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BJP using money from LIC, nationalised banks to benefit cronies: Mamata
Published on Feb 02, 2023 10:47 PM IST
Speaking at a function in Purba Bardhaman district, the Trinamool Congress supremo lashed out at the BJP-led Centre over the Union budget, claiming that income tax concessions are nothing but a jugglery of words.
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Visva Bharati hits back at Mamata Banerjee, says she believes ‘her lackeys’
The unprecedented attack came after Banerjee dismissed Visva Bharati’s claim on a part of Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen’s ancestral property
Published on Feb 02, 2023 09:45 AM IST
TMC youth leader among key suspects in Bengal school recruitment scam: ED
A raid at Ghosh’s residence yielded documents relating to the TET held in December last year, indicating that the racket was operating even after the Calcutta high court ordered the probe in May
Published on Feb 01, 2023 08:45 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee calls Union Budget non-futuristic, opportunist
Banerjee said because of the inflation, changes made in the income tax slab will not bring any benefits to the salaried class
Published on Feb 01, 2023 06:28 PM IST
Rural polls: With key leader in jail, Mamata to take charge of TMC in Birbhum
Mamata Banerjee, who is on a three-day tour of Birbhum and neighbouring areas to review administrative work, held a closed-door meeting with TMC leaders of the district
Published on Feb 01, 2023 09:10 AM IST
Calcutta HC judge drops CBI officer from team probing Bengal teacher recruitment
CBI officer Somnath Biswas will not be involved in any investigation linked to the alleged irregularities in the recruitment of school teachers, the court ordered.
Updated on Jan 31, 2023 09:53 PM IST
HC drops Mamata Banerjee’s reference from PIL on remarks against President
A division bench of chief justice Prakash Shrivastava and justice Rajarshi Bharadwaj expunged the reference
Published on Jan 31, 2023 11:11 AM IST
Mamata Banerjee backs Amartya Sen on Visva-Bharati land dispute, attacks BJP
Mamata Banerjee, who began a three-day tour of Birbhum, met 89-year-old Amartya Sen at his residence and handed over evidence from the state land records that will help counter the Visva-Bharati University.
Updated on Jan 31, 2023 05:23 PM IST
I welcome criticism. It helps me learn, says Mamata Banerjee. BJP’s comeback follows
The BJP said there were a large number of cases which reflect the “vindictive and intolerant attitude” of the Mamata Banerjee government
Published on Jan 30, 2023 08:03 PM IST
Centre to inspect Bengal’s PM POSHAN, Jal Jeevan projects; TMC fumes
The inspection will take place amid allegations by the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) that mid-day meal funds were misused by the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) government
Published on Jan 29, 2023 07:20 PM IST
Melanistic Asiatic golden cat captured on camera for first time in West Bengal
The finding was recently published in the CATnews, the newsletter of the cat specialist group of the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) species survival commission
Updated on Jan 29, 2023 05:30 AM IST
Three killed after vehicle falls into ditch in Kalimpong
The deceased people were identified as Tilak Mandal, a resident of South 24 Parganas near Kolkata, Sukla Kundu and Sahil Saha, both residents of Siliguri. Shah was the driver
Updated on Jan 28, 2023 06:09 PM IST
BBC documentary row: 'Power outage', ‘azadi’ slogans at Presidency University
According to SFI members, the power outage at Presidency University was an attempt by the university authorities to stop the screening of the documentary series.
Updated on Jan 28, 2023 09:25 AM IST
Aniruddha Dhar, New Delhi
GJM withdraws from GTA agreement, voices demand for Gorkhaland
The GTA agreement was signed by the Centre, the West Bengal government and GJM on July 18, 2011, leading to the formation of the GTA after the President of India gave his assent in March 2012
Updated on Jan 27, 2023 05:49 PM IST
Student unions plan to screen BBC documentary at Presidency University
The government believes the film poses a threat to the sovereignty of the country, its relationships with other nations, and public order
Updated on Jan 25, 2023 11:47 AM IST
Now, SFI at Presidency University plans to screen BBC documentary on PM Modi
This comes even as several students, who gathered at JNU students' union office in New Delhi for a screening of 'India: The Modi Question', claimed the varsity administration cut power and internet to stop the event, and staged a protest after stones were thrown on them.
