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BJP MP urges CM to scale up Lakshmir Bhandar money for women

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.

BJP leader upset over MLA fund utilisation

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.

KMC starts survey of hawkers in city markets

A day after chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s meeting at Nabanna on the hawkers, instructing a host of initiatives to streamline hawking and curb encroachment of footpaths in city’s shopping hotspots, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation kicked off its survey today.