Bengal stands 3rd in India for attracting foreign tourists
For two consecutive years, West Bengal has registered the third highest number of foreign tourist visits (FTV) in the country.
For two consecutive years, West Bengal has registered the third highest number of foreign tourist visits (FTV) in the country.
The West Bengal Assembly’s Budget Session witnessed high drama on Tuesday as BJP MLAs, led by Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari staged a walkout and protested against Speaker Biman Banerjee’s decision to reject their adjournment motion on alleged communal tensions in the state.
BJP leader Amit Malviya has raised alarm over what he perceives as the deteriorating law and order situation in West Bengal, pointing out a string of recent violent incidents that have left the state's residents in fear.
The virtual meeting convened by All India Trinamool Congress (AITMC) General secretary and the party Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee with the party's district presidents and chairmen on the verification of voters’ list in West Bengal has been postponed by a day.
West Bengal Governor C.V Ananda Bose, on Friday, assured the vice-chancellors of state-run universities to speak to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on the issues of increasing incidents of campus violence in the state.
After hectic campaigning and a nomination filing process scarred by violence, polling for panchayats in West Bengal began on Saturday morning under stringent security cover.
While the bombs fell silent under the watchful eyes of the central paramilitary forces, the war of words in West Bengal escalated just a day ahead of the panchayat elections on Saturday.
Interestingly, missing from the displays are graffiti, posters and banners of the fourth largest political party of the state, the Congress.
With this latest casualty the death toll in pre-poll violence reached 18 in the 29 days since the polling dates were announced on June 8.
The former leader of Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha (GJMM), in a letter, drew the attention of the governor to three incidents of poll code violence in Darjeeling Hills.
