The TMC, which is yet to fully recover from the 2019 Lok Sabha poll setback, when the BJP's tally soared from two to 18, is apprehensive that the AIMIM may act as "spoiler" in several assembly segments.
"I am shocked. It once again proves that terrorism has not been eliminated in Pakistan and was rather continuing unabated," External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee told media-persons after a poll rally in Murshidabad district of West Bengal.
'When violence spread, it looked as if Mamata was losing control, but soon, she was able to contain the situation.' 'Now, the TMC stands to gain the most.'
The issue of erecting fences along the international Indo-Bangla border was in cold storage for last several years.
India on Saturday said it is yet to receive any official communication from the Pakistani authorities on its dossier on the Mumbai attacks, a day after Islamabad said its probe into the terror strikes will be made by public by Monday or Tuesday. "I have not received any official communication from the Pakistan authorities till now," External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee told media persons, after flagging off the Murshidabad Express from the Kolkata terminus.
Reacting to the charge by Banerjee, the Congress held her responsible for the growth of RSS in the state.
A fresh outbreak of bird flu was reported from Murshidabad district of West Bengal on Friday, prompting the authorities to launch a culling operation, as the Union health ministry rushed a central team to the state. Culling of poultry began at Khargram and Nabagram areas of the district, which were the worst-affected when the avian flu hit the state last year. Over 1,000 chicken and ducks have died in the two blocks in the past few days, officials said.
National Disaster Response Force personnel left the spot, while State Disaster Management Department personnel continued their rescue work at the accident site with cranes, earth movers and drilling machines.
Railways were now less dependent on budgetary support than five years earlier due to the efforts of Lalu Prasad in making the sector financially self-reliant, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Saturday.
The sari is woven faced down, with a mirror placed on the ground to keep track of the progress and accuracy of design
Amid repeated ceasefire violations by Pakistan, Defence Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday said there has been a series of "provocations" by the Pakistani Army and the country's armed forces are "responding adequately".
The outgoing Lok Sabha had 23 Muslim MPs, the most being from Congress and TMC. The highest number of Muslim MPs were in 1980 when as many as 49 MPs from the community which constitute nearly fifth of Indian population present in the Lok Sabha.
The Trinamool Congress on Monday appeared set to sweep the crucial panchayat poll in West Bengal with a huge margin in most of the districts, taking a comfortable lead in gram panchayat in 12 of 17 districts.
Eleven people were charred to death and four others injured in an explosion in an illegal firecracker unit at Pingla in West Midnapore district.
Seven GenNext designers opened Day One of the Lakme Fashion Week Summer/Resort here in Mumbai.
The fresh deaths in Malda come close on the heels of bird flu in Murshidabad district. The animal resources department of the state government has collected blood samples and sent them to Belgachia in Kolkata for testing. The police have said that although samples have been sent to check for bird flu, the deaths looked to be natural.
The ban was lifted considering that there was no fresh outbreak of bird flu, no case of human infection or fresh death of birds anywhere in the state in the last few days.
Lalgola Royal Estate in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, where Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay conceived his epic creation Ananda Math, is all set to get a facelift albeit via the stars and stripes.
The elections are not only a means for TMC to prove its wide, unopposed mass allegiance but also a way to bargain for national leadership among regional political parties in the road to New Delhi.
Procuring ration card, passport, voter ID cards and documents to establish their Indian citizenship are easy and sleeper cells help illegal immigrants in getting them.
"The process of NRC will be carried out across the country. No one irrespective of their religion should be worried. It is just a process to get everyone under the NRC," the Union home minister said replying to a supplementary during Question Hour in the Upper House.
Six Communist Party of India leaders, including a legislator, were beaten up, five ration shops were ransacked and two houses set ablaze as the violence against corruption in the public distribution system went on unabated in Bardhaman, Birbhum and Murshidabad districts of West Bengal.
Mukherjee had stitches in the head at Bethuadahari Primary Hospital and his condition was stable.
Maninder Singh Pandher, a businessman, and his servant Surinder Koli have been accused of raping and killing children at his Noida residence.
The Battle of Plassey was fought exactly 250 years ago.
The BGB Director General has assured a through probe of the incident, they said.
Chowdhury, who was arrested in Delhi on Saturday, was remanded to judicial custody till November 28 in connection with the gunning down of Hanif Sheikh, a restaurant owner, and his son, Laltu, on July 24.
The Centre has sought a detailed report from the West Bengal government on the circumstances leading to the violence.
Man rapes woman. Woman files complaint. The village Muslim jury throws the victim out. Rapist gets away scot-free.
While man and a woman were reported killed when trees came crashing down on them in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, a 13-year-old girl died in a similar incident in adjoining Howrah. No casualties have been reported from Odisha yet.
Muslims across the country have joined the agitation, apprehending that the move could be a precursor to a country-wide NRC.
Arundhuti Dasgupta on the anxiety and logistical challenges of caring for elderly parents during lockdown, especially if they are ailing and live away from you.
The people of West Bengal have lost faith in the state police and therefore their demand for deployment of central forces, Nayak said.
Meanwhile, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said the state governments have been asked to identify Rohingya refugees in their regions and collect their biometric details.
The toll in the mystery disease affecting only children has gone up to 39.
The Congress on Friday suspended two of its legislators for voting for the Trinamool Congress in the Rajya Sabha biennial election for five seats in West Bengal.
Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday attacked the Congress alleging it was 'cocooned in fear' and did not have the guts to act against the Bharatiya Janata Party and said had she been in Delhi she would have sent Narendra Modi to jail.
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