Kolkata, May 17 (IANS) A former three-time Trinamool Congress legislator and also a former member of the previous Mamata Banerjee-led cabinet, Giasuddin Molla, has filed a police complaint against party general secretary and Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee and a police officer, Mitun Kumar Dey, at a local police station in the Magrahat (Paschim) Assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district.Confirming the filing of his police complaint on Sunday, Molla said he had kept quiet for fear of…
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Kolkata, May 16 (IANS) Sajal Ghosh, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s newly elected legislator from Baranagar Assembly constituency in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district and a party Councillor in Kolkata Municipal Corporation, on Saturday hinted at the possibilities of the deletion of chapters on land movement at Singur in Hooghly district and Nandigram in East Midnapore district spearheaded by the Trinamool Congress during the former Chief Minister late Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee-led Left F…
Kolkata, May 16 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday announced the dismantling of the West Bengal Police Welfare Board, which was reportedly run during the previous Trinamool Congress regime by former Kolkata Police Deputy Commissioner Santanu Sinha Biswas, who is currently in Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody over his alleged involvement in money laundering-cum-illegal land grabbing syndicate cases.The Chief Minister also said that an official notification in this r…
New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) Reacting to the FIR lodged against Trinamool Congress leader and Member of Parliament, Abhishek Banerjee, over alleged aggressive remarks while campaigning, West Bengal Minister Dilip Ghosh on Saturday said that all those who indulged in misconduct should be afraid now, as strict action will be taken against them.Speaking to IANS Ghosh said, “All those who committed atrocities and indulged in misconduct, and those who abused others — including Abhishek Banerjee, Mama…
Kolkata, May 16 (IANS) Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI), Supriya Mukherjee, had filed a complaint with the West Bengal Women and Child Welfare Minister, Agnimitra Paul, against the Officer-in-Charge of a police station. ASI Supriya Mukherjee stated that miscreants were smuggling diesel with the help of Officer-in-Charge of Andal Police Station.The ASI said that when she tried to stop it, the senior police officer harassed her and she was given a less importan…
Kolkata, May 16 (IANS) The West Bengal Backward Class Development Department had directed District Magistrates to re-verify all Backward Class certificates, including Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Backward Class (OBC) documents issued in their respective districts in the last 15 years from 2011 to 2026, that is the three terms of the previous Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government in the state.Insiders from the current state secretariat of Nabanna said that cle…
Kolkata, May 16 (IANS) The West Bengal government had terminated the services of Kolkata Police Deputy Commissioner, Shantanu Sinha Biswas, who was arrested by officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED).The action was in connection with a couple of money laundering-cum-land-linked syndicate cases involving a notorious and currently absconding history-sheeter.Despite attaining the official retirement age of 60, Biswas was retained under extension for two years by the previous Mamata Banerjee-l…
Kolkata, May 15 (IANS) Amid several party leaders turning rebellious after the Trinamool Congress’ defeat in the recently concluded West Bengal Assembly elections, party supremo and former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday conveyed a clear message that those unwilling to stay with the party during the current crisis were free to leave immediately.“A review meeting on the reasons for the defeat was conducted on Monday. There, the former Chief Minister gave a clear message that those lead…
Kolkata, May 15 (IANS) The new and the ninth Chief Minister of West Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari, on Friday announced the suspension of three Indian Police Service (I.P.S.) officers including a former Commissioner of the Kolkata Police in connection with the rape and murder of a lady junior doctor of state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata within the hospital premises in August 2024.Those suspended include the-then Commissioner of Kolkata Police, Vineet Kumar Goyal, the-then Dep…
Kolkata, May 15 (IANS) After avoiding Enforcement Directorate’s summons for interrogation in relation to the multi-crore municipalities’ recruitment case in West Bengal, Rathin Ghosh, the former Food and Supplies Minister in the previous Mamata Banerjee-led state government, finally appeared at ED’s Salt Lake office in the northern outskirts of Kolkata on Friday.Although Trinamool Congress got defeated in the recently concluded West Bengal Assembly polls, Ghosh managed to get elected from …