Buddhist monks across West Bengal have welcomed the Indian government’s recent decision to pursue ceasefire and have called for a permanent end to hostilities with neighbouring Pakistan.
A rally for thalassemia was jointly organised by the Rotary Club of East Calcutta, Rotary Club of Calcutta Kankurgachi and Sudipa Amit Genome Foundation on Sunday.
Sources aware of the development said that these pockets have been kept under special surveillance, including those districts that share International Borders with Bangladesh, with additional focus on the two minority-dominated Murshidabad and Malda.
The Supreme Court, on Friday, dismissed a public interest plea (PIL) seeking directions to the governments of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and West Bengal to implement the three-language formula as proposed under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
As news broke of India’s overnight military retaliation targeting terror camps across Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, the families of three West Bengal residents killed in the recent Pahalgam terror attack expressed a mix of grief, gratitude, and renewed calls for justice.
The hosts now have seven Santosh Trophy titles to their name, and it was their first victory on home soil since 1993. West Bengal reached their 46th final overall, but they were unable to add to their record 32 titles, and Kerala maintained their recent dominance over West Bengal.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee also extended her wishes to the monks and devotees attached to the Ramakrishna Mission.
Bengal have now reached the competition's pinnacle 46 times and will look to add to their record tally of 32 Santosh Trophy titles when they face hosts Kerala in the final on Monday.
The win meant West Bengal joined Kerala in the last four. The scoreline could have been much more emphatic if not for the profligacy displayed by the Bengal players throughout the game.
The president of Bharatiya Janata Majdoor Trade Union (Labor Wings affiliated to BJP in West Bengal), Baban Ghosh met the chairperson of the Central Haj Committee A P Abdullakutty and discussed the condition of Muslims in Bengal and work towards their betterment.
