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 National Commission for Women (NCW) has issued an 11-point recommendation to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee and Governor CV Ananda Bose in connection with the alleged gang-rape of a medical student in Durgapur.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday demanded that the Bhutan government compensate the flood-affected families in the Dooars region, alleging that water released from Bhutan has caused extensive damage to property and lives in north Bengal.
The alleged gang-rape of a medical student in Durgapur has snowballed into a full-blown political storm in West Bengal, with the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) launching a sharp attack on the Trinamul Congress (TMC) government.
The Governor says action by all stakeholders is the key - the silent majority must speak up, including the media.
With the number of e-rickshaws, popularly known as toto, rising uncontrollably in various parts of West Bengal, the state government has now decided to rein in the three-wheelers and discipline them.
