Kolkata, June 12 (IANS) Three pages carrying signatures of 19 Trinamool Congress MPs surfaced on Friday, reportedly claiming to be the main and majority bloc of the party’s representation in the Lok Sabha.Confusion persisted over whether these three pages are the concluding portions of the purported letter that the MPs, under the leadership of Dr Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar and Satabdi Roy, have reportedly submitted to the office of the Lok Sabha Speaker.In the three surfacing pages, copies of which…
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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) 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…
Kolkata, June 6 IANS) Legal complications have emerged over the continuation of the Trinamool Congress-controlled board in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), following the resignation of Mayor Firhad HakimFirhad Hakim officially resigned as the Mayor of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), the oldest and biggest urban civic body in West Bengal, on Friday afternoon.After the development, the state municipal affairs and urban development department has issued a notice to KMC Chairperson …
Kolkata, June 5 (IANS) Former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee — the Trinamool Congress supremo — on Friday announced her decision to retain her nephew and the party Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, as the party’s general secretary.However, she also appointed the party’s Rajya Sabha members, Derek O’Brien and Dola Sen as deputy general secretaries, which according to political observers, means that Abhishek Banerjee would no more be able to unanimously adopt organisational decisi…
Kolkata, June 3 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday ruled that Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) Chairperson Mala Roy can convene monthly meetings of the civic body in accordance with the Municipal Act.It was alleged that despite the Chairperson calling the meeting, no civic body meeting was held, which led to a case being filed in the Calcutta High Court.A division bench of Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharyya of the Calcutta High Court gave the ruling that the KMC Chairperson, Mala Roy, ca…
Kolkata, June 2 (IANS) Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo and former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that if she survives, she will surely displace the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from power in the state after foiling alleged attempts by the saffron camp’s central leadership to disintegrate TMC. “If I survive, I will surely displace the BJP from the position of power in West Bengal. Their central leadership in New Delhi is trying to disintegrate the Trinamool Congre…
Kolkata, May 25 (IANS) The cops of New Market Police Station under the central division of the Kolkata Police, on Monday morning, issued summons to the Member-Mayor in Council of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), Baiswanor Chattopadhyay, on charges of heckling and physically assaulting the Corporation’s secretary, Kishore Kumar Biswas on Friday.A police complaint was lodged by Kishore Kumar Biswas at the New Market Police Station, under whose jurisdiction the KMC Building in central Kolka…
Kolkata, May 21 (IANS) Trinamool Congress MLA Javed Khan surrendered before a court in Alipore on Thursday and was granted bail in a recent unrest case. A complaint had been filed against him in connection with unrest in Tiljala on the day the West Bengal Assembly election results were declared.Javed Khan and 10 others were named in the FIR. According to court sources, the MLA surrendered before the court in connection with that case.According to the police, unrest broke out in Tiljala following…
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) A Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) probe, reportedly over properties allegedly owned by Trinamool Congress General Secretary and Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, his family, or company, has created a political and organisational test for the party. The notices were reportedly served under provisions of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act, where officials have also visited several premises, including “Shantiniketan” in Kolkata.One report mentioned a notice pasted…