Kolkata: People who have married more than twice or have refused to vaccinate their children or have dropped out of govt schools to enrol in “certain religious educational institutions” or are non-citizens will not be eligible for any of the state’s social welfare schemes, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari has said.The CM, who held a review…
Chandrima with son Sourav at the assembly on Saturday Kolkata: Former Bengal finance minister Chandrima Bhattacharya, among Mamata Banerjee’s closest aides, shot off a letter to Didi on Saturday resigning from all party posts, including state president and authorised signatory, and immediately went to the Bengal assembly and met rebel MLAs. She also called on…
Mamata Banerjee during her Facebook address Kolkata: Former CM Mamata Banerjee on Saturday formally took over the presidentship of the beleaguered party after one-time confidante Chandrima Bhattacharya, whom she appointed state president barely a month ago, quit all party posts.Banerjee, in a 28-minute address on Facebook, accused BJP of engineering desertions and defections through pressure…
200 personnel would be recruited for disaster response teams, said CM Suvendu Adhikari at an event to felicitate Taratala Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday announced Rs 200 crore to acquire modern rescue equipment, aimed at a major overhaul of the govt’s disaster response system. He also unveiled a plan to recruit and train…
The bag in which Gopal allegedly transported and disposed of his father’s body at a location around 3.5 km from their Milan Pally home Kolkata: An engineering graduate allegedly murdered his father after being denied money for a vacation. The accused, Rajoshree Roychowdhury alias Gopal (30), has been arrested and has reportedly confessed to the…
Striped hyena in the industrial landscape of West Burdwan Striped hyena in industrial landscape of West Burdwan Kolkata: After elephant, tiger and wolf corridors, researchers have now unearthed two hyena movement corridors in south Bengal — one inter-state connecting the population of mining belt of West Burdwan to the larger source population of neighbouring Jharkhand…
LS Speaker Om Birla addresses the second day of the orientation session for MLAs in the Bengal assembly on Saturday Kolkata: Newly elected MLAs must remember that they have been entrusted with a great responsibility, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla and Bengal governor RN Ravi said in the assembly on the second day of the…
Kharagpur: IIT Kharagpur will play a key role in the task force being set up by the state higher education department to implement the National Education Policy 2020, higher education minister Jagannath Chattopadhyay said at the institute’s 72nd convocation on Saturday. The event coincided with the institute’s platinum jubilee year.“A NEP implementation task force is…
Kolkata: The Bengal govt will clear long-pending pension arrears of retired state govt employees covering the period between 2008 and 2015, with 50% of the outstanding amount to be released this month and the balance paid in phases after audit and verification.The decision was taken at a meeting at Nabanna on Friday between CM’s adviser…
Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP) founder Humayun Kabir (File photo) Rejinagar: AJUP chairperson and Nowda MLA Humayun Kabir underwent four hours of questioning at Rejinagar police station on Saturday in connection with a suo motu case registered against him for an allegedly provocative speech at a rally in Kashipur on June 27.Kabir arrived at the…
