This Durga Puja was truly special for the people of Kanglapahari, West Bengal. For last four years, the 300 hundred Hindu families were unable to perform the Durga Puja during the Navratri in a West Bengal village as the handful of the Muslims living in the village raised objections on the puja celebrations. Kanglapahari, which […]
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Centre approves grant of Rs. 515 Crores for Sagar Port Project in WB
The Central Government has given in principle approval to a grant of Rs. 515 crores to make the development of the proposed Sagar Port Project in West Bengal financially viable. This is part of the continuous efforts by the Ministry of Shipping during the last two years for the development of the Sagar Port Project. […]
West Bengal: Jailed rationalist blogger seeks help from Hindu group
Rationalist blogger who was arrested in West Bengal for writing against Islam has sought help from the Hindu NGO Hindu Samhati through his family. The leader of the Hindu NGO is famous leader Tapan Ghosh who has been reporting demographic changes and atrocities on the minority Hindu community in the villages where the religious group […]
India: Blogger arrested for criticizing Islam
Tarak Biswas a rationalist blogger based in West Bengal, India was arrested last week for painting an unflattering portrait of Islam, the second largest religion in the nation. Blogger was arrested after the ruling party TMC (All India Trinamool Congress) strongman Sanaullah Khan lodged a complaint against him claiming that through his expression he has […]
Check out details of flood rescue and evacuation done by NDRF
The flood rescue and evacuation operation by National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) in various flood prone areas of country is in full swing. 44 self-contained flood rescue teams of National Disaster Response Force have been pre-positioned in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Jammu & Kashmir, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and […]
Tapan Ghosh: A strong non-political challenger in West Bengal
West Bengal, June 16, 2016: There is a new challenger for Hindutva and secular agenda in West Bengal and he is not a politician. We are talking about Hindu Samhati, the NGO that works for Hindu human and cultural rights in West Bengal, which has emerged as a force to reckon with in recent times under […]
Hindu leader Tapan Ghosh asks Mamata to contain communal flare-up
West Bengal, June 2, 2016: In a move that would surprise many, a prominent Hindu activist Tapan Ghosh today asked the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to help dissuade communal tensions in the Paschim Medinipur District. There have been reports of communal tensions from the district’s Chandrakona road over the issue of building a Mosque near a […]
Umar Khalid finds no takers in Bengal, huge protest erupts
West Bengal, May 22, 2016: JNU student leader Umar Khalid could not hold his program as protests erupted as soon as the anti-Communist front got the whiff of his presence. Communists no longer hold the sway as Mamata Banerjee stormed to power this week, hence, very likely, that such events would hardly get any good […]
Man-elephant conflicts in India and a losing battle for life
West Bengal, March 21: Wild animals such as elephants are increasingly coming into the contact of humans and the result is devastating. The man-elephant conflicts in particular have become a source of worry in India as the shrinking forest space could mean more casualties in future. Recently ANI reported a horrible attack that shook West Bengal’s Burdwan […]