The state Transport Department on Thursday announced that the RTOs across the state will hold special camps to conduct fitness testing of vehicles for Rs 1,500.

According to sources, the state government has already floated a tender for the new tallah bridge, but is waiting for the Railways to complete a level crossing underneath it.

During his address, the governor, who was the chief guest, turned to the vacant chair of the CU V-C at the convocation podium and said he has been informed that she has fallen ill.

On Tuesday, West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh had said that the state had become a “hub of anti-nationals” and alleged the state government was sheilding the infiltrators for its “vote-bank” politics.

A district official of South 24 Parganas said, “This year, we were expecting 40 lakh pilgrims during Makar Sankranti. However, the number crossed the 40-lakh mark. Everything took place in a very peaceful manner.”

Meanwhile, the Governor once again lambasted the state university vice-chancellors for not not attending his meeting and forming a council without taking him into confidence.

The choice of the ground is significant as a part of it is called the National Congress Park, for the various meetings the Congress held here during the Independence struggle.

On Tuesday, a complaint was filed at Habra police station in North 24 Parganas district, which the police said was being treated as an FIR. The second complaint has been filed by a TMC leader in Ranaghat area of Nadia.

West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh courted a fresh controversy Tuesday by saying that the state has become a hub of anti-nationals.

The Congress and Left Front had questioned the Mamata-Modi meeting last Saturday, accusing them of having a hidden understanding with each other.

According to sources, the Forest Department personnel were on routine patrolling when they found some suspicious movements and opened fire, during which Bimal Rabha, a resident of Uttar Mendabari area, was hit by a bullet.

According to the local administration, people have already started visiting Ganga Sagar for a holy dip in the confluence of river Ganga and Bay of Bengal on Poush Sankranti (January 14 and 15).

Claiming the countrywide protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) have cornered the Centre, the TMC, CPI(M) and the Congress said the Prime Minister should have “spared the holy land of Belur Math from his divisive politics”.

Both the ruling and opposition parties in the state, however, agreed that instead of renaming the KoPT, he could have announced new initiatives, generating jobs, which would have been “the perfect gift” for youngsters on National Youth Day.

The rally was led by West Bengal BJP Mahila Morcha president and party MP Locket Chatterjee.

Police sources said the Barrackpore commissionerate is likely to give a report on Sunday.

According to South Port police sources, the local residents claimed three buses were racing against each other when one of them hit Anil Verma who was riding a motorcycle.

Hundreds of people had allegedly attacked police with bricks, ransacked buses and police vehicles to enforce the strike Wednesday, a senior CID official said.

The Kumbh Mela is held once in 12 years in Haridwar, Prayagraj, Nashik and Ujjain. The last one in 2019 was held in Prayagraj.

Referring to the unverified video, CPM leader Mohammad Salim hinted that the state government and CM Mamata Banerjee were behind violence and demanded a judicial inquiry into it.

Mamata said that while she supports the cause of the bandh, which has been called against the Centre’s economic policies, the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the proposed nationwide NRC, her party and government are against any sort of shutdown and violence.

According to Chief Wildlife Warden R K Sinha, the pugmarks, suspected to be of a tigress and her cub, were discovered by villagers in the forest areas of Jhargram and Bankura district, besides the West Bengal-Jharkhand border areas.

“The State Transport Undertakings will operate about 22 per cent additional buses tomorrow,” a Transport Department official quoted minister Adhikari.

The entire process of the no-confidence motion in the 35-member civic body was held in the presence of North 24 Parganas district magistrate, as per the HC’s Monday orders.