The body of a Trinamul leader from Malda’s Harishchandrapur subdivision, Anisur Rehman, 59, was found hanging from a tree in a bordering district of Bihar on Friday.
Rehman, also a brick kiln owner, was missing for six days.His family and local party leaders alleged murder.
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Police, awaiting his autopsy report, said they will probe all angles.
On Friday, police got information about his body hanging near railway tracks of Katihar district of Bihar, some 10km from his home.
In South Dinajpur’s Hamjapur. seven Trinamul workers got injured in an intra-party clash on Friday night. All are admitted to the super specialty hospital in Gangarampur police station.
Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar administered the oath of office and secrecy to the ministers.
Three TMC leaders Amit Mitra, Bratya Basu, and Rathin Ghosh were sworn in virtually. Mitra is unwell and both Basu and Ghosh are recuperating from Covid-19.
Those who were sworn in include 24 cabinet ministers and 10 ministers of state (independent charge).
Eight women were sworn in, and with the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the total number of women has increased to nine.
The portfolios were decided at the first cabinet meeting of the government at the state secretariat.
The chief minister retained the portfolios of Home and Hill Affairs, Personnel and Administration, Health and Family Welfare, Land and Land Reforms and Refugee and Rehabilitation, and the Information and cultural affairs and North Bengal Development.
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THE TIMES OF INDIA | May 10, 2021, 13:34:53 IST
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AIADMK legislature party has elected former chief minister and party joint coordinator Edappadi K Palaniswami as Leader of Opposition (LoP).
13:34 (IST) May 10
BJP Nandigram MLA Suvendu Adhikari to be Leader of Opposition (LoP) in West Bengal Vidhan Sabha. Adhikari has been elected as BJP legislature party leader in Bengal.
KOLKATA: The third cabinet with Mamata Banerjee as chief minister is set to be sworn in on Monday, with its 43 members comprising an almost equal mix of the seasoned and the new. While 17 senior ministers who had been in both the earlier cabinets have all found a place the third time around, 16 are set to be first-time ministers.
Amit Mitra, who did not contest the Bengal polls, returns to the state cabinet. Manas Bhunia, Pulak Ray, Rathin Ghosh and Biplab Mitra also step into the cabinet Ray, Ghosh and Mitra for the first time after leading the party fightbacks in West Midnapore, Howrah and South Dinajpur. Cricketer Manoj Tiwari also gets a place in the new cabinet, as does former IPS officer Humayun Kabir.