Trinamool Candidate Arrested

Handwritten posters appeared in a few places in Bengal's Sandeshkhali denouncing the BJP's Lok Sabha poll nominee Rekha Patra, an alleged victim of torture at the hands of arrested and now-suspended Trinamool leader Shajahan Sheikh and his aides.

Richard Marak, who was a TMC candidate from South Tura constituency in the 2023 Meghalaya Assembly elections, has been arrested by the Tura Police in connection with mob attack at the office of the Chief Minister.

Sandeep Vazarkar, the Trinamool Congress Party's candidate from Porvorim for the February 14 Assembly elections in Goa, was arrested on Saturday in a cheque-bouncing case on the orders of a Dehradun court, police said.

Hundreds of crude bombs were found behind the home of former Trinamool lawmaker Arabul Islam, at Bhangar, about 25 km from Kolkata. He was arrested on Friday, for the alleged murder of a supporter of an independent candidate.

The arrest of a politician in Kolkata with wads of new currency notes has provoked a fight between Union Minister Babul Supriyo and the Trinamool Congress of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Mr Supriyo said on Wednesday that he regretted "wasting his time" on a person like Manish Sharma, who was the BJP's candidate in state polls earlier this year. ...

Jailed ex-minister and Trinamool Congress candidate Madan Mitra, who was arrested in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam case, has been hospitalised following complaints of chest pain and breathlessness.

With Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee demanding his arrest, BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi today said that she got angry with him for raising the issue of Bangladeshi infiltrators which she herself had raised in 2005.

Union minister Mukul Roy's son Shubrangshu Roy, a Trinamool Congress candidate, was today arrested for assaulting Election Commission (EC) officials on duty. Shubrangshu was on the run after an FIR was filed against him on Tuesday by the EC. "A police team, led by a Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO), arrested Roy," North 24 Parganas Superin...

An arrest warrant was issued on Thursday against Subhrangshu Roy, the Trinamool Congress' candidate from the Bijpur constituency in West Bengal.The warrant follows an incident two days ago when he allegedly assaulted an Election Commission team that was visiting the area. The team was manhandled and their vehicle was damaged.The police is conductin...

Handwritten posters appeared in a few places in Bengal's Sandeshkhali denouncing the BJP's Lok Sabha poll nominee Rekha Patra, an alleged victim of torture at the hands of arrested and now-suspended Trinamool leader Shajahan Sheikh and his aides.

Richard Marak, who was a TMC candidate from South Tura constituency in the 2023 Meghalaya Assembly elections, has been arrested by the Tura Police in connection with mob attack at the office of the Chief Minister.

Sandeep Vazarkar, the Trinamool Congress Party's candidate from Porvorim for the February 14 Assembly elections in Goa, was arrested on Saturday in a cheque-bouncing case on the orders of a Dehradun court, police said.

Hundreds of crude bombs were found behind the home of former Trinamool lawmaker Arabul Islam, at Bhangar, about 25 km from Kolkata. He was arrested on Friday, for the alleged murder of a supporter of an independent candidate.

The arrest of a politician in Kolkata with wads of new currency notes has provoked a fight between Union Minister Babul Supriyo and the Trinamool Congress of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Mr Supriyo said on Wednesday that he regretted "wasting his time" on a person like Manish Sharma, who was the BJP's candidate in state polls earlier this year. ...

Jailed ex-minister and Trinamool Congress candidate Madan Mitra, who was arrested in connection with the Saradha chit fund scam case, has been hospitalised following complaints of chest pain and breathlessness.

With Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee demanding his arrest, BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi today said that she got angry with him for raising the issue of Bangladeshi infiltrators which she herself had raised in 2005.

Union minister Mukul Roy's son Shubrangshu Roy, a Trinamool Congress candidate, was today arrested for assaulting Election Commission (EC) officials on duty. Shubrangshu was on the run after an FIR was filed against him on Tuesday by the EC. "A police team, led by a Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO), arrested Roy," North 24 Parganas Superin...

An arrest warrant was issued on Thursday against Subhrangshu Roy, the Trinamool Congress' candidate from the Bijpur constituency in West Bengal.The warrant follows an incident two days ago when he allegedly assaulted an Election Commission team that was visiting the area. The team was manhandled and their vehicle was damaged.The police is conductin...