Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Friday hinted at a large-scale overhaul of Bengal’s assembly constituencies combined with a significant increase in the number of members in the state legislative assembly — which may necessitate the construction of a new assembly building.Speaking in the Vidhan Sabha on Friday, Adhikari said: “The number of assembly seats may…
Kolkata: Against the backdrop of rumblings in the Trinamool following its poll debacle, party chairperson Mamata Banerjee on Friday told candidates who had lost the 2026 assembly elections that she would build the organisation afresh.A party senior quoted Banerjee as telling the candidates: “Those who want to leave are free to go; I will not…
Kolkata: The revision in fuel prices might hit Kolkata’s public transport sector hard. Following international market volatility and escalating tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, the price of diesel has crossed Rs 95 per litre mark. While economists said that central interventions managed to prevent a worse price shock, the Rs 3 hike has pushed…
Kolkata: A heated argument broke out at JU on Thursday after two students reportedly stamped on a Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) flag and an ABVP flag, before trying to throw them in the dustbin. The incident happened outside Aahar canteen. A non-teaching staff of WB University Karmachari Parishad (WBUKP), a unit of BJP Trade Union…
Kolkata: Around 30% of illegal parking in the city in the past 48 hours was primarily reported from three separate zones – the headquarter guard comprising the Dalhousie and Esplanade areas, the Sealdah guard where Koley Market and Narkeldanga emerged as the most challenging zones and Bhowanipore guard where double-lane parking, even among residents, emerged…
Kolkata: A payloader stationed in front of two buildings being demolished on G J Khan Road in Tiljala was forced to roll back on Friday morning after a nearly six-hour stand-off with local residents, as devotees sought space to offer Friday namaz at a mosque located opposite the demolition site.As the payloader rolled out, devotees,…
Kolkata: The city witnessed a largely peaceful transition on Friday as worshippers across several mosques offered prayers on the premises instead of carriageways, following verbal instructions conveyed by the police in line with the new govt’s emphasis on traffic management and public order.Community elders, mosque committees and police personnel worked in coordination across several neighbourhoods…
Kolkata: Governor RN Ravi on Thursday appealed to Bengal citizens to join PM Narendra Modi‘s efforts to cut down energy use in view of the West Asia conflict. In a post on X, RN Ravi pushed for energy conservation, urging people to use public transport and carpooling. He also encouraged natural farming and domestic tourism….
Kolkata: Trinamool MLA Kunal Ghosh on Thursday said former party netas Tapas Ray and Sajal Ghosh were “forced to leave” Trinamool, in a pointed social media post that also called for “self-analysis” within the party.The remarks came hours after Kunal took oath in the assembly from pro tem speaker Tapas Ray, who returned to the…
Kolkata: Kalita Maji, the BJP’s newly-elected MLA from Aushgram who continued to work as a domestic help even after being named a candidate, announced on Thursday that she would no longer work in households as she now had “a bigger responsibility” towards the people of her constituency.Hours after taking oath as an MLA in the…
