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.
"I have reached Malda today, will meet the girl who was raped inside the school, will also investigate the matter to ensure that she gets justice," NCPCR chairperson Priyank Kanoongo tweeted.
"Stone pelting happened during Ram Navami's procession in Howrah. Instead of delivering justice Mamata Bandopadhyay (Banerjee) gave a clean chit to stone pelters who took the law into their hands and attacked the Shobha Yatra of Ram Navami," Irani said.
The BJP and Trinamool Congress engaged in a war of words on Friday over violence in Howrah during Ram Navami celebrations with West Bengal government handing over the probe to Criminal Investigation Department (CID)
National Commission for Protection of Child Rights Chairman Priyank Kanoongo on Friday alleged that the West Bengal police had beaten him up at the Tiljila police station when he protested against them for recording proceedings of the commission's probe.
Following violence in Howrah during Ram Navami celebrations, West Bengal government on Friday handed over the probe to Criminal Investigation Department (CID).