13 more full ministers, 3 ministers of state with independent charge and 19 ministers of state have taken oath in the cabinet of the state government of West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, India. With the inclusion of 35 new ministers and ministers of state, the total strength of Suvendu's cabinet has reached 41.
Tensions have escalated in West Bengal ahead of the announcement of results for the 294-seat assembly election scheduled for May 4. The Trinamool Congress has gone on high alert after several exit polls predicted a win for the BJP. Alleging attempts to rig the vote counting process, the party has intensified security at all counting centres. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee herself spent four hours at an EVM strongroom in her Bhabanipur constituency.
Faisal Karim and Alamgir, accused in the murder case of Inquilab Manch spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi, have been transferred to Delhi by India's National Investigation Agency (NIA) for further interrogation on Tuesday, March 24. Indian police sources said they were taken from Kolkata to Delhi on Monday night.
Denying his involvement with the killing of Inqilab Mancha spokesperson Sharif Osman Hadi, the main accused Faisal Karim Masud has claimed that this murder may be a ploy by Jamaat-BNP.
The main accused in the murder case of Inquilab Moncho convener Sharif Osman Hadi, Faisal Karim Masud, and his associate Alamgir Sheikh have been produced before the Bidhannagar court in Kolkata after being remanded for 14 days.
Ahead of the upcoming thirteenth national parliamentary election, many candidates have complained that activists of certain political parties are going door-to-door collecting people's National Identity (NID) numbers, causing significant concern on social media.