The Union government's decision to send two field inspection team to West Bengal to probe allegations of rampant corruption into the implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) in the state seems to have irked Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee.
"Following preliminary investigation, the husband of the victim turned out to be the suspect. He was detained and interrogated. Finally on Thursday, he admitted his crime and the police have taken him into custody," Chaturvedi added.
Commuters on the road adjacent to the Jalpaiguri Medical College & Hospital in the northern part of West Bengal were shocked on Thursday afternoon when they saw a man carrying the body of his deceased mother on his shoulder, with his aged father helping him.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probing the multi-crore cattle smuggling scam in West Bengal on Thursday traced as many as 50 'benami' bank accounts held with a cooperative bank in the state.
A special court of Central Bureau of Investigation at Asansol in West Burdwan district on Thursday extended the judicial custody of Trinamool Congress strongman and the party's Birbhum district president, Anubrata Mondal in connection with the multi-crore cattle smuggling case in West Bengal.
Following genome sequencing, four cases of Omicron sub-variant BF7 have been detected in West Bengal, according to sources in the state health department. However, all the four cases are currently Covid negative as per their latest test reports.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) said that it conducted raids at 17 locations in and around Kolkata on Wednesday in connection with the Ekbalpur-Mominpur clashes that took place on October 9 last year, and recovered huge cash from certain residences where the clashes broke out.
A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday ordered the termination of service of 143 primary teachers in different state-run schools in West Bengal on charges of procuring jobs illegally adopting unfair means or against some consideration.
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday stayed enrolment for the two-year diploma in elementary education (D.El.Ed) course, the notification for which was issued by the West Bengal Board of Primary Education (WBBPE) on December 28 last year.
Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday offered relief to celebrity MPs and MLAs from organisational activities of the party.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday submitted a report to the Calcutta High Court, wherein it linked the name of Trinamool Congress strongman and the party's Birbhum district president, with the Bogtui carnage that took place in the same district in March last year.
The Chief Minister also said that the commitment towards people should be the only motto of her party. "I follow the principles of my commitment towards people from dawn to dusk on a daily basis. Even I am not above the people and the party," she said.
