The ground was decorated with symbols deeply associated with the state, ranging from Kolkata’s yellow taxis, hand-pulled rickshaws to images of Dakshineswar Temple and Belur Math.
PM Modi said that Syama Prasad Mookerjee emerged as the key figure who resisted such efforts and launched a movement for a separate homeland for Bengali Hindus within India.
The bifurcation of Bengal and the subsequent creation of West Bengal owes its origin to the leadership of Shyama Prasad Mookherjee who championed the idea of a ‘Hindu homeland’ within the Indian union.
The date holds historical significance as it was on June 20, 1947, that the Bengal Provincial Legislative Assembly passed the resolution for West Bengal to remain a part of India.
The restrictions will not be applicable for vehicles carrying LPG Cylinders, CNG, petroleum, oil, lubricants and oxygen, vegetable, medicine, fruits, fish and milk.
In a step toward enhancing railway safety, the engineering department of Howrah division of the Eastern Railway initiated the construction of ‘model test tracks’ at every permanent way inspector (PWI) office across the division.
BJP’s IT Cell Chief and the party’s central observer for West Bengal, Amit Malviya, on Saturday, attacked the ruling Trinamool Congress government and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the increasing exodus of undergraduate students from the state to colleges, institutions and universities in other states.
The three-day National Conference of Physicians was held in Kolkata, jointly organised by the West Bengal branch of the Indian Rheumatology Association and SOAR (Society for Osteoarthritis Research).
Violent protests erupted at the state-run J N M Medical College and Hospital in Kalyani of Nadia district after a four year-old baby died during a CT scan procedure at the teaching hospital on Saturday morning.
From August, there is a possibility that a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) or special amendment process will commence for the voter list in West Bengal.
