RG Kar incident: TMC’s Panihati ex-MLA questioned
Trinamul Congress leader and former MLA from Panihati constituency, Nirmal Ghosh, today appeared before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the RG Kar case.
Trinamul Congress leader and former MLA from Panihati constituency, Nirmal Ghosh, today appeared before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the RG Kar case.
Among those present in the rebel camp was former state minister Firhad Hakim, popularly known as Bobby, once considered a close confidant of Mamata Banerjee.
Akhil Bharatiya Rashtriya Shaikshik Mahasangh, the RSS teachers’ front, staged a protest march in Burdwan on Thursday against the Supreme Court order mandating that all teachers who have not cleared TET must qualify it.
While many users welcomed the apparent improvement in the pond's condition, some social media users raised questions regarding the authenticity of the photographs.
Following the discussion, TMC MLA Kunal Ghosh told reporters that the Chief Minister had assured the delegation that eviction drives would not be carried out in a high-handed manner.
“SIR has been conducted in at least 12 states. Has any chief minister from those states come to Delhi like this? Mamata Banerjee is scared,” Bhattacharya alleged, accusing the Trinamul Congress (TMC) of attempting to politicise a routine electoral exercise.
Nivedita Dubey has assumed charge as Member (Human Resources) of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) on 30 January, becoming the first woman to be on the AAI Board in this role.
Raising concerns of large-scale and irreversible disenfranchisement, Banerjee contended that the ongoing SIR poses a serious threat to the voting rights of lakhs of eligible electors and would severely undermine the level playing field among political parties ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections.
Rajya Sabha MP Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Monday raised a long-pending public health concern during Zero Hour in Parliament, drawing the attention of the House and the Union government to the acute inadequacy of Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) facilities in the Darjeeling hills and North Bengal.
Despite a marginal rise in tea production, the Terai tea industry continues to face severe financial and operational stress due to erratic weather, pest infestation, falling auction prices and delayed subsidies, said Debajyoti Mallik, Chairman of the Terai Branch of the Indian Tea Association (TBITA).
