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Bengal BJP leader backs Paresh Rawal on “cook fish for Bengalis” comment

Bengal BJP doesn’t see Paresh Rawal’s “will you cook fish for Bengalis” comment made in Gujarat as offensive. Instead, Bengal BJP spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya backed the actor politician saying what Rawal said was absolutely right. Bhattacharya while speaking to The New Indian on this said, “Paresh Rawal did not say anything wrong. He also tweeted […]

‘Fishing’ in troubled waters: Actor-politician Paresh Rawal summoned by Kolkata Police

The Kolkata police summoned actor politician Paresh Rawal at Taltala police station on December 12 for questioning. CPI(M) West Bengal State Secretary Md Salim lodged a police complaint against Rawal for his comment “cook fish for Bengalis” during Gujarat elections. Speaking to The New Indian Mohd Salim said, “Such statements are provocative to riots and destroy […]

Saket Gokhale arrest: TMC to rake up ‘excesses’ by Central agencies in Winter Session

On a day when their National Spokesperson Saket Gokhale was picked up by Gujarat Police for an alleged tweet against the Morbi accident, sources in Trinamool Congress told The New Indian the party would rake up the issue of use of central agencies against members of Opposition in the Parliament.  “Discussions on federal structure is […]

TMC claims Saket Gokhale arrested by Gujarat police over Morbi tweet

Alleging “political vendetta” by the BJP, Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress has claimed that its national spokesperson Saket Gokhale has been arrested by Gujarat Police over a tweet about the Morbi bridge collapse. Narrating the turn of events that culminated in the arrest of Gokhale, party leader Derek O’Brien said that Gokhale was at the Rajasthan […]

EXC: BJP MP Sarkar backs Nisith’s claim on 40 TMC MLAs, Dola junks it

Following BJP MP Nisith Pramanik’s sensational claim that at least 40-45 Trinamool Congress MLAs were in touch with the party, his  fellow MP from Bengal Jagannath Sarkar has confirmed  to The New Indian that indeed the party has received communication from as many MLAs. However, Sarkar is cautious about indiscriminately filling up BJP ranks with […]

Medinipur blast brings back Bengal poll violence horror, Mamata under attack

The deadly blast that killed three people in Purba Medinipur district has unmasked the violent facet of elections in West Bengal just before the scheduled polls for panchayat bodies, drawing widespread criticism to state strongwoman Mamata Banerjee’s rule. TMC block president Raj Kumar Manna, his brother Dev Kumar Manna along with another person were killed […]

Cattle smuggling: Jailed TMC leader Anubrata moves Calcutta HC for bail

Jailed Trinamool Congress strongman Anubrata Mondal on Wednesday approached the Calcutta High Court, seeking bail in the multi-crore cattle smuggling case. Mondal, the TMC president of Birbhum, is being investigated by two central agencies – the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED). While the CBI is probing his role in cattle […]

Shah, Mamata to discuss Centre-state relations at key meeting

Political rivals Union home minister Amit Shah and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee will discuss the thorny issue of the Centre-state relationship at a meeting in Kolkata next month. Shah will chair a meeting of the Eastern Zonal Council to be attended by chief ministers of West Bengal, Jharkhand, Bihar, Sikkim, and Odisha at […]

Cyber attack on AIIMs not to be seen as an isolated case: Expert

Even as reports of hackers demanding ransom in cryptocurrency from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi emerged, cyber security experts have called this attack on the institute’s servers and database the biggest in Indian history. The attack by cyber criminals exposed how vulnerable our systems are, even at the best of our […]

Bharat Biotech’s Covid nasal vaccine gets CDSCO approval

Bharat Biotech’s Intranasal Vaccine receives both Primary series and Heterologous booster approval from from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO). This is first ever Intranasal Vaccine approved under restricted emergency use for 18+ for heterologous booster doses.. This vaccine was tested on 3100 candidates at 14 trial sites across India majorly for immunogenicity during […]

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