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.
Fake currency notes of around Rs 9 crore were seized at Dhamakhali ferry-ghat by police on Friday night. Two persons Debobrata Chakraborty and Sirajuddin Molla were arrested in connection with the incident.
Though local minister of East Burdwan district, Swapan Debnath has termed it as a routine exercise of the government, the BJP, CPM and the Congress have raised questions about retaining a person as vice-chairperson, who has been convicted in a murder case and is presently on bail after court orders.
Kirti Jha Azad, Member of Parliament for the Burdwan–Durgapur Lok Sabha constituency and former cricketer, has launched a sharp attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, accusing him of spreading falsehood during his speech in Durgapur yesterday.
Thirteen dead elephants! Seven deadly train collisions and 17 years of apathy. The forests of Bengal’s Junglemahal are fast turning into graveyards for elephants, as steel tracks cut ruthlessly through their ancient migratory paths.
On the very day the Prime Minister declared India’s firm resolve to completely halt infiltration from Bangladesh, the East Burdwan district administration identified a couple, who allegedly entered West Bengal illegally from the neighbouring country a decade ago.
