A wave of celebration swept across North Bengal on Monday as the region secured significant representation in the newly formed BJP government, triggering jubilant scenes among party workers and supporters from Malda to Cooch Behar and Siliguri.
Officials of various agencies, including the BSF, SSB, NDRF and other disaster management authorities, also attended the meeting, which focused on flood control measures, identification of vulnerable spots, and coordination among departments ahead of the rainy season.
During his first post-oath visit to North Bengal, CM Suvendu Adhikari announced weekly public outreach programmes and reiterated BJP’s key development promises for the region.
As an expression of political courtesy, the elected legislators from the opposition Trinamool Congress from eight districts in North Bengal have received invitations to attend the administrative review meeting for the region to be chaired by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari at Siliguri in Darjeeling district on Wednesday.
Even before the dust has settled on polling day, political tempers in North Bengal are refusing to cool ~ spilling over into administrative decisions, public outreach programmes, and even questions over the Model Code of Conduct (MCC).
The 161st birth anniversary of Panchanan Barma was observed across North Bengal on Saturday with solemn tributes and commemorative programmes from Malda to Cooch Behar.
The ongoing Madhyamik Pariksha (secondary examination), witnessed a series of troubling incidents across North Bengal, including a road accident involving examinees, a case of malpractice at an examination centre, and the suspension of a teacher on charges of serious misconduct.
The three-day international conference on “Frontier in Mathematical Science: Theory, Applications and Innovation (FMSTAI-2025)”, organised by the department of mathematics, University of North Bengal, in association with the Calcutta Mathematical Society, concluded on Wednesday.
With the launch of the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, booth level officers (BLOs) across North Bengal have begun visiting households to distribute enumeration forms.
The threat of another flood looms large in north Bengal, following incessant rain for the last two days due to the after-effects of Cyclone Montha, causing the water level of the rivers to start to rise above the danger level, triggering panic among the people of a fresh flood and landslides in the hill districts.
