Kolkata: Of the 1.2 lakh Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) applicants in Bengal, 19,000 have already been granted Indian citizenship certificates, CM Suvendu Adhikari said on Wednesday after a cabinet meeting at Nabanna. He added that those with pending CAA applications would also be considered eligible for the state’s Annapurna Yojana scheme.The CAA, which came into…
Photo of arrested TMC leader Jay Prakash Majumdar at Bidhannagar North Police station, Photo Mayukh Sengupta KMC Ward 106 councillor Arijit Das Thakur arrested Photo of arrested TMC leader Jay Prakash Majumdar at Bidhannagar North Police station, Photo Mayukh Sengupta KMC Ward 106 councillor Arijit Das Thakur arrested Photo of arrested TMC leader Jay Prakash…
BJP flags stuck over a shut TMC party office in B K Paul Avenue Kolkata: Thirty-one days after Trinamool suffered its worst electoral setback since coming to power, disbelief, anger and introspection continue to grip grassroots workers and loyalists across Kolkata, even as resignations, public criticism and organisational churn keep unsettling the rank and file….
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…
London/Kolkata: Anisha Chakraborty texted her brother Raktim in the US from Birmingham last Friday to say she had good news to share. The 28-year-old from Kolkata’s Mukundapur had been job-hunting after completing her master’s with distinction at Aston University and had just made it to the final round of an interview.Raktim, who is based in…
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…
Tollygunge BJP MLA Papiya Adhikari at Technician studio at Tollygunge on Wednesday.Photo Basabdatta Sarkar Kolkata: In the presence of major Tollywood stakeholders and actors, Tollygunge BJP MLA Papiya Adhikary on Wednesday introduced the Eastern India Motion Pictures & Cultural Confederation (EIMPCC), an organization she now leads as president. According to her, the confederation will, among…
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…
Sourav Ganguly Reliance Trends & Barisha Players Corner is arranging a small event by inaugurating the Gallery of Mr. Sourav Ganguly which will have his memorabilia and memories of his cricketing and non-cricketing times….. Debobrata Shome. Kolkata: Former India captain and ex-BCCI president Sourav Ganguly’s security cover has been downgraded from Z to Y category…
KOLKATA: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday served a summons to Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee, directing him to appear before the agency on June 15 in connection with the primary school recruitment irregularities case, officials said.According to officials, a team of ED officers visited Banerjee’s residence on Kalighat Road in south Kolkata on Wednesday…
