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.
A day after the West Bengal Medical Council (WBMC) on Thursday cancelled his medical registration on charge of ‘guilty of infamous conduct, Mr Santanu Sen, former MP of Trinamul Congress, on Friday moved the Calcutta High Court (HC) challenging the WBMC move against him.
In a stride towards a cleaner and more sustainable railway ecosystem, Eastern Railway’s Howrah Division organized a large-scale orientation-cum-training programme on source segregation in collaboration with the organization Garbage Free India (GFI).
Themes for Durga Pujas are being unveiled in the city as the Puja committees perform their Khunti Pujas.
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has decided to beautify the wetlands in the eastern fringes of the city.
The family members of the 13-year-old minor girl, Tamanna Khatun, who was killed in a bomb blast last month at Kaliganj in Nadia, will petition the Calcutta High Court for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the case.
