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Heated altercation between Bengal minister, BJP MP over ‘rash driving’
The incident happened on the busy Vidyasagar Bridge, popularly called the Second Hooghly Bridge, connecting Kolkata and Howrah late on Friday night and a video of the incident surfaced online
Published on Jan 05, 2025 07:37 PM IST
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee reshuffles Cabinet ahead of Spain, Dubai visit
Minister Babul Supriyo has been shifted from the tourism department to information technology & electronics and the department of non-conventional and renewable energy sources
Updated on Sep 11, 2023 09:44 PM IST
Vivek Agnihotri tells Babul Supriyo ‘be careful of liars’, talks about Mamata
Vivek Agnihotri has warned Babul Supriyo and asked him to be 'careful of liars'. The filmmaker said this after Babul's tweet on West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee
Published on May 15, 2023 03:05 PM IST
TMC leader's ‘challenge’ after Vivek Agnihotri changes location of Kolkata event
Babul Supriyo has reacted to Vivek Agnihotri's tweet in which the filmmaker announced that he changed the location of his book signing event in Kolkata.
Updated on Apr 21, 2023 08:28 AM IST
Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi
'Bangal mein BJP ayegi toh...': Babul Supriyo's tweet after Howrah violence
Babul Supriyo tweeted that the bosses of a big construction company where his friend works are worried after “seeing some of the real pictures”.
Published on Apr 01, 2023 09:59 PM IST
Babul Supriyo stokes new row, says Amartya Sen should rise above political bias
Standing by his statement, Babul Supriyo on Saturday said the country would want to see Amartya Sen play a more constructive role, rising above his political ideology, but that happens rarely.
Published on Aug 06, 2022 11:52 AM IST
HT News Desk | Written by Poulomi Ghosh
Dilip Ghosh hits back at Babul Supriyo over ‘no Bengali in Modi cabinet’ dig
Dilip Ghosh, who is an MP from Medinipur, questioned Babul Supriyo's performance during his eight-year tenure as a minister in the Narendra Modi-led cabinet.
Published on Aug 04, 2022 10:02 PM IST
HT News Desk, New Delhi
Trolled, Babul Supriyo says even BJP can't accuse him of corruption
Babul Supriyo said he was happy to 'turn' his 'coat' to the BJP which has 'half' of its state governments running with 'poached MLAs'.
Published on Aug 04, 2022 07:38 AM IST
HT News Desk | Written by Poulomi Ghosh
Mamata reshuffles cabinet, Supriyo and 7 others take oath as ministers
Four MLAs – Supriyo (Ballygunge constituency), Majumdar (Durgapur East), Snehasish Chakraborty (Jangipara) and Udayan Guha (Dinhata) – were sworn in as cabinet ministers by governor La Ganesan at Raj Bhawan on Wednesday afternoon in the presence of the chief minister.
Updated on Aug 04, 2022 01:12 AM IST
Tanmay Chatterjee, New Delhi
Babul Supriyo joins Mamata's team as cabinet minister, eight others take oath
Babul Supriyo, Snehasis Chakraborty, Partha Bhowmick, Udayan Guha, Pradip Mazumder, Tajmul Hossain, Satyajit Barman took oath as ministers in the presence of the CM.
Updated on Aug 03, 2022 04:33 PM IST
Amid Kaali row, Babul Supriyo says BJP is only 'blackening' its face
BJP never undersytood Bengalis, Babu Supriyo said amid the ongoing Goddess Kaali row after BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, with a photo frame of Kaali, met governor along with Hindu priests on Tuesday.
Published on Jul 13, 2022 08:53 AM IST
HT News Desk | Written by Poulomi Ghosh
Babul Supriyo to perform at Nazrul Mancha, where KK gave his last performance
Babul Supriyo will be performing at Kolkata's Nazrul Mancha soon. On May 31, 2022 singer KK died shortly after performing at the venue.
Updated on Jun 08, 2022 06:42 PM IST
'KK was a family man, never saw him…': Babul Supriyo on singer's death
Krishnakumar Kunnath, popularly known as KK, is best known for his songs like "Zindagi Do Pal Ki" from the movie Kites, "Aankhon Mein Teri" from the movie Om Shanti Om, "Khuda Jaane" from the movie Bachna Ae Haseeno, and "Tadap Tadap" from the movie Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, among others.
Updated on Jun 01, 2022 06:59 AM IST
HT News Desk | Edited by Kunal Gaurav
Uncertainty over TMC MLA Supriyo’s swearing in
West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar has entrusted deputy speaker Asish Banerjee to administer the oath of office to Babul Supriyo. Asish Banerjee has refused to carry out the responsibility, saying it is inappropriate for him to perform the duty when the speaker is in office.
Updated on May 03, 2022 04:15 AM IST
No shame even after defeat: Babul Supriyo's angry tweet at CPM's Saira Halim
As CPM's Saira Shah Halim claimed that the party did well securing the second spot in the Ballygunge assembly bypoll, Babul Supriyo said her party remains a big zero.
