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…
Fire broke out on Wednesday at the new administrative office building, popularly known as the office of additional district magistrate, in Alipore Kolkata: A major fire broke out on Wednesday at the new administrative office building, popularly known as the office of additional district magistrate, located on Alipore Police Court complex. The affected building has…
Kolkata: Former Kolkata mayor Firhad Hakim spent 70 minutes with ‘expelled’ Trinamool MLA and leader of opposition (LoP) Ritabrata Banerjee in the assembly on Monday, and stepped out to claim that he wanted “the party to remain one”. The meeting came on a day party senior Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay moved Calcutta High Court questioning speaker Rathindra…
TMC leader Firhad Hakim leaving the KMC premises in Kolkata on Friday | Photo Credit: PTI Senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Firhad Hakim formally resigned as Kolkata mayor on Friday, around six months before his term was to end, saying that “the dignity of the chair was being undermined”. “I am emptying the chair today……
Last Updated:June 05, 2026, 16:31 IST Firhad Hakim, one of the TMC’s most prominent leaders, said he had sought permission from Mamata Banerjee before stepping down as Kolkata Mayor. TMC leader Firhad Hakim with former West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee. (Facebook) Senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader and Mamata Banerjee’s trusted Firhad Hakim, who resigned as…
Firhad Hakim (File photo) NEW DELHI: In another major setback to the Trinamool Congress (TMC), its senior leader Firhad Hakim on Wednesday resigned as mayor of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), a post he had held since November 2018.The announcement was made by party spokesperson Kunal Ghosh.“Firhad Hakim requested our supremo Mamata Banerjee that he…
KOLKATA: City mayor Firhad Hakim, reportedly rattled by the loss of control over Kolkata Municipal Corporation after Trinamool’s poll defeat, is likely to step down this week, possibly on Friday.Hakim is said to have told party chairperson Mamata Banerjee that he was feeling “suffocated”, and sought her permission to resign.“I have not resigned,” Hakim said…
Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari’s first administrative meeting with the MLAs of Kolkata, Howrah and South 24-Parganas saw politics take a backseat. Both Trinamool factions — the loyalists and the rebels — attended the meeting, including MLAs Firhad Hakim, Nayana Bandyopadhyay, Kunal Ghosh, Javed Khan, Ashok Deb and Arup Roy.According to Ghosh, a loyalist, CM…
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),…
Kolkata: Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee has called for an urgent meeting of all councillors at her home amid speculation of possible widening fault lines in the party, with TMC councillors resigning en masse in several parts of Bengal, and at least one high-profile councillor quitting in Kolkata. Sources indicate that Kolkata mayor Firhad Hakim has…
