The Trinamool Congress (TMC) has shown contributions worth over Rs 42 lakh, with most of the funds coming from party leader and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and party MPs. The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has shown contributions worth Rs 1.29 crore in its contribution report to the Election Commission (EC). While the TMC … Read more
In a major dishevel inside the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and fresh jolt to the saffron party, two suspended BJP leaders, including former BJP state-Vice-President and spokesperson Joy Prakash Majumdar, came down heavily against the BJP central leadership and pointed at them for poor assembly election performance of the saffron party in Bengal. Majumdar claimed … Read more
At least 20,157 recoveries were reported in West Bengal in the past 24 hours which improved the discharge rate to 94.17 per cent. West Bengal on Monday recorded 4,546 new cases of COVID-19 and 37 more fatalities, a bulletin of the state health department said. The caseload in the infection is now 19,69,791. The state … Read more
The decision was made after consultation with the state government, President of Publishers and Book Sellers Guild Tridib Chatterjee told PTI. The International Kolkata Book Fair was postponed by a month due to a surge in Covid-19 cases and municipal election, and now it will start from February 28, the organiser said on Monday. The … Read more
The travel restriction announced by the government to contain the spread of the disease in the state has severely impacted the state’s tourism industry, they said. Trade bodies in West Bengal are pressing for relaxation of the partial lockdown measures clamped by the government on the job intensive tourism sector and have demanded its relaxation. … Read more
For the opposition parties, 2021 presented a mixed basket in their fight against the dominance of the Modi-led BJP and NDA. But, for the main opposition party, the Congress, it was just an extended phase for grappling with its existential crises. Yet, 2021 also witnessed efforts from within the opposition to challenge the Congress‘ claim … Read more
Banerjee, during an administrative review meeting at Sagar Island, asked officials concerned to review the overall pandemic situation in the state. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday hinted at bringing back Covid curbs in the state amid the threat of a possible third wave of the pandemic looming large, including shutting down educational … Read more
Hours after voting for Kolkata Municipal Corporation polls concluded, Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday alleged Trinamool Congress (TMC) looted the votes and demanded that this election should be declared null and void. The BJP leader also alleged that many BJP agents were beaten up during polls … Read more
The NCP on Tuesday filed a disqualification petition before Goa Assembly Speaker against MLA Churchill Alemao, a day after he claimed to have merged the party’s legislature wing with the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC). Alemao (72), the former chief minister, on Monday gave a letter to Speaker Rajesh Patnekar informing him that he has … Read more
Trinamool Congress president Mamata Banerjee on Monday raised the “Khel Jatlo” slogan while exuding confidence that her party will win the forthcoming Goa Assembly elections, and said if anyone wants to defeat the BJP in the coastal state, it is up to them to support her party. Terming Goa as a “cute, beautiful and very … Read more