Kolkata Mar 26 PTI The West Bengal government on Saturday asked all its employees to report for duty during the 48-hour nationwide strike on March 28 and 29 failing which they will be issued show-cause noticesThe TMC dispensation which has been opposed to bandhs as its official policy said that no casual leave will be granted to employees except in emergency situations such as illness or death in the familySeveral trade unions including those of the Left Front and the Congress but barring the ones belonging to the BJP and the TMC have called for a two-day nationwide strike against the Centres economic policies In a notification issued from state secretariat Nabanna Principal Secretary Manoj Pant said that any employee remaining absent for two days or either of the days without permission shall be asked for an explanationIn view of call given by different trade unions and others for a 48-hour nationwide strike on 28th and 29th March 2022 it has been decided that all state government offices shall remain open and all the employees shall report for duty on those daysIt has been decided that no casual leave or any other leave for absence either in the first half or in the second half or for the whole day shall be granted to any employee on the above-mentioned dates the notification saidIt said that the absence of employees on the two days shall be treated as dies-non and no salary will be admissible unless covered by grounds of hospitalisation bereavement in family several illness or staffers on maternity child care medical or earned leave before March 25All Heads of OfficesControlling Authorities concerned will issue Show-Cause notice to the employees concerned who will remain absent on March 28 2022 and March 29 2022 or on any of these 2 two dates asking himher to explain why action would not be taken against himher for such unauthorised absence On receipt of satisfactory reply leave due and admissible may be granted on production of documentary evidence on the grounds mentioned above it saidThose not responding to the show-cause notice shall be liable to disciplinary action the notification saidAll course of action regarding this order should be completed by April 13 it added PTI SUS ACD ACD

Agartala Mar 24 PTI Leader of Opposition in Tripura Assembly Manik Sarkar on Thursday said the BJP-IPFT government should publish a white paper informing the people about how the present dispensation tackled the debt burden inherited from the previous regimeThe BJP-IPFT alliance came to power in the north-eastern state in 2018 by ending 25 years of CPIM-led Left Front ruleA document on the states debt burden to the tune of Rs 11000 crore was brought out by the BJP-IPFT government after it came to power in March 2018The present government had tabled two back to back zero deficit Budgets in the Assembly in its first two fiscals Had the previous government not left anything the present government would not have presented zero deficit Budgets for two consecutive years Sarkar a former chief minister saidSpeaking to journalists at his chamber in the state assembly Sarkar said the Budget for the 2022-23 FY that was presented in the House shows a deficit of Rs 56952 croreThe people of the state want the present government to unveil a white paper on how it offset the debt burden of the erstwhile regime and presented zero deficit budgets for two consecutive years he saidThe former chief minister also alleged the present government has removed around 50000 beneficiaries from the list of various social pensionsTherefore enhancing the amount of social pension to Rs 2000 for the downtrodden is not a big deal because around half a lakh beneficiaries are already denied of the benefit he pointed outCriticising the government for ignoring the aspirations of youth and government employees the Left leader said There is no mention about fresh appointment in government departments It seems the Budget declared a war against job aspirants In the past four years of the BJP regime 150 lakh employees have received DA only three times Earlier they used to get it twice in a year The erratic release of DA has widened the gap of DA between employees of the Central government and the stateAround 25- 28 per cent DA is pending for state government employees Sarkar claimedHe also expressed dismay as the five-day Budget session passed as many as ten BillsOur MLAs wanted to send at least two Bills to the select committee for further discussion but all the bills were passed riding on the strength of the Treasury Bench he added PTI PS MM MM

Kolkata Feb 28 PTI The Left Front on Monday held a protest meeting in front of the State Election Commission here alleging violence and electoral malpractices against the ruling Trinamool Congress and submitted a deputation to the commissioner Left Front chairman Biman Bose claimed that the attempts were being made by the ruling party to destroy the democratic fabric in the state People have to raise their voice against the attempts of Trinamool Congress to murder democracy Bose told reporters before submission of the deputation to the state election commissioner He said that protests were held throughout the state against acts of violence and electoral malpractices during Sundays elections to 107 municipalities CPIM state secretary Surjya Kanta Mishra who was part of the delegation which gave the deputation to the commissioner claimed that no action was taken against most of those who were seen to be involved in false voting and acts of intimidation PTI AMR RG RG

Kolkata Feb 23 PTI The MPMLA court here on Wednesday exonerated West Bengal Labour minister Becharam Manna and 30 others of charges made in a criminal case related to the Singur anti-land acquisition movement of 2006 Manna as an opposition Trinamool Congress leader had then played a significant role in the movement that led to the exit of Tata Motors Nano car factory from Singur in Hooghly district during the time of the Left Front government In the case he had been accused of hatching a conspiracy to attack the police and disrupt normalcy The special court for trial of criminal cases involving MPs and MLAs in West Bengal exonerated Manna of the charges along with 30 others in its order The minister and the other accused persons were present in the court when the order was pronounced Manna later told reporters that 68 cases had been lodged against him and others in connection with the Mamata Banerjee-led Singur movement This was the last of the 68 cases against me Verdicts of all the cases came in our favour he saidManna said that the Supreme Court had earlier passed a judgement that the land acquisition at Singur was not as per rules and with Wednesdays order it has been proved that the cases lodged against him and others during the Left Front rule were false PTI AMR NN NN

Kolkata Dec 30 PTI West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday stressed on winnability and clean image as the prime criteria while selecting candidates for the coming civic poll in the state party leaders said A TMC core committee meeting was held at Banerjees residence who is also the TMC supremo during the day to discuss the partys strategy and the candidate list for four municipal corporations to be held on January 22 During the meeting our party supremo stressed on winnability clean image and capability to strengthen the partys image in the area These will be the main criteria while selecting candidates for the civic poll senior party leader and Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim said after the meeting According to sources the party is likely to release its list of candidates for election to four civic bodies tonight The West Bengal State Election Commission had on Monday announced that the poll to Siliguri Chandannagar Bidhannagar and Asansol municipal corporations will be held on January 22 According to sources in TMC some sitting councillors in these civic bodies who do not have clean images and have earned the party a bad name are likely to be dropped Those who have bad reputation or have been non-performers are most likely not to get the party ticket this time The report on our councillors prepared by I-PAC will also play a key role while selecting candidates another senior TMC leader said on the condition of anonymity During the December 19 Kolkata Municipal Corporation KMC poll the ruling TMC had dropped 39 out of 124 sitting councillors Like in the KMC poll the party is also likely to issue a stern warning to all its candidates against using any form of force during the poll the leader said The party will not tolerate any use of force during the coming civic election If anyone is found to be involved in any form of violence on the polling day strict action will be taken the leader said Out of the four civic bodies where poll will be held on January 22 the TMC had won three in 2015 The Left Front had won the election in Siliguri Municipal Corporation The election could not beld in 2020 due to the pandemic situation PTI PNT KK KK KK

Agartala (Tripura) [India], November 17 (ANI): Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Wednesday expressed his disappointment over the previous Left Front government in Tripura and said that the Central government's funds released for the state's development were not properly used during the Left Front regime.

Agartala (Tripura) [India], November 17 (ANI): Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Wednesday accused the previous Left Front-led government in the state of exploiting farmers and daily wage workers.

Tripura (Agartala) [India], October 29 (ANI): Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shobha Karandlaje on Thursday slammed the previous Left Front government for the lack of development during the 25 years of their regime.