Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee today said that the winter session of the state Assembly would begin on 25 November and would continue for 10-11 days. This was decided following consultation with the chief minister, said the Speaker.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually laid the foundation stone for the Bagdogra Airport New Terminal and Redevelopment Project from Kashi today.
Governor C V Ananda Bose headed for New Delhi on Thursday evening, hours after a meeting with the BJP’s present and former state presidents in West Bengal Sukanta Majumdar and Dilip Ghosh respectively.
The vice-chancellor of Kazi Nazrul University (KNU) in Asansol, Professor Debashis Banerjee has resigned from his post and has sent his resignation letter by mail to the chancellor of the university, Governor of West Bengal C V Ananda Bose, last night.
Mr Shamim replaced R Rajasekharan, an IPS officer, in-charge of the anti-corruption cell. A shuffle has also been made in the post of additional deputy commissioner (ADC) to the Governor C V Ananda Bose.
Following a letter shared by former Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh urging West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Governor C.V. Ananda Bose to take immediate and decisive action in the Kolkata RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-death case
Expressing deep outrage over the rape and murder of a young PG medical student at the state-run R G Kar medical College, Governor C V Ananda Bose termed the heinous crime most shocking which shattered the conscience of every human being.
The Sanatan Sanskriti Sansad, comprising thousands of monks, is set to hold a state-level conference in city demanding justices for the family members of minorities, whose daughters were raped and slain in Bangladesh in recent violence over Bangladesh PM Sk Hasina’s exit.
The Trinamul Congress does not want a rerun of controversy this time in connection with the swearing-in ceremony of four newly elected MLAs.
Buoyed by the Supreme Court order on appointment of vice-chancellors’, members of The Educationists’ Forum in the state today issued a second legal notice to Governor C V Ananda Bose, who is also the chancellor of universities.
