The state secretariat Nabanna on Tuesday brought back ‘Bangali’ by removing ‘Bangla’ in the state anthem Banglar Mati Banglar Jol by Rabindranath Tagore, bringing to an end to the controversy since 2023 when the Mamata Banerjee government passed a Bill in the state Legislative Assembly making the poem as a state song.
In the wake of the Nabanna Abhijan Rally called for Tuesday to protest the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder case, the West Bengal police have tightened security around the West Bengal state secretariat "Nabanna".
The state cabinet at a meeting in Nabanna, helmed by the chief minister Mamata Banerjee, decided to bring all workers at the panchayat level under the state government’s health insurance scheme.
To help deport civilians, particularly Bengalis, left stranded in the violence-hit Manipur, she announced the commissioning of a 24x7 control room to fasttrack the rescue effort
The chief secretary HK Dwivedi told the district administration to ensure that all booster doses are completed within the 75-day time period.
The organisations led by DYFI and the SFI today turned the city streets into a sea of red flags and red cards as they marched towards Nabanna. Two large processions from Howrah and Sealdah gathered at College Street from where they headed towards Nabanna
The DYFI and youth members of the Left Front parties also hurled stones, footballs and oranges towards the deployed RAF and other police officials.
CPIM's youth wing DYFI had called for the Nabanna expedition to demand jobs and education for all from the TMC-led West Bengal government.
The decision comes following a letter from the state government to the Eastern Railway yesterday seeking discussions on operating a few pairs of suburban trains in the morning and afternoon hours for the general commuters maintaining Covid protocols.
The railway department has sought a meeting to decide the SOPs to resume the service. Similar letters have been sent to other state governments as well.
