Refugees to get citizenship under CAAsoon, infiltrators to be driven out: Shah | Kolkata News

Amit Shah, Subhendu Adhikari in 125 years birth centenary of Syama Prasad Mukherjee Kolkata: The Centre would soon complete granting citizenship to refugees under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) but infiltrators would be driven out, said Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday, reiterating his pledge to fulfil the election manifesto promises. In the city…

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Minister’s ‘Mukho Mukhi’ to debut today | Kolkata News

Kolkata: The direct citizen-minister interaction platform, ‘Mukho Mukhi’, which state urban development and municipal affairs minister Agnimitra Paul had earlier announced, will be launched on Tuesday.Citizens can directly call up Paul on the toll free number, 1800 2035123, if they face civic problems with water supply, road maintenance and drainage.The first session, to be held…

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Syama in, Singur out of syllabus: Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari signals after anniversary celebration | Kolkata News

Union home minister Amit Shah and Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari at Syama Prasad Mookerjee’s house in Bhowanipore Kolkata: The life of Syama Prasad Mookerjee should be included in Bengal’s syllabus and the Singur movement removed from it, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari said at a programme to mark the 125th birth anniversary of the founder…

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Suicide due to dowry-related torture not rare, says HC; reduces husband’s sentence | Kolkata News

Kolkata: Suicide due to dowry-related torture is “not very rare or uncommon”, the Calcutta High Court observed on Monday while reducing a man’s life sentence to 10 years’ rigorous imprisonment in connection with the 2014 deaths by suicide of his wife and their minor daughter.The division bench of justices Arijit Banerjee and Apurba Sinha Ray…

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Will seek capital punishment in Baruipur rape-murder case, says CM; likely to meet family today | Kolkata News

CM Suvendu Adhikari at Mitra Institution on Monday to observe Syama Prasad Mookerjee’s birth anniversary Kolkata: Assuring that the Bengal govt will seek capital punishment for all accused in the Baruipur rape-murder case, CM Suvendu Adhikari, who is likely to meet the bereaved family on Tuesday, said the mob violence had a communal angle and…

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