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 description that has gone viral for the deluge that happened over the city since the early hours of Tuesday was: ‘Extreme weather event’.
With reports of highest ever 300 mm rainfall for five hours recorded in the city on Tuesday night leading to waterlogging in many hospitals throughout the day.
A number of areas in Kolkata as well as its adjoining locations were left underwater post heavy overnight downpour. As per reports, at least seven people have lost their lives in the city due to electrocution. All seven died after coming in contact with live wires in different flooded localities.
Thousands of primary teachers in West Bengal face uncertainty after the Supreme Court ruled that clearing the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) is mandatory not only to continue in service but also to secure promotions.
Purulia police have arrested 29 people for attacking officers during the rail roko agitation by the Adivasi Kurmi Samaj in Kotshila.
