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Programme, organised by an NGO that works for wildlife, aims to 'pay tribute to the unsung heroes of conservation'

Mango, neem, jackfruit, arjun and sal trees were planted in New Town; ball and eco brick making workshops held for slum children

by Jaideep Mazumdar - Apr 24, 2021 01:22 PM West Bengal elections 2021 Snapshot Created in 2011 by the Delimitation Commission, Chanchal has elected the Congress’ Asif Mehbub for the last two terms (2011 and 2016). But Muslim alienation — owing to step-motherly treatment of the area by Trinamool and its selection of a Hindu candidate, is happening alongside a Hindu consolidation, which may work in favour of the BJP. If one goes by conventional political wisdom, the BJP has no chance of winning Chanchal, an overwhelmingly rural Muslim-dominated Assembly constituency in the Muslim-...

West Bengal intellectuals back Nobel laureate Amartya Sen A group of intellectuals backed by the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) here on Sunday staged a protest in support of   |  28 Dec 2020 6:36 AM GMT KOLKATA: A group of intellectuals backed by the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) here on Sunday staged a protest in support of Nobel laureate Amartya Sen after Visva Bharati University (VBU) named him in its list of illegal occupants on the campus. The protest programme convened by theatre personality and West Bengal Minister for Science and Technology Bratya Basu, was held in front of the ...

Amartya Sen A group of artistes, litterateurs and academicians came together to show their support to Nobel award-winning economist Amartya Sen outside Academy of Fine Arts in Kolkata on Sunday. The group of intellectuals, considered close to the Trinamool Congress, condemned the Visva-Bharati University’s move to name Sen in its list of “illegal occupants” of the campus land. Earlier this week, Visva-Bharati University Vice-Chancellor Bidyut Chakrabarty in a letter to the state government had named Sen among those who have “illegally occupied plots on the campus” – a ...