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  • ‘Submit Report On Sandeshkhali Violence’: West Bengal Governor Orders Mamata Govt |

    Kolkata: Sandeshkhali, a village in West Bengal, has become the latest flashpoint of political tension as Governor CV Anand Bose has now demanded a report on Friday’s violence from the Mamata Banerjee-led government. The Raj Bhavan’s directive, coupled with calls for action against the perpetrators, underlined the simmering discontent and accusations swirling around the incident.

    At the heart of the unrest lies a land dispute allegedly involving Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Shivprasad Hazra. Angered by claims of forced land acquisition, villagers, including women leading marches, torched Hazra’s poultry farm. They were demanding the arrest of TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh, accused of orchestrating a land ration allotment scam.

    The heavy police presence deployed to quell the protests proved insufficient to contain the villagers’ fury. The fiery act raised questions about the effectiveness of law enforcement and fueled public outrage. “Investigations are underway to determine the cause behind the disturbances in Sandeshkhali over the past three days. All complaints received in the last two days are being thoroughly examined. It is not appropriate to make any statements at the moment, as the matter is under investigation. Adequate police forces are deployed in the area, and the situation is currently under control,” said ADG Law and Order for West Bengal, Manoj Verma.

    While investigations are underway, the blame game has already begun. TMC MP Kakoli Ghosh, pointed fingers at the opposition, claiming CPI(M) and BJP instigated the violence. Two arrests have been made, and Ghosh alleged the unrest is a ploy to divert attention from Mamata Banerjee’s upcoming announcement for MGNREGA workers.

    However, BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari painted a different picture. He called the incident a repercussion of the state government’s actions, highlighting concerns about alleged suppression of democracy and silencing of dissent. Adhikari claimed the violence reflects the pent-up anger of the people simmering for years. “We do not support taking the law into one’s hands. What has been happening in the last 12 years there, it seems that democracy is over there. The right to vote and the right to voice one’s opinions is over. Whatever is happening is a Normal turn of events. People were angry for a long time and that has come out,” Adhikari said.

    Amidst these opposing narratives, the truth remains under investigation. The Governor’s demand for a report indicates a seriousness to understand the root cause and ensure accountability. However, the political mudslinging threatens to overshadow the voices of the villagers and their grievances.

    Key questions linger: Was the land acquisition legitimate? Did authorities adequately address the villagers’ concerns? Was the violence pre-meditated, or a spontaneous outburst of frustration? Only a transparent and impartial investigation can provide answers and pave the way for a peaceful resolution.

  • Sundarbans information highest drowning mortality price amongst youngsters throughout globe: Report

    By PTI

    KOLKATA: West Bengal’s Sundarbans area has recorded the world’s highest drowning mortality price of 243 per lakh inhabitants amongst youngsters within the age group of 1 to 4 in three years previous to the COVID-19 pandemic, in line with a examine.

    The examine, which was performed from 2016 to 2019, additionally discovered that the area has a mortality price of 38.8 per lakh inhabitants amongst youngsters aged between 5 and 9.

    The examine was performed in 19 blocks – 13 in South 24 Parganas district and 6 in North 24 Parganas – of the area on incidents reported from October 2016 to September 2019. It was not too long ago revealed.

    “There was no difference in the mortality rates among boys and girls. Most children drowned in ponds within 50 metres of their homes when they were unaccompanied by their primary caretakers who were engaged in household work,” it mentioned.

    The survey was carried out by non-governmental organisation Child in Need Institute (CINI), in partnership with world businesses Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) and The George Institute (TGI) to gauge the enormity of the issue of drowning amongst youngsters within the coastal Sundarbans area.

    Sundarbans is a mangrove area in southeastern a part of West Bengal and southwestern area of Bangladesh.

    In the Indian half, Sundarbans is unfold over 100 islands and has round 40 lakh inhabitants.

    Of the entire inhabitants, round 15.9 per cent are youngsters aged between one and 9.

    Many settlements are distant and much away from medical institutions.

    Water degree within the waterbodies of Sundarbans improve throughout monsoon, whereas the coastal area can be more and more experiencing incidents of flooding over the past 4 to 5 years.

    West Bengal’s Sundarbans Affairs Minister Bankim Chandra Hazra acknowledged the issue of drowning of youngsters and mentioned that the state authorities is making an attempt to handle the problem.

    “We have no hesitation in admitting that there have been incidents of deaths of children by drowning. However, we do not have a detailed report,” Hazra instructed PTI.

    According to the minister, the decision of the hour is to boost the extent of consciousness among the many residents of Sundarbans on drowning like they had been knowledgeable about dengue, malaria or little one marriage.

    “Every year, we are losing several young lives due to drowning. People need to be informed in this regard to address this problem,” Hazra added.

    CINI’s nationwide advocacy officer Sujoy Roy mentioned that the survey will assist not solely locals but additionally spotlight the scenario earlier than policymakers.

    “Drowning deaths, particularly among children, are heart-wrenching and entirely preventable. It is imperative that governments take heightened responsibility to protect our children from this silent peril. This study will help the local people as well as the government to understand how critical the situation is and realise the need to frame a policy in this regard,” Roy mentioned.

    He mentioned that the first-ever nationwide seminar on drowning prevention was collectively organised by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram in September.

    KOLKATA: West Bengal’s Sundarbans area has recorded the world’s highest drowning mortality price of 243 per lakh inhabitants amongst youngsters within the age group of 1 to 4 in three years previous to the COVID-19 pandemic, in line with a examine.

