Drones set to light up Kolkata night sky on June 20
A swarm of 3,000 drones will light up the city’s night sky on Saturday, putting up a synchronised show on the banks of the Hooghly as part of the Vande Yogam and West Bengal Day celebrations.
A swarm of 3,000 drones will light up the city’s night sky on Saturday, putting up a synchronised show on the banks of the Hooghly as part of the Vande Yogam and West Bengal Day celebrations.
Senior Trinamul Congress leader and Beleghata MLA Kunal Ghosh on Friday publicly questioned the use of party funds for chartered flights, triggering fresh political discussion over the travel arrangements of the party’s national general secretary, Abhishek Banerjee.
Suvendu Adhikari emphasised that financial resources would not be a hurdle for projects aimed at protecting the hill districts and North Bengal.
Aiming to provide hygienic meals to passengers at affordable prices, the Sealdah Division has decided to launch food vans through a public-private partnership model at Sealdah station.
The Chief Minister confirmed one rain-related death in Bholanala in the Hasimara area of Alipurduar district.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday witnessed a sharp exchange between the West Bengal government and the Directorate of Enforcement (ED), with the State alleging that the anti-money laundering agency was being “weaponised” against political opponents, and the ED countering that it was, in fact, being “terrorised”.
Coming down heavily on the Election Commission of India, Chandrima Bhattacharya, Trinamul Mahila Congress president and state finance minister said democracy faces the biggest crisis when a constitutional authority starts behaving like the back office of a political party.
Suspended Trinamul Congress MLA Humayun Kabir on Wednesday made a sensational claim that the ruling party had approached his family with a proposal to field his son-in-law as its candidate from Lalgola Assembly constituency ahead of the forthcoming state elections.
At a time when West Bengal continues to witness incidents of violence and even murder during elections, and with another electoral exercise approaching, senior Rajyogini BK Usha of the Brahma Kumaris has called for greater spiritual awareness and inner transformation to foster lasting peace in society.
At a time when the poll-bound West Bengal has already launched ‘Yuva Sathi’ ~ a scheme to provide financial assistance to unemployed youths ~ a government official has issued a public warning about a counterfeit job racket operating in the name of his office in East Burdwan.
