Doctors at JGMC&H said a number of victims were shifted to the Intensive Care Unit owing to the severity of their injuries. Medical teams are closely monitoring the condition of the critically injured passengers.
The decision to rename the major arterial road conneting the Park Circus 7-Point Crossing to the Don Bosco Circle, was taken on Saturday on the occassion of Paschimbanga Divas.
As many as 150 TMC members from different villages in Bidbihar Gram Panchayat in the Kanksa block of Paschim Bardhaman sided with the Congress in the presence of party's district president Debesh Chakraborty on Sunday.
TMC MP Mahua Moitra claimed that the 20 parliamentarians switched sides in lieu of payouts worth Rs 40 crore, payable in Rs 4 crore up front and Rs 1 crore a month over a span of 36 months.
Currently, a 800 metre bamboo or wooden structure connecting Burnpur with the Biharinath Hill of Bankura, which remains inaccessible during the monsoon season.
In a significant move, a delegation of the Bharatiya Janata Party approached the Election Commission of India in New Delhi on Monday, demanding to stop the election campaign of Mamata Banerjee, alleging that she is intimidating voters.
Amid ongoing infighting within the party over party ticket distribution, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee issued a strong message to dissenters during an election rally in Narayangarh.
With the campaign gathering pace for the West Bengal Assembly polls, the Trinamul Congress has fallen back on its tried-and-tested animated series "Fighter Didi" in a bid to woo the youth, particularly Gen Z.
Setting the stage for one of West Bengal’s most high-stakes electoral contests, Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Monday filed his nomination papers from the politically symbolic Nandigram constituency, asserting that a “decisive mandate” in favour of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was imminent in the upcoming Assembly elections.
Abhishek Banerjee, national general secretary of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC), on Monday raised serious concerns over alleged irregularities in voter registration in West Bengal, accusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of attempting to interfere with the state’s democratic process and questioning the response of the Election Commission of India (ECI).
