The minister at Gariahat market on Monday Kolkata: State urban development & municipal affairs department minister Agnimitra Paul conducted an inspection of Gariahat market on Monday and announced a series of measures to improve and upgrade the market. The minister instructed shopkeepers to clear encroachment from in front of their shops and directed KMC officials…
Kolkata: Controversy over the renaming of Park Circus’s Suhrawardy Avenue as Gopal Mukherjee Road intensified on Monday, with CM Suvendu Adhikari indicating that more such renamings could follow, while Trinamool, Congress and Left leaders accused the BJP govt of conflating educationist Hassan Suhrawardy, after whom the road was named, with former undivided Bengal prime minister…
Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya Kolkata: BJP does not endorse ‘dim-ocracy’ and it is tarnishing the state’s image, Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya said on Monday.“This is not a model to register your protest in BJP. We have condemned this and we are condemning it. Why should any BJP worker throw eggs?” he said. Bhattacharya’s…
Protesters throw footballs at Arup Biswas’ car outside Bidhannagar North PS Kolkata: Former state sports minister Aroop Biswas faced fresh embarrassment on Monday when footballs were hurled at his SUV outside Bidhannagar South police station after he underwent nearly three hours of questioning in connection with alleged irregularities surrounding Lionel Messi’s GOAT India Tour event…
Newly elected sabhadhipati Bamdeb Guchhait Tamluk: BJP on Monday officially took control of East Midnapore zilla parishad, ending 18 years of uninterrupted Trinamool dominance. The transition occurred smoothly despite TMC holding a numerical majority of 56 seats against BJP’s 14 out of a total 70 seats.Accepting moral responsibility for the recent poll debacle, incumbent chief…
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Monday refused an urgent hearing sought by Trinamool Congress over the freeze on its three bank accounts. The HC directed that notice be served on all parties and called for filing of the plea in regular course.Senior advocate Kishore Datta mentioned the matter before the single bench of Justice Saugata…
Kolkata: In its maiden budget, Bengal’s BJP govt announced it would formulate a global capability centre (GCC) policy, after consultation with stakeholders to attract multinational corporations and high-value technology operations, as part of a broader strategy to position the state as a leading destination for investment, manufacturing and innovation.Presenting the state budget, finance minister Swapan…
Kolkata: Calcutta high court on Monday verbally directed no coercive action till July 8 against former minister Indranil Sen in alleged Durga puja preview show controversy. The HC also directed the state to submit a progress report on the case.Sen’s counsel submitted that there were allegations of collecting money using UNESCO’s name.The complainant’s lawyer submitted…
West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari and state finance minister Swapan Dasgupta displaying copies of the state Budget after its presentation in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. KOLKATA: The BJP government in West Bengal on Monday presented its first full budget, announcing a wide-ranging set of measures. The budget includes a 20% point hike in…
KOLKATA: The BJP government in the state presented its first budget on Monday, focusing on the remaining eight months of the current financial year.Finance minister Swapan Dasgupta tabled the 2026–27 budget of the government led by chief minister Suvendu Adhikari, nearly two months after the BJP’s victory brought an end to 15 years of Trinamool…
