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.
In order to help the voters of West Bengal to have a first-hand and detailed information about the polling booths where they will be supposed to caste their voters in the crucial state assembly elections scheduled next year, the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal has started the process of creating a virtual and compressive data base of such booths.
Before the crucial 2021 West Bengal Assembly polls scheduled next year, the Trinamool Congress will partially implement “one person, one post” police at the grassroots level leadership, a party insider aware of the development said.
At least 21 trains were cancelled while 24 others were regulated in different ways following agitation at various stations in the neighbouring states by the members of the Kurmi community.
Mahalaya marks the arrival of Maa Durga on earth. Families wake up before sunrise, turning on All India Radio at 4 a.m. The magical voice of Birendra Krishna Bhadra fills the air with Mahishasurmadini.
With just nine days left before Durga Puja, West Bengal Police said Friday that it is prepared to manage massive crowds expected across the state during the biggest festival for Bengalis.
