Best left in the drawer?
A government report that spends more than a decade in a drawer tells a story regardless of what is written on its pages.
A government report that spends more than a decade in a drawer tells a story regardless of what is written on its pages.
What was meant to be a tightly regulated political gathering has now turned into a legal controversy, with police alleging that court-imposed conditions were ignored.
Mamata Banerjee's message came as the TMC observed one of its most politically significant dates under dramatically altered circumstances.
The Calcutta High Court has directed West Bengal authorities to stop all demolition work at Lok Sabha MP and Trinamool…
Madan Mitra is being examined over allegations that he facilitated appointments in municipal bodies in exchange for money and gold.
Commuters obstructing the doors of Metro coaches could now face a penalty. The Kolkata Metro Railway has warned of strict action or even penalty for commuters posing obstruction in closing the doors of Metro coaches.
Smita Pandey, Roll Observer of the Election Commission of India (ECI), today visited Kesardi Adivasi Para, under Kalla Gram Panchayat of Salanpur block, Chittaranjan block and Mohanpur in Barabani block, within the Barabani Assembly constituency.
The number of arrests in connection with the violence and vandalism during the Lionel Messi-related programme at Yuva Bharati Krirangan has risen to five, as Bidhannagar police intensified their probe into the large-scale chaos that broke out inside the stadium on Saturday.
Trinamul Congress Rajya Sabha MP Derek O’Brien on Monday vehemently criticised the government’s plan to rename the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), describing it as an “insult to Mahatma Gandhi.”
Coming as a setback to the Trinamool Congress government, President Droupadi Murmu did not give her assent to the West Bengal University Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2022, which had proposed to make Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee the Chancellor of all state universities.
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