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Assam linguistic minorities flay campaign to make Bengali Assam’s first language
The campaign ‘Mission Chalo Paltai 2021’ (Mission Let Us Change 2021) – said to be the brainchild of a group of Bengali speaking persons in Kolkata, Delhi, and Assam
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
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…]
BJP will drive out infiltrators from Bengal: Amit Shah
Contai (West Bengal): Coming down heavily on the Mamata Banerjee government on the refugee crisis, BJP President Amit Shah on Tuesday said if elected to power, the BJP will ensure citizenship to all refugees and drive away all the infiltrators from Bengal. “The infiltrators, the Rohingiyas are welcomed in Bengal,[Read More…]
BJP submits modified proposal for Rath Yatra in Bengal, promises peace, harmony
Kolkata: The West Bengal BJP on Thursday submitted a modified proposal to the state government requesting permission for the Rath Yatra as directed by the Supreme Court and promised that the programme will be a “peaceful political endeavour”, a senior state BJP leader said. The Supreme Court had on January[Read More…]
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
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…]
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…]
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…]
Bengal: Mamata Banerjee warns of stern action against hooliganism
Kolkata, Sep 26 (IANS) Peeved over the vandalism during the BJP-sponsored 12-hour shutdown in West Bengal on Wednesday, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee warned that police will take stern action against those who indulged in hooliganism and violence. Banerjee also directed the police to enforce The West Bengal Maintenance of Public[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…]
Chopped body of bank employee found in Bengal’s Howrah district
A headless body of a bank employee with chopped body parts has been recovered from Domjur of West Bengal’s Howrah district, police said on Thursday. “Locals informed about a suspicious sack which was inspected and a chopped body was recovered. The bank officials had also reported that their employee Partha[Read More…]
Trinamool Congress will fight 2019 general elections alone in Bengal: Mamata
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Saturday her Trinamool Congress would fight the 2019 General elections alone in West Bengal and warned the Congress and the Left not to join hands with the BJP in the state while seeking her support at the Centre. Addressing the party’s[Read More…]
Trinamool looks to sweep Bengal Panchayat polls, BJP in second spot
Kolkata: The ruling Trinamool Congress on Thursday looked set for a resounding victory crushing all opposition parties in rural West Bengal, after nearly 11 hours of the vote count in the three-tier state Panchayat election, with the BJP emerging a distant second in almost all the districts. The Left Front,[Read More…]
Bengal seeking additional forces from other states for panchayat polls
Kolkata: West Bengal Police has contacted four or five other states to ask for additional forces to be sent for the state panchayat polls on May 14, state Director General of Police Surajit Kar Purkayastha said on Friday. He claimed that the state has made “adequate” security arrangement for conducting the[Read More…]
Centre congratulates Bengal for becoming revenue surplus
Kolkata: The Central government has congratulated the West Bengal government as the state has become revenue surplus in March, officials said. In a recent communication to state Chief Secretary Malay De, Union Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhia said: “As far as West Bengal is concerned, the revenue gap has come down from[Read More…]
Amid raging controversy, Mamata welcomes ‘Padmavati’ in Bengal
Amid the raging controversy over Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s period drama “Padmavati”, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday asserted that her state was ready to welcome the film and its crew. “Yes we would welcome them. They are welcome here if they can’t do it in other states. We[Read More…]
Trinamool lacks internal democracy, shrunk Bengal’s political space: Mukul Roy
Former Trinamool Congress heavyweight Mukul Roy, who has switched over to the BJP, on Monday claimed he felt suffocated due to the lack of democracy in his former party and accused it of shrinking the political space in the state like never before. “This (Trinamool) is a one-man party. None[Read More…]
People uniting to defeat Trinamool, bring ‘another change’ in Bengal: Mukul Roy
A day after joining the BJP, former Trinamool Congress heavyweight Mukul Roy on Saturday said people of Bengal are getting united to bring about another political change in the 2019 general and 2021 assembly elections. “When the people get united, the change takes place. The people of Bengal are getting[Read More…]
Centre govt not helping Bengal tackle flood damage: Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal chief minister, Mamata Banerjee said that the Centre was not aiding the state government to tackle the flood situation. “Flood waters have washed out away roads and bridges and damaged crops. The Centre is not helping… it is not doing anything (to alleviate the situation in Bengal),” Banerjee[Read More…]
Bengal’s traditional sweets feel the GST pinch; traders and buyers in confusion
GST roll-out has left the nation in confusion. There are mixed reactions about the implementation of GST, in fact, confusion prevails about how to tax various goods and services among retailers and customers. While traders in Gujarat called for an indefinite strike against the taxation, in Kolkata, many felt the[Read More…]
Darjeeling strike: 5 security personnel injured in suspected GJM attack
After a suspected attack by Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM) activists in Teesta Valley area, five police and CRPF personnel were seriously injured on Friday. The attack took place last night when the security personnel had gone to a village near Teesta Valley, 40 km from Darjeeling, to conduct a search[Read More…]
Darjeeling: No normalcy even on the 11th day of unrest
On the eleventh day of an indefinite strike in the hills of North Bengal, there is no sign of relief. Ajit Yadav, the police superintendent of the district of Kalimpong, said that at a rally in the village of Marung protesters “severely” beat up the driver of a police car,[Read More…]
Darjeeling: GJM gives 12-hours relief from bandh for Eid
Amidst stir in the valleys of North Bengal, the GJM on Sunday allowed a 12-hour relief from bandh for the Muslims keeping in observing the festival of Eid-ul-Fitr on Monday. Muslims are allowed to use their vehicles with stickers mentioning the purpose to go to the plains and meet their[Read More…]