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Swapan Dasgupta gets finance as West Bengal govt distributes portfolios
Newly sworn-in West Bengal ministers were allocated portfolios on Wednesday, with Swapan Dasgupta placed in charge of the finance department and Tapas Roy appointed as industries minister. Dasgupta was elected from the Rashbehari assembly constituency and is a former Rajya Sabha member. The allocation covered 13 Cabinet ministers and 22 ministers of state, including three with independent charge.
West Bengal BJP shuts doors on TMC rebels, vows to prevent 'Trinamoolisation'
NEW DELHI: West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Tuesday firmly rejected speculation over the induction of former Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders into the BJP, asserting that the party would not admit "tainted" individuals and that "trinamoolisation of BJP would never happen." Emphasising that the BJP's rise in West Bengal had been driven by grassroots workers rather than political defections, Bhattacharya said there was no question of accommodating those who had resigned from the...
West Bengal CM Suvendu in Delhi to ‘discuss portfolios’
West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari made an unscheduled trip to Delhi on Friday and met BJP’s central leadership, the trip coming close on the heels of the state cabinet expansion. Sources said Adhikari met BJP president Nitin Nabin and national general secretary Sunil Bansal. “They discussed the allocation of portfolios.
Sandeshkhali arms bust: West Bengal STF recovers weapons from TMC leader's pond
NEW DELHI: West Bengal Police's Special Task Force (STF) on Saturday recovered a huge cache of firearms and cartridges allegedly hidden inside a pond belonging to a Trinamool Congress leader in Sandeshkhali of North 24 Parganas district, officials said. Acting on a tip-off, STF personnel conducted raids in Sandeshkhali and adjoining areas on Saturday morning. During the operation, investigators recovered a large quantity of weapons and ammunition from a pond linked to former Trinamool...
'30 lakh fake accounts': West Bengal govt orders SIT probe into Lakshmir Bhandar scheme
West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday alleged large-scale irregularities in the Lakshmir Bhandar scheme launched by the previous TMC government and said a Special Investigation Team (SIT) would be constituted to probe nearly 30 lakh suspected fake beneficiary accounts. Addressing a press conference at the state secretariat, Nabanna, Adhikari said the matter would also be investigated from a money laundering angle, claiming that the alleged irregularities involved illegal cash...
West Bengal cabinet expansion: 35 ministers take oath in Suvendu Adhikari govt
The West Bengal cabinet underwent a major expansion on Monday, with 35 new ministers taking the oath of office at Lok Bhawan in Kolkata. With Governor R N Ravi administering the oath, the Council of Ministers expanded to 41 members under chief minister Suvendu Adhikari. The move is expected to strengthen the government's functioning and improve the delivery of governance across key sectors.
Abhishek Banerjee to move court over attack in West Bengal
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress MP Abhishek Banerjee will inform Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla about the mob attack on him in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district and will also move court in connection with the incident, news agency ANI reported citing party sources. The development comes after Abhishek Banerjee was attacked with bricks, stones and eggs while visiting families affected by post-poll violence in Sonarpur. The TMC national general secretary sustained injuries near his eye and...
West Bengal: TMC defection hands Congress civic body
Trinamool lost control of Mekhliganj municipality in Cooch Behar after its chairman, who defected to Congress on Friday, said six councillors would follow him into Congress. This will be the first civic body to be managed by Congress since the change of govt in West Bengal. Chairman Prabhat Patani received the party flag from state Congress president Shubhankar Sarkar at the Pradesh Congress office in Kolkata, in the presence of Congress politician Debaprasad Roy.
Winds of change in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu may steady NDA's ship in Parliament
Just when it appeared that a united opposition can derail govt's ambitious legislative age nda and disturb its narrative - drilled home by the defeat of its bill to amend women's reservation law in LS in last session - a smoother road appears to have opened up for BJP-led NDA in and outside Parliament as two of its strongest regional rivals grapple with political challenges. While former Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee-led TMC is staring at an existential threat as a rebel faction of 58 of its...
West Bengal: CID reaches Mamata Banerjee's residence in signature forgery case
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