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Bengal to get 10 more women police stations

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10 more women police stations are coming up in West Bengal besides the existing 20.

The West Bengal Chief Minister had targeted to set up 65 such police stations across the State.  The government has approved the establishment of 330 posts under various categories for the new police stations. A woman police officer will head each of these police stations and majority of the other ranks will constitute of women also.

In the first phase 20 women police stations were set up at Howrah, Barasat, Baruipur, Asansol, Jhargram, Contai, Chinsurah, Krishnanagar, Siliguri and Jalpaiguri Sadar, sub-divisional headquarters of Burdwan Sadar, Medinipur Sadar, Purulia Sadar, Bankura Sadar, Darjeeling Sadar, Sreerampore (Hooghly), Suri (Birbhum), English Bazar (Malda), Diamond Harbour (South 24-Parganas) and Barrackpore (North 24-Parganas) have got such stations. Now, 10 new stations have opened at Bidhannagar and Durgapur Commissionerate, Cooch Behar, Balurghat, Raiganj, Berhampore, Kharagpur, Haldia, Uluberia and Arambag.  With these new stations the total number of all women police stations has reached to 30.

WB CM Ms Mamata Banerjee has been working relentlessly for the safety of women across the State. It was her idea to have all women police stations in the state to combat women related crimes. In a police station where women will not only feel free and safe to report criminal cases against them, but where such cases will also be dealt with immense sensitivity and compassion.

In another innovative step, the West Bengal Government is launching a special police cell to deal with highway accidents. This cell will be known as ‘Highway Traffic Police’. Along with investigating accident cases on highways, they will also take prompt action so that accident victims get immediate medical attention and effective rescue missions.

 

50 days of Mamata Banerjee on Twitter

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One of the most iconic days, 1 January 2015 also the Foundation Day of All India Trinamool Congress marked the official launch of Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal and Chairperson of All India Trinamool Congress on Twitter.

Her official twitter handle is @MamataOfficial


The Trinamool Chairperson now has 20.3K Followers on Twitter.

 

This was her first tweet:

 

Here are her top tweets in the last 50 days

Despite her busy schedule, she makes it a point to interact with her audience on Twitter.

Few of her interactions:

https://twitter.com/admireTMC_AAP/status/550558042668810241

British House of Lords delegation meets WB CM

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A delegation of British parliamentarians today called on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, besides having an interaction with Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee and members of the state Legislative Assembly to strengthen links between Indian and British legislators.

The 10-member British delegation, consisting of members from the House of Lords and the House of Commons and led by Baroness D’Souza, the Lord Speaker of the House of Lords, began its visit to the city with an interactive session with elected representatives from the Legislative Assembly.

The Chief Minister later said in a Facebook post that she received a Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Delegation of eight UK MPs representing various political parties and officials led by Baroness D’Souza CMG, Lord Speaker, at the state secretariat Nabanna.

“We had a very useful discussion on a wide range of topics. They wanted to know about the priorities of the state government like empowerment of women, paid maternity leave for women employees, reservation of seats for women in local bodies and urban and rural development initiatives,” she said.

“The delegation expressed keen interest about our ‘Kanyashree’ scheme. I am so happy that the scheme for our girl child has generated so much interest all over the world,” the CM said, adding, “They also wanted to know about the constraints we face in carrying out development work.”

“I mentioned to them about the legacy of huge debt left over by the previous government and our repayment burden as the major hurdle to development work and how hard we are working to overcome this obstacle,” Ms Banerjee said.

Here is what the West Bengal Chief Minister tweeted: 

 

 

WB CM inaugurates Bangla Sangeet Mela

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West Bengal Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee  inaugurate the annual ‘Bangla Sangeet Mela’ today at Nazrul Mancha. She holds highest regards for artists and their art. She has announced several awards to felicitate artists connected to various form of art from time to time. Keeping with the practice, she also gave away ‘Sangeet Samman’ and ‘Sangeet Maha Samman’.

