Members of the review committee will be visiting the districts from July 15 and later submit a detailed report to the state Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education department by July 21.
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.
In a sign of rising political temperatures ahead of the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, a new cultural-religious game of one-upmanship has started between the ruling Trinamul Congress and the opposition, Bharatiya Janata Party — over the sacred prasad of Lord Jagannath.
The state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Kumar Agarwal has asked the district magistrate (DM) of Nadia to submit a detailed report in connection with the death of a 13- year-old girl during victory procession brought out allegedly by the ruling Trinamul Congress supporters in Kaliganj on Monday.
A fresh cyclonic circulation is likely to form over the Bay of Bengal by midweek, which may strengthen into a low-pressure system, potentially reviving monsoon activity across West Bengal, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said today.
The National Commission for Women (NCW), has taken suo motu cognisance of a case of the mysterious death of a minor girl at Canning in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal earlier last week.
An FIR has been registered against the West Bengal BJP chief, Sukanta Majumdar, at a police station in Kolkata on Saturday based on a complaint lodged by a Trinamool Congress councillor of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC).
