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.
State chief minister and Trinamul Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday urged people to take a pledge not to allow anyone to destroy the rich culture, heritage of Bengal and protest against implementation of NRC and arbitrary cancellation of Aadhaar cards at the Janagorjan Sabha on 10 March.
The monthly remuneration of ASHA workers has been enhanced by Rs 750 and that of Anganwadi helpers by Rs 500.
Banerjee said that despite the financial constraints imposed on Bengal, her govt will ensure people's welfare.
Once again, to wrest the Durgapur – Burdwan seat from the BJP, TMC is banking on a non-Bengali star candidate like Shatrughan Sinha in Asansol, it seems.
On the contentious Nandigram Assembly poll results she targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari.
