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.
Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata (SMPK) today announced a significant upgrade to its container handling capabilities with the deployment of two additional high-capacity Mobile Harbour Cranes (MHCs) at Netaji Subhas Dock (NSD) within the Kolkata Dock System (KDS).
In a quiet neighbourhood in Basirhat, West Bengal, a 13-year-old girl was brutally assaulted, not by a stranger, but by a man she used to call ‘uncle’. Her parents, both migrant labourers in Tamil Nadu, had entrusted her care to extended family.
Controversy erupted in West Bengal’s political circles after CPI-M youth leader and recently inducted central committee member Minakshi Mukherjee used a derogatory term against Trinamul Congress state general secretary Kunal Ghosh during a rally in Kaliganj.
The five-century-old Balagarh boat industry, currently struggling for survival amidst changing circumstances, has achieved a significant milestone.
Senior Left Front leaders visited the family of the victim girl, who was killed in a crude bomb blast during a political rally last week at Molanda, Kaliganj in Nadia district.
