New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) continued to remain net seller for the 10th consecutive month in April, as they sold Rs 70,100 crore worth Indian equities last month, according to the provisional exchange data.On the other hand, domestic institutional investors (DIIs) continue to provide support to the market, emerging as net buyer during last month, with investments totalling Rs 51,000 crore. Last week, FIIs sold net about Rs 13,000 crore while DIIs infused around…
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Kolkata, March 9 (IANS) In a rare move, the state Police Headquarters (Bhabani Bhawan) in West Bengal has ordered the transfer of three women civic volunteers, a senior police officer said on Monday.A directive to this effect has been issued. However, in recent years, there has been no known precedent of the state police headquarters issuing a formal transfer notice for civic volunteers.Civic volunteers are not members of the state police force. The Calcutta High Court has already clarified this…
Kolkata, March 7 (IANS) Minor explosions were reported at a closed clubhouse in north Kolkata on Saturday morning, triggering panic in the area. However, no injuries have been reported, police officials said.According to police, a series of explosions spread panic at a closed clubhouse on 1/2 C Gangulipara Lane in Paikpara, north Kolkata, at around 7 a.m. The force of the explosion blew off the tin roof of the house, which landed on the roof of a multi-storey building next to it.Locals alleged t…
Guwahati, Feb 21 (IANS) The regional party in Assam, Raijor Dal leader and Sivasagar MLA Akhil Gogoi, on Saturday, asserted that his party would not compromise on seat-sharing with the Congress and demanded at least 15 seats in the upcoming state Assembly elections, saying that even if the number is reduced, the party must be given a minimum of 12 Assembly constituencies of its choice. Addressing reporters after a meeting of Raijor Dal leaders here, Gogoi said the party’s demand was based on its…
Guwahati, Feb 16 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, on Monday, made sharp remarks on the internal condition of the Congress, claiming that a large section of its leaders were in touch with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the upcoming state Assembly elections, government officials said. Speaking to reporters while reacting to recent political developments within the Congress following former state party Chief Bhupen Borah’s resignation, Chief Minister Sarma said that he ma…
Kolkata, Feb 7 (IANS) A new bill, “The West Bengal Panchayat (Amendment) Bill, 2026”, which prohibits no-confidence motions against the three-tier panchayat system for a period of three years from the date of its formation, was passed on the floor of the West Bengal Assembly on Saturday.The Bill was not originally scheduled to be placed before the House. However, during the closing hours of the last day of the Budget Session, a meeting of the Business Advisory Committee was convened in the c…
Kolkata, Feb 7 (IANS) The West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is now making an effort to understand public sentiment ahead of the upcoming state Assembly elections and before finalising its election manifesto. Accordingly, the Bengal BJP, on Saturday, launched the ‘Sankalp Patra Paramarsha Yatra’ (Manifesto Consultation Drive) programme from the party office in Salt Lake area of Kolkata.State BJP President Samik Bhattacharya, former Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Dasgupta, senior party leader Tapas …
Kolkata, Jan 4 (IANS) All India Trinamool Congress leadership has started distributing ‘Unnayoner Panchali’, the state government’s report card for the past 15 years in power, to prominent personalities across West Bengal as part of their Banglar Samarthane Sanjog (outreach) initiative.State Minister Shashi Panja and party MP Sharmila Sarkar presented the report card along with a letter from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to Professor Dr Manimoy Bandyopadhyay, Director of IPGMER and SSKM Hospita…