The party offices of Trinamul Congress and its trade union wing, the INTTUC, and students wing the TMCP, which were set up illegally, encroaching upon Central and state government lands, have been demolished after the BJP government came to power.
In the name Special Intensive Revision (SIR), the Election Commission of India (ECI) is trying to bring NRC through backdoor, INTTUC leader and Rajya Sabha MP Ritabrata Banerjee said today.
One labourer was burnt to death and five others sustained severe burn injuries while at work in a private sponge iron factory in Kamalpur, Durgapur, in the early hours today.
Union Minister of State for Education and DoNER, Sukanta Majumdar, on Sunday afternoon, faced protests from a section of Trinamool Congress workers at Dum Dum station after the inauguration of West Bengal's first air-conditioned Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) from there.
The general strike called by central trade unions on Wednesday saw partial impact in North Bengal, including Siliguri and parts of the Terai tea belt, while tea plantations in the Dooars and the Hills remained unaffected.
A twelve-member core committee of the INTTUC was formed for the Durgapur sub-division by state president Ritabrata Banerjee on Tuesday.
Hareram Singh, MLA of Jamuria has been appointed as the new chairman of Trinamul Congress of West Burdwan district while MLA of Pandaveswar Narendranath Chakraborty has retained the post of District President.
Rajya Sabha member Ritabrata Banerjee, who also serves as the state president of the INTTUC-backed Trinamul Cha Bagan Shramik Union (TCBSU), has announced plans to address the deprivation of Provident Fund (PF) benefits for tea plantation workers in Parliament.
Sonamukhi police station of Bankura district swung into action after the FIR was lodged and arrested him on the wee hours today from his house.
The district magistrate of West Burdwan, S. Ponnambalam has been preparing a status report of the idle land of seven closed industries, totalling about 2,100 acres and will submit it to the state commerce and industry department shortly.
