Christmas was observed in the city with usual enthusiasm. Thousands of people visited the places of importance while long queues were seen outside restaurants. Vast areas of central Kolkata were lit up giving the flavour of a magical world.
West Bengal Joint Doctors’ Forum, a platform of senior doctors, staging a sit-in near Dorina Crossing in connection with the rape and murder of a junior doctor at RG Kar
The two signatories, who have signed the letter, are the party legislator from Keshpur-SC seat and minister of state for panchayat and rural development Seuli Saha and her colleague from the Dantan constituency Bikaram Chandra Pradhan.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday announced that her Trinamul Congress will organise blocklevel and ward-level protest rallies on 23 December condemning the recent remarks by the Union Home Minister Amit Shah about Dr B.R. Ambedkar.
A controversy has erupted around the West Bengal Medical Council (WBMC) over the appointment procedure for its new registrar.
Sources in the Chief Minister's Office confirmed that the main reason behind Mamata Banerjee's visit to Mumbai is to woo investors before "Bengal Global Business Summit" (BGBS) scheduled in the third week of April.
One must give it to her that the rather unusual state intervention in the running of civic bodies has been necessitated by the overwhelming sloth and indifference; both are likely to impinge on the outcome of the poll on 19 December.
Taking to Twitter, she said: "My heartfelt congratulations to every single farmer who fought relentlessly and were not fazed by the cruelty with which @BJP4India treated you. This is your victory...
“In the next two years, investments to the tune of Rs 10,480 crores will come in Howrah district. Around 882 new projects and industrial parks would come up here, generating more than 1,16,000 jobs,” said Miss Banerjee during an administrative review meeting in Howrah.
“As there are 21 lakh ration dealers across the state, a total of 42 lakh staff would be engaged. Each such staff would be paid a salary of Rs 10,000 a month of which Rs 5,000 would be paid by the state government and the remaining 50 per cent by the respective ration dealer. This would cost an additional Rs 160 crore to our state exchequer,”
