The state government on Monday started paying MGNREGA workers, whose “dues” were pending with the Centre. The CM said that her government will be paying around 50 lakh MGNREGA workers.
"I gathered a lot of information on Hubba Shyamlal. I first read about him in a newspaper article following his arrest from a multiplex complex in 2005" Bratya Basu
Announces population survey of Mahato who have been demanding ST status
Siddiqui was taken under preventive arrest under Section 151 (arrest to prevent the commission of cognisable offence) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), police officials said.
The official had moved the HC challenging a notice by the police to appear before the investigating officer in connection with the FIR filed at the Sandeshkhali police station.
The High Court on Monday said there was no stay on the arrest of Shahjahan Sheikh.
The weather in north Bengal districts like Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Kalimpong, Alipurduar, Cooch Behar, North Dinajpur, South Dinajpur, and Malda, is expected to remain dry this week.
The fresh incident of ransacking on Monday took place at around 11 am, when a group of villagers, mainly women, barged into the house of TMC leader Sankar Sardar.
TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee had said Sheikh Shajahan was being shielded over a high court order that had stayed the constitution of a CBI-police team to probe the attack on an ED team in Sandeshkhali.
TMC leader Bijan Das was killed when he went to the house of a party colleague to attend a birthday party.
Calling the police action "completely illegal", Reddy said, "We had told the police personnel as law-abiding citizens that we will not break the rules. No curfew has been imposed in Sandeshkhali.
The TMC will be organising a rally at the iconic Brigade Ground after five years. he CPI(M) organised the last mega rally at the Brigade Ground in January.
According to police officials, Sabyasachi Ghosh, whom they claimed as a local BJP leader, along with his 10 associates, was apprehended during a police raid at a hotel on Thursday evening.
The accused shared some QR codes for payments.
The six-member team also talked to the local residents who were allegedly beaten up by Trinamool leaders.
TMC sources indicated that Banerjee, accompanied by senior party leaders, will take the stage at the rally.
Protestors ‘beat up TMC leader Ajit Maity, ransack house’
This outreach programme is apart from police teams reaching out to women to register complaints of sexual assault.
Justice Kausik Chanda also ordered a stay on further proceedings in the case registered against Pan at Sandeshkhali police station.
Meanwhile, the Calcutta High Court has granted bail to Republic Bangla journalist Santu Pan who was arrested on Monday night for allegedly outraging the modesty of a woman and trespassing into the complainant’s house.
On Wednesday, Amio Kumar Das, the ADM of Purba Bardhaman, visited some villages and handed over a letter by the CM, assuring that no one will be deprived of services or benefits.
The VHP, in its writ petition, which was presented on Friday, had submitted that such names for the cat family were 'irrational', 'illogical' and 'tantamount to blasphemy'.
Sandeshkhali Violence: The BJP, however, rejected the allegation, with Adhikari saying no one in the party used the word “Khalistani” and that they respected the Sikh community.
The probe revealed that Ramendu Chattopadhyay, CMD, Tower Infotech, and other directors entered into a criminal conspiracy by fraudulently issuing certificates/bonds/receipts of investments in preference shares, debentures and advances against solar products and tour packages of Tower Infotech to investors assuring higher returns.
Governor Bose took a train to Kishanganj on Monday and further reached the spot by road on Tuesday. He spoke to the victim's family members to get details of the February 12 incident.





