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The party is working hard and determined to make a turnaround this time around, its leaders maintained.

West Bengal: CPI(M) bets on ‘strong’ rural connect to emerge triumphant in panchayat polls

The party, which had gone into a shell following the 2011 assembly election defeat, has also been making its presence…

September 18, 2022 17:07 IST

Students and teachers at the Free India High School on South Station Road in Titagarh heard a loud explosion that blew up a portion of the roof. (Photo: ANI)

WB school crude bomb blast: 4 arrested, Opposition demands CBI probe

The four accused are in the age group of 18-19 years and were picked up from Kamarhati and Titagarh areas…

Updated: September 18, 2022 16:02 IST

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Bengal govt violates Electricity Act over rebate, alleges union

The state, through an order on providing rebate to the pujas, has allegedly discriminated among the class of consumers and…

September 16, 2022 00:05 IST

‘Would have shot them in the head’: Abhishek Banerjee on BJP’s ‘Nabanna Chalo’ protests

“If I was there, I would have shot them in the head. If the police wanted to teach the stone-pelters…

September 15, 2022 11:31 IST

‘Nabanna Chalo’: Swapan Dasgupta attacked by police, claims BJP; blames TMC ‘goons’ for mayhem

Amit Malviya claimed that the violence unfolded at the directions of Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

Updated: September 13, 2022 20:48 IST

Some people threatening to stop govt recruitment by filing court cases : Mamata Banerjee

Reaching out to the protesting SSC job aspirants while addressing a programme on Teachers’ Day, she said a section of…

September 5, 2022 17:32 IST

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West Bengal seeks faster release of Central funds

The state government contends that states’ GSDP growth, which was higher than national average in recent years, would help it…

September 3, 2022 02:00 IST

Ten-day package to explore Durga puja festival in Bengal; State tourism mulling new Gangasagar package

Supriyo, during a programme of Hotel and Restaurant Association of Eastern India here, also said that one of the panels…

August 31, 2022 11:43 IST

The CBI is looking to know who in the TMC contacted doctor Buddhadeb Murmu, the superintendent, for sending a doctor to Mondal's Nichupatti house in Bolpur and prescribe him bed rest, he said.

CBI looks to interrogate state hospital head who sent doctor to Anubrata’s house

“I had got a call from the Birbhum zilla parishad sabhadhipati Bikas Roy Chowdhury that Anubrata Mondal is very ill…

August 13, 2022 18:35 IST

Born in 1960 to a family of farmers in Birbhum district, the land which also houses Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore's Visva Bharati University, Mondal, popularly known as ‘Keshto', the eldest of five siblings, started his career as a fish trader in Suri.

Anubrata Mondal: Bengal’s ‘Bahubali’ politician and trusted aide of Mamata

Mondal first came to the limelight during the 2013 panchayat polls campaign, when during a public meeting, he asked his…

August 11, 2022 17:32 IST

West Bengal: TMC’s Anubrata Mondal, close aide of Mamata Banerjee, arrested in cattle smuggling case

Mondal was arrested after an almost hour-long interrogation by a CBI team that arrived at the Birbhum district president’s house…

Updated: August 11, 2022 13:42 IST

West Bengal cabinet reshuffle on Wednesday, announces Mamata Banerjee, days after Partha Chatterjee’s sacking

The announcement comes days after mountains of cash to the tune of Rs 50 crore was seized from Chatterjee’s aide…

August 1, 2022 14:42 IST

West Bengal: 38 Trinamool MLAs in touch with BJP, claims Mithun Chakraborty

Dismissing his claims, Trinamool spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said, “Mithun Chakraborty’s dialogue is a habit. I think he gave the dialogue…

July 27, 2022 18:14 IST

State minister Partha Chatterjee, who was arrested by Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday in connection with its probe into the alleged school jobs scam, was hospitalised at SSKM after he complained of "uneasiness". He was remanded to two-day ED custody by a city court.

SSC recruitment scam: Partha Chatterjee flown to Bhubaneswar after HC order, to appear before court virtually

The HC, while passing the order, observed that the state-run medical facility has been used in the past to shelter…

July 25, 2022 09:41 IST

SSKM Hospital has become resort for scam-tainted TMC leaders: BJP

West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar said the practice of “tainted” ruling party leaders getting admitted to SSKM citing “uneasiness”…

July 24, 2022 18:28 IST

Teachers’ recruitment scam – Top Developments: Partha Chatterjee admitted in hospital, fresh plea before Kol HC

In a petition filed on Friday, it is claimed that at least ten members from Chatterjee’s personal guard’s family had…

July 24, 2022 12:35 IST

Chatterjee stepped into politics as a leader of Congress students' wing – Chatra Parishad- in the late sixties during his college years, inspired by then firebrand youth leaders Subrata Mukherjee and Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi.

Partha Chatterjee: From trusted lieutenant of Mamata to ‘scam-tainted’ minister

Chatterjee, 69, who presently holds the industry and state parliamentary affairs portfolios of the Mamata Banerjee government, was the education…

Updated: July 23, 2022 20:28 IST

BJP hits out at TMC after West Bengal minister’s arrest in corruption case

BJP leaders said the mountain of cash seized from Mukherjee’s place has exposed the TMC’s corruption.

July 23, 2022 16:08 IST

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