West Bengal: Met Department forecasts rain in state from January 17
January 15, 2024 19:51 ISTTraffic movement in several parts of south Bengal was affected in the morning hours of Monday owing to moderate to dense fog.
Traffic movement in several parts of south Bengal was affected in the morning hours of Monday owing to moderate to dense fog.
Two more people were arrested in connection to the attack on ED officials in Sandeshkhali village in North 24 Paraganas district of West Bengal, where officials were attacked by locals while they were travelling to conduct raids.
Despite visiting the ED office for the second time and sending three notices, the police team couldn't connect with the deputy director who filed a complaint about the attack in Sandeshkhali. The ED reported injuries and theft during the raid related to a ration distribution scam.
The Ram temple in Ayodhya will be inaugurated on January 22, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and more than 6,000 people expected to attend the 'Pran Pratistha' ceremony.
West Bengal news: A second agency team was attacked and their vehicle was damaged during the arrest of another TMC leader Shankar Adhya in Bongaon of the said district on the same day.
Trinamool Congress leader Shajahan Sheikh's supporters assaulted the ED officers during the Sandeshkhali raid. The report includes minute-by-minute details and videos of the incident, prompting a potential National Investigation Agency inquiry.
TMC worker Satyan Chaudhary has been staying away from the party since the last assembly elections due to some differences with senior leaders.
Amid recent speculations of internal divisions, Banerjee clarified during a program in Diamond Harbour, South 24 Parganas district, that unity prevails within the TMC.
The remarks come two days after state Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said his party won't beg for seats from the TMC.
West Bengal news: Bomb squad reached the location and visitors' entry to the museum has been restricted for the next few hours, said Kolkata Police.
The villagers reportedly surrounded the central agency team, vandalized the screens of the officials' car, and obstructed them from conducting their operations.
Every uploaded picture will have a docket containing details about the current whereabouts of the lost person, the secretary of West Bengal Radio Club, Ambarish Nag Biswas.
Sudip Banerjee emphasised the need to scrutinise Congress's role in different states, questioning its alliances with regional leaders like Akhilesh Yadav in Uttar Pradesh, Lalu-Nitish Kumar in Bihar, and Arvind Kejriwal in Punjab and Delhi.
Banerjee, before boarding her car, conveyed her New Year greetings to people of the state and recited few lines of a Tagore poem praying for amity, win of humanity and peace.
The meeting was conducted to formulate the party's strategies for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections next year. In 2019, the Trinamool Congress won 22 seats but faced stiff competition from the BJP, which won 18 seats.
Amit Shah and JP Nadda will arrive in West Bengal tonight and hold a series of key organisational meetings with the BJP leaders. This visit is crucial keeping in view the 2024 fight in which the Opposition parties in the state, and at the national level, have come together to take on the BJP.
Buddhadeb Sau was removed from his office on the eve of the scheduled date of convocation on Sunday. Fresh tensions erupted as Governor Bose skipped the convocation ceremony at Jadavpur University in West Bengal and the 'ousted' officiating VC chaired the event.
West Bengal Governor Bose has said that he will not allow the West Bengal universities to be "destroyed by politics", according to an official source.
Three people, including a baby, was infected with COVID-19 in West Bengal, however, it is yet to be ascertained if the trio were infected with the latest JN.1 strain of the virus.
West Bengal Health Department remains vigilant amid the nationwide rise in COVID-19 cases. Affirming their commitment, officials will continue surveillance for influenza-like illness and respiratory infections.
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