On September 6 last year, a single bench of the Calcutta High Court had extended interim relief to Adhikari against the summons issued by the state police's Crime Investigation Department (CID) in connection with a probe into the death of his bodyguard.
Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Suvendu Adhikari and BJP National Vice-President Dilip Ghosh wondered why the TMC was willing to give Rs 5,000 per month to the women of Goa when the party is doling out just Rs 500 to Rs 1,000 for the beneficiaries of Bengal.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee along with her two TMC MLAs were administered oath by the state’s Governor.
Sushmita Dev is likely to get elected unopposed. West Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari tweeted about this decision.
Suvendu Adhikari, the BJP's Nandigram MLA, was summoned by the CID to its headquarters in Bhabani Bhawan in connection with the death case of his bodyguard Subhobrata Chakraborty.
‘We expect the judiciary to take action after taking into consideration the NHRC report, which has just exposed the tip of the iceberg,’ Suvendu Adhikari said
A case has been registered against BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari under provisions of the National Disaster Management Act and Section 5 of the Official Secrets Act.
Adhikari said that leaders claiming BJP would win 170 seats led to the downfall of the party in the polls as the smugness and overconfident attitude led to a lack of understanding of the emerging ground situation.
A four-member team of CID detectives reconstructed the scene of Subhabrata Chakraborty's reported suicide.
The Bengal Assembly Speaker’s office also announced new names of chairmen for the other eight Assembly committees. All of them are TMC MLAs.
Adhikari had recently submitted a 64-page document to the speaker demanding immediate disqualification of Roy
Suvendu Adhikari has sought a transfer of the West Bengal CM's petition challenging his election from Nandigram constituency after the Calcutta High Court fined her Rs 5 lakh.
The BJP in West Bengal is protesting the Assembly Speaker’s decision to appoint TMC leader Mukul Roy as the chairmanship of the public accounts committee
The application of Mamata Banerjee was rejected by Justice Kaushik Chanda himself.
TMC leader Kunal Ghosh tried to enter Tushar Mehta's Delhi residence following the controversy around last week’s 'meeting' between Mehta and BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari.
Suvendu Adhikari visited Solicitor General Tushar Mehta’s residence in New Delhi on Thursday. Mehta soon denied meeting Adhikari
Adhikari visited Mehta’s residence in New Delhi on Thursday. Solicitor general Tushar Mehta soon denied meeting Adhikari
Mamata Banerjee appeared before the court of Justice Kaushik Chanda through teleconference, as directed by him on June 18.
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.