Nisith Pramanik

Congress' RS MP seeks probe into nationality of MoS Home Nisith Pramanik; TMC joins row

Congress MP Ripun Bora claimed that the union minister's birthplace was Harinathpur in Gaibandha district of Bangladesh and he reportedly came to West Bengal for computer studies

Tokyo Olympics 2020: First batch of Games-bound Indian athletes given formal send-off by Sports Minister Anurag Thakur

Thakur was accompanied by Minister of State for Sports, Nisith Pramanik, Sports Authority of India Director General Sandip Pradhan and Indian Olympic Association (IOA) officials, including President Narinder Batra and Secretary General Rajeev Mehta.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Sports minister Anurag Thakur chairs meeting of high-level committee to review India's preparation

The meeting of the high-level committee was also attended by his deputy Nisith Pramanik and the officials of the sports ministry, Sports Authority of India (SAI) and Indian Olympic Association (IOA).

Cabinet expansion: Ministerial berth for John Barla proves BJP supports bifurcation of West Bengal, says TMC

John Barla, a BJP MP from Alipurduar, has been in the news recently for demanding a separate UT carved out of north Bengal

West Bengal Assembly election 2021, Nisith Pramanik profile: BJP Dinhata candidate to face TMC’s Udayan Guha

He joined BJP in Delhi in February last year, following which the party fielded him from the Cooch Behar Lok Sabha constituency in 2019

West Bengal Assembly election 2021, Udayan Guha profile: Two-time TMC MLA from Dinhata to take on BJP's Nisith Pramanik

In the previous election, Guha received 1,00,732 votes as against 78,939 votes won by his main opponent Akshay Thakur of All India Forward Bloc