Kolkata, June 10 (IANS) Swapan Dasgupta and Jagannath Chattopadhyay, the two journalist-turned-politicians who were allotted crucial cabinet berths in the West Bengal government on Wednesday, set their immediate agendas soon after the portfolio distribution was announced earlier in the day. For Dasgupta, the target is to increase the state’s own tax revenue without imposing an additional burden on people through an upward revision of the existing tax structure.“There is no logic that the sta…
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Kolkata, June 10 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court had asked the West Bengal government to clarify its stand on the ongoing National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into the violence and riot-like situation at Beldanga in Murshidabad district in January this year.After the NIA initiated a probe into the matter earlier this year, the previous Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government approached the Supreme Court to challenge the move.Now the question arose that with the change in regime in …
Kolkata, June 8 (IANS) The possibility of a civil enclave at Air Force Station Kalaikunda in West Midnapore district of West Bengal has been revived following the change of government in the state.For over a decade, the Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Airports Authority of India (AAI) have been pursuing the matter with the West Bengal government. However, little progress was made regarding land acquisition and the creation of necessary infrastructure, including road connectivity to the neares…
Kolkata, June 8 (IANS) The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) has been accused of obstructing the return of Bangladeshi nationals to their country. As a result, after remaining stranded at the zero line along the India-Bangladesh border for two days, around 10 Bangladeshi nationals were brought back to a holding centre in Jalpaiguri district on Monday.It is learnt that the Bangladeshi nationals were stopped when they attempted to cross the border fencing and return to Bangladesh over the past two day…
Kolkata, June 3 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in West Bengal on Wednesday took several key decisions in its third cabinet meeting after coming to power in the state. The previous Mamata Banerjee government had created Maa Canteens during the Covid-19 period, where food was provided at various locations for Rs 5. The cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, decided that the project will remain, but its name will be changed.After the meeting, cabinet members Dilip …
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) Calling it a violation of fundamental rights, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has sought withdrawal of a West Bengal government’s order making recitation of all stanzas of Vande Mataram compulsory during morning assemblies in government schools and government-recognised madrasas across the state. The Board demanded that the notification be withdrawn immediately or, at the very least, that Muslim students be exempted from its application.The West Bengal…
Kolkata, May 31 (IANS) An FIR has been registered against former state Sports Minister Aroop Biswas at Bidhannagar South police station in connection with the vandalism at the Yuva Bharati Krirangan in Salt Lake during Lionel Messi’s GOAT India Tour on December 13 last year.The police registered the FIR on Saturday night on the basis of a complaint filed by the main organiser of the Messi event, Satadru Dutta, on May 17.Dutta had filed a complaint against the former sports minister under section…
Barasat, May 30 (IANS) Reacting to the proposed relocation of an over 100-year-old mosque situated near the secondary runway of Kolkata’s Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, the BJP on Saturday said that religion should not become an obstacle to development and infrastructure expansion. Speaking to IANS, BJP MLA Sourav Sikdar said that the mosque’s location has become a major concern for the expansion of the airport runway and also poses safety and security challenges.“There ha…
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) A day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that people leaving voluntarily would not face legal proceedings from the West Bengal government, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders while welcoming his stance, emphasised that illegal infiltration has negatively impacted India’s economy.Speaking at a public function in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar district, HM Shah said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in West Bengal had taken swift action on border-related issu…
Kolkata, May 25 (IANS) The new Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled West Bengal government on Monday took an in-principle decision to implement the state’s crucial flood control-cum-drainage project, popularly known as the “Ghatal Master Plan”, jointly with the Union government, with the expenditure to be shared equally between the Centre and the state.The project had long remained stalled because of the reluctance of the previous Trinamool Congress-ruled and Ma…