West Bengal’s budget bets on infra push, welfare, jobs and fiscal repair
The BJP-led West Bengal government and journalist-turned-politician Swapan Dasgupta’s maiden budget attempts an ambitious political and economic balancing act.
The BJP-led West Bengal government and journalist-turned-politician Swapan Dasgupta’s maiden budget attempts an ambitious political and economic balancing act.
Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Sunday jibed at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Nabin for selling the alleged bogus dreams of recreating the Maharaja Ranjit Singh era in Punjab.
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.
The BJP on Friday accused the Congress of being responsible for the declining relevance of the INDIA bloc, claiming that the alliance is facing an existential crisis due to the opposition party’s “opportunistic and self-serving politics”.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), under Asansol organisation district of Rahr Bangla, has officially unveiled two new, futuristic state-of-the-art party offices in Durgapur city in West Burdwan district on Thursday named as ‘Janatar Karyalay’.
Rao, popularly known as KTR, accused the national parties of bias after reports emerged that the Polavaram cofferdam was once again damaged due to heavy and continuous rainfall over the past ten days.
BJP spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia, interacting with the media persons here, drew an analogy between Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and Pakistan founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah, and alleged that it was because of the Congress that the country witnessed the horrors of partition. He said that Jinnah and Rahul have become synonymous with each other as their thoughts are similar.
In his Independence Day speech at Red Fort on Friday, Modi said attempts to set up semiconductors during the Congress regime had failed in the initial stage itself.
The SP president made these comment after paying tribute to Veerangana Avantibai Lodhi by garlanding her statue here. He said that those who are in power should first respect Avanti Bai.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday on the occasion of Independence Day joined the tea ceremony at Raj Bhavan hosted by Governor C.V. Ananda Bose.
