Kolkata, April 17 (IANS) Veteran CPI(M) leader and senior advocate, Bikas Ranjan Bhattacharya, whose term as a member of the Rajya Sabha ended recently, has declined to accept the pension allotted by the Union Government for former MPs.A communique on this count, sent by Bhattacharya to the Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha, was posted on his official social media handle in the morning.“Sir, this is to inform you that I have decided not to accept the pension available to a retired MP. You p…
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Kolkata, April 17 (IANS) The officials of the Income Tax Department, heavily escorted by the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), were on Friday conducting simultaneous raids and search operations at several locations linked to Trinamool Congress legislator Debasish Kumar.Kumar is also the Member-Mayor-in-Council (MMIC) of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (MMIC). The raids are being conducted at his residence and electoral camp office in South Kolkata in connection with an illegal land-grabbing …
Kolkata, April 9 (IANS) Officials of the Enforcement Directorate are trying to establish links of politically influential persons from West Bengal in the illegal land-grabbing-related money-laundering case involving Merlin Projects Limited, promoted by Sushil Mohta and Saket Mohta. Already, Trinamool Congress legislator and the Member–Mayor-in-Council of Kolkata Municipal Corporation, Debasish Kumar, who is also the party candidate this time from his native Rashbehari Assembly Constituency …
Kolkata, April 3 (IANS) Kolkata Police on Friday issued summons for interrogation to two Trinamool Congress councillors of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) in connection with the prolonged tension outside the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, in central Kolkata, following protest demonstrations by ruling party activists that began on Tuesday and continued till Thursday.The two councillors summoned are Santi Ranjan Kundu from Ward 32 and Sachin Kumar Singh from Ward…
Kolkata, April 3 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday issued summons to two members of the West Bengal Cabinet for questioning in connection with the multi-crore cash-for-municipalities job case in the state.The two ministers summoned are Fire Services Minister Sujit Bose and Food & Supplies Minister Rathin Ghosh. Both Bose and Ghosh are contesting from their respective constituencies as Trinamool Congress candidates.It is learnt that while Bose has been asked to appear at the E…
Kolkata, April 2 (IANS) An FIR has been filed against six people in connection with the disturbance in front of the state’s Chief Electoral Officer’s (CEO) office on Tuesday, said the police on Thursday. Two Trinamool councillors of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) are among them.According to the police, an FIR has been filed at the Hare Street police station against Kolkata Municipality councillor Shantiranjan Kundu of ward number 32 and councillor Sachin Singh of ward number 36. Apart f…
Kolkata, March 30 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED), on Monday, issued summons to the Trinamool Congress legislator from Rashbehari Assembly Constituency in South Kolkata and a Member-Mayor-in-Council (MMIC) of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (MMIC), Debasish Kumar, in connection with an illegal land grabbing case in West Bengal.At the time the report was filed, Kumar had already arrived at ED’s office at the central government office (CGO) complex at Salt Lake in the northern outskirts of…
Kolkata, March 26 (IANS) A Trinamool Congress supporter was killed in Kolkata following a gunfight between two rival groups while they were sitting and consuming alcohol on a rooftop at midnight, the police said on Thursday. Spare cartridges were found scattered across the area. The incident took place in Ward No. 101 of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation. The deceased has been identified as Rahul Dey (36). Another individual, named Jeet Mukherjee, sustained injuries.According to the police, Rahu…
Kolkata, March 21 (IANS) Tension prevailed on Saturday in Bhabanipur — West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s constituency — over allegations of posters belonging to the Trinamool Congress being torn down. The ruling party claimed that the BJP was behind the incident. The BJP, however, asserted that the episode stemmed from internal factionalism within the Trinamool Congress. In connection with the incident, both the Trinamool Congress and the BJP have lodged separate complaints at Kalig…
Kolkata, March 21 (IANS) Since 2011, when the erstwhile minority-dominated Garden Reach assembly constituency in the southern outskirts of Kolkata was renamed Kolkata Port, voting has been one-sided in favour of the Trinamool Congress. In all three assembly elections since 2011, West Bengal Municipal Affairs & Urban Development Minister and Kolkata Mayor Firhad (Bobby) Hakim has won from the constituency with heavy margins, securing over 50 per cent of the vote share each time.Traditio…