Politics

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Politics

West Bengal: Five-time MLA and national secretary of AICC Mainul Haque resigns from Congress once more, all set to join TMC

OpIndia Staff - 21 September, 2021

Mainul Haque had announced his decision to quit the party in 2018 as well citing lack of development in his constituency.

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No interim relief for Mamata Banerjee’s nephew and TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee in coal scam case

OpIndia Staff - 21 September, 2021

Abhishek Banerjee had last appeared before the ED in Delhi on September 6, in connection to a money laundering case linked to the coal scam.

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Bengal: Nighty-clad Kolkata crossdresser man dances to ‘UP Bihar’ song on Maa Flyover to mock UP govt’s ad, gets fined

OpIndia Staff - 21 September, 2021

Kolkata police booked crossdresser and influencer Sandy Saha on Tuesday for illegally parking his car on the Maa flyover.

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Drug smuggled from Afghanistan was seized at Adani port, but low IQ got released all over Twitter: Read how

OpIndia Staff - 21 September, 2021

Twitter was replete with a barrage of low-IQ tweets by Congress supporters who accused Gautam Adani for smuggling contraband after heroin worth Rs 9,000 crores was seized at Mundra Port that is managed by Adani Group.

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‘UP gives the highest price for sugarcane among all states, but will protest against UP govt’: Rakesh Tikait interview exposes his political intentions

OpIndia Staff - 21 September, 2021

Though UP government is paying the highest price for sugarcane compared to other states, Tikait kept on saying he would protest against only Yogi government ahead of upcoming elections.

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