A state-wide review of VIP security arrangements has led to changes in protection cover for several prominent figures, with Sourav Ganguly becoming the latest name on the list.
Far more than a beneficiary verification exercise, the West Bengal government’s newly launched Annapurna Yojana is emerging as one of the state's most ambitious attempts to build a household-level socio-economic database, potentially reshaping how welfare schemes, development programmes and public investments are planned in the years ahead.
Women commuters hailed the West Bengal government’s scheme of allowing women to travel free in state-run buses starting today.
Before that, the state Chief Minister, Suvendu Adhikari will be inaugurating a conference of the Principal Census Officers tomorrow at the state secretariat’s auditorium, Nabanna Sabhaghar.
Chief Minister Adhikari said the decision was aimed at protecting educational institutions and religious places from the social impact of liquor consumption, while also ensuring that cases of public nuisance and mischief are not reported near schools, colleges, and temples.
The initiative is taken with a twin objective of creating new jobs and boosting investment in electric mobility.
“What is the urgency,” Justice Dhulia asked state government counsel, “You can always tell the high court that we will next hear it on 3rd July and till then....”
The state government's plea said: "The Impugned Order while failing to grant stay on the investigation conducted by the CBI and ED relating to the alleged municipality recruitment scam, has also proceeded to ignore the law laid down by this Hon'ble Court in a catena of cases."
Following the release of 'The Kerala Story' in the UK, the team behind the film addressed the media to celebrate the success of the film. The film, according to its makers, is likely to cross the Rs 190-crore-mark in India today.
That system continued for three years even after Trinamul came to power in West Bengal for the first time in 2011 bringing an end to the 27-year Left Front rule.
