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.
Cold storages will buy 10 lakh metric ton of potatoes from farmers at a rate of Rs six per kg and the process would begin with Jyoti variety of potatoes.
Deepak Panja from Panskura had gone to Kolkata with a group of left cadres and workers. However, while everyone returned at the end of the day, he did not.
The organisations led by DYFI and the SFI today turned the city streets into a sea of red flags and red cards as they marched towards Nabanna. Two large processions from Howrah and Sealdah gathered at College Street from where they headed towards Nabanna
The DYFI and youth members of the Left Front parties also hurled stones, footballs and oranges towards the deployed RAF and other police officials.
CPIM's youth wing DYFI had called for the Nabanna expedition to demand jobs and education for all from the TMC-led West Bengal government.
