Three Phase Panchayat Polls in West Bengal in May

The West Bengal State Election Commission (SEC) announced today (31 March) that three-phase panchayat polls in the state will be held in May this year.


Dates of Panchayat polls are May 1, 3 and 5 and counting of polls will take place on May 8.

Panchayat Polls Schedules

1st May, Tuesday: Nadia, North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, Howrah, Hooghly, Purba Barddhaman, Paschim Barddhaman, Purulia, Jharkhan, Purba Medinipur, Paschim Medinipur, Bankura.


3rd May, Thursday: Murshidabad and Birbhum

5th May, Saturday: Cooch Behar, Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri, North Dinazpur, South Dinazpur, Malda

Polling will start at 7.00 AM and continue till 5.00 PM

In the above 20 districts, total seats are 48,656. Panchayat Samity seats: 9217 and Zilla Parishad seats 825.

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Stay order in recruitment of primary school teachers in West Bengal

Today Kolkata High Court has issued a stay order on recruitment of primary school teachers. West Bengal Board of Primary Education invited application for fill up of 34559 vacant posts of primary teachers and the last date of application was 30 November 2012. Nearly 55 applications were received.

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Mutual transfer of teachers and class examinations in West Bengal schools

Mutual Transfers of School Teachers 

 
It has been decided by education department, along with state education minister Bratya Basu that mutual transfers of school teachers will begin from March 2013. The transfers will be optional.

Education Minister Bratya Basu said that number of vacancies available in the applicants preferred location will be checked and preference will be given to those who have got more service experience.

Three examinations in a year for Class I to VIII students

It has been decided that West Bengal aided schools will take three examinations in a year for students from Class I to VIII at a gap of every four months. Report cards will be sent to the guardians.

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Police firing at Loba village at Dubrajpur – Birbhum district in West Bengal

Another case of clash between Police and villagers registered in West Bengal. Police fired at villagers at Loba village in Durrajpur of Birbhum district and six villagers are injured. No death is reported. Three OC of police are also injured. 

In the recent past such police and villagers clash and police firing took place at Singur and Nandigram. At that time Trinamool Congress were in opposition side and Left Front was the ruling party. This time villagers are united under the banner of Trinamool Congress,  TMC is the ruling party in West Bengal now still the incidence of firing occurred. The dispute is due to a coal lifting project in that area.

Trinamool MP Shatabdi Roy and Birbhum district secretary of Trinamool Congress are at daggers drawn since long time and it is assumed that it may be one of the causes of such firing. Some finds the hand of CPI (M) also. Anyway we have to wait and watch how administrator tackles the situation and avoid any unwanted circumstances.

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Bengali singer Abhijit trying to boost Bengal tourism through Durga Puja 2012 theme

  West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee is trying very hard to bring West Bengal in the map of tourism. During the last one year she has succeeded to draw tourists towards North Bengal specially Darjeeling.

Another Bengali celebrity, singer Abhijit is trying to help the state to draw more tourists through his ability. Lokhandwala Sarvajanin Durgotsav is famous as Abhijit’s Durga Puja. The organisers of Lokhandwala Sarvajanin Durgotsav Samiti will promote Bengal’s tourism potentiality during this Durga Puja. The organizers are keeping in touch with the state government. Theme of Lokhandwala Sarvajanin Durgotsav 2012 is Bengal tourism.

Durga Puja committee of Lokhandwala Sarvajanin Durgotsav has submitted their proposal to state tourism minister Rachhpal Singh and need the help of state government in execution of their dream theme.  It is learnt that Lokhandwala Sarvajanin Durgotsav 2012 will highlight tourismin Darjeeling, Dooars, Digha, Sundarbans and other tourist attraction places. They will also promote the state's handloom, handicraft and famous Bengali cuisine.

