KOLKATA: TMC MP Kirti Azad on Friday accused rebel party leaders of corruption, alleging that Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar was “caught on camera accepting Rs 5 lakh” and questioning her credibility in criticising TMC chief Mamata Banerjee.Azad further claimed that the rebel leader was previously seen accepting bribes and said he has information about others involved…
KOLKATA: TMC MP Kirti Azad on Friday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of pressuring opposition MPs through “Operation Lotus”, while asserting that the Trinamool Congress will not bow to such tactics.Azad told ANI that MPs who initially refused to sign were subjected to pressure, including police deployment outside their residences and the demolition of…
KOLKATA: Police recovered around Rs 1.8 crore in cash from the vault of an English-medium school in Kanchrapara, North 24 Parganas, following a raid since Wednesday night and arrested two persons, including the school accountant, in connection with the case.Investigators are also examining allegations that a room was constructed under the guise of the school…
Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari attended the NITI Aayog‘s governing council meeting on Thursday — first time in two years that a Bengal representative has been at such a meeting — and highlighted the “infirmities” of Bengal and touched upon the need for more support for the state. Bengal will also start working on district-based GDP…
Kolkata: Newly appointed commerce and industry minister Tapas Roy has said he has instructed officials to prepare a white paper on the Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS), detailing how many editions of the summit have been held, the expenditure incurred and the extent to which investment commitments have actually materialised.Speaking to TOI, Roy said the…
Kolkata: Calcutta High Court on Thursday asked the Bengal assembly speaker if an expelled MLA can be appointed leader of the opposition.The HC — hearing a Trinamool Congress challenge to speaker Rathindra Bose’s order appointing Ritabrata Banerjee as LoP — directed the former to file an affidavit along with the order of appointment.The petition by…
Kolkata: Bengal assembly is set to undergo a major digital transformation, with a newly signed tripartite MoU paving the way for the House to function as a fully paperless ‘e-assembly’.The initiative will bring all legislative business, including bills, notices and committee reports, onto a single cloud-based platform, streamlining assembly operations and reducing dependence on paper.The…
Siliguri: Bengal finance minister Swapan Dasgupta said on Thursday that north Bengal was a priority for the state govt, and his department had been reaching out to people from different sectors to understand their expectations before presenting the budget on June 22.Dasgupta held a pre-budget consultation meeting with representatives of industry and trade bodies at…
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress descended into deeper crisis on Thursday after its Rajya Sabha MP Prakash Chik Baraik resigned from the party and Upper House, making him the third to do so since Monday.With its Lok Sabha MPs Saayoni Ghosh and Mala Ray also leaning towards the rebel camp, there was, however, a breather of sorts:…
Kolkata: With the India-Oman Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) coming into force from June 1, eastern India’s first consignment of gold jewellery, valued at around Rs 4.5 crore, was shipped from Kolkata to Muscat on Thursday. The CEPA agreement has allowed duty-free access for Indian gold jewellery and diamonds in the Omani market.Oman has a…
