After CM prod KMC councillors to start scrutiny of voters’ list
Mayor Firhad Hakim and the councillors of Kolkata Municipal Corporation are soon to hit the ground scrutinising the voters’ list in various wards of the KMC.
Mayor Firhad Hakim and the councillors of Kolkata Municipal Corporation are soon to hit the ground scrutinising the voters’ list in various wards of the KMC.
A political storm has erupted in West Bengal over the issue of proxy voting and alleged illegal voters.
Trinamul Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today launched a scathing attack on the Election Commission, alleging that the Centre had appointed "BJP men" in the commission to manipulate the voters' list in a bid to win elections.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee, speaking to the media in Kolkata yesterday, clarified that only 15 per cent of tea plantation land will be used for tea tourism and local employment.
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation officially adopted the name change of Lansdowne Place to Pratul Mukherjee Sarani today.
The scene happened during the monthly board meeting of the Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC). At the same time, Mr Deb vented his ire at the Railways for asking Rs 3,79,461 for organising a sports event on its ground, scheduled to be held on 8 January, as part of the annual festival of his ward, when the entire budget for the programme was Rs 2.60 lakh.
He was the first and only MLA of the Trinamul Congress from Murshidabad district in 2011 when the TMC led by Mamata Banerjee came to power toppling the Left Front government in Bengal.
From 1760 onwards, there are records of resistance struggles against ruthless exploitation under the East India Company. It was ordinary people who came forward to fight, struggling as they were for survival. Among the poorest, and the poorer working people be they tribals, peasants, remnants of indigenous troops the discontent burst into outright rebellion. Their leaders were drawn from the old nawabi and zamindari class who had the fight still left in them
The Gangasagar Mela would start on 8 January and continue till 14 January. Miss Banerjee will primarily take stock of the security and infrastructure arrangements that are underway for the event. As the high tide is expected to coincide with the holy dip on 13 and 14 January, the South 24-Parganas district administration has stepped up security measures to avoid any untoward incident.
The CM accused PM Modi of holding a roadshow during the second phase of polls in Gujarat.
