Tag: West Bengal

Kolkata: Around 1,500 security personnel from four neighbouring states like Assam, Odisha, Sikkim and Andhra Pradesh will be arriving to West Bengal for the panchayat elections scheduled on Monday, a senior official said on Friday. While ten companies (each company comprising of 80 personnel) of forces will be arriving from Andhra Pradesh while the North-Eastern […]

Kolkata: The ruling Trinamool Congress and the opposition BJP organised rallies and colourful processions to celebrate Ram Navami in various parts of the state today, with the saffron party dubbing these rallies as the first step towards “uniting the Hindus” of Bengal. The TMC in a bid to counter the rallies by the BJP and […]

Taking a dig at the media, Dhankhar said, "I was surprised to see the media in a shyness mode. Why no questions have been asked about the people who have been charge-sheeted. I have come to know about the pathetic state of affairs of the media,"

Kolkata: The ED today attached assets worth Rs 293 crore in connection with the Rose Valley chit fund scam case in which thousands of people were allegedly cheated in West Bengal and Odisha, officials said. The central probe agency’s regional office here issued a provisional attachment order under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering […]

Bhubaneswar: Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today decided to field party candidates in the 2018 Odisha urban local bodies elections. TMC state president Arya Kumar Gyanendra said this after Banerjee met the party’s state leaders in Puri. “We have been instructed to create a field for the next urban polls and […]

Kolkata/Bhubaneswar: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today conveyed her good wishes to Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. In a tweet posted early today, Banerjee said, “Thank you Naveenji…good wishes from @AITCofficial…Happy we met. Glad you are looking very well and in good heath.” A section of the media had reported that Patnaik was ill […]

Kendrapara: The feasibility study of the ambitious highway project along Odisha coastline is likely to be completed next month. “The feasibility report, which will have among other things a geo-technical scientific study, will be ready by April end. It will be followed by a technical study,” Regional Officer, National Highway Authority of India, Odisha, D […]

Bhubaneswar: Announcing its plan to continue with agitations till the ouster of Narendra Modi from the helm, the Trinamool Congress today said it foresaw Mamata Banerjee as a future prime minister. “This could happen one day. After all, we are a political party which is growing by the day. People may decide that (making Mamata […]

Bhubaneswar: Alleging political vendetta behind the arrest of TMC leaders, Trinamool Congress MP Sudip Bandopadhya’s wife Nayna today said her husband was in the “custody of Modi” and not in the “CBI’s custody.” Nayna, who has been camping here ever since her husband had been brought to the CBI custody for his alleged link to […]

Kolkata: With two of its MPs, Tapas Pal and Sudip Bandopadhyay, arrested by the CBI here in connection with the Rose Valley chit fund scam, shifted to Bhubaneswar, the Trinamool Congress has decided to hold a protest rally in the Odisha capital tomorrow. “We cannot be cowed down by threats and vendetta politics. The Centre […]

Kolkata: The ED today attached assets to the tune of Rs 1,250 crore, including eight hotels and a Rolls Royce luxury car, in connection with its money laundering probe in the Rose Valley chit fund scam case where thousands of people were allegedly cheated in West Bengal and Odisha. Officials said the agency issued a […]

Kolkata: To check preparedness of Coast Guard against any sea-borne terror strike similar to the 2008 Mumbai attacks, a two-day combined coastal security exercise ‘SagarKavach’ was held along West Bengal and Odisha coast. Coast Guard officials said the main objective of this exercise, which ended today, was to assess the present security arrangement, to re-validate […]

Odisha government today claimed to have found a new evidence about the origin of 'Rasgulla' in the state to bolster its case for getting the GI tag for the sweet, for which West Bengal is also a claimant

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday launched digitised ration cards in the state, estimated to benefit more than five crore people. “Today, we also launched Digitised Ration Cards for the first time in the state. More than five crore beneficiaries will get Digitised Ration Cards soon, which will significantly strengthen the public […]

Bhubaneswar: Union Home minister Rajnath Singh today assured all possible assistance to Odisha and three other eastern States – West Bengal, Bihar, Jharkhand – for enhancing internal security, and emphasised the need for better coordination between state and central agencies to combat Maoists. “Security is the first priority of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government and […]