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A host of celebrities from the Bengali film industry met Union I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar at an event in Kolkata (Source: India Today)
Days after
Bengali star Yash Dasgupta joined BJP, a host of celebrities from the Bengali film industry, including actors Paoli Dam, Rituparna Sengupta and Abir Chatterjee, met Union I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar at an event in Kolkata on Monday. At the event, Javadekar also announced a national-level film award after legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray.
Other personalities who attended the event, titled Interaction of film fraternity with Shri Prakash Javadekar a first of its kind programme organised by the National Film Development Corporation, were Mamata Shankar, Churni Ganguly, filmmakers Gautam Ghosh, Anik Dutta, producers Mahendra Soni and Nispal Singh and renowned classical singer Ustad Rashid Khan.
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The CWCM has been set up with the objective to address specific research needs and knowledge gaps in conservation and management of wetlands in the country, Union Minister Babul Supriyo said on Tuesday. India sets up first wetland conservation centre in Chennai [Representative image] | Photo Credit: iStock Images
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The CWCM is a part of Chennai-based National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management (NCSCM).
The centre would act as a knowledge hub for wetland researchers, policymakers, managers and users.
Chennai: India, on the occasion of Wetland Conservation Day on Tuesday, set up its first dedicated centre for conservation of wetlands, which occupy around 4.6 per cent of the country’s landmass. Named ‘Centre for Wetland Conservation and Management’ (CWCM), the specialised institution is a part of the National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management (NCSCM), under the Ministry of En
West Bengal: BJP seeks permission from TMC govt to hold Rath Yatra across the state
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Kolkata: With assembly polls just months away, the West Bengal BJP on Monday sought permission from the ruling Trinamool Congress government to hold saffron camp s two-month-long âRath Yatraâ or âParivartan Yatraâ across the state touching every assembly constituency.
West Bengal BJP vice-president Pratap Banerjee met West Bengal Chief Secretary Alapan Bandopadhyay at Nabanna , the state secretariat, to submit a letter where it was mentioned that the BJP is intending to hold
rathyatras and
Notably, similar
rathyatras were organised by the saffron camp in 2018 ahead of the parliamentary election in 2019, but the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government did not give permission o the BJP to hold the yatra.
Trinamool, BJP spar over slogans at Netaji event
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Trinamool says CM was insulted; BJP says Mamata insulted Netaji Bose.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee attend Parakram Diwas celebration event on the occasion of Netaji Subash Chandra Bose 125th birth anniversary, at Victoria Memorial in Kolkata on Saturday. | Photo Credit: ANI
Trinamool says CM was insulted; BJP says Mamata insulted Netaji Bose.
The Trinamool Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday continued to spar over Jai Shri Ram slogans being raised at an event at Victoria Memorial Hall on Saturday. At an event to mark the 125th birth anniversary of Subhash Chandra Bose in Kolkata in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was upset by chants of ‘Jai Shri Ram’ . She refused to speak at the event, saying she felt insulted