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…
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Kolkata, June 19 (IANS) The three-day celebration for International Yoga Day, commencing on June 21, was inaugurated on Friday, with West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari taking part in both an inaugural marathon and a public Yoga session in the streets of central Kolkata.The three-day event was kicked off this morning with a marathon — “CITY OF JOY – Daud Se Dhyan 2026” — in Kolkata that started in front of the main building of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) in the New Market a…
Kolkata, June 14 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari will visit Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) on Monday and launch a special six-day cleanliness drive, ‘Welcome to Cleanliness’.The drive will be organised across the city and will continue for the next six days. CM Adhikari will launch the drive from the KMC headquarters in central Kolkata.The Chief Minister will address the event and share the state government’s steps for various developmental activities to be carried out by…
Kolkata, June 11 (IANS) The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has sought a detailed report on the status of demolition of alleged illegal constructions at properties linked to Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, officials said on Thursday.The Administrator and Commissioner of KMC have sought a report in the next five days from the building department with regard to the final status of the demolition of illegal construction at Banerjee’s residence.The Commissioner of the Kol…
Kolkata, June 10 (IANS) The police on Wednesday arrested Trinamool Congress councillor of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), Swapan Samaddar, on charges including attempt to murder and molestation. The police have taken action against Swapan Samaddar in the wake of a complaint filed at Narkeldanga police station in north Kolkata regarding an incident in 2022.He was arrested from the Phoolbagan area on Wednesday. With this, the total number of arrested Trinamool councillors at the KMC has r…
Kolkata, June 9 (IANS) Ujjal Biswas, the former West Bengal Correctional Services Minister in the previous Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress cabinet, was arrested on Tuesday night on charges of illegally hoarding state government relief materials. Biswas is the second former minister in the previous cabinet to be arrested under corruption charges after former West Bengal Fire Services Minister Sujit Bose, who was arrested last month by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with the…
Kolkata, June 9 (IANS) Trinamool Congress councillor of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) Sushmita Bhattacharya of ward number 63 was arrested on Tuesday over alleged corruption charges. Her husband, Salil Chatterjee, was also arrested. Officers of the Watgunge police station arrested them on charges of extortion. With this, the total number of Trinamool councillors in KMC arrested over various charges rose to nine.According to the police, a complaint was filed with the said police station on …
Kolkata, June 8 (IANS) The West Bengal government on Monday dissolved the Trinamool Congress-run board of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and appointed the current KMC Commissioner, Smita Pandey, as the administrator. The state municipal affairs department issued a notification stating the corporation’s board had been dissolved under Sub-Section (I) of Section 117 of the KMC Act, 1980.The notification further said that, following the dissolution of the current board, all members of the…
Kolkata, June 7 (IANS) The Bengal Police on Sunday arrested Mohammad Jasimuddin, a Trinamool Congress councillor of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), on charges of molestation and harassment of a minor girl. With this, a total of eight Trinamool Congress councillors of KMC have been arrested over various charges since the change of government in the state.Jasimuddin is a Trinamool councillor of ward number 39 in Jorasanko area in central Kolkata. He was arrested from his house in the afternoo…
Kolkata, June 7 (IANS) Trinamool Congress Chief and former West Bengal Chief Minister on Sunday cancelled her crucial meeting with her party councillors in Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC).An intimation about the cancellation of the meeting has already been sent to the councillors who were earlier asked to be present at the party’s state headquarters, Trinamool Bhavan, on the eastern outskirts of Kolkata on Sunday.However, the councillors have not specified any reason behind the cancellatio…