West Bengal: Suvendu Adhikari participates in Shobha Yatra in Kolkata on ‘Pran Pratishtha’ day

West Bengal Leader of Opposition (LoP) Suvendu Adhikari participated on Monday in a Sobha Yatra (procession) from Baikunthanath Mandir to the Ram Mandir at Kali Krishna Tagore Street in Kolkata to mark the Pran Pratishtha of Lord Ram Lalla in Ayodhya. Scores of BJP workers were seen marching the Krishna Tagore Street in the city […]

 West Bengal: Adhir writes to chief secy over manhandling of ‘Aadhar’ officials

West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has written a letter to the Chief Secretary asking him to take action against goons allegedly from the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) party, who “manhandled” and “threatened” ‘Aadhar’ officials in his constituency if they defy their dictats to abandon their programme. “I have been giving ‘Aadhar Pariseva’ to residents […]

Union Minister Nisith Pramanik calls attack on ED team in West Bengal an “Attack on constitution”

Following the attack on the team of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in West Bengal, Union Minister Nisith Pramanik on Friday said that it is not just an attack on the central agency, rather it’s an attack on the Constitution and the whole federal structure. “We condemn the incident which took place in Sandeshkhali of the North 24 […]

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee urges PM Modi to release dues of nearly Rs. 1.16 lakh crore

 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and urged to release dues of nearly Rs 1.16 lakh crore from the Government of India on account of various Centrally Sponsored Schemes and pending claims for natural disasters over past years. In a letter dated December 20 to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, CM […]

SSC teacher recruitment case: CBI conducts raids at seven locations in West Bengal

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday conducted searches at seven places in West Bengal in connection with SSC teacher recruitment case, said CBI officials. The West Bengal SSC recruitment scam is a teacher recruitment scam that came into light after the arrest of Bengal BJP leader Partha Chatterjee, Trinamool Congress leader who served as the education […]

West Bengal: High Court allows BJP to hold Nov 29 rally at Kolkata site used by Trinamool Congress

The Calcutta High Court on Friday permitted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to hold a rally on November 29 near Victoria House at Esplanade. This is the same place in central Kolkata where the ruling Trinamool Congress holds its annual ‘Shaheed Divas (Martyrs’ Day)’ rally on July 21. A Division Bench of Chief Justice […]

West Bengal: Gold worth Rs 64 lakh near India-Bangladesh border, 1 held

 The Border Security Force (BSF), under the south Bengal frontier, thwarted a unique attempt of gold smuggling and apprehended a 59-year-old man with two packets containing gold, weighing 1,059.400 grams while being smuggled from Bangladesh to India, officials said on Wednesday. The estimated value of the seized gold is Rs 64,04,073, the BSF said in […]

West Bengal: Markets in Kolkata witness huge crowd on Diwali

Streets and markets in Kolkata witnessed huge crowds on the occasion of the Diwali festival. Customers thronged the Dakshindari Diya Bazar for festive shopping late on Saturday night. Across India, the cities are all decked up for Diwali celebrations. People from across the country have decorated their houses with colourful lights, rangolis, and flowers to celebrate the festival of […]

Goa CM inaugurates Durga Pujas, hopes for double-engine government in West Bengal

 Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, during his visit to West Bengal’s Durgapur to innagurate community Durga Pujas said that the State is not progressing the way it should. “Bengal is not progressing the way it should, I pray to Goddess Durga that the State witnesses good governance (Surajya) in future and development happens uniformly […]

West Bengal: Trinamool Congress organizes ‘Raj Bhavan Chalo Abhiyan’ in Kolkata

Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders, under the leadership of TMC National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee, organised the ‘Raj Bhavan Chalo Abhiyan’ in Kolkata on Thursday. The TMC leaders during the protest said that the march to the Raj Bhavan has been organized to draw Governor C. V. Ananda Bose’s attention to the plight of the poor people of the […]