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.
Other than chief minister Mamata Banerjee, no MLA along with his/ her private security personnel, will be allowed inside the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Monday.
Deshraj Singh, the prime accused in the sensational murder of 19-year-old student Ishita (Isha) Mallik was arrested by Krishnagar district police, just short of the Nepal border on Sunday evening.
Promoter, NKDA officials to face criminal action
Asansol South police station has arrested one Rahul Paswan, an estranged lover from Durgapur, for allegedly killing a Class 10 girl of Gopalmath, Durgapur.
Darjeeling Hill Institute of Technology and Management (DHITM), the first college in West Bengal set up in Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode, will begin admissions for its first batch from 1 September, which will continue till 11 September, chairman of Odisha Child Welfare and Education Trust (OCWET) Amiya Ranjan Badajena announced on Friday.
