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 Kolkata Metro Railway has decided to increase the number of services on Saturdays and Sundays and extend the daily operational hours of Yellow Line from 3 November.
An all-party meeting was held in Asansol by the district magistrate of West Burdwan with representatives of all political parties recognised by the Election Commission of India.
Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw today approved the plan for developing passenger holding areas at 76 railway stations including Howrah, Sealdah, Shalimar and Asansol.
A mystery shrouds the death of 57-year-old Pradeep Kar of Agarpara, whose alleged suicide note blaming the NRC (national register of citizens) has triggered a fierce political storm in West Bengal.
Trinamul Congress has demanded a thorough investigation by the Election Commission of India as discrepancy in the voter list has been detected between the one published in 2002 and the one uploaded now.
