Kolkata, March 7 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee launched a sharp offensive against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday, accusing the saffron party of using its allies and appointees for political gain before abandoning them.Speaking at the site of her indefinite protest against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists in Central Kolkata, Banerjee cited Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and the recently resigned West Bengal Governor, C.V. Ananda Bose, as pri…
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Kolkata, March 6 (IANS) Trinamool Congress national General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Friday appealed to people to “boycott the BJP” in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections, alleging that the party was targeting voters through the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.Banerjee made the remarks while addressing party workers at a sit-in demonstration at Esplanade in central Kolkata to protest against nearly 60 lakh people being placed in the “under adjudication” cate…
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Senior BJP leader Dilip Ghosh on Friday welcomed the appointment of a new Governor for West Bengal, expressing hope that the state’s law and order situation would improve under the new leadership.His remarks came after Governor C.V. Ananda Bose resigned and Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi was appointed to take charge of the state.Reacting to the leadership change in Raj Bhavan, BJP leader Dilip Ghosh said the party welcomes the appointment of the new Governor and hopes …
Kolkata, March 6 (IANS) President Droupadi Murmu will arrive in West Bengal on Friday afternoon for a two-day packed schedule in the northern sector of the state.This will be her first visit to the state since she assumed the position of the Indian President. Almost the entire North Bengal has been wrapped under the blanket security cover on the occasion of President Murmu’s visit there.As per the tentative schedule as of now, the President is expected to arrive at Bagdogra Airport on the outs…
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Former Indian Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Singh Sandhu has been appointed the new Lieutenant Governor (L-G) of Delhi, Rashtrapati Bhavan said. Taranjit Singh Sandhu will replace former Delhi L-G Vinai Kumar Saxena, who has been serving at the post since May 26, 2022, the Rashtrapati Bhavan noted on Thursday.During his tenure as Delhi L-G, Vinai Kumar Saxena made his role much more vocal than his predecessors.Along with major rejig in Delhi, Governors of several other…
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday accepted the resignation of West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose and also announced a series of appointments and transfers of Governors and Lt Governors across several states and Union Territories.As part of the changes, according to an official note, Himachal Pradesh Governor Shiv Pratap Shukla has been appointed as the Governor of Telangana.Jishnu Dev Varma, who is currently serving as the Governor of Telangana, has been appointed…
Kolkata, March 5 (IANS) In an unprecedented development ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections, West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose on Thursday resigned from his post.Ananda Bose is currently in New Delhi, and he tendered his resignation to the office of President Droupadi Murmu there.Although no official confirmation in the matter had come from the office of the Governor in the matter at the time the report was filed, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee issued a statement confirming the Governor…
Kolkata, Feb 25 (IANS) West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose on Wednesday said violence and corruption have assumed the proportions of a cancer in the state and stressed the need to eliminate these twin threats to ensure its future prosperity.The Governor made the remarks while speaking to mediapersons on the sidelines of the ‘Shanti, Shudhi, Samriddhi’ programme held at the Indian Museum in Kolkata.He said that unless violence and corruption are uprooted from the prevailing environment in W…
Kolkata, Feb 17 (IANS) The beginning of the charge-framing process against Chandranath Sinha, the West Bengal minister, accused of involvement in the multi-crore cash-for-school job case in the state, might be delayed for an indefinite period.This is because the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which had mainly initiated the charge framing against West Bengal Minister in charge of micro, small and medium enterprises and textiles department, Chandranath Sinha, is yet to submit relevant documents to …
Kolkata, Feb 11 (IANS) The twin menaces of corruption and violence are spreading like cancer in West Bengal politics in the current scenario, Governor C.V. Ananda Bose told mediapersons on Wednesday.The Governor on Wednesday afternoon attended the convocation programme of a private university in Barasat in the North 24 Parganas district. While interacting with media persons on the sidelines of the programme, the Governor made this observation regarding the prevailing trend of politics in West Be…