Udayan Guha had earlier served as the Minister for North Bengal Development in the previous Mamata Banerjee-led state government. Furthermore, he was also invloved in managing the Trinamool Congress Party'S (TMC) organizational responsibilities in Cooch Behar.
The five-storey building is owned by Manotosh Saha, also known as Montu Saha, whose company, Modern Decorators, was earlier in charge of building makeshift stages for various TMC party events.
A woman Maoist leader linked to fugitive commander Mishir Besra surrendered before Kolkata Police with an SLR rifle and ammunition. Police said she had operated for years in the Saranda forest region.
The event was part of the 'Swachhata Se Swagat’ drive, a cleanliness campaign, being organised by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the city.
Tension prevailed in South 24-Parganas' Falta on Tuesday after police and Central forces dispersed a protest staged by supporters of arrested local strongman Jahangir Khan, who was recently apprehended near the India-Nepal border and is currently in police custody.
Picking up the pieces of her outburst against the Enforcement Department raids at the I-PAQ office this morning, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee this evening continued her tirade against the Centre and Election Commission at Outram Ghat while inaugurating the Gangasagar Mela transit camp.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday explained the basis of its searches at the residence and office of Pratik Jain, director of political consultancy firm Indian PAC Consulting Private Limited (I-PAC), linking the operation to its ongoing investigation into the multi-crore coal smuggling case in West Bengal.
Trinamul Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Thursday described the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections as a “vote of protest” and a “vote to punish” the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), launching a sharp attack on the Centre and the saffron party’s leadership.
Rising environmental pollution remains a major cause behind increasing cases of cancer, gastrointestinal and cardiac ailments in South Bengal over the past few years, pointed out a panel of expert physicians from the respective fields.
The firm involved in excavation work at the Deocha-Pachami coal mining project in Birbhum district has figured in the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) charge sheet in connection with the sand smuggling case.
