BJP leader and the Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Sunday levelled fresh allegations of cattle smuggling against the ruling Trinamool Congress.

A man in West Bengal's Bankura can be seen acting and barking like a dog in front of the BDO of his area! In the video, the enraged man can be seen mimicking a dog's bark in front of the Block Development Officer of his area because the name on his ration card was misprinted.

As per the officials, a routine link patrol was undertaken on the night of November 17-18 in the Machhal sector. During the patrol, Gunner Souvik Hazra complained of breathing difficulty. After an initial assessment, it was planned to evacuate him to the nearest post. During the move to the nearest post, the tail of the patrol party came under a massive snow slide. A search and rescue was immediately launched with troops from the nearest post also moved to undertake the operation.

Union Minister of State for Education Subhas Sarkar on Tuesday wrote a letter to West Bengal Information and Cultural Affairs Minister, Indranil Sen on Wednesday, to express disappointment over the deplorable act of installing a statue of Birsa Munda which is not as per the true spirit of the revered leader of the tribal community.

"I am therefore condemning the installation of such an improper statue of our beloved Bhagawan Birsa Munda and urge upon to you to install a statue which will reflect and show the true spirit of the patriotism, sacrifice and rebellion," Union Minister Sarkar told West Bengal government.

Kolkata Apr 26 PTI The West Bengal government on Tuesday appointed IPS officer Debasmita Das as the deputy commissioner headquarters of Bidhannagar Police as per a notificationDas who was the deputy commissioner special of the Kolkata Polices detective department replaced Surya Pratap Yadav it saidYadav was sent to Kolkata Police in the post held by DasIPS Amitabha Maiti who was Superintendent of Police SP of Malda district was made Special Superintendent SS of state Intelligent Bureau Pradeep Kumar Yadav who held the post of SS IB was made the new SP of MaldaSP of Bankura district Dhritiman Sarkar was made the SP of Diamond Harbour in place of Avijit Banerjee who was named the new SP of Ranaghat police districtSP Ranaghat Sayak Das was made the SS of the state CIDVaibhav Tiwari the SP of Baruipur was named the new SP of Bankura IPS officer Pushpa will be the new SP of Baruipur PTI SCH SOM SOM

Kolkata Apr 26 PTI The Ministry of Home Affairs MHA on Tuesday alerted the police of West Bengal and its adjoining three states - Bihar Jharkhand and Odisha - on possible rise in Maoist activities in this region in the next fortnight an official saidDuring a meeting of the Standing Committee of the Eastern Zonal Council held at the state secretariat senior MHA officials referred to intelligence inputs regarding a possibility of a sudden surge in the activists of the Maoists and issued an alert for the police of the four statesThe police of West Bengal Bihar Jharkhand and Odisha have been asked to be on high alert regarding a possible Maoist attack within the next 15 days There are central intelligence inputs in this connection during the said period a bureaucrat in the state secretariat said Some areas of these states were affected by Maoist activitiesBesides senior officials of the MHA chief secretaries and home secretaries of the four states were present at the meetingMaoist posters recently surfaced in West Bengals Jangal Mahal the adjoining forested region of Paschim Medinipur Jhargram Bankura and Purulia districts State DGP Manoj Malviya had toured the area and evaluated the security arrangements thereAt the meeting Bengal Chief Secretary HK Dwivedi gave details of the prevailing security arrangements in the once Maoist stronghold of Jangal Mahal the official saidHe Dwivedi also expressed the states dislike of the Centre withdrawing central armed forces from Jangal Mahal without informing or taking consent of the government he saidDiscussions were held on erecting barbed wire fencing along the international borders of the four states the official said PTI SCH NN NN

Kolkata Apr 21 PTI West Bengal is aiming to double exports of agricultural horticultural and animal-based produce by 2030 and has introduced several enabling policies to fructify the objective a top state government official said on Thursday The government has identified export clusters across the state to ensure focused processing and higher production he said There is a huge potential of doubling exports We need to channelise opportunities and make it happen The state has done exceedingly well in the agriculture and allied sector including fisheries horticulture food processing and animal resource A lot of enabling policies have also been brought out by the government Chief Secretary H K Dwivedi said at the Bengal Global Business Summit here Dwivedi also unveiled the Agriculture Export Policy of West Bengal-2022 during a special session on international trade on the second and concluding day of the summit The major exported products from Bengal include rice potato vegetables and fruits to countries like Bangladesh Nepal Bhutan Singapore Malaysia UK Italy Germany and Sweden another state government official said According to the policy document the states target is to increase its contribution to Indias agriculture and allied products in respect of exports to Rs 20000 crore in 2028-29 from Rs 6800 crore in 2018-19 The small landholding pattern and low farmer awareness in West Bengal has often led to limited volumes of different varieties of multiple crops with little or no standardisation Export-oriented cluster development across the state will be the key to ensuring surplus produce with standard physical and quality parameters to meet export demands the second official said Some of the export clusters identified are Jalpaiguri Coochbehar Malda Murshidabad Birbhum Nadia Bankura and Howrah districts he said The West Bengal government also plans to establish an Export Facilitation Centre which will operate from the Office of the Paschimbanga Agri Marketing Corporation Ltd The centre will handhold and educate budding exporters and facilitate their registration with different government organisations and other institutions among other functions he added PTI RBTBDC JRC JRC

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 11 (ANI): West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday sought a response from the state government over the alleged gang rape and death of a 14-year-old girl in Nadia district. The Governor also sought a response from the West Bengal government over alleged atrocities on 'Ram Bhakts' on Ram Navami.

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 11 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA and Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday alleged that a Ram Navami procession was attacked by policemen in the Howrah district.