Asansol: News

Won't contest: BJP's Pawan Singh withdraws from Asansol race

Bhojpuri actor and singer Pawan Singh has withdrawn from the Asansol Lok Sabha race in West Bengal, hours after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) named him in its first candidates' list on Saturday.

15 Dec 2022

West Bengal

Bengal: Stampede kills 3 at Suvendu Adhikari's blanket distribution event

Two women and a 12-year-old girl died in a stampede at an event organized by Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) local unit where the leader of Opposition in the state, Suvendu Adhikari, was the chief guest in West Burdwan district's Asansol, West Bengal, on Wednesday evening.

14 Feb 2022

West Bengal

TMC registers victory in 4 municipal corporations in West Bengal

The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Monday crushed the Opposition in the civic polls held in four towns in West Bengal.

Former BJP MP Babul Supriyo joins Trinamool Congress

Former Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Babul Supriyo has joined the Trinamool Congress party (TMC), news agency ANI reported.

30 Apr 2019

West Bengal

Asansol: After 'bed-tea' excuse, Sen says 'little violence happens'

Trinamool's Moon Moon Sen, who is contesting from West Bengal's Asansol, found nothing unusual in the poll violence and said, "Thoda toh hoga hi, har jagah hota hai."

29 Apr 2019

West Bengal

Late bed-tea, Sen on why she wasn't aware of Asansol-violence

As violence mired polling in West Bengal's Asansol on Monday, Trinamool candidate Moon Moon Sen said she didn't know about it as she got her bed-tea "late".

19 Sep 2018

Babul Supriyo

Deserve benefit of doubt: Supriyo on 'break your leg' controversy

Union Minister Babul Supriyo, who is at the center of a controversy for saying he will break a man's leg, said on Wednesday that he deserved the benefit of doubt.