Bengal must confront environmental challenge
The formation of a new government in West Bengal offers a historic opportunity not only for administrative reform but also for environmental renewal.
The formation of a new government in West Bengal offers a historic opportunity not only for administrative reform but also for environmental renewal.
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.
The 31st Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) was inaugurated at Dhono Dhanyo Auditorium by veteran actor Shatrughan Sinha in the presence of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and host of other stars, including former cricketer Sourav Ganguly, singer Arati Mukherjee, filmmakers Goutam Ghose, Mumbai-based Ramesh Sippy and Sujoy Ghosh.
Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal Manoj Kumar Agrawal on Thursday reiterated that no eligible voter would be left out during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
Union minister and BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the West Bengal government, accusing Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of being “anti-Hindu” and of “conspiring against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019.”
In a significant achievement, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Eastern Railway yesterday rescued 25 children on a single day from various stations of the zonal railway.
The name of councillor Ashok Rudra, along with those of his family members, is missing from the 2002 voters’ list of the Hirapur Assembly constituency (now Asansol South), he alleged. Mr Rudra is the councillor of Ward No.
