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27Oct

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‘Bengal Hearing Sound Of Bombs Where Rabindra Sangeet Once Played’: Amit Shah Blasts TMC Govt

Union Home Minister Amit Shah launched a scathing attack on the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government in West Bengal during his visit to Kolkata on Sunday, accusing it of facilitating state-sponsored infiltration and corruption. Highlighting alarming incidents of violence against women, including recent assaults in Sandeshkhali and the rape and murder of a doctor at RG Kar Hospital, Shah asserted that such occurrences reflect the state's failure to ensure women's safety. In his address, Shah outlined the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) ambitions for the upcoming West Bengal assembly elections in 2026, targeting a two-thirds majority. "In Bengal, where Rabindra Sangeet (Tagore songs) used to be heard in the morning, the sound of bombs is heard everywhere now," he remarked. He attributed rampan...

23Oct

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BJP MPs Write To LS Speaker Seeking Kalyan Banerjee’ Suspension Day After Row Over Waqf Bill

The BJP members in the committee on Waqf Bill has written to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla seeking suspension of TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee from Lok Sabha. In a letter to the Speaker, the BJP MPs referred to Kalyan Banerjee's conduct at the parliamentary committee meeting to the ethics panel and called for considering rescinding his membership. The development comes a day after a meeting of the Joint Committee on Waqf Bill where Kalyan Banerjee entered into an argument with BJP's Abhijit Gangopadhyay and smashed a glass water bottle and threw it towards the Chair while injuring his fingers. The TMC MP was suspended for one day from the parliamentary committee on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill. Banerjee ended up with cuts on the thumb and the little finger in his right hand as a stunned Pal adjourned ...

22Oct

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TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee Smashes Glass Bottle During Argument With BJP MP In Waqf Bill Meet, Inju

Trinamool MP Kalyan Banerjee injured himself on Tuesday during a meeting of the Joint Committee on Waqf Bill. The incident took place when an argument with BJP's Abhijit Gangopadhyay turned dramatic, and the TMC MP smashed a glass water bottle on a table before throwing it away. This injured him, hurting his thumb and index finger. Banerjee was given first aid and had to reportedly get four stitches. The parliamentary committee on Waqf Bill later suspended the TMC MP for one day his unruly conduct during the panel meet, news agency PTI reported citing sources. The Joint Committee meeting, which was held at the Parliament Annexe, had to be halted briefly after the incident. The committee, chaired by BJP's Jagdambika Pal, was listening to the views of a group of retired judges and lawyers wh...

16Oct

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Civic volunteer recruitment can’t be a means to confer political patronage, SC tells West Bengal | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday put under scrutiny recruitment of civic volunteers under West Bengal’s ‘Ratirer Sathi’ scheme, floated after the RG Kar hospital rape-murder incident in which an earlier similarly engaged volunteer is the prime accused, and said such hirings cannot be a device to confer political patronage.“Recruitment of civic volunteers cannot be a nice process to confer political patronage on unverified persons,” said a bench of Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra.It sought details of recruitment process from the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC govt in three weeks while barring their deployment in hospitals and schools till further orders.Senior advocate Karuna Nundy, appearing for a doctors’ association in Kolkata, requested the benc...

12Oct

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‘Sucks out their vote bank’: BJP’s ‘Vikram-Betal’ swipe at Congress after Haryana debacle – Times of India

NEW DELHI: After Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "parasite" attack on Congress concerning its allies, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) upped its attack on the grand old party with the fresh 'Vikram-Betal' swipe following its defeat in the Haryana assembly elections. BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawala on Saturday termed the Congress party 'Batal' -- a ghost in the popular collection of stories 'Vikram and Betal'.In the stories, the character of Betal would always climb on the back of the king named Vikram."Be it TMC, SP, Uddhav Sena or Owaisi, ever since the results of Haryana elections came, they are all telling Congress, 'Rahul, tumse naa ho paayega.' I think the Congress party has become a parasite party. When Congress faces the BJP without any support, we have seen its condition...

