East Midnapore witnessed celebrations, public screenings, and religious rituals as preparations intensified ahead of the oath-taking ceremony in Kolkata. Locals in Contai and Nandigram gathered in large numbers.
Chandan Mondol, former BJP district secretary of East Midnapore joined Trinamul Congress this afternoon.
Tension gripped Sudampur under the Moyna Assembly constituency in East Midnapore after the body of a local BJP leader was recovered from a pond five days after he went missing.
A mob assaulted a policeman and tore his uniform in protest against the alleged negligence death of a two-month-old in the state-run Egra Sub-Divisional Hospital in East Midnapore on Tuesday.
Trinamul Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee has said leaders above 40 years cannot head the youth wings anymore. However, those who reach 40 years will be absorbed in the main organisation.
Amid controversies on whether the Lord Jagannath Temple at Digha in the East Midnapore can be described as “dham”, the signage of “Jagannath Dham” has been removed from the site of the said temple.
The temple at Nandigram has been modelled after the iconic Ram Mandir at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh. Sonachura village at Nandigram is the actual site of the proposed temple.
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday extended its stay-order period in connection with demolitions of illegal hotels and lodges in Mandarmani tourist spot in East Midnapore district till 24 January.
These 17 urban local bodies in the state are, Asansol, Bankura, Purulia, Birbhum, Burdwan, Siliguri, jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar, Dinajpur, Malda, Murshidabad, West Midnapore, Murshidabad, Malda, Nadia, Hooghly, East Midnapore etc.
Thousands of residents of Moyna, an administrative block in East Midnapore district, are grappling with dire living conditions due to blocked canals, their only means of water drainage.
