Despite regular visits by the task force to local markets, following instructions from chief minister Mamata Banerjee, a section of traders continues to sell vegetables, especially potatoes, onions, and garlic, at inflated prices once officials leave the premises.
Trinamul Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee will preside over the meeting of the national working committee of the party tomorrow. The meeting will be held at her Kalighat residence.
Ahead of the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, the BJP has repeatedly accused the state government of antiHindu bias, citing incidents in Murshidabad's Beldanga and neighboring Bangladesh.
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.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee visited the Garden Reach area of the city today, where an under-construction building collapsed, leaving seven people dead. At least twenty people were rescued and sent to the hospital.
His statement had triggered concerns in connection with the safety and security of the chief minister.
A special investigation team (SIT) of Kolkata Police will probe the “push” theory behind the forehead injury that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee suffered as she fell down at her residence while walking.
After being denied a ticket from Barrackpore Lok Sabha (LS) seat by Trinamul Congress, disgruntled leader of the ruling party in the state Arjun Singh is all set to join BJP on Friday.
Trinamul Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee remembered the farmers, who laid their lives at Nandigram in East Midnapore on 14 March, 2007.
