Author: Joymala Bagchi

pandals this year have stepped up their act as they come alive with artistic brilliance, cultural confluence, and a dash of realism.

A defiant ruling Trinamool Congress MLA Manik Bhattacharya’s fate hangs in the balance after the Supreme Court of India gave him relief from arrests till Wednesday afternoon in the TET case.

Calcutta High Court judge Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay ordered former chairman of West Bengal Board of Primary Education and Trinamool Congress MLA Manik Bhattacharya to appear at the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) office by 8 pm on Tuesday. The order has been issued to Bhattacharya in connection with the ongoing probe into alleged irregularities in […]

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) grilled Kalyanmoy Bhattacharya, the son-in-law of suspended Trinamool Congress minister Partha Chatterjee, in connection with the probe into SSC recruitment scam. The ED started questioning Kalyanmoy on Monday morning and it lasted till late at night. Kalyanmoy, who lives in New York, reached Kolkata on Saturday immediately after receiving the second […]

Trinamool Congress (TMC) reiterated its demand for the removal of party Member of Parliament Shishir Adhikari, over his alleged anti-party activities.

Central government wants to increase the passenger traffic at Kolkata airport from 26 million to 37 million annually, Union Civil Aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia told the Trinamool Congress (TMC) delegation that went to meet him on Tuesday. The four-member parliamentary delegation consisted of Rajya Sabha MPs Sukhendushekar Roy and Derek O’Brien, Lok Sabha MPs Sudip […]

Within 58 days of investigation, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is set to file a 172-page charge sheet in the School Service Recruitment Scam in Bankhall court on Monday.

A five-member BJP committee to probe the alleged violence against its party workers during the recent ‘Nabanna Abhiyan’ reached Kolkata on Friday night. Each committee member will meet the injured BJP workers. The fact-finding committee will also visit the sites where the incidents took place. After taking stock of everything, they will submit a report […]

BJP national president JP Nadda constituted a five-member committee to probe into the violence against its workers during the Nabanna Abhijan.

While praising policemen for showing patience during Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s Nabanna Abhiyaan, Trinamool Congress’ national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said it is because of such police officers Kolkata have become the safest city. On Wednesday, Banerjee visited injured assistant police commissioner Debjit Chatterjee and spend time with his family at the state-run SSKM Hospital […]