KOLKATA CIVIC NEWS
Cyclone Asani weakens, Odisha, West Bengal brace for heavy rain
The weather office had asked fishermen to suspend fishing operations in the region as sea condition is likely to be high over west central and adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal till Wednesday evening and very rough to rough over the same region thereafter Thursday.
BJP in Bengal grappling with shrinking vote base amid internal bickerings
The state unit of the saffron camp, which has been experiencing churnings since the change of guard late last year, is still licking its wounds from the assembly poll defeat.
24 years since forming TMC, Mamata Banerjee only grew stronger amid rebellions
In TMC's 24-year journey, Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who has earned herself the image of a gutsy leader, always made swift comebacks with greater ferocity as and when some leaders in her coterie revolted, and this time was no exception as she barely dithered to clip Abhishek's wings amid the internal strife between old guard and fresh blood.
2021: Mamata magic prevails in Bengal as BJP bites dust
Mamata Banerjee's battle cry 'Khela Hobe' (game will happen) was emblematic of the hostility and confrontation that lay in store for West Bengal in 2021 amid a raging pandemic and political turmoil, as a string of bitterly fought elections left the state on edge for major part of the year.
View: COVID-19 safety during this year's Durga pujo may portend of things to come
But with multiple vaccines now available, a different set of dynamics can be seen among people desperate to restore 'normalcy'. The debate has shifted to whether Covid is now a 'pandemic of the unvaccinated'.
Fake vaccine scam unearthed in Mumbai and Kolkata, police probe on
Police in Mumbai said that around 2,000 people who thought they were being vaccinated were in fact injected with a saline solution. Police in Kolkata meanwhile have arrested a man posing as a civil servant with a master's degree in genetics who reportedly ran as many as eight spurious vaccination camps.
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Cyclone Tauktae: Landfall process starts; 6 dead in Maharashtra
Tropical storm 'Tauktae' which had intensified into a very severe cyclonic storm, lies close to the Gujarat coast, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. "The landfall process has started and will continue during next two hours," the IMD said.
BJP’s national might, TMC's promise of local solutions key factors in high-stake Jorasanko battle
This retail hub has 11 wards –– eight under TMC and three with the BJP. Going by its time-tested formula of fielding a Hindi-speaking candidate to reach out to the dominant Marwaris and Biharis, the TMC has fielded Gupta, a former Rajya Sabha MP, who also heads the party’s Hindi Prachar Cell and runs a popular Hindi newspaper ‘Sanmarg’.
BJP’s national might, TMC's promise of local solutions key factors in high-stake Jorasanko battle
This retail hub has 11 wards –– eight under TMC and three with the BJP. To reach out to the dominant population of Marwaris and Biharis here, the TMC has fielded Gupta, a former Rajya Sabha MP, who also heads the party’s Hindi Prachar Cell and runs a popular Hindi newspaper ‘Sanmarg’.
Bengal to impose total lockdown in 10 COVID-19 hotspots: State chief secretary Rajiva Sinha
Though the chief secretary did not name the areas, he said local markets and all roads in those localities will be shut down, and nobody will be allowed to enter or step out of their homes. An official in the state secretariat said district and civic authorities have been instructed to start "total lockdown" in these places from Saturday night.
KMC plans one-point nod for building plans
Prodded by the urban development ministry, Kolkata Municipal Corporation has embarked on a project to expedite sanction of building plans.
Assembly elections, GST, high-profile cases mark 2017
Two terrorists were killed by the army as it foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir.
Modi as Samrat, Mamata in trouble and united Hindu voters: How UP 2017 will change Indian politics
Hidden among the votes that were counted across India’s most populous state is a warning about a new kind of politics that is likely to dominate the country.
Durga Puja: Why blessings of arrested ministers matter for Kolkata's committees
Most of these 'big budget' pujas used to depend on the chit fund cos. However, with CBI & ED probing cos, the puja committees began hunting for sponsors with ‘deep pockets’.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee rules out early polls, asks leaders to prepare for election
Mamata has also given more responsibilities to her nephew Abhishek and youth leader and party MP Suvendu Adhikari.
BJP rebels get the boot as unrest rises
"We have already expelled three of our workers who held demonstration in front of our party office and indulged in unruly behaviour," Sinha said.
AAP's landslide victory in Delhi: ET examines the party's future prospects in 10 states
To bring you a sense of where AAP stands outside Delhi, here is a look at 10 states and examines how close — or far — it is to fighting an election.
Civic systems: Delhi ranked fifth in India, way behind world
A survey by Bangalore based Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy has ranked it fifth behind Kolkata, Thiruvananthapuram, Bhopal and Patna.
NDMC not to impose hike in parking rates from August 1
NDMC has decided to defer effecting the hike as no private entity participated in the tender process for operating the parking lots with revised rates.
Kolkata on edge of disaster
Kolkata may be living on borrowed time, waiting for a disaster to happen.The city has been listed among the top 20 metros in the world that face a serious threat from climate change.
Civil society can't usurp Parliament power, says Congress
The Congress will launch counter-agitation against movements that are 'weakening' democracy, said Pranab Mukherjee.
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