Two cops removed, two TMC leaders arrested in West Burdwan
While in Birbhum district, police have conducted raids throughout the night and vehicle full of cattle, coal and stone have been seized from the highways and drivers arrested.
While in Birbhum district, police have conducted raids throughout the night and vehicle full of cattle, coal and stone have been seized from the highways and drivers arrested.
Senior BJP leader and Member of Parliament Jyotirmoy Singh Mahato, a member of the Parliamentary Committee for home affairs, has written today to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, urging her to increase the monthly assistance under the Lakshmir Bhandar scheme to Rs 2,000.
Visibly upset, BJP’s Siliguri MLA Sankar Ghosh, who is also the chief whip of the Opposition in the state Assembly, expressed frustration over his inability to utilise the Bidhayak Fund (MLA fund) for local area development.
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee today issued a stern warning against certain sections of the police and civil administration, saying that they are taking bribes and the blame is falling on Trinamul Congress leaders.
A lady sub-inspector, Nasrin Sultana, the officer in-charge of Rupnarayanpur police outpost has become the first woman to become the officer in-charge of a police station of Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate (ADPC) since its formation in September 2011.
Political parties and various other organisations alike in this region have expressed their unhappiness over Miss Banerjee's decision to carve out new districts only in South Bengal.
It demanded the Bengal government set up a provisional fund of Rs 3,500 crore to ensure workers have jobs and wages.
On 29 March, 1787, during the British era, Bishnupur was declared as the headquarters of a joint district together with Birbhum.
The area under the existing districts in the state is vast and therefore they need to be split further, she had said, adding that the state needs more manpower and infrastructure for the purpose.
Earlier Malviya had asked why West Bengal minister of state for education Paresh Adhikari has not been sacked after an FIR was filed against him.
