KOLKATA: Kolkata: At least two corporate entities — a real estate firm and a hospitality company — have jumped onto the election bandwagon and introduced campaigns urging citizens to step out and vote at the ensuing Assembly elections in the state. The Election Commission of India (ECI) has also roped in a popular animation character…
Kolkata: Bengal governor RN Ravi chose a Poila Baisakh programme in Lok Bhavan on Wednesday to urge the state’s youth to be a “part of change” and underline Bengal’s “decline” over the years, prompting CM Mamata Banerjee to hit back with a “laatsaheb” barb.“Our share in the national capital has gone down from 10.6% to…
Kolkata: Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman‘s distribution of weaver cards to handloom weavers in Bengal on Wednesday drew a model code violation complaint from Trinamool and a sharp rebuke from CM Mamata Banerjee.Sitharaman visited weavers in Serampore’s Ashram Para before travelling to Kalna in East Burdwan, where she distributed the cards — identity documents issued…
Kolkata: Days before polls, Smriti Irani handed out ‘Matri Shakti Bhorosa Cards’—linked to BJP’s Rs 3,000-a-month promise for women—to five party workers, prompting Trinamool to question the timing.Explaining why she was distributing these cards before the elections, Irani said: “It was a symbolic handover. The card is a template. The idea is that with the…
Kolkata: Bengal has emerged as a leading state in financial inclusion, contributing nearly Rs 1,000 crore to the over Rs 10,000 crore total balance in financial inclusion accounts operated through BLS E-Services’ business correspondent network across India, the company said. BLS E-Services, the country’s largest business correspondent network, said the figure, as of Jan 31,…
Kolkata/Darjeeling: Union home minister Amit Shah made a string of promises targeted at north Bengal on Wednesday, including the withdrawal of “false” cases against Gorkha netas and inclusion of Rajbanshi language in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.He further said Centre was already working on a solution to the Gorkhaland issue for which it has…
Rajnath Singh (ANI image) Karandighi (WB): Hitting the campaign trail in West Bengal, defence minister Rajnath Singh Wednesday slammed CM Mamata Banerjee for deindustrialisation of the state, alleged a reign of fear and appeasement on her watch and projected the polls as a fight for land and existence by the local population against infiltrators.“You want…
Kolkata: Manchester-based lecturer Mehebub Sahana desperately wanted to vote in this assembly election and booked tickets for himself, his wife and their 18-month daughter. But he cancelled his trip after his name got deleted from the electoral roll.Sahana is a voter of Khandaghosh constituency under East Burdwan. Not only Sahana, the names of his father,…
Kolkata: From queuing with devotees and offering pujas at local temples to holding colourful campaigns and greeting passers-by, the first day of the Bengali New Year focused on Bangaliana, setting it apart from the usual election rallies and door-to-door campaigns.Trinamool Congress candidate from Tollygunge, Aroop Biswas, held a colourful rally wearing pajama-panjabi. People joining the…
Kolkata: The footfall at city restaurants surpassed last year’s Bengali New Year figure on Wednesday. The crowd at most of the leading restaurants on Poila Baisakh eve was also higher than last year’s. Both lunch and dinner seats at most of the restaurants on Poila Baisakh were full, with some witnessing lunch booking till 5…
