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
There is turmoil within the Trinamul-led Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC).
CPI-M politburo member and state secretary Mohammed Salim on Wednesday delivered a sharp political message to leaders of various Left parties, urging them to “break and crush” what he described as the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS) expanding “enclosures” across the country – from Gujarat to West Bengal.
A day after Trinamul Congress observes state-wide “Communal Harmony Day”, on 6 December, marking the anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition, a Gita chanting congregation is set to be held at the Brigade Parade Grounds on 7 December.
Uncontrolled stunt biking on a public road has claimed the life of a young Polytechnic student in the Mukutmonipur tourist hub area of Bankura yesterday afternoon.
The National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) has been honoured with the prestigious CIMUSET Award for its climate change gallery “On The Edge?” developed at Science City, Kolkata.
