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West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari KOLKATA: Bengal’s first BJP govt announced the distribution of cabinet portfolios on Wednesday, putting qualified ministers and veteran politicians in charge of critical departments like health, education, finance and commerce and industry.CM Suvendu Adhikari kept the key home portfolio with himself. The party put oncologist Sharadwat Mukherjee in charge of…

Trinamool Congress and Congress leaders met, denying any merger talks despite speculation. KOLKATA: Congress and Trinamool Congress on Wednesday denied there was any proposal or discussion about the Mamata Banerjee-headed party merging with Congress even as TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee met Lok Sabha leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi for 90 minutes at 10,…

Kolkata: Four members of a family and their associate were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly attacking a police officer, SI Rajib Roy, during a legal eviction drive in central Kolkata’s Taltala area. SI Roy sustained injuries and was taken to NRS Hospital. tnn Source link

Howrah: A 38-year-old man, Gopal Sarkar, accused of running a sex trafficking racket was found dead and wrapped in a saree near the Dhulagarh truck terminal in Howrah on Tuesday night. Police arrested Happy Singh, who allegedly confessed to killing Sarkar, claiming his sister was among several underage girls lured into prostitution through false job…

TMC national general secretary and Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee has been named in an FIR alongside 41 party members for an alleged attack on a BJP worker nearly eight years ago.The complaint was lodged at Diamond Harbour police station on Tuesday by BJP leader Abhijit Das, who contested against Banerjee in the 2024 Lok…

Darjeeling: Gorkhaland Territorial Administration chief executive Anit Thapa met Centre-appointed interlocutor Pankaj Kumar Singh on Wednesday. The meeting assumed significance because Thapa’s party — Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha (BGPM) — has been an ally of Trinamool and Thapa had previously refused to meet the interlocutor.Singh, whom Centre appointed interlocutor in Oct last year, had visited…

Malda: Another holding centre for illegal Bangladeshi immigrants opened in Malda on Wednesday, the third in the district, reports Subhro Maitra.The new centre has come up in Bamangola. The first holding centre in Malda opened at English Bazar while the second at Old Malda. Malda SP Anupam Singh said with the new centre, the three…

Kolkata: With state lawyers absent, Calcutta HC deferred the MLA ‘Signgate’ case in which Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee is an accused, and is likely to hear it now on Thursday. The court also refused urgent hearing to Trinamool over CID raids in connection with the alleged signature scam.On Tuesday, a CID team searched the TMC…

Kolkata: A govt employee, Hafijur Rahaman (32), was allegedly assaulted and wrongfully restrained by a group of men inside an Entally office while performing official duties on Tuesday afternoon. Police have arrested the prime accused, Avijit Das (36), and launched a search for his aides.Rahaman, a resident of Bechulal Road, was on duty at an…

Kolkata: Rooting out corrupt practices from the state sports arena and bringing glory to Bengal were his main tasks now, said Indranil Khan, after becoming the minister of state (independent charge) for sports and youth affairs and consumer affairs departments on Wednesday. He said nepotism and syndicates at Maidan clubs had to end.Pointing out how…