Kolkata: One Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for election to the Rajya Sabha from West Bengal was completed at the state Assembly on Thursday. Incidentally, the total number of Rajya Sabha seats from West Bengal going to polls this time is also five. As per the current numerical strength of the Trinamool Congress and the.
New Delhi: The security agencies have busted a major ISI-backed terror plot, following the arrest of eight persons from West Bengal and Tamil Nadu. The arrested persons are linked to Bangladesh based terror groups and were being funded by the ISI, the security agencies have learnt. The arrested persons have been identified as Mizanur Rahman,.
New Delhi: West Bengal is increasingly requiring judicial involvement in issues pertaining to procedural details and administrative inertia, where political interests are allegedly reigning over other aspects. From law-and-order matters to holding rallies, several incidents of such court involvement have been seen of late. Friday’s “extraordinary decision in view of the extraordinary circumstances” direction to.
Kolkata: Two people have been arrested on the charges of illegally detaining two Bangladeshi citizens in the name of getting visas and extorting money in Kolkata, said the police on Tuesday. Rescue Operation at Hotel Officers of Technocity Police Station conducted a raid on a hotel and rescued two Bangladeshis on Monday. Two individuals, including.
New Delhi: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of attempting to retain power by relying on the votes of infiltrators, amid the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in the state. Responding to petitions filed by the Chief Minister alleging irregularities in the SIR exercise before the.
New Delhi: In the long-pending dearness allowance (DA) dispute between the West Bengal government and its employees, the Supreme Court on Thursday granted major relief to nearly 20 lakh State government employees by upholding their right to receive DA and directing the State to clear long-pending arrears. In its judgment delivered today, a bench of.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) of selectively deleting voters from the Assembly constituencies.
Kolkata: The Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday said that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s claims in her affidavit in the Supreme Court on the Enforcement Directorate’s petition regarding her ‘interference’ during a search operation at the office and residence of Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) co-founder Pratik Jain.
