Firhad Hakim is an Indian politician serving as the mayor of Kolkata since 2018 and minister for Urban Development and Municipal Affairs of West Bengal since 2011. Read More
In a bid to cut down on carbon emissions, the West Bengal government has decided to retrofit about one lakh smart LED streetlights in municipal corporation areas covering Kolkata and neighbouring Bidhannagar, a senior minister announced here on Thurs ...
One person was killed and sixteen others were injured in a lightning strike near Kolkata's Victoria Memorial as heavy rain lashed the city for around two hours on Friday, police said. ...
Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim on Tuesday claimed that income tax notices were being issued to Durga Puja committees at the behest of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). ...
Pilloried by the BJP for alleged appeasement politics, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is trying to shed her image of being only pro-minorities to regain the ground lost in the recent Lok Sabha elections. ...
Billboards with photographs of Nobel laureate Amartya Sen containing his remarks dubbing the 'Jai Sri Ram' slogan as alien to Bengali culture and being used to beat up people have appeared on key Kolkata street intersections. ...
Five Trinamool Congress councillors of the Kanchrapara municipality in North 24 Parganas district - who had crossed over to the BJP after the Lok Sabha polls - returned to West Bengal's ruling party on Thursday. ...
The nearly four-month long drama over Bidhannagar Mayor and Trinamool Congrss dissident leader Sabyasachi Dutta seemed headed towards a climax with the party clipping his wings and asking him to quit its fold, besides dubbing the leader as "Mir Jafar ...
West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress on Sunday accused the main opposition BJP of bringing musclemen from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh to spread unrest in violence-hit Bhatpara of North 24 Parganas district. ...
