Suprotim Mukherjee

Mamata lambasts Modi govt as ED raids fourth Bengal minister

October 27, 2023

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday came out blazing against the Centre after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided the residences of Jyotipriya Mallick who is currently the Minister for Forest Affairs and had previously held the portfolio for Food and Supplies in the state government in connection with...

Kolkata’s iconic trams get a Durga Puja makeover

October 19, 2023

Kolkata’s iconic trams, dating back to 1873, are a symbol of the city’s history and charm and are as readily identifiable with the city as Durga Puja. Now, to give a flavour of both during Kolkata’s most important month of celebration, the Calcutta Tramways Company has started a Puja Special...

Calcutta HC warns ED not to leak information to media

October 18, 2023

The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday laid down guidelines for the media to adhere to when reporting on criminal cases concerning the school jobs for cash scam in which Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Abhishek Banerjee is facing a probe. In the same ruling, the Court also sounded a warning against...

North Bengal parties set up forum to push for separate state

October 18, 2023

North Bengal seems headed for a fresh bout of unrest after eight organisations and political parties in the region have come together to form a common platform to push for a separate state. They have set up a forum, named the United Front for Separate State (UFSS), which was formed...

BJP slams Trinamool minister’s support for Gaza

October 16, 2023

The Bharatiya Janata Party has slammed the Trinamool Congress for organising support processions for embattled Gaza, calling the action “anti-national”. Cabinet Minister in the West Bengal Government Siddiqullah Chowdhury, who is the Library Services Minister in the Mamata Banerjee Government, organised a protest march in support of Palestine amid the...

CBI raids BJP MLA in Bengal municipal recruitment scam case

October 10, 2023

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday raided the house of a BJP MLA in connection with the probe into the alleged irregularities in municipal recruitments in West Bengal. On the second day of an ongoing raid, CBI officials searched the houses of BJP MLA Partha Sarathi Chatterjee in...

CBI raids Mamata’s senior-most minister in municipal job scam

October 9, 2023

Firhad Hakim, West Bengal’s Minister of Urban Development and Municipal Affairs, who is also the mayor of Kolkata, was raided by the CBI on Sunday for more than nine hours in connection with a cash-for-jobs scam in as many as 60 municipal bodies in the State. Hakim is Chief Minister...

Flash floods devastate Sikkim’s tourism, recovery expected to take years

October 7, 2023

The catastrophic flash flood, a result of the cloudburst over Lhonak Lake, has severely impacted Sikkim’s mainstay – tourism. The disaster struck just as the tourism season was unfolding, putting at risk the industry that garners close to Rs 100 crore per month during its peak months, September to May....

BJP debunks TMC’s charge of depriving WB of central funds

October 5, 2023

The BJP activated its entire Bengal unit and a set of its top national leaders to counter the Trinamool Congress’s narrative of depriving the State of Central funds on a day Mamata Banerjee’s party hit the streets of the national capital against the Narendra Modi Government on the matter. On...

23 Army men missing as cloudburst, floods hit Sikkim, North Bengal

October 5, 2023

About 23 Army personnel were reported missing and 41 Army vehicles buried in the slush after heavy rains and a flash flood occurred in the Teesta River in Lachen valley following a sudden cloudburst over Lhonak Lake in north Sikkim, an Army statement released from Kolkata said. It said that...

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