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).
BSF troops under the Raiganj Sector of the North Bengal Frontier apprehended three Bangladeshi nationals—Mohenur Islam, Moriyam Khatun, and Bappi Roy—on Monday while they were attempting to cross the international border illegally from Bangladesh into India.
BJP leaders in North Bengal have renewed their allegations against the West Bengal government, accusing it of selling off tea estate lands to private developers at the cost of indigenous livelihoods.
Since its inception, Uttarkanya, the branch secretariat of the West Bengal government in Siliguri, has played a vital role in disbursing medical aid through the chief minister’s relief fund (CMRF) to countless patients across north Bengal.
At a time when a section of people in north Bengal is demanding the cancellation of the amended Waqf Act, senior officials of the West Bengal Waqf Board have launched a special drive to recover properties allegedly encroached upon by non-Muslims in various parts of North Bengal
After yesterday’s speech at Alipurduar by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, chief minister Mamata Banerjee has written in her X-handle on how much the state has contributed in the development of north Bengal.
