Traffic pain for tourists & locals alike in Darjeeling
Darjeeling, the queen of hills, is grappling with a persistent and worsening traffic crisis, especially during the peak tourist season.
Darjeeling, the queen of hills, is grappling with a persistent and worsening traffic crisis, especially during the peak tourist season.
The contractual staff employees associated with the different municipalities in West Bengal whose appointments were made without the prior concurrence of the state government will not be entitled to retirement benefits, Calcutta High Court ordered on Monday.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee met with industry leaders on Monday and stressed on speedy implementation of various industrial projects, which are in pipeline in the state. The meeting was also attended by concerned departmental bureaucrats.
Following Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s instructions, Trinamul Congress (TMC) leaders, including MP and MLAs, have begun scrutinising electoral rolls in their respective areas in Cooch Behar.
Mayor Firhad Hakim and the councillors of Kolkata Municipal Corporation are soon to hit the ground scrutinising the voters’ list in various wards of the KMC.
Mamata will take part in the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurated the 200-bed Medica Cancer Hospital on Thursday virtually from the state secretariat. While inaugurating the project the chief minister said, “People rush to and fro for cancer treatment as we don't have adequate cancer-care centres. The new hospital is a big one and will cater proper treatment to cancer patients.”
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee patted her government for the developmental work done for the people of the state alongside blaming the Centre for their step motherly treatment with Bengal.
Former chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee is responding to treatment steadily though several parameters in connection with his health condition still remained a matter of concern to the 11-member team of doctors attending to him since Saturday, when he was admitted at Woodlands Hospital.
Reacting to the panchayat poll violence in West Bengal BJP MP Locket Chatterjee on Sunday slammed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and alleged that the state police were acting in connivance with the Trinamool Congress (TMC).
