Author: Joymala Bagchi

KOLKATA: A six-year-old girl, the youngest patient in India, who was not able to swallow food for almost three years, undergoes removal of obstruction in food pipe by a special endoscopic procedure at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. Recently the Department of Gastroenterology at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital received a patient who had repeated vomitings and […]

KOLKATA: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has released the results for this year’s class 12th exam with an overall pass percentage of 92.71 per cent. Incidentally, the pass percentage this year is lower than last year’s 99.37 per cent. “Looking into the Pandemic, no personal media briefing is organized by the CBSE,” the […]

KOLKATA: All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) supremo Mamata Banerjee sets the tone for the 2024 General Election as it throws down the gauntlet at Bharatiya Janata Party saying BJP won’t get the single majority. “BJP won’t get the single majority, I can challenge and when they will not get the majority other (Parties) will become […]

KOLKATA: In a significant political development All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) decided to abstain from casting vote for the Vice Presidential election to be held on August 6. AITC met at the official residence of party supremo and Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the afternoon. Party sources said that 85 per cent of the […]

KOLKATA: After the two years of COVID break, the Bengal government is all set to observe Shahid Diwas, or Martyr’s Day, on a grand scale on July 21 at Dharmatala, Kolkata. Mamata Banerjee-led All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) is leaving no stone unturned to observe the day – which will be their first following the […]

KOLKATA: Though the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) is yet to make its decision on the Vice-Presidential election official, the delay in announcing its support has created a lot of buzz in political circles. National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar’s ‘run-ins’ with AITC supremo and Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is well documented. In […]

KOLKATA: It was a déjà vu feeling of sorts when Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hauled its 69 MLAs to a hotel in Kolkata ahead of the Presidential elections on Monday. Taking a potshot at the decision, All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said that ‘resort politics is coming to bite BJP […]

KOLKATA: After taking the lead in bringing the opposition together for fielding a joint candidate in the recently concluded Presidential elections, the enthusiasm of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) appeared to have fizzled out for the Vice-Presidential election. The Mamata Banerjee-led party had maintained a bizarre silence on the issue. It also skipped the […]

KOLKATA: Leaving nothing to a chance, the Bengal unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party shifted its 69 MLAs to a private hotel ahead of the Presidential elections on Monday. While sources in the state BJP said that it’s been done mainly to make the MLAs understand the voting procedure, there has been buzz that there […]

KOLKATA: The limelight-hogging All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) MP Mahua Moitra has once again found herself in the spotlight. An Assam outfit has filed a complaint against the firebrand leader for her recent tweet suggesting that the phrase “sexual harassment” be replaced by “Mr Gogoi”. The tweet created a huge uproar in Assam as the […]