Published on Apr 17, 2022 07:21 AM IST
HT News Desk | Written by Poulomi Ghosh
Ballygunge assembly bypoll: TMC's Babul Supriyo wins, takes ‘slap' dig at BJP
Interestingly, CPI(M)'s Saira Shah Halim has overtaken BJP's Keya Ghosh who bagged just 13,220 votes, thus lending some credence to the communist party's claim that it was on a revival path.
Updated on Apr 16, 2022 06:15 PM IST
HT News Desk | Written by Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi
Bypolls 2022: Babul Supriyo hails Mamata Banerjee as TMC leads in Bengal
Bypolls 2022 results: The ruling party is way ahead of its competitors on both the Asansol parliamentary seat and the Ballygunge assembly constituency. Supriyo, former Asansol MP, is TMC's candidate in Ballygunge.
Published on Apr 16, 2022 03:15 PM IST
hindustantimes.com, New Delhi
'Our people's gift…': Mamata Banerjee thanks voters as TMC nears big bypoll wins
Bengal bypolls: Trinamool Congress is set to pick up both seats thanks to ex-BJP recruits Shatrughan Sinha and Babul Supriyo.
Updated on Apr 16, 2022 02:09 PM IST
HT News Desk | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan
Babul Supriyo confident of winning as TMC makes early gains in by-polls
As per the latest trend, Shatrughan Sinha is leading by nearly 9,000 votes in the Asansol Lok Sabha seat while Babul Supriyo is leading by more than 4,600 votes in the Ballygunge assembly constituency.
Published on Apr 16, 2022 10:21 AM IST
HT News Desk | Written by Kunal Gaurav
Trinamool's Babul Supriyo on 'communal stamp' ahead of Bengal bypolls
Bengal bypolls: Babul Supriyo, a Mamata Banerjee critic during his BJP stint, last year made a surprise switch to her party months after the state elections. He then faced critcism.
Published on Apr 08, 2022 08:00 AM IST
Accused of 'changing parties like clothes', Babul Supriyo's reply to BJP leader
On April 12, bypolls will be held in Bengal for the parliamentary constituency of Asansol and assembly constituency of Ballygunge.
Published on Mar 20, 2022 09:06 AM IST
Shatrughan Sinha, Babul Supriyo: Mamata Banerjee's picks for Bengal bypolls
Babul Supriyo had returned to Trinamool after quitting the BJP last year.
Published on Mar 13, 2022 12:35 PM IST
Babul Supriyo faces ‘violent mob’ of BJP supporters in Agartala, cries foul
“It is a joke/shame that BJP preaches against political violence, given the filth I see them resort to in Tripura,” wrote Babul Supriyo in a tweet from his official handle, also tagging Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee in the post.
Updated on Nov 20, 2021 06:49 PM IST
Written by Joydeep Bose | Edited by Avik Roy, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Babul Supriyo to resign from Lok Sabha today
The former Union minister, who is the sitting and 2-term MP from Asansol, is scheduled to meet Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla at 11am.
Published on Oct 19, 2021 05:19 AM IST
hindustantimes.com, New Delhi
Babul Supriyo thanks Lok Sabha Speaker for granting time to resign as MP
The former Union minister will meet Om Birla at 11am tomorrow, read a post on his Twitter handle.
Published on Oct 18, 2021 10:35 AM IST
hindustantimes.com, New Delhi
Babul Supriyo, Nusrat Jahan find no mention in TMC campaigners' list for Bengal
Trinamool supremo and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who solidified her post days ago after winning the Bhabanipur by-election with a record vote margin, is expectedly among the star campaigners featured in the TMC list.
Published on Oct 09, 2021 08:54 AM IST
Written by Joydeep Bose | Edited by Meenakshi Ray, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Babul Supriyo says Mamata Banerjee's words music to his ears
The singer-turned-politician who recently jumped ship from the BJP to the ruling camp in Bengal said the chief minister asked him to work and sing with all his heart.
Updated on Sep 20, 2021 03:26 PM IST
hindustantimes.com | Written by Sohini Goswami, New Delhi
Don’t want to campaign for the Bhabanipur bypoll: Babul Supriyo
Banerjee has to win the Bhabanipur bypoll to retain her chief minister’s post after having lost to BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari in Nandigram in the assembly elections held in April-May this year.
Updated on Sep 20, 2021 12:15 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times, Kolkata
‘Good opportunity for public welfare’: Babul Supriyo after joining Trinamool
The sitting MP from West Bengal's Asansol constituency was miffed at the BJP for dropping him from his Cabinet role during the recent reshuffle.
Published on Sep 19, 2021 05:29 PM IST
hindustantimes.com | Written by Avik Roy, New Delhi
‘Wait and watch’: TMC says more leaders to join after Babul Supriyo’s entry
After joining TMC, former BJP leader and Union minister of state Babul Supriyo said that his decision to switch sides happened in the last four days after he met party supremo and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee.
Published on Sep 18, 2021 11:43 PM IST
Written by Sharangee Dutta | Edited by Poulomi Ghosh, Hindustan Times, New Delhi