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Centre notice to former Bengal chief secy Bandyopadhyay illegal: TMC MP

TMC claimed that the show-cause notice sent to the state's just-retired chief secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay was an "illegal" move on the part of the Centre

Centre serves show cause notice to former Bengal Chief Secy under DM Act

In an escalating row, Alapan Bandyopadhyay had on Monday retired from bureaucracy and was appointed chief advisor to Bengal govt for three years

'Ego prevailed over public service': Dhankhar on Mamata skipping PM meet

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday stirred fresh controversy by saying "ego prevailed over public service" on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee skipping Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting to review post-cyclone damages on May 28. Dhankhar said the chief minister had called him before the meeting at Kalaikunda in Paschim Medinipur district and indicated that she won't attend it if Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari is present in it. "Constrained by false narrative to put record straight: On May 27 at 2316 hrs CM @MamataOfficial messaged 'may I talk? urgent'," Dhankhar tweeted. "Thereafter on phone indicated boycott by her & officials of PM Review Meet #CycloneYaas if LOP @SuvenduWB attends it. Ego prevailed over Public service," he said in another Twitter post. Besides Adhikary, Dhankhar and BJP MP Debosree Chaudhuri were present at the meeting. The chief minister said she skipped the meeting because "a BJP MLA has no locus to be present in a PM-CM

Cyclone Yaas: 221,000 hectares of crops damaged in Bengal, says Mamata

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said the state had incurred a total loss of more than Rs 20,000 crore due to Cyclone Yaas

With Covid situation improving, Mamata eases certain restrictions in Bengal

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said as the number of active Covid-19 cases had come down in the state, her government had allowed opening of retail shops, including bookstalls, from noon to 3 pm

Bengal chief secy retired, to act as chief advisor to CM: Mamata Banerjee

The Centre has asked him to join North Block on Tuesday but it cannot force an officer to join it without the permission of the state administration, Banerjee told a press conference

'Don't inflict suffering': Mamata writes to Modi on bureaucrat's transfer

Five quotes from the chief minister's letter addressing why she 'can't, won't' release civil servant.

Post-poll violence: Calcutta HC forms committee for victim rehabilitation

The Calcutta High Court on Monday formed a three-member Committee for rehabilitation of victims of post-poll violence after Assembly polls.

Mamata writes to Modi, says will not release Bengal chief secretary

Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay was to report to Delhi at 10 am.

Mamata requests PM to rescind order recalling CS, says will not release him

Mamata Banerjee wrote to Narendra Modi, requesting him to withdraw the Centre's order recalling Chief Secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay, and said her government "is not releasing" the top bureaucrat

'Don't humiliate me': Mamata's top quotes on skipping meeting with PM Modi

Banerjee held a press conference in Kolkata on Saturday to allege that her government is being harassed as it worked to control the coronavirus pandemic.

Mamata's Rs 20,000-cr demand for cyclone relief unrealistic: Dilip Ghosh

West Bengal CM had sought Rs 10,000 crore each for rebuilding the seaside tourist town of Digha and the ravaged parts of the Sunderbans region post Cyclone Yaas

BJP-led govt pursuing vendetta politics: Mamata on row over meeting with PM

'If Prime Minister asks me to touch his feet for welfare of Bengal people, I am ready to do that; but I should not be insulted,' says West Bengal CM

WB CM, chief secy insulted PM by not attending cyclone review meet: Suvendu

Leader of the opposition in West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday alleged that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the chief secretary have insulted Prime Minister Narendra Modi by not attending a meeting chaired by him to discuss the ravages caused by Cyclone Yaas.

Mamata Banerjee conducts aerial survey of cyclone-hit areas in Parganas

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee conducted an aerial survey of cyclone-hit areas in North and South 24 Parganas districts, and directed officials to ensure people affected get relief materials

BJP's Nadda accuses Mamata Banerjee of 'murder' of constitutional ethos

Hitting out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for skipping a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the state on Cyclone Yaas, BJP president J P Nadda on Friday accused her of "murder of constitutional ethos and the culture of cooperative federalism". Nadda said Modi holds the principle of cooperative federalism "very sacred" and has been actively working with all chief ministers irrespective of their party affiliation to give relief to people but unsurprisingly, he added, Banerjee's tactics and petty politics have once again come to haunt the people of Bengal. "When PM Narendra Modi stands strong with the citizens of West Bengal in wake of Cyclone Yaas, Mamata ji should also set aside her ego for the welfare of people. Her absence from the PM's meeting is murder of constitutional ethos & the culture of cooperative federalism," he tweeted. Modi visited Odisha and West Bengal and held review meetings in both the states on the post-cyclone situation. While Odisha ..

Left Cyclone Yaas review meet after taking PM's permission: Mamata

'As far as our estimation, damage of Rs 20,000 crore was caused (by the cyclone). So, we asked Rs 10,000 crore package each for the development of Digha and Sundarban,' says West Bengal CM

CM Mamata conducts aerial survey of cyclone-hit areas in West Bengal

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday conducted an aerial survey of cyclone-hit areas in North 24 Parganas district, officials said

PM Modi to assess impact of Cyclone Yaas, hold meetings in West Bengal

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will on Friday hold a review meeting to assess the impact of Cyclone Yass in West Bengal along with state Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

Will hold review meeting on cyclone devastation with PM Modi, says Mamata

Modi is slated to visit Bengal on Friday