BJP Eyes Return to Writers’ as Power Shifts in Bengal
Party insiders suggest that reclaiming Writers’ Building would not only be a logistical decision but also a political statement, underscoring a break from the Trinamool era.
Party insiders suggest that reclaiming Writers’ Building would not only be a logistical decision but also a political statement, underscoring a break from the Trinamool era.
The state government will be recognising and felicitating various personnel and organisations that have contributed significantly in the rescue, relief and rehabilitation measures being carried out in calamity-hit north Bengal.
The state secretariat Nabanna on Tuesday brought back ‘Bangali’ by removing ‘Bangla’ in the state anthem Banglar Mati Banglar Jol by Rabindranath Tagore, bringing to an end to the controversy since 2023 when the Mamata Banerjee government passed a Bill in the state Legislative Assembly making the poem as a state song.
In the wake of the Nabanna Abhijan Rally called for Tuesday to protest the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder case, the West Bengal police have tightened security around the West Bengal state secretariat "Nabanna".
The state cabinet at a meeting in Nabanna, helmed by the chief minister Mamata Banerjee, decided to bring all workers at the panchayat level under the state government’s health insurance scheme.
To help deport civilians, particularly Bengalis, left stranded in the violence-hit Manipur, she announced the commissioning of a 24x7 control room to fasttrack the rescue effort
The chief secretary HK Dwivedi told the district administration to ensure that all booster doses are completed within the 75-day time period.
Sources at the hospital said that he underwent first dialysis procedure after his creatinine level shot up abnormally. He is responding to treatment slowly.
Four task forces involving industry, exports, infrastructure and tourism have been formed with representatives from the state government departments and industrialists.
The condition of Nabanna is such that the state administration had to sanitise the entire building three times in the last week. "Most of the senior officials are falling sick and they are staying at home. Many works are pending because the concerned officers can't come to the office because of Covid. Naturally files are getting piled up and we don't know when everything will be cleared," the official said.
