KOLKATA/MALDA/PATNA: PM Narendra Modi blamed Trinamool Congress on Friday for leaving nearly 26,000 families in Bengal without a livelihood by orchestrating an alleged hiring scam that forced Calcutta HC to scrap appointments made by the School Service Commission in 2016 and order some recruits to return their salaries with interest.“Trinamool has played with the future…
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A 30km drive from New Jalpaiguri station takes a tourist to Bhorer Alo, a govt tourist estate at Gajoldoba in north Bengal’s Dooars. Gajoldoba, where the first commercial tea estate was set up in 1874-75, is a tourist hot spot. Gajoldoba is also a microcosm of a Hills society in the throes of change —…
KOLKATA/MATHABHANGA/MALBAZAR: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee stirred the CAA pot in twin pockets of north Bengal bordering Bangladesh on Thursday, warning those thinking of registering under the new law that this could result in them losing the rights they already enjoy such as access to the Trinamool govt’s flagship welfare schemes.“The moment you register under CAA,…
The irony is probably lost on every stakeholder – an ‘unlucky’ number – 13 – of states allow lotteries, which were back in news after lottery ‘king’ Santiago Martin emerged as the biggest electoral bond buyer.Lotteries vary across states – some are govt-run, some allow private players, they are a local obsession in some, not…
KOLKATA: In a first, Calcutta HC established Wednesday a joint special investigation team (SIT) comprising both CBI and Bengal police to investigate the attack on ED officers in Sandeshkhali on Jan 5. “To unearth the truth and apprehend the miscreants responsible, a concerted effort is required from both central and state agencies,” HC said, while…
