In a significant ruling, the Calcutta High Court invalidated approximately 5 lakh Other Backward Classes (OBC) certificates issued under a 2012 Act, dealing a severe blow to the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government in West Bengal. The division bench of Justices Tapabrata Chakraborty and Continue Reading
In a strikingly candid speech at an election rally in Islampur, North Dinajpur, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee launched a scathing attack on actor-turned-politician Mithun Chakraborty. Banerjee criticized Chakraborty for defecting from the Trinamool Congress (TMC) to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the crucial 2021 assembly polls. She expressed Continue Reading
In a significant development, Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal and leader of the Trinamool Congress, has announced that her party will contest the upcoming elections for all 42 Lok Sabha seats in Bengal independently. Expressing frustration with the Congress, Banerjee stated that she had proposed multiple options for collaboration, all of which […]Continue Reading
In a significant development within the Opposition’s INDIA alliance, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee has put forth the name of Mallikarjun Kharge, the Congress party’s chief, as a potential candidate for the prime ministerial post if the alliance secures victory in the 2024 elections. This proposal surfaced during Continue Reading
The BJP swept the election for a cooperative body in Nandigram, a former Trinamool Congress bastion where the Bengal Chief Minister was defeated in 2021, dealing a crushing blow to Mamata Banerjee. The cooperative organisation Bhekutia Samabay Krishi Samity, which was formerly led by Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool, has seen the BJP win 11 of its […]Continue Reading
Following his detention, West Bengal Minister Partha Chatterjee called Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee three times, but according to a record, none of his calls were returned. According to Partha Chatterjee’s “Arrest Memo,” the 70-year-old made a phone call to a “relative/friend whom the person held in custody intended to tell” and opted to Continue Reading
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s three-day visit to Darjeeling is in the news. First, the footage of panipuri being made and served was released. Now Mamata is trying momos. A video of making momos is making waves on social media. News agencies have released a video of momos being made at a shop in Darjeeling. […]Continue Reading
Known for creating films with gripping stories that highlight the lives of middle-class families, acclaimed director Tarun Majumdar passed away on Monday in a hospital in Kolkata after a protracted illness, according to hospital officials. He was 92. On June 14, Majumdar was given a medical admission at the government-run SSKM Hospital for kidney issues. “Around […]Continue Reading
Officials said on Saturday that there have now been 24 fatalities as a result of the major landslide at a territorial army camp in Manipur’s Noney district. Among the deceased are 18 jawans. Thirty-eight persons are still unaccounted for, according to officials, while five civilians and 13 members of the Territorial Army have so far […]Continue Reading
A Bengali writer and folk culture researcher returned an award from the Paschimbanga Bangla Academy on Tuesday in protest of the academy’s decision to give Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee a special award for her contribution to the cause of literature. Ratna Rashid Banerjee has returned the Academy’s ‘Annada Shankar Smarak Samman,’ which she received Continue Reading