Martyrs’ Day July 21 rally Kolkata: Three rallies marking the July 21 Shahid Diwas—one led by the Mamata Banerjee faction of Trinamool Congress, one by the Ritabrata faction and the third by the Congress—are set to hit the city on Tuesday, putting Kolkata’s traffic management to test.While the Mamata Banerjee faction of Trinamool will hold…
Mamata Banerjee takes stock of preparations for Tuesday’s event on Cathedral Road Kolkata: On the eve of July 21, a date etched in Bengal’s political history, the families of those killed in the 1993 police firing find themselves caught between loyalty, uncertainty and fresh political controversy after CM Suvendu Adhikari’s dramatic remarks in the assembly…
The Mamata faction had moved the HC seeking permission to organise the rally near Victoria House, in Metro Channel or at the Dorina crossing after police thrice denied it consent to hold the event in front of Victoria House. KOLKATA: Calcutta high court on Wednesday ordered that the venue for the July 21 ‘Martyrs’ Day’…
Kolkata: The rebel faction of Trinamool MLAs led by Ritabrata Banerjee on Saturday made Mamata Banerjee loyalists Anubrata Mondal, Jyotipriya Mullick and Debasish Kumar office-bearers of the state committee, sealing their defections. Mondal was appointed president of the Birbhum unit.With its ranks swelling, the dissident camp also drew the battle lines, announcing its first public…
