The state Assembly today passed Clinical Establishments Bill 2025 with an aim to bring transparency and to put a leash on patients’ treatment expenses.
A major shake-up is underway within the youth wing of Bengal’s communist party, with growing indications that Minakshi Mukherjee, the fiery leader who brought the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) into sharp public focus through street mobilisation and mass movements in West Bengal, may soon be stepping down from her post as the state secretary.
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee was presented with a framed photograph of the Jagannath Temple at Digha beach by Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee at the state legislature.
The CID has summoned the former vice-chancellor of Burdwan University in connection with the alleged misappropriation of nearly Rs 2 crore from the university's bank account.
The West Bengal is bracing for intense rainfall and stormy conditions as the southwest monsoon inches closer to full arrival in the region.
With the government’s attention riveted to smaller districts, attention to administrative nitty-gritty can be expected to be more focused than now, and deliveries should improve.
Mr Yechury has further attacked the BJP-led-Central government for delaying progress in the probe of the Sarada chit fund and Narada bribery cases where TMC senior leaders are allegedly involved.
It demanded the Bengal government set up a provisional fund of Rs 3,500 crore to ensure workers have jobs and wages.
This comes in the wake of former minister Partha Chatterjee who was arrested by Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the SSC recruitment scam case.
According to health department officials, fear of adverse effects, confusion and misinformation could be the reasons that have led to the hesitancy.
