Tag: Bengal

Bengal teacher exam aspirants not to end hunger strike

Bengal teacher exam aspirants not to end hunger strike

Kolkata: Over 400 successful candidates in West Bengal’s School Service Commission (SSC) examination, sitting on a hunger strike over the last 26 days in the heart of the city to demand immediate filling of vacancies in the state schools, on Monday said they would continue their agitation until their demands[Read More…]

CBI conduct in Bengal a conspiracy, says senior SP leader

CBI conduct in Bengal a conspiracy, says senior SP leader

Kolkata, Samajwadi Party (SP) national Vice President Kiranmoy Nanda on Monday dubbed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)’s attempt to question the Kolkata Police chief in connection with a ponzi scheme scam a ‘conspiracy’ hatched by the BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. “The Supreme Court order (asking the[Read More…]

Trade strike hits Bengal

Trade strike hits Bengal

Kolkata, Normal life was partly hit in West Bengal on Tuesday during the 48-hour nationwide strike called by central trade unions in protest against the “pro-corporate, anti-national and anti-people” policies of the Modi government. Sporadic incidents of vandalism and disruptions were reported from some parts of the state since earlier[Read More…]

BJP in Bengal is like turtle turned upside down: Trinamool

BJP in Bengal is like turtle turned upside down: Trinamool

Kolkata: The BJP is not making much headway in West Bengal and its desperation is similar to that of a turtle turned upside down, Trinamool Congress Secretary General Partha Chatterjee said on Sunday. He charged that the Bharatiya Janata Party, in its desperation, was making provocative statements in order to[Read More…]

Mamata opens Dakshineswar Skywalk, calls saffron-donning BJP men fake

Bengal government to build Skywalk near Kalighat temple

Kolkata: The West Bengal government is considering construction of a skywalk beside the over two-century old Kalighat Kali temple, one of the city’s landmarks visited by thousands of devotees and tourists every day, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Friday. The structure would be similar to the newly built skywalk[Read More…]

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Durga Puja 2018: Bengal decks up to bask in Pujo fervour

Kolkata: With “cotton-ball” clouds floating in the blue sky, the beat of Dhak (drums) mixed with popular melodies filling the air, and frenzied last-minute shopping, Bengal looks set to indulge itself in the state’s biggest festival – Durga Puja – from Monday. It is that time of the year when[Read More…]

Odisha: Hindutva’s gateway to the East

In the Panchayat elections held in 2017 in Odisha, the BJP has improved it’s tally by a whopping 850 per cent as compared with the 2012 elections. With a failing Congress, the Hindutva party hopes to unseat the four term chief minister Naveen Patnaik and do a Tripura in the assembly elections to[Read More…]





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