CONTAI: “ Yes, we are his guardians but only at home. Outside, the people of Bengal are his guardians, now,” Sisir Adhikari, Suvendu Adhikari’s father, himself a former junior Union minister, told reporters on Saturday after watching his son being sworn in as Bengal’s ninth chief minister. “As a family, we are praying he performs…
KOLKATA: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday asked supporters to stop raising ‘Jai Shri Ram’ slogans at Jorasanko Thakurbari, saying that as CM he now “belongs to everyone”.“Eta political kochkochir somoy na (this is not the time for political bickering),” Adhikari said at the ancestral home of Rabindranath Tagore, which he visited minutes after being…
KOLKATA: Forty-eight hours after he was relieved by the EC as the special observer on May 7, retired IAS officer Subrata Gupta was on Saturday appointed adviser to chief minister Suvendu Adhikari. The appointment order came within hours after Adhikari took oath as CM at a ceremony at Brigade Parade Grounds.The state also appointed IAS…
Kolkata: The first Bengal BJP cabinet, sworn in on Saturday, includes a Brahmin from coastal Midnapore, an OBC and a Santhal from Jangalmahal, a woman from the industrial belt, a Rajbongshi from north Bengal and a Matua from the south Bengal belt bordering Bangladesh. These appointments represent regions where the BJP performed well in the…
Kolkata: The Brigade Parade Ground, long seen as the stage for Bengal’s shifting political tides — from the Left’s sea of red to the Trinamool Congress’s green dominance — turned decisively saffron on Saturday as the BJP formed its first govt in Bengal after its sweeping assembly election victory.The sprawling Maidan hosted a massive oath-taking…
Kolkata: Bangaliyana took centre stage on the very first day of the new BJP govt in Bengal as CM Suvendu Adhikari sought to project his administration as a custodian of Bengal’s cultural identity and heritage, marking a sharp shift in the party’s political messaging in the state.Hours after taking oath at Brigade Parade Ground on…
Kolkata: A homemaker, left disabled from an accident, kept at Apollo Multispeciality Hospitals for nearly four years without payment of bills, which crossed Rs 1 crore, was directed by the Calcutta High Court on Friday to be released without any payment demand, but clarified this order was under “peculiar circumstances” and could not be treated…
Kolkata: One-hundred and thirty-one students made it to the Top 10 list of Madhyamik this year—the highest in recent years—with Avirup Bhadra from Sarada Vidyamandir (Raiganj) High School bagging the first position with 698 marks (99.7%). Madhyamik results were announced on Friday. Last year, the top 10 ranks were shared by 66 students. This year’s…
Kolkata: Be it financial constraints or severe health issues, nothing could stop these youngsters from scoring high in Madhyamik, paving the way for their journey towards realising their career dreams.Jodhpur Park Boy’s School Arnab Naskar was a regular youngster until his father suddenly met with an accident, which turned their fate overnight. But he never…
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Friday upheld the maintainability of a PIL alleging Forest Rights Act violations in the Great Nicobar infrastructure project and observed that “the tribal population in Andaman and Nicobar Islands is a very vulnerable tribal group and not ordinarily accessible to common men”.A division bench of Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and…
