New Delhi, May 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Friday a plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), alleging interference by then West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and senior state police officials during search operations conducted earlier this year at the Kolkata office of political consultancy firm Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC).A Bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and N.V. Anjaria earlier deferred the matter after Solicitor General Tushar Meht…
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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…
Kolkata, May 21 (IANS) Former Trinamool Congress MLA, Aditi Munshi and her husband Debraj Chakraborty on Thursday approached the Calcutta High Court, seeking anticipatory bail on the apprehension that they may be arrested on the charge of disproportionate assets.This is the fear expressed by Aditi Munshi, a former MLA from Rajarhat-Gopalpur and her husband Debraj Chakraborty who is Trinamool councillor in the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation. He was recently detained by police for questioning i…
Kolkata, May 20 (IANS) In the wake of the Trinamool Congress’s electoral debacle in West Bengal, MP Saayoni Ghosh on Wednesday said that there was a “growing dominance” of the Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC), causing a “communication gap” in the party.During an interaction with IANS, Ghosh addressed questions that have been raised over I-PAC’s role and rumours of “internal conflict” in the Trinamool.While denying having faced any such thing within the party, she asserted that her commu…
Kolkata, May 20 (IANS) The West Bengal government’s process of handing over land to the BSF for erecting fencing along unfenced borders with neighbouring Bangladesh began on Wednesday. Around 27 kilometres of land was officially handed over to the BSF, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari told media persons at the state secretariat.He also assured that the process of handing over the entire land required for the purpose would be completed within the next two weeks.“The official handover of 27 kilom…
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) Recent developments reported on the probe into the brutal rape and murder of a young junior doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, raise serious questions about governance, accountability, and the legacy of Mamata Banerjee’s rule in West Bengal. Administrative measures include the suspension of three senior IPS officers and intensified investigations into alleged irregularities involving Sandip Ghosh, the former superintendent at RG Kar Hospital.The…
Kolkata, May 20 (IANS) As an expression of political courtesy, the elected legislators from the opposition Trinamool Congress from eight districts in North Bengal have received invitations to attend the administrative review meeting for the region to be chaired by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari at Siliguri in Darjeeling district on Wednesday.“Trinamool is the only opposition party in the state which has elected legislators from the eight districts of North Bengal. Accordingly, all 14 Trinamoo…
Kolkata, May 20 (IANS) The West Bengal government has sent a panel of three Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers from the state cadre to the Election Commission of India (ECI) for the latter to appoint one of them as the new Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of the state.The erstwhile CEO of West Bengal, Manoj Kumar Agarwal, is currently the Chief Secretary of the state. He was appointed to that chair soon after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led new state cabinet under the leadership of t…
Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) Demands for the immediate expulsion of Jahangir Khan, the Trinamool Congress candidate for the Falta Assembly constituency, which is going for re-polling on May 21, surfaced at the internal meeting of the newly elected Trinamool Congress legislators on Tuesday afternoon, which was chaired by former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The party’s general secretary and Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, was also present at the meeting.The demand for Khan’s expulsion fro…
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 …