Kolkata, April 25 (IANS) Director General (DG) of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), G.P. Singh, on Saturday led a route march of CRPF personnel in Diamond Harbour of South 24 Parganas district as part of confidence-building measures ahead of the second and final phase of the Assembly elections in West Bengal.The West Bengal Sector of the CRPF shared a video of the route march on its X handle, showing the DG leading the personnel on the ground.“Leading from the front! DG CRPF Shri G.P. S…
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Kolkata, April 25 (IANS) Following instructions from the Election Commission of India (ECI), special scanning is being carried out at unfenced stretches along the international border with Bangladesh in districts of West Bengal that will go to the polls in the second phase of the two-phase Assembly elections in the state on April 29.“Special checking is taking place near the unfenced borders ahead of the polls. The Border Security Force is on high alert. The intensity of naka checking is also …
New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) Supporters of the BJP from remote areas of the Sundarbans began their journey early on Saturday to attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mega rally at the historic Brigade Parade Ground.Large groups of party workers and supporters from island regions such as Sagar Island, Namkhana and Patharpratima were seen crossing rivers by boats to reach the mainland before travelling onward to Kolkata.Due to the geographical challenges of the Sundarbans region — where waterway…
Kolkata, Feb 18 (IANS) After a week, another fishermen has been killed in a tiger attack in West Bengal’s Sundarbans, said the police on Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Rampada Burman (45), a resident of Chhota Mollakhali Kalidaspur area of Gosaba in South 24 Parganas district.According to police sources, Rampada and his companions entered the forest on this day with valid permission on Tuesday.While catching crabs in the deep forest of Sundarbans, a tiger suddenly jumped on Rampada. H…
Sundarbans (West Bengal), Feb 17 (IANS) At a time when environmental protection was often treated as secondary to economic growth, Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao (KCR), Founder of Telangana and its first Chief Minister, reshaped the development narrative by placing ecology at the centre of governance. Through the flagship afforestation programme Telanganaku Haritha Haram, KCR did more than initiate tree plantation drives. The former Chief Minister launched a mass environmental movement that embed…
Kolkata, Feb 8 (IANS) The Body of a fisherman was recovered in Sundarbans on Sunday, two days after he was attacked and dragged into the mangrove forest by a Royal Bengal tiger. According to the police, a young man was killed in a tiger attack. It is reported that the tiger dragged him into the forest right before his wife’s eyes. He, along with his wife, had gone to catch crabs near Kalas Island in Patharpratima block of South 24 Parganas district on Friday.According to local sources, the decea…