Updated on Jan 25, 2023 10:30 AM IST
HT News Desk | Reported by Joydeep Thakur | Written by Aniruddha Dhar
Demand for Gorkhaland: Hill parties launch Bharatiya Gorkhaland Sangharsh Samiti
The GJM was one of the three signatories in the July 2011 Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) agreement. Gurung, who led the Gorkhaland agitation since 2007, settled for an autonomous Gorkhaland Territorial Administration in 2011
Updated on Jan 24, 2023 11:43 AM IST
On renaming islands in Andaman, Mamata Banerjee takes a dig at PM Modi
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee recalled that Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose conceptualized the Planning Commission to formulate plans for the country’s future but it was dismantled
Updated on Jan 23, 2023 09:21 PM IST
Clash breaks out between ISF workers and Kolkata police; several injured
Earlier in the day, a clash broke out between the ISF and the ruling-Trinamool Congress workers over the hoisting of party flags at Bhangore in east Kolkata.
Published on Jan 21, 2023 08:26 PM IST
WB school recruitment scam: ED arrests TMC youth wing leader Kuntal Ghosh
Tapas Mandal, a TMC member and another accused in the school recruitment scam, reportedly named Ghosh and another TMC leader Santanu Banerjee in the alleged scam and told the CBI that Ghosh collected money from job seekers to the tune of ₹19.4 crore.
Updated on Jan 21, 2023 07:24 PM IST
231 ghost accounts used in Bengal cooperative bank for cattle smuggling: CBI
Of the 231 accounts, the signatures in around 200 appeared to have been given by the same person according to handwriting experts the agency had deployed
Published on Jan 20, 2023 07:31 PM IST
JU prof, arrested for forwarding CM Banerjee’s cartoon, discharged from case
The professor forwarded the cartoon to members of the email group at his housing society in the southern outskirts of Kolkata.
Updated on Jan 20, 2023 04:13 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee hits out at Centre for withdrawing funds
She attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled Centre for stopping funds under schemes including the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
Published on Jan 20, 2023 08:24 AM IST
Video: After making chai, Mahua Moitra now plays carrom; takes dig at JP Nadda
“Media friends - please stop calling me non stop for my reaction to what BJP big guns said in my constituency today - I was too busy playing carrom in Chapra 1 panchayat. Didn’t really listen,” she wrote.
Updated on Jan 19, 2023 10:42 PM IST
Yagya Sharma | Edited by Poulomi Ghosh
‘Stigmatic aspersions’: Calcutta HC order on Visva Bharati sacking professor
Visva-Bharati sacked Sudipta Bhattacharya, who is also president of the faculty association, accusing him of supporting a recent agitation by students
Published on Jan 19, 2023 06:50 PM IST
Soldier dies of electrocution while filling train’s water tank in Bengal
The soldier came in contact with an overhead high-tension wire at New Jalpaiguri railway station and four of his colleagues were injured in the incident
Published on Jan 19, 2023 04:40 PM IST
Central team finds families that applied for PMAY homes in both Bihar and West Bengal
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on January 5 informed that out of five million applicants, the names of 1.7 million have already been deleted
Published on Jan 19, 2023 09:57 AM IST
BJP chief JP Nadda to visit West Bengal; will hold meeting with state leaders
Nadda will arrive at Kolkata on Wednesday night and tour Nadia district on Thursday when he will address workers and also pay a visit to the ISCKON temple
Published on Jan 18, 2023 06:33 PM IST
Calcutta HC orders police commissioner to find source of posters against judge
The Calcutta high court is carrying out criminal contempt proceedings against lawyers who held a demonstration outside a judge’s courtroom on January 9
Published on Jan 18, 2023 03:02 PM IST
Calcutta HC orders fresh probe in 2018 death of CPI (M) member and his wife
The judge set aside the chargesheet filed by the South 24 Parganas district police, saying no trial would be held on its basis
Published on Jan 18, 2023 02:39 PM IST
