Kolkata: The city witnessed a largely peaceful transition on Friday as worshippers across several mosques offered prayers on the premises instead of carriageways, following verbal instructions conveyed by the police in line with the new govt’s emphasis on traffic management and public order.Community elders, mosque committees and police personnel worked in coordination across several neighbourhoods…
Jamuria: One worker was killed and 23 others injured after a roof fall triggered a powerful air blast inside the Parasia colliery of Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) in the Kunustoria area of Jamuria, West Burdwan on Thursday.The incident occurred between 9.45 am and 10 am, shortly after workers had entered the mine for duty. According…
Kolkata: Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Thursday said the state govt will replace the “law of the ruler” with “rule of law” in the state, marking the end of “jungle raaj” in Bengal. Bhattacharya said that the political culture of violence has to be stopped “at any cost”.“We want to bring the state out…
Kolkata: Real estate stakeholders have welcomed BJP state president Samik Bhattacharya’s statement that the state govt was considering repealing the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976, but cautioned that any rollback must be backed by safeguards against speculative hoarding, land monopolies and sharp price escalation.Real estate consultant Samantak Das said, “safeguards in a repeal…
Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday announced Rathindra Bose — a first-time MLA and Sangh Parivar loyalist — as the BJP’s nominee for speaker of the 18th Bengal Legislative Assembly. The CM appealed to all parties to support Bose’s candidacy.Bose, who won from Cooch Behar South, is a chartered accountant by profession and has risen…
Kolkata: Trinamool on Thursday reappointed Serampore MP Kalyan Banerjee as the party’s chief whip in the Lok Sabha, replacing Barasat MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, during a high-level meeting chaired by party chief Mamata Banerjee at her Kalighat residence, reports Dwaipayan Ghosh.Kalyan had stepped down as chief whip around nine months ago. The meeting, attended by…
KOLKATA: The West Bengal government on Friday suspended three police officers over alleged “lapses” in the investigation into the RG Kar rape-murder case, Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari claimed.Announcing the decision at the state secretariat, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari said the suspension of former Kolkata police commissioner Vineet Goyal and former deputy commissioners Indira Mukherjee and…
Former West Bengal chief minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee, wearing a lawyer’s court, arrives at the Calcutta high court. KOLKATA: Former West Bengal chief minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee, wearing a lawyer’s court, arrived at the Calcutta high court to appear before chief justice HC Sujoy Pal, in connection with the post-poll violence…
Former West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee appeared before the Calcutta high court on Thursday. KOLKATA: Former West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee appeared before the Calcutta high court on Thursday in connection with a PIL alleging post-poll violence in the state, urging the court to “protect…
