CBI officials take Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan, accused in the Sandeshkhali case, from Bhavani Bhawan (West Bengal Police headquarters), in Kolkata, on March 6, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI The CBI has summoned nine close aides and associates of suspended TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh to appear before the agency on March 11, officials said. … Read more
The four-member team led by former Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said it plans to visit north and south Bengal districts. File | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma A BJP fact-finding team, which arrived in West Bengal on July 12, said it will visit areas hit by poll violence and speak to victims to assess … Read more
West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose spoke on ‘zero tolerance’ for violence and emphasised the right of the common people to vote freely. File | Photo Credit: PTI West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose on June 20 organised the State’s ‘Foundation Day’ programme at Raj Bhavan in Kolkata, despite objections raised by Chief Minister Mamata … Read more
West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose. File | Photo Credit: PTI Following the removal of Nandini Chakravorty from the post of principal secretary of Governor Dr. C.V. Ananda Bose, the West Bengal Government has proposed three names for the position, a senior bureaucrat said on Monday. Names of additional chief secretary Atri Bhattacharya, principal secretary … Read more
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. | Photo Credit: PTI The ripples of a resolution against any division of West Bengal in the State Assembly were felt in Darjeeling on Tuesday as pro-Gorkhaland parties called for a 12-hour bandh in the hills on February 23. However, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that government would take action … Read more