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.
In a remarkable display of adventure, discipline and national pride, sixty spirited Naval NCC Cadets from the West Bengal & Sikkim Directorate set sail on an inspiring expedition from Farakka to Kolkata on Wednesday.
Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday levelled serious allegations against the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), accusing it of “illegally and unethically” distributing birth certificates to suspicious individuals in a bid to influence the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls.
Justice Debangshu Basak, the ‘lead judge’ or a ‘senior judge’ of a Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court hearing the RG Kar rape and murder case, on Thursday, recused from hearing the matter.
The modalities for the formation of the new state committee of the BJP in West Bengal are at the final stage, and the announcement of the new panel is expected to be made by the end of next week.
The Trinamul Congress is likely to bring a motion in the upcoming Winter Session of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly condemning the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, which the party claims has caused widespread panic and distress across the state.