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Kolkata Woman Raped At Gunpoint – Role of Kolkata Police and Few Questions on the Issue

On 5 February 2012 at about 01.30 am, a woman in Kolkata was raped at gunpoint inside a car. After this brutal act, role of Kolkata police is very strange and as per police the statements issued by the woman also raises doubts.

A woman of Anglo Indian community was raped at gunpoint near the St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata on 5 February 2012. The woman was returning from Tantra, a night club in Kolkata. The woman claims that she was offered lift by some Luvi Gidwani, whom she met on that night only inside the night club Tranta.

The 37 years old mother of two said that as the car started, she found others two friends of Luvi were in the car, Sharafat Ali and Azhar Ali. The driver’s name as claimed by the raped woman is Salman. The woman said that as soon as the car started rolling, gesture of Sharafat Ali became intolerable to the lady and she wanted to get down from the car. At this point Sharafat Ali started beating the lady and then raped her and then she was thrown out of the car at a central point-Exide interaction in the city.

The rape victim and Kolkata police

 The rape victim was so traumatized after the incidence that she lodged a complaint in Park Street police station on 8 February. Park Street police forward the case to court on 10 February and court order forensic test of the rape victim. The test was done on 14 February. The woman took the help of social networking site Facebook to trace her assailants. She got their photos in the site and approached the Park Street police station with those photos and names but had to face noncooperation from the police.  The rape victim says Park Street police mocked her. The concerned officer asked how it was possible in a moving car. One senior officer even looked at her and told his junior that as the date was 14 February, they should go to tantra to enjoy the Valentine’s Day with beer.

Joint CP, Crime Damayanti Sen has assured “departmental inquiry has been set up under the police commissioner and no one if found guilty will be spared".

Discrepancies in statement of the rape victim woman

The rape victim woman alleged that the vehicle owner is Luvi Gidwani but Luvi’s father said that his son is in Canada since January this year.

There are many doubts and questions on the total incidence. The regional Bengali TV channels have done a fantastic job by bringing the focus of people on this case of rape at gunpoint. It seems that many unexpected findings may come out of the rape case from police enquiries in coming days. The whole matter will be revealed very soon and all we can hope that the culprits will be punished

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720 days leave for women employees of state government for upbringing their children

A new bill for the women employees of West Bengal state government is in the queue. A mother, employee of West Bengal state government would get 720 days leave until her child becomes 18 years old.

Good news for women employees of West Bengal state government. They will be entitled for 720 days leave in their entire service for bringing up their children.Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has passed the file and the bill will be presented in the cabinet and after the bill is passed the Finance Department will announce it.

Women employees will be entitled to take the leave untill her child becomes adult, 18 years old. This special leave can be taken entirely or on many break ups. Officers of Finance Department of West Bengal hope that the bill will be implemented very soon.

Presently the women employees get 180 days maternity leave. State government of West Bengal has started another special leave of 135 days in case of adapted child. If the adapted child's age is within 1 year, this special leave of 135 days will be granted.

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Helicopter services for both industrialisation and tourism will soon be launched in West Bengal

Read this article to know about the proposed helicopter services in West Bengal to facilitate industrial growth and also for promoting tourism industry in the state.

West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee earlier in the month declared that helicopter services will soon be launched in many towns in three districts of West Bengal. The areas chosen for helicopter services are Asansol and Durgapur in Bardhaman district, Haldia in Purba Midnapore district and Raichak in South 24-Parganas district, State government has taken many plans for the growth of industrialisation in West Bengal and helicopter service would help people traveling from one place to another in minimum time. The industrialists can gain maximum from this service as it will consume less time. There are many industries in Asansol and Durgapur and both have the potential of further growth.

As per report from a Bengali TV channel, state government has decided to utilise this proposed helicopter service for the growth in tourism industry in West Bengal. Mamata Banerjee is very much interested to promote tourism in West Bengal in the map of world tourism. She dreams that someday Digha will be as famous as Goa in the field of tourism. West Bengal government is planning to introduce helicopter services from Kolkata to Digha, Maldah, North Bengal for tourism purpose. From Kolkata, one can reach Digha within 30 minutes via helicopter service and this service may start from the end of December 2011.

