To facilitate your bank related activities, we share with you the dates when the banks would be closed during the month of March so that you can carry out your undertakings by planning well in advance. We have included bank ...
02 Mar 2021 StatesmanEven as the dates for West Bengal State Assembly polls have been announced, senior Congress leaders on Monday said that the alliance parties are yet to finalise their seat-sharing arrangement. This was conveyed a day after the Left-Congress’ first rally ...
02 Mar 2021 StatesmanMadhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Sunday said that BJP will form the next government in West Bengal. He came here to take part in the Parivartan Yatra. In the morning he offered puja at Kalighat temple. Chouhan is ...
01 Mar 2021 StatesmanThe "People"s Brigade" on Sunday turned into a duel on stage between the Congress and the Indian Secular Front (ISF) over seat-sharing arrangements while the Left was left to negotiate between the two. The "alliance" of the three parties which ...
01 Mar 2021 StatesmanRJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, who was anticipated to be visiting the Left-Congress’ mega Brigade rally in Kolkata on Sunday, will not be there. Instead, he may meet Mamata Banerjee. RJD was believed to be in talks with the Left Front ...
01 Mar 2021 StatesmanFormer West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee expressed his anguish for not being able to attend the Left-Congress’ Brigade rally in Kolkata on Sunday. In a statement, Bhattacharjee, 76, wrote, “My comrades are fighting on the ground, and I have ...
01 Mar 2021 StatesmanBengal BJP has sent a list of 150 probable candidates for the upcoming state assembly election to the party’s central leadership in New Delhi. According to a report by Bengali daily Sangbad Pratidin, the BJP can announce the first round ...
01 Mar 2021 StatesmanContrary to the early modeling, which had predicted millions of deaths due to Covid- 19, the sharp decline in coronavirus cases from September 17 last year till the last week in India had been dramatic and had perplexed many. But ...
01 Mar 2021 StatesmanA day after Assembly elections were announced in West Bengal, the Election Commission on Saturday transferred additional director- general (law and order) Jawed Shamim and appointed Jag Mohan, director- general, fire services, in his place. Mohan has also been appointed ...
01 Mar 2021 StatesmanCriticising the “communal agenda” of the TMC and the BJP, West Bengal CPI(M) secretary Surya Kanta Mishra Sunday stressed the need for an alternative and said the Left-Congress grand alliance will fight to provide employment and usher in industrial ...
01 Mar 2021 StatesmanKolkata Police on Friday sent notice to BJP leaders Anupam Hazra and Shankudeb Panda in the Pamela Goswami’s cocaine case. Reportedly, the police wants to question both the politicians as witnesses in its investigation, stating that the duo might have ...
28 Feb 2021 StatesmanJust an hour before the Election Commission of India announced poll dates for West Bengal and four other states, chief minister Mamata Banerjee announced a hike in wages of daily wage workers under the state"s urban employment scheme. The model ...
28 Feb 2021 StatesmanTo counter chief minister Mamata Banerjee"s protest against fuel price hike, Union minister Smriti Irani today rode petrol-run scooter. Miss Banerjee had yesterday travelled on an electric scooter. As part of the "parivartan yatra", Irani rode the scooter for almost ...
28 Feb 2021 StatesmanIn conformity with Covid protocols, voters will have to wear gloves while casting their vote in the polling booth and dump the gloves in containers, said the state election commission. "Every voter at polling stations will be provided with gloves ...
28 Feb 2021 StatesmanPoll strategist Prashant Kishor on Saturday reiterated his words that the Trinamool Congress would be re-elected to power in the upcoming West Bengal state assembly election. At a time when BJP has launched an aggressive campaign to dethrone Mamata Banerjee, ...
28 Feb 2021 StatesmanThe Mamata Banerjee government has claimed many times since 2011 when her party Trinamul Congress came to power in Bengal that there is an acute shortage of IAS officers in the state. Yet, in terms of utilizing these bureaucrats, the ...
28 Feb 2021 StatesmanBuddhadeb Bhattacharjee will send a written message for the Left-Congress Brigade rally on February 28. He is unlikely to appear physically as it was speculated earlier. News reports emerged that the former West Bengal Chief Minister could be present at ...
28 Feb 2021 StatesmanThe perception that the industrial scenario in West Bengal is still not good needs to be changed and industry bodies and chambers of commerce should take the lead in addressing the problem, state Industry Secretary Vandana Yadav said on ...
28 Feb 2021 StatesmanQuestion the eight-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal, chief minister Mamata Banerjee said she suspects that poll dates were announced following suggestions of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah. However, she "welcomed" the decision of Election ...
27 Feb 2021 StatesmanAssembly elections in West Bengal will be held in eight phases starting from 27 March, the Election Commission announced today. The EC also announced Assembly election dates for three other states and one Union Territory, with elections in Assam to ...
27 Feb 2021 StatesmanThe CPIM is trying to get former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya to the Brigade rally on February 28, to be jointly held by the Left Front and Congress. According to Bengali news portal The Wall, CPIM has requested ...
