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TopicAdhir Ranjan Chowdhury

Topic: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

Congress to choose new Bengal chief after Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury resigns over LS debacle

Kolkata: The Congress West Bengal unit was caught by surprise after All India Congress Committee (AICC) state in-charge Ghulam Ahmed Mir referred to Adhir...

Adhir in pickle as Congress high command takes stern view of defacement of Kharge poster

On Sunday, three posters on wall of party headquarters in Kolkata which had Kharge’s photo next to Sonia Gandhi's were smeared with black ink & 'TMC dalal' written on it.

How Yusuf Pathan is batting for Berhampore — Pasmanda outreach, sports academy, staying on post-polls

TMC’s Yusuf Pathan is pitted against 5-time Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in Murshidabad’s Berhampore. TMC is banking on Muslim identity and cricket fame to shift fortunes.

Dairy giant, maker for Parle — Kolkata-based Keventer, which bought electoral bonds worth Rs 617 cr

Group with 125-year history has been identified as third biggest buyer of electoral bonds, according to data compiled by SBI and shared by EC at directions of the Supreme Court.

Why TMC picked former KKR star Yusuf Pathan to contest LS polls from Adhir’s stronghold Berhampore

The former cricketer, who was part of the 2011 World Cup-winning team, is contesting from a Lok Sabha seat held by Congress's Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury since 1999.

Former Naxal, Sonia’s ‘Royal Bengal tiger’ & people’s ‘Robin Hood’ — who is Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

A close aide of Rahul Gandhi, the Bengal Congress chief has not lost a Lok Sabha election since 1999. The TMC has blamed him for the seat-sharing debacle in the state.

‘Clearly an RSS/BJP event’ — Congress says Sonia, Kharge, Adhir won’t attend Ram temple consecration

Party says inauguration of the ‘incomplete temple’ by BJP and RSS ‘has been obviously brought forward for electoral gain’.

G20 summit: Both LoPs not on guest list for presidential banquet, Adhir says ‘unprecedented’

Former PM Manmohan Singh, all CMs get invites. Former Rashtrapati Bhavan officials say LoPs of Lok Sabha & Rajya Sabha being dropped from guest list perhaps a first in recent past.

Lok Sabha Speaker revokes Adhir’s suspension after privileges panel’s ‘unanimous’ recommendation

Congress MP told privileges panel he didn't intend to 'insult or hurt' anyone, it is learnt. Motion that led to his suspension was moved after PM’s response to Oppn’s no-confidence motion.

‘Nirav Modi is in India’ — Congress’ Adhir likens PM to fugitive businessman in Lok Sabha

In speech on no-confidence motion, Adhir Ranjan Choudhury says Opposition was forced to resort to parliamentary tools to drag PM to the House, calls Modi 'blind king' & 'tyrant'.

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How West Asia crisis can play out for PM Modi and BJP in Assembly polls

While the Russia-Ukraine war saw the BJP projecting PM Modi as a ‘vishwaguru’ who could end international conflicts, the party has made a nuanced shift in its electoral strategy vis-à-vis the West Asia war.

Foreign investors dump record $12 bn India stocks in March on war

Soaring energy costs have hurt oil-importing Asian peers, but the scale of outflows from India points to already bearish global sentiment.

India developing lethal autonomous weapon systems, database of citizens’ crime risk—House Panel report

Report on impact of AI emergence—drawing upon depositions from several ministries—confirms that the developments come in the absence of AI laws or considerations over them.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.