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Rabindra Jayanti at Muktodhara Auditorium New Delhi

Rabindra Jayanti will be celebrated in New Delhi at Muktodhara Auditorium in Gole Market on 18 May 2012, New Delhi. This will be a joint venture of West Bengal Information and Cultural Centre, New Delhi and Department of Agricultural Marketing, Government of West Bengal.  The program will start at 6.30 pm.

Program details of Rabindra Jayanti at Muktodharaauditorium on 18 May 2012

Mr. Arup Roy, Minister for Agricultural Marketing of West Bengalwill will inaugurate the function and he will also sing Rabindrasangeet in the function of Rabindra Jayanti. The other programs are listed below:

Shri Bhaskar Khulbe, Principal Resident Commissioner, Government of West Bengal,  will pay homage to Rabindranath Tagore.

The famous piece of Tagore, ‘Karnakuntisambad’ recitation by Ullas Chattopadhyay and Sampa Das

Rabindrasangeet by Susmita Goswami and Sudeshna Rudra Sanyal

No entry fee in the Rabindra Jayanti program at Muktodhara auditorium and seating arrangement is on first-come-first-served basis.

Address of Muktodhara auditorium

Muktodhara Auditorium, Banga Sanskriti Bhavan, 18-19, Bhai Veer Singh Marg, Gole Market, New Delhi

Rabindra Jayanti 2012 Celebration and West Bengal State Government

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Mutual Transfer Form Will Be Available After Three Weeks

Assistant teachers and non teaching staffs of West Bengal board can apply for mutual transfer. Read this article to know how and when to apply for mutual transfer and who can apply for mutual transfer.

Mutual transfer forms for assistant teachers and non teaching staffs of madhyamik, higher secondary and junior schools under west Bengal board of education will be available after three weeks. The mutual transfer forms will be available online from website of school service commission.

The two teachers or non teaching staffs who want mutual transfer have to download the form and after filling up have to submit at school service commission office. After submission of the filled up forms, mutual transfer will be possible within three months from the date of submission. The teachers of non teaching staffs will get three days paid leave during mutual transfer.

SSC chairman said that the matter of mutual transfer of teachers and non teaching staffs of schools are placed in gazet notification which will take three weeks. Group C, group D and librarians of West Bengal board schools can avail this mutual transfer facily but it is not applicable for head master or head mistresses.

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News On Mutual Transfer of Teachers In State Government Schools

West Bengal government school teachers can now apply for mutual transfer. Read this article to get complete information about the mutual transfer of teachers.

West Bengal state government has notified that mutual transfer of teachers teaching in state government aided schools are possible.  This is announced today, on 23 February 2012. The teachers willing for mutual transfer should be of same subject.

This is good news for the teachers in West Bengal government schools. Many teachers specially women teachers face problems as they have to work in one district while they are staying in other district or in some distant location. The state government’s decision of mutual transfer of teachers in government schools would the teachers.

How to apply for mutual transfer and what are the rules

Male teachers will not be allowed for mutual transfer with lady teacher of any girls' school.

Application for mutual transfer is applicable upto 58 years age.

Application of mutual transfer to be tendered to the managing committee of the school.

The mutual transfer of teachers will be within schools of same language of education. Teacher of Bengali medium school can apply for mutual transfer with a teacher of Bengali medium school only. This rule of mutual transfer is applicable for all languages.

Teachers with clean service record only can apply for mutual transfer. Teachers on whom action has been taken or departmental inquiry is going on can not apply for mutual transfer.

Teachers seeking for mutual transfer have to deposit a bank draft of Rs. 1000.00 to School Service Commission (SSC).

'No objection' certificate from school to be submitted with the second part of the application for mutual transfer.

Whenever any teacher applies for mutual transfer, school managing committee will discuss on that matter in their next meeting and certificate will be issued.

