The Jagannath Temple in Digha, West Bengal, became center of another controversy as the Trinamool Congress slammed Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar over his recent comments on West Bengal government's administration of the temple.
A division bench comprising Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty and Justice Raja Sekhar Mantha passed the interim order while hearing petitions challenging the state's classification of communities under the Other Backward Classes (OBC) category.
BJP leader Amit Malviya on Tuesday hailed the Calcutta High Court's decision that granted interim stay on the West Bengal Government's OBC list notification and said it is another blow to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's "politics of appeasement".
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that the state government will initiate an advertisement for fresh recruitment drive for teachers by May 30, the last date set by the Supreme Court to issue notification in the School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment case is May 31.
West Bengal Leader of Opposition and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari criticised Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for not attending the NITI Aayog meeting on Saturday and said that it was a loss for Bengal as she lost the opportunity to form a working relation between West Bengal government and the
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sudhanshu Trivedi on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government over the handling of Murshidabad violence that erupted during the protest against the Waqf (amendment) act, stating that the fact-finding SIT's repor
In a post on X, Majumdar wrote that the West Bengal government which brought in a "flood of development" had unfortunately proved it's failure time again in the public.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Dilip Ghosh on Monday attacked the TMC-led West Bengal government over the ongoing SSC teachers' protest and termed it an "unpopular" government.
Teachers on Saturday continued their protest for the 11th day outside Kolkata's Bikash Bhawan against the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government over 26,000 teachers losing their jobs in connection with the SSC recruitment case.
Adhikari criticised the West Bengal government for failing to implement the 7th Pay Commission, pointing out that while the rest of the country has moved forward, West Bengal has not even formed a committee for it.
BJP leader Amit Malviya on Friday termed the Supreme Court's order directing the West Bengal government to pay 25% DA (Dearness Allowance) to State government employees as "a major victory" for the employees and the state unit of his party.
Padma Shri awardee Sudarsan Pattnaik has objected to naming a newly built Jagannath temple in Digha as 'Jagannath Dham,' saying it undermines the sanctity of Puri's Jagannath Dham and called on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to clarify the state's stand.