Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy, on the sidelines of the 2nd G20 Tourism Working Group meeting in Darjeeling, on Sunday expressed his confidence and said that India has the potential to attract tourists from all over the world.
The BJP's West Bengal president and MP, Sukanta Majumdar, on Sunday hit out at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the killing of a party worker in Purba Bardhaman district, saying law and order had collapsed in the state.
The BJP leader was reacting over the death of a party worker Raju Jha, who was shot dead by some unidentified miscreants on Saturday night in Shaktigarh of Purba Bardhaman in West Bengal.
It was state-orchestrated violence on the day of Ram Navami. She has lost the confidence of Hindus and her government's survival is dependent totally on Muslim votes, Subhash said.
Taking to Twitter CM Banerjee said, "It pains me deeply to learn about the passing away of revered Swami Prabhanandaji Maharaj, Vice-President, Ramakrishna Math and Mission."
Union Minister G Kishan Reddy said that tea tourism will increase in the upcoming years after attending the first-day event at the second G20 Tourism Working Group Meeting here on Saturday.
Amid the political furore, the Mamata Banerjee government on Friday handed over the probe into Howrah violence to Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
During a visit to the residence of a rape victim in Malda on Saturday, Kanoongo can be seen having a verbal spat with the members of the state commission, a video accessed by ANI showed.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested two suppliers of explosives and Gelatin sticks in the West Bengal detonator seizure case, the agency said on Saturday.