On Saturday, Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) president Bimal Gurung declared that th party has decided to go on an indefinite strike from Monday demanding a separate state of ‘Gorkhaland’. “We will go on strike from Monday. Bengal government takes so much revenue from us but it only encroach our territory.[Read More…]
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Gorkha Janmukti Morcha activists throw bombs agitating against Bengali imposition
On Thursday, in Darjeeling, agitated Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) activists burned at least four police vehicles and threw stones at policemen who heaved tear-gas shells to disperse them. Notably, there will be 12-hour bandh observed in the district tomorrow. Soon as CM Mamata Banerjee came out of the Raj Bhawan,[Read More…]
Hypocrisy thy name is BJP
Kolkata and Bengal saw the true face of BJP yesterday. In an apparent show of strength, they had announced a Lalbazar Abhijan, the political agenda purpose of which was never made clear (Why Lalbazar? Tea with the Commissioner perhaps). What was clear from the bellicose language of their leaders was[Read More…]
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee meets PM Modi
The West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the national capital. Banerjee said that they discussed the incomplete projects and state share of West Bengal. The PM in response said that they will try to consider the demands, she added. On this, Prime Minister Modi further[Read More…]
‘Rename West Bengal to Bengal’
Following UP win, BJP turns attention to Bengal
After BJP’s clean victory in UP, it has turned its focus towards the state of West Bengal. In order to strengthen the party’s hold in Bengal, BJP national president Amit Shah will visit the state in April, hold rallies and chair important meetings with the state leadership to chalk out[Read More…]
Popular folk singer Kalika Prasad dies in accident
Finance Minister skips Didi’s Bengal Business summit
Finance minister Arun Jaitley was scheduled to attend the 3rd edition of the Bengal global business event but did not show up on Friday. Sources say that he was believed to have been asked by the party high command to stay away. After the arrest of two TMC MPs Tapas[Read More…]
Another flyover collapse in Bengal: Will the state ever learn?
It’s not even been a year that a flyover in Kolkata’s Burrabazar area collapsed earlier this year and another incident of an under-construction flyover being collapsed in Bengal’s Hooghly district came into the light. The incident is a clear reflection that no lessons have been learnt from the past incident[Read More…]
End of ‘honeymoon period’ for CPM-Congress alliance in Bengal?
In a shocker for Bengal politics, the Congress party on Monday announced to contest the bypolls of two parliamentary and one Assembly seats alone, thus putting an end to the longstanding alliance between CPM and Congress. Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury , pointed out that the CPM has already declared[Read More…]
Hindu families denied permission to perform Durga Puja in Bengal village as Muslim families oppose
Despite being in a ‘majority’ around 300 families in Bengal’s Kanglapahari village of Birbhum district have been victim of ‘minority’ appeasement as the Hindu families for the fourth consecutive year were denied to perform Durga Puja following the objection from few Muslim families. As the local administration has been denying[Read More…]
Post Singur verdict, Mamata extends new land deal to Tata group
Mamata Banerjee government in Bengal has extended a cordial hand to Tata Group post Singur verdict. After spearheading the campaign that led to Tata being ousted, she has put forward a proposal offering land for an industrial hub to the company. State finance minister Amit Mitra said, “We have a[Read More…]
Bengal records highest dengue deaths in country
Bengal has reported the highest number of dengue deaths- 24 so far this year against 14 in 2015. As many as 5,639 cases have been reported as yet against 8,156 last year. Officials say this figure is bound to increase as at least six more weeks of ‘dengue season’ remain.[Read More…]