West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday announced that Kiriteshwari, located in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, has been selected as 'Best Tourism Village of India' by Ministry of Tourism under Best Tourism Village Competition, 2023.
Weeks after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced a hike in the monthly remuneration of MLAs and members of the Cabinet, BJP legislator and the Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Wednesday said he had decided to donate the hiked portion of his
There was an air of celebration and unbridled joy around Visva Bharati University in the Birbhum district of West Bengal after Santiniketan, where Rabindranath Tagore spent a significant part of his life, was inscribed in UNESCO's World Heritage List.
"Glad and proud that our Santiniketan, the town of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore, is now finally included in UNESCO's World Heritage List. Biswa Bangla's pride, Santiniketan was nurtured by the poet and has been supported by people of Bengal over the generations," Mamata Banerjee said.
Majumdar also said that weapons and explosives have been recovered by the central agencies at various places in the State, and it showed the "level of crime, corruption and violence that exists within the state."
Trinamool Congress MP Derek O' Brien, in a letter to External Affairs Minister, S Jaishankar, has expressed displeasure over BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari's post on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's meeting with Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickramasinghe at Dubai airport.
Taking to her social media platform 'Facebook', Banerjee wrote, "It was a sheer pleasure to attend the Bengal Global Business Summit in Madrid, Spain. The presence of esteemed business leaders, visionaries, and partners from around the world made this event truly exceptional."
In what may appear as further cracks in the Opposition bloc — INDIA — Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury took pot shots at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the summons by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to her nephew in connection with the coal 'scam' case.
Speaking to ANI, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sushil Modi said that the members of the INDIA’s coordination committee do not have any power to make any decision and eventually they will go to their party’s high command before making any decision.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe at Dubai International Airport and she invited him to the Bengal Global Business Summit 2023 to be held in Kolkata.