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Kolkata, March 15 – West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced two key measures on Sunday, clearing arrears in salaries for state employees and increasing honorariums for priests and muezzins, just minutes before the scheduled announcement of the state assembly elections.Banerjee...

Kolkata, March 15 Over the past two decades, voters in West Bengal have largely focused on Mamata Banerjee, the leader of the TMC.However, despite her popularity, several leaders within the party are seen as having a significant influence on voters, which could impact the TMC's performance in...

Kolkata, March 13 – The “work stoppage” protest called by various associations representing West Bengal government employees, which was consolidated under the collective organization of Sangrami Joutho Mancha (Joint Movement Forum) on Friday to express their discontent regarding the alleged...

New Delhi, March 13 The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the status quo in a defamation case filed against BJP leader Koustav Bagchi, who is accused of sharing excerpts from a book on social media that contains allegations about the alleged private life of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata...

Kolkata, March 12 Following the publication of post-SIR electoral rolls in West Bengal on February 28, Election Commission officials discussed the modalities for publishing supplementary voter lists with Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Sujoy Paul on Thursday."The discussion today focused on...

Kolkata, March 12 The West Bengal government on Thursday warned of salary deductions for employees who are absent on March 13, when a section of state government staff called a strike to protest non-payment of a portion of pending Dearness Allowance (DA), an official said.The administration...

Kolkata, March 12 Taking a stern view of a sessions court judge not following proper procedure in convicting and awarding the death sentence to an accused, the Calcutta High Court on Thursday acquitted him of the charge of murder.A division bench said that the court of the Additional District...

Kolkata, March 12 Former IPS officer R N Ravi was sworn in as the 22nd governor of West Bengal at a ceremony in the Lok Bhavan here on Thursday.Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court, Sujoy Paul, administered the oath of office to him in the presence of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee...

Kolkata, March 12 – Former Intelligence Bureau (IB) super-cop and former Governor of Tamil Nadu, R.N. Ravi, was sworn in as the new Governor of West Bengal on Thursday morning.The ceremony began at 11:30 a.m. at Lok Bhavan (formerly Raj Bhavan) in Kolkata. The oath to the new Governor was...

Kolkata, March 12 Former IPS officer R N Ravi took oath as the 22nd governor of West Bengal at a ceremony in Lok Bhavan on Thursday morning.He was administered the oath by the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court, Sujoy Paul, in the presence of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Assembly...

Kolkata, March 12 – Former Intelligence Bureau (IB) top officer and former Governor of Tamil Nadu, R.N. Ravi, will be sworn in as the new Governor of West Bengal on Thursday.Ravi arrived in Kolkata late Wednesday evening, and his swearing-in ceremony will be held at 11:30 a.m. at Lok Bhavan...

Kolkata, March 11 Hours after former West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose left for New Delhi, his successor RN Ravi arrived here on Wednesday evening.Ravi, who will be sworn in as the 22nd governor of the state, was accompanied by his wife, officials said."The swearing-in ceremony of the new...

Kolkata, March 11 – A division bench of the Calcutta High Court, led by then Chief Justice T.S. Sivagnanam, recused itself from hearing the R.G. Kar rape and murder case on Wednesday.According to the division bench of Justices Debangshu Basak and Md Shabbar Rashidi, when the matter was...

Kolkata, March 11 – The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday alleged that the West Bengal government’s failure to submit the labour budget proposal was delaying the release of wages under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in the state.In a statement...

Kolkata, March 11 – A public interest litigation was filed before a division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday, seeking free, fair, and violence-free elections in West Bengal in the upcoming state assembly elections, scheduled later this year.The division bench, comprising Chief...

Kolkata, March 11 Newly appointed West Bengal Governor R N Ravi is likely to arrive here on Wednesday evening, a day before the scheduled swearing-in ceremony at Lok Bhavan, an official said.Ravi was appointed as the new governor of West Bengal on March 5, replacing C V Ananda Bose, who...

Kolkata, March 10 Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said that the Supreme Court's intervention in the SIR exercise was a "victory for democracy and the people of Bengal", while launching a sharp attack on the Election Commission and the BJP over the alleged deletion...

Kolkata, March 10 – West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Tuesday, called off her indefinite sit-in protest against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal, which began in the afternoon of February 6, at Esplanade in Kolkata.Announcing the withdrawal of the protest on...

Kolkata, March 10 – West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee welcomed the Supreme Court order to set up Appellate Tribunals to hear voters' appeals on Tuesday, saying that a door closed by the Election Commission has now been opened.She described the order as a new ray of hope for people...

Kolkata, March 10 TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said on Tuesday that the Supreme Court's intervention in the SIR exercise was a "victory for democracy and the people of Bengal", while launching a sharp attack on the Election Commission and the BJP over the alleged deletion of...