Kolkata, April 29 (IANS) The central forces deployed at Bhabanipur Assembly constituency in South Kolkata, which is witnessing the electoral battle between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Suvendu Adhikari, the Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, resorted to a baton charge to disperse agitated Trinamool Congress activists.The Trinamool workers were staging a protest and shouting slogans against the LoP in the Kalighat area, quite close to the official residence of the…
Latest Kalighat News & Updates
Agartala, April 20 (IANS) Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat arrived in Agartala on Monday to participate in the Prana Pratishtha ceremony of the Maa Chinmayi Soundarya Temple in West Tripura’s Mohanpur on April 21 The ceremony is scheduled to take place on Tuesday at Fakira Mura in Mohanpur, coinciding with the observance of Adi Shankaracharya Jayanti.According to Amit Rakshit, President of the Chinmaya Seva Trust under Chinmaya Mission International, both the Prana Pratish…
Kolkata, March 10 (IANS) Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, on Tuesday morning broke out of his bureaucratic shell as he interacted with the monks of Belur Math in Belur in Howrah, which is the international headquarters of the Swami Vivekananda-founded Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission.Kumar, on Tuesday morning, started his day early as he first went to Belur Math to have a feel of the pristine spiritually involved with the place. There he was seen interacting with the monks o…
Kolkata, March 8 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI)’s full bench, led by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar, arrived in Kolkata from New Delhi late on Sunday evening with a packed schedule for the next two days.CEC Gyanesh Kumar and his team were received at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport by West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Kumar Agarwal and state Chief Secretary Nandini Chakraborty.CEC Kumar is scheduled to begin the visit early on …
Kolkata, Feb 22 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Sunday launched a sharp attack on her West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee, alleging deterioration in law and order and claiming that people in the state have made up their minds to remove the Trinamool Congress from power in the upcoming Assembly elections.Speaking to media persons on the sidelines of an event in Kolkata, the BJP leader criticised the Mamata Banerjee-led government over alleged atrocities against women and what she d…