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NEW DELHI: West Bengal on Wednesday warned that vesting governors with discretion to decide the fate of bills would jeopardise states’ legislative functions, while Supreme Court-prescribed timeline for governors and the President would expedite transforming people’s will into laws. This would not amount to amending the Constitution, it told the court. The TMC govt, through…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal on Wednesday warned that vesting governors with discretion to decide the fate of bills would jeopardise states’ legislative functions, while Supreme Court-prescribed timeline for governors and the President would expedite transforming people’s will into laws. This would not amount to amending the Constitution, it told the court. The TMC govt, through…
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. File | Photo Credit: PTI West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday (July 28, 2025) directed officials to ensure that people are not harassed in the name of electoral roll revision, even as she accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of targeting not just religious minorities, but also…
West Bengal has asked all State Government-aided colleges — about 450 of them — to provide their bank account and fixed deposit details, a move that has not gone down well with those institutions which fear that their money will now be taken away. “The Finance Department has introduced Fund Information System (FIS) portal from…
West Bengal has asked all State Government-aided colleges — about 450 of them — to provide their bank account and fixed deposit details, a move that has not gone down well with those institutions which fear that their money will now be taken away. “The Finance Department has introduced Fund Information System (FIS) portal from…
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee (ANI photo) NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee alleged on Tuesday that Bengali migrant workers speaking their native language outside the state were being “labelled as Bangladeshis and sent to Bangladesh”.Accusing the BJP of “playing politics over language”, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief said many such cases come…
Kolkata: Hundreds Bengal of teachers, who lost jobs over a Supreme Court order on “tainted” selection process in the state, held a protest in Kolkata today, during which they clashed with the police. The police had put up barricades, which the protesters tried to break and enter Bikash Bhavan in Salt Lake. The building houses…
The National Health Mission report of 2016 estimates that approximately 10,000 to 15,000 babies with Thalassemia Major are born each year in India. Image for representation. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto On World Thalassemia Day, experts in West Bengal highlighted the alarming prevalence of Thalassemia in the State, noting that it exceeds the national average….
Quick Take Summary is AI generated, newsroom reviewed. The inauguration of a new Jagannath temple in Digha has ignited controversy between Odisha and West Bengal over its designation as Jagannath Dham. New Delhi: The inauguration of a new Jagannath temple in Digha has become the centre of a controversy between eastern neighbours Odisha and West…
Quick Take Summary is AI generated, newsroom reviewed. The inauguration of a new Jagannath temple in Digha has ignited controversy between Odisha and West Bengal over its designation as Jagannath Dham. New Delhi: The inauguration of a new Jagannath temple in Digha has become the centre of a controversy between eastern neighbours Odisha and West…
