West Bengal News

Court cases stopping Bengal government from giving jobs: CM

So far 2.63 lakh teaching and non-teaching recruitments have been done by SSC during the 11 years of the TMC regime and over 10,000 university teachers have been recruited. The recruitment process for 89,000 posts are pending

West Bengal: At least 18 dead, 5 injured in Nadia after lorry hits matador

Hanskhali Police said, people in the matador were on their way to the Nabadeep crematorium to cremate a body from Bagda of North 24 Parganas when the accident took place

Actor-turned-politician Srabanti Chatterjee quits BJP; 'would hardly impact party', says Sukanta Majumdar

The actor joins a long list of celebrities and leaders who have either quit the BJP or are maintaining a distance from the party after its defeat in the polls

‘Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, suffering from amnesia’: Why Amit Mitra and West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar are trading barbs on Twitter

The latest spat is over the the state’s business summits with the governor questioning their purpose

Bengal's new BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar vows to fight 'Talibanisation' of state

The Balurghat MP further said Mamata Banerjee should 'stop harbouring ambitions of becoming the next PM' and concentrate on running Bengal properly

West Bengal Assembly gives nod to revive Vidhan Parishad after 52 yrs: What it means and why it matters

Once the West Bengal Vidhan Parishad is revived, it could act as an important tool for checks and balances, and prevent the Legislative Assembly from exercising too much legislation or executive authority

Why Calcutta HC dismissed West Bengal plea to recall order directing NHRC to probe post-poll violence

Earlier, the high court had directed the Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to constitute a committee for examining all cases of alleged human rights violations in the post-poll violence in West Bengal

Suvendu Adhikari submits petition to West Bengal Speaker seeking Mukul Roy’s disqualification as MLA

Roy recently rejoined the TMC, of which he was once the second-in-command, following his three-and-a-half year-long stint in the BJP

Day after Mukul Roy's exit from BJP, Rajib Banerjee meets TMC leader Kunal Ghosh

Banerjee, who unsuccessfully fought the Bengal Assembly polls on BJP ticket, described his meeting with the TMC general secretary as a 'courtesy visit'

Narada scam case: 'Orchestrated attempts' to frustrate justice, CBI tells Calcutta HC; no interim relief for arrested TMC leaders

The four TMC leaders arrested in the Narada sting case will remain in judicial custody for another day as the Calcutta High Court hearing on the stay on their bail petitions concluded today without any order. The hearing will resume tomorrow at 2 pm