Tag: Bengal
Centre Tells Bengal Government To Take Disciplinary Action Against Kolkata Police Chief
Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar faces fresh problems with the Centre on Tuesday asking the West Bengal government to initiate disciplinary proceedings against him for participating in a street protest with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, an action that comes on top of an unprecedented stand-off between the two governments for the last three days.....
Nearly 81% Turnout In Bengal, Stray Violence Mars Polls
The endangered Toto tribals, tea garden workers and erstwhile enclave dwellers turned up in large numbers as voting continued beyond the 6 p.m. deadline in two northern West Bengal Lok Sabha seats on Thursday amid reports of sporadic violence, EVM glitches and allegations of electoral malpractices.....
Rahul's Bengal Rally Off After No Chopper Landing Permit
A scheduled election meeting of Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday has been cancelled in northern West Bengal after the Darjeeling district administration denied permission to let his chopper land at the Police Ground in Siliguri, a Congress leader said.....
Fani Weakens, Likely To Enter Bangladesh Around Noon
Cyclone Fani, one of the strongest storms to batter the Indian subcontinent in decades, has weakened into a "cyclonic storm leaving no more major threat" for West Bengal on Saturday.....
Shah Accuses TMC Of Vandalising Vidyasagar's Statue
BJP President Amit Shah on Wednesday accused Trinamool Congress "goons" of vandalising the statue of social reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar during his roadshow in Kolkata the previous day.....
Mamata Does Not Recognize Me As PM: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee did not recognize him as her Prime Minister. Instead she treats the Pakistan Prime Minister as her Prime Minister.....
Modi Accused Of Holding Rally On Scamster's Ground
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's election rally in Bengal's Mathurapur constituency was held at a ground which belongs to the owner of an illegal microfinance company.....
MHA Issues Advisory To Bengal Government On Doctors' Strike
The Ministry of Home Affairs on Saturday issued an advisory to the West Bengal government on the ongoing strike by doctors and sought a report on the matter on priority, said sources familiar with the development.....
Won't Implement 'very Harsh' New Motor Vehicles Act: Mamata
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday categorically said her government will not implement the new stringent Motor Vehicle Act as it would add to the people's burden.....
NRC Needed In India, First In Bengal: State BJP Chief
The National Register of Citizens exercise was needed in India, and it should be first undertaken in West Bengal as infiltrators have become the vote bank of the Mamata Banerjee-led ruling Trinamool Congress, state BJP chief Dilip Ghosh said here on Thursday.....
