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Time of India
19-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Siliguri to get international convention centre, IT & industrial parks: Mamata
Kolkata: Siliguri would soon get an international convention centre, the third in the state after Kolkata and Digha, and land had been identified for the same, CM Mamata Banerjee said on Monday. The state was also setting up an IT park and four industrial parks in north Bengal, Banerjee said during an interaction at the North Bengal Business Meet in Siliguri. The CM instructed Goutam Deb, the mayor of Siliguri Municipal Corporation, to prepare a plan to expand the Siliguri city area. Banerjee said the convention centre was planned considering the importance of Siliguri as a regional business hub. She said a core group, to be chaired by chief secretary Manoj Pant, would be established for development of the proposed centre. Banerjee asked Ambuja Neotia Group chairman Harsh Neotia, Luxmi Group MD Rudra Chatterjee and Techno India chairman Satyam Roychowdhury, who were present at the business meet, to be part of the group. "We have identified 10 acres of land for the project. Goutam Deb has helped us in identifying the land, which is near Uttarayan. There was land near Bagdogra airport as well, but that is a 4-acre plot. It might not be sufficient," the CM said. The Siliguri convention centre would have a hotel as well, like those in Kolkata and Digha, she added. Banerjee inaugurated the Webel IT park in north Bengal, which would attract an investment of Rs 100 crore. This would be an AI-enabled data centre cluster, the first of its kind in north Bengal. She also inaugurated four industrial parks for MSMEs in different parts of north Bengal. The West Bengal Small Industries Development Corporation would implement these parks at an investment of Rs 80 crore. The total area would be 123.8 acres and these parks would employ more than 5,000 people. The CM inaugurated a skywalk at Jalpesh Shiva Temple in Jalpaiguri, the third skywalk in a temple in the state after Dakshineswar and Kalighat. She also announced six Volvo bus services from six north Bengal districts to Digha for those who wanted to visit the Jagannath temple. Banerjee directed municipalities to stop excessive charges collected under the guise of trade licences. State power minister Aroop Biswas said the power demand in north Bengal had gone up from 840 MW in 2011 to 3,500 MW now, which was testimony to the region's development. Naresh Agarwal, vice-president of Credai West Bengal, later said Darjeeling district would see construction of 15 hotels worth Rs 1,175 crore. He added that Rs 9,000 crore would be invested in different industrial parks in north Bengal. CM for 5-star hotel near Bagdogra airport CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday proposed the setting up of a five-star hotel near Bagdogra airport. There was a 4-acre land which could be used for the purpose as there was no good hotel near the airport, she said. Currently, 36 pairs of flights operate daily from Bagdogra.
India Gazette
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- India Gazette
West Bengal: 164th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore celebrated at Siliguri Municipal Corporation
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], May 9 (ANI): The 164th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore was celebrated at the Siliguri Municipal Corporation in Siