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23 Mar

West Bengal: PM to inaugurate Biplobi Bharat Gallery at Kolkata’s Victoria Memorial Hall

editor0 CommentsWest Bengalkolkata, PM Modi

On the occasion of Shaheed Diwas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate Biplobi Bharat Gallery at Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata on March 23 at 6 PM with the aid of video conferencing, knowledgeable Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on Tuesday. The Prime Minister will additionally tackle the gathering during the event. The gallery which is to be inaugurated depicts the contribution of the revolutionaries in the freedom fighting of India, affords a holistic view of the occasions that led up to 1947. “The Gallery shows the contribution of the Revolutionaries in the freedom warfare and their armed resistance to British colonial…

22 Mar

PM to inaugurate Biplobi Bharat Gallery in Kolkata on Wednesday

editor0 CommentsWest BengalBiplobi Bharat Gallery, Prime Minister Narendra Modi

On the occasion of Shaheed Diwas, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate Biplobi Bharat Gallery at Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata on Wednesday via video conferencing. The gallery displays the contribution of the Revolutionaries in the freedom struggle and their armed resistance to British colonial rule. This aspect has often not been given its due place in the mainstream narrative of the freedom movement. The purpose of this new gallery is to provide a holistic view of the events that led up to 1947 and highlight the important role played by the Revolutionaries. Biplobi Bharat Gallery depicts the political and intellectual…

22 Mar

TMC panchayat leader killed in bomb attack in Birbhum District

editor0 CommentsWest BengalTMC

A Trinamool Congress (TMC) panchayat leader was killed in an alleged bomb assault in Birbhum, almost a week after two councillors had been gunned down in West Bengal. Unidentified assailants hurled crude bombs at TMC's Bhadu Pradhan in Birbhum's Rampurhat on Monday. According to sources, Pradhan was getting closer to State Highway 50 when miscreants hurled crude bombs at him. He used to be rushed to Rampurhat Medical College, the place he was reported dead. This comes simply a week after two councillors in West Bengal had been shot through unknown assailants. Last Sunday evening, a TMC councillor was once…

19 Mar

Mamata Banerjee likely to visit North Bengal on March 28

editor0 CommentsWest BengalMamata Banerjee

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is in all likelihood to visit North Bengal from March 28 to March 31. According to state secretariat Nabanna sources, Mamata is probable to go to the hills at some stage in her stay in North Bengal. At a time when the principal opposition celebration BJP is disturbing separate statehood of North Bengal, the Trinamool Congress is now not leaving any stone unturned to woo back North Bengal which used to be won via BJP in 2019 Lok Sabha polls. It can be referred to that ultimate month Mamata also visited North Bengal after…

17 Mar

TMC govt turned down NSO’s offer to sell Pegasus spyware, says WB CM Mamata Banerjee

editor0 CommentsWest BengalMamata Banerjee, TMC

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that her government had received an offer to purchase the NSO Group's Pegasus software a few years ago, but she had became down the offer. The West Bengal chief minister said, “They came to our police department to sell their software (Pegasus spyware). They demanded 25 crores for it, 5 years back. It came to me, and I stated no, we don't desire to buy such softwares.” Mamata Banerjee’s disclosure comes even as the Supreme Court is looking at a batch of pleas alleging that Israeli adware Pegasus used to be used for…

13 Mar

Trafficked minor rescued from West Bengal’s Noorpur, 8 held

editor0 CommentsWest Bengal

Acting on an SOS on the Astha app, Diamond Harbour district police rescued a minor from Nurpur on February 7, reports Monotosh Chakraborty. On Friday, eight people, which include five Bangladeshis, had been arrested for their alleged role in trafficking her from throughout the border and promoting her to a brothel in East Midnapore’s Mahishadal. The minor, a resident of Comilla district in Bangladesh, stated her boyfriend had exceeded her over to traffickers. The gang kept her in a abandoned house, the place they sexually assaulted her earlier than promoting her to a brothel. After over two months, she managed…

13 Mar

West Bengal:Major fire breaks out at a tannery in Tangra area

editor0 CommentsWest Bengalkolkata

An aggressive fire broke out at a tannery cum godown in the congested Tangra vicinity of Kolkata on Saturday evening, a senior legitimate of the furnace department said. Altogether 15 fire tenders had been pressed into provider to douse the flames that unfold to an adjacent constructing which has been evacuated. Two hearth officials had been injured whilst combat the blaze and they were hospitalised, the respectable said. Several different close by homes were also evacuated. The fireplace broke out at around 6. 30 PM at a building, used as a tannery, on 3 Maher Ali Lane in the area.…

12 Mar

Fire Breaks Out In Kolkata Guest House, Charred Body Of Lady Found

editor0 CommentsWest Bengalkolkata

The charred body of a woman from Bangladesh was found inside a guest residence in the city's Free School Street vicinity on Saturday after a fireplace broke out in the building, police said.The blaze erupted around 4 am due to a brief circuit, following which three furnace tenders had been pressed into service, they said. Fire brigade personnel recovered the body of the female (63) in a charred country from the building, a police officer said. The girl used to be taken to SSKM hospital, the place she was declared brought-dead, he said. Another man from the state's Murshidabad district,…

10 Mar

West Bengal to get Rs 952 crore loan from World Bank for welfare schemes under Jai Bangla initiative

editor0 CommentsBusiness, West Bengal

The West Bengal authorities will get hold of over Rs 952 crore mortgage help from the World Bank to guide its social welfare schemes beneath the 'Jai Bangla' initiative, and a tripartite settlement in this regard was inked on Thursday. The Centre, West Bengal government and the World Bank have signed a USD one hundred twenty five million (Rs 952.61 crore) mortgage agreement to assist efforts to help bad and susceptible companies get entry to social safety services in the country of West Bengal, the multilateral lending business enterprise said in a release. The West Bengal authorities runs more than…

10 Mar

Covid impact: Wary of infectious diseases, hospitals in Kolkata rejig rebuild plans

editor0 CommentsWest BengalCovid-19, kolkata

Drawing training from the Covid trip of the past two years, several private hospitals in the metropolis are chalking up their restructure and growth plans through factoring in the need to manage infectious diseases. At least three hospitals have gone returned to the drawing board to do a remodel of their under-construction buildings, in particular the air circulation system, which is now being viewed a key element. Other hospitals stated that following the pandemic, infectious diseases would determine the layout of healthcare spaces. Among the most common modification that hospitals are planning are wards that can be transformed into isolation…