Kolkata, March 12 (IANS) Former Intelligence Bureau (IB) super-cop and also the former Governor of Tamil Nadu, R.N. Ravi, was sworn in as the new Governor of West Bengal on Thursday morning.The ceremony started at 11.30 a.m. at Lok Bhavan (formerly Raj Bhavan) in Kolkata. The oath to the new Governor was administered by the Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Sujoy Paul in the presence of dignitaries like West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Speaker of the Assembly Biman Bandopadhyay and th…
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Kolkata, Feb 7 (IANS) Pandemonium broke out at the West Bengal Assembly on the last day of the Budget Session of the House on Saturday after the Treasury Bench moved a breach of privilege motion against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator and fashion designer-turned-politician Agnimitra Paul over a comment made by her in the House on Friday that had arguably hurt minority sentiments.On Saturday, after the state Agriculture and Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Sovandeb Chattopadhyay, moved the…
Kolkata, Jan 21 (IANS) The interim budget of the West Bengal government for the financial year 2026-27 will be presented on the floor of the state Assembly by Minister of State for Finance (Independent Charge) Chandrima Bhattacharya on February 2.“The budget session of the state Assembly will start on January 31, and the interim budget will be presented on February 2,” Speaker Biman Bandopadhyay informed media persons on Wednesday evening.The budget session of the House will be for an extrem…
Kolkata, Dec 24 (IANS) The Winter session of the West Bengal Assembly, which was originally scheduled in December this year, will be conducted in the first half of January next year, Assembly Speaker Biman Bandopadhyay said on Wednesday. According to the Assembly Speaker, the Winter session of the House had been delayed this time because of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the state, with most legislators requesting postponement of the session because of their SIR-related engageme…