New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will inaugurate a two-day orientation programme for newly elected members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, including Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, in Kolkata on Friday, said an official. The programme is being organised by the Parliamentary Research and Training Institute for Democracies (PRIDE), Lok Sabha Secretariat, in collaboration with the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, said the official from Lok Sabha Secretariat in a statem…
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Kolkata, June 19 (IANS) Another Trinamool Congress-controlled Municipal Corporation Board in West Bengal is heading for dissolution, as the Mayor of Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC) in Darjeeling District, Gautam Deb, tendered his resignation from the chair on Friday.He has forwarded his resignation to the SMC Commissioner, Ashwini Kumar Roy.With this, SMC is the fourth municipal corporation in the state which is heading for dissolution. The first three were — the Kolkata Municipal Corporat…
Kolkata, June 18 (IANS) Separate sitting arrangement have been made within the floor of the West Bengal Assembly for the two blocs of Trinamool Congress’ Legislative Party, the first being the rebel and majority bloc led by expelled Party Legislature led by official Leader of the Opposition Ritabrata Banerjee, and the other minority block with continued allegiance towards party supremo Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee, which is led by Sovandeb Chattopadhyay, who is currently the …
Kolkata, June 10 (IANS) Suvendu Adhikari-led government announced final portfolio distribution to the newly sworn-in minsters in West Bengal cabinet on Wednesday. Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has retained a number of crucial departments with him including Home and Hills Department, Land & Land Reforms, Refugee Relief & Rehabilitation, Power, Information and Cultural Affairs, Personnel and Administrative Reforms and other Departments not allotted to other Ministers.Journalist-turned-po…
Kolkata, June 1 (IANS) As a total of 35 BJP MLAs were sworn in as ministers at Lok Bhavan, marking the expansion of the Cabinet led by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari in West Bengal, the newly-inducted ministers on Monday described the occasion as a unique experience and said that fulfilling the aspirations of the people and rebuilding ‘Sonar Bangla’ would be their top priority. Speaking to IANS, BJP leader Dipak Barman said, “This is a unique experience for us. Today, our Chief Minister has…
New Delhi, May 4 (IANS) Industrialist Sanjiv Goenka on Monday expressed optimism about West Bengal’s evolving political landscape, saying a stable government led by the BJP could help restore investor confidence and attract fresh investments into the state.Speaking to NDTV after election trends emerged, the RPSG Group chairman said the focus should shift from concerns over outward migration of Bengalis to creating an environment that draws talent and capital into the state.He emphasised the ne…
Jaipur, April 17 (IANS) Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma said on Friday that the people of West Bengal are “fed up with appeasement politics and corruption”, alleging that development in the state has stalled under the leadership of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Addressing a Marwari community event in Siliguri, Rajasthan Chief Minister Sharma claimed that public resources are being misused while infiltration is being encouraged.In contrast, he asserted, the BJP stands for “clean inte…
Kolkata, March 30 (IANS) Six days after the mysterious death of a minor girl in north Bengal’s Siliguri, the prime accused, a private tutor, has been arrested from Chennai along with another individual, the police said on Monday.Earlier, one person was detained in connection with the death of the girl. The girl’s death had triggered protests in the city and set off a political exchange between the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party and the ruling Trinamool Congress.Deputy Commissioner of Poli…
Kolkata, March 24 (IANS) In the midst of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s visit to North Bengal, Siliguri is in turmoil following the unnatural death of a minor girl. Local MLA and BJP candidate, Shankar Ghosh, staged a sit-in to demand justice. Meanwhile, Siliguri Mayor and Trinamool candidate Gautam Deb visited the deceased girl’s family on Tuesday and instructed the Siliguri Police Commissioner to take immediate action.According to the police, the private tutor of the minor girl, a …
Kolkata, Feb 25 (IANS) The West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is focusing on minute pocket-specific issues in the state to finalise the draft election manifesto for the forthcoming Assembly polls.“While there are certain macro issues that are common for all the zones or pockets in the state in the current complicated political situation in West Bengal, there are also region or pocket-specific issues. So this time, our focus is to highlight minute pocket-specific issues and how we propose…