11Oct

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Kolkata: IMA President Asokan Meets Fasting Doctors, Urges Bengal Govt To Address Issues On ‘Em

Indian Medical Association President RV Asokan and other members of the IMA met the doctors of the West Bengal Junior Doctors Front, who have been sitting on a hunger strike for the last six days, in Esplanade, Kolkata. The doctors have been demanding justice in the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape and murder case. The IMA President also met one of the doctors, Aniket Mahato, who was hospitalised in the state-run RG Kar Hospital on Thursday night after his health condition deteriorated due to continuous fasting since Sunday. He said that the IMA has appealed to the Bengal goverment to address the doctors' concerns on an emergency basis, given their deteriorating health. #WATCH | West Bengal: Dr RV Asokan, Indian Medical Association President and other members of the IMA meet...

10Oct

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Video | Allies Twist The Knife After Congress’ Big Setback In Haryana Polls

A day after the BJP's stunning election win in Haryana something that has left the Congress in a state of shock. Serious questions are being asked of the Congress from key partners of the INDIA alliance. The message seems clear, the Congress was overconfident, perhaps arrogant in their belief that they would win and that there needs to be a realistic understanding that in key states. Watch Left Right & Centre.Source link

6Oct

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Jaynagar Rape-Murder Case: Mamata Asks Police To Ensure Death Penalty In 3 Months, Decries ‘Med

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday ordered the police to register the alleged rape-murder case of a 10-year-old girl in the South 24 Parganas district under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, insisting that the culprits face capital punishment within three months. Expressing her concerns over “media trials” in rape cases, she urged that they should cease, as they could obstruct investigations. The body of the young girl was found in Kultuli on Saturday, leading to local unrest where residents set fire to a police outpost and vandalised vehicles, according to a senior officer. Speaking at the Kolkata Police Body Guard Lines while virtually inaugurating several Durga Pujas, Banerjee stated, “I want the police to register the Kultuli case under the ...

6Oct

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‘BJP Stoking Communal Tensions’ In Goa: Rahul Amid Protests Over Ex-RSS Leader’s Remarks

Rahul Gandhi, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, has accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of deliberately inciting communal tensions in Goa, asserting that such attempts will not go unchallenged. In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday, Rahul Gandhi remarked, “Goa's appeal lies in its natural beauty and the warmth and hospitality of its diverse and harmonious people. Unfortunately, under BJP rule, this harmony is under attack.” He further stated, “The BJP is deliberately stoking communal tensions, with a former RSS leader provoking Christians and Sangh organisations calling for an economic boycott of Muslims.” Gandhi alleged that similar actions by the Sangh Parivar are occurring across India with impunity, supported by the highest levels of the BJP. Goa’s appeal lies in...

3Oct

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CBI Arrests ‘TMC Youth Leader’ Ashish Pandey In RG Kar Corruption Case

The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested Ashish Pandey in connection with a graft case against R G Kar college ex-principal Sandip Ghosh. Pandey is understood to be a Trinamool Congress youth leader. Pandey, who is said to be close to Sandip Ghosh, was under the probe agency's scanner. He was questioned by the CBI on September 30, news agency PTI reported. The former RG Kar principal Sandip Ghosh was arrested in the corruption case on September 2. However, later the probe agency took his custody in the August 9 rape and murder case of a postgraduate trainee doctor at the medical college in Kolkata. Acting on the directions of the Calcutta High Court, the CBI registered its FIR and booked Ghosh and three Kolkata-based private entities including Ma Tara Traders of Madhya Jhorehat, Ba...

29Sep

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‘Seize Work Now Part Of Threat Culture’: TMC’s Kunal Ghosh After Bengal Doctors Threaten To Res

As junior doctors in West Bengal threatened to resume their strike, Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Kunal Ghosh criticised the 'cease work' call, describing it as part of a growing "threat culture." He also expressed concern that such protests would disproportionately affect the poor, forcing them to seek treatment at private hospitals. Ghosh highlighted that the core issue behind the junior doctors' protest is the demand for 'Justice for Abhaya or Tillotama,' referring to the recent brutal rape and murder of a trainee medic at Kolkata’s RG Kar Hospital. He assured the doctors of his party's support in seeking justice. He added that the accused in the case was arrested by Kolkata Police within 24 hours of the incident coming to light. VIDEO | Kolkata rape-murder case: “The basic issu...

