Kolkata, July 2 (IANS) Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha Member Mahua Moitra, who faced protests after eggs and cow dung were hurled at her by a mob in the presence of police, has received an unexpected supporter from a veteran leader of the party’s arch political rival, CPI(M).Veteran Marxist leader, former party Rajya Sabha member and senior advocate, Bikas Ranjan Bhattacharya, has issued a social media post condemning the attack on Moitra while reminding that he is airing his voice of protest in t…
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Kolkata, July 1 (IANS) The West Bengal government on Wednesday ordered a major reshuffle in the state’s police department, with as many as 15 senior officers, including Indian Police Service (IPS) and WBPS officers, being transferred.Some officers have received promotions, others have undergone routine transfers, and in the case of a select few officers, their transfer notifications were revoked, and they were assigned new duties.As per the notification issued from the state secretariat of Nab…
Kolkata, June 27 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari claimed on Saturday that he had kept the promise to ensure justice for the family members of Tamanna Khatun at Kaliganj in Nadia district of the state in June last year, by ensuring the arrest of 12 additional prime accused absconding in the case, in the last three days. Tamanna’s mother Sabina Iyasmin Sheikh had a meeting with the Chief Minister in the afternoon of June 23 and in that meeting the latter assured her of justice f…
Kolkata, June 25 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari will issue a detailed statement in the Assembly on Thursday about the under-construction warehouse roof collapse incident in the Taratala area, which claimed five lives and left several others critically injured.The Chief Minister’s statement on this count is quite crucial, especially in the backdrop of severe allegations that have surfaced over the construction of that warehouse being done illegally by the owner, Sambhunath B…
Kolkata, June 22 (IANS) Finance Minister Swapan Dasgupta on Monday presented a Rs 4.38 lakh crore budget for 2026-27, outlining a twin focus on social welfare and industry-led infrastructure development in West Bengal.Presenting the maiden budget of the state’s first BJP government since Independence, Dasgupta said all existing welfare schemes will continue, with stricter targeting to ensure benefits reach genuine beneficiaries. He added that the government has inherited an accumulated debt of…
Kolkata, May 27 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday said that a total of 142.79 acres of land has so far been handed over to the Border Security Force (BSF) for the construction of outposts and barbed-wire fencing.In a post on X, Adhikari said: “Govt of WB has initiated intensified measures to strengthen border security by facilitating construction of BSF outposts and barbed-wire fencing, further enhancing security in the border areas. Additional land has now been h…
Islamabad, May 26 (IANS) A young couple, who got married of their own choice, were shot dead by unidentified assailants in Malir area of Pakistan’s Karachi, local media reported on Tuesday. Police said Nadia (20) and Najeebullah (25) were killed when unidentified assailants opened fire on their vehicle on Monday, in what seemed to be a case of honour killing, Pakistan-based Geo News reported.According to officials, Nadia’s father Aslam filed a kidnapping case at the police station on May 19 afte…
Kolkata, May 26 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said on Tuesday that the decision of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led state government to establish “holding centres’ for the illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators arrested in the state before being sent to the nearby border outposts of the Border Security Force (BSF) for deportation to their native country, had created panic among such illegal infiltrators, who had been staying in the state so far without any fear. He chaired an admini…
Kolkata, May 22 (IANS) The new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled West Bengal government has carried out a major bureaucratic reshuffle in the state, transferring as many as 17 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers at one go.As per the order issued by the state Personnel & Administrative Reforms Department, a copy of which is available with IANS, the 17 transferred IAS officers include departmental secretaries, municipal commissioners and additional district magistrates.Sources in the…
Kolkata, May 12 (IANS) Will supporting Trinamool Congress in the current Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled West Bengal now invite violence, persecution, and death, party General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee asked on Tuesday.In a social media statement, Abhishek Banerjee, the nephew of the party chief and former Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, had claimed that although death counts in post-poll violence in West Bengal had been rising, every cry for justice had been falling on deaf ears.According to hi…