Kolkata, July 27 (IANS) Trinamool Congress General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, requesting his intervention for expeditious disposal of disqualification petitions against 20 party Lok Sabha members who joined the National Citizens’ Party of India (NCPI) soon after the results for the West Bengal Assembly elections were announced.In his letter, Abhishek Banerjee, also the nephew of the party supremo and former West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Bane…
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Kolkata, July 27 (IANS) The medical interns and medical students who participated in the free Sebaashray health camps organised by Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee within his Diamond Harbour constituency during the previous Mamata Banerjee-led regime in West Bengal, will now be questioned by the investigating officials of the state health department and also by the sleuths of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).Chief Minister, Suvendu Adhikari, last week, announced on the floo…
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) 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) 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) The office of the West Bengal Chief Minister, Suvendu Adhikari, has directed all state government departments to prepare department-wise blueprints for the identification of revenue leakages and suggest measures to prevent these to ensure an overall increase in the generation of the state’s own tax revenue.An insider from the state secretariat of Nabanna said that besides preparing the blueprint on this count, the departments concerned have also been directed by the CMO…
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) India’s Opposition unity has constantly been defined by a paradox of convenience where on the one hand, political parties are desperately trying to project a united front against the ruling NDA while on the other, the foundational fault lines and competing ambitions at the state level continue to expose the fragility of these alliances.The ongoing political demonstrations over NEET paper leaks in the national Capital, largely spearheaded by the Congress, reflect the i…
Kolkata, July 20 (IANS) The statement of former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was not recorded in the report of the Justice Susanta Chatterjee (Retired) Commission, which the previous Trinamool Congress government constituted to probe the deaths of 13 Youth Congress workers in police firing during a protest rally on July 21, 1993, said Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari. CM Adhikari tabled the Justice Susanta Chatterjee (Retired) Commission report, which was not made public during the …
Kolkata, July 20 (IANS) A new bill will be placed on the floor of the West Bengal Assembly soon to curb the current powers of village panchayat chiefs in the state as “signatory authorities.” Once the Bill is passed, the chiefs will no longer be the “signatory authorities” for sanctioning funds for panchayat-related activities. Instead, the same powers will be transferred to government officials, Panchayat Affairs & Rural Development Minister Dilip Ghosh informed the House while part…
Kolkata, July 20 (IANS) A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Monday, rejected the plea from Abhishek Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress general secretary and Lok Sabha member, seeking permission to travel overseas for ophthalmic treatment.During the hearing of a case where Banerjee has been accused of making hate speeches before the recently concluded West Bengal Assembly polls, the counsel of the Diamond Harbour MP pleaded for permission for his client to travel abroad for ophthalm…