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 the midst of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of West Bengal's electoral rolls, state Education Minister Bratya Basu stirred controversy on Saturday after drawing a comparison between Rohingya infiltrators and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's Azad Hind Fauj.
The Trinamool Congress will organise a mega rally in Kolkata on Tuesday to protest against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls. Incidentally, the first stage of the three-phase revision exercise will also commence in West Bengal on the same day.
He further accused Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her party of spreading misinformation to malign the SIR exercise.
With the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls now underway across West Bengal, the ruling Trinamul Congress (TMC) has launched a massive organisational exercise to ensure that no legitimate voter’s name is left out during the revision process.
Durga Puja clubs in the city would have to mandatorily put up stickers with their names on advertisement hoardings from next year.
