Darjeeling: For the first time in more than five decades, a Gorkha neta has been inducted into the Bengal cabinet, with BJP MLA Bishal Lama taking oath as a minister of state on Monday. His elevation marks a historic political milestone for the community, as the last Gorkha member to hold a state cabinet berth…
Kolkata: Ministers from Kolkata and its suburbs took centre stage in chief minister Suvendu Adhikari’s expanded cabinet, placing education, healthcare, women’s safety and clean governance at the core of a shared plan to rebuild Bengal, with added stress on greener public transport and faster civic upgrade across the capital region and its urban fringes.Swapan Dasgupta,…
Biraj Biswas, a 32-year-old powerhouse, has been appointed as the youngest minister in Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari’s cabinet (Photo Credit: Facebook/@Biraj Biswas) KOLKATA: BJP MLA Biraj Biswas on Monday became the youngest member of Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari’s Council of Ministers at the age of 32.Biswas, the MLA from Karandighi in Uttar Dinajpur, took oath…
Agnimitra Paul inspects the waterlogging black spots identified along the stretch from Kaikhali’s Haldiram crossing off VIP Road on Monday Kolkata: State municipal affairs minister Agnimitra Paul on Monday inspected the waterlogging black spots identified along the stretch from Kaikhali’s Haldiram crossing off VIP Road. She instructed all agencies concerned to conduct canal, manhole and…
Kolkata: The iconic clock tower in Lake Town is likely to undergo a health and safety check soon. Bidhannagar MLA Sardawat Muekerjee said he will be writing to the urban development department to find out if permission was obtained before installing the clock tower and also in proper safety measures like soil testing was done…
Kolkata: West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari has directed the state DGP to constitute a Special Investigation Team to probe the alleged Lakshmir Bhandar scam.Announcing the decision, the CM said that 22 fake beneficiary cases have been detected in Berhampore. Of the 22 accounts identified, one was allegedly linked to Rakibul, while 15 accounts were found…
Kolkata: Monthly financial assistance provided by the state govt to imams, muezzins and Hindu priests was discontinued from June, with beneficiaries receiving their last payments in May, following a decision by the newly elected BJP govt to end religion-based assistance schemes.Last month, the state cabinet approved a proposal to discontinue assistance schemes based on religion…
Kalita Majhi, who previously worked as a domestic helper, has stepped into the political arena as a newly sworn-in minister in West Bengal. KOLKATA: Kalita Majhi, a former domestic helper who won the West Bengal Assembly election, was among the 35 MLAs sworn in as ministers in the West Bengal government. Majhi took on her…
KOLKATA: Expelled Trinamool Congress MLA Sandipan Saha on Monday hit out at the party after he and fellow legislator Ritabrata Banerjee were removed from the party’s primary membership over alleged anti-party activities.Saha said, “In this party, anyone who speaks of morality will be deemed to be engaging in anti-party activity, simply because the party itself…
KOLKATA: A cancelled meeting of Trinamool Congress (TMC) legislators, a growing list of arrests of party leaders across West Bengal and fresh protest plans announced by the ruling party have brought the spotlight back on the political turbulence unfolding in the state.The developments came into focus on Sunday after a scheduled meeting between TMC chief…
