New Delhi, June 18 (IANS) The West Bengal Assembly Budget Session commenced on Thursday with the inaugural address of Governor R.N. Ravi, marking a countdown to the maiden presentation under a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state. The man of the moment may well be Swapan Dasgupta — a seasoned journalist, commentator, and Parliamentarian, now the state Finance Minister — who would be delivering the budget speech on June 22.Known for his sharp intellect and deep understanding of …
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Agartala, June 13 (IANS) Tripura Power and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ratan Lal Nath on Friday reiterated the state government’s commitment to supporting families affected by political violence, stating that government jobs are being provided to eligible family members of those killed in such incidents. Nath said a large number of political killings had taken place in the state before the formation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government in 2018. Citing available records, he told …
Kolkata, June 11 (IANS) The Suvendu Adhikari government’s decision to appoint two ministers separately for the school education and higher education departments in the recent portfolio distribution has been prompted by multiple goals, insiders from the West Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said on Thursday.While journalist-turned-politician Jagannath Chattopadhyay has been made the state higher education minister, veteran BJP legislator Deepak Burman is the new school education mi…
Kolkata, June 9 (IANS) Two rebel Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha members and one party legislator on Tuesday attended an administrative review meeting chaired by West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari at Kolaghat in East Midnapore district. The meeting reviewed the administrative functioning of East Midnapore, West Midnapore and Jhargram districts.The two Lok Sabha members who attended the meeting were actor-turned-politician and Trinamool Congress MP from Ghatal, Deepak Adhikari a.k.a. Dev, a…
Kolkata, June 8 (IANS) A court here on Monday granted bail to five people, including CPI-M leader Srijan Bhattacharya, who were arrested on Sunday night during a protest against a hawker eviction drive in south Kolkata’s Jadavpur area.The court granted bail on a personal bond of Rs 1,000 each. The next hearing in the case has been scheduled for November 3.The Alipore Police Court judge said that Srijan Bhattacharya would have to cooperate with the investigation as a condition of bail.Incidentall…
Kolkata, June 8 (IANS) At least 15 CPI(M) workers were injured and six were arrested after a clash broke out between party workers and police in the Jadavpur area of South Kolkata during a protest against a hawker eviction drive at the railway station.The clash occurred on Sunday night, and on Monday members of the CPI(M)’s student wing, Student’s Federation of India (SFI), protested against the police lathi-charge outside Jadavpur University campus, demanding the immediate release of those ar…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 3 (IANS) With 71 newly elected legislators entering the Kerala Assembly, a special study class on parliamentary practices will be held on June 17 to familiarise them with the rules, traditions and conventions of the House.The Kerala Assembly has 140 members, which includes 102 in the treasury bench and 38 in the Opposition — 35 Left Front and three BJP legislators.Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan and Opposition Leader Pinarayi Vijayan are scheduled to participate in the pr…
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) On this day in 2014, Tapan Sikdar, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stalwart who scripted history by winning the Dumdum Lok Sabha constituency twice, the first party leader to do so in West Bengal, passed away in New Delhi after a prolonged illness. The name is relevant now, with renewed efforts to relocate a mosque, reportedly 136 years old, from within the operational area of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata. Sikdar had long advocated its rem…
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) West Bengal’s Congress leaders once used to term the Left Front as “Harmad” – a distorted version of the Spanish and Portuguese word “Armada”, which defines a fleet of warships. Fleets were said to have frequently raided the coastal regions of southern and southeastern Bengal in the 16th and 17th centuries. Over time, local people corrupted the word Armada into Harmad to describe plunderers. The term gained national attention centuries later, amidst clashes b…
Kolkata, May 28 (IANS) Kolkata witnessed a change in arrangements for Eid al-Adha (Bakrid) prayers on Thursday, with namaz held at Brigade Parade Ground instead of the customary Red Road venue, for the first time in years.After several years, the prayers were not conducted on Red Road, where they had traditionally been held twice a year — during Eid ul-Fitr and Eid al-Adha — under previous regimes, including the Left Front (1977-2011) and the Trinamool Congress (2011-2026).During the Trinamool…