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Trinamool Congress MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar has resigned from all party posts, including her district president role, citing moral responsibility for electoral defeats. Her move follows internal discussions about the party’s setbacks and includes veiled criticism of political consultancy firm I-PAC’s influence. A veteran leader, Dastidar’s departure signals growing internal dissent within the TMC. KOLKATA:…

West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has announced a new “detect-delete-deport” policy targeting illegal immigrants, including Bangladeshis and Rohingyas. KOLKATA: “Jaldi jaldi bhago nahi toh jo karna hai sarkar karega.” With this blunt warning, West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari has made it clear that his government is won’t be walking back on its stance…

TMC MLA Dilip Mondal arrested from a hotel in Odisha’s Puri on Wednesday. KOLKATA: TMC MLA Dilip Mondal, who had been absconding in connection with cases related to alleged intimidation and threats against BJP workers during the recently-concluded West Bengal elections, was arrested from a hotel in Odisha’s Puri on Wednesday.Mondal, the MLA from Bishnupur…

Bengal health secretary N S Nigam on Monday wrote to all DMs and CMOHs to ensure statewide launch of the HPV vaccination drive for 14-year-old girls on Saturday. The health department asked districts to use medical colleges, district hospitals, sub-divisional hospitals and other coldchain points for immediate vaccination. tnn Source link

Kolkata: Around 50 grassroots political workers from Behala and Anandapur approached Kolkata Police to resolve a post-election “identity crisis” following which cops moved the judiciary to launch a probe, aimed at determining who legally constituted the “real BJP” functionaries in those areas.The court allowed the investigation.Around 41 people from Jyotinagar near Rabindra Nagar in Behala…

Kolkata: The process for implementing the state’s new Annapurna Yojana would begin on Wednesday, with application forms being set to be released both online and offline, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari announced on Tuesday.After an administrative review meeting in Kalyani, the CM said the govt had initiated the process of converting the existing Lakshmir Bhandar scheme…

Kolkata: Former Rajganj BDO Prashanta Barman, who had been on the run for months following the murder of a Salt Lake gold trader, Swapan Kamilya, despite a Supreme Court order in Feb to surrender, walked out on bail on Tuesday evening, within less than 24 hours of being arrested in a drink-driving case in New…

Kolkata: Even as police on Tuesday said a case of negligence was initiated at the Netaji Nagar Police Station following the death of a class 3 boy at a private school in Bansdroni, a large number students and their parents staged a protest outside Maharishi Vidya Mandir , demanding justice.The demonstration started around 10.30 am…

Kolkata: Two fires were reported on Tuesday, one on the city’s fringes and another in central Kolkata.Panic gripped Ramchandrapur in Narendrapur around 8 am when a fire broke out at a paint godown. A large stock of paints and chemicals led to the blaze intensifying and residents were moved to safer locations. Six fire tenders…

Kolkata: The state health department has transferred the MSVP of Medical College and Hospital Kolkata (MCHK), Anjan Adhikari, to Raiganj Govt Medical College & Hospital, where he has been sent as a professor of pharmacology.General surgery professor at MCH Santanu Sen has been asked to take over as the new MSVP.This is the first transfer…