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Mukul Roy still in BJP: Bengal assembly speaker rules on defection charge
Updated on Feb 12, 2022 03:05 AM IST
Mukul Roy, who is a founder member of the TMC, was a national vice-president in the BJP which he joined in 2017 following differences with chief minister Mamata Banerjee. His son, Subhranshu, also joined the saffron camp but returned to the TMC with his father in June last year.
HT Correspondent, Kolkata
Loyalists of Mamata, Abhishek face off amid social media row, leaders to meet
Top TMC leaders said West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee asked four of her loyalists and Abhishek Banerjee to attend an emergency meeting at her residence on Saturday afternoon although Bengal will witness polls at four important civic bodies during the day.
Updated on Feb 12, 2022 05:48 AM IST
Tanmay Chatterjee, Kolkata
Mukul Roy still in BJP, rules Bengal speaker; rejects BJP’s anti-defection plea
Mamata Banrejee’s TMC didn’t comment on Bengal assembly speaker’s ruling and demanded Roy’s interrogation by CBI in the Saradha and Narada case. The Bengal BJP called the speaker’s decision a farce.
Updated on Feb 11, 2022 10:32 PM IST
Endangered turtles to be released annually into wild in Sunderbans from 2025
The species was once widespread in the mangroves and estuaries of West Bengal and Odisha, but overfishing led to a rapid decline in their population
Updated on Feb 11, 2022 01:31 PM IST
BJP's Suvendu Adhikari blames TMC leader for post-poll violence in West Bengal
Speaking to ANI, the BJP leader said that the TMC has created a 'gas chamber for democracy' like situation in West Bengal to "manipulate" civic polls.
Updated on Feb 11, 2022 10:20 AM IST
ANI |
Mamata Banerjee’s election agent named in 5 post-poll violence cases by CBI
Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s election agent during the April 2021 election from Nandigram has been named in five cases of post-poll violence
Updated on Feb 11, 2022 01:36 AM IST
HC says state poll panel head is liable to ensure peaceful civic polls in Bengal
Elections to four municipal corporations in Siliguri, Bidhannagar, Asansol and Chandernagore are scheduled for February 12
Updated on Feb 10, 2022 11:32 PM IST
Worrisome situation in West Bengal, says Dhankhar in appeal to intelligentsia
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on several occasions had alleged that the Governor makes statements out of political motives and interferes in the business of the state government.
Published on Feb 10, 2022 01:42 PM IST
ANI | , Kolkata
Suvendu Adhikari feels suffocated in BJP, wants return, claims TMC leader
However, the TMC will not take him back because of his "abusive comments" against state chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee after joining the BJP, Kunal Ghosh told reporters.
Updated on Feb 09, 2022 09:42 PM IST
PTI |
Political conspiracy, says TMC as CBI summons MP, actor Dev in cattle smuggling case
Bengal BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar said CBI is an independent agency and TMC member, Dev aka Deepak Adhikari, should cooperate with officers probing the cattle smuggling case.
Published on Feb 09, 2022 07:05 PM IST
Army intelligence wing, Kolkata police nab fake currency smugglers
This is the second seizure of fake Indian currency note (FICN) in the West Bengal capital in nine days. The accused were booked under Sections 120B, 489B and 489C of the Indian Penal Code.?
Published on Feb 09, 2022 05:12 PM IST
Covid-19 pandemic has taken heavy toll on learning abilities of kids: Report
A latest report by Pratham Foundation reveals that less than 30% of the students studying in class III can read text from the second standard.
Published on Feb 09, 2022 04:53 PM IST
Bengal civic body polls: BJP demands central forces, Suvendu hits out at SEC
In a letter addressed to the state election commission, the BJP said there have been regular instances of its candidates being intimidated and receiving death threats over the phone and in person.
Updated on Feb 08, 2022 11:05 PM IST
, New Delhi
Harshit Sabarwal | Edited by Sohini GoswamiPriyanka Tibrewal alleges bid to implicate her in false case, suspects TMC role
The allegation raised by Tibrewal comes days before Bengal is set to witness elections to 108 civic bodies on February 27.
Published on Feb 08, 2022 09:07 PM IST
, New Delhi
Harshit Sabarwal | Edited by Sohini GoswamiKolkata Police bust huge racket dealing in adulterated cooking oil
Interrogation of the mill owner led the police to another godown at Narendrapur in South 24 Parganas, in the southern fringes of Kolkata. Around 31 tin containers, each having 15 litres of adulterated mustard oil were seized.
