The West Bengal government on Thursday withdrew its affidavit in the election petition filed by Rekha Patra, the BJP candidate for Basirhat Lok Sabha constituency in North 24 Parganas district in the general elections this year.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Wednesday, launched a scathing attack against BJP over Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s remarks on B.R. Ambedkar, claiming that this is a “display of BJP’s casteist and anti-Dalit mindset”.
Even though he avoided limelight throughout his life, last week he was a headline in all Kolkata newspapers including The Statesman. And, in all international newspapers earlier in the month.
West Bengal Joint Platform of Doctors, an umbrella association of senior doctors in the state, is planning a 10-day protest from Tuesday to condemn the “default bail” granted last week by a special court in Kolkata to the two accused in the RG Kar rape and murder case.
Union Minister of State for Education and BJP's West Bengal president, Dr. Sukanta Majumdar, today expressed ‘gratitude’ to Kolkata Municipal Corporation Mayor Firhad Hakim for his recent remarks.
The Supreme Court on Friday expedited the trial of former West Bengal Education Minister and Trinamool Congress leader Partha Chatterjee in an alleged money laundering case related to irregularities in the appointment of teachers and other staff in state-run schools.
The WBCERC has also urged the state health department to conduct an inquiry to probe the matter.
Institut de Chandernagore, also known as Dupleix Palace, is one of the oldest museums of West Bengal.
Trams, with their speed averaging 20 to 30 kilometers per hour, match the pace of most public transport in the city, including buses.
Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari attended a protest meeting organised by the Bengal Hindu Protection Committee at Nakuyadaha Hazratala More, Basirhat, near Ghojadanga land port.