    The examine, which was performed from 2016 to 2019, additionally discovered that the area has a mortality price of 38.8 per lakh inhabitants amongst youngsters aged between 5 and 9.

    The examine was performed in 19 blocks – 13 in South 24 Parganas district and 6 in North 24 Parganas – of the area on incidents reported from October 2016 to September 2019. It was not too long ago revealed.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    “There was no difference in the mortality rates among boys and girls. Most children drowned in ponds within 50 metres of their homes when they were unaccompanied by their primary caretakers who were engaged in household work,” it mentioned.

    The survey was carried out by non-governmental organisation Child in Need Institute (CINI), in partnership with world businesses Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) and The George Institute (TGI) to gauge the enormity of the issue of drowning amongst youngsters within the coastal Sundarbans area.

    Sundarbans is a mangrove area in southeastern a part of West Bengal and southwestern area of Bangladesh.

    In the Indian half, Sundarbans is unfold over 100 islands and has round 40 lakh inhabitants.

    Of the entire inhabitants, round 15.9 per cent are youngsters aged between one and 9.

    Many settlements are distant and much away from medical institutions.

    Water degree within the waterbodies of Sundarbans improve throughout monsoon, whereas the coastal area can be more and more experiencing incidents of flooding over the past 4 to 5 years.

    West Bengal’s Sundarbans Affairs Minister Bankim Chandra Hazra acknowledged the issue of drowning of youngsters and mentioned that the state authorities is making an attempt to handle the problem.

    “We have no hesitation in admitting that there have been incidents of deaths of children by drowning. However, we do not have a detailed report,” Hazra instructed PTI.

    According to the minister, the decision of the hour is to boost the extent of consciousness among the many residents of Sundarbans on drowning like they had been knowledgeable about dengue, malaria or little one marriage.

    “Every year, we are losing several young lives due to drowning. People need to be informed in this regard to address this problem,” Hazra added.

    CINI’s nationwide advocacy officer Sujoy Roy mentioned that the survey will assist not solely locals but additionally spotlight the scenario earlier than policymakers.

    “Drowning deaths, particularly among children, are heart-wrenching and entirely preventable. It is imperative that governments take heightened responsibility to protect our children from this silent peril. This study will help the local people as well as the government to understand how critical the situation is and realise the need to frame a policy in this regard,” Roy mentioned.

    He mentioned that the first-ever nationwide seminar on drowning prevention was collectively organised by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram in September.

  • Mamata clips wings of BJP turncoat Babul Supriyo in West Bengal cabinet reshuffle

    By Express News Service

    KOLKATA: In a reshuffle within the West Bengal cabinet, the wings of Babul Supriyo, the previous BJP MP and Union minister who had defected to the TMC in 2021, had been clipped on Monday by relieving him from his put up as tourism minister.

    Singer-turned-politician Supriyo can be within the state cabinet for 2 different departments—Information and Technology & Electronics and Non-conventional and Renewable Energy Sources, which he had been allotted after profitable from Ballygunge Assembly constituency two years in the past.

    In the reshuffle, Indranil Sen was appointed as the brand new tourism minister.

    The West Bengal Chief Minister made modifications to the portfolios of a number of ministries earlier than she left for Spain aiming to carry investments to Bengal.

    Sources within the TMC stated Supriyo’s wings had been clipped owing to his bitter relationship with Sen. “The chief minister was not happy with it. Sen is one of her loyal lieutenants while Supriyo had launched a scathing attack on the CM both before the 2019 general elections and the Assembly polls in 2021 and decided to join after being axed from the Union cabinet,” stated a senior TMC chief.

    Supriyo was the BJP MP from Asansol for 2 consecutive phrases since 2014 earlier than the TMC wrested the seat from the saffron camp within the by-election after he had defected to Mamata’s social gathering.

    The reshuffle additionally noticed a rise in obligations for forest minister Jyotipriya Mallick, who additionally now oversees Industrial Reconstruction and Public Enterprises.   

    KOLKATA: In a reshuffle within the West Bengal cabinet, the wings of Babul Supriyo, the previous BJP MP and Union minister who had defected to the TMC in 2021, had been clipped on Monday by relieving him from his put up as tourism minister.

    Singer-turned-politician Supriyo can be within the state cabinet for 2 different departments—Information and Technology & Electronics and Non-conventional and Renewable Energy Sources, which he had been allotted after profitable from Ballygunge Assembly constituency two years in the past.

    In the reshuffle, Indranil Sen was appointed as the brand new tourism minister.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    The West Bengal Chief Minister made modifications to the portfolios of a number of ministries earlier than she left for Spain aiming to carry investments to Bengal.

    Sources within the TMC stated Supriyo’s wings had been clipped owing to his bitter relationship with Sen. “The chief minister was not happy with it. Sen is one of her loyal lieutenants while Supriyo had launched a scathing attack on the CM both before the 2019 general elections and the Assembly polls in 2021 and decided to join after being axed from the Union cabinet,” stated a senior TMC chief.

    Supriyo was the BJP MP from Asansol for 2 consecutive phrases since 2014 earlier than the TMC wrested the seat from the saffron camp within the by-election after he had defected to Mamata’s social gathering.

    The reshuffle additionally noticed a rise in obligations for forest minister Jyotipriya Mallick, who additionally now oversees Industrial Reconstruction and Public Enterprises.   

