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Surprisingly, in another declaration dated June 27, 2025, the I-PAC said it had “repaid” Rs 1 crore of the Rs 13.50 crore loan in 2024-25 and there was an outstanding amount of Rs 12.50 crore.
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"Please protect the Constitution, democracy, judiciary, history and geography of the country from disaster,” West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said, without elaborating.
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Terming it a rare case warranting constitutional intervention, the ED alleged a pattern of obstruction and intimidation during its I-PAC money laundering probe.
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In a three-page letter written on Saturday to the Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, Banerjee alleged that the SIR of electoral rolls in the state was being conducted with bias and insensitivity.
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A caveat, filed before constitutional courts, is meant to ensure that no adverse direction is issued in the absence of the concerned party.
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According to the petition, the agency invoked the court’s writ jurisdiction to “instil public confidence” and to immediately stop what it termed as “over-action” by the state police and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
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Did Mamata Banerjee’s intervention during ED raids amount to a political protest or legal obstruction? A look at what the rules state and where criminal liability could arise.
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The ED raids on I-PAC premises and Mamata Banerjee's dramatic intervention have thrown the spotlight on how a political consultancy has quietly become central to the Trinamool Congress' electoral machine.
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Reacting to the development, BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya said an English professor had been penalised for performing her duty, calling it a standard procedure followed in examination halls.
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For a leader routinely targeted by the BJP for "minority appeasement", the optics of Mamata Banerjee's recent actions are unmistakable, and appear carefully calculated.
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You (Banerjee) are not just threatening Amit Shah; you are threatening India, says Patra, adding that this is not the first time that such an incident has happened in West Bengal.
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said, "When I visit a Gurdwara, I cover my head with a scarf. If I go (to an event) during Ramadan, why should I not (do the same)? Today, I am here, so I have covered myself with a scarf."
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While the BJP has stripped the Congress of one of its most enduring UPA-era legacies, Mamata has stepped in to claim the Gandhian symbolism that once belonged almost exclusively to the grand old party.
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Bhabanipur, a dense urban constituency, has a sizeable population of residents originally from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Odisha.
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West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said that she herself had not filled out SIR enumeration form so far.
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Owaisi’s renewed outreach coupled with anger over OBC quotas and the Waqf law signal a challenge to Mamata Banerjee’s long-held assumption that minority voters have nowhere else to go.
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Banerjee said the PM was not even born when the country achieved Independence and yet chose to address one of Bengal's greatest cultural icons casually.
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The SIR-driven voter purge has intensified political tensions in Bengal, giving the BJP a new narrative while allowing Mamata Banerjee to rally supporters. Yet the exercise risks alienating key communities and may not significantly erode TMC’s core base
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The appointment of the teachers, who were recruited in 2016 through the Teachers' Eligibility Test (TET) panel of 2014 by the West Bengal Board of Primary Education, was challenged by a group of unsuccessful candidates who alleged recruitment fraud.
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Rebel TMC MLA Humayun Kabir claimed 2,000 volunteers would be on the ground to ensure "no inconvenience to any community" and teased "a surprise" at the event.
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As SIR becomes Bengal's defining political flashpoint ahead of the 2026 Assembly polls, the question is whether this strategy strengthens the Trinamool, or risks turning into a Bihar-style misfire.
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State Transport minister Snehasish Chakraborty, however, blamed the helicopter service provider for the procedural lapse
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"They are using Artificial Intelligence to create duplicate voters. This is BJP's new plan," Banerjee said as she intensified her attack against SIR exercise being undertaken by the Election Commission.
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Addressing the crowd, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said the Election Commission's job is to remain impartial and not be a BJP commission.
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In consistent with her previous demonstrations against the exercise, Banerjee alleged that the move may be aimed at serving “vested interests”, while the BJP swiftly countered her charges, accusing the Trinamool of trying to pressure the poll body.
