While civil service veterans say the arrangement is demoralising for serving officers & the opposition calls it politicisation of governance, TMC govt insists it is doing nothing wrong.
Transport Minister Subhendu Adhikari was behind Mamata’s Nandigram agitation but has not attended a cabinet or administrative meeting for the past 3-4 months.
Feud was out in the open on 23 October when state president Dilip Ghosh dissolved all district committees of the Yuva Morcha, headed by Saumitra Khan, once with the TMC.
BJP also plans to come up with a list of ‘goons in every block and district that will be handed over to home ministry’, says action necessary for free and fair elections next year.
CBI took over case in 2017 and sought permission in April 2019 from Lok Sabha Speaker to prosecute three MPs — Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, Sougata Roy and Prasun Banerjee — and former MP Subhendu Adhikari.
Balwinder Singh was dragged away from a BJP rally in Kolkata when his turban came off. Police claim that he was carrying a weapon and have booked him under the Arms Act.
In Kolkata, national BJP general secretary Kailash Vijaywargiya and MPs Locket Chatterjee and Soumitra Khan marched towards Raj Bhavan with Manish Shukla’s body Monday evening.
BJP women's wing president in West Bengal Agnimitra Paul had been touring districts regularly to lead street protests and undertake campaigns against the ruling TMC.
BJP’s state chief Dilip Ghosh writes to Home Minister Amit Shah claiming that policies of the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government are endangering the security of the nation.
State BJP chief Dilip Ghosh later ‘clarifies’ he was only talking of rural Bengal. Trinamool says his remarks prove BJP was never serious about fighting the pandemic.
Since 1979, Iran has used the Palestinian issue as a façade for its regional agenda to oppose American diplomacy, the Western world, and the existence of Israel.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
The decorated Naga officer from Manipur also served as envoy to Myanmar & Nagaland chief secy. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a museum dedicated to the Tawang hero Thursday.
Congress is silently acknowledging it over-read verdict of last general election. You can see it in easy concession to SP. It will likely be more reasonable in Maharashtra & Jharkhand.
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