Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari said an agreement with the Adani Group was completed for the setting up of a 2,000-bed international-standard hospital in New Town. “Of the 2,000 beds, 1,000 will be reserved for the poor and 1,000 will be used commercially,” he said. Source link
Kolkata: The Mamata Banerjee faction of Trinamool Congress can withdraw money from its three frozen bank accounts for its day-to-day expenses under the supervision of retired judge Subrata Talukdar, Calcutta High Court ruled on Thursday.The bench of Justice Saugata Bhattacharyya described the police’s debit-freeze order on the three accounts at HDFC Bank’s Central Plaza branch…
Police presence has been stepped up in Surjapur following the minor girl’s rape-murder and lynching of a man suspected to be an accused Dwaipayan Ghosh & Sarthak GangulyKolkata/Baruipur: Baruipur rape-murder accused Prabash Mondal, 38, was shot twice from close range while fleeing, with both bullets entering through the back and exiting the body, his autopsy…
Sushmita Dev (2nd from left), Sukhendu Sekhar Ray (2nd from right)and Prakash Chik Barik (extreme right) take the party flag from BJP state president Samik Bhattacharya (centre) in Kolkata on Thursday BJP West Bengal State President and Rajyasabha MP Shri Samik Bhattacharya at the Press Conference in Salt Lake Office Kolkata: The BJP’s central leadership…
Kolkata: The governor has sought a status report from vice-chancellors and registrars of state universities on the chancellor’s nominees in the university court and executive council. The governor is the chancellor of state-run universities.The letter from the governor’s secretariat, Lok Bhavan, requested the VCs and registrars to provide the approved strength of the chancellor’s nominees…
Kolkata: The Bengal govt has launched a sweeping review of the state’s finances, directing all departments to submit detailed accounts of expenditure, revenue, financial transactions and key administrative decisions taken over the past 15 years.The decision was taken at the first meeting of a special committee headed by Finance Minister Swapan Dasgupta at Nabanna on…
Kolkata: While TMC was critical of BJP workers allegedly blocking Mamata Banerjee’s rally on Wednesday, minister Dilip Ghosh saw nothing unusual in party workers “making merry” to celebrate victory in the election. He warned TMC that it would be done inside her home the next time.“There is no harm if our workers were in a…
Sabang: Former Bengal minister and seven-time MLA from Sabang, Manas Ranjan Bhunia, appeared before the Sabang police on Thursday following a court order. Accompanied by zilla parishad functionary Abu Kalam Box and another individual, Bhunia underwent intense questioning for nearly three hours in connection with an alleged cash-for-jobs scam before leaving the police station without…
Kolkata: Bengali NRI industrialist Prasoon Mukherjee has been appointed adviser for India and Latin America to the Singapore Manufacturing Federation (SMF), Singapore’s apex manufacturing body representing more than 5,000 companies.Mukherjee also serves as chairman of the India Business Committee of the Singapore Business Federation (SBF), vice-chairman of its International Action Committee, and vice-chairman of the…
Kolkata: CBI and the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) Mumbai, supported by Wildlife Crime Control Bureau, jointly raided multiple locations in Maharashtra and Bengal and busted a wildlife smuggling racket and rescued 53 animals and birds.Six alleged key members of the syndicate were arrested and charged under provisions of Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 and criminal…
