Kolkata: The Indo-French Chamber of Commerce (IFCCI) is looking to set up its first office in Kolkata to promote French investment in Bengal and other parts of eastern India. It will be the nodal French chamber’s first office in the east.IFCCI director general Payal S Kanwar, recently in Kolkata with officials of the chamber and…
The CM’s announcement on the KMC polls follows the resignation of Firhad Hakim as Kolkata’s mayor on June 5, which led to the dissolution of the civic board. KOLKATA: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari announced on Monday that elections to Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will be held after delimitation of wards and a new civic board…
A little-known Bengal outfit, the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI), has unexpectedly become a national political talking point after absorbing twenty rebel TMC Lok Sabha MPs KOLKATA: A modest two-storey building in Howrah’s Andul, which drew little attention till Sunday night, is now one of India’s most closely watched political addresses, guarded by BSF…
Following a rebellion against Trinamool, 20 MPs have joined the Nationalist Citizens’ Party of India (NCPI), with some being considered for Union council minister positions. KOLKATA: MPs of Nationalist Citizens’ Party of India (NCPI) — the youngest bloc in Lok Sabha — are being tipped for berths in the Union council ministers a day after…
Kolkata: Trinamool’s Beleghata MLA Kunal Ghosh was struck by an egg while speaking to the media outside party chief Mamata Banerjee‘s Kalighat residence on Monday. Trinamool seniors at the spot immediately dialled cops and alleged BJP involvement.Ghosh had come out after one of the near-daily meetings Mamata has been holding with senior party office-bearers. Walking…
Kolkata: The rebel MLAs’ bloc in the Bengal assembly will not replicate the rebel MPs’ model in Parliament, expelled Trinamool MLA and leader of the opposition Ritabrata Banerjee said on Monday.“I have seen through media reports that 20 Lok Sabha MPs have decided to merge with NCPI. That is their decision, they have collectively taken…
Kolkata: The Bengal govt has invited applications from developers to establish two major supercritical thermal power projects under the tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) route. The proposed expansion includes a 2×800 MW plant at the Santaldih Thermal Power Station (STPS) and a 1×660 MW unit at the Bakreswar Thermal Power Station (BTPS).The state power department, acting…
Tarakeshwar: PM Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Tarakeswar on June 20 to attend the West Bengal Foundation Day celebrations, offer puja at the temple and address a public rally, in what will be his first visit to the state after the BJP govt was sworn in last month.The choice of Tarakeswar for the PM’s…
Kolkata: North Kolkata MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay may have joined Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI), but his wife Nayna Bandyopadhyay, a five-time MLA, maintained on Monday that she will stick with Mamata Banerjee “till her last breath”.Speaking to TOI, Nayna said, “Sudip couldn’t convince me. He has left (Trinamool), that’s his business, he will figure…
Kolkata: NCPI MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar wrote to Speaker Om Birla on Monday seeking Mamata Banerjee loyalist Kalyan Banerjee’s expulsion from Lok Sabha for alleged “verbal abuse, misogynistic comments and misconduct.” Kalyan called the allegations “false, fabricated and made as an afterthought.“ Source link
