Kolkata, May 31 (IANS) An FIR has been registered against former state Sports Minister Aroop Biswas at Bidhannagar South police station in connection with the vandalism at the Yuva Bharati Krirangan in Salt Lake during Lionel Messi’s GOAT India Tour on December 13 last year.The police registered the FIR on Saturday night on the basis of a complaint filed by the main organiser of the Messi event, Satadru Dutta, on May 17.Dutta had filed a complaint against the former sports minister under section…
Latest Nisith Pramanik News & Updates
Kolkata, May 23 (IANS) The controversial statue outside Yuva Bharati Krirangan in Kolkata’s Salt Lake area was removed on Saturday following directions issued by the state Sports Department.State Sports Minister Nisith Pramanik had earlier announced that the structure located near the VVIP gate of the stadium would be demolished.The demolition work began on Saturday morning and was completed shortly thereafter.The statue had been installed in 2017 during the renovation of the Yuva Bharati Stad…
Kolkata, May 20 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said on Wednesday that an investigation will begin in the alleged corruption in the running of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA), the autonomous body for controlling civic affairs in the hills scattered over Darjeeling, Kurseong and Kalimpong in North Bengal.He made this announcement while speaking to the media persons at the sidelines of the administrative meeting at Siliguri in Darjeeling district chaired by him.G…
Kolkata, May 20 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday stated that the newly established state government, led by the Bharatiya Janata Party, is committed to fully honouring the trust that voters in North Bengal have placed in the BJP since 2019.CM Adhikari arrived at Siliguri in Darjeeling district on Wednesday to chair an administrative meeting involving the eight districts in North Bengal. There, while speaking to the media persons before the meeting, he acknowledged …
Kolkata, May 15 (IANS) Veteran actor and BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty on Friday said that the Bengal Football Academy was a long-cherished dream of him, which could not materialise earlier due to political hurdles, but expressed confidence that the newly formed BJP government in West Bengal would now help turn the vision into reality.Speaking to IANS after meeting Minister Nisith Pramanik in Kolkata to discuss the proposed football academy, Mithun Chakraborty said he had been trying for the pas…
Kolkata, May 13 (IANS) AJUP chief Humayun Kabir on Wednesday praised newly sworn-in West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, expressing confidence that he would govern in the interest of the people.Speaking about the formation of the BJP-led government in Bengal, Kabir said, “I am very happy, as the Assembly election results came. My only aim was to topple Mamata Banerjee’s corrupt government. The people of Bengal have fulfilled that aim, and I extend my best wishes to the people for tak…
Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) The new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in West Bengal, led by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, on Monday announced the portfolio distribution for the five other Cabinet ministers who took oath along with him on May 9, 2026.BJP’s former national vice-president and ex-West Bengal unit chief Dilip Ghosh has been allotted the portfolios of Panchayat Affairs & Rural Development and Animal Husbandry.Ghosh was elected this time from the Kharagpur (Sadar) Assembly con…
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Senior BJP leader and Bihar Minister Dilip Kumar Jaiswal on Sunday termed the formation of the first BJP government in West Bengal as a “historic moment”, claiming that the state had finally been freed from decades of political and developmental decline under previous regimes.Speaking to IANS a day after Suvendu Adhikari took oath as the Chief Minister of West Bengal, Jaiswal said the new dispensation would work towards fulfilling the dream of a “Viksit Bengal” u…
Kolkata/Agartala, May 9 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, his counterparts Manik Saha (Tripura), Pema Khandu (Arunachal Pradesh), Conrad K. Sangma (Meghalaya), Neiphiu Rio (Nagaland), Prem Singh Tamang (Sikkim), and Yumnam Khemchand Singh (Manipur) attended the swearing-in ceremony of Suvendu Adhikari along with the Council of Ministers, which was held at Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata. West Bengal Governor R.N. Ravi administered the oath of office and secrecy to new Chief Mi…
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) West Bengal’s new Chief Minister, Suvendu Adhikari, on Saturday took oath of office and secrecy in a grand ceremony at Kolkata’s Brigade Parade Ground, heading a tiny yet well-represented cabinet in terms of gender, region, and experience. It will be the first Bharatiya Janata Party government in the state. It will also be the first time in 55 years that the government will be headed by someone from outside Kolkata.Suvendu hails from Purba Medinipur district in …