27 Feb 2021 StatesmanTrinamul Youth Congress president and Diamond Harbour MP today lashed out at Union home minister Amit Shah while addressing a public meeting at the Matua heartland of Thakurnagar and accused him of deluding the people about NRC. "How can ...
27 Feb 2021 StatesmanA day after seeking help from Prime Minister Narendra Modi in procurement of Covid- 19 vaccines, chief minister Mamata Banerjee today wrote another letter urging him to direct the ministry of education to immediately withdraw its revised guidelines which ...
27 Feb 2021 StatesmanAfter Kolkata Police denied permission to Asaduddin Owaisi-led-AIMIM to hold its first rally in Metiabruz today, its state unit lashed out at the Mamata Banerjee government, accusing it of abusing its power and threatened to organize multiple rallies in ...
27 Feb 2021 StatesmanThe Trinamool Congress (TMC) may announce the list of candidates for the upcoming West Bengal State Assembly Election on Friday after the party’s working committee meeting. The development has come after news reports emerged that Election Commission would announce the ...
27 Feb 2021 StatesmanThe Election Commission of India on Friday declared the schedule of the much-anticipated state assembly elections in five states, including West Bengal. Voting will take place for 126 seats in Assam, 234 in Tamil Nadu, 294 in West Bengal, 140 ...
27 Feb 2021 StatesmanQuestioning the eight-phase assembly elections in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Friday that she suspects that the dates were announced as per the suggestions of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah for better ...
27 Feb 2021 StatesmanWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday rode an electric scooty to Nabanna to protest against the price hike of petrol, diesel and gas. The Trinamool Congress supremo was seen riding pilion on a scooty with ex-Mayor of Kolkata ...
26 Feb 2021 StatesmanBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president JP Nadda on Thursday launched the ‘Lokkho Sonar Bangla’ initiative to collect public opinion for its election manifesto in the upcoming Bengal Assembly Election. The drive will see BJP asking people to write their demands ...
26 Feb 2021 StatesmanAround 400 species of birds were found during the first edition of the three-day-long Mahananda Bird Festival that ended here yesterday, forest officials said. According to the chief conservator of forests, wildlife, north, Rajendra Jakhar, a total of 382 avian ...
26 Feb 2021 StatesmanJP Nadda, the president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), on Thursday, launched the party’s ‘Lokkho Sonar Bangla’ (Target Golden Bengal) campaign. According to party sources, the ‘Lokkho Sonar Bangla’ (Target Golden Bengal) campaign is launched to make all efforts ...
26 Feb 2021 StatesmanTrinamool Congress has alleged that BSF jawans beat up party workers and insulted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday. According to a report by Bengali daily Sangbad Pratidin, the security forces engaged in physical confrontation with local TMC ...
25 Feb 2021 StatesmanThe seat-sharing discussion between the Left Front, Congress and Indian Secular Front went down to muddy waters after Abbas Siddiqui gave an ultimatum on Tuesday. While the Left has been accommodative, Congress has taken a strong arm approach in front ...
25 Feb 2021 StatesmanAt Mamata Banerjee’s rally in Hooghly on Wednesday, Indian cricketer Manoj Tiwary and a few film personalities joined the Trinamool Congress. "I’m (a) cricketer, who has (to) uphold the flag of India. The love I got was not dissected by ...
25 Feb 2021 StatesmanThe CBI today interrogated Rujira Banerjee Narula, wife of Trinamul Congress MP and chief minister Mamata Banerjee"s nephew, Abhishek Banerjee, for over an hour in connection with the coal smuggling scam. An eight-member team led by an officer in the ...
25 Feb 2021 StatesmanNo matter how hard Trinamul Congress hits BJP over "cow politics", Mamata Banerjee government has taken a significant step towards cow protection by increasing the incentives for around 11,000 "pranibandhus", "pranimitras" and "pranisebees" (friend of animals) from Rs 1,500 ...
25 Feb 2021 StatesmanTrinamul Congress Rajya Sabha MP and the party’s spokesperson Derek O’Brien on Tuesday lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and gave point-by-point rebuttal. After Modi commneted that people from Bengal are stopped from worshipping goddess Durga, O’Brien said in ...
25 Feb 2021 StatesmanWhen the first rake chugged out of Dakshineswar metro station at 7 am today, it brought light at the end of the tunnel for commuters. To some commuters, the first metro on day one of commercial services between Dakshineswar ...
25 Feb 2021 StatesmanWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday visited the residence of nephew and TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee ahead of the CBI questioning of his wife in the coal-smuggling scam. The TMC supremo was at Abhishek’s house for around ten ...
24 Feb 2021 StatesmanBJP leader Rakesh Singh, who was accused by the party’s youth wing leader Pamela Goswami of having involvement in the ongoing cocaine case, will not appear before the Kolkata Police on Tuesday. Singh was summoned to the Kolkata Police headquarters ...
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