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.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday expressed happiness over the completion of the alternative Hume Pipe Bridge (vented causeway) at Dudhia, restoring the crucial Mirik–Siliguri connectivity.
Ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections in West Bengal, senior All India Congress Committee, (AICC) member and former Leader of Opposition in Parliament Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday extended a warm welcome to all “secular, educated, capable, and dedicated youths” opposed to the BJP and RSS, inviting them to join the Congress fold.
Every person in India should be allowed to practice his own religion without any fear, said Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee this afternoon.
A Bench of Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta said, “We are not convinced that the impugned order requires any interference. The SLP is dismissed.”
Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee Monday extended wishes to everyone celebrating Chhath Puja, a festival that embodies the spirit of faith, purity, and devotion.
