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
In Potagachi village of Ektarpur Panchayat in Balagarh, Hooghly, the names of around 900 people are missing from the 2002 voter list published by the Election Commission. Voters fear that their names may be excluded during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR).
The Siliguri Metropolitan Police have launched a major crackdown on the sand mafia operating along the Balason river in Matigara, just 48 hours after Darjeeling MP and BJP national spokesperson Raju Bista publicly criticised the administration for allowing large-scale illegal mining in the region.
Tension gripped the Hakimpur border area in North 24-Parganas’ Swarupnagar on Thursday morning after locals accused sections of the Media of spreading “misleading and provocative” reports amid the ongoing outflow of Bangladeshi nationals returning to their country following the announcement of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
As India gears up for pivotal Assembly elections in 2026 across Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Puducherry, the political landscape is charged with anticipation and complexity.
After former education minister Partha Chatterjee, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday granted bail to former West Bengal Board of Secondary Education president Kalyanmoy Gangopadhyay in a CBI case related to the School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment scam.
