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The BJP plans to contest the West Bengal assembly elections by highlighting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's development agenda, foregoing the projection of a chief ministerial candidate to challenge Mamata Banerjee and the TMC. IMAGE: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, West Bengal Assembly LoP and BJP candidate Suvendu Adhikari and BJP state president Samik Bhattacharya during the mega nomination rally for the Bhabanipur Assembly constituency, in Kolkata on April 2, 2026. Photograph: @AmitShah X/ANI ...Read More >
Kolkata: Kolkata Municipal Corporation's solid waste management department has unveiled a plan to deploy battery-powered vehicles equipped with audio systems that will play popular songs to encourage citizens to segregate waste. This initiative will mark a shift from the existing practice of waste collectors using whistles to alert households.Initially, these vehicles will be deployed in neighbourhoods with low rates of waste segregation. Currently, KMC conservancy workers collect kitchen waste ...Read More >
Kolkata: Many residents of the city went the extra mile to celebrate Diwali in a green way, sparing a thought for the environment. From creating colourful rangolis and planting saplings indoors to adhering to the use of green fireworks, these residents opted for eco-friendly celebrations this Diwali.Hazra resident Arushi Bhattacharya planted saplings in her window sills to keep the polluting air at bay as far as possible. She said: "I am unable to open the windows because of crackers' pollution ...Read More >
Kolkata: Bidhannagar police have prohibited residents from accessing terraces and rooftops of high-rises in New Town, Rajarhat, Salt Lake, Lake Town, and areas near Kolkata airport after sundown from Sunday to Thursday. The measure has been taken so that the residents can't release sky lanterns and burst crackers during Diwali.Local police stations have sent letters to residents' welfare associations to ensure no one is allowed on the rooftops from 5 pm onwards between Oct 19 and Oct 23. "Reques ...Read More >
Kolkata: He may be the first "political appointee" as the New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) chairperson, but "work", not "politics", was on Sovan Chatterjee's mind on Saturday. Flooded with congratulatory messages by his former Trinamool colleagues and associates, Chatterjee said his primary responsibility is to "repose the faith CM Mamata Banerjee has put on him" and work to "develop New Town's civic infra, which has now become Kolkata's gateway.""Right after coming to know that I'l ...Read More >
Darjeeling: CM Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that a larger, grand Mahakal temple would be constructed adjacent to the proposed convention centre in Siliguri, for which a trust will be formed. She said the Darjeeling district magistrate has been directed to identify suitable land for the project."We constructed the Jagannath Temple in Digha. We are making a Durga Angan at Rajarhat. A trust was set up for that purpose. I have asked the Darjeeling DM to look for land for a convention centre, and ...Read More >
An Election Commission of India team, led by Deputy Election Commissioner Gyanesh Bharti, will visit West Bengal on October 8-9 to assess the preparedness for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise. The team will tour four districts, and Bharti will conduct a video-conference meeting on October 8 to review various pre-revision activities, including e-roll mapping and BLO arrangements. A team of the Election Commission of India, led by Deputy Election Commissioner Gyanesh Bharti, will vis ...Read More >
Kolkata: A high-level review meeting on Special Intensive Revision (SIR) preparedness was held in West Bengal, where a team from the Election Commission of India (ECI) led by Deputy Election Commissioner Gyanesh Bharti assessed the state's readiness. The team held a series of meetings in Kolkata, Rajarhat-Gopalpur, and Barasat with District Electoral Officers, Booth Level Officers (BLOs), and other election officials. The first review meeting was held on Wednesday at the office of West Bengal C ...Read More >
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