Violent protests erupted again over the death of a tribal girl in West Bengal's Kaliaganj on Friday, almost a week after her body was found in a village pond. #WATCH | Police detained BJP workers protesting against the alleged murder of a BJP leader and Kaliyaganj rape & murder case, in North Dinajpur, West Bengal pic.twitter.com/ipw4tdwfME — ANI April 28, …
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee declared February 14 as a state holiday in a notification in December. Officially, the state government plans to celebrate the day--now observed as Valentine’s Day, a commercial celebration of love across the world—as the birth anniversary of noted social reformer Panchanan Barma. The Trinamool’s student wing, TMC Chatra Parishad, had approached the party leadership …
There’s little else but the upcoming West Bengal elections, due April 2021, that pre-occupies Mamata Banerjee these days. In the 2019 Lok Sabha election, Mamata’s Trinamool Congress did not win any of the eight seats in North Bengal. Fearing a rout in the forthcoming assembly election, Mamata began her district tours with North Bengal on September 28. Mamata has gone …
