Category: West Bengal
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Signature campaign in Kolkata to protect tamarind tree planted by revolutionary 70 years ago
A movement to save the tree was started in July 2024 after builders took over the property where the freedom fighter lived and when it seemed the tree would be taken down anytime
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LoP Suvendu Adhikari calls West Bengal a ‘Bengali Hindu homeland’
The Bharatiya Janata Party MLA said that once the saffron party will provide 200 days of rural work, countering Trinamool’s claim that it will provide 100 days on employment under Karmashree Prakalpa
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Bengal Governor orders inquiry into firing of starter gun at marathon run in Kolkata
It also noted that minor splinters or particle-like fragments were emitted from the starter gun upon firing, but confirmed that no injury was caused to the Governor or anyone else present at the venue.
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BJP is pushing country towards its end by removing Gandhiji’s name from MGNREGA: Mamata on VB-G RAM G Bill
Reaction comes in response to Union government changing the MGNREGA’s name to the VB-G RAM G bill
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Over 1.36 crore voters flagged in progeny mapping in West Bengal SIR
ECI says anomalies emerged during progeny mapping; claims and objections window now open till January 15
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Sealdah Division’s AC local fleet leaps with rising passenger occupancy
Divisional Railway Manager, Sealdah Division, Rajeev Saxena said that while Krishnanagar was considered the first destination because of its historical and religious significance, the town of Kalyani was considered because of the presence of a high density of educational institutions and Ranaghat for being an important commercial centre.
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Bhaichung Bhutia calls chaos at Messi’s Kolkata event ‘disappointing’
Bhutia was talking to reporters at the airport in Raipur after returning from Jagdalpur where he attended the closing ceremony of Bastar Olympic 2025 event
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Standing on humanitarian ground
How a pregnant woman from West Bengal’s Birbhum was allegedly illegally deported to Bangladesh and came back to India after the Supreme Court asked for her and her child to be repatriated on humanitarian grounds. Her husband and neighbours continue to be entangled in legal battles in both countries, find Alisha Dutta and Moyurie Som
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BJP demands audit of 1.25 crore entries made in SIR across three days in West Bengal
Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari claimed that between 26-28 November, digitisation figures of enumeration forms jumped from 5.5 crore to 6.75 crore, an abnormal and statistically impossible jump of 1.25 crore entries within just three days.
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Trinamool Congress accuses Election Commission of India of leaking info to BJP leaders
From day one, Suvendu Adhikari and other BJP leaders have created a sense of fear among common people by repeatedly claiming that one crore names will be removed from the voter list in the state, TMC MP Partha Bhowmik said