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.
As the frenzy of Durga Puja themes grips over the city, the role of artisans at Kumartuli, who shape the idols, gets overshadowed by the theme-makers, some of whom have now acquired celebrity status.
Kolkata Police have arrested absconding BJP leader Rakesh Singh on charges of vandalism at the headquarters of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee in Kolkata last week.
Keeping in mind that four of the seven seats in the Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency were won by the BJP in the 2021 Assembly elections, All India Trinamool Congress General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee today instructed the Arambagh organisational district leaders to bury all differences and work unitedly for better results.
A Bengali film, Ahana (The Light Within), which will have its special screening on Wednesday, is about breaking taboos. One such issue the film deals with is male infertility and its impact on society.
Shramshree scheme portal, an online platform for registration of migrant workers in the state, as announced by chief minister Mamata Banerjee became operational from today after it was formally launched by the state labour minister Moloy Ghatak.