  • Boy dies after being run over by items automobile in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri

    By PTI

    JALPAIGURI: A 12-year-old boy was killed on Sunday after being run over by a automobile in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri, triggering a protest by locals who torched the products provider, police stated.

    The accident occurred in Debinagar space beneath the Maynaguri Police Station limits when the occupant of the products automobile, who was attempting to study to drive on a faculty floor, ran over the Class 7 scholar, a senior officer stated.

    He stated the boy was taking part in on the bottom when the accident occurred, including that the occupant escaped from the spot.

    Upset by the boy’s demise, locals set the products automobile on fireplace and held a large protest, demanding stringent motion in opposition to the accused.

    Police groups and fireplace brigade personnel reached the accident web site and managed the state of affairs, the officer stated.

    He added that the boy was initially taken to a neighborhood main well being centre and later shifted to Jalpaiguri Super Speciality Hospital the place docs declared him lifeless.

    JALPAIGURI: A 12-year-old boy was killed on Sunday after being run over by a automobile in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri, triggering a protest by locals who torched the products provider, police stated.

    The accident occurred in Debinagar space beneath the Maynaguri Police Station limits when the occupant of the products automobile, who was attempting to study to drive on a faculty floor, ran over the Class 7 scholar, a senior officer stated.

    He stated the boy was taking part in on the bottom when the accident occurred, including that the occupant escaped from the spot.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Upset by the boy’s demise, locals set the products automobile on fireplace and held a large protest, demanding stringent motion in opposition to the accused.

    Police groups and fireplace brigade personnel reached the accident web site and managed the state of affairs, the officer stated.

    He added that the boy was initially taken to a neighborhood main well being centre and later shifted to Jalpaiguri Super Speciality Hospital the place docs declared him lifeless.

  • Assembly bypolls: High voter turnout in Kerala, Tripura, W Bengal seats; reasonable in UP, U’khand 

    By PTI

    LUCKNOW/AGARTALA: High voter turnout was recorded in a lot of the seven meeting constituencies in six states the place the by-election was held on Tuesday.

    The counting of votes is on September 8 for the by-election – seen as a litmus check for the opposition alliance INDIA in opposition to the BJP-led NDA forward of the meeting polls in 5 states later this 12 months and the 2023 Lok Sabha election.

    In Dhanpur and Boxanagar seats in Tripura, the place the Congress had prolonged help to the CPI(M), the typical turnout was round 76 per cent.

    Six individuals had been injured in a stray incident of violence within the northeastern state.

    In Dhupguri in West Bengal and Puthuppally in Kerala, the place the INDIA bloc constituents had been up in opposition to one another, the voting was round 76 per cent and practically 73 per cent respectively.

    The by-election noticed the INDIA alliance additionally placing up a united entrance within the Ghosi constituency in Uttar Pradesh, the place the voting was reasonable at round 50.30 per cent, and in Jharkhand’s Dumri the place a complete of 64.84 per cent of two.98 lakh voters exercised their franchise Uttarakhand’s Bageshwar, the place the principle contest is between the BJP and the Congress, noticed 55.44 per cent voting.

    Out of the seven seats, three (Dhanpur, Bageshwar and Dhupguri), had been held by the BJP and one every by the SP (Ghosi), CPI(M) (Boxanagar), JMM (Dumri) and the Congress (Puthuppally).

    In Uttar Pradesh, the Ghosi seat fell vacant after the resignation of Samajwadi Party (SP) MLA and OBC chief Dara Singh Chauhan, who rejoined the BJP.

    While the ruling BJP-led NDA has fielded Chauhan, Samajwadi Party candidate Sudhakar Singh has acquired the help of the Congress and Left events.

    Chauhan was a minister within the earlier BJP authorities headed by Yogi Adityanath.

    He resigned from the Council of Ministers on January 12, 2022 and switched to the SP.

    The Akhilesh Yadav-led social gathering has alleged misuse of official equipment and has written to the Election Commission on the matter.

    It claimed that Muslim voters had been being prevented from exercising their franchise in some locations.

    Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak rejected the SP’s allegations, claiming that the opposition social gathering was fearing defeat within the bypoll.

    The Dhupguri meeting constituency in north Bengal witnessed a three-cornered contest among the many TMC, BJP and the Congress-supported CPI(M).

    While the TMC had gained the seat in 2016, it was snatched by the BJP in 2021.

    Polling was held amid tight safety throughout 260 cubicles within the constituency.

    Central paramilitary forces had been current in any respect the cubicles, an election official stated.

    Two BJP leaders together with an MLA, who should not residents of the constituency, had been present in a celebration workplace.

    One of them, the BJP district president, needed to depart as he couldn’t present any doc permitting him entry into Dhupguri throughout the voting.

    Police stated six individuals had been injured after they had been allegedly attacked by some villagers at Mohanbhog in Dhanpur Assembly constituency in Tripura.

    The villagers set afire 5 bikes, triggering pressure, however the scenario was introduced underneath management, a police officer stated, including that the injured have been admitted to hospital and are out of hazard.

    “I urge the people to maintain peace during the polling and repeat the precedent of peaceful voting in the last assembly elections,” Chief Minister Manik Saha stated in a Facebook publish.

    Tipra Motha, the principle opposition, and Congress have stayed away.

    The Tripura Pradesh Congress had on Sunday urged folks to vote for opposition bloc INDIA candidates within the two seats.