28Sep

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FIR Against Nirmala: Oppn Asks PM Modi To Take ‘Full Responsibility’, Siddaramiah Poses ‘Resign

FIR Against Nirmala Sitharaman: The opposition has reacted strongly following the registration of an FIR against Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, linked to the now-scrapped electoral bonds scheme. The FIR, filed on the directions of a Bengaluru court, has prompted opposition leaders to call for accountability at the highest levels of government. Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Kunal Ghosh expressed his concerns, stating, "It is a very serious development because the court has ordered an FIR against Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman over extortion through poll bonds. We have been saying since the beginning that the Centre misuses central agencies." He further stressed the gravity of the situation, demanding that the Prime Minister take responsibility: "The responsibility m...

27Sep

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Parliament Standing Committees Formed: Rahul Gandhi Gets Defence — List Here

The Parliament has restructured its standing committees, with prominent roles being assigned to prominent political leaders across party lines in 24 key panels. While Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, was appointed as a member of the Defence Affairs Committee, Bharatiya Janata Party MP Kangana Ranaut will be part of the Committee on Communications and Information Technology. The department-related standing committees, which have representation from across party lines, act as mini parliaments and keep a tab on the functioning of various ministries. Party Wise Panel Distribution Of the total 24 department-related standing committees, BJP has got to chair 11, while its allies have got to lead four panels. Congress leaders will helm four committees, followed by t...

16Sep

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Video | Kolkata Rape Case: CBI ने कोलकाता पुलिस पर लगाए गंभीर आरोप | Sandip Ghosh | Mamta Banarjee

Kolkata Rape Case: कोलकाता के आरजी कर अस्पताल में ट्रेनी महिला डॉक्टर से पहले रेप और बाद उनकी हत्या के मामले हर बीतते दिन के साथ बड़ खुलासे हो रहे हैं. इस मामले की जांच अब सीबीआई कर रही है. सीबीआई ने अपनी जांच में पाया है कि ट्रेनी डॉक्टर की हत्या के मामले की जांच में कोलकाता पुलिस ने कई लापरवाही बरती हैं. सीबीआई के अनुसार कोलकाता पुलिस को जब इस घटना की जानकारी मिली तो वह घटनास्थल पर काफी देरी से पहुंची. जबकि ऐसे जघन्य अपराध की जानकारी मिलने के फौरन बाद ही पुलिस को मौके पर जाना चाहिए था.सूत्रों के अनुसार सीबीआई ने कोलकाता पुलिस की इन लापरवाहियों का जिक्र अपने रिमांड नोट में किया है.Source link...

15Sep

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Amid Outrage Over RG Kar Rape & Murder Case, TMC Leader Arrested For Raping Young Girl At Home

Amid public outrage over the brutal rape and murder of a junior doctor in Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital last month, West Bengal police have reportedly arrested an All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) leader for allegedly raping a young girl at his residence. The accused has been identified as Narayan Mitra, a trade union leader under the Trinamool, officials said on Saturday. Mitra was arrested on the complaint of the survivor’s family, who alleged that the TMC leader raped the survivor for 2-3 days at his house in Bankur, according to a report by India Today. After the family's complaint, an FIR was registered against Mitra and he was arrested, the report said quoting officials. Meanwhile, the Trinamool Congress has suspended the leader from their trade union. (This is a ...

14Sep

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Mamata makes a move, visits protest site & urges doctors to return to work. ‘Came here as your Didi’

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee pulled a surprise on the protesting doctors Saturday when she reached their protest site on a holiday, in an attempt to end the stalemate that has cornered the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government. The incessant rains since Friday hasn’t deterred the junior doctors, who huddled under makeshift tarpaulin camps all night as the protests entered 33 days. Mamata reached the protest site at Swasthya Bhawan in Salt Lake around 1pm. “I have come here as your Didi, but I am also the Chief Minister, and I request you all to join work. It has been raining all day, I couldn’t sleep all night thinking that you all are out in the rain. I can’t sleep when you are on the road for days. I salute your movement, I too have spearheaded student movements and ...

