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NO COVID-19 CURBS IN GANGASAGAR MELA: MAMATA BANERJEE

December 31, 2021

On Thursday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee held a review meeting on the COVID situation in the state. The administrative meeting took place at Sagar island in the South 24 Parganas district. Speaking at the meeting, the Chief Minister said, “COVID cases are rising across the state. There are...

DHANKHAR LASHES OUT AT MAMATA, CALLS HER RECENT REMARKS ‘HURTFUL’

December 30, 2021

In the wake of intensifying clashes between Mamata Banerjee and West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, the latter on Wednesday termed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s remark in Goa as “hurtful and not in sync with constitutional norms or fact scenario.” Mamata Banerjee’s words during her recent visit to Goa...

‘IRKED’ OVER EXCLUSION FROM STATE COMMITTEE, BJP MLAS LEAVE PARTY WHATSAPP GROUPS

December 28, 2021

The West Bengal BJP has been witnessing a WhatsApp protest as several of its members have left the party groups after their names were excluded from the new committee. Sayantan Basu was the first to take the step after he was dropped from the post of general secretary in the...

BENGAL ASSEMBLY NOMINATES JUSTICE ASIM ROY AS LOKAYUKTA

December 28, 2021

The selection committee of the West Bengal Assembly on Monday nominated former Justice Asim Roy as the state’s Lokayukta. The committee also nominated Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya for the post of chairman of the Human Rights Commission and Shivkant Prasad for the post of member of the committee. The names will be...

MAKE CM THE GOVERNOR, DHANKHAR TAUNTS BASU

December 27, 2021

‘You better make CM [Mamata Banerjee] the Governor while appointing her as the chancellor. Perhaps, only then you will get peace,’ West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar said, pointing towards Bratya Basu. On Sunday, with a tinge of sarcasm and reproach, West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar suggested to state education minister...

DHANKHAR REACTS TO UNIVERSITY CHANCELLORS, VCS SKIPPING MEETING

December 25, 2021

On Friday, West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu said the government was considering to nominate Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as Chancellor of all State universities. Basu, as the reason, cited differences with Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, who is currently the acting Chancellor. Earlier, on Friday, Dhankhar expressed anguish at chancellors and...

MADE TO WAIT FOR 2 HOURS TO SPEAK IN VIRTUAL MEET, ALLEGES MAMATA

December 24, 2021

KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister has alleged that while her counterparts were allowed to speak in a virtual meeting conducted by the central government, she had to wait for two hours for her turn. She added that she would not attend the next meeting on Friday. The Centre held the...

Firhad Hakim re-elected as Kolkata Mayor

December 24, 2021

West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee on Thursday announced that Bengal minister and party leader Firhad Hakim will become the new mayor of Kolkata. Trinamool state president Subrata Bakshi nominated Hakim as the leader of the newly-elected councillors of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation. Hakim said: “We will...

Landslide victory for TMC in Kolkata civic polls

December 22, 2021

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Tuesday registered a landslide victory and retained power in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) for the third consecutive time. The TMC won 134 of the 144 wards in the municipality polls. Of the 144 wards, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)...

BJP, CPM MOVE HIGH COURT, ALLEGE ‘RIGGING’ IN KOLKATA CIVIC POLLS

December 21, 2021

West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday wrote to State Election Commission and alleged that the police in the city not capable to conduct a ‘peaceful’ elections. The party has termed the elections ‘farce’. In its letter to the State Election Commission, BJP said, “With the utmost of regret...

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