Kolkata: West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose has sought a report from the state Chief Secretary on preparedness on January 22, the day of “pran pratishtha” in Ayodhya temple will take place. Meanwhile, the Chief Justice’s bench of Calcutta High Court has dismissed Leader of Opposition in state assembly Suvendu Adhikari’s plea on changing the … Read more
Almost 50 per cent of Bangladesh’s groundwater contains arsenic in concentrations that are dangerously harmful for human use, according to a new study published in the journal PLOS ONE. The scientists involved in the study analysed water samples from wells across Bangladesh and found that all of them breached the safe limit set by the … Read more
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress leadership is disgruntled over comments made by BJP state President Sukant Majumdar on Tuesday.Trinamool Congress slammed Majumdar for his comments about Trinamool Chairperson Mamata Banerjee’s sari and demanded an apology from him, calling it “unbecoming of an elected representative”.During a media interaction on Tuesday, Majumdar had made certain comments on her “sari” … Read more
Kolkata: West Bengal government and Metro Railways are at loggerheads over metro route and relocation of some portions of Dakshineswar Skywalk, with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee fuming that she will not demolish or change any portion of the Dakshineswar Skywalk for extension of the East West Metro route. Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) … Read more
The BJP’s West Bengal president Sukanta Majumdar has flagged the issue of infiltration and said his party will contest the upcoming general election in the state on the planks of “large-scale corruption” of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) and the performance of the Narendra Modi government at the Centre. “Infiltration is the biggest challenge … Read more
Kolkata: West Bengal Minister and TMC leader Shashi Panja on ED raids underway at the premises of TMC leaders Tapas Roy and Sujit Bose said there will be a statement from the party regarding the ED raids on the leaders. She added that it’s a political vendetta behind such activities Speaking to ANI, Shashi Panja … Read more
Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has written to the panel on ‘One Nation, One Election’ saying it was not correct from a federal structure point of view and questioned if India was heading towards a presidential form through this concept. Underlining that the simultaneous polls would be against the basic structure … Read more
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee while speaking at a press conference on January 11 pressed the Centre to change the name of the state ‘West Bengal’ to ‘Bangla’.She said, “Bombay has changed to Mumbai, Orissa has changed to Odisha, so why isn’t it happening with us? What have we done wrong? If West Bengal … Read more
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee introduced a free training module for the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students in West Bengal for various entrance and competitive examinations under the name of “Yogyasree”, a new social welfare scheme, ahead of Lok Sabha polls. She introduced a toll free anti-ragging number for students and said notification … Read more
Family members of Trinamool Congress leader Shahjahan Sheikh and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday filed police complaints against each other in connection with a raid during which the central agency officials were attacked and injured by a mob. The police also lodged a suo motu case against the ED for conducting the raid on … Read more
