Kolkata: “In the changed circumstances… let people remain in peace,” Calcutta High Court observed on Monday saying it was not inclined to proceed with Suvendu Adhikari’s contempt plea against former speaker Biman Banerjee over security provided to MLAs on the assembly premises.Adhikari had filed the case before Justice Amrita Sinha when he was leader of…
Kolkata: Following nationwide NEET protests and the resignation of former Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Bengal BJP took out a ‘Tiranga Yatra’ in Kolkata on Monday. The party claimed that the country’s youth and children were being misled and used as a shield to serve the political agenda of opposition parties. The party also said…
New Delhi/Kolkata: Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday met Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla and submitted two letters, urging him to expedite a decision on the party’s petitions to disqualify 20 rebel MPs and to revoke recent changes made to the seating arrangements of its parliamentarians.Banerjee’s move comes just a day before CM…
Jalpaiguri: Jalpaiguri is set to get a university, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari announced at a party meeting in Maynaguri on Monday. He added that a new MIC (minister in charge) will be inducted into his cabinet from Jalpaiguri shortly.A plan to upgrade North Bengal University’s (NBU) second campus near Jalpaiguri Govt Engineering College was long…
Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari inaugurated the new flyover bridge on Burdwan Road in Siliguri on Monday Siliguri: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday blamed the previous state govt’s “confrontation” with Centre for delays in completing Siliguri’s Bardhaman Road flyover-cum-rail overbridge, saying North Bengal’s infrastructure suffered for years because of political conflict.Inaugurating the Rs 70 crore…
14 vandals arrested and produced to Bankshal Court Kolkata: Condemning the arrests made following the protest march over the alleged NEET paper leak in Kolkata on Friday, Bengal’s left student bodies and the Cockroach Janta Party demanded “all false cases against students and protesters be dropped”.Eight left organisations — AISA, AIDSO, AISB, AISF, DYSA, SFI,…
Durgapur: A Chhattisgarh man, suspected of being part of an alleged fake passport and illegal immigration racket, was arrested by NIA in Durgapur on Monday.On Monday morning, a six-member NIA team searched houses at New Steel Park and picked up the suspect Golam Jama from a building he had been staying on rent. NIA was…
Agartala: Tripura CPM has expressed dissatisfaction with the Special Investigation Team formed by the state govt to probe the death of former DGP Anurag Dhankar. On Monday, leader of opposition Jitendra Chaudhury and eight CPM MLAs met governor Indrasena Reddy Nallu and submitted a memorandum, citing doubts raised by Dhankar’s family and some officials about…
Nationally, Myntra has 16,000 sellers and offers around 25,000 brands Kolkata: Myntra is planning to onboard 400-plus more sellers from Bengal before Durga Puja. The lifestyle and fashion portal generally witnesses a 50% spike in sales during Pujas. Bedanta Dutta, senior director, marketplace of Myntra, said there was a lot of demand for products from…
Agartala: Leader of the opposition and CPM Tripura state secretary Jitendra Chaudhury on Sunday announced that his party would launch statewide agitations, alleging deteriorating law and order, the condition of national highways, unemployment and price rise.Announcing the party’s programme, Chaudhury said farmers’ and labour organisations would organise their first protest through “Jail Bharo” march in…
