Saraswati idol vandalised in Bengal's Howrah, one arrested
India | February 17, 2021 10:45 ISTAccording to the details, the incident was reported from Domjur town in the Howrah district of the state. Police personnel have been deployed in the area.
According to the details, the incident was reported from Domjur town in the Howrah district of the state. Police personnel have been deployed in the area.
Trinamool Congress plans big pandals in different districts for Saraswati Puja in West Bengal.
West Bengal has turned into a political battleground with assembly elections due in April-May.
They will get a platter of rice, dal, a vegetable and egg curry for Rs 5, she said adding that the state government will bear a subsidy of Rs 15 per plate.
BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari has alleged that the TMC wants to turn West Bengal into Bangladesh by importing Jai Bangla slogan.
Ahead of Assembly polls 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit West Bengal to address a rally in Hooghly on February 22.
Bengal polls 2021: Dilip Ghosh said that those trying to harm the BJP workers will face retribution. He also accused the TMC of atrocities against opposition workers.
While speaking to ANI in West Medinipur district on February 14, West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh spoke on TMC MP Tapas Roy's remark 'Onda TMC MLA will join Congress and Left procession'. Ghosh said, "TMC has understood that it can't win against BJP if it fights alone.
Gazi and his driver received splinter injuries in the attack. Both have been admitted to a private hospital in Kolkata. Doctors said Gazi is out of danger but will be under observation.
Workers of a tea garden in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on Saturday said that they would not cast their votes in the upcoming assembly elections if their demand for a metalled road connecting the garden with National Highway 31 is not met.
While the previous Bengal elections have seen a shift of Muslim votes from one party or coalition to another, the upcoming election in Bengal is unique in the sense that it seems prime for an unprecedented rush for Muslim votes.
Trinamool Congress MP Dinesh Trivedi on Thursday resigned from Rajya Sabha. Trivedi, considered a close confidant of Mamata Banerjee, had served as the Minister of Railways in the UPA II government.
Left cadre blocked railway tracks and roads in Malda, Barddhaman, Raiganj, Asansol, Dankuni and parts of Kolkata, North 24 Parganas and Nadia districts during the bandh that began at 6 am.
As political tussle between BJP and TMC intensifies in West Bengal, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who addressed a public rally in Thakurnagar on Thursday said he will keep coming to Bengal again and again till the time Mamata Banerjee loses the election.
Amit Shah said that Mamata Banerjee gets angry at 'Jai Shri Ram' slogan, but she will herself begin chanting it by the time assembly polls are over.
There is so much fear in Bengal that mediapersons cannot even speak about it, said West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on February 10, while adding that he said fear and democracy cannot co-exist.
Chattopadhyay, 79, wrote to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee about his decision and expressed gratitude for giving him the opportunity to serve for two consecutive terms.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday rejected the claim by Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury that he sat on Rabindranath Tagore's chair during his visit to Visva Bharati. He said the vice-chancellor of Visva Bharati has also clarified that no such incident took place. "I have a letter from Visva Bharati vice-chancellor where I have sought clarification from him and tell me after analyzing the photos and videos whether I sat there or not. He has very clearly stated that nothing of this sort has happened. The reference to the place I sat is a window and anyone can sit there," Shah said in the Lok Sabha.
BJP national president JP Nadda was addressing a public rally in Birbhum Tuesday afternoon when his mic faltered. With all smiles, Nadda gracefully shifted to another podium and began his speech again.
The Indian Railways has announced to achieve 100 per cent electrification of the Nimtita - New Farakka section in West Bengal under the Eastern Railway.
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