Foiling a smuggling bid, Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday apprehended two Bangladeshi nationals along with 52 gold biscuits worth Rs 4.24 crore at Integrated Check Post (ICP) Petrapole on the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district.
The Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal banned the film 'The Kerala Story' citing "maintenance of peace" and to avoid incidents of "hatred and violence" in the state.
With a low-pressure area formed over the Southeast Bay of Bengal, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that people do not need to fear the cyclone as the State governmnet is equipped with handling the situation.
As Mamata Banerjee completed 12 years as the chief minister of West Bengal, State Cabinet Minister Dr Shashi Panja has said that the Trinamool Congress supremo has always prioritized the people of the state.
Border Security Force (BSF) apprehended a smuggler on the India-Bangladesh international border area with 8 gold biscuits worth over 57 lakhs on Saturday, said officials.
Tayidul Islam told ANI that the intention of the movie is very obvious that it is trying to create a communal divide in the country and added that every citizen of India should raise their voice against the movie.
"A cyclonic circulation has formed and lay over the Southeast Bay of Bengal and the neighbourhood extending upto the middle tropospheric level at 0830 IST of today the 6 May 2023," an official statement said.
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted searches at the premises of the accused in the ongoing investigation of the alleged primary teachers recruitment scam in Kolkata.
On the occasion of the 162nd birth anniversary of Kavi Guru Rabindranath Tagore, Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Kolkata to attend a cultural programme organised by 'Khola Hawa', a socio-cultural body based in West Bengal on May 9.
Expressing concern over violence-hit Manipur, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah to restore peace there.