New Delhi, July 27 (IANS) Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday criticised the BJP-led Centre over the alleged use of force against protesting students, while referring to the use of an AK-47 during a protest in Bihar. Speaking to reporters outside Parliament, Priyanka Gandhi said, “First guns, now AK-47s, pellet guns! Are they terrorists? What’s wrong with these people? They (BJP) have again registered FIRs against students in Bihar and Bengal. They have not given up their old habits. I h…
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Kolkata, July 23 (IANS) The West Bengal government has taken special initiatives to wean school students off tobacco addiction. A new Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) has been issued and sent to the chief health officer of each district, said a government official on Thursday.The guidelines state that an anti-tobacco awareness programme will be conducted in every school. If someone is addicted to tobacco, they will be given behavioural counselling. If necessary, they will be sent to a higher h…
Kolkata, July 12 (IANS) The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) at Alipore in Kolkata on Sunday predicted that rain will continue across south Bengal districts, including Kolkata, for the next seven days. At the same time, the Met office issued a warning of heavy to very heavy rainfall in north Bengal.A senior RMC official said the monsoon axis currently extends from Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to Manipur. In addition, a cyclonic circulation is active over north Bangladesh and adjoining areas. It…
New Delhi: History occasionally produces relationships that are not merely diplomatic but geographical, shaped less by political choice than by immutable strategic realities. India and Bangladesh exemplify one such relationship. Governments may change, political slogans may evolve, and public opinion may fluctuate, but geography remains remarkably indifferent to ideology. Sharing over 4,000 kilometres of border, 54 transboundary rivers, centuries of civilisational interaction, and deeply interco…
Mumbai, July 9 (IANS) The upcoming Bengali film ‘Keu Bole Biplobi Keu Bole Dakat’, which features Bengali superstar Jeet, explores the history of Bengal’s revolutionary past. The film is helmed by Pathikrrit Basu, and is inspired by the extraordinary life of revolutionary Ananta Singh, a towering figure whose legacy continues to spark debate. Celebrated by some as a fearless freedom fighter and remembered by others as an outlaw, his life embodies the complex realities of India’s struggle f…
New Delhi, July 6 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday addressed a gathering via a video message on the 125th birth anniversary of Syama Prasad Mookerjee, crediting him for an ideological framework that is powering the nation’s contemporary progress. Outlining the essential ingredients for achieving monumental national goals, PM Modi described a powerful synergy where grounded intellectual strength, pure intentions, and absolute dedication seamlessly converge.Explaining his physical abs…
Pathankot, July 5 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said on Sunday that Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee made the greatest sacrifice for the unity and integrity of the nation. “The voice he (Syama Prasad Mookerjee) raised and the dream he envisioned were fulfilled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi through the abrogation of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir. Today, the Indian Tricolour is flying proudly from Kashmir to Kanyakumari,” the Chief Minister noted while a…
Kolkata, June 26 (IANS) Reviving Kolkata as a major urban and economic hub is critical for building a high-growth network of cities in eastern India and achieving the goal of a Viksit Bharat, Member of the Economic Advisory Council (EAC) to the Prime Minister, Sanjeev Sanyal, said on Friday.Speaking to reporters in Kolkata, Sanyal said a developed eastern India and a developed Bengal are essential for realizing the vision of Viksit Bharat, with Kolkata continuing to remain the largest urban cent…
New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday paid tributes to Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, the celebrated novelist, poet, essayist and journalist, on his birth anniversary, saying that the towering literary figure awakened a deep spirit of patriotism and cultural pride among generations of Indians. PM Modi took to social media ‘X’ and said, “Tributes to the great Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay on his Jayanti. A towering literary luminary, his writings awakened a spirit of patr…
Kolkata, June 24 (IANS) The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) on Wednesday announced the appointment of Ashoke Dinda and Utpal Chatterjee to spearhead its ambitious ‘Vision 2028’ player development programme, scheduled to commence in July 2026.”The Cricket Association of Bengal on Wednesday announced two Bengal legends, Mr Utpal Chatterjee and Mr Ashoke Dinda, in the Vision 2028 programme starting July 2026. Mr Dinda has been named as the Head of Vision 2028 and Fast Bowling Coach. Mr Chatterj…