Kolkata, June 23 (IANS) After the dissolution of the Siliguri Municipal Corporation’s (SMC) municipal board, IAS officer R. Vimala took charge as the new administrator of the civic body in north Bengal. On Tuesday afternoon, she officially arrived at the municipal corporation office and started administrative work.The West Bengal government on Monday evening deputed the IAS officer as the administrator for the Siliguri Municipal Corporation.The move came within three days of veteran Trinamool Co…
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Kolkata, June 19 (IANS) Another Trinamool Congress-controlled Municipal Corporation Board in West Bengal is heading for dissolution, as the Mayor of Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC) in Darjeeling District, Gautam Deb, tendered his resignation from the chair on Friday.He has forwarded his resignation to the SMC Commissioner, Ashwini Kumar Roy.With this, SMC is the fourth municipal corporation in the state which is heading for dissolution. The first three were — the Kolkata Municipal Corporat…
Kolkata, March 24 (IANS) In the midst of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s visit to North Bengal, Siliguri is in turmoil following the unnatural death of a minor girl. Local MLA and BJP candidate, Shankar Ghosh, staged a sit-in to demand justice. Meanwhile, Siliguri Mayor and Trinamool candidate Gautam Deb visited the deceased girl’s family on Tuesday and instructed the Siliguri Police Commissioner to take immediate action.According to the police, the private tutor of the minor girl, a …
Kolkata, March 7 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress, on Saturday, refuted the concerns raised by President Droupadi Murmu earlier in the day at a programme at Gossaipur in Darjeeling district of West Bengal over lack of development for the people of the tribal community in the state. Addressing the ninth International Santal Conference being organised by the International Santal Council at Gossaipur, President Murmu expressed doubts on whether the people from the tribal community in West Bengal had a…
Kolkata, Feb 27 (IANS) 2018 Asian Games Heptathlon gold medal winner Swapna Barman joined the Trinamool Congress on Friday She is also likely to be a Trinamool candidate from any of the assembly constituencies in her native district of Jalpaiguri in the forthcoming Assembly elections.Barman arrived at the Trinamool Bhavan, the state headquarters of Trinamool, on Friday afternoon and was welcomed into the party by state Education Minister Bratya Basu and Minister of State for Finance (Independent…