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.
Tension prevailed at Jagatdal in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Tuesday morning following shootouts and bomb blasts in phases in front of the residence of the former BJP MP from Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency, Arjun Singh.
In a bid to protect the jewellery adorned by goddess Durga in several puja mandaps across Kolkata from theft, the police have made special arrangements this year.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday paid homage to freedom fighter Matangini Hazra on her death anniversary, while underlining Bengal’s historic role in India’s independence movement.
Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee Monday extended his warm greetings to the people of Bengal on the occasion of Saptami, a significant day of the Durga Puja celebrations.
The police have filed the charge sheet in a rape and murder case of a minor girl in Birbhum district of West Bengal, nine days after the accused school teacher was arrested, an official said on Saturday.
