Kolkata: West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari has directed the state DGP to constitute a Special Investigation Team to probe the alleged Lakshmir Bhandar scam.Announcing the decision, the CM said that 22 fake beneficiary cases have been detected in Berhampore. Of the 22 accounts identified, one was allegedly linked to Rakibul, while 15 accounts were found…
Kolkata: Monthly financial assistance provided by the state govt to imams, muezzins and Hindu priests was discontinued from June, with beneficiaries receiving their last payments in May, following a decision by the newly elected BJP govt to end religion-based assistance schemes.Last month, the state cabinet approved a proposal to discontinue assistance schemes based on religion…
Kalita Majhi, who previously worked as a domestic helper, has stepped into the political arena as a newly sworn-in minister in West Bengal. KOLKATA: Kalita Majhi, a former domestic helper who won the West Bengal Assembly election, was among the 35 MLAs sworn in as ministers in the West Bengal government. Majhi took on her…
KOLKATA: Expelled Trinamool Congress MLA Sandipan Saha on Monday hit out at the party after he and fellow legislator Ritabrata Banerjee were removed from the party’s primary membership over alleged anti-party activities.Saha said, “In this party, anyone who speaks of morality will be deemed to be engaging in anti-party activity, simply because the party itself…
KOLKATA: A cancelled meeting of Trinamool Congress (TMC) legislators, a growing list of arrests of party leaders across West Bengal and fresh protest plans announced by the ruling party have brought the spotlight back on the political turbulence unfolding in the state.The developments came into focus on Sunday after a scheduled meeting between TMC chief…
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announced a special investigation team and money laundering probe into alleged fake Lakshmir Bhandar accounts. KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday alleged large-scale irregularities in the Lakshmir Bhandar scheme launched by the previous TMC government and said a Special Investigation Team (SIT) would be constituted to…
A 70-foot Lionel Messi statue in Kolkata, deemed structurally unstable after recent storms, was safely dismantled and removed from Lake Town. KOLKATA: A 70-foot-tall statue of Argentine football icon Lionel Messi was removed from Kolkata’s Lake Town area on Monday after authorities found the structure had become unstable following recent storms.Public Works Department (PWD) officials…
Sandipan Saha (L), Ritabrata Banerjee (R) KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Monday expelled two of its MLAs, Sandipan Saha and Ritabrata Banerjee, from the party’s primary membership with immediate effect, accusing them of anti-party activities and actions prejudicial to the organisation’s interests.In separate expulsion notices issued on June 1, the party said both legislators had…
KOLKATA: The West Bengal cabinet underwent a major expansion on Monday, with 35 new ministers taking the oath of office at Lok Bhawan in Kolkata.With Governor R N Ravi administering the oath, the Council of Ministers expanded to 41 members under chief minister Suvendu Adhikari. The move is expected to strengthen the government’s functioning and…
KOLKATA: In yet another setback for the Trinamool Congress (TMC) following its rout in the recent Bengal assembly elections, the board of Diamond Harbour municipality was dissolved on Sunday. This came after nine of the party’s councillors resigned, leading to the municipality going under administrative control.Diamond Harbour sub-divisional officer (SDO) Ayan Dattagupta has taken over…
