Kolkata

Two cars, including a police vehicle, were vandalised in the clashes in the hotbed of political unrest in North 24 Parganas district.

The Centre, in its proposal to amend the IAS Cadre (Rules), has recently asked the state governments to send lists of IAS officers for central deputation.

Interestingly, both parties are also mocking each other about the infighting.

Senior BJP leader Tathagata Roy's appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi came a day after West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee made a similar appeal to the PM.

Pig farmers in the northeast, which consumes about 70 per cent of the country's pork production, have been up in arms, fearing an uneven playing field and disruption to businesses in the region.

Twenty-three deaths due to coronavirus were reported in the last 24 hours taking the death toll to 19,959.

The state health department conducted a meeting in Kolkata on Monday with private hospitals that expressed concerns about the rising Covid cases among healthcare professionals.

According to sources, six Bengal players - Sudip Chatterjee, Anustup Majumdar, Kazi Junaid Saifi, Geet Puri, Pradipta Pramanik, Surajit Yadav - and assistant coach Sourasish Lahiri were infected with the virus.

Kajari Banerjee, the second member of the CM’s family to jump into the electoral fray, is contesting from ward number 73.

Trinamool wants to take the Bengal trophy to every part of India and show that it is the “real Congress” with which others should tie up for the 2024 parliamentary polls.

The incident took place just a week before the upcoming Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) elections scheduled to be held on December 19.

With the Omicron variant of coronavirus surfacing in various states of the country, Calcutta University has decided to hold the examinations of the first, third and fifth semesters at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels in online mode.

The court observed that since Chakraborty did not deny that he uttered the said dialogues, any further police investigation of the present case will be an unnecessary and vexatious exercise.

The SEC has said counting of votes cannot be taken up after polls to all municipalities, owing to paucity of EVMs, and that it needs to be done after completion of each phase.

Adhikari said the state police and the state investigating agencies will not bring to book those who are behind the incident as some TMC leaders are abetting those elements.

Tripura: Abhishek Banerjee is expected to conduct meetings and give his final touches to the TMC campaign in Agartala during the visit.