    BJP’s Tafajjal Hussain, who unsuccessfully contested the Assembly election in February, is combating in opposition to CPI(M)’s Mizan Hussain in minority-dominated Boxanagar constituency, nonetheless thought-about the Left social gathering’s stronghold.

    Dhanpur, as soon as a powerful bastion of the communists, is heading for a direct battle between BJP’s Bindu Debnath and CPI(M)’s Kaushik Debnath.

    The BJP gained the Dhanpur seat for the primary time within the meeting ballot held seven months in the past.

    The by-election to the Boxanagar constituency was necessitated by the loss of life of CPI(M) MLA Samsul Haque.

    In Jharkhand’s Dumri, INDIA bloc candidate Bebi Devi is locked in a direct contest with NDA candidate Yashoda Devi.

    “The election handed off peacefully throughout 199 polling cubicles in Giridih and 174 cubicles in Bokaro district.

    No report of violence or legislation and order scenario was reported from anyplace,” Giridih district election officer Naman Priyesh Lakra instructed PTI.

    The polling was held amidst tight safety in 373 polling stations, 200 of which had been recognized to be Maoist-affected areas.

    The seat has turned out to be a prestigious one for each alliances amid Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) claiming that the INDIA bloc will start its victory journey from Dumri, whereas the NDA exuded confidence that it’s all set to grab the seat from JMM.

    The INDIA bloc contains 28 events together with the Congress, NCP faction led by Sharad Pawar, Shiv Sena (UBT), TMC, JMM, AAP, DMK, NC, PDP, CPI(M), CPI, RJD, SP and RLD.

    The by-election was necessitated following the loss of life of JMM MLA Jagarnath Mahto, former schooling minister, in April.

    Mahto had been representing the seat since 2004.

    However, the Congress and the ruling Left took on one another on the Puthuppally bypoll in Kerala, with the opposition social gathering within the state banking on “anti-incumbency” and the late Oommen Chandy’s legacy.

    Intermittent rainfall didn’t deter voters from exercising their franchise.

    The UDF degree alleged that there was gradual polling in some choose cubicles and other people needed to await a number of hours to vote.

    LDF candidate Jaick C Thomas stated if there was any delay within the polling course of in some cubicles then it must be investigated.

    The Congress-led UDF opposition has fielded Chandy’s son, Chandy Oommen, to learn from the sympathy wave following the previous CM’s loss of life.

    On the opposite hand, the ruling Left as soon as once more determined to go along with DYFI chief Thomas who had unsuccessfully contested from the phase in 2016 and 2021 in opposition to the late Chandy.

    The BJP has fielded its Kottayam district president G Lijinlal.

    The BJP and the Congress are in a straight contest in Uttarakhand.

    Bageshwar District Magistrate Anuradha Paul stated 55.44 per cent voting was recorded within the bypoll.

    The voter turnout for the seat in 2022 meeting polls was 60.01 per cent, she stated.

    Polling was peaceable with no untoward incident reported from anyplace, she stated.

    People, together with girls, in massive numbers started queuing up outdoors polling cubicles from 6 a.m.

    The ruling BJP has fielded Parvati Das, the spouse of Chandan Das who gained 4 consecutive elections since 2007.

    His loss of life necessitated the bypoll.

    In July, the opposition alliance shaped to tackle the ruling BJP-led NDA within the 2024 Lok Sabha elections introduced that it will be referred to as the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA).

    LUCKNOW/AGARTALA: High voter turnout was recorded in a lot of the seven meeting constituencies in six states the place the by-election was held on Tuesday.

    The counting of votes is on September 8 for the by-election – seen as a litmus check for the opposition alliance INDIA in opposition to the BJP-led NDA forward of the meeting polls in 5 states later this 12 months and the 2023 Lok Sabha election.

    In Dhanpur and Boxanagar seats in Tripura, the place the Congress had prolonged help to the CPI(M), the typical turnout was round 76 per cent.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Six individuals had been injured in a stray incident of violence within the northeastern state.

    In Dhupguri in West Bengal and Puthuppally in Kerala, the place the INDIA bloc constituents had been up in opposition to one another, the voting was round 76 per cent and practically 73 per cent respectively.

    The by-election noticed the INDIA alliance additionally placing up a united entrance within the Ghosi constituency in Uttar Pradesh, the place the voting was reasonable at round 50.30 per cent, and in Jharkhand’s Dumri the place a complete of 64.84 per cent of two.98 lakh voters exercised their franchise Uttarakhand’s Bageshwar, the place the principle contest is between the BJP and the Congress, noticed 55.44 per cent voting.

    Out of the seven seats, three (Dhanpur, Bageshwar and Dhupguri), had been held by the BJP and one every by the SP (Ghosi), CPI(M) (Boxanagar), JMM (Dumri) and the Congress (Puthuppally).

    In Uttar Pradesh, the Ghosi seat fell vacant after the resignation of Samajwadi Party (SP) MLA and OBC chief Dara Singh Chauhan, who rejoined the BJP.

    While the ruling BJP-led NDA has fielded Chauhan, Samajwadi Party candidate Sudhakar Singh has acquired the help of the Congress and Left events.

    Chauhan was a minister within the earlier BJP authorities headed by Yogi Adityanath.

    He resigned from the Council of Ministers on January 12, 2022 and switched to the SP.

    The Akhilesh Yadav-led social gathering has alleged misuse of official equipment and has written to the Election Commission on the matter.

    It claimed that Muslim voters had been being prevented from exercising their franchise in some locations.

    Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak rejected the SP’s allegations, claiming that the opposition social gathering was fearing defeat within the bypoll.

    The Dhupguri meeting constituency in north Bengal witnessed a three-cornered contest among the many TMC, BJP and the Congress-supported CPI(M).

    While the TMC had gained the seat in 2016, it was snatched by the BJP in 2021.

    Polling was held amid tight safety throughout 260 cubicles within the constituency.

    Central paramilitary forces had been current in any respect the cubicles, an election official stated.

    Two BJP leaders together with an MLA, who should not residents of the constituency, had been present in a celebration workplace.

    One of them, the BJP district president, needed to depart as he couldn’t present any doc permitting him entry into Dhupguri throughout the voting.

    Police stated six individuals had been injured after they had been allegedly attacked by some villagers at Mohanbhog in Dhanpur Assembly constituency in Tripura.

    The villagers set afire 5 bikes, triggering pressure, however the scenario was introduced underneath management, a police officer stated, including that the injured have been admitted to hospital and are out of hazard.

    “I urge the people to maintain peace during the polling and repeat the precedent of peaceful voting in the last assembly elections,” Chief Minister Manik Saha stated in a Facebook publish.

    Tipra Motha, the principle opposition, and Congress have stayed away.

    The Tripura Pradesh Congress had on Sunday urged folks to vote for opposition bloc INDIA candidates within the two seats.

    BJP’s Tafajjal Hussain, who unsuccessfully contested the Assembly election in February, is combating in opposition to CPI(M)’s Mizan Hussain in minority-dominated Boxanagar constituency, nonetheless thought-about the Left social gathering’s stronghold.

    Dhanpur, as soon as a powerful bastion of the communists, is heading for a direct battle between BJP’s Bindu Debnath and CPI(M)’s Kaushik Debnath.

    The BJP gained the Dhanpur seat for the primary time within the meeting ballot held seven months in the past.

    The by-election to the Boxanagar constituency was necessitated by the loss of life of CPI(M) MLA Samsul Haque.

    In Jharkhand’s Dumri, INDIA bloc candidate Bebi Devi is locked in a direct contest with NDA candidate Yashoda Devi.

    “The election handed off peacefully throughout 199 polling cubicles in Giridih and 174 cubicles in Bokaro district.

    No report of violence or legislation and order scenario was reported from anyplace,” Giridih district election officer Naman Priyesh Lakra instructed PTI.

    The polling was held amidst tight safety in 373 polling stations, 200 of which had been recognized to be Maoist-affected areas.

    The seat has turned out to be a prestigious one for each alliances amid Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) claiming that the INDIA bloc will start its victory journey from Dumri, whereas the NDA exuded confidence that it’s all set to grab the seat from JMM.

    The INDIA bloc contains 28 events together with the Congress, NCP faction led by Sharad Pawar, Shiv Sena (UBT), TMC, JMM, AAP, DMK, NC, PDP, CPI(M), CPI, RJD, SP and RLD.

    The by-election was necessitated following the loss of life of JMM MLA Jagarnath Mahto, former schooling minister, in April.

    Mahto had been representing the seat since 2004.

    However, the Congress and the ruling Left took on one another on the Puthuppally bypoll in Kerala, with the opposition social gathering within the state banking on “anti-incumbency” and the late Oommen Chandy’s legacy.

    Intermittent rainfall didn’t deter voters from exercising their franchise.

    The UDF degree alleged that there was gradual polling in some choose cubicles and other people needed to await a number of hours to vote.

    LDF candidate Jaick C Thomas stated if there was any delay within the polling course of in some cubicles then it must be investigated.

    The Congress-led UDF opposition has fielded Chandy’s son, Chandy Oommen, to learn from the sympathy wave following the previous CM’s loss of life.

    On the opposite hand, the ruling Left as soon as once more determined to go along with DYFI chief Thomas who had unsuccessfully contested from the phase in 2016 and 2021 in opposition to the late Chandy.

    The BJP has fielded its Kottayam district president G Lijinlal.

    The BJP and the Congress are in a straight contest in Uttarakhand.

    Bageshwar District Magistrate Anuradha Paul stated 55.44 per cent voting was recorded within the bypoll.

    The voter turnout for the seat in 2022 meeting polls was 60.01 per cent, she stated.

    Polling was peaceable with no untoward incident reported from anyplace, she stated.

    People, together with girls, in massive numbers started queuing up outdoors polling cubicles from 6 a.m.

    The ruling BJP has fielded Parvati Das, the spouse of Chandan Das who gained 4 consecutive elections since 2007.

    His loss of life necessitated the bypoll.

    In July, the opposition alliance shaped to tackle the ruling BJP-led NDA within the 2024 Lok Sabha elections introduced that it will be referred to as the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA).

  • Push to arrange inexperienced crackers models to proceed in Bengal regardless of Duttapukur blast, says official

    By PTI

    KOLKATA: Officials of the state setting division and the apex physique of fireworks producers in West Bengal mentioned the demise of 9 individuals in a blast at an unlawful crackers unit in North 24 Parganas district on August 27 is not going to derail the transfer to arrange 5 inexperienced fireworks clusters within the state that are prone to be operational by 2024.

    Around 600 individuals engaged in manufacturing crackers, who belong to the unorganised sector, have been educated by setting division officers underneath the steering of consultants from central businesses reminiscent of PESO (Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation) and NEERI (National Environmental Engineering Research Institute), a senior state setting official advised PTI, including they are going to be housed within the 5 inexperienced fireworks manufacturing clusters.

