New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) A day after the BJP-led West Bengal government decided that assistance-oriented schemes for religious leaders would be discontinued from June this year, the Congress accused the BJP of changing its stance post its electoral victory for “political ambition”.The decision was taken during the BJP government’s second Cabinet meeting in the state. It stated that religion-based stipend schemes for ‘imams (Muslim priests)’ and ‘purohits (Hindu priests)’, will be discontinued.Sp…
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Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) A Trinamool Congress block president has been arrested in north Bengal’s Cooch Behar district for allegedly indulging in violence and molestation, said the police on Tuesday.The police have arrested Abdul Kader, the Trinamool Congress president of Cooch Behar I-B block. The police arrested him from Guriahati II gram panchayat areas on Monday.He was produced in court on Monday afternoon. According to police sources, there are allegations of vandalism, looting and molestatio…
Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday promised jobs to the family members of the victims killed in the post-poll violence after the 2021 Assembly polls.Addressing a campaign rally at Falta Assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district, which is going for repolling on May 21, the Chief Minister said that besides taking responsibility for granting jobs to the family members of those killed in 2021 post-poll violence, he will also take responsibility fo…
Kolkata, May 19 (IANS) Trinamool Congress supremo and former West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, has on Tuesday convened a meeting with the 80 elected party legislators in the recently concluded Assembly polls to discuss and adopt a strategy as the principal opposition party in the state now.Trinamool Congress general secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, is also supposed to be present at the meeting in the afternoon.A party member in the current Assembly, on …
Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a youth from Uttar Pradesh on suspicion of involvement in the murder of Chandranath Rath, who was the personal assistant to West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari.The accused was arrested on Monday from a toll plaza in Uttar Pradesh. According to sources, he was allegedly planning to flee to another location via Delhi.CBI sources identified the accused as Rajkumar Singh, a resident of Chhapar in Uttar Pradesh. A j…
Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday announced the launch of the ‘Vivekananda Merit Scholarship’ for meritorious students and said West Bengal’s education system would now function in alignment with the National Education Policy (NEP).Addressing a felicitation ceremony for toppers of the secondary and higher secondary examinations at Dhano Dhanya Auditorium in Kolkata, the Chief Minister outlined his government’s plans for a major overhaul of the state’s edu…
Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Monday granted interim protection to Jahangir Khan, the Trinamool Congress candidate from the Falta Assembly constituency in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, from any coercive police action, including arrest, till the repoll process is completed and the results are announced.Repolling in the constituency is scheduled for May 21, while the results will be declared on May 24.Earlier in the day, Khan approached the …
Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday asserted that attacks on police personnel and law enforcers during protests and demonstrations would no longer be tolerated in West Bengal. The CM made the remarks during his visit to Park Circus, which witnessed violence on Sunday after protesters allegedly pelted stones and bricks at police personnel following attempts to stop a demonstration against the use of bulldozers to demolish illegal constructions.Adhikari said this would…
Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) The newly elected Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led West Bengal government on Monday announced the formation of two separate probe commissions, both headed by retired judges of the Calcutta High Court, to investigate cases of “institutional corruption” and “crime against women”.The decision was taken at the second meeting of the new cabinet earlier in the day, following which Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announced the move on Monday afternoon.“Both the probe co…
Kolkata, May 18 (IANS) In a major step towards providing a clean and corruption-free administration in the state, the West Bengal government on Monday appointed a set of West Bengal Civil Service (WBCS) officers as “executive assistants” to ministers in the newly formed cabinet led by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari.The selections were reportedly made from among bureaucrats known for clean, transparent, and politically neutral service records.The State Personnel and Administrative Reforms De…