Any teacher can avail this mutual transfer facility once in his or her service life. This rule will be applicable for al l government schools excepting schools at Darjeeling hill areas. 

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Consecutive Incidences of Rape in West Bengal

Reported rape case in West Bengal is in alarming stage. Since February 2012 many incidences of rape case in different parts of the state is reported.  Governor of West Bengal has expressed his concern over rapes in the state.

In recent time the state was rocked with the rape case of Park Street where an Anglo-Indian woman of 37 years old was raped in a moving car. After the rape the victim was thrown out of the car. Initially Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee refused to accept it as a rape case but the truth is ultimately revealed. The main accused who has raped the woman is still absconding.

Soon after the rape case at Park Street, another case of rape and murder happened at Baranagar. At Katwa a woman was dragged out from a train and alleged gang raped.

The latest rape case reported is at Bankura medical College where a deaf and dumb girl has been alleged raped by a junior doctor. The junior doctor has been arrested.

Rape is a social crime and everybody should condemn such crime on women. Rape or molestation of women in West Bengal was never below the average rape case in our country. Such type of crime is not desirable and the number of rape case in the state must come down to zero. State administration has to take necessary steps. What is strange over the rape cases of recent time is that Chief Minister hesitates to accept the truth. The common people of West Bengal want government to take quick and strict actions in case of any reported rape.

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Will any Bengali be at Rashtrapati Bhavan as 13th President of India?

Pranab Mukherjee is the frontrunner in the race of 13^thPresident election in India. Bengalis can hope that this time a Bengali will become the President of India.

Just like monsoon climate, the news on 13^th President election in India is changing rapidly. Few days back it was assumed that union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee is out of the race for main contenders for the post of Indian President. The situation has changed. Pranab Mukherjee is very much in the race and presently he is supposed to be at the top in the list of probable names for 13^th President of India.

Uptill now Congress is seriously considering two names, Pranab Mukherjee and Vice-President Hamid Ansari. The other factors which are to be considered are Samajwadi Party and the Trinamul Congress. Sonia Gandhi told reporters that no candidate is finalised yet.

There are many speculations regarding why Pranab Mukherjee is supposed to become the 13^th President of India. It is assumed that BJP would be happy if they find Pranab Mukherjee, the main trouble-shooter of Congress party is out of active politics. Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee may support Pranab Mukherjee’s candidature due to Bengali sentiment. People of West Bengal irrespective of political parties want to see a Bengali in the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

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Jose Ramirez Barreto will be no more in Mohun Bagan football team

Brazilian footballer Jose Ramirez Barreto  will be no more seen in green maroon jersey. Barreto has announced the end of his association with Mohun Bagan club. Barreto will play the last match for Mohun Bagan on 6 May 2012 against Pune FC in the final rounf I-League match at the Yuba Bharati Kriranga.

 Jose Ramirez Barreto is not retiring from football. He will play for some time more although for which team he will play is yet to be decided. It is assumed that Jose Ramirez Barreto will be in Kolkata and play for any local club.

Jose Ramirez Barreto said that the memory of Mohun Bagan will be ever in his mind. Jose Ramirez Barreto has played for 11 seasons for Mohun Bagan and expressed that he had a good time here in the club.

Jose Ramirez Barreto started playing for Mohun Bagan in 1999 and on 2004 he left Mohun Bagan to play for Penang FA. Barreto was in Penang FA upto 2005 and then joined Mahindra United. Jose Ramirez Barreto again come back to Mohun Bagan in 2006. It was just like coming back to home. Jose Ramirez Barreto is the darling of Mohun Bagan supporters.  There is a slogan for Mohun Bagan supporters that ‘Sheet grisha barsha, Barretoi Bhorsha’. The slogan will be never heard again on ground.

