Kolkata, May 28 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday performed puja rituals at the ISKCON temple in Mayapur, located in Nadia district.On arrival at the temple premises on Thursday afternoon, he was received by ISKCON monks, who welcomed him with garlands.He participated in special rituals in the temple. Later, the Chief Minister visited the cowshed within the ISKCON complex and performed a special Gau-Seva (service to cows) there in the presence of the monks.He washed …
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Kolkata, May 28 (IANS) Kolkata witnessed a change in arrangements for Eid al-Adha (Bakrid) prayers on Thursday, with namaz held at Brigade Parade Ground instead of the customary Red Road venue, for the first time in years.After several years, the prayers were not conducted on Red Road, where they had traditionally been held twice a year — during Eid ul-Fitr and Eid al-Adha — under previous regimes, including the Left Front (1977-2011) and the Trinamool Congress (2011-2026).During the Trinamool…
Kolkata, May 28 (IANS) The West Bengal administration had made elaborate arrangements for proper lodging, hygienic and nutritious food and proper treatment facilities at ‘holding centres’ set up in the state for providing temporary accommodation to illegal infiltrators before they are handed over to the Border Security Force (BSF) at its nearest border outposts (BOPs), from where they will be sent back to their own countries.A senior official from the state secretariat Nabanna said that although…
Kolkata, May 27 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday said that a total of 142.79 acres of land has so far been handed over to the Border Security Force (BSF) for the construction of outposts and barbed-wire fencing.In a post on X, Adhikari said: “Govt of WB has initiated intensified measures to strengthen border security by facilitating construction of BSF outposts and barbed-wire fencing, further enhancing security in the border areas. Additional land has now been h…
Kolkata, May 27 (IANS) Around 30 lakh illegal beneficiaries, including males, had been receiving monthly amounts under the Lakshmir Bhandar scheme introduced by the previous Mamata Banerjee-led regime in West Bengal, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari told media persons on Wednesday.He also said that barring these 30 lakh illegal beneficiaries, all others who had been receiving monthly allowances under the Lakshmir Bhandar scheme would be automatically enrolled under the Annapurna Yojana scheme, wh…
Kolkata, May 27 (IANS) Amid high possibilities of the names of other members of the newly formed West Bengal Cabinet along with their portfolio distribution being announced this week, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari met the Governor R.N. Ravi at the Lok Bhavan (previously Raj Bhavan) in Kolkata on Wednesday and held a 1.4 hours-long one-to-one meeting. Although there was no indication either from the office of the Governor or from the Chief Minister’s office on the subjects that were discussed d…
Kolkata, May 27 (IANS) Two Trinamool Congress councillors on Wednesday resigned from their posts at the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC). Sushanta Ghosh resigned as the chairman of borough number 12 of KMC. He submitted his resignation letter to KMC Commissioner Smita Pandey.He was accompanied by another Trinamool councillor, Arup Chakraborty, who resigned from the post of member of the KMC’s accounts committee. However, neither leader resigned as Trinamool councillors, but only from the post…
Hyderabad, May 27 (IANS) BJP MP Dharmapuri Arvind on Wednesday made a startling claim that he had information suggesting Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy had once considered joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) before moving from the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) to Congress, while asserting that such a leader “cannot be loyal to anybody”.The remarks came a day after Arvind alleged that Revanth Reddy could eventually do a “Suvendu Adhikari” to the Congress party. He had also suggested th…
Kolkata, May 26 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said on Tuesday that the decision of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led state government to establish “holding centres’ for the illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators arrested in the state before being sent to the nearby border outposts of the Border Security Force (BSF) for deportation to their native country, had created panic among such illegal infiltrators, who had been staying in the state so far without any fear. He chaired an admini…
Kolkata, May 26 (IANS) Seven Bangladeshis, who were caught trying to enter West Bengal through the Murshidabad border, were sent to a newly created ‘holding centre’ in Lalgola of Murshidabad district on Tuesday. Police arrested the seven Bangladeshis on Monday night. Within 24 hours, all seven were sent to the newly created ‘holding centre’.According to a senior police officer of Murshidabad Police District, a few people tried to enter India by crossing the border under the cover of dark…