Darjeeling braces for another shutdown as Gorkha Janmukti Morcha decides to hold protest rally
Darjeeling braces for another shutdown as Gorkha Janmukti Morcha decides to hold protest rally
Darjeeling Is Bracing For Another Shutdown As The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) Leadership Has Decided To Hold A Protest Rally With The Bodies Of Two Persons Allegedly Killed During Saturdayâs Clashes. PTI | Updated on: 18 Jun 2017, 10:31:35 AM
Darjeeling (WB):
Darjeeling is bracing for another shutdown as the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leadership has decided to hold a protest rally with the bodies of two persons allegedly killed during Saturday’s clashes.
The GJM has claimed that two of their supporters were shot dead by police in Singmari. The police rejected the allegations of firing by its personnel, and said one person was killed during the clashes.
Sen wrote the letter to Visva-Bharati Vice-Chancellor Prof Bidyut Chakraborty two days after the authorities of the central university asked the West Bengal government to measure the plot
Visva Bharti asks Bengal govt to measure Amartya Sen’s Santiniketan plot
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Published: Sunday, January 17, 2021, 10:51 [IST]
Kolkata, Jan 17: Amid the controversy over Nobel laureate Amartya Sen s family being in illegal possession of land in Visva-Bharati campus, the central university on Saturday demanded that the West Bengal government measure the plot to resolve the issue.
Amartya Sen
Vice-Chancellor Prof Bidyut Chakraborty is being subjected to criticism for going on a drive to recover illegally occupied land which rightfully belongs to the institute, Visva-Bharati Officiating Registrar Ashok Mahato said in a statement.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and several prominent intellectuals of the state have expressed support to the economist on the row.
Inoculation not only option, follow health norms: Bengal docs
By IANS| Published: 16th January 2021 11:53 pm IST
Kolkata, Jan 16 : As the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination begun on Saturday, doctors in West Bengal asked the people to continue maintaining the health protocols and hygiene to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
West Bengal’s Health Services Director Ajay Chakraborty while monitoring the vaccination drive across the state said that the inoculation is not the last and only resort, but people should follow all the necessary health protocols and hygiene already enforced in public life after the outbreak of the pandemic early last year.
Nusrat Jahan was speaking at a blood donation camp when she made the comments (File)
Highlights
BJP doesn t understand culture, humanity, only knows business, she said
The actor and first-time MP also accused the BJP of triggering riots
Kolkata:
Trinamool Congress MP Nusrat Jahan has been attacked by the BJP for publicly calling the party more dangerous than the coronavirus . Nusrat Jahan was speaking at a blood donation camp when she made the comments. Keep your ears and eyes open because there are some people around you who are more dangerous than corona. Do you know what is more dangerous than corona? It is the BJP. Because they don t understand our culture. Because they don t understand humanity. They don t understand the value of our hard work. They only know business. They have a lot of money. They are spreading it everywhere. And then they turn people against each other on the basis of religion and trigger riots, the actor-turned-Trinamool leader said at a meeting i