Mohun Bagan will honour Jose Ramirez Barreto  with a silver emblem of Mohun Bagan club. Jose Ramirez Barreto will get lifetime membership from Mohun Bagan club. Barreto and his family will be driven around the stadium in an open jeep. Mohun Bagan will not sell any ticket on the match of 6 May 2012 in the honour of Jose Ramirez Barreto. Excepting the VIP box, all the gates will be open for Jose Ramirez Barreto fans.

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Recruitment of Headmaster/Headmistress and Librarian – West Bengal School Service Commission

The West Bengal School Service Commission will conduct the 12th regional level selection test for recruitment of  ‘Headmaster/Headmistress’ and 2nd regional level selection test for recruitment of ‘Librarian’. Eligible and interested candidates can apply online within 31 July 2012 from official website of  and eligible candidates may apply Online from the official website of West Bengal School Service Commission.

Post: Headmaster/Headmistress

Number of posts: 721

Region wise vacancies

 Eastern Region : Birbhum, Burdwan and Hoogly districts are included in this region
 Bengali Medium: 144

Birbhum:

Boys: 3

Girls: 5

Co-ed:35

Burdwan :

Boys: 2

Girls:11

Co-ed: 46

Hooghly:

Boys:  2

Girls:  13

Co-ed: 27

Hindi Medium: 9

Burdwan:

Boys: 5

Girls: 1

Co-ed: 1

Hooghly:

Boys: 1

Girls: 1

Urdu: NIL

Burdwan:

Boys: 1

Girls: 2

Co-ed: 1

Telegu:

Hooghly:

Co-ed:1

Northern Region: Coochbehar, Uttar Dinajpur, Dakshin Dinajpur, Malda, Murshidabad, Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling districts are included in this region.

Bengali Medium: 105.

Coochbehar:

Boys: NIL

Girls:3

Co-ed:6

Jalpaiguri:

Boys: NIL

Girls:2

Co-ed:6

Uttar Dinajpur:

Boys:2

Girls:3

Co-ed:7

Dakshin Dinajpur:

Boys: NIL

Girls: NIL

Co-ed:9

Malda:

Boys:1

Girls:2

Co-ed:16

 Murshidabad:

Boys:1

Girls:13

Co-ed:34

Hindi Medium: 2

Jalpaiguri:

Boys: NIL

Girls:1

Co-ed: NIL

Darjeeling

Boys: NIL

Girls: NIL

Co-ed:1

Urdu Medium: 1
Uttar Dinajpur:

Boys: NIL

Girls:1

Co-ed: NIL

Southern Region: Howrah, Kolkata and South 24 Parganas districts are included in this region.
Bengali Medium: 145

Howrah:

Boys:5

Girls:14

Co-ed:18

Kolkata:

Boys:3

Girls:12

Co-ed:8

South 24 Paraganas:

Boys:5

Girls:16

Co-ed:64

Hindi Medium: 4

Howrah:

Boys:1

Girls: NIL

Co-ed:1

Kolkata:

Boys:1

Girls:1

Co-ed: NIL

Urdu Medium: 2

Howrah:

Boys: NIL

Girls:1

Co-ed: NIL

Kolkata:

Boys: NIL

Girls:1

Co-ed: NIL

Telegu Medium: 1

Howrah:

Boys: NIL

Girls: NIL

Co-ed:1

Western Region: Purulia, Bankura, Paschim Medinipur and Purba Medinipur districts are included in this region

Bengali Medium: 194

Purulia:

Boys:1

Girls:5

Co-ed:24

Bankura:

Boys: NIL

Girls:6

Co-ed:21

Purba Medinipur:

Boys:1

Girls:17

Co-ed:29

Paschim Medinipur:

Boys: NIL

Girls:26

Co-ed:57

Bengali/ Santhali: 1

Purulia:

Boys: NIL

Girls: NIL

Co-ed:1

Urdu Medium: 1

Purulia:

Boys: NIL

Girls: NIL

Co-ed:1

Telegu Medium: 1

Paschim Medinipur:

