Kolkata, July 22 (IANS) Trinamool Congress MLA Kunal Ghosh was marshalled out of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly and suspended for the remainder of the day’s proceedings after he prevented Opposition Chief Whip Akhruzzaman from speaking. Chaos erupted when Akhruzzaman rose to participate in the debate.Soon, Ghosh left his seat and stood in front of the opposition member’s microphone, raising slogans and preventing him from speaking during the budget discussion on the Home and Hill Affai…
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Kolkata, July 21 (IANS) Trinamool Congress general secretary and Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday served a legal notice to rebel party legislator Madan Mitra, accusing him of disseminating false, fabricated, malicious and defamatory statements against the Diamond Harbour MP through social media. In the legal notice sent to Mitra, Shrobana Sengupta, counsel for Abhishek, stated that the rebel legislator had been asked to pay Rs 10 crore as compensation for loss “of his personal rep…
Kolkata, July 4 (IANS) MLAs from both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Trinamool Congress, on Saturday welcomed the ongoing two-day orientation programme for newly elected members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, describing it as an important initiative that would help legislators better understand parliamentary procedures, legislative responsibilities and Assembly conduct.Speaking on the second day of the programme, BJP MLA Bhaskar Bhattacharya said the initiative would equip le…
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will inaugurate a two-day orientation programme for newly elected members of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, including Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, in Kolkata on Friday, said an official. The programme is being organised by the Parliamentary Research and Training Institute for Democracies (PRIDE), Lok Sabha Secretariat, in collaboration with the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, said the official from Lok Sabha Secretariat in a statem…
Kolkata, May 14 (IANS) The Leader of the House in the West Bengal Assembly, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, made a surprise announcement on Thursday, naming first-time party legislator Rathindra Bose as the nominee for the post of Speaker.Initially, it was perceived that the seniormost party MLA in terms of legislative experience, Tapas Roy, who is currently the pro-tem Speaker of the new Assembly administering oaths to all elected legislators, would be named as the permanent Speaker.However, t…
Kolkata, May 4 (IANS) Kolkata Police has imposed restrictions on victory celebrations on Monday, the day of counting for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. According to the officials, the restriction has been imposed in a bid ensure law and order and an atmosphere of peace in Kolkata after the declaration of West Bengal Assembly elections results.The restriction has been imposed for all political parties without exception. As per the notification, no victory celebrations will be carr…
Mumbai, April 23 (IANS) Actress Puja Banerjee, who predominantly works in television, has spoken up on the current situation of West Bengal as the state prepares to go into phase 1 of polling. On Wednesday, the actress took to her Instagram, and shared a video of herself, as she spoke about the problem of migration in the state in the absence of industries that could support the youth.She said, “Bengal’s youth is leaving Bengal not by choice. This isn’t migration, it’s compulsion. Every day th…
Kolkata, April 9 (IANS) Enforcement Directorate, Kolkata Zonal Office, recently conducted search operations at eight premises across Kolkata in a case linked to Biswajit Podder alias Sona Pappu, Jay S. Kamdar, and others, the central investigation agency said in a statement on Thursday. During the search, cash amounting to Rs 1.47 crore (approx.) and gold jewellery and silver valued at Rs 67.64 lakh (approx.), along with various incriminating documents and digital devices, were seized. One Fo…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Since the Trinamool Congress came to power in 2011, it has slowly but steadily consolidated seats for itself, starting with 184, rising to 211 in 2016, and finally collecting 215 in the 2021 Assembly election. Murshidabad, a district making headlines for protests turning violent on occasions earlier, and on Tuesday, for having the maximum number of names deleted from the voters’ list, is an example where the state’s ruling party managed to establish itself convincin…
New Delhi, April 5 (IANS) Bihar Minister Ram Kripal Yadav on Sunday lashed out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, asserting that the public sentiment in the state is turning against her.Commenting on the Chief Minister’s recent statements about potential election boycotts, Yadav said, “People have already given up on her. Mamata Banerjee has realised the public sentiment is against her. That is why she is talking about boycotting the vote and stepping back from the battlefield. A…