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’18 lakh vulnerable pensioners left in the lurch’: Naveen slams Odisha govt for three-month delay in pension

Stepping up his attack on the BJP-led Odisha government, Leader of the Opposition and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik on Friday accused it of failing the state's most vulnerable citizens over the non-disbursal of social security pensions to nearly 18 lakh beneficiaries for the last three months, and urged Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi to ensure immediate release of the pending payments.

Shah opens Durga Pujas in Kolkata, promises ‘Sonar Bangla’

Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday inaugurated the Durga Puja at Santosh Mitra Square in central Kolkata, declaring that the Bharatiya Janata Party would form the next government in West Bengal and build a “Sonar Bangla,” or golden Bengal.