The BJP Mandal President named Sagar Biswas was slapped up by a local TMC leader in front of state Food Minister Rathin Ghosh on Saturday while the Minister was speaking with the villagers and hearing their grievances.
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday said that the Central government will soon send a team to review the implementation of the midday meal scheme in different parts of West Bengal.
The BJP leader named Sagar Biswas had come as a common villager to express his grievances to the minister when he was slapped by local Trinamool leader Shivam Roy present at the spot.
Several Naga Sadhus in the transit camp drew attention as they travelled thousands of kilometers to take a holy dip in Gangasagar on the occasion of Makar Sankranti.
The JRM will visit West Bengal and review a few major areas, including implementation of the scheme at state, district and school levels for a specified period of time on defined parameters.
Two Burmese pythons were rescued from inside a pipe at Teesta Barrage's mechanical yard office in the Fulbari area of the Siliguri district of West Bengal on Friday.
The medical board at Safdarjung hospital on Friday filed a preliminary medical report on the health condition of Gurupada Maji, an accused in the West Bengal coal mining money laundering case.
A day-long visit is being planned for the party president JP Nadda on January 19 to Krishnanagar city in Nadia district of West Bengal to participate in Lok Sabha Pravas meet.
Mumbai sessions court on Thursday set aside summons issued against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in a case where she had allegedly disrespected the national anthem.