Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari is likely to inaugurate the month-long Shravani Mela at the historic Jalpesh temple, a revered shrine dedicated to Lord Shiva, in Jalpaiguri on 20 July, according to highly placed sources.
He said Darjeeling would be developed as the state's first world-class tourism destination, while the second destination would be identified as part of the government's long-term tourism strategy.
With TMC divided into factions, numbers suggest that the three BJP candidates are almost certain to win the by-elections.
The Election Commission of India’s recent announcement of by-elections to three Rajya Sabha seats from West Bengal, which fell vacant following the resignations of Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, Sushmita Dev and Prakash Chik Baraik — the three Trinamool Congress MPs who stepped down after the party’s debacle in the recent West Bengal Assembly elections — has brought the focus back on the former MPs and the BJP’s plans for them.
In West Bengal, the BJP is set to secure victory in all three Rajya Sabha seats as Trinamool Congress may not be in the race due to internal rebellion
The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India has agreed to meet leaders of the Trinamul Congress (TMC) on 28 November…
Leader of Opposition in Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari has lodged a formal complaint with the Election Commission of India alleging that a state-level conference of women police personnel in Digha turned into a platform for political propaganda for Trinamul Congress.
Governor CV Ananda Bose said on Monday that he will send reports to the ministry of home affairs (MHA) on the situation arising at the international borders in the state with neighbouring Bangladesh where thousands of illegal Bangladeshi migrants started assembling to return to their native land following the launch of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on 4 November.
Trinamul Congress will intensify the movement to put pressure on the Centre to release the dues of the state government, Abhishek Banerjee, party’s national general secretary said today.
The state Cabinet, under the stewardship of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today cleared, in principle, a series of proposals ranging from clearance of lands required for setting up a Mahakal temple at Darjeeling. Furthermore, north Bengal would also get a convention Centre at Dabgram.
