Mamata Banerjee. | Photo Credit: ANI West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is on a three-day visit to the Darjeeling hills. In a public address on Wednesday (November 13, 2024), she called for the unity of people of the hills and the plains amidst slogans of “Jay Gorkha, Jay Bangla” and called for people of … Read more
Junior Doctors during a protest rally to Swastha Bhavan in Saltlake Kolkata demanding justice for the rape and murder of a junior doctor in RG Kar medical college and hospital. | Photo Credit: DEBASISH BHADURI CPI(M) leader Kalatan Dasgupta was among two persons who were arrested for allegedly hatching a conspiracy to attack the protesting … Read more
TMC leader Derek O’Brien has urged Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to “urgently review” and withdraw the 18 percent GST on health and life insurance premiums during the upcoming GST Council meeting. “The 18 per cent Goods and Services Tax (GST) on health and life insurance premiums is a burden on 45 crore Indians comprising … Read more
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. File | Photo Credit: PTI With protests erupting across medical colleges in West Bengal over the alleged rape and murder of a doctor at Kolkata’s R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday (August 10, 2024) said that she has no hesitation in handing … Read more
Ever since she stopped dyeing her hair more than a year back, waiting for the messy grey to grow into subdued salt, Nirmala Sitharaman has been particularly attentive to her sari selection. For years, she wore handlooms from her home state of Andhra Pradesh besides Tamil Nadu’s pattus, but there has been a stylistic shift … Read more
GST on insurance premiums: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday said 18% of Goods and Services Tax (GST) collected from health and insurance premiums is equally shared between the Centre and states. She said of the 9% share that is accorded to the Centre, 41% is further sent to states. Overall, 73-74% of GST revenues … Read more
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday demanded that the Centre should roll back the goods and services tax (GST) on life and medical insurance premiums. Calling the tax on insurance premiums “bad”, she said that it adversely affects the people’s ability to take care of their basic needs. “Our demand to Government of India … Read more
Shiv Sena UBT leader Sanjay Raut said the “insult” of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee is not good for democracy. File | Photo Credit: PTI Shiv Sena UBT leader Sanjay Raut on July 28 said the “insult” of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the NITI Aayog meeting held in New Delhi a day … Read more
West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose. | Photo Credit: Debasish Bhaduri West Bengal Governor C. V. Ananda Bose sought a report from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on July 8 on whether she had taken any action on a report sent by the Raj Bhavan to the Government of India against the Kolkata Police Commissioner and … Read more
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to plead guilty to the U.S justice dept. File photo | Photo Credit: AP WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty in deal with U.S. and return to Australia WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will plead guilty to a felony charge in a deal with the U.S. Justice Department that will free … Read more