Kolkata, June 23 (IANS) After the dissolution of the Siliguri Municipal Corporation’s (SMC) municipal board, IAS officer R. Vimala took charge as the new administrator of the civic body in north Bengal. On Tuesday afternoon, she officially arrived at the municipal corporation office and started administrative work.The West Bengal government on Monday evening deputed the IAS officer as the administrator for the Siliguri Municipal Corporation.The move came within three days of veteran Trinamool Co…
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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, March 9 (IANS) The West Bengal government had replied to the clarifications sought by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) regarding protocol violations during President Droupadi Murmu’s visit to the state on Saturday.The MHA had sought the report from the office of the Chief Secretary, Nandini Chakraborty, on Sunday morning, fixing 5 P.M. of the same day as the deadline for replying to the query.Although an insider from the state secretariat confirmed that a detailed reply on the c…
Kolkata, March 7 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress, on Saturday, refuted the concerns raised by President Droupadi Murmu earlier in the day at a programme at Gossaipur in Darjeeling district of West Bengal over lack of development for the people of the tribal community in the state. Addressing the ninth International Santal Conference being organised by the International Santal Council at Gossaipur, President Murmu expressed doubts on whether the people from the tribal community in West Bengal had a…