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Truth about Netaji’s last days must come out: WB CM

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While attending a special programme organised by the Netaji Research Bureau to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s “Great Escape” (Maha Nishkraman), West Bengal Chief Minister reiterated her demand that the truth about last days of Netaji must come out.

The Netaji Mystery

Calling Netaji “Leader of the Nation”, WB CM said it is a matter of national shame that we know the date of birth of Netaji but not the date of his death. She wondered if Netaji died in 1945 why did snooping on Bose family continue after independence. She also said some light must be shed on whether he visited Russia after his disappearance.

WB CM also iterated the demand of DNA test on the ashes at Renkoji temple. She said Netaji was a popular figure globally and the next generation must know the full truth about him.

The Great Escape

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today inaugurated an exhibition to mark 75 years of Netaji’s ‘Great Escape’ at Netaji Bhavan, the residence from where in 1941 he had escaped house confinement.

She also unveiled a marble plaque in front of the entrance of Netaji Bhavan to commemorate the route Netaji’s nephew Sisir Bose had taken to drive him out.

Four new police stations on the anvil in Kolkata

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A week after the state gave its go-ahead to four women police stations in Kolkata, the Home department has sent the proposal to create four more regular police stations to the finance department for the latter’s approval.

A proposal to extend the Kolkata Police jurisdiction in some other areas of South 24-Parganas is also under active consideration and Garia is likely to come under Kolkata Police jurisdiction.

Now, only four police stations occupy areas equal or above 10 square kilometres. These are Haridevpur, Parnasree, North Port and Pragati Maidan police stations.

Arrangements are being made for four more police stations, South Behala, Barisha, Rajdanga and Golf Green. While these police stations will be covering the added areas, there is a separate proposal to add four more police stations in the Kolkata core area.

Huge investments announced at BGBS 2016

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A lot of investments were announced by top industrialists at the Bengal Global Business Summit 2016.

Here is a list of some of the big investment decisions announced.

However, this is just a partial list. There will be thousands of crores more worth of industrial investments, many of which are on the way to being finalised.

 

Sector-wise investment break-ups:

  • Manufacturing and infrastructure development – Rs 1,16,958 crore (TCG – Rs 20,000 crore, Zhongtong Bus – Rs 1500 crore, Sree Cement – Rs 500 crore, Ambuja Cement – Rs 350 crore, Great Eastern – Rs 1700 crore, and others)
  • Power – Rs 8462 crore
  • Animal Research Development – Rs 45 crore
  • Fisheries – Rs 115 crore
  • Transport – Rs 9384 crore (logistics park in Baidyabati – Rs 5000 crore, Howrah freight terminal – Rs 2000 crore, and others)
  • Tourism – Rs 450 crore
  • Food Processing – Rs 230 crore
  • Urban Development – Rs 29,000 crore (Ambuja Township near Baruipur and 16 other townships)
  • Higher Education – Rs 2150 crore (Amity University – Rs 2000 crore, and others) IT and Telecom– Rs 8650 crore (Airtel – Rs 3500 crore, ITC Infotech – Rs 1650 crore, and others)
  • MSME – Rs 50,000 crore
  • Healthcare – Rs 1360 crore
  • Technical Education – Rs 2500 crore
  • Textile – Rs 50,000 crore
  • Transport – Rs 9384 crore

 

Other investments

  • Deep sea port at Sagar Island (Bhor Sagar) – Rs 40,000 crore
  • SAIL – Rs 40,000 cr expansion project
  • Druk Air will soon start flights from Bhutan linking Andal and Durgapur
  • Zhongtong Bus & Holding Company of China signed its first anchor investment deal with WBIDC, where each would have an 11% stake; it will start manufacturing buses in Bengal.
  • MoU between Calcutta Goods Transport Association and the State Transport Department for a Rs 5000 crore project in Baidyabati, which would employ 10,000 people. It would be the biggest metropolitan logistics hub in greater Kolkata
  • MoU between WBMDTC and KIOCL for exploration, extraction and benefication of iron ore in West Bengal to invest Rs 850 crore
  • Bosch will crowdfund technology to decongest traffic
  • MoU between business consulting firm, Dynamics Fortunes of the UK and the State Agriculture Ministry to promote rice from West Bengal. It would benefit one lakh farmers
  • The Department of Technical Education signed six agreements – with Iron and Steel Council, Tata Steel, Maruti Suzuki, Leather Sector Skill Council and Tourism & Hospitality Skill Council – to benefit two lakh people
  • Hotels at the eco-tourism of Gajaldoba: Three-star resort by Sterling Holiday and two budget hotels by Summit Group and Seal Group
  • Shapoorji Pallonji & Co. Ltd. will make 2000 dwelling units for the weaker sections of society in Durgapur, their largest such project. Three thousand more such units would be constructed in the future
  • Mahindra & Mahindra will invest for the first time in West Bengal, in Vidyasagar area of Kharagpur
  • Joint venture between HP and WBHIDCO to set up two telemedicine hubs via remote consulting. This would be a part of HP’s CSR activities
  • MoU between the National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (Government of India) and WEBEL in order to train two lakh youth in six centres over a period of three years

 

Bengal Global Business Summit 2016 begins today

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The Bengal Global Business Summit 2016, West Bengal government’s annual investors’ summit will be inaugurated by West Bengal Chief Minister today at 11 AM at the Milan Mela Prangan in Kolkata.

Honourable Prime Minister of Bhutan, UK Labour Minister Priti Patel, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, delegates from Japan, UK, US, Italy and 45 nations will be present on the occasion.

Japan is this year’s Partner Country.

Union Minister for Finance, Arun Jaitley, Union Minister of State for Coal, Power and Renewable Energy, Piyush Goyal, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways and Shipping, Nitin Gadkari and Union Minister for Railways, Suresh Prabhu, are expected to be present on the occasion.

Mukesh Ambani of Reliance Industries is expected to join this year’s event.

N Chandrasekaran, CEO and MD of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Jyotsna Suri, chairperson of Bharat Hotels, Swati Piramal, vice-chairperson, Piramal Enterprises, Niranjan Hiranandani, co-founder, Hiranandani group, and Adi Godrej, chairman of Godrej Group are expected to be present as well.

According to the programme plan, there will be Plenary Sessions, addressed by national and international entrepreneurs of stature, who will share their thoughts and experiences, There shall be Sectoral Breakaway Sessions, with participation from leading industrialists of each sector

Also the summit will witness Business-to-business (B2B) and government-to-business (G2B) interactions along with opportunities for expositions and exhibitions.

Last year, Bengal Global Business Summit got West Bengal government proposals worth Rs 2.4 lakh crore.

Cruise service connecting Kolkata to Murshidabad flagged off by WB CM

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee flagged off the Ganges Voyager-II cruise at the Millennium Park from Salboni through video-wall connectivity on Wednesday. The cruise will start from Kolkata and go to Murshidabad, stopping at historical spots dotting the banks of the river.

This cruise has been started to attract prospective investors who come to the state. The seven-night and six-day trip will offer amenities like spa, bar, lounge, cafe, restaurant and a library. The ship with 28 luxury cabins of ethnic theme will be of international standard. The first commercial cruise will set sail on January 14. It is already houseful with all foreign tourists on board. Operators said their travel partners from abroad have already booked their tickets for the first four years. The cruise is slated to be the main highlight of foreign investment at the three-day Bengal Global Business Summit starting from Thursday.

The ship is built at BN Bose Shipyard in Ghushuri, Howrah. The shipyard itself is a part of the state’s heritage. It was built for Rs 25 crore.

In Bengal, Ganga has two other similar cruises – from Kolkata to Allahabad and from Kolkata to Varanasi. Such cruises are very popular at Alleppey in Kerela where tourists enjoy a cruise through the backwaters on luxury houseboats.

Schedule of the Bengal Global Business Summit 2016

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To rejuvenate the industrial scenario, the Government of West Bengal has taken lots of initiatives. The latest in the series of endeavours is the Bengal Global Business Summit 2016. This mega summit will take place from January 7 to January 9.

The Summit will include the following:

  • Plenary Sessions, addressed by national and international entrepreneurs of stature, who will share their thoughts and experiences
  • Sectoral Breakaway Sessions, with participation from leading industrialists of each sector
  • Business-to-business (B2B) and government-to-business (G2B) interactions
  • Opportunities for expositions and exhibitions.

The Chief Minister of West Bengal, Ms Mamata Banerjee, will take an active part in the summit – listen to the entrepreneurs, peruse over the sectoral recommendations and share her thoughts.

The evenings will showcase West Bengal’s great heritage in art and culture.

The summit would be the best platform to understand the potential of West Bengal in various sectors and it will also create opportunities to interact with policy-makers, industry leaders and top-level Government officials.

The schedule of the Summit is as follows:

Jan 8

 

 

Jan 9

 

 

Trinamool observes 18th Foundation Day

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Trinamool Congress was founded on January 1, 1998. For 18 long years, the party has always been with the people, standing beside them in any time of need. From mass people’s movements to the struggle for establishing democracy in Bengal, Trinamool has always served the Maa, Mati, Manush. After coming to power in 2011, the party has extensively worked for the all-round development of the State.

The 18th foundation Day today is being observed across West Bengal. Not only did the party hoist flags at the headquarters in Kolkata, but also every party office in every block of West Bengal marked the occasion by hoisting the party flag.

The 18th Foundation Day will mark different social activities taken up by the party leadership in different areas. The party has organised blood donation camps, distribution of woolen blankets to the poor, and other activities to observe the Foundation Day.

As we celebrate the foundation day of the party, we also remember all those who sacrificed everything for us to reach here.

