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Kolkata, March 12 – Two senior leaders of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) – Politburo member Md Salim, and central committee member Sujan Chakraborty – are unlikely to contest the upcoming state assembly elections, which are scheduled later this year.The matter was discussed at a...

Kolkata, March 12 The West Bengal government on Thursday issued a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to ensure coordinated monitoring of LPG supply and distribution, while announcing the setting up of a 24-hour control room at the state secretariat, 'Nabanna', to address supply-related...

Kolkata, March 12 – The West Bengal government announced a standard operating procedure (SOP) on Thursday to guide coordinated monitoring, stabilize supplies, and facilitate the immediate redressal of public grievances regarding LPG availability in the state, amid the ongoing Gulf crisis...

Kolkata, March 12: With the former head of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and the former Governor of Tamil Nadu, R.N. Ravi, taking oath as the 22nd Governor of West Bengal on Thursday, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's first message to him during the interaction after the oath ceremony was that...

Kolkata, March 10 Hundreds of civil defence personnel, who are deployed for state disaster management work during calamities and in any emergency, marched towards the state secretariat, Nabanna, on Tuesday, demanding the regularisation of their services.The police, however, stopped them on...

Kolkata, March 9 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee formally took over the charge of the law department from Moloy Ghatak, according to a notification issued by the state's home and hill affairs department."As per the revised allocation of business, the chief minister has taken over...

Kolkata, March 8 The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Sunday sought a report from the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government, seeking details of protocol violations during President Droupadi Murmu's visit to the state.President Murmu was the Chief Guest and the main speaker at the...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 4 – The ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist in Kerala is entering a crucial phase this week as its State Secretariat and Committee convene on Thursday and Friday to finalize candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections.According to a senior party leader who...

Kolkata, March 2 The West Bengal government has, in principle, approved the transfer of around 105 acres to the Centre for border fencing and construction of outposts, official sources said on Monday.The land will be transferred to the Border Security Force (BSF) for fencing nearly 17 km and...

Kolkata, February 28 The West Bengal government has asked the police to increase security across the state in view of the release of the post-SIR electoral rolls on Saturday, officials said.Senior officials, including the home secretary and the director general of police, would be present at...

Shillong, February 27 Members of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly on Friday abandoned their official vehicles and chauffeurs, and boarded a bus to the New Shillong Township, where Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma showcased key infrastructure projects, including the upcoming secretariat and the...

Hyderabad, February 27 – Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy assured on Friday that all necessary support would be provided to the surrendered Maoists to enable them to live with dignity in society.He stated that there would be no shortcomings in providing security and other...

Hyderabad, February 27 – Six top Maoists of the banned Communist Party of India-Maoist, who surrendered to the Telangana Police, recently met Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy here on Friday.The surrendered Maoists, including Thippiri Tirupati alias Devuji, who was a member of the Central...

Hyderabad, February 27 Maoist leaders Thippiri Tirupati, alias Devuji, Malla Raji Reddy, and four others met Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy at the State Secretariat here on Friday, official sources said.Those present at the meeting included government advisors K Keshava Rao and Vem...

Imphal, February 26 Manipur Chief Minister Y Khemchand Singh held a meeting with Union Minister Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma on Thursday to discuss the state's prospects for industrial development.In a post on X, Singh said the Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Steel called on him at...

Kolkata, February 24 – A bomb threat was sent to seven courts in West Bengal, including the Calcutta High Court, via email, causing panic among judges and lawyers on Tuesday, police said.Following the bomb threat, the state administration hastily called a high-level meeting at the State...

Kolkata, February 24 Judicial work was disrupted on Tuesday as several courts in West Bengal received bomb threats, causing security personnel to be in a state of alert and prompting search operations and evacuations on the premises, officials said.The city sessions court, the CJM (Bankshall)...

Mumbai, February 23 – Former Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena-UBT president Uddhav Thackeray said on Monday that he never imagined that he and the late former Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar would come together, as both parties were politically opposed.Praising Ajit Pawar's command...

Dehradun, February 22 Employees of the Uttarakhand education department will go on strike on Monday and Tuesday following the alleged assault of director Ajay Kumar Naudiyal by supporters of BJP MLA Umesh Sharma 'Kau', demanding his immediate arrest.The decision to go on strike was taken at a...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 22 The Mahila Congress has announced a five-phase agitation against alleged price increases and anti-women policies of the Kerala government.As part of the first phase of the protest, a 24-hour-long hunger strike will be held in front of the state Secretariat here...