Tag: West Bengal
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Invigorating Muslims through Education…
The otherwise poor and rudderless Muslim community in West Bengal is awakened now and raring to succeed thanks to the Howrah-based Al Ameen Mission, anchoring an educational renaissance in the state. Danish Reyaz speaks to its Founder-General Secretary M.Nurul Islam about Mission’s journey, vision, and impact on Bengali Muslims. Al-Ameen Mission has strived to educate…
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Why West Bengal may not Go the Bihar Way for Owaisi
Wooing away Muslims from Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress is no easy job. The Muslims of West Bengal have learnt a lesson from Bihar experience By Soroor Ahmed | Patna OF the five states going to poll in April-May West Bengal, Assam and Kerala have substantial Muslim populations. In fact, in Assam where the Bharatiya Janata…
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Stop believing the half-Sachs of Muslim backwardness
By Soroor Ahmed | Patna The constant bombardments of narrative of Muslim backwardness with the help of half-baked figures only lead to despondency and hopelessness among the community, especially its youth. Instead the community leaders should objectively discuss each and every aspect–even its positive achievements, for example, West Bengal, Kerala and Kashmir have done exceptionally…
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We don’t deny shelter to the needy: Mamata on Bengal
Kolkata : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said her government is equally considerate towards all minorities and the state never denies shelter to anyone. On the issue of migration, she said: “Today is International Migrants Day. It is our humanitarian obligation to give refuge to migrants. “In Bangla we will take care…
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Union Minister praises Bengal for utilisation of funds under AYUSH Mission
Kolkata : The West Bengal government on Tuesday received plaudits from Union Minister Shripad Naik for doing a “very good job” in developing the infrastructure and promoting healthcare and education under the National Ayush Mission (NAM) scheme. Naik, the Union Minister of State for AYUSH, said Bengal was able to utilise Rs 71.64-crore fund provided…
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Bengal ensures food security for over 8.5 cr people: Mamata
Kolkata : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said the state ensured food security for more than 8.5 crore people through its “Khadya Sathi” scheme. “Today is #WorldFoodDay. We have ensured the food security of more than 8.5 crore people of #Bangla through Khadya Sathi Scheme,” Banerjee tweeted. Highlighting the ones who are…
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People from certain community fled Jharkhand: Bengal CM
Kolkata : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday alleged that several people from a certain community fled BJP ruled-Jharkhand to Bengal after police firing on them on Eid al-Adha and are being treated at hospitals in her state. At least a dozen persons, including five policemen, were injured after villagers clashed with police…
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Exide to invest Rs 550 cr for two projects in Bengal
Haldia : Exide Industries, which is aspiring to supply batteries for bullet trains, will invest over Rs 550 crore for setting up a battery recycling plant and expand its existing facility here to manufacture Nickel-Cadmium batteries, an official said on Tuesday. “The expansion project will mainly produce high-end Nickel-Cadmium batteries in technical collaboration with Furukawa…
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Police term Purulia death suicide, BJP strike hits life
Kolkata : The man found hanging from an electricity tower in West Bengal’s Purulia had committed suicide as per the post-mortem examination, police said on Sunday while as life was hit in the district by the 12-hour strike called by the BJP to protest alleged murder of its party workers. “The body of Dulal Kumar…