    “Our drive to create green fireworks manufacturing clusters in Maheshtala in South 24 Parganas, Haldia in Purba Medinipur and Bongaon in North 24 Parganas among the five hubs will continue. The locations of the clusters have been identified and each of them has enough space between two units,” the official added.

    Chairman of ‘Sara Bangla Atasbaji Unnyan Samiti’, the apex physique of fireworks producers, Babla Roy, mentioned the Duttapukur incident in North 24 Parganas was an eye-opener as “materials such as potassium chloride and nitroglycerin” have been discovered within the wreckage.

    “No regular firecrackers are manufactured with potassium chloride and nitroglycerin as ingredients which are explosives used for making bombs. Ordinary fireworks workers can never be involved in such practices,” Roy, who had been coordinating with the state and central businesses for organising inexperienced fireworks clusters, mentioned.

    Demanding a good probe into the Duttapukur incident, Roy mentioned the affiliation and the state have been decided to weed out “all illegal fireworks factories” in order that solely inexperienced crackers manufacturing models stay function.

    Environmentalist SM Ghosh, who has been actively concerned in campaigns to scale back noise and air air pollution throughout festive seasons by regulating fireworks business, mentioned the unlawful Duttapukur unit was really making “peto” and “lal sada” crude bombs.

    “The unexploded remnants found at the wreckage of the Duttapukur unit were not regular or green crackers. This was a unit for making peto or hand-held crude bombs to create panic among public. These are packed with ball bearings, nails and springs that are hurled in a radius of 50 metres or more,” he mentioned.

    “It was entirely a bomb manufacturing unit. As a fireworks makers’ organization, we want a thorough probe into the Duttapukur unit,” he added.

    KOLKATA: Officials of the state setting division and the apex physique of fireworks producers in West Bengal mentioned the demise of 9 individuals in a blast at an unlawful crackers unit in North 24 Parganas district on August 27 is not going to derail the transfer to arrange 5 inexperienced fireworks clusters within the state that are prone to be operational by 2024.

    Around 600 individuals engaged in manufacturing crackers, who belong to the unorganised sector, have been educated by setting division officers underneath the steering of consultants from central businesses reminiscent of PESO (Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation) and NEERI (National Environmental Engineering Research Institute), a senior state setting official advised PTI, including they are going to be housed within the 5 inexperienced fireworks manufacturing clusters.

    “Our drive to create green fireworks manufacturing clusters in Maheshtala in South 24 Parganas, Haldia in Purba Medinipur and Bongaon in North 24 Parganas among the five hubs will continue. The locations of the clusters have been identified and each of them has enough space between two units,” the official added.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Chairman of ‘Sara Bangla Atasbaji Unnyan Samiti’, the apex physique of fireworks producers, Babla Roy, mentioned the Duttapukur incident in North 24 Parganas was an eye-opener as “materials such as potassium chloride and nitroglycerin” have been discovered within the wreckage.

    “No regular firecrackers are manufactured with potassium chloride and nitroglycerin as ingredients which are explosives used for making bombs. Ordinary fireworks workers can never be involved in such practices,” Roy, who had been coordinating with the state and central businesses for organising inexperienced fireworks clusters, mentioned.

    Demanding a good probe into the Duttapukur incident, Roy mentioned the affiliation and the state have been decided to weed out “all illegal fireworks factories” in order that solely inexperienced crackers manufacturing models stay function.

    Environmentalist SM Ghosh, who has been actively concerned in campaigns to scale back noise and air air pollution throughout festive seasons by regulating fireworks business, mentioned the unlawful Duttapukur unit was really making “peto” and “lal sada” crude bombs.

    “The unexploded remnants found at the wreckage of the Duttapukur unit were not regular or green crackers. This was a unit for making peto or hand-held crude bombs to create panic among public. These are packed with ball bearings, nails and springs that are hurled in a radius of 50 metres or more,” he mentioned.

    “It was entirely a bomb manufacturing unit. As a fireworks makers’ organization, we want a thorough probe into the Duttapukur unit,” he added.

  • Achieving goal below Jal Jeevan mission inside 2024 is unattainable activity for West Bengal, says officers

    Express News Service

    KOLKATA: Because of West Bengal’s poor efficiency in comparison with its counterparts, Jal Jeevan Mission, a undertaking below the Ministry of Jal Shakti which targets to attach over 19 crore rural households with faucet connection and water provide earlier than subsequent 12 months’s Lok Sabha elections appears to be an uphill activity to finish.

    Despite funds being disbursed in line with demand, three states, West Bengal Jharkhand, and Rajasthan, are but to convey half of the focused households below the undertaking casting a shadow on the 2024 Lok Sabha deadline. The middle and the state are bearing the expenditure on a 50:50 foundation.

    On August 15, 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the undertaking of three,60,000 crore with the slogan Har Ghar Jal (water at each home) and it was determined that 19.22 crore rural households throughout the nation could be offered faucet connection. At the time of the launch of the scheme, 3.23 lakh rural households out of 19.22 crore had been supplied with faucet connections and water companies.

    The undertaking’s deadline gave the impression to be aimed toward securing electoral dividends within the subsequent 12 months’s Lok Sabha elections.

    Records accessible with the Ministry of Jal Shakti, the Bengal authorities assessed greater than 1.73 crore rural households to be introduced below the mission, and up to now, 64.84 lakh households have been introduced below the scheme, which is 37.39 % of the entire goal.

