Kolkata, March 21 (IANS) Since 2011, when the erstwhile minority-dominated Garden Reach assembly constituency in the southern outskirts of Kolkata was renamed Kolkata Port, voting has been one-sided in favour of the Trinamool Congress. In all three assembly elections since 2011, West Bengal Municipal Affairs & Urban Development Minister and Kolkata Mayor Firhad (Bobby) Hakim has won from the constituency with heavy margins, securing over 50 per cent of the vote share each time.Traditio…
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Kolkata, March 3 (IANS) The Kolkata Police have put in place elaborate security arrangements across the city for the twin festivals of Dol Yatra and Holi, to be celebrated on Tuesday and Wednesday.According to police, as many as 398 police pickets will be deployed across Kolkata on the day of Dol Yatra. Of these, 86 will be special pickets set up at key intersections and sensitive locations, including Khanna More, Park Circus Seven-Point Crossing, Shyambazar and other major junctions.Each of the…
Kolkata, Jan 22 (IANS) A Bangladeshi cargo vessel, identified as ‘MV Tamjid and Nasir’, sank in the Muriganga River in West Bengal’s South 24 Paraganas district on the night of January 21. All 12 sailors on board were safely rescued, said officials on Thursday. According to the police, the incident occurred on Wednesday night in the middle of the Muriganga River near Kachuberia.According to administrative sources, the Bangladeshi cargo vessel was carrying goods from Kolkata port to Bangladesh. I…
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) When a new government assumes office in Bangladesh following the February 12 election, a major issue it will have to address is the renewal of the Farakka water sharing treaty with India which expires in 2026, with no automatic extension clause, necessitating fresh negotiations. The Farakka Barrage, located in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district, has been a focal point of India-Bangladesh relations for decades.Built primarily to divert water from the Ganga to the Hooghly r…
Agartala, Dec 22 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Monday emphasised the early implementation of the Kaladan Multimodal Transit and Transport Project linking the Northeastern region with Myanmar and stressed the need to strengthen multimodal connectivity corridors connecting the region with the rest of India and neighbouring countries. Addressing the third virtual meeting of the High-Level Task Force for Infrastructure and Connectivity Development in the Northeastern states, Saha under…