Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said that the proposed legislation would target corrupt public officials, political leaders and individuals who have amassed wealth illegally.
Suvendu Adhikari said preliminary findings indicated flaws in the sanctioned design of the five-storey steel-framed structure.
The complaint was filed by a businessman from Bidhannagar who owns a hotel named "The Shovarani" who claimed that the property was forcibly acquired after paying a token amount of only Rs 50 lakh.
Expressing his regrets, Suvendu Adhikari said, "Words fail to express my sorrow for the precious lives lost in this tragedy. My deepest condolences go out to their bereaved families."
Reports indicate that the ED has obtained information suggesting that substantial amounts of money were deposited into Biswas's account in exchange for extending favours to Sona Pappu and Joy Kamdar.
West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose was on Thursday discharged after three weeks from a premier private hospital along the EM Bypass where he underwent an open-heart surgery recently.
Abhishek Banerjee, national general secretary of Trinamul Congress has congratulated six candidates of the party who have won in the recently concluded Anchalik Panchayat election.
A middle-aged resident of a village in Mongalkote of East Burdwan was hacked to death allegedly by his nephew as fallout of a recurring dispute over a piece of land on Thursday.
Truck operators in the state have written to the chief minister, Mamata Banerjee, resisting the implementation of an online challan system.
With the date of issuing notification on fresh examination to recruit teachers by the School Service Commission (SSC) in sync with the order of the Supreme court inching closer, the jobless teachers besieged Bikash Bhawan today.
