Chief minister Mamata Banerjee today urged the occupants of dilapidated buildings to sit with local leaders to develop their properties and cautioned businessmen against keeping highly combustible plastic at their godowns.
She visited Burrabazar to inaugurate the Jagadhatri Puja, organised by Posta Bazar Merchants' Association. She said, "Burrabazar is mini-India. People from different religions, caste, and creed have stayed here for generations peacefully. We never intervene into someone's food habits or religious beliefs. Our long cherished belief is on communal faith and harmony," she said.
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Emergency preparedness in place for Mahakumbh
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DFS reviews credit disbursement to agri-allied activities by banks
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French court convicts 18 in a major trial that casts light on the deadly migrant-smuggling trade
A French court found 18 people guilty Tuesday in a major migrant-smuggling trial that shed light on the lucrative but often deadly clandestine business of transporting people on flimsy boats across the perilous sea from France to the U.K.
'Failure of Delhi govt': Congress' Sandeep Dikshit slams Kejriwal over Yamuna's toxicity
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Work for revival of Kolkata's iconic Adi Ganga to start from January
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Panel to take up issue of redeveloping old buildings: CM
She said the government never intervenes in someone's food habits or religious beliefs; the CM also wished people on Chhath Puja
Police recover unknown body from jungle
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Solar tree in front of Burnpur House to generate green power
In a new initiative towards sustainability of this picturesque steel township, a 10 KW on-grid solar tree is set to generate 12,000 units of electricity per year and to reduce carbon footprint by 11.6 tonnes per year.
Junior doctors urge chief secretary to streamline referral system
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