On Thursday evening, The Indian Express accompanied the BJP workers in New Alipore area during their door-to-door campaign.

Addressing a press conference at the Kolkata Press Club, Jitendra Tiwari, president of the Cultural and Literary Forum of Bengal and former mayor of Asansol, on Friday said the event will be a unique opportunity for artists from diverse backgrounds.

The Balagarh legislator alleged that he was facing a threat to his life from TMC Zilla Parishad member Runa Khatun and her husband Arijit Das.

The demands of the agitators are being treated with sensitivity. Efforts are being made to ensure that people get all food items. The full impact of the bandh will not fall on Bengal.”

Talking to The Indian Express, West Bengal Agricultural Marketing minister Becharam Manna said, “We are very happy that these aromatic rice varieties will get a separate entity for export

Police also arrested 457 persons from different parts of Kolkata for "disorderly conduct” on December 31 . Police had arrested 335 persons for disorderly conduct in Kolkata on the last day of 2023.

Besides IAS and IPS officers, the BJP leader pointed out that former state finance minister Amit Mitra was retained as Principal Chief Economic Adviser (with the rank of a Cabinet minister) to the CM.

Reacting to his statement, the Trinamool Congress reminded Chowdhury that the Congress lacked organisational strength in Bengal to take on the BJP.

According to the Regional Meteorological Centre at Alipore, the minimum temperature in Kolkata from December 23 to December 31 ranged between 16 -17 degrees Celsius.

Kunal Ghosh, the TMC state secretary and Abhishek loyalist, who has been the most vocal against the old guard in the party, countered by accusing a “section of the senior leaders” of showing “pseudo-loyalty” to Mamata.

The announcement comes days after Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP national president J P Nadda visited the state and held several organisational meetings with the West Bengal unit of the party and formed the election committee.

Banerjee had unsuccessfully contested the 1991 Lok Sabha polls from the Kolkata North West seat on a BJP ticket.

The rise in Covid cases comes weeks after the emergence of a new sub-variant JN.1, prompting the ministry to issue advisories to states to ramp up testing and strengthen their surveillance systems.

Bhangar will be the 10th division of Kolkata Police; the development comes months after the chief minister had asked Kolkata Police chief to bring Bhangar under its jurisdiction

Chakraborty, a 1994-batch IAS officer from the West Bengal cadre, was Bengal appointed as principal secretary to former state Governor La Ganesan, who had taken interim charge, after Jagdeep Dhankhar, in August 2022.

National General Secretary All India Fair Price Shop Dealers Association Biswambhar Basu said the Centre needs to consider increasing the commission given to fair price shop owners to ensure a “minimum monthly income of Rs 50,000” for them.

The TMC said the BJP of “using the ceremony at the Ram Temple for “political gains ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections”

At the same time, West Bengal Mamata Banerjee is yet to confirm if she would be attending the consecration ceremony of the Ram Temple.

In 2021, 88,318 passengers travelled through the Kolkata Airport and in 2020, this number stood at 40,407. In 2019, the total number of international passengers traveling to and fro from Kolkata airport was pegged at 5,88,756.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee left Woodburn Ward shortly before 8 pm on Friday.

The department has appealed to all vehicle owners to avail of this scheme and clear their dues.

Congress President Adhir Chowdhury however hinted that, Dalu’s statement has no meaning because all decision will be taken by their high command. Chowdhury said, “Delhi will decide everything so, we do not have any comment on this.”

The West Bengal chief minister also says CPI(M), BJP and Congress have forged an alliance against TMC.

Kumar is considered an able officer; in 2019, the TMC supremo sat on a dharna to stall questioning of the “honest” police officer by the CBI in the Sarada chit fund scam