Boys: NIL

Girls: NIL

Co-ed:1

South-Eastern Region: Nadia and North 24 Parganas districts are included in this region
Bengali Medium: 99

Nadia:

Boys:3

Girls:10

Co-ed:21

North 24 Paraganas:

Boys:9

Girls:14

Co-ed:42

Hindi Meduim: 1

North 24 Paraganas:

Boys: NIL

Girls: NIL

Co-ed:1

Urdu Medium: 2

North 24 Paraganas:

Boys: NIL

Girls:1

Co-ed:1

Telegu Medium: 1

North 24 Paraganas:

Boys: NIL

Girls: NIL

Co-ed:1

Eligibility Criteria for Headmaster/Headmistress post:

Required Qualification: Candidate must be a Master’s Degree holder from a UGC recognized University. The candidate must have at least 45% marks in Secondary Level and Higher Secondary Level examinations,  minimum 40% marks in the Honours subject at the Honours Level or 45% marks at the Pass course if the candidate do not have honours and 40% marks at the Post-Graduate Level.

The candidate must have degree in Bachelor of Teaching or Bachelor of Education or Post-Graduate Basic Training from any recognized University or any training recognised by the State Government.

Required Experience:  Minimum ten years’ continuous teaching experience in a Higher Secondary School or High School/ orJr. High School recognized by the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education or West Bengal Board of Secondary Education.

Age Limit: Candidate age should be within 55 years as on 1 January 2012.

Application Process:  Candidates have to apply online from the official website: http://www.westbengalssc.com. Submit the application form and take two print out copies. One such copy is to be send to respective regional office through registered post with self attested documents. The regional office will be the region in which the candidate wants to apply.

Selection will be through written test ( part I and Part II) and personality test.

Application Fee: 

Rs.750 for General and OBC candidates.

Rs.500 for SC/ST/PH candidates.

Post: Librarian.
Number of posts: 81

Region wise vacancies of Librarians

Eastern Region—8
Northern Region—25
Southern Region—6
Western Region—22
South Eastern Region—20

Required  Qualification: Candidate should have Bachelor Degree through Regular or Distance mode and Degree in Library Science.

 Candidates must have Bengali, Hindi, English, Nepali, Oriya, Santhali, Telegu or Urdu as first or second language at their Secondary or Higher Secondary or Higher Level of Education.

Age limit: Candidates should be within 20 years to 40 years as on 1^stJanuary 2012. Age relaxation is applicable ,  for OBC it is 3 years, SC and ST it is 5 years and for PH it is 10 years.

Selection will be done through written examination and personality test.

Application Fee: Application fee for candidates are as follows:

For general and OBC candidates: Rs.250

For SC and ST and PH candidates: Rs. 80

How to Apply: Same as application for Headmaster/Headmistress post

Last date of application: Online application to be made within 31 July 5.00 pm and the print out and documents should reach the regional office by 31 July 2012.

Regional office addresses:

Eastern Region:

M B C Institute of Engineering & Technology Campus

P.O+Dist: Bardhaman

Pin: 713101

Northern Region:

Govt. Teachers Training College Hostel

Malanchpally, Ward No: 03. English Bazaar Municipality

P.O- Makdumpur, Dist: Malda

Pin: 732103

Southern Region:

84, Sarat Bose Road

Kolkata- 700026

 Western Region:

"Acharya Bhavan’, Machantala,

P.O. + District: Bankura

Pin:  722101

South Eastern Region:

Zilla Parishad Bhavan (Annex Building)

Rishi Bankim Sarani, Barasat, North 24 Paraganas

Pin: 700124

For details visit: http://www.westbengalssc.com.

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Rakhi or Raksha Bandhan and Bengal movie celebrities

Today is Rakhi or Raksha Bandhan. In this article you will find how the West Bengal moviey celebrities celebrated the festival of brother and sister.

