Category: KOLKATA

Trinamool Congress's leader in the Rajya Sabha Derek O'Brien on Tuesday announced that his party will be boycotting the inauguration of the new Parliament building.

The minister said that the collaboration aims to boost tourism in Tripura and leverage Ganguly's popularity and influence to attract visitors to the state from across the country and the world.

Kolkata, a pioneer in Queer rights movement in the country, has witnessed yet another progressive development on this count with a same sex- couple getting married the traditional way in a temple here.

Ghosh is currently in judicial custody at Presidency Central Correctional Home in south Kolkata after being arrested by the sleuths of Enforcement Directorate (ED), which is conducting a parallel probe in the school recruitment case, in January this year.

Despite several laws having been promulgated in the country to protect the rights of women, often they are unable to reach out and take benefit of that, claimed Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay of the Calcutta High Court.

There lies the question that whether this joint move by Left Front and Congress in West Bengal will work out in 2024 considering that similar joint exercise did not work out for either of the two forces in the state Assembly elections both in 2016 and 2021.

Security in and around the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) office here was tightened on Saturday over the arrival of Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee for interrogation in the school recruitment case in West Bengal.

Central agencies like Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) are scared of Trinamool Congress because of its continuing and massive popularity among the common people, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Friday.

The Calcutta High Court on Friday refused to hear the West Bengal government's plea challenging an earlier order of the same court ordering a CBI probe into the numcipalities recruitment case.

In a major shocker for the sleuths investigating the explosion at an illegal firecracker factory at Egra in West Bengal's East Midnapore district that claimed nine lives, the prime accused and the owner of the said factory, Krishnapada Bag a.k.a. Bhanu died at a hospital in Odisha's Cuttack on Friday.

Trinamool Congress' national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee will be challenging the decision of Calcutta High Court's single-judge bench of Justice Amrita Sinha allowing central agencies to question him in connection with the teachers' recruitment case in any higher court.

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday refused to put an interim stay on the earlier order of its single-judge bench terminating the services of 36,000 primary teachers in West Bengal.

The policemen suspect that more bodies will be recovered after the rescue operation is completed. The four injured persons have been shifted to a nearby hospital, where their condition is said to be critical.

West Bengal government's fresh notification rejigging the search committees meant for appointment of Vice-Chancellors in state universities has left the academic circles in the state fuming.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday offered to extend support to Congress in states where the latter is strong, provided her Trinamool Congress is reciprocated in the same manner by Congress in the state.

The West Bengal Board of Primary Education (WBBPE), on Monday, challenged the Calcutta High Court's single-judge bench order for termination of services of 36,000 primary teachers in state-run schools at a division bench of the same court.

The simmering cold war between the West Bengal government and the people from the Kurmi community in the state over the latter's demand for a Scheduled Tribe status seems to be erupting over the three-tier panchayat polls in the state scheduled this year.

The daughter of a minister of West Bengal cabinet and a couple of ruling Trinamool Congress leaders figure in the list of 36,000 primary teachers in state-run schools whose services have been terminated as per the May 12 order of the Calcutta High Court.

Justice Gangopadhyay observed in his judgment that blatant break of rules and norms were evident in the entire recruitment process, where ineligible candidates were granted higher marks in the interview part.

The National Education Policy (NEP) introduced by the Narendra Modi-led Union government was inspired by the thoughts and philosophy of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday.

In a major haul, the South Bengal Frontier of the Border Security Force (BSF) seized 52 gold biscuits worth nearly Rs 4.24 crore from the Agartala-Kolkata (via Dhaka) Maitri international bus at the Integrated Check Post (ICP) in Petrapole, North 24-Parganas, on Monday.

West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose on Monday gave a latent warning to the state government after he said that he will not remain silent in case there is a constitutional crisis in the state.

Encouraged by a successful rally in support of their demand for enhanced dearness allowance payments in West Bengal and the arrears accrued on it, the joint forum of state government employees has announced bigger movements against the state government on this issue.

City police sources said that forces from all the divisions of Kolkata Police have been deputed to the area and all precautionary measures adopted to prevent any untoward incident during the rally that will pass through this high security zone.

Justice Rajasekhar Mantha of Calcutta High Court, on Thursday, recused himself from two cases related to the Leader of the Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari versus West Bengal government.