Amid outreach, BJP minority wing targets bigger share in Lok Sabha ticketsThese constituencies include Wayanad, which was represented by Rahul Gandhi. Former Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi recently did an outr...
21 Jun, 2023, 02.53 PM IST
Former Bengal Congress chief's son Rohan Mitra resignsMitra also slammed Chowdhury for the Congress-Left alliance with Furfura Sharif cleric Abbas Siddiqui’s Indian Secular Front (ISF) ahead of...
14 Jul, 2021, 09.30 PM IST
Abbas, Amphan, local strong men: Buzz words among voters in Diamond Harbour, S24 ParganasThe malpractices regarding distribution of Amphan relief and the dominance of local strong men –– Arabul Islam, Nannu Hossain, Kaiser Ahmed...
06 Apr, 2021, 07.22 AM IST
West Bengal polls: ISF fields candidates from across religions, castesOf the 21 candidates the Indian Secular Front has so far announced as part of its share of seats in the alliance with the Left Front and th...
18 Mar, 2021, 12.25 PM IST
May support TMC to form govt if situation arises post polls: Congress MP Abu Hasem"If a situation arises post the elections, we will support the TMC to form the government in West Bengal, this is my personal opinion. This...
16 Mar, 2021, 05.53 PM IST
View: What a ‘secular’ rejigging in West Bengal means for national politicsIn forming the Indian Secular Front and almost hijacking the CPM-managed monster rally at Kolkata’s Brigade Parade Grounds on February 28, ...
07 Mar, 2021, 10.27 AM IST
West Bengal Elections 2021: Congress caught between two stoolsWhile Congress along with CPM may have split Siddiqui away from Owaisi, who was also working on an alliance with ISF, many of its leaders a...
04 Mar, 2021, 09.23 AM IST
Will talk about Bengal at appropriate time: Owaisi; AIMIM to contest TN pollsOn ISF leader Siddiqui, with whom he has held talks earlier with regard to West Bengal elections, supporting the Left and Congress and part...
01 Mar, 2021, 09.41 PM IST
Senior Congress leader acting as stooge of TMC, BJP, claims ISF chief Abbas Siddiqui"Yesterday, if my words have hurt Adhir Chowdhury (state Congress president), then I apologise. But, I have information that a senior Congr...
01 Mar, 2021, 12.26 PM IST
Uncertainty for AIMIM in Bengal as Congress-Left announce alliance with Furfura Sharif clericState Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, who addressed a joint press conference with Left Front chairman Biman Bose on Tuesday, sai...
17 Feb, 2021, 01.17 PM IST
Mamata created Hindu-Muslim divide, did more harm than good to Muslims: Abbas SiddiquiThe 34-year-old cleric is trying to forge an alliance with the Congress-CPI(M) combine as also the AIMIM of Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi a...
27 Jan, 2021, 04.43 PM IST
TMC minister hits out at ISF, says Muslim voters will choose security“Muslims of the state know it is the election of their future, of their children's future. One mistake can cost them a lot. The main issue ...
22 Jan, 2021, 11.38 PM IST
TMC to hold critical meeting on Murshidabad strategy, Mamata Banerjee likely to attendThe TMC is facing its most challenging election in Bengal since coming to power in 2011, and has lost more than 23 leaders and lawmakers to...
20 Jan, 2021, 11.38 PM IST
Not just MIM, my talks are on with CPM, Congress too: Abbas SiddiquiThe controversial cleric, who had been condemned by the TMC for making offensive remarks against the party, was approached by TMC leaders f...
06 Jan, 2021, 07.25 AM IST
Peeved Bengal cleric joins hands with Owaisi's MIM, spells trouble for Mamata BanerjeeAIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi made the announcement after visiting the pirzada from Furfura Sharif, in his first trip to the state following...
04 Jan, 2021, 09.34 AM IST
Owaisi visits Bengal, holds meeting with religious leader"Owaisi wanted to keep the meeting a secret as we were apprehensive that the state government might have stopped him from exiting the airpo...
03 Jan, 2021, 12.49 PM IST
BSP will get enough Muslim votes: BSP's Nasimuddin SiddiquiPM Modi had spoke of a hung assembly while asking voters to give the BJP a decisive mandate. Siddiqui said that the PM should talk about be...
03 Mar, 2017, 12.56 AM IST