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.
Cooch Behar police have arrested two more persons from Arunachal Pradesh in connection with the murder of Trinamul Congress leader Amar Roy, who was shot dead in a crowded market on 9 August.
PM Modi inaugurates new metro services in Kolkata, lays ₹5,200 cr projects, rides metro with students; says India now has world’s 3rd-largest metro network.
The Calcutta High Court’s division Bench today refused to interfere with a single-judge order directing the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination Board to prepare a fresh merit list excluding certain Other Backward Classes (OBC) groups.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Bihar and West Bengal today. He will lay the foundation stone and inaugurate multiple development projects worth around Rs 13,000 crore at Gaya in Bihar at around 11 AM, according to the Prime Minister's Office press release.
The Ministry of Home Affairs has released data on the situation at the border over the past few years, including the areas where fencing cannot be erected, the number of infiltrations occurring between 2023 and 2025, and the methods of smuggling. It is important to note that the responsibility for the India-Bangladesh border lies with the Central government.
