Koushik Das

University chancellor row: Will Dhankhar sign bill to alleviate his responsibilities?

June 1, 2022

The clash between the West Bengal government and Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar over the post of university chancellor might take a new turn. At a recent meeting of the state Cabinet, it was decided that the governor would be replaced by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as the chancellor of state universities....

GUV DHANKHAR, TMC’S ABHISHEK BANERJEE TRADE BARBS OVER CRITICISM OF JUDICIARY

May 31, 2022

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar has slammed Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee over the latter’s remark criticising the judiciary for ordering CBI investigations. West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar with TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee Abhishek Banerjee, speaking at a meeting in Haldia on Saturday, had said there were one or two...

Bengal govt mulls replacing guv with education minister as visitor of private varsities

May 30, 2022

After the West Bengal cabinet’s decision to make Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee the chancellor of state-run varsities, replacing the governor, now the government is planning to amend the law to remove Jagdeep Dhankhar as ‘visitor’ of private universities in the state and appoint the education minister in his place. According...

CBI SUMMONS TMC MLA SAOKAT MOLLA IN COAL SMUGGLING SCAM

May 27, 2022

KOLKATA: The Central Bureau of Investigation on May 26 summoned Saokat Molla, TMC MLA from Canning East (South 24 Parganas), to their Nizam Palace office in connection with a coal smuggling case. According to CBI sources, Molla is suspected to be involved in a coal smuggling case. After recording the...

CM, not Governor, to be chancellor of state varsities: Bengal Cabinet

May 27, 2022

Once again, the West Bengal administration has set the stage for a clash between Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the state Governor Jagdeep Dhankar. The clash of Raj Bhavan with the government over educational institutions is nothing new. The people of the state have become very familiar with the clash...

SSC recruitment row: CBI quizzes Partha again

May 26, 2022

Abiding by the CBI summons, senior West Bengal minister and the TMC secretary-general Partha Chatterjee appeared before the investigation agency on Wednesday morning for questioning about the alleged irregularities in recruitment in government-run and aided schools by West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC). This is the second time that Chatterjee—...

GUV DHANKHAR ADVISES MAMATA TO REMOVE TAINTED MINISTER

May 24, 2022

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar has advised the Mamata Banerjee government to sack Industry Ministry Partha Chatterjee, who is embroiled in a series of corruption cases relating to school recruitment. Sources said the governor has conveyed that Chatterjee must stay away from the ministry till the investigation is over. In...

Bengal BJP may see an exodus of leaders to TMC

May 24, 2022

After Arjun Singh rejoined the All India Trinamool Congress, speculation is rife in political circles that many fence sitters may rock the BJP boat in the state and jump onto the TMC bandwagon sooner than later. While deserting the saffron party, the former president of West Bengal BJP and MP...

UNHAPPY WITH ‘FACEBOOK PARTY’, BJP MP ARJUN SINGH RETURNS TO TMC

May 23, 2022

BJP MP from Barrackpore in West Bengal, Arjun Singh, who had left the Trinamool Congress ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, returned to his original party on Sunday. Singh accepted the TMC membership in the presence of party general secretary Abhishek Banerjee in Kolkata, who welcomed him by saying...

Calcutta HC dismisses minister’s daughter from job, father to face probe

May 21, 2022

The single bench of Calcutta High Court headed by Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay on May 20 ordered the dismissal of Ankita Adhikari from service. Adhikari is the daughter of Minister of State for School Education, who is alleged to have been recruited as assistant teacher with the help of her minister...

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