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 incident took place within the limits of the Madanayakanahalli police station on the outskirts of Bengaluru.
A month into the inaugural journey of Kolkata-Sairang Express, and the train has found popularity among travellers with the train getting around 120 per cent occupancy on several days in the first month of the commencement of commercial services last month.
The price of red hibiscus, an essential commodity for the rituals of the Kali Puja festival, has shot up almost five times in the retail markets of Kolkata on Monday, when the auspicious occasion coincides with Diwali.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday extended Diwali greetings, urging people to uphold unity and communal harmony across the country.
Trinamool Congress’ massive victory margin of over seven lakh votes from Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal in the 2024 elections is “an indictment of West Bengal’s electoral process”, the BJP claimed on Sunday.
