Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) The police in West Bengal’s Kolkata on Saturday arrested 11 people in connection with the unrest during the procession of students and youth a day before. Police said that none of the arrested were students and two of the accused were planning to flee to another state. They were arrested from Andal in West Burdwan district.The police action came within 24 hours after Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari warned strong action against those who were responsible for the unrest.Amo…
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Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday announced the suspension of five police officers who were entangled in controversies and accused of partisan conduct during the previous Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress regime. While addressing the West Bengal Assembly on the concluding day of the six-day extended budget session, the Chief Minister announced the names of the five suspended officers, including an Indian Police Service (IPS) officer.The IPS offi…
Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) Minister of State for Education Sukanta Majumdar on Saturday supported the statement of Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari in the West Bengal Assembly on Saturday that no one will be spared who created unrest during the procession organised by the Left parties in Kolkata. Speaking to media persons, Majumdar said, “Those who were leading the procession called by the Left from the beginning on Friday, could not lead it till the end. The unrest started before it reached near Do…
Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) The West Bengal Assembly will be shifting to a new destination in future, with New Town on the northern outskirts of Kolkata chosen as the site for the new assembly complex. Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari informed the House about the plan on Saturday.He said a new assembly building would have to be built, similar to the Lok Sabha. With delimitation and 33 per cent reservation for women, the number of legislators would increase, making it difficult to provide seating spac…
Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) Identified anti-social elements from selected localities in Kolkata namely Rajabazar, Kidderpore, Park Circus, Garden Reach and Ekbalpur, who assembled at the joint rally of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) involving the youth and the students’ wings of different Left parties over the NEET examination paper leak protest on Friday, were mainly responsible for attacking cops and media persons at the rally, Bengal Chief Minister, Suvendu Adhikari informed the State Assembly o…
Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday launched a sharp attack on Trinamool Congress general secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee over the alleged large-scale irregularities at the Sebashray health camps organised in Diamond Harbour in South 24 Parganas during the previous Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool government.Speaking on the floor of the West Bengal Assembly on the final day of the six-day extended session, Adhikari addressed the H…
Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) A total of six FIRs have been registered by the Kolkata Police over rowdyism during the joint rally of the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) involving the youth and the students’ wings of different Left parties over the NEET examination paper leak protest on Friday. According to the police, several criminals had infiltrated the students’ protest and they are mainly responsible for the hooliganism that took place that day.Of the six FIRs, one had been registered suo motu by the …
Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) The last day of the extended Budget Session of the West Bengal Assembly on Saturday is set to be quite an eventful one over three major scheduled proceedings for the day, one of which is the tabling of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report in the House.The first major schedule that will be in the first half on the closing day of the extended Budget Session of the House will be the tabling to the CAG’s report on the income and expenditures from the state exchequ…
Kolkata, July 24 (IANS) Tension flared up at the busy Esplanade area in West Bengal’s Kolkata on Friday over a joint rally by the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) and the youth and the students’ wings of different Left parties over the NEET examination paper leak. For some time, the entire Esplanade area turned into a virtual battlefield following clashes between the protesters and the policemen.Tension flared up as the protesters started hurling glass bottles, bricks and shoes towards the huge polic…
Kolkata, July 24 (IANS) Dr Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, a four-time Lok Sabha MP from Barasat in North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, and one of the 20 former Trinamool Congress parliamentarians who recently joined the Tripura-based Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI), on Friday issued a guarded statement on the ongoing nationwide protests over the NEET examination paper leak.In a social media statement, Dr Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar expressed support for the legitimate concerns of NEET aspirant…