Kolkata, March 30 – The Enforcement Directorate (ED) issued summons to Trinamool Congress legislator Debasish Kumar, who represents the Rashbehari Assembly Constituency in South Kolkata, and a Member-Mayor-in-Council (MMIC) of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), on Monday, in connection...
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New Delhi, March 23 BJP national president Nitin Nabin will embark on a two-day visit to West Bengal on Tuesday to review the party's preparedness for the upcoming assembly polls in the TMC-ruled state.During his visit, Nabin will preside over a series of "high-level strategic meetings" with...
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New Delhi, March 23 The Supreme Court on Monday criticized the West Bengal government for "creating obstacles" in the ongoing construction of a corridor for the Kolkata Metro rail project and asked it not to politicize a developmental issue that benefits the common people.A bench of Chief...
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Kolkata, March 20 A group of BJP workers staged a protest outside the party's headquarters in Kolkata on Friday over the selection of certain candidates for the upcoming assembly elections.Around 50 party workers from the Beleghata area demonstrated, raising slogans and demanding the immediate...
Kolkata, March 12 – Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Thursday the formation of the West Bengal Traders' Welfare Board (WBTWB) to promote the welfare of the trading community in West Bengal.In a post on her X handle, Banerjee made the announcement, stating that it was a long-standing...
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Kolkata, March 12 Chaos erupted outside the West Bengal Education Department headquarters in Salt Lake on Thursday as hundreds of aspiring candidates from the 2016 panel staged a protest march demanding immediate counseling and recruitment, leading to a tense standoff with police.The...
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Kolkata, March 10 Hundreds of teachers and aspiring teachers held separate rallies near the headquarters of the state's Education Department in Salt Lake, near Kolkata, on Tuesday, demanding recruitment and pay-related issues.In one protest, around 300 aspiring teachers under the banner of the...
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Kolkata, March 3 – A portion of a 150-year-old house on Park Street in central Kolkata collapsed on Tuesday morning, causing alarm in the neighborhood.No injuries were reported as the building was unoccupied at the time of the incident.However, the collapse of the building has left local...
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Kolkata, February 27 Residents in Kolkata and adjacent districts of West Bengal felt tremors on Friday afternoon after a 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck parts of Bangladesh, officials said.The quake was felt around 1:22 pm, according to an official from the India Meteorological Department...
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Kolkata, February 27 Residents of Kolkata and adjacent districts of West Bengal felt tremors on Friday afternoon after a 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck parts of Bangladesh, officials said.The quake was felt around 1:22 pm, according to an official from the India Meteorological Department...
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Kolkata, February 27 Residents in Kolkata and surrounding districts of West Bengal felt tremors on Friday afternoon after a 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck parts of Bangladesh, officials said.The quake was felt around 1:22 pm, according to an official from the India Meteorological Department...
Kolkata, February 26 – Sumitra Chattopadhyay, a fifth-generation descendant of Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, the author of India's national song, "Vande Mataram," and the iconic Bengali poet and writer, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday.He joined the BJP at the party's state...
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Kolkata, February 25 Hundreds of Civil Defence volunteers staged a protest outside the West Bengal education department headquarters in Salt Lake on Wednesday, demanding 30 days of guaranteed monthly work and permanent employment status.The protesters, who arrived from various districts, sat...
Kolkata, February 23 – Mourning poured in from all corners of West Bengal's political spectrum on Monday for veteran leader Mukul Roy as both Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari mourned the death of the state's "Chanakya."Roy, 71, died of cardiac arrest...
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Kolkata, February 23 Former railway minister Mukul Roy, once considered Mamata Banerjee's most trusted lieutenant and the principal strategist of the TMC, died of a cardiac arrest at a private hospital here early Monday.He was 71 years old, and is survived by his son, Subhranshu Roy.He...
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Kolkata, February 16 – The Enforcement Directorate (ED), which is investigating the multi-crore coal smuggling case in West Bengal, is also currently examining the hawala aspect related to the diversion of illicit proceeds overseas.Sources familiar with the development said that the...
Kolkata, February 10 Para-teachers in West Bengal held a demonstration on Tuesday demanding a pay hike, and clashed with police personnel during the protest near the state education department headquarters here.Around 500 members of the ‘Sangrami Sikshak Mancha’, a platform of para-teacher...