Even as the Junior doctors called off protests, the Bhartiya Janata party is continuing a torch march across West Bengal, claiming the RG Kar medical hospital rape and murder of a 33-year-old trainee to be a "systematic failure".
West Bengal MP Jyotirmay Singh Mahato wrote a letter to Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Pralhad Joshi requesting to investigate the price manipulation of onions in Bengal. In his letter, he stated that the onion prices in the state have been soaring because Chief M
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote another letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, expressing concern over the flooding in South Bengal, which she attributed to "abnormally heavy releases of water from the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) reservoirs in Jharkhand.
After West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called floods in the state "man-made", West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Saturday said that instead of a a "blame-game", the current relevant issue is to take long-term and short-term measures to manage floods in the state.
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose has sought an explanation from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on the reports that the state government sealed the interstate border with Jharkhand.
The excitement surrounding the upcoming film 'Binny and Family' has taken to next level as new song titled 'Zindagi', by singer Vishal Mishra was launched by hit film Stree 2 team including Abhishek Banerjee and director Amar Kaushik today.
Long queues of trucks carrying goods were observed at the Jharkhand-West Bengal border on Friday after WB police imposed restrictions on vehicle movement to and from the state following floods that inundated southern districts of Bengal.
The Bengal CM's letter expressed concern that the DVC ignored state government warnings about rising water levels and drastically increased water release from 90,000 cusec to 2,50,000 cusec, worsening the flooding situation.
West Bengal Assembly Leader of Opposition and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari hit out at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and said that the government did not work at all on pre-monsoon work and infrastructure in the last three years adding that the precautionary measures ahead of monsoons were
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited the flood-affected areas in Howrah and Panskura in Medinipur on Thursday. She said that DVC (Damodar Valley Corporation) released more than 5 lakhs of water despite her request.
West Bengal Leader of Opposition and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday slammed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over floods in various districts and said that the CM is holding Centre, Jharkhand government and the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) responsible while she herself is an "utt