After the Calcutta High Court cancelled OBC certificates issued in West Bengal after 2010, the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) chairman Hansraj Gangaram Ahir on Wednesday expressed support for the verdict, saying it is right and "we welcome it".
Hours after the Calcutta High Court cancelled OBC certificates issued in West Bengal after 2010, CPI(M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Wednesday, said that he will comment on the issue only after reading the full verdict.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday welcomed the decision of the Calcutta High Court to cancel all OBC certificates issued in the state after 2010 and said that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wants "to rob the reservation of backward classes for her vote bank and give t
Hours after the Calcutta High Court cancelled OBC certificates issued in West Bengal after 2010, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said she will not accept the judgement and "OBC reservation continues and will always continue".
The Election Commission has issued a show cause notice to Former Calcutta High Court judge Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay, a BJP candidate for his remarks against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee while addressing a public meeting held on May 15 in Haldia.
Siliguri Mayor Goutam Deb welcomed the judgement of the Supreme Court's stay on a Calcutta High Court order cancelling the appointment of 26,000 teachers, the matter is now posted to July 16 by the top court.
"I do not underestimate them (opposition), but I find that they are not in the ground. They are absent from the contest...," Gangopadhyay said speaking about the TMC in Tamluk.
A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team visited Rajbari area of Sandeshkhali on Thursday to probe land grabbing allegations against Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan.
The Calcutta High Court in the Sandeshkhali case said that the CBI in its report has mentioned huge volumes of land grabbing allegations that have come in and lack of proper cooperation from the state authorities. The Court also directed the state to deploy more staff to help with the invest