Durga Puja pandals in Bengal be declared no-entry zones: Calcutta High Court
India | October 19, 2020 18:20 ISTThe high court said that only organisers can enter the pandals and a maximum of 25 people to be allowed.
The high court said that only organisers can enter the pandals and a maximum of 25 people to be allowed.
Workers began a protest against the sudden shutdown of a jute mill in Titagarh area of North 24 Parganas in West Bengal on Thursday. Hundreds of unemployed jute mill workers stepped on the road and demanded answers from the management.
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed a 20 per cent reduction in schools' tuition fee in West Bengal during the coronavirus pandemic period. The court's order will be binding for all non-government aided schools in Bengal.
A powerful explosion rocked West Bengal's Kolkata on Tuesday. According to the details, the blast was reported from the Beleghata area of the city.
A powerful explosion rocked West Bengal's Kolkata on Tuesday. According to the details, the blast was reported from the Beleghata area of the city.
For centuries the shrine of Chandsa Baba in Midnapur district of West Bengal has served as a cynosure of unification between myriad faiths practiced in India.
According to Kailash Vijayvargiya, the party's national general secretary and West Bengal in charge, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a rally on the occasion of Durga Puja. The Prime Minister will speak to the people of the eastern state virtually on October 22.
Among those who turned up for the recruitment process are PhD scholars and people having master's degrees, he said. Sudeep Moitra, a post-graduate in History who applied for the position, said that he would prefer a government job even if it is contractual and requires a much lower qualification given the current situation amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Following the furore over an incident where the West Bengal Police were seen manhandling a Sikh man, disrespecting his turban and pulling him by his hair, the state police on Friday issued a clarification saying the turban of the Sikh man fell off automatically in scuffle without any attempt to do so by our officer adding they respect all religions.
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Friday said that political violence is stigmatising the state and asked the police and bureaucrats to work as "public servants, not political servants".
Police said preliminary investigation suggested that the family was dealing with acute poverty during the Covid-19 outbreak that started livelihood opportunity crisis with repeated lockdowns since March.
Police used water cannon and lathi-charge to disperse BJP workers during 'Nabanna Chalo' protest at Hastings in Kolkata on October 08. The similar incident was witnessed at Howrah.
Clashes broke out between the West Bengal Police and BJP workers as the saffron party activists tried to break through barricades during their march towards state secretariat Nabanna on Thursday, police said.
A couple from Siliguri, grows dragon fruits in a village. Dragon fruit is very good for improving immunity as it contains magnesium, vitamin C and other minerals.
Farmers of Uttarakhand's Haridwar and West Bengal's Siliguri hailed the new agriculture reforms.
West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday expressed his concern over the "alarming situation" in the state after a BJP leader was shot dead in North 24 Parganas district, and said Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee should take note of critical aspects that "run down the democratic governance and lawlessness".
While addressing a press conference, BJP leader Sambit Patra has slammed Mamata government over the murder of BJP leader Manish Shukla.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) councillor Manish Shukla on night of October 04 was allegedly shot dead in Titagarh of North 24 Parganas.
A local BJP leader was shot dead by two bike-borne assailants in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Sunday. Following the incident, Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar summoned West Bengal Additional Chief Secretary (Home) and the Director General of Police (DGP) in the wake of "worsening law and order situation leading to the dastardly killing."
Ghosh told reporters after a rally at Mahisadal in Purbo Medinipur that the Rs 1,000-crore alloted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for Amphan relief did not make it to the needy.
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