Kolkata: Trinamool’s rebel MPs, from Sudip Bandopadhyay to Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar and Rachna Banerjee, spoke in multiple voices on Tuesday.While Sudip said they will not abandon their plans to stake claim to being the “real Trinamool”, even if that had to come after a court decision, Kakoli maintained that the focus, at present, was on…
Kolkata: Bengal govt is set to facilitate loans worth Rs 40,000 crore for self-help groups (SHGs) across the state. The initiative aims to strengthen rural livelihoods by expanding access to institutional credit for women organised under SHGs.Announcing this on Tuesday, panchayat and rural develompent minister Dilip Ghosh said, “The panchayat department has taken a decision…
Kolkata: Bengal health minister Sharadwat Mukherjee said on Tuesday that the state will implement the norms brought by Centre on over the counter sale of cough syrup. The state will soon issue a directive, he said, so that cough syrups are not sold without prescription. Mukherjee added that over the counter sale also aids addiction…
Kolkata: Construction of GAIL’s two major natural gas pipelines in Bengal is progressing steadily and is expected to be completed within the next month, with the company targeting the commencement of gas transportation through the Rajarambati–Haldia and Dhamra–Haldia pipelines by Sept.The 162-km Rajarambati–Haldia pipeline was originally scheduled for completion in Dec 2020. However, the project…
Kolkata: Expelled Trinamool MLA Ritabrata Banerjee, the leader of opposition chosen by the rebel group, demanded a floor test to decide which group was the “real Trinamool”. This came after no Mamata Banerjee-loyalist MLA received an invite for Bengal assembly’s first all-party meeting on Tuesday, ahead of the budget session.The all-party meeting convened by speaker…
Lightweight trams will replace the rickety fleet Kolkata: The state govt plans to revamp Kolkata’s tram services by introducing lightweight, modern trams similar to those operating in Australia and is commissioning a study to revive routes that have been curtailed in recent years, transport minister Arjun Singh said on Tuesday.Ruling out the possibility of driving…
Kolkata: The delimitation exercise proposed in Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) wards by chief minister Suvendu Adhikari before the Dec civic elections may lead to a reduction in the number of wards in north Kolkata and a rise in the ward count in areas along the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass.Civic officials pointed to the uneven demographic shift…
Kolkata: A primary school teacher — and close associate of Abhishek Banerjee — who led the Trinamool-backed protests by BLOs in Kolkata, and former MLA Saokat Mollah were attacked with eggs while being produced in court on Tuesday.The teacher, Maidul Islam, was arrested by Diamond Harbour police in connection with a 2022 case involving the…
Egg attack on Trinamool MLA Kunal Ghosh in Kalighat on Monday Kolkata: In the first such action, Kolkata Police arrested two men for allegedly attacking Beleghata MLA Kunal Ghosh with eggs on Monday evening outside the Kalighat residence of former chief minister Mamata Banerjee.The incident follows a series of egg attacks targeting Trinamool Congress leaders…
Kolkata: Abhijit Das, known as Bobby, who had contested the Lok Sabha polls from Diamond Harbour against Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee has lodged a fresh FIR alleging that senior Trinamool functionaries had run an illegal soil excavation and smuggling racket worth over Rs 300 crore in the Bishnupur-Bakrahat region.The complaint, filed late on…
