Kolkata, July 2 (IANS) The full bench of the Election Commission of India (ECI) will meet the “rebel but majority” faction in Trinamool Congress’ legislative party in the West Bengal Assembly led by the expelled party legislator, Ritabrata Banerjee, where the latter is expected to argue on the points over its rights on the party’s name and election symbol.Already, a team of 10 legislators from the rebel faction, including Ritabrata Banerjee, reached New Delhi on Wednesday night to attend…
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Kolkata, July 2 (IANS) A team of 10 legislators from the Ritabrata Banerjee-led faction of the Trinamool Congress’s legislative party will meet the full bench of the Election Commission of India (ECI) at the Commission’s headquarters in New Delhi on Thursday to stake claim to the logo and funds of the party. Earlier, the rebel faction in Trinamool Congress had sought an appointment with the full bench of the Commission in the matter. Ritabrata informed that finally the Commission had fixed T…
Kolkata, July 1 (IANS) The “rebel but majority” faction in Trinamool Congress’s legislative party in the West Bengal Assembly led by the expelled party legislator, Ritabrata Banerjee, will meet the full bench of the Election Commission of India (ECI) at the Commission’s headquarters in New Delhi on Thursday to stake claim on the logo and funds of the party. Earlier, the “rebel but majority” faction in Trinamool Congress had sought an appointment with the full bench of the Commission …
Kolkata, June 29 (IANS) A new Bill, christened “The West Bengal Public Safety & Control of Anti-Social Activities Bill, 2026”, aimed at preventing corruption, anti-social and rowdy activities in the state, was passed in the West Bengal Assembly by a majority on Monday afternoon.A total of 176 legislators, all from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) camp, voted in favour of the Bill. A total of 41 legislators voted against the Bill, while the remaining 20 legislators abstained from votin…
Kolkata, June 29 (IANS) Trinamool Congress legislator and journalist-turned-politician, Kunal Ghosh, who boasts of his continued political allegiance to former West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, on Monday stated that the landslide defeat of his party in the recently concluded West Bengal Assembly polls was necessary to unmask the hidden traitors within the party.Clearly targeting the “rebel majority” faction within the Trinamool Congress legislative party in the West Bengal Assembly …
Kolkata, June 29 (IANS) Four crucial bills will be tabled in the West Bengal Assembly on Monday, including the Backward Classes Commission Amendment and the OBC Reservation Amendment, with the other two related to preventing corruption and rowdy activities in the state.However, uncertainty prevails over whether the proposed Bill related to the Uniform Civil Code in West Bengal will be tabled or Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari will make an announcement for the formation of a committee headed by a…
New Delhi, June 28 (IANS) Amidst all likelihood of the newly elected Suvendu Adhikari government tabling the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in West Bengal Assembly next week, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday welcomed the move, calling it a death knell for the “politics of appeasement” in the state. BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla, speaking to the reporters ahead of proposed UCC implementation in the eastern state, ruled for decades by the Left parties and Trinamool, said that West Bengal will …
Kolkata, June 26 (IANS) Kalicharan Banerjee, alias Kali, the then Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to former Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim, who was arrested on June 25 evening in connection with the collapse of the roof of an under-construction warehouse in the Taratala area of Kolkata, was on Friday remanded to police custody till July 4 by a court in Kolkata.Banerjee was produced before the lower court at Alipore in South Kolkata on Friday evening. Public prosecutor Sourin Ghoshal, in his arguments,…
Kolkata, June 26 (IANS) The death toll in the under-construction warehouse roof collapse at Taratala in the southern outskirts of Kolkata has risen to 15, said police on Friday, who released the information on the deaths and the injured in the mishap.In the list of 15 deceased persons as provided by the city police, 13 persons have been identified; the bodies of two other males have been declared as unknown.The last person to have died was Mannu Kumar, a 19-year-old youth hailing from Munger in …
Kolkata, June 25 (IANS) A Bill on the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in West Bengal will be tabled on the floor of the State Assembly on Monday, making West Bengal the fourth Indian state to adopt a system replacing the existing religion-based personal laws with a single, unified set of civil laws that apply equally to all citizens, irrespective of religion, caste or tribe.The three other states that have already adopted the UCC are Uttarakhand, Gujarat and Assam.“The decision to move the Bill was t…