Kolkata, May 30 (IANS) Trinamool Congress general secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee was severely heckled on Saturday after he reached Sonarpur in South 24 Paragans district of West Bengal to meet a party worker who reportedly became a victim of post-poll violence after May 4, when the results of the recently concluded West Bengal Assembly elections were announced. On Saturday afternoon, soon after he received a notice from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) for …
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Kolkata, May 27 (IANS) Amid high possibilities of the names of other members of the newly formed West Bengal Cabinet along with their portfolio distribution being announced this week, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari met the Governor R.N. Ravi at the Lok Bhavan (previously Raj Bhavan) in Kolkata on Wednesday and held a 1.4 hours-long one-to-one meeting. Although there was no indication either from the office of the Governor or from the Chief Minister’s office on the subjects that were discussed d…
Kolkata, May 23 (IANS) West Bengal Governor R.N. Ravi on Saturday ordered a departmental probe against Resident Medical Officer (RMO) Dr Avik Dey, whose name had surfaced both in connection with the rape and murder of a woman junior doctor at the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata in August 2024 and the multi-crore financial irregularities case linked to the institution.Dey, considered a close confidant of former R.G. Kar principal Sandip Ghosh, was also arrested by the C…
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/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…
Kolkata, May 9 (IANS) Former West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Saturday finally changed the political identity displayed on her social media profiles. Notably, BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari took oath as the new Chief Minister of West Bengal earlier in the day.At the same time, Suvendu Adhikari also updated his social media profiles, adding the designation of ‘Chief Minister’ to his name.However, Mamata Banerjee has so far avoided using the description…
Kolkata, May 9 (IANS) After Suvendu Adhikari was sworn in as the ninth Chief Minister of West Bengal and the first Chief Minister of the first BJP-ruled government in the state on Saturday, he was greeted with loud applause from the lakhs of party supporters present at Brigade Parade Ground in central Kolkata as well as the dignitaries present at the dais of the oath ceremony. A visibly elated Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave Adhikari an affectionate hug. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adity…
Kolkata, May 9 (IANS) After 55 years, another son of the soil of East Midnapore district will become the Chief Minister of the state. On Friday, after Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced the name of Suvendu Adhikari as the leader of the BJP’s Legislative Party who will be the ninth Chief Minister of the state, there was excitement throughout the district. While Suvendu will take oath at Brigade Parade Grounds in Kolkata on Saturday afternoon, initiatives have been taken at various places in …
Kolkata, May 8 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday officially announced Suvendu Adhikari as the next Chief Minister of West Bengal, marking the beginning of the state’s first-ever Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government since Independence.The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Shah with newly elected BJP legislators following the recently concluded West Bengal Assembly elections, the results of which were declared on May 4. The oath-taking ceremony will be held on Saturd…
Kolkata, May 8 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Kolkata on Friday to choose the new leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s Legislative Party in the West Bengal Assembly, who will assume the role of the new Chief Minister of the state following the BJP’s resounding victory in the recently held elections, the results of which were announced on May 4.His flight landed at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport at around 11 a.m. He was greeted at the airport by…