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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'.

On Camera

Controversial dog-walker IAS Sanjeev Khirwar is back in Delhi. What happened to his wife?

In 2022, athletes claimed they were asked to wind up training early at Thyagraj Stadium so that the IAS couple could walk their dog. Then came the memes and public outrage.

IndiGo profit plunges 78% as Dec meltdown with 3k flight cancellations takes a toll

Net income for InterGlobe Aviation Ltd slipped 78 percent to Rs 5.5 billion for the three months ended Dec 31 compared with the year-ago period.

Rafale saga: 25 yrs of detours, deadlocks & political hesitation. Now IAF getting what it always wanted

Instead of buying more Mirages outright in early 2000s, the requirement was tweaked in favour of a medium-weight, multi-role fighter with Mirage-like performance. 

Pakistan se azaadi. Grow up India, stop giving it prime real estate in your psyche

Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles.