Two decades after its initial announcement, the Mayurjharna Elephant Reserve remains a contentious issue, with progress stalled for years despite the region's escalating human-elephant conflict.
A work order for manufacturing 13 electric-powered water vessels was placed and finalised with the Garden Reach Shipyard authority in presence of state transport minister Snehasis Chakraborty.
Lieutenant General Yash Ahlawat, yesterday took over the reins as General Officer Commanding of the north Bengal based elite Brahmastra Corps from Lieutenant General Rajeev Puri.
Senior BJP leader and Member of Parliament Jyotirmoy Singh Mahato, a member of the Parliamentary Committee for home affairs, has written today to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, urging her to increase the monthly assistance under the Lakshmir Bhandar scheme to Rs 2,000.
Visibly upset, BJP’s Siliguri MLA Sankar Ghosh, who is also the chief whip of the Opposition in the state Assembly, expressed frustration over his inability to utilise the Bidhayak Fund (MLA fund) for local area development.
In an effort to prevent loss of life in road mishaps involving two-wheelers, the state government will introduce a stateof-the-art helmet.
To counter the Litti Chokha festival of the BJP the TMC has resorted to a Phuchka Utsav in West Burdwan district. Phuchka or Pani Puri is one of the most popular street foods of West Bengal.
Following the alleged attempt on the life of Trinamul Congress councillor of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), Sushanta Ghosh, a resident of Kasba, police continued their investigations, with divers being deployed in a canal to search for a second weapon.
One hundred cyclists carrying torches took part in a rally from Sodepur in North 24 Parganas to Shyambazar Five Point Crossing demanding expeditation of legal procedure giving punishment to the person or perons involved in the ghastly murder and rape of a doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on 9 August.
Lord Krishna was pleased with Rudraram's worship and appeared to him in the form of an ascetic, asking him to bring a stone from the Sultan of Gaur and carve an idol of him.