Various singers will perform at different venues across the city namely Rabindra Sadan, Sisir Mancha, Deshapriya Park, Princep Memorial, Phanibhushan Vidyavinod Jatra Mancha, Hedua Park, Madhusudan Mancha, Rabindra Tirtha between 13 to 19 February 2015.

An exhibition paying tribute to Sachin Dev Burman, Kishore Kumar and Rahul Dev Burman will also be held during this time at Gaganendra Pradarsasala.

The closing ceremony of Bangla Sangeet Mela will be held on 19 February 2015 at Rabindra Sadan with a whole night of musical function. The event is being organised by Department of Information and Cultural Affairs, Government of West Bengal.

Highlights of her speech from today: 

  • We will give away Sangeet Samman and Sangeet Maha Samman today. Sangeet Mela will continue for 7 days
  • We will honour people associated with music from all over the world
  • We gave the first Sangeet Samman to Manna Dey, Sandhya Mukherjee and Dwijen da
  • I went to Bangalore personally to honour Manna Dey. He said he was touched to have been honoured by Bengal
  • Those who are being honoured today are matchless. They have their own identity
  • We are paying tributes to Rahul Dev Barman this year
  • We should prepare a handbook of all the artists who have performed in various art forms – be it music or films
  • The handbook of the artists will be released on Poila Boishakh (Bengali New Year)
  • Kolkata is the cultural capital of the world
  • Let music bring us all together. We are honoured to have been able to honour those who are present here
  • We have artists from Darjeeling, jhumur artists here today. My best wishes to all

 

List of recipients:

Sangeet Mahasamman:

Kabir Suman
Bickram Ghosh
Tanmoy Ghosh
Swapan Gupta
Pramita Mullick

 

Jatiyo Sangeet Samman:

Anjali Mahata
Swapan Basu
Shibaji Chattopadhay
Pratap Ray
Dhritiman
Santanu Roy Chowdhury
Chironjee Sherpa
Kalikaprosad
Sraboni Sen
Antora Chowdhury
Saikat Mitra
Swapna Chakrobarty
Proikrit
Gautam Ghosh
Anupam Roy

Kolkata Municipal Corporation plans developmental projects for future

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Kolkata Municipal Corporation is chalking out various developmental plans to be implemented in the next five years. Continuing with the noteworthy developmental work Kolkata Municipal Corporation has done in the last 5 years, it has now decided to revamp the Corporation School education. The Kolkata Mayor Mr Shovan Chatterjee has already chaired a meeting with the Members of the Mayor in Council in this regard.

KMC has inaugurated six new Montessori schools and eight Higher Secondary Schools. In the past the corporation schools were named after the locality / road it is situated in but now the Corporation has taken the initiative to rename the schools after famous personalities. The schools are also gearing up to admit new students for the forthcoming session. KMC also has plans to recruit new teachers but that only can happen after the municipal vote. KMC now runs more than two hundred and fifty schools in areas under its jurisdiction

Some recent achievements of KMC are installation of composite vats, building new community halls, public toilets and water distribution plants in various parts of the city for convenience and betterment of urban life.

WiFi Kolkata – One week after launch, positive response pours in

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Kolkata – India’s first WiFi city is still creating buzz in the world of social media and random coffee shops around the city. Much to the delight of those who are using the services rolled out by the Bengal government in Park Street a week before today, the latest addition to the city has brought nothing but smiles on citizens’ faces.

 

 

Here’s what much enthusiastic social media ‘keedas’ have to say a week from the launch of WiFi Kolkata

