The state Assembly today passed Clinical Establishments Bill 2025 with an aim to bring transparency and to put a leash on patients’ treatment expenses.
The Trinamul Congress on Tuesday launched a sharp counterattack against BJP MLA and chief whip of the Opposition, Sankar Ghosh, after he raised the issue of alleged eviction of tribal tea growers from forest land in Cooch Behar during a recent session of the state Assembly.
One Trinamul Congress worker was murdered on Monday night in the Basirhat area of North 24-Parganas district. Four persons have been arrested by police so far in connection with the incident.
Abhishek Banerjee, Trinamul Congress national general secretary, lambasted the Centre and raised five questions regarding the Pahalgam attack in which 26 people were killed by Pakistan-based terrorists 55 days ago.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee and BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar traded sharp barbs on Monday during a heated session in the state Assembly, reigniting political tensions and resurfacing a controversial 2020 incident involving alleged police excesses.
West Bengal BJP president and Union minister Sukanta Majumdar launched a sharp attack on the Trinamul Congress-led state government on Wednesday, citing the Calcutta High Court-appointed committee’s report on the recent Murshidabad violence to reject chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s claim that “outsiders” had orchestrated the clashes.
The BJP leader’s comments came after the fact-finding committee submitted its report on the Murshidabad violence.
A day after withdrawing its lawmaker Yusuf Pathan from the multi-party delegations on Operation Sindoor over "lack of consultation", the Trinamul Congress on Tuesday announced party national general secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee as its nominee.
This comes after TMC MP Yusuf Pathan dropped out of the delegation as his nomination was not discussed with the party leadership.
Trinamul Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee after landing in New Delhi also countered Union minister Kiren Rijiju's comments which he made earlier today in connection with the delegation.
