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
O'Brien accused the Election Commission and the BJP-led Centre of "silent invisible rigging" (SIR), claiming that the exercise is aimed at suppressing voter turnout.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) is set to deploy AI-based software in West Bengal to identify duplicate voters as part of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee congratulated more than one lakh students who have cleared Joint Entrance Examination and are going through counselling in nursing and para medical courses in various institutions.
BJP IT cell in-charge and West Bengal co-observer Amit Malviya on Thursday launched a sharp attack on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, alleging that her repeated criticism of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls stems from “fear of political defeat” in the 2026 Assembly elections.
Pandemonium broke out at a SIR meeting of Birbhum MP Shatabdi Roy at Koma Gram Panchayat, under Suri Block II today, as two rival groups of TMC supporters clashed with each other.
