West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said the state would offer rural houses to five lakh families ahead of the panchayat elections scheduled to be held this year. “Five lakh families of the state would be offered houses under the state government’s ‘Bangla Gramin Abas Yojna’. We would[Read More…]
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Bengal meets most parameters of ease of doing business: Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said the state, which has been facing legacy issues in terms of ease of doing business, has fulfilled 336 parametres out of the 372. The remaining 36 parametres would be met in the next few months, she said addressing the Horasis Asia[Read More…]
National opposition should work together to challenge Modi: Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday threw enough hints that she is not averse to taking the lead in bringing together opposition parties on a single platform against the BJP in the next Lok Sabha election in 2019. The Trinamool Congress chief also stressed on “collective leadership” and[Read More…]
Elephant trampled a man to death in northern West Bengal
An elephant trampled a man to death in northern West Bengal’s Dooars forest area, forest officials said. The gruesome incident took place on Thursday night on the Lataguri-Mahakal Mandir Road of Jalpaiguri district as Sadik Rahman, 40, a security guard, made no attempt to step into his vehicle, which is[Read More…]
‘Sweet news’ as Bengal wins GI tag for ‘rosogolla’
Ending a bitter fight with neighbouring Odisha, West Bengal on Tuesday won the Geographical Indication (GI) tag for the iconic ‘rosogolla’, signifying that the spongy, syrupy sweet originated in its territory. The announcement by the GI registry has drawn the final curtain over an intense two-and-a-half year battle between the[Read More…]
BJP close to achieving its target in Bengal: Mukul Roy
Politician Mukul Roy, who joined the BJP three days ago after quitting West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress, on Monday asserted that the party was “close to achieving its target” of emerging as the correct alternative to govern the state. Lauding the BJP workers for their hard work over the last[Read More…]
Mamata cares for Mukesh Ambani, not for those dying from dengue: Vijayvargiya
BJP national General Secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya on Thursday slammed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for meeting industrialist Mukesh Ambani in Mumbai at a time when her state is in the grip of dengue. “You are in Mumbai to meet Mukesh Ambani. A 21-year-old youth died in Kolkata’s alleys due[Read More…]
Pregnant with girl child woman beaten to death by in-laws
A pregnant woman was beaten to death by her husband and in-laws in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, police said on Friday. Two persons have been arrested. The woman was tortured to death at her in-laws’ house in Illambazar area on Thursday night, a police officer said. According to locals, a[Read More…]
CID arrests GJM’s Delhi unit chief for clashes in Darjeeling
The West Bengal CID has arrested Gorkha Janamukti Morcha’s Delhi unit president, Manoj Shankar from the national capital, a CID officer said. Shankar, who was allegedly involved in the clash between West Bengal police and the GJM supporters near Darjeeling’s Bhanu Bhaban during the Gorkhaland agitation on June 9, was[Read More…]
West Bengal to set up virus testing centres in Kolkata and outside
The West Bengal government plans to set up virus testing centres in collaboration with the National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune. “Yes, we will set up the centres. We are planning one in Kolkata as well as outside the city. We have not yet decided the number,” health services director,[Read More…]
West Bengal: Three districts to go ODF this month
Three districts in West Bengal, East and West Burdwan and Howrah, will be declared open defecation free (ODF) by the government this month. Chief minister, Mamata Banerjee, will declare these districts as ODF by the second or third week of October. The government wants to make the state ODF by[Read More…]
No Durga idol immersion on Muharram, says CM Mamata Banerjee
As Dussera is just a day ahead of Muharram, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday asked the people to cooperate with each other and not to fall prey to provocation leading to communal problems. Banerjee addressed a large meeting of Durga Puja organisers, leaders of the Muslim community[Read More…]
West Bengal Municipality Polls: Mamata Banerjee’s landslide victory
Voting was held for seven civic corporations in West Bengal on Sunday. The TMC has won all seven corporations, with a clean sweep on three of them. The municipalities that went to polls on August 13 were Panskura and Haldia in East Midnapore district, Nalhati in Birbhum, Buniadpur in South[Read More…]
