Babul Supriyo was speaking at the 35th edition of 'Technology Sabha' in Kolkata on Friday

“Approximately 2,53,000 people are direct employees in the IT industry in Bengal,” said Mitra.

The TMC hit out at the BJP and alleged that the CAPF deployment before the elections comes after the Centre introduced a bill that seeks to replace the Chief Justice of India with a Cabinet Minister in the committee for selection of the Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners.

State Finance Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya said, “The TMC government served its duty, which the BJP never did. The state administration arrested all persons against whom Sandeshkhali people had levelled allegations.”

The Prime Minister dedicated to the nation and laid the foundation stone for multiple development projects worth Rs 7,200 crore in Arambagh in West Bengal's Hooghly district. The developmental projects were spread out among sectors like railways, ports, oil pipeline, LPG supply and wastewater treatment.

The raid was in alleged connection with the irregularities in the public distribution system in West Bengal. Sheikh is considered close to former state minister Jyoti Priya Mallick who was arrested in connection with the 'scam' last year. Mallick had held the food and civil supplies portfolio from 2011 to 2021.

From the Director General of Police, political leaders of both the ruling party and the Opposition, media persons to even those arrested in different cases, all are dependent on ‘totos’ or e-rickshaw, which is the only mode of passenger transport in the region.

The heritage structure, which was operational from 1941 till 2016, will be renamed as Charnock Lohia Hospital. The project will involve an investment of rupees 160 crore.

Speaking at Raj Bhavan, he asserted the time has come to put criminals in jails, and added: “This is the beginning of an end. In parts of Bengal, the goons are ruling the roost. This must end...”

The clarification was made after the ED and CBI told the court that they have serious reservations about West Bengal Police probing the allegations against the TMC leader.

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.

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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.