Kolkata: The Indo-French Chamber of Commerce (IFCCI) is looking to set up its first office in Kolkata to promote French investment in Bengal and other parts of eastern India. It will be the nodal French chamber’s first office in the east.IFCCI director general Payal S Kanwar, recently in Kolkata with officials of the chamber and…
Tarakeshwar: PM Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Tarakeswar on June 20 to attend the West Bengal Foundation Day celebrations, offer puja at the temple and address a public rally, in what will be his first visit to the state after the BJP govt was sworn in last month.The choice of Tarakeswar for the PM’s…
KOLKATA: Former West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee filed a plea in the Calcutta high court on Tuesday, challenging the result of the assembly election in Bhabanipur, where she suffered a surprise defeat to BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari.Banerjee lost the Bhabanipur seat by 15,105 votes, marking one of the biggest…
BJP leader Abhishek Das lodged a complaint against TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee, alleging his involvement in an illegal soil extraction and pilferage racket. KOLKATA: A BJP leader from West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district has lodged a complaint against Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee. He alleged Banerjee’s involvement in an illegal soil extraction and…
KOLKATA: A dry Monday night in Kolkata saw an unusual security sight as Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee entered former chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s residence carrying an umbrella, days after a series of egg attacks targeting senior TMC leaders triggered security concerns within the party.Private security personnel were seen standing with black umbrellas around Banerjee…
Kolkata: The Bengal govt has invited applications from developers to establish two major supercritical thermal power projects under the tariff-based competitive bidding (TBCB) route. The proposed expansion includes a 2×800 MW plant at the Santaldih Thermal Power Station (STPS) and a 1×660 MW unit at the Bakreswar Thermal Power Station (BTPS).The state power department, acting…
Rebel TMC MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay and his wife Nayana Bandyopadhyay. Kolkata: North Kolkata MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay may have joined Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI), but his wife Nayna Bandyopadhyay, a five-time MLA, maintained on Monday that she will stick with Mamata Banerjee “till her last breath”.Speaking to TOI, Nayna said, “Sudip couldn’t convince me….
Kolkata: Trinamool’s Beleghata MLA Kunal Ghosh was struck by an egg while speaking to the media outside party chief Mamata Banerjee‘s Kalighat residence on Monday. Trinamool seniors at the spot immediately dialled cops and alleged BJP involvement.Ghosh had come out after one of the near-daily meetings Mamata has been holding with senior party office-bearers. Walking…
The CM’s announcement on the KMC polls follows the resignation of Firhad Hakim as Kolkata’s mayor on June 5, which led to the dissolution of the civic board. KOLKATA: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari announced on Monday that elections to Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will be held after delimitation of wards and a new civic board…
Following a rebellion against Trinamool, 20 MPs have joined the Nationalist Citizens’ Party of India (NCPI), with some being considered for Union council minister positions. KOLKATA: MPs of Nationalist Citizens’ Party of India (NCPI) — the youngest bloc in Lok Sabha — are being tipped for berths in the Union council ministers a day after…
