Kolkata, June 8 (IANS) The possibility of a civil enclave at Air Force Station Kalaikunda in West Midnapore district of West Bengal has been revived following the change of government in the state.For over a decade, the Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Airports Authority of India (AAI) have been pursuing the matter with the West Bengal government. However, little progress was made regarding land acquisition and the creation of necessary infrastructure, including road connectivity to the neares…
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New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) Newly recruited candidates from across the country, from Delhi to Punjab, West Bengal, and Odisha, expressed happiness and gratitude on Saturday after receiving appointment letters under the 19th Rozgar Mela, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually distributed more than 51,000 appointment letters nationwide. The Rozgar Mela was organised simultaneously at 47 locations across the country as part of the Centre’s employment generation initiative aimed at providing go…
Kolkata, May 10 (IANS) A day after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Dilip Ghosh took oath as a Minister in the new Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in West Bengal, his mother and sister on Sunday appealed the state government to ensure justice to the post-graduate trainee doctor who was raped and murdered in the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in 2024.Speaking to IANS, Ghosh’s sister Subhashini Paria said: “I am hoping that my brother will look after the state, especially…
Kolkata, May 4 (IANS) Several workers and volunteers of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) gathered outside the residence of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata on Monday, raising slogans in support of thee party for the stupendous show, even as early vote counting trends signaled at a decisive shift in state’s electoral history. A group of people, purportedly belonging to BJP celebrated party’s spectacular show in the elections by engaging in sloganeering outside outgoing Chief …
Kolkata, May 4 (IANS) After the first hour of counting of votes for the two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal on Monday, the trend is showing a neck-and-neck battle between the ruling Trinamool Congress and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), with the BJP slightly ahead of Trinamool Congress.As of 9 a.m., the trend for 134 of 293 Assembly constituencies in the state was available.After the first hour of counting, the tally for the BJP’s initial lead was 73, followed by the Trina…
Kolkata, April 10 (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah will on Friday release the election manifesto of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal scheduled later this month.The BJP is describing the manifesto as the “Sankalp Patra”. HM Shah released a social media post in the morning announcing this development, where he also said that the people of West Bengal, who are saddled by the misrule of the Trinamool Congress-led state government, are now l…
Kolkata, April 9 (IANS) Amid the hectic campaigning for the two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold three consecutive rallies in three districts on Thursday.Union Home Minister Amit Shah will also arrive in Kolkata on Thursday, with a packed campaign schedule for Friday and Saturday.The Prime Minister will start his campaign with his address at a rally in the industrial township of Haldia in the East Midnapore district. Thereafter, he will address two …
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from West Bengal’s Kharagpur Assembly constituency, Dilip Ghosh, on Tuesday accused the Trinamool Congress of using intimidation and suppressing opposition forces to secure electoral victories, saying the party will gradually disappear from the ground.Addressing the upcoming Assembly elections, Ghosh said, “The TMC has always won elections by intimidating people and suppressing the opposition. They were trying to move forward in …
Kharagpur, April 4 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday joined BJP star campaigners for the West Bengal Assembly elections, hitting out at the Mamata Banerjee government for failure to check atrocities against women. “It is time to uproot politics of fear, corruption and atrocities from West Bengal and usher in the politics of development and trust under Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” said Gupta while seeking votes for the party’s Kharagpur candidate Dilip Ghosh.She said it …
Kolkata, March 24 (IANS) The police on Tuesday seized a massive quantity of cannabis from two districts in West Bengal, while firearms were recovered from another district. The Government Railway Police (GRP) recovered approximately 13 kilograms of cannabis from Platform No. 2 of Kharagpur Station in the West Midnapore district. A resident of Bihar was apprehended on charges of trafficking drugs. The arrested individual has been identified as Ashish Kumar, aged 19.According to railway officials,…