Kolkata, May 15 (IANS) The new BJP-ruled West Bengal government under the leadership of the state’s ninth Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has adopted a three-pronged strategy to hand over land to the Border Security Force (BSF) for fencing the international border with Bangladesh in the state.Sources in the state secretariat aware of the land handover strategy said the first part of the planning is to immediately provide government land near the unfenced international border to the BSF, so tha…
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Kolkata, May 15 (IANS) The four-wheeler used in the assassination of Chandranath Rath, the deceased personal assistant (PA) of West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, earlier this month, was sourced from neighbouring Jharkhand, preliminary investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has revealed.Sources said that, as per the confessions given by Mayank Raj Mishra, one of the three suspects arrested in the case, he was given the contract by a Jharkhand-based person to deliver …
Bagdogra (West Bengal), May 14 (IANS) Union Minister for Communications and Development of North Eastern Region, Jyotiraditya Scindia, on Thursday asserted that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in West Bengal will ensure that the path towards ‘Viksit Bharat 2047’ passes through the state.Union Minister Scindia was on his way to Sikkim on a three-day official visit from May 14 to 16.Speaking to reporters at the airport, the Union Minister said: “A historic change has been brought into …
Kolkata, May 14 (IANS) The new Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled West Bengal government on Thursday evening issued the official notification making the singing of ‘Vande Mataram’ compulsory in state-run schools, as announced earlier in the day. The new and ninth West Bengal Chief Minister, Suvendu Adhikari, shared the notification issued by the state School Education Department’s administrative branch on the wall of his official social media handle on Thursday evening.“It is hereby ordere…
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) In West Bengal, where the alleged display of opulence by a political leader once invited mob justice as the police cowered even under a three-decade-old regime, the exhibition of unaccounted wealth is now being subjected to legal process by a government not yet even a week old. In mid-2009, a video clip depicted the volatility of the time in West Bengal, showing a double-storey building being pulled down by an infuriated mob and set on fire.The brick-and-mortar house, wi…
Kolkata, May 14 (IANS) Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday issued strict instructions at a police administration meeting, saying that the public address system must not be played beyond the permissible limit at religious places and events. He said that if the limit is crossed, the police will have to take strict action.To ensure compliance, Suvendu Adhikari addressed the police officers in a stern tone during the meeting.Adhikari, who has taken charge of the state administration…
Kolkata/New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) The Bar Council of India (BCI) has sought detailed information from the Bar Council of West Bengal regarding the enrolment and practice status of former West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, after she appeared before the Calcutta High Court on Thursday wearing advocate’s robes and arguing in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) relating to alleged post-poll violence in the state.In a letter to the Secretary of the State Bar Council of West Bengal, the apex s…
Kolkata, May 14 (IANS) Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP) National President and MLA Humayun Kabir on Thursday criticised former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over her visit to the Calcutta High Court regarding alleged post-poll violence, terming it “pure drama” and claiming that no such incidents had taken place after the elections.Speaking to IANS, Kabir questioned the allegations of post-poll violence and accused Banerjee of ignoring incidents that allegedly occurred during her tenu…
Kolkata, May 14 (IANS) The Leader of the House in the West Bengal Assembly, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, made a surprise announcement on Thursday, naming first-time party legislator Rathindra Bose as the nominee for the post of Speaker.Initially, it was perceived that the seniormost party MLA in terms of legislative experience, Tapas Roy, who is currently the pro-tem Speaker of the new Assembly administering oaths to all elected legislators, would be named as the permanent Speaker.However, t…
Kolkata, May 14 (IANS) Former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday appeared at the Calcutta High Court as a counsel to argue in a public interest litigation (PIL) filed at the division bench of Chief Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Partha Sarathi Sen on the post-poll violence following the results of the recently-concluded Assembly polls.The PIL was filed by Sirsanya Banerjee, a counsel with the Calcutta High Court and the son of senior advocate and four-time Trinamool Congress …