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তৃণমূলের ১৮তম প্রতিষ্ঠা দিবস

১৯৯৮ সালের ১ জানুয়ারি তৃণমূল কংগ্রেস প্রতিষ্ঠিত হয়েছিল। গত ১৮ বছর ধরে দল সর্বদা মানুষের সাথে থেকেছে, সবরকম প্রয়োজনে মানুষের পাশে থেকেছে।বাংলায় গণতন্ত্র প্রতিষ্ঠার থেকে জনআন্দোলন সবক্ষেত্রেই মা-মাটি-মানুষের পাশে থেকেছে তৃণমূল। ২০১১ সালে ক্ষমতায় আসার পর থেকে রাজ্যের সার্বিক উন্নয়নের জন্যও দল অনেক কাজ করছে।

পশ্চিমবঙ্গে রাজ্য জুড়ে এই ১৮তম প্রতিষ্ঠা দিবস পালিত হচ্ছে। শুধুমাত্র কলকাতার সদর দপ্তরে নয় পশ্চিমবঙ্গের সব ব্লকের সমস্ত পার্টি অফিসেই পতাকা উত্তোলন করা হয়েছে এই অনুষ্ঠানকে কেন্দ্র করে।

১৮তম প্রতিষ্ঠা দিবস উপলক্ষে বিভিন্ন এলাকায় দলের নেতৃত্বরা বিভিন্ন সামাজিক কাজকর্ম করবেন। এই উপলক্ষে পার্টি রক্তদান শিবির, গরীবদের শীতবস্ত্র দান এবং নানারকম সামাজিক কার্যকলাপের আয়োজন করেছে।

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Work on to make Digha more attractive tourist destination: WB CM

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that the beach town Digha and its surrounding areas would soon appear as beautiful tourist attraction with the agencies working on it to give it a shape.

WB CM, who arrived here on Monday evening, walked along the beach, visited various spots and held an administrative meeting today with the officials in the district and local civic bodies to discuss about the development of this beach town as part of the coastal area development plan.

The chief minister also launched the helicopter service from Digha to Kolkata today before returning to Kolkata by helicopter.

The new helipad at Digha would allow chopper rides from Kolkata to Digha. Alongside a chopper ride, there would also be a ropeway launched at Amarbati Park in Digha for tourists.

The ropeway will move along the Lake in Amarabati Park. The length of the ropeway has been estimated to be of 150 to 200 meters and tourists would also be able to get a larger view of Digha from the ropeway.

The Government is in touch with the coastal zone authorities to work out the modalities of the bigger ropeway project, which would move over the beach between Old and New Digha.

The state government has been working to develop the coastal areas of Digha, Shankarpur, Tajpur and Mandarmani as attractive tourist destinations.

The chief minister also directed the officials in the district and local civic bodies to ensure that the roads were maintained, beaches kept clean, beautification schemes undertaken and solid waste management programme kept in place.

The Digha-Shankarpur Development Authority (DSDA) has already taken up overall civic infrastructure development of the entire area.

Rising intolerance: Sudip Bandyopadhyay receives death threat

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West Bengal Chief Minister today slammed the rising intolerance in the country in light of the death threats received by leader of the Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party Sudip Bandyopadhyay.

Speaking to some reporters, Mamata Banerjee said, “They are threatening Sudip to kill him in Delhi and dispose him off in Kolkata. This is intolerance. I have never seen such violence before.”

“What kind of vendetta is this? Sudip da is getting death threats for being vocal in Parliament. This is unacceptable,” she added.

“Every party has the right to speak on any issue. Voices cannot be muzzled in a democracy. Political leaders, artists and even people from cultural field are being silenced. Intolerance is rising every day,” the Chief Minister added.

“My life is full of struggles. I have no fear of death. Targeting the leader of Trinamool Parliamentary Party in Lok Sabha is unacceptable,” she said.

Raising the matter of death threats in the Lok Sabha, Sudip Bandyopadhyay said, “The language used in the SMS is ugly and dangerous. Previously there were attacks at my flat in Delhi. I would request the Home Minister to take up this issue seriously and make suitable arrangements.”

 

Click here for full transcript of his speech

Kolkata International Children’s Film Festival begins

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The Kolkata International Children’s Film Festival (KICFF), to be held from 22 December to 29 December, in which 21 countries will participate and around 180 films will be screened. The inaugural ceremony will be held today at Nandan I.

This is the fifth year that the festival is being organised. To imbue the young film lovers with the spirit of movie making, as a special attraction an exhibition is being organised in the prime venue at Nandan. The exhibition will trace the evolution of the movie camera. In the inaugural ceremony, ministers Amit Mitra, Aroop Biswas and Shashi Panja are expected to be present.

The child artistes of Marathi film Killa are also expected to come for the inaugural ceremony along with the director, Avinash Arun. Killa, which revolves around an 11-year-old child undergoing a difficult time coping with the death of his father, has been chosen as the inaugural film for this year’s festival.

This year, the festival will pay homage to two of the most versatile geniuses in the film world, Robin Williams and Buster Keaton. To make the festival more engaging the organisers have thrown in workshops and a competitive quiz.

Another exhibition titled Dakche Dekho Daktickit (a collection of classic stamps) will be organised and a special anthology to commemorate 125 years of Stan Laurel will be launched. Pappu ki Pugdandi has been chosen as the closing film of the festival.