Kolkata, May 21 (IANS) The birth and death registration portal of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation has been partially closed to verify certificates issued during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) period, said KMC officials on Thursday.Insiders from the KMC said that during the SIR period, there was an abnormal rise in the number of applications for backdated birth and death certificates for the purpose of being used as supporting documents in the revision exercise.However, the sources said t…
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Kolkata, May 20 (IANS) Four-time Trinamool Congress legislator and former minister in the previous Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal Cabinet, Firhad Hakim, who continues to be the Mayor of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), on Wednesday denied having knowledge of the corporation initiating a probe against properties allegedly owned or co-owned by Trinamool Congress General Secretary, Abhishek Banerjee.The KMC had reportedly served notices under Section 400(1) of the KMC Act, 1980 to 17 propertie…
Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) Trinamool Congress general secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, on Tuesday reacted to the notice slapped on 17 properties owned or co-owned by him in Kolkata by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation authorities and said that whatever might come, he would not bow down to the new Bharatiya Janata Party-led regime in the state. “Let them do whatever they like. They can send me notices. They can even demolish my house. But I will never bow down. Come …
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) BJP leaders on Tuesday defended the notices served by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) to Trinamool Congress General Secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, over a number of properties reportedly owned or co-owned by him.The KMC, which still has the current and four-time Trinamool Congress legislator, Firhad Hakim, as its Mayor, has served notices under Section 400(1) of the KMC Act 1980.It allows owners of allegedly illegal constructions an…
Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) authorities, which still has the current and four-time Trinamool Congress legislator and former member in the previous Mamata Banerjee-led Cabinet, Firhad Hakim as its Mayor, has started a probe against a number of properties reportedly owned or co-owned by Trinamool Congress General Secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee.The KMC have served notices under Section 400(1) of the KMC Act 1980, which allows owners of a…
Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) Trinamool Congress supremo and former West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, has on Tuesday convened a meeting with the 80 elected party legislators in the recently concluded Assembly polls to discuss and adopt a strategy as the principal opposition party in the state now.Trinamool Congress general secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, is also supposed to be present at the meeting in the afternoon.A party member in the current Assembly, on …
Kolkata, May 16 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday indirectly hinted at a possible investigation into the assets of a company allegedly linked to a senior Trinamool Congress leader, although he stopped short of naming the individual.Addressing a public gathering in the Falta Assembly constituency under the Diamond Harbour subdivision in South 24 Parganas district, where repolling is scheduled for May 21, the Chief Minister repeatedly referred to the leader as “Mr Neph…
Kolkata, May 13 (IANS) After a demolition drive against illegal construction was launched by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in West Bengal, party MLAs accused the previous Trinamool Congress regime of indulging in corruption and “benefitting” from the construction of illegal buildings.A day after two people were killed, and five others injured when a fire broke out in a multi-storey building on GJ Khan Road in the Tiljala area of Kolkata, officials of Kolkata Municipal Corporation a…
Kolkata, May 9 (IANS) Trinamool Congress, on Saturday, announced veteran party leader Sovandeb Chattopadhyay as the Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly. He was elected this time from the Ballygunge Assembly constituency in south Kolkata. Trinamool Congress General Secretary and party Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee, who is also the nephew of former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, issued a statement on Saturday night announcing the name of Chattopadhyay as the Leader of the Op…
Kolkata, April 30 (IANS) The West Bengal Minister for Panchayat Affairs & Rural Development and the Mayor of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), Firhad Hakim, on Thursday, expressed confidence about the Trinamool Congress’ return to power in West Bengal with a thumping majority after the counting on May 4 and stated that if his party returns to power the new Cabinet will take oath on May 6.Dismissing the predictions of the majority of the exit polls that have projected the BJP’s victory…