Kolkata: Cracking down on extortion and corruption complaints against its grassroots workers and mid-level functionaries, Bengal BJP has expelled more than 30 and suspended about 250 from the party since coming to office in May. The party’s state disciplinary committee has warned of more heads rolling as it enforces a “zero-tolerance” policy towards anti-party activities.The…
The state on Tuesday announced a 20% increase in Dearness Allowance (DA) for govt employees, along with a corresponding hike in Dearness Relief (DR) for pensioners and family pensioners with effect from Oct 1, 2026 Kolkata: The state on Tuesday announced a 20% increase in Dearness Allowance (DA) for govt employees, along with a corresponding…
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday set aside the interim stay on the hike of daily budget allocation of cooked food for patients at govt hospitals, observing the rise—from Rs 57 per patient to Rs 110—was a policy decision and the tenderer could not have a say in it.The state increased the allocation and…
Kolkata: A day after the Indian Statistical Institute Bill, 2026 was tabled in the Parliament and opposition MPs filed notice to oppose, a section of ISI faculty members started getting in touch with the Congress and Trinamool MPs to raise voice inside the Parliament against the bill.They met Congress leaders like Jairam Ramesh and Manish…
Kolkata: “Heaven will not fall,” Calcutta High Court remarked on Tuesday while hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) against making six stanzas of Vande Mataram mandatory in madrasas.The Acting Chief Justice (ACJ) Tapabrata Chakraborty further remarked, “There have been thousands of Christian schools where all students are asked to pray to the Lord. Then, do…
CM Suvendu Adhikari meets Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday met Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi to discuss reviving Bengal’s tea industry and improving the welfare of workers in the state’s textiles sector.“Today’s meeting went well. Apart from financial matters, the finance minister showed particular…
The house in Tangra where the family lived till the tragedy happened in Feb 2025 KOLKATA: Chess has become a crucial part of the slow rehabilitation of the 15-year-old survivor of the Tangra family tragedy, helping him return to routine, school and confidence after months of trauma.The teenager, who lost his mother, aunt and cousin…
Members of Nationalist Citizens Party of India with CM Suvendu Adhikari at Delhi’s Banga Bhawan on Tuesday Kolkata: The ownership of Trinamool Congress’s twin flowers symbol has emerged as the final hurdle before the newly formed Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI) secures formal recognition, MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay said after meeting CM Suvendu Adhikari and…
Kolkata: Rebel Trinamool MLA from Islampur Kanaia Lal Agarwal was on Tuesday appointed chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the Bengal assembly after the 20-member panel was constituted unopposed.Assembly sources said exactly 20 nominations were received for the committee, matching its strength and making a formal election unnecessary. The PAC comprises 14 members…
Calcutta High Court (file picture) Kolkata: Senior advocate Kalyan Banerjee on Tuesday urged Calcutta High Court to expedite the hearing of Mamata Banerjee’s election petition challenging CM Suvendu Adhikari’s victory from the Bhowanipore assembly seat in the 2026 polls.“Let Calcutta High Court set a record by deciding an election petition within five years,” Banerjee told…
