“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness…” Charles Dickens wrote these lines for an era caught at the crossroads of revolution and decay, public anticipation and private anxiety. West Bengal’s recently concluded Assembly elections feel strangely similar. For…
Kolkata, May 18 (PTI) The West Bengal government on Monday sanctioned the prosecution of former R G Kar Medical College and Hospital principal Sandip Ghosh in connection with a case of financial irregularities linked to the institution. An order issued by the Department of Health and Family Welfare stated the governor, being the competent authority,…
The mother of the RG Kar Medical College rape and murder victim, now BJP MLA Ratna Debnath, launched a blistering attack on former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee after the new state government suspended three senior police officers over alleged mishandling of the case. Debnath, MLA from Panihati, said Banerjee is the “head of…
