TMC MP Mahua Moitra (Image: X/ @mahuamoitra) While defending the state government’s actions over the incident, Mahua Moitra emphasised that there is no systematic cover-up in the case. Trinamool Congress (TMC) Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra has denied the allegations of any cover-up in the ongoing investigation of the rape and murder of a trainee … Read more
In an unexpected turn of events in RG Kar Hospital Doctor’s rape and murder case, a security guard at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital who was on duty here last night when vandalization took place, reveled, “Around 1 am last night when about 500-1000 people came here…We locked the gate here but they broke … Read more
Last Updated: August 14, 2024, 22:09 IST West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee (Image: PTI) Urging doctors to join their duty, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee urged the protesting doctors to join their duty to help people with medical assistance As the protests over trainee doctor’s rape and murder inside the premises of a … Read more
New Delhi: The Opposition’s attempts to raise the issue of disqualification of wrestler Vinesh Phogat at the Olympics in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday was turned down by Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar, leading to vociferous protests and a walkout. The manner of protests irked Dhankhar, who announced after the developments that he cannot chair the proceedings … Read more
Parliamentary approval for the Budget 2024-25 was completed on Thursday with the Rajya Sabha returning the relevant legislations to the Lok Sabha after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s spirited reply to the debate emphasising Budget was aimed at promoting investments and creating jobs. The Rajya Sabha returned the Appropriation Bill and the Finance Bill to the … Read more
Sources said that Bhattacharjee developed health problems following the electoral defeat in 2011 and they plagued him till the end. File pic/X Bhattacharjee is seen as a ‘tragic hero’, according to analysts, because he tried to go against traditional Leftist thinking and usher industrialisation into West Bengal, but was defeated in the end. The 80-year-old … Read more
Last Updated: August 07, 2024, 21:21 IST Vinesh Phogat was disqualified from Women’s 50kg Freestyle wrestling gold medal match for being slightly overweight. The TMC on Wednesday demanded Bharat Ratna or a Presidentnominated Rajya Sabha seat for ace wrestler Vinesh Phogat, who was disqualified from the Olympics, acknowledging the extraordinary mettle she has demonstrated. The … Read more
Lok Sabha member Mahua Moitra on Tuesday hit out at Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, saying she has made a mockery of the people of India in the budget by doing absolutely nothing and whatever little changes are there are regressive and ill thought of. Speaking in the Lok Sabha, Moitra criticised the budget for failing … Read more
Last Updated: August 06, 2024, 13:51 IST Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the Narendra Modi-led government does not have any issues in implementing models of states that have done well but I assume that no state will like to implement the West Bengal model. (File photo) The Centre and the West Bengal government are … Read more
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has formed a seven-member review committee which will suggest amendments to the new laws. (PTI/File) After a law is passed in Parliament, rules for it are laid down in states, which has not been done in Bengal so far for the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita The delay by the West Bengal government … Read more
