The Leader of Congress in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday raised the issue of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Twitter account being compromised on Sunday during the Zero Hour in the house."If the Prime Minister's account can be compromised,...

The Congress, Shiv Sena and the DMK on Friday staged a protest against the government over the alleged Pegasus project.Several MPs of the Congress, Shiv Sena and the DMK held the protest in front of the Mahatma Gandhi statue in Parliament premises.The MPs...

The Brigade rally jointly held by the CPI-M-led Left front, Congress and the Pirzada Abbas Siddiqui-led Indian Secular Front (ISF) was organised on Sunday to display the strength of a political alternative to the people in West Bengal ahead of the high-octane...

Maverick, aggressive, and controversial, five-time MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has for long been considered the strongman of West Bengal's Murshidabad district, where he kept the Congress flag flying for decades, and won against all odds from Baharampur in the recent...

Senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury was on Tuesday named as leader of Congress in Lok Sabha by UPA Chairperson and Congress Parliamentary Party chief Sonia Gandhi.According to top Congress sources, the letter nominating Chowdhury, an MP from West...

Senior Bengal Congress leader and MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Wednesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi informing him about the ongoing "cease work" of junior doctors in all hospital across the state and requested his intervention to restore normalcy.Chowdhury...

 Criticising the West Bengal government's role in tackling the outbreak of dengue, the state Congress leadership on Friday held a protest rally here and demanded it take adequate measures to prevent the disease.The Congress activists, who marched from WBPCC head...

Accusing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of autocratic rule, state Congress President Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday said her party Trinamool Congress used "coercion" to retain control of local bodies in Murshidabad district. Chowdhury was addressing...

West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of using the administration for poaching opposition leaders for her Trinamool Congress."District magistrates and superintendents of police are being used...

The Congress' West Bengal unit chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Friday hinted at taking disciplinary action against party legislator Manas Bhunia who defying party diktat, has refused to step down as the chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC)."We...

A day after senior Congress leader Manas Bhunia formally accepted the post of chairman of Public Accounts Committee (PAC) despite opposition from his party, the party's West Bengal unit on Saturday officially requested him to quit the post.Turning down...

West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Tuesday on Tuesday urged senior party leader Manas Bhunia to resign as the chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), a post to which he was appointed a day earlier.Rejecting Leader of the Opposition...

West Bengal Pradesh Congress President Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday urged the Centre to put pressure on the Afghanistan government for securing the release of an Indian woman aid worker abducted by unidentified gunmen in the Afghan capital."We have friendly...

Angry over the "attacks" on its party activists across West Bengal allegedly by the ruling Trinamool Congress, the Congress on Tuesday announced it would boycott Mamata Banerjee government's swearing-in ceremony on May 27."We are boycotting the event. We feel...

Amid speculation about the future of their alliance in West Bengal after the humiliating assembly poll defeat, the Left Front and the Congress on Monday categorically said their tie-up will continue."We are going to stay together," said state Congress chief...

Angry over alleged attacks on their activists by the ruling Trinamool Congress after the assembly polls, West Bengal's opposition Left Front, Congress and the BJP on Monday threatened to boycott the swearing-in ceremony of the Mamata Banerjee government, scheduled...

Exuding confidence about the "tyrannical" Mamata Banerjee regime being ousted in the ongoing West Bengal assembly polls, state Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury says his party will join a new coalition government with the Left Front to be formed on the...

CPI-M leader Mohammed Salim on Thursday landed in a controversy by warning that the Left Front will take account of all "murderers and executioners" who ran amok during the Trinamool Congress regime after it comes to power following the assembly polls."After...

Already beseeched with problems, the Congress-Left Front poll understanding in West Bengal received a setback on Saturday, as the state Congress chief accused a LF partner of putting up candidate in Murshidabad in exchange of money from the ruling Trinamool...

Accusing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of compromising with corruption, state Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday said her government lacked the determination to take action against Trinamool Congress leaders who have been shown accepting...