Bengali movies upcoming actress Subhashree will celebrate the Rakhi with two of her brothers. Subhashree Ganguly’s home town is Bajepratappur in Burdwan district. Subhashree has eight cousins but six of them are abroad. The remaining two reached Kolkata to spend the occasion with their celebrity sister. Subhashree tied Rakhi on their hands and enjoyed the day with her two brothers.

Rakhi is a special auspicious day for Bengali actor Dev. Deepali, Dev’s sister ties Rakhi on her brothers hand every year. This year Dev is in Hyderabad for shooting Challenge 2. Deepali came from Mumbai there to tie Rakhi.

Koel Mallick has nothing special on Rakhi. Rakhi is not celebrated in Koel Mallick’s family.

Jisshu Sengupta will miss his elder sister in this Rakhi. Jisshu is now in Delhi at the Osian's-Cinefan Movie Festival. After returning from Delhi, he will celebrate Rakhi with his sister.

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West Bengal farmer in jail for uncomfortable question to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

During Mamata Banerjee’s recent Belpahari visit, a farmer of that area put some uncomfortable question to chief minister Mamata Banerjee. Mamata Banerjee was in a public meeting there and police has arrested the man non-bailable offences.

The bus conductor turned farmer Shiladitya Choudhury broke the security ring of chief minister Mamata Banerjee and asked her a question regarding rising fertilizer prices.  Definitely the man was not in a polite tune. Mamata Banerjee said that the man is a Maoist and his intension was not fair.

Many questions are being raised after this incidence. How a man can break the high security zone of chief minister Mamata Banerjee specially when the meeting was going on at Belpahari where Maoists are very active? This is definitely a lapse in the part of security men who were there. Police may have taken the case with some degree of humanity. Farmers are really suffering from rice in prices of fertilizers and it may be the reason of such action although such behavior is not desirable. Non-bailable case  against such poor people is also not desirable if the man is not a criminal.

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First speech of President Pranab Mukherjee

After the oath-taking ceremony, 13^thPresident of India Pranab Mukherjee said in his first speech that "We are in the midst of a fourth world war; the third was the Cold War, but it was very warm in Asia, Africa and Latin America till it ended in the early 1990s. The war against terrorism is the fourth; and it is a world war because it can raise its evil head anywhere in the world."

Pranab Mukherjee praised our armed forces as well as police forces.  

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Mamata Banerjee and Predidential - Vice Presidential elections

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee recently posted on Facebook that she got a letter from Pranab Mukherjee requsting to vote for him in the election for Indian President which will be held on 19 July 2012. Mamata Banerjee and Trinamool congress are yet to take any decision. On 18 July, just one day prior to the President election Mamata Banerjee will meet Trinamool Congress Mps and MLAs to take the decision. So the case is pending till the last day of election although political observers find a significant turn as Mamata Banerjee has posted about receiving the letter from Pranab Mukherjee.

So far as vice-presidential election on 7 August is concerned, Mamata Banerjee wanted Gopal Krishna Gandhi or Krishna Bose as candidate but both the names are rejected in UPA meeting. UPA nominated candidate is Hamid Ansari and CPI (M) has announced that they would vote for Hamid Ansari. Mamata Banerjee and Trinamool Congress will take decision on this matter also on Wednesday, 18 July 2012. 

NDA has announced the name of Jaswant Singh as their candidate in the vice-presidential poll.

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Gender test report of Pinki Pramanik

Gender test report, chromosomal test report of Asiad gold medalist athlete Pinki Pramanik has reached SSKM hospital. The test will will be produced before Barasat court on 10 July 2012, today and the report will reveal whether Pinki is a man or woman.

Pinki Pramanik was arrested on 14 June and since then she has been in judicial custody. The arrest was due to a complaint from Pinki’s live–in partner that Pinki repeatedly ‘raped and tortured’ her.

Pinki Pramani is a ticket collector in the Eastern Railway and she is suspended from her job since 16 June 2012 after she was sent to judicial custody.

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