Tag: Bengal

Triply blessed

Exactly 35 years after the Left Front scrapped the study of English at the primary level and with disastrous consequences, the Trinamul government’s decision to introduce what it calls the “three-language formula” from Classes One to Ten deserves unqualified support. In retrospect, the dropping of English had caused far greater damage to a generation than...

May 18, 2017

President lauds Mamata for good work in health, education

President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday lavished praise on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, lauding her government's competence especially in the education and health sectors. "She is doing lot of work, in education, in health. I have been a part of the state politics for 50 years. After becoming President, I have come to the...

May 18, 2017

Trinamool wins four, GJM three civic bodies in Bengal

West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress maintained their supremacy, emerging victorious in four municipalities while the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha managed to retain control in three in the northern hills but the Congress-Left Front alliance and the BJP came a cropper in the civic poll results announced on Wednesday. The Trinamool virtually wiped out all opposition in...

May 17, 2017

Development in Bengal only on paper, not on the ground: Ram Kripal Yadav

Accusing West Bengal's Mamata Banerjee government of "unwillingness" to implement central schemes, Union Rural Development Minister Ram Kripal Yadav on Tuesday said the regime's tall claims of development in the state was "only on paper" and not on the ground. He threatened to order a probe into the huge gulf between the state government's claims...

May 16, 2017

3 Bengal heritage buildings to get fresh lease of life

In a much appreciated move, the West Bengal Heritage Commission has decided to restore three heritage buildings in the state, officials said on Saturday. The iconic buildings include– the house of Alexander Duff on Nimtala Ghat Street, Mahishadal Rangibashan Rajbari, and Dr Graham Home's Church in Kalimpong in north Bengal. The overall estimated cost of...

May 6, 2017

Honouring the Bard

Rabindranath Tagore defied death by transcending time and making his way eternally into the hearts of all Bengalis. Knowing the infinity of this legend, makes his beginning even more interesting to relate. Tagore was born the youngest in 1861, the ninth of 13 children, to Debendranath Tagore and Sarada Devi. As a manager of the...

May 3, 2017

‘2019 Waterloo for Communists in India’

The BJP, aiming at a panIndia presence, is faced with the uphill task of conquering West Bengal, where it has historically been a force of no consequence. The party’s central leadership is encouraged by a jump in its vote share in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls and the recent by-elections in the State. Ahead of...

April 28, 2017

Appeasement politics will ruin Trinamool: BJP

BJP's national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya on Monday warned West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress of "total ruination" if it did not stop its appeasement politics. "I assure you (the people) that through Bengal's 'Jan Aakrosh', we will only breathe after we have felled the Trinamool government. Through the district administration, I want to tell the...

April 24, 2017

When there’s no cause for celebration

A playback singing award for a promising newcomer is perhaps the best consolation for a disappointing year for Bengal in the 64th national film awards. The singer, Imon Chakravorty, has reason to be delighted that the jury was impressed by her performance in Praktan based on a lyric that also won an award. It may...

April 14, 2017

BJP will form government in Bengal with majority: Uma Bharti

Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti on Friday asserted that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will form the government in West Bengal "with a clear majority" in the next assembly polls. "BJP will form the government in Bengal with a clear majority, just as we saw in Assam and in Haryana where, once upon a...

April 14, 2017

Cop slaps woman during anti-liquor protest in Tamil Nadu

A senior police official 'slapped' a woman protester during a crackdown on an anti-liquor agitation in neighbouring Tirupur district with the act, caught on camera, coming in for strong condemnation. The incident occurred last evening in Shamalpuram when a group of people, including women, blocked a road demanding closure of state-owned TASMAC liquor outlet in...

April 12, 2017

Coal India’s new projects in Jharkhand, Bengal to cut import bill

State-owned Coal India will come up with three coal bed methane and coal mine methane projects in Jharkhand and West Bengal in 2017-18, a move that may help lower the country's import bill and cut carbon emission. “Coal India (CIL) will come up with three CBM and CMM projects in the current fiscal,” an official...

April 9, 2017

Mamata inaugurates Dumurjala helipad in Howrah

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today inaugurated a helipad at Dumurjala in Howrah district. Inaugurating the helipad, Banerjee said 26 government helipads have been constructed across the state at district headquarters and other important locations. She said helipads will help air transport and helicopter services in the state. Construction of helipads has been completed...

April 3, 2017

Fake Rs.2,000 notes seized in Bengal

The Border Security Force has seized Fake Indian Currency Notes of face value of Rs 4 lakh in Rs 2,000 denomination in two areas of northern West Bengal since Sunday, an official release said. Acting on a specific information, BSF personnel, under Border Outpost Churiantpur near the India-Bangladesh border fence gate, had laid an ambush...

April 3, 2017

Bengal to form Scheduled Caste Advisory Council soon

 The West Bengal government will soon set up a Scheduled Caste Advisory Council, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced here on Monday. Briefing newspersons after a meeting of the Tribal Development Council, Banerjee said the new body would be set up for development of the Scheduled Caste population in the state and function on the lines...

March 27, 2017

Bengal health panel to start functioning within week

The West Bengal Health Regulatory Commission, set up to monitor private hospitals, will start functioning within a week and a website will be in place for lodging online complaints, one of its members said on Friday. "It will start working in a week. We will also consider online complaints," panel member M.L. Saha said. Senior...

March 24, 2017

Delights of nature

Last year, we planned a trip to Lava, Lolegaon, Rishyap and the surrounding areas, which have gained much popularity in the last few years as tourist spots. Our first destination was Lava. It is situated at an elevation of 7,700 feet, and needless to say, it was too cold. The two noteworthy spots for site-seeing...

March 20, 2017