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Friday, December 12, 2025
TopicBengal BJP

Topic: Bengal BJP

Modi to be in Kolkata 1st time since 2021 loss. No party events planned but BJP hopes for boost

PM will flag off Eastern India's 1st Vande Bharat Express in West Bengal Friday, in what's being seen as early launch of BJP's 2024 poll campaign in Bengal & attend Namami Gange meeting.

In 1st visit to BJP’s Bengal HQ, Amit Shah seeks report on party organisation, rival TMC

Shah is on 2-day visit to Kolkata to chair an Eastern Zonal Council meet. 1st time to be face-to-face with Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee since BJP's loss in last year's Bengal assembly elections.

Cooch Behar ‘strongman’, 11 FIRs & now in TMC’s crosshairs — who is Union minister Nisith Pramanik

Kolkata: When Nisith Pramanik, a former leader of the Trinamool Congress's youth wing, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) just ahead of the 2019...

‘Garbage should be eliminated’: Bengal BJP cracks over defectors widen after turncoat’s arrest

Following Howrah BJP leader Sumit Ranjan Karar's arrest for allegedly taking bribes on pretext of giving govt jobs, party member Tathagata Roy asked 'which party such people came from'.

Mukul Roy, Babul Supriyo, now Arjun Singh: Why BJP is losing the plot in Mamata’s Bengal

BJP’s Bengal unit has been in disarray since last year’s Assembly polls, with several leaders jumping ship to TMC. Leaders blame infighting and organisational failures.

How ‘Bangladeshi citizen’ Alo Rani Sarkar fought West Bengal polls, moved HC against BJP rival

Calcutta HC decided Friday that Sarkar had been a citizen of Bangladesh when she fought 2021 assembly elections & petitioned against BJP MLA Swapan Majumdar for alleged poll irregularities.

Amit Shah to visit Bengal this month for 1st time since 2021 poll debacle, BJP expects boost

Shah is likely to meet state leaders during his Bengal visit next week, formulate a strategy and work to enthuse cadres after disappointing losses in state and civic polls.

On Camera

IndiGo cancellations made TV news do the unexpected — question the Modi government

Republic TV was the harshest of them all: “The (civil aviation) minister has done a bad job,” said prime time anchor Arnab Goswami.

IndiGo’s profits dipped, most airlines sunk into losses last fiscal even as flier numbers soared

Despite growing passenger volume, 11 out of 14 carriers reported losses in 2023-24. IndiGo recorded profit of Rs 8,167 crore, which reduced to Rs 7.253 crore in 2024-25.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.