Bengal has 294 assembly seats. Since the strength of a Vidhan Parishad cannot be more than a third of the legislative assembly, the state can have a maximum of 98 members in the legislative council.

The chief minister’s decision has been questioned by political experts and Left leaders who see this as a pointless exercise. Barely 12 days after being sworn in as the chief minister of West ...

Chief minister-designate Mamata Banerjee is keen on the formation of a Vidhan Parishad. For, the proposal would have to be passed in Parliament. The Centre's concurrence would be necessary as ...

The West Bengal government will set up a Legislative Council (Vidhan Parishad), as per a decision taken up at the Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday The Trinamool ...

West Bengal has 294-member Assembly. In 2016, the Trinamool Congress had won 211 seats, more than what it had got in 2011. In this election, the BJP emerged as the second biggest political force ...

Recently the Government of West Bengal has decided to set up a Legislative Council also known as Vidhan Parishad. To set up a Legislative Council a Bill must be introduced in the Legislative ...

Information about NGO Bangiya Unnayan Parishad in Calcutta, West Bengal. Information includes address, contact details like phone numbers, email address, contact person and directions to the ...

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad has filed a petition before the Jalpaiguri Circuit Bench of Calcutta High Court claiming that a lioness transferred to Bengal Safari Park here from Tripura was named ...

Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], April 14 (ANI): The Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Monday condemned the violence in West Bengal and said that the state government has completely failed in safeguarding ...

Information about NGO Ramkrishna Mission Lojsiksha Parishad in 24 Parganas (north), West Bengal. Information includes address, contact details like phone numbers, email address, contact person and ...

Meanwhile, Baranagar MLA Sayantika Bandyopadhyay and Bhagabangola MLA Rayat Hossain Sarkar on Friday resumed their dharna for the second consecutive day before the BR Ambedkar statue in West Bengal ...

Last month police in the east Indian state of West Bengal took 11,000 people into “preventive detention”. They confiscated more than 20,000 licensed weapons, along with piles of ammunition and ...