Kolkata, July 27 (IANS) One of the 28 reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India tabled in the West Bengal Assembly by Finance Minister Swapan Dasgupta during the extended budget session has revealed a grim picture of the state’s fiscal and revenue deficits during the Mamata Banerjee-led regime.The state leadership of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), including the state party president and the Rajya Sabha member, Samik Bhattacharya, has alleged that the previous Mamata Banerjee-l…
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Kolkata, July 26 (IANS) The projected loss in the aftermath of AMPHAN super-cyclone (2020) was presented in an inflated manner by the previous Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government for getting higher central relief financial assistance, said one of 28 reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), that was tabled on the floor of the West Bengal assembly on Saturday, by the state finance minister Swapan Dasgupta.As per the particular CAG report, the projected loss was not only inflat…
Kolkata, July 26 (IANS) Trinamool Chhatra Parishad’s (TMCP) Purulia district president, Kiriti Acharya, has been arrested on charges of alleged financial fraud, police said on Sunday. He was arrested in Purulia on Saturday night and is scheduled to be produced before a local court. Police are expected to seek his custody for further investigation. According to police, multiple complaints had been lodged against Acharya, including allegations of financial irregularities. He had not been seen sinc…
Kolkata, July 26 (IANS) The West Bengal unit of Congress has registered an FIR against Manish Gupta, a former West Bengal minister in the previous Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress regime and also a former bureaucrat in the Left Front regime in the state, over the infamous police firing in which 13 youth Congress workers died during a protest rally on July 21, 1993.Late Jyoti Basu was the Chief Minister of the state in 1993, and Gupta was the state Home Secretary when the police firing happ…
Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday announced the suspension of five police officers who were entangled in controversies and accused of partisan conduct during the previous Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress regime. While addressing the West Bengal Assembly on the concluding day of the six-day extended budget session, the Chief Minister announced the names of the five suspended officers, including an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer.The IPS offi…
Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) Former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday rode a scooter to reach the Padmapukur area after learning that police had detained her party leaders Kunal Ghosh and Baishwanor Chatterjee. She took to the streets after receiving the news and later returned to her house in Kalighat by scooter.After returning home, Mamata Banerjee claimed on Facebook Live that permission had been sought from the police for a procession from the Padmapukur area, but it was denied. She ques…
Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday launched a sharp attack on Trinamool Congress general secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee over the alleged large-scale irregularities at the Sebashray health camps organised in Diamond Harbour in South 24 Parganas during the previous Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool government.Speaking on the floor of the West Bengal Assembly on the final day of the six-day extended session, Adhikari addressed the H…
Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) The last day of the extended Budget Session of the West Bengal Assembly on Saturday is set to be quite an eventful one over three major scheduled proceedings for the day, one of which is the tabling of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report in the House.The first major schedule that will be in the first half on the closing day of the extended Budget Session of the House will be the tabling to the CAG’s report on the income and expenditures from the state exchequ…
Kolkata, July 24 (IANS) Former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will be going to New Delhi on July 27 to join the movement led by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) against the NEET exam paper leak. At the same time, she announced the appointment of four‑time Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member from Dum Dum constituency in North 24 Parganas district, Saugata Roy, as the deputy leader of the party in the Lok Sabha.Roy replaces four‑time Lok Sabha member from Birbhum constituency, Satab…
Kolkata, July 24 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari will give a statement on the floor of the Assembly on Saturday regarding the state government’s ongoing investigations into allegations surrounding the Sebashray health camp run by Trinamool Congress general secretary and Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee in his Diamond Harbour constituency in South 24 Parganas district during the previous Mamata Banerjee‑led Trinamool regime. On Friday, during the fifth day of the extended…