The legislative wing of Trinamool Congress — the party that has governed Bengal for the last 15 years after being formed by Mamata Banerjee on Jan 1, 1998 — split on Wednesday. KOLKATA: The legislative wing of Trinamool Congress — the party that has governed Bengal for the last 15 years after being formed by…
Kolkata: Ritabrata Banerjee, the Trinamool Uluberia East MLA, who claimed the Leader of Opposition seat at the assembly on Wednesday with support of 58 out of 80 MLAs, said no MLA will be treated as servants but everyone will be given equal status. He also pointed out Abhishek Banerjee as the main reason behind the…
Kolkata: State health officials said six flyers who arrived in Kolkata from either Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) or Uganda in recent weeks are under home surveillance by health officials. While none of them have any symptoms this surveillance was part of an SOP to be followed after the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic…
Indradeb Bhattacharyya, a senior West Bengal Civil Service (WBCS) officer serving as a Joint Secretary, suffered a critical fall from the 4th floor staircase at Khadya Bhavan (the Food and Supplies Department headquarters) in Kolkata. Pix:- Biplab Bhattacharjee Kolkata: Indradeb Bhattacharya (51), who was critically injured after a fall from the fourth-floor stairwell balcony of…
Surendra Nath College in Kolkata —— TOI Kolkata: Cops probing the recovery of a firearm and two suitcases stashed with cash — most of it destroyed by termites — from the college union room at Surendranath College on Tuesday have booked two Trinamool Congress functionaries under the Arms Act, criminal trespass, criminal intimidation and sections…
Kolkata: It would be open to KMC chairperson Mala Roy to conduct corporation meeting, Calcutta High Court’s vacation bench held on Wednesday, refusing an interim stay on notice, passed by the municipal secretary, postponing the 54th KMC meeting despite it being convened by the chairperson.The division bench of Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya and Justice Biswaroop Chowdhury…
Kalighat PS cops on Wednesday removed police kiosks, barricades, scanner machines and other surveillance equipment outside Shantiniketan ED visits Abhishek Banerjee’s Kalighat house Kalighat PS cops on Wednesday removed police kiosks, barricades, scanner machines and other surveillance equipment outside Shantiniketan ED visits Abhishek Banerjee’s Kalighat house Kalighat PS cops on Wednesday removed police kiosks, barricades,…
Kolkata: Members of Paschimbanga Visvavidyalaya Karmachari Sangh, Jadavpur University unit, staged a demonstration outside the vice-chancellor’s office on Wednesday, demanding an allotment for a union office room.“Despite repeated letters, requesting for an office room for a recognised employees’ union, our demand has gone unattended. We cannot discharge our responsibilities towards our staff without a designated…
Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari’s first administrative meeting with the MLAs of Kolkata, Howrah and South 24-Parganas saw politics take a backseat. Both Trinamool factions — the loyalists and the rebels — attended the meeting, including MLAs Firhad Hakim, Nayana Bandyopadhyay, Kunal Ghosh, Javed Khan, Ashok Deb and Arup Roy.According to Ghosh, a loyalist, CM…
Maa Ahar centre at Sovabazar Kolkata: The state govt has renamed Maa canteens as Maa Ahar, and started a new menu wherein they will serve fish meal twice a week, eggs twice a week, and vegetarian food on the remaining two days, all at Rs 5. The decision was taken at the third cabinet meeting…
