Kolkata: Trinamool on Saturday issued a show-cause notice to former minister Aroop Biswas over his June 12 letter to HDFC Bank that led to a freeze on three of the party’s bank accounts.The party is likely to move the Calcutta High Court, questioning how police can seek a debit freeze without court orders and how…
Kolkata/Tarakeswar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented to the state projects worth over Rs 1,492 crore spanning agriculture, railways, connectivity and healthcare at an event to mark Paschimbanga Divas in Tarakeswar on Saturday. Addressing his first public rally since the new CM’s swearing-in, Modi said winds of change have brought “a new freshness and fragrance” to…
Fresh signs of public anger against Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders emerged on Saturday night after eggs were allegedly hurled at senior TMC MLA Madan Mitra in West Bengal’s Kamarhati constituency. The incident took place in the Ariadaha area, where a group of local residents reportedly staged a protest while the MLA was visiting the locality…
Several migrant workers who recently returned to West Bengal have alleged that they were forced to flee their homes in Coochbehar’s Dinhata after facing threats and extortion linked to the implementation of the Bangla Awas Yojana. The allegations have brought renewed attention to an alleged ‘cut money’ syndicate operating in the area. Villagers claimed that…
Kolkata: Sachin Singh, the KMC councillor of ward 36, was arrested on Tuesday on charges of extortion, fraud and allegedly collecting cut money in the Narkeldanga area, police sources said.Singh became the second KMC councillor to be arrested after Sudip Polley (ward 123). Multiple other councillors like Baiswanor Chattopadhyay (ward 91), Mala Roy (ward 88),…
Villagers in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar district have turned loudspeakers into a tool of public accountability after a local Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader promised to return “cut money” collected from beneficiaries of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana by June 4. Through loudspeaker announcements across the village, residents are repeatedly reminding everyone, including the TMC leader,…
