As part of protests, families are camping out in the forests in shifts to protect trees. After the approval was granted on April 6, women of the region also hugged the trees, in an echo of the famous Chipko movement.
A PIL was filed in the Calcutta High Court seeking a CBI probe into the murder of TMC Panihati Councillor Anupam Dutta. The Court on Monday sought the state government’s response to the PIL.
The Bengal government has filed a petition challenging the CBI probe ordered by the Calcutta High Court into the murder of Congress councillor Tapan Kandu.