Kolkata: Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari on Friday formally resigned from the Nandigram assembly seat and chose to retain Bhowanipore, while delivering an emotional message to reassure his support base in his East Midnapore bastion.“My relationship with Nandigram is not tied to any elected post. This relationship runs much deeper, and it will remain until my…
Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Friday hinted at a large-scale overhaul of Bengal’s assembly constituencies combined with a significant increase in the number of members in the state legislative assembly — which may necessitate the construction of a new assembly building.Speaking in the Vidhan Sabha on Friday, Adhikari said: “The number of assembly seats may…
Kolkata: ‘Vande Mataram’ played in the assembly as Bengal kept up with its tradition of electing the speaker of the House unanimously on Friday. Cooch Behar South MLA Rathin Bose was elected speaker as Trinamool stayed away from contest.In a display of democratic ethos, Bose was escorted to the speaker’s chair by CM Suvendu Adhikari…
Kolkata: Against the backdrop of rumblings in the Trinamool following its poll debacle, party chairperson Mamata Banerjee on Friday told candidates who had lost the 2026 assembly elections that she would build the organisation afresh.A party senior quoted Banerjee as telling the candidates: “Those who want to leave are free to go; I will not…
Kolkata: As part of its restructuring, Mcleod Russell India has accepted a one-time settlement sanction of Rs 150 crore from JC Flowers Asset Reconstruction (JCF ARC).JCF ARC is acting as trustee of JCF YES Trust for settlement of the company’s outstanding dues and represents about 20.6% in value of the total institutional loan as on…
Kolkata: Met officials in the city said on Friday that it was too early to predict the southwest monsoon’s arrival date in Kolkata, although the IMD has forecast an early onset over Kerala. The weather office has announced that the monsoon is likely to set in over Kerala on May 26, with a model error…
Kolkata: Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari on Friday announced the suspension of two jail officials following raids on the Presidency Correctional Home, in which 23 mobile phone sets were spotted among prisoners and seized by the police. The four-hour raid was conducted on Thursday night.Adhikari said the mobile phones, including smartphones, were used extensively inside Presidency…
Kolkata: A heated argument broke out at JU on Thursday after two students reportedly stamped on a Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) flag and an ABVP flag, before trying to throw them in the dustbin. The incident happened outside Aahar canteen. A non-teaching staff of WB University Karmachari Parishad (WBUKP), a unit of BJP Trade Union…
Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) buildings department has identified 3,000 buildings in ‘red zones’ across six city boroughs that have grossly violated the civic body’s construction rules.Though an unofficial nomenclature, ‘red zones’ refer to areas or neighbourhoods where unauthorised constructions abound. These include the Tiljala-Topsia, Ekbalpore-Kidderpore, Garden Reach-Metiabruz and Burrabazar-Chitpore belts and areas in…
Kolkata: Around 30% of illegal parking in the city in the past 48 hours was primarily reported from three separate zones – the headquarter guard comprising the Dalhousie and Esplanade areas, the Sealdah guard where Koley Market and Narkeldanga emerged as the most challenging zones and Bhowanipore guard where double-lane parking, even among residents, emerged…