West Bengal govt to start self defense workshop for women in colleges
With increasing cases of crimes against women, the West Bengal government has planned to launch a self-defense workshop in undergraduate colleges in Bengal. The project will be a part of the chief minister’s pet girl child welfare project Kanyashree. Every year, a three-week workshop on self-defense techniques will be conducted[Read More…]
Gorkhaland stir: Pro-Gorkhaland agitators burn food-laden truck
On the 49th day of Gorkhaland indefinite strike, a truck carrying food supplies was set ablaze by pro-Gorkhaland agitators in Darjeeling today. The agitators, who have been demanding for an independent Gorkhaland also set ablaze a private car at Rongpu in Darjeeling earlier today. As per sources, the truck carrying[Read More…]
Ready to give life but will never support division of Bengal: Mamata Banerjee
Amidst Gorkhaland unrest, the West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, on Tuesday said she is not in favour support the division of the state and urged all political parties in the hills to restore peace and normal life in Darjeeling, where the indefinite shutdown entered its 48th day. “Whatever happens,[Read More…]
West Bengal: TMC leader shot dead; probe underway
A Trinamool Congress leader was shot dead in South 24 Parganas district’s Bhangar in West Bengal on Sunday. The incident heightened the political temperature in the region once again. Panchayat leader Asikur Rahman died after being hit by a bullet on the head. “We are investigating how and why was[Read More…]
Alarming: Natural disasters occurrence rises from three to 186 in a century
The worsening condition of floods in Assam, West Bengal, Gujarat and other areas of the country is part of a global occurrence that indicates a noticeable increase in frequency and extent of natural disasters in the last six decades or so, shows data. EM-DAT (The International Disaster database) showed that[Read More…]
Aadhaar row: Karnataka, Punjab, West Bengal, Puducherry back right to privacy
Three states along with one Union territory including Karnataka, Punjab, West Bengal and Puducherry backed the constitutionality of the right to privacy on Wednesday. Kapil Sibal, who represented these states, told Supreme Court that with the advent of technology that is pervasive in nature, the state had become dominant enough[Read More…]
Accepting Cong support to send Yechury to RS is against Party stand: Kerala CM
Kerala chief minister, Pinarayi Vijayan has dismissed the likelihood of the party agreeing to designate party general secretary, Sitaram Yechury from West Bengal with the support of the Congress, even as the Central Committee, the top decision-making body of the CPI(M), discusses a third Rajya Sabha term for Yechury. “Accepting[Read More…]
Darjeeling unrest: GJM taking Maoist support claim WB officials
As the hills in Bengal continue to remain under stir, according to senior West Bengal government officials the Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) is preparing for a prolonged underground armed movement for a separate state and has hired Maoists from neighbouring countries as mercenaries to train its cadres. Although the claims[Read More…]
We will oust BJP from India: Mamata Banerjee at Kolkata mega rally
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday gave an ‘Oust BJP from India’ call adding that West Bengal will stand with every political party which opposes the saffron brigade. Banerjee asserted that the BJP has “failed on all fronts,” including having good relations with foreign countries. She further announced[Read More…]
West Bengal: CID sends notice to Roopa Ganguly in child trafficking case
The CID on Thursday sent notice to BJP MP Roopa Ganguly in an alleged child trafficking case. Ganguly’s alleged connection with the case was revealed when the key accused, Chandana Chakraborty, confirmed her involvement. Notably, Chakraborty was arrested by the West Bengal CID in the month of February. BJP’s state[Read More…]
“Death penalty belongs to medieval ages”, says oppn vice-president candidate Gopalkrishna Gandhi
Gopalkrishna Gandhi, who filed his nomination on Tuesday as the vice presidential candidate of 18 opposition parties, said he believes death penalty belongs to the medieval ages and it’s wrong. He further added that “Yes, I had also written to Pakistan PM, Nawaz Sharif demanding that he should not hang Kulbhushan Jadhav.[Read More…]
Dear Roopa, unlike your information, WB has the lowest rate of rapes!
BJP leader, Roopa Ganguly’s, controversial rape remark triggered people’s (esp Bengali people’s) sentiments, and they are strongly condemning her statements. Actress-turned-politician Roopa, who used to be a prominent BJP face in the state, no longer enjoys this status after her ‘derogatory’ remarks made headlines on Friday. Ironically, the facts of[Read More…]