    Pulak Roy, Public Health and Engineering (PHE) minister of West Bengal, on Wednesday, stated within the Assembly that inside March 2024, water connection and provide can be accessible in any respect focused households. But sources within the state administration stated attaining the purpose could be an unattainable activity.

    “The state government had joined the central project late. Besides, the state government renamed the scheme in Bengal as Jolswapno which resulted in complications between the Centre and the state. It is a fact that the Centre is not releasing funds under several social schemes, but we are getting funds under the Jal Jeevan Mission scheme. But meeting the deadline is a very difficult task,” stated an official of the PHE.  

    The TMC leaders worry the Prime Minister could maintain non-BJP dominated states like Rajasthan, Jharkhand, and West Bengal answerable for not attaining the goal earlier than the deadline when he’ll marketing campaign in subsequent 12 months’s Lok Sabha elections. “But BJP-ruled states like Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh are yet to bring 60 percent of the targeted households,” stated a TMC chief.

    Jal Jeevan Mission

    Target throughout India: Connecting 19.22 crore rural households with piped consuming water.

    Achievement: 12.92 crore(67%)

    In West Bengal

    Target: 1,73,42,083

    Target achieved: 64,84,693 households (37.39%)

    Target achieved in Jharkhand: 40%

    Target achieved in Rajasthan: 43%

    100% goal achieved: Gujarat, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, and Telangana.

    KOLKATA: Because of West Bengal’s poor efficiency in comparison with its counterparts, Jal Jeevan Mission, a undertaking below the Ministry of Jal Shakti which targets to attach over 19 crore rural households with faucet connection and water provide earlier than subsequent 12 months’s Lok Sabha elections appears to be an uphill activity to finish.

    Despite funds being disbursed in line with demand, three states, West Bengal Jharkhand, and Rajasthan, are but to convey half of the focused households below the undertaking casting a shadow on the 2024 Lok Sabha deadline. The middle and the state are bearing the expenditure on a 50:50 foundation.

    On August 15, 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the undertaking of three,60,000 crore with the slogan Har Ghar Jal (water at each home) and it was determined that 19.22 crore rural households throughout the nation could be offered faucet connection. At the time of the launch of the scheme, 3.23 lakh rural households out of 19.22 crore had been supplied with faucet connections and water companies.googletag.cmd.push(perform() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    The undertaking’s deadline gave the impression to be aimed toward securing electoral dividends within the subsequent 12 months’s Lok Sabha elections.

    Records accessible with the Ministry of Jal Shakti, the Bengal authorities assessed greater than 1.73 crore rural households to be introduced below the mission, and up to now, 64.84 lakh households have been introduced below the scheme, which is 37.39 % of the entire goal.

    Pulak Roy, Public Health and Engineering (PHE) minister of West Bengal, on Wednesday, stated within the Assembly that inside March 2024, water connection and provide can be accessible in any respect focused households. But sources within the state administration stated attaining the purpose could be an unattainable activity.

    “The state government had joined the central project late. Besides, the state government renamed the scheme in Bengal as Jolswapno which resulted in complications between the Centre and the state. It is a fact that the Centre is not releasing funds under several social schemes, but we are getting funds under the Jal Jeevan Mission scheme. But meeting the deadline is a very difficult task,” stated an official of the PHE.  

    The TMC leaders worry the Prime Minister could maintain non-BJP dominated states like Rajasthan, Jharkhand, and West Bengal answerable for not attaining the goal earlier than the deadline when he’ll marketing campaign in subsequent 12 months’s Lok Sabha elections. “But BJP-ruled states like Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh are yet to bring 60 percent of the targeted households,” stated a TMC chief.

    Jal Jeevan Mission

    Target throughout India: Connecting 19.22 crore rural households with piped consuming water.

    Achievement: 12.92 crore(67%)

    In West Bengal

    Target: 1,73,42,083

    Target achieved: 64,84,693 households (37.39%)

    Target achieved in Jharkhand: 40%

    Target achieved in Rajasthan: 43%

    100% goal achieved: Gujarat, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, and Telangana.

  • ‘Only in the event you agree’: West Bengal govt to survey unaided Khareji Madrasas

    By Express News Service

    KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday mentioned her authorities would arrange a high-power committee to survey unaided Khareji Madrasas.

    Banerjee additionally introduced services for college kids of the Madrasas who’re taught spiritual rules within the establishments. 

    “These are Madrasas that teach the Islamic religion.  We will not interfere with the functioning of these institutions. The survey will be held on only those Madrasas who agree to the request. A high-powered committee will be formed for the survey that will submit a report after six months,” she mentioned at Nabanna, the state secretariat.

    Mamata defined that the survey was aimed in order that the scholars are introduced beneath numerous welfare schemes of the state authorities.

     “The high-powered committee will comprise consultants, educationists, representatives from related authorities departments, and members from the native Muslim neighborhood, she added. 

    In one other announcement, the state authorities mentioned that it intends to recognise all of the unaided Madrasas which had utilized for recognition within the 12 months 2013-14 and who fulfilled all the standards. According to the state authorities, the variety of such establishments is about 700.

    The announcement assumes political significance as calls for for recognition of unaided Madrasas have been raised by the minority neighborhood, which varieties 32 per cent of the full electorates in Bengal and the ruling TMC appeared to have been having fun with the help of this specific neighborhood for the reason that change of guard within the state in 2011.