Published on Feb 07, 2022 09:40 PM IST
Bengal’s new normal: Covid-era open-air ‘neighbourhood’ schools to start
West Bengal’s community schools, however, came under sharp criticism from a section of the guardians who demanded that the state government reopen existing schools at the earliest
Updated on Feb 07, 2022 01:20 PM IST
West Bengal reports 1,345 new Covid-19 cases, 31 more deaths
Bengal currently has 19,276 active cases, 937 less than Friday's count. The state's fatality rate stood at 1.04 per cent and the positivity rate at 3.66 per cent on Saturday.
Published on Feb 05, 2022 10:49 PM IST
PTI |
Polls to 108 Bengal civic bodies to be held on February 27
Elections to four other municipalities in Asansol, Bidhannagar, Siliguri and Chandannagar are being conducted on February 12.
Updated on Feb 03, 2022 01:47 PM IST
Bengal reopens most educational institutions; ‘neighbourhood schools’ up next
The daily count of Covid-19 cases has dropped from around 24,000 in mid-January to less than 3,000 this week. The government also plans to open “neighbourhood schools” from Monday
Updated on Feb 03, 2022 01:24 PM IST
‘Point out a single document or tweet which is abusive’: Bengal guv Dhankhar
West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar asked chief minister Mamata Banerjee to point out any official document or tweet on his part which were abusive, after she blocked him on Twitter.
Published on Feb 02, 2022 08:30 PM IST
Written by Srivatsan K C | Edited by Poulomi Ghosh, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Mamata Banerjee re-elected TMC chief unopposed
Mamata Banerjee had founded the party in 1998 after breaking away from the Congress, and has headed it ever since. The TMC came to power in West Bengal 2011, defeating the mighty Left Front regime.
Published on Feb 02, 2022 02:49 PM IST
PTI | , New Delhi
BJP turns spotlight on 1979 killings of refugees in Bengal
KOLKATA: Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders on Monday paid homage to the refugees from Bangladesh, who were allegedly killed in police firing in West Bengal’s Marichjhapi on January 31, 1979
Published on Feb 01, 2022 02:56 PM IST
TMC approaches President over Dhankhar feud
TMC floor leader for the Lok Sabha, Sudip Bandopadhyay, took up the issue when President Kovind came to greet lawmakers after his address on the first day of the Budget session on Monday.
Updated on Feb 01, 2022 07:12 AM IST
Mamata announces job package to secure land for India’s largest coal mining project
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee earlier announced a ?10,000 crore compensation package for people likely to be affected due to the Deucha-Pachami coal block project.
Published on Feb 01, 2022 01:45 AM IST
Mamata Banerjee blocks Guv Dhankhar on Twitter, accuses him of tapping phones
At a press conference in Kolkata, Banerjee said Dhankhar threatened the chief secretary and the director general of police on several occasions, and accused the governor of tapping phones.
Updated on Feb 01, 2022 07:33 AM IST
Bengal govt eases Covid curbs as cases drop. Here's what reopens and stays shut
Cinema halls, restaurants, bars and gyms in West Bengal can now function at 75 per cent capacity, the government said. Also, daily flights from Delhi and Mumbai have been allowed, instead of the thrice weekly schedule.
Published on Jan 31, 2022 08:30 PM IST
hindustantimes.com | Written by Sharmita Kar | Edited by Sohini Goswami, New Delhi
BJP to seek postponement of Bengal civic polls
On Sunday, at least 3,427 Covid-19 infections were reported in West Bengal, taking the number of active cases to 31,562
Updated on Jan 31, 2022 04:31 PM IST
Bengal becoming gas chamber for democracy: Dhankhar mounts attack on TMC govt
The governor's statement came a few days after the ruling TMC decided to move motions against him in the upcoming sessions of the Rajya Sabha and the state legislative assembly to condemn his actions, which the party describes as a ‘violation of constitutional norms and practices.’
Published on Jan 31, 2022 12:17 AM IST
Covid positive man donates his body for medical research into the contagion
Nirmal Das was a cancer patient. His body will be donated to the forensic department of RG Kar Medical College on Saturday.
Published on Jan 29, 2022 07:52 AM IST
PTI | , Kolkata
Bengal BJP forms 27 new district committees; dissent grows
The BJP has 42 organisational units for Bengal’s 23 districts. The process of selecting new committee members, a periodic process that was to be completed by January 10, was kept on hold in view of dissent in several regions.
Updated on Jan 29, 2022 04:04 AM IST
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