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West Bengal
Complaint against Mamata Banerjee over tit-for-tat arrest warning
Suvendu Adhikari files complaint against Mamata Banerjee for criminal intimidation and threats. Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari has filed a formal complaint against West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee alleging criminal intimidation and threats made by the the Trinamool Congress supremo during a recent political event. Adhikari, outlining a series of grievances, alleged that since his shift in political allegiance, he has faced numerous vexatious and concocted cases. He claimed that the ruling Trinamool Congress, led by Mamata Banerjee, has consistently promoted ill will and hatred towards him and his political party members. The complaint specifically points to Banerjee's speech at the Netaji Indoor Stadium on Thursday, where she reportedly made remarks indicating that if four MLAs of her political party are sent to jail, she will ensure the incarceration of eight individuals from the opposition party on murder charges under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code. Banerjee claimed that central agencies currently targeting opposition leaders will be after the BJP post-2024 Lok Sabha polls, asserting that the government at the Centre will last for three more months.
West Bengal
Bay of Bengal System to Dump Heavy Rain Over West Bengal and Odisha This Week; Kolkata, Cuttack, Puri On Alert
As Indians celebrated Diwali 2023 with great aplomb, spirits heightened but air qualities plummeted. Fortunately, rains are slowly showing up in different parts of the country, acting like a post-Diwali clean-up crew tasked with ridding the air of pollutants. After South India, these showers are all set to drench the eastern parts of our country starting tomorrow. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), a cyclonic circulation has aided the formation of a low-pressure area over the southeast Bay of Bengal and adjoining Andaman-Nicobar Islands. The ambitious system is set to traverse west-northwestwards, intensifying into a depression over the west-central Bay of Bengal around November 16. Meanwhile, another cyclonic circulation sits atop the southwest Bay of Bengal. Under the collective influence of these systems, light to moderate showers are expected in the coastal districts of Gangetic West Bengal and Odisha from Wednesday, November 15. These rains will be accompanied by isolated heavy spells (64.5 mm-115.5 mm) starting Thursday, November 16.
West Bengal
Dengue death due to mosquito bite not 'accident' to allow accident insurance claim: Calcutta High Court
Mosquitos are the silent insidious enemies which are present everywhere across India and, therefore, a mosquito bite cannot be termed an 'accident' for claiming compensation under an accident insurance policy, the Calcutta High Court recently held [Chitra Mukherjee vs Union of India]. Single-judge Justice Moushumi Bhattacharya dismissed the plea filed by the mother of a serving army man, who died at a hospital on December 20, 2021 after contracting Dengue. It dismissed the contention that since the deceased was bitten by a mosquito, it would come within the ambit of an 'accident' and thus, the insurance company was liable to compensate.
West Bengal
IMD predicts formation of Cyclone Mocha over Bay of Bengal; more rains across India this week
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted the formation of a cyclonic storm, Cyclone Mocha, in the southeast Bay of Bengal. Between May 7 and May 9, the cyclonic storm is expected to make a landfall on the eastern coast of the country. Under the influence of the cyclonic circulation, a low pressure area is likely to form over the the southeast Bay of Bengal around May 7 and then concentrate into a depression over the same region on May 8.
West Bengal
'Give Us 35 Seats And Mamata Banerjee Will Be Out': Amit Shah In Bengal
While the BJP is yet to kick off its campaign in West Bengal, the party is already in action mode with Union Home Minister Amit Shah setting the tone ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha election in the state. Mr Shah has set a target for the BJP - 35 of the state's 42 parliamentary seats. In 2019, the BJP won 18 seats. At a rally in Suri in Birbhum district, Mr Shah targeted Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Trinamool Congress's National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee and Anubrata Mondal - the powerful TMC district president for Birbhum who has delivered for the party all these years.
