister and Trinamool Congress legislator Zakir Hossain during raids that started on Wednesday morning and continued till around 3:30am on Thursday. The former minister’s house, beedi factory and oil mills in Murshidabad district were raided. Hossain is the TMC MLA from Jangipur in Murshidabad district …
Another deliberate attempt to spread fear and violence amidst polling in West Bengal was thwarted successfully by the security agencies. West Bengal: 14 crude bombs were recovered in Shamsherganj area of Murshidabad district yesterday. Illegal arms manufacturing unit busted in Bharatpur Vigilance across West Bengal has been intensified after multiple such raids led to the recovery of bombs and illegal …
The bomb attack on Jakir Hossain, Minister of State for Labour in Mamata Banerjee’s government, on the night of February 17 highlights once again the escalation of political violence in West Bengal as the Assembly election draws near and the alarming decline in the law and order situation. The law and order has totally failed.” Countering the allegation, senior Trinamool …