Kolkata Bloggers Rejoice

  • Kolkata now comes up with a variety of visible changes to the city – beautiful river banks, newer set of trident street lights, AC bus stops to name a few and now the Wi-Fi – Anirban Saha
  • The youth today are more at ease today with wireless devices and welcome this move by the government – Anirban Saha
  • The 5th of February, 2015 was historic. Kolkata needed WiFi. And it was served what it needed – Nabhoneel Majumdar
  • This was a momentous occasion for all bloggers – going digital is the way forward – Arjyak Bhattachrya
  • With free Wi-Fi more people will get access to internet, thus making Kolkata a ‘smart city’. As your phone number gets registered, all illegal activities done using the Wi-Fi network can be tracked easily – Rimbik Das
  • 5 February will be remembered in the history of #KolkataMilestones as it becomes #WiFiKolkata – Abhishek Chamaria
  • The world today is digitally advanced..having a social identity online.. Industries and Entrepreneurs have this Wi-Fi zoning of the city like a gift to them…not mentioning the benefits for the common people – Saimantick Bhadra
  • Citizen journalism can evolve in due course of time. Will benefit during an emergency to establish communication with those who need help – Asmita Nandy
  • Kolkata having the reputation for being the city of firsts, from golf to metros and trams, it is now the first fully WiFi enabled city in India – Kanishk Xavier Gomes
  • Kolkata is the first metro city which aims to go fully WiFi by April 2015 – Poorna Banerjee
  • Home is where the WI-Fi connects automatically and much justifies Kolkata being our hometown – Sonket

 

Twitter responses

 

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Mamata Banerjee’s books strike a chord with readers at Kolkata Book Fair

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WB CM Ms Mamata Banerjee’s books have struck a popular chord with book lovers at the 39th Kolkata International Book Fair.

A regular writer and a poet, Ms Banerjee started writing in 1995 and has written 53 books so far. This year 7 books penned by her were released by British journalist Anita Anand at the Book Fair.

The books are at display at the Jago Bangla stall which has been modelled around theme of communal harmony. That apart, her books are available in several other stalls.

The seven books penned by Mamata Banerjee are, ‘Kotha’, ‘Bikel ta hariye geche’, ‘Kothanjwali’, ‘Jivan Sangram’, ‘Tumi’, and an Urdu book called ‘Tamanna’. An English compilation of her works, “Best of Mamata” has also been released.

Happy hours on WiFi Street

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Kolkatans logged in merrily on Park Street on Friday, putting to rest all apprehensions about connectivity. Hundreds strolling down the party street, stopping over at restaurants or just passing through the area availed of the free Wi-Fi service launched on Thursday. Most were happy with the service.

Private firm employee Suparna Gupta happened to be on Park Street for a business lunch. The moment she walked out of the restaurant, Suparna remembered that she was in the Wi-Fi zone. She fished out her smartphone and scanned the Wi-Fi option. “And yes, there it was. The network asked me to type out my phone number and the moment I did, a password was SMSed to me. The network speed was good,“ she said.

Ankit Jain, a student, dropped in at a cafeteria for a quick cuppa. The moment he started fiddling with his phone, the Reliance Jionet icon popped up on his screen. “I logged in more out of curiosity . It worked pretty well,“ said Jain.

“It’s been fast and efficient so far,“ said Abhishek Ray , a blogger.

 

This article was originally published in The Times of India, 07.02.2015

Social Media gives high-five for WiFi Kolkata

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Kolkata took its first tottering step towards turning into a Wi-Fi city with a tweet from chief minister Mamata Banerjee, in which she announced turning Park Street into a Wi-Fi zone.

As soon as Mamata went online after inaugurating the service and her message was flashed on a giant screen, hundreds seated in the audience along the southern flank of Park Street attempted to log in.

“We are proud to be the country’s first Wi-Fi city. More than 2,000kms of cables have already been laid and work along just 250300kms is left,” the CM said.

On social media, it was a festive mood. Thousands of messages were pouring in on the official Twitter account of Mamata Banerjee, thanking her for delivering the digital gift to the city.

Here are some tweets:

Wi1

The first tweet

 

Wi2

Voice of youth

 

Wi3

 

Sentiment of the city

Wi5

WB CM with the selfie stick

 

Wi6

People on Twitter thanking Didi

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Stepping into the future

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Looking forward towards a more empowered generation

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All India Radio’s tweet mentioning the WiFi Launch

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Dignitaries on the stage taking a groupife to mark the launch

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Kolkata’s achievement becomes a reason for pride for Indian’s abroad

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Congratulations and support pours in for Kolkata