A special vehicle named 'Airawat' has been deployed for the safety of the Madhyamik examinees at Jalpaiguri's Mantadari forest area under Baikinthupur forest division a day after the death of a student at Maharajghat.
West Bengal CM's statement came against the backdrop of parties in the Hills such as the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) and Hamro Party called for a 12-hour shutdown in Darjeeling on February 23.
An inspector of the Border Security Force (BSF) was suspended for allegedly raping a female BSF constable at a camp in West Bengal's Nadia district on Tuesday.
According to BSF, North Bengal Frontier troops deployed on the India-Bangladesh Border in Uttar Dinajpur district observed suspicious movement of 3-4 unidentified persons with head-loaded items towards the Border fence from the Indian side border village Gwalin under Golpukar police station
Vijayan further attacked the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the Centre alleging it of misusing the post of governor. He alleged that in states where BJP is in not power, the Centre is using the Governor's post to trouble the state government.
Congress Lok Sabha MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Friday wrote to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee requesting her to revise the salary of vector-borne disease control persons in West Bengal.
BJP Chief's visit will be a part of the 'Pravas' campaign, launched by the party to strengthen its organisation in "difficult" 160 Lok Sabha seats across the country, said party sources.
Ghulam Nabi Azad was in Kolkata to attend the 155th birth anniversary of Professor Hakim Ajmal Khan and the celebration of World Unani Day, organised by K F Memorial Trust on Saturday.