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14Sep

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West Bengal | Mamata’s darkest hour

How the mightiest have been shaken up! Just three months after the citizens of West Bengal handed the Trinamool Congress 29 out of its 42 Lok Sabha seats, the incumbent government is at the receiving end of unprecedented and ever-growing waves of protests over its handling of the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital (RGKMCH). If there has been one focal point of public ire, it has been Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Since August 9, the dark night of the gruesome deed, Mamata has been perceived as being at the root of the rot in an administration that allegedly tried to cover up the crime. As a number of questions related to the death of the 31-year-old remain unanswered and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) uncovers alleged corru...

12Sep

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‘Will Socially Boycott Mamata’: Bengal Guv Lashes At CM Over RG Kar, Calls Her ‘Lady Macbeth’

West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose continued his attack on the West Bengal government over the RG Kar rape and murder saying that he will “socially boycott” Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and not share any public platform with her. Bose said the state government has failed in fulfilling its duties to implement the rule of law in the state. He also said that the Chief Minister, instead of providing security to the people, is engaged in protest. The Governor referred to Mamata Banerjee as "Lady Macbeth of Bengal" and said that there is violence everywhere in the state. Watch: West Bengal Governor C. V. Ananda Bose reacts to CM Mamata Banerjee's resignation announcement pic.twitter.com/61RCtNJSmR — IANS (@ians_india) September 12, 2024"There is violence on the roads, violence i...

11Sep

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RG Kar Rape-Murder: Protesting Doctors Ask Agnimitra Paul To ‘Go Back’, Here’s What The BJP Lea

Kolkata doctor rape-murder: Defying Supreme Court's directive to resume their duties by September 10, doctors continued their quest for justice in Bengal as the protests over the rape and murder of the trainee doctor at RG Kar Hospital entered its 33rd day. The junior doctors also continued their sit-in protest outside the Swasthya Bhawan in Kolkata for the second day on Wednesday. Senior BJP leader Agnimitra Paul, who was spotted near the headquarters of the health department, was greeted with the chants of "go back" by the protesting junior doctors staging sit-in there today. It is being alleged that Paul, escorted by her security personnel and supporters, tried to enter the protest site, when the incident took place. However, Paul has claimed that she was not there to join the doctors' ...

11Sep

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RG Kar hospital stir: West Bengal govt invites agitating doctors for talks at 6pm today | Kolkata News – Times of India

West Bengal government invites junior doctors for talks over the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Hospital. The meeting is set for 6pm at 'Nabanna', with doctors insisting on live streaming and demanding removal of key officials. NEW DELHI: The West Bengal government on Wednesday extended an invitation to representatives of the agitating junior doctors for discussions in an effort to resolve the ongoing deadlock over the alleged rape and murder of an on-duty post-graduate trainee doctor at RG Kar Hospital in Kolkata last month.According to a report from news agency PTI, the TMC government invited 12-15 representatives for talks at the state secretariat 'Nabanna' scheduled for 6pm.The government's move came in response to an email sent by the doctors to chief minister M...

6Sep

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Video | Kolkata Rape Murder Case Breaking: आरोपी Sanjay Roy ने ही किया था Trainee Doctor से रेप, DNA हुआ मैच: सूत्र

Sanjay Roy DNA Match: कोलकाता रेप-मर्डर केस में हर दिन नए खुलासे हो रहे हैं. लेकिन अब इस मामले में सीबीआई जांच आखरी चरण पर पहुंच गई है. सूत्रों के मुताबिक, मृतका और आरोपी का डीएनए मैच हो गया है. DNA रिपोर्ट सीबीआई के पास पहले ही आ चुकी थी, जिसको फाइनल ओपिनियन के लिए एम्स भेजा गया था. एम्स के एक डॉक्टरों का पैनल ने DNA रिपोर्ट का बारीकी से अध्ययन कर लिया है. सूत्रों के मुताबिक अब तक की तफ्तीश में रेप और हत्या में केवल सजंय रॉय ही शामिल था ,किसी दूसरे शख्स की भूमिका सामने नहीं आई है. सीबीआई इस मामले में अब तक करीब 100 से ज्यादा लोगो के बयान भी दर्ज कर चुकी है 10 लोगों के पॉलीग्राफ टेस्ट कराए गए, जो सीबीआई की SOP का हिस्सा थे, जिससे चार्जशीट पेश करते वक्त कोई कमी न रह जाए.Source link...

6Sep

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Video | Kolkata Rape Case Breaking News: RG KAR Medical College भ्रष्टाचार मामले में ED ने की छापेमारी

RG Kar Breaking News: आरजी कर मेडिकल कॉलेज में करप्शन मामले (RG KAR College Corrupution Case) में ED की छापेमारी जारी है... कोलकाता में 6 अलग अलग जगहों पर छापेमारी की गई है. ये छापे संदीप घोष और उससे जुड़े अन्य लोगों के ठिकानों पर छापेमारी हो रही है...Source link

4Sep

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TMC MLA’s Verbal Spat With TTE Over ‘Ticketless Travel’ Goes Viral, Railways To Take Action

A video of a Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA has gone viral where he is seen allegedly misbehaving with a travelling ticket examiner (TTE) while travelling inside a train. Kanai Chandra Mondal, the MLA from Nabagram, was travelling between Malda and Howrah when the incident happened. The two-minute video was shared by BJP MLA Agnimitra Paul, where she claimed that the TMC MLA was travelling with two other people, while only one person had the ticket. The video purportedly shows co-passengers in an AC chair car compartment protesting Mondal's companion travelling without a valid ticket and the MLA losing his cool during the verbal fight. A passenger could be heard asking the Nabagram MLA whether he was living in a dictatorship or a democracy and demanded an explanation. The MLA then said t...

3Sep

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Video | Sandip Ghosh Arrest News: संदीप घोष के अलावा 3 और लोगों की गिरफ्तारी की खबर: सूत्र | City Centre

RG KAR Medical College News: कोलकाता के आरजी कर मेडिकल कॉलेज और अस्पताल के पूर्व प्रिंसिपल संदीप घोष को सीबीआई ने गिरफ्तार किया है. घोष को उनके कार्यकाल के दौरान आरजी कर मेडिकल कॉलेज एवं अस्पताल में वित्तीय अनियमितताओं की जांच के सिलसिले में गिरफ्तार किया गया है.Source link

2Sep

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BJP Workers Clash With Police In Coochbehar, CBI Probing Previous Scams At Medical College

The Supreme Court on Monday upheld the relief granted to Sayan Lahri, a student leader who organised the protest following the rape-murder of a trainee woman doctor at RG Kar Medical College. Lahiri was arrested on August 27 for playing an active role in leading the rally which, the police said, turned violent, causing destruction of public and private property and attacks on police officers. Meanwhile, the BJP workers on Monday clashed with the police as they 'gheraod' the District Magistrate's Office in Coochbehar over the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder. Here are all the updates regarding the RG Kar Medical College rape and murder: - Junior doctors of different medical colleges in Kolkata took out a rally to Kolkata Police headquarters Lalbazar, demanding the resignation...

1Sep

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TMC Assam Chief Ripun Bora Quits Party: ‘Unsuccessful Despite Repeated Attempts To Meet…’

Assam TMC President Ripun Bora on Sunday resigned from the party claiming that TMC is perceived as a regional party of Bengal and his suggestions to the party have been unaddressed. He said that the people of Assam are not willing to accept a party that they perceive as being from another state and therefore he was compelled to make a 'difficult decision' to disassociate from the party. "Assam TMC has great potential, but several recurring issues have hindered our progress, including the perception of TMC as a regional party of West Bengal. To counter this perception, we made several suggestions, such as the need for an Assamese leader at the national level...," Bora said in the resignation letter addressed to TMC National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee. Assam TMC president Rip...