Kolkata, March 3 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday called for “holy harmony” among the people on Dol Yatra and Holi. She stated on the wall of her social handle with two lines of a song on Dol Yatra festival, penned by Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, where the Nobel laureate Indian poet-cum-writer narrated how the festival of colours brings the spirit of harmony and togetherness among the people.”I convey my heartfelt wishes and congratulations to all on the auspicious Do…
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Gandhinagar, Feb 24 (IANS) Six college students from Rajasthan have been arrested for allegedly operating a cyber fraud network that targeted pilgrims seeking accommodation at guest houses managed by the Shree Somnath Trust, officials said on Tuesday. The action was taken by the State Cyber Centre of Excellence after multiple complaints were received from pilgrims who claimed to have booked rooms at Sagar Darshan Guest House, Maheshwari Guest House, and Lilavati Guest House in Somnath but fou…
Kolkata, Feb 18 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said that he was attending a religious congregation at the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) temple in Mayapur in West Bengal’s Nadia district not in his official capacity but as a follower of Shri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu.Addressing the gathering on the occasion of the 152nd holy appearance day of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, the 19th-century Vaishnav revivalist and founder of the Gaudiya Math, Shah refrained fro…
Kolkata, Feb 17 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) said on Tuesday that the party would undertake ‘Parivartan Rath Yatras’ in West Bengal as part of its campaigning for the upcoming Assembly polls. Announcing the programme, West Bengal BJP President Samik Bhattacharya said that after 34 years of CPI-M rule, people gave Trinamool Congress a chance to come to power in the state hoping for a change.”But in the last 15 years, democratic rights have been eroded in the state and corruption has ta…
Washington, Jan 11 (IANS) Hindu diaspora groups have urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his advisers to take immediate action over what they describe as escalating violence against Hindus in Bangladesh, citing killings, mob attacks, and alleged state inaction.In a letter addressed to PM Modi, the Global Hindu Diaspora wrote that it was doing so with “profound sorrow and urgency.” The appeal followed what the group described as the lynching and burning alive of Dipu Chandra Das, a young B…