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 office of the West Bengal Governor, C.V. Ananda Bose, had directed the Kolkata Police to start an investigation into the allegations made by the four-time Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member, Kalyan Banerjee’ that arms and ammunition were being distributed from the Raj Bhavan in Kolkata by registering a first information report (FIR) in the matter.
After getting released from judicial custody in connection with the cash-for-job case, former West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee has installed a box outside his party office in Kolkata to seek public opinions on his political leadership.
While addressing the media persons in his constituency of Nandigram in East Midnapore district in the morning, the LoP played the audio clip on his mobile.
West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose on Sunday described the four-time Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member, C.V. Ananda Bose ’s allegation that arms and ammunition were being distributed from the Raj Bhavan in Kolkata as “inflammatory, explosive and irresponsible”.
A retired teacher, who was attacked by a swarm of honeybees, died in hospital yesterday.