    Sources within the authorities mentioned that the survey is an try and convey the unrecognized Madrasas beneath authorities surveillance.

    A lot of unregistered Madrasas got here beneath the scanner of the state authorities following a blast in Khagragarh in 2014 and the involvement of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), an outlawed terror outfit primarily based in Bangladesh, got here to gentle. Investigations revealed the JMB operatives used a number of unaided Madrasas for motivating younger Muslims to work as operatives of the outfit.

    Mamata additionally introduced state-wide protests on August 6 on the block degree in opposition to the deprivation of the West Bengal authorities by the Centre.

    The announcement of the protests comes within the wake of the Calcutta High Court restraining Trinamool Congress common secretary Abhishek Banerjee’s name to state gherao occasion outdoors the home of BJP leaders on August 5.

    KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday mentioned her authorities would arrange a high-power committee to survey unaided Khareji Madrasas.

    Banerjee additionally introduced services for college kids of the Madrasas who’re taught spiritual rules within the establishments. 

    “These are Madrasas that teach the Islamic religion.  We will not interfere with the functioning of these institutions. The survey will be held on only those Madrasas who agree to the request. A high-powered committee will be formed for the survey that will submit a report after six months,” she mentioned at Nabanna, the state secretariat.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Mamata defined that the survey was aimed in order that the scholars are introduced beneath numerous welfare schemes of the state authorities.

     “The high-powered committee will comprise consultants, educationists, representatives from related authorities departments, and members from the native Muslim neighborhood, she added. 

    In one other announcement, the state authorities mentioned that it intends to recognise all of the unaided Madrasas which had utilized for recognition within the 12 months 2013-14 and who fulfilled all the standards. According to the state authorities, the variety of such establishments is about 700.

    The announcement assumes political significance as calls for for recognition of unaided Madrasas have been raised by the minority neighborhood, which varieties 32 per cent of the full electorates in Bengal and the ruling TMC appeared to have been having fun with the help of this specific neighborhood for the reason that change of guard within the state in 2011.

    Sources within the authorities mentioned that the survey is an try and convey the unrecognized Madrasas beneath authorities surveillance.

    A lot of unregistered Madrasas got here beneath the scanner of the state authorities following a blast in Khagragarh in 2014 and the involvement of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), an outlawed terror outfit primarily based in Bangladesh, got here to gentle. Investigations revealed the JMB operatives used a number of unaided Madrasas for motivating younger Muslims to work as operatives of the outfit.

    Mamata additionally introduced state-wide protests on August 6 on the block degree in opposition to the deprivation of the West Bengal authorities by the Centre.

    The announcement of the protests comes within the wake of the Calcutta High Court restraining Trinamool Congress common secretary Abhishek Banerjee’s name to state gherao occasion outdoors the home of BJP leaders on August 5.

  • Nine-year-old boy injured in crude bomb explosion in Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district

    By PTI

    KOLKATA: A nine-year-old boy was injured in a crude bomb explosion in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Sunday, police stated.

    The boy, a category 4 pupil was injured in Basirhat block 2 when he mistook a crude bomb mendacity within the area near his home to be a ball and touched it, they stated.

    He was rushed to an area hospital in Basirhat however as his situation deteriorated he was referred to R G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata.

    Police stated that on receiving details about the blast, a group rushed to the spot and is finishing up an investigation.

    The boy’s proper hand was injured within the explosion, medical doctors stated.

    KOLKATA: A nine-year-old boy was injured in a crude bomb explosion in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Sunday, police stated.

    The boy, a category 4 pupil was injured in Basirhat block 2 when he mistook a crude bomb mendacity within the area near his home to be a ball and touched it, they stated.

    He was rushed to an area hospital in Basirhat however as his situation deteriorated he was referred to R G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

    Police stated that on receiving details about the blast, a group rushed to the spot and is finishing up an investigation.

    The boy’s proper hand was injured within the explosion, medical doctors stated.

  • BJP planning to create disturbances in Bengal to defame state earlier than 2024 polls: Mamata

    She mentioned that the BJP was planning to create disturbances by creating division among the many individuals to indicate the state in a foul mild earlier than subsequent yr's basic elections.

    KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday alleged within the meeting that the opposition BJP was planning to create disturbances by creating division among the many individuals to indicate the state in a foul mild earlier than subsequent yr’s basic elections.

    Speaking on the state meeting throughout a dialogue, Banerjee claimed she has info that the BJP’s planning was chalked out throughout a latest assembly held in New Delhi with senior leaders of the get together’s state unit.

    She claimed that the saffron get together has additionally deliberate to fund “any party that can divide the votes of the Trinamool Congress”.

    “I have information regarding the BJP meeting in the national capital. I will not name those present in it. They are planning to divide society on the basis of religion and caste. They are planning to highlight alleged crimes against women and weaker sections including SCs, STs and Rajbangshis so that the state can be shown in bad light,” she mentioned.

    The meeting held discussions on a decision introduced by the opposition BJP on the violence within the panchayat polls and the legislation and order state of affairs within the state.

    Leader of the Opposition within the meeting, Suvendu Adhikari, introduced the movement and it was allowed by Speaker Biman Banerjee.

    However, after the CM began to talk on the movement and referred to energy cuts at a counting sales space within the Nandigram seat in the course of the 2021 meeting elections, the BJP members waved black cloths and staged a walkout.

    The CM had misplaced to Adhikari within the Nandigram seat.