Was Being Pressured To Join. : Mamata Banerjee On Attack On Minister Was Being Pressured To Join. : Mamata Banerjee On Attack On Minister Minister Jakir Hossain suffered injuries yesterday after unidentified persons hurled crude bombs at him at Nimtita Railway station in Murshidabad.
Updated: February 18, 2021 4:07 pm IST
Investigations were underway at the railway station with West Bengal CID taking over the case.
Kolkata:
The bomb attack on West Bengal Labour Minister Jakir Hossain was part of a conspiracy because some people were pressuring him to join their party, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said today, comparing it to the assassination of Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh in the 1990s. She also held Indian Railways responsible for the incident since it took place on the transporters premises.
Kolkata:
On the lines of Karnataka s Indira Canteen and Tamil Nadu s Amma Canteen, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has launched Maa Kitchens in poll-bound West Bengal, which will provide nutritious food at a highly subsidised price. After the BJP dismissed the scheme - under which a plate full of rice, cooked vegetables, dal and an egg will be offered at just Rs 5 - as an election stunt, the ruling Trinamool Congress pointed out that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had recently launched several infrastructure projects for the state, just months ahead of the assembly elections.
At the launch event at the state secretariat - Nabanna, Ms Banerjee said, This is the Maa Kitchen. We are proud of our
Updated Jan 29, 2021 | 16:31 IST
The row erupted after a TMC leader claimed that the BJP was using the BSF to intimidate people in areas along the border to gather votes in the upcoming state Assembly elections. Pankaj Kumar Singh, Special Director General of BSF
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The BSF had back then categorically refuted the TMC’s allegations and said that it is an apolitical force
Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora regretted the remarks on the force and said that the BSF is one of the finest forces in India
Kolkata: The Border Security Force on Friday hit back at the allegations leveled by the Trinamool Congress that the force was conniving with the Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal to threaten voters in border areas.
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India’s fourth most populous state launches the vaccination drive by enrolling 90,000 frontline health workers at government and private hospitals
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West Bengal, perhaps most famed for its Durga Puja carnival, also makes headlines at the moment as it prepares to go to polls this year. The vaccination drive to combat the novel coronavirus thus, rolled out on 16 January at a politically piquant juncture. West Bengal is the fourteenth largest state in the country in terms of area, but the fourth most densely populated state in India. It is home to more than nine crore people, which makes stemming the spread of the virus a challenging task in the region.