[ad_1] Since the 1980s, West Bengalâs Joint Forest Management committees, which are local community organisations that work with the State Forest Department to protect and manage forests, have fostered community cooperation, improved forest cover and biodiversity, and local livelihoods. However, south-west Bengal continues to face significant challenges related to wildlife protection. One of these challenges…
[ad_1] Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit poll-bound West Bengal on May 29, a senior BJP leader said on Sunday. PM Modi will be attending a meeting in Alipurduar district, for which he will visit the state. The leader, as per a report by PTI, further said that PM Modi is expected to…
[ad_1] The Election Commission of India on Sunday announced the schedule for upcoming bye-elections to fill vacant Assembly seats in Gujarat, Kerala, Punjab, and West Bengal. Polling will take place on June 19, with the counting of votes scheduled for June 23. Gujarat In Gujarat, the bye-election will be held in the Kadi and Visavadar…
[ad_1] West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee skipped the NITI Aayog meeting in New Delhi on Saturday, PTI reported. However, there was no official statement about who would represent West Bengal in the meeting in the absence of the chief minister, the sources told PTI. Chief Secretary Manoj Pant is likely to be present in…
[ad_1] Years ago, I read Kitne Pakistan, a novel by Hindi writer Kamleshwar that articulates the fractious, discriminatory and power-hungry tendencies of Indian society. The exodus from Murshidabad following riots in the wake of the passage of Waqf Amendment Act has again forced us to ponder whether we can ever bridge this mindset of separation….
[ad_1] Union Minister and West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar on Monday condemned Trinamool Congress MP Bapi Halder over his threat to âgouge out eyes and break handsâ during a public meeting in South 24 Parganas. Majumdar further questions what action the state police had taken against the MP. Majumdar also aimed at the protesters…
[ad_1] West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused BJP of adding fake voters from âHaryana, Gujaratâ to the electoral rolls in Bengal with the alleged backing of Election Commission (EC). CM Mamata Banerjee said, âI have evidence that an agency present in Bengal is replacing the Bengal voters’ names with those from other…
[ad_1] In the intervening 40 years, much has happened. First, these four states have become seven states, with Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Uttarakhand having been carved out in 2000 from Bihar, MP and UP respectively. Since birth, Uttarakhand has been a well-performing state in terms of state GDP per capita (GSDP per capita) as well as…
[ad_1] University Grants Commission (UGC). | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma  A committee of academicians appointed by the West Bengal government on the University Grants Commission (UGC) draft regulation submits its report to the State government on Thursday (January 30, 2025). They offered multiple recommendations and changes in the regulations. Committee members condemned the…
[ad_1] The 100% electrification plan is now likely to be completed only by the end of the current fiscal or early next year as last-mile projects are progressing slowly this year, two officials aware of the development said. The Railways’ latest plan was to complete full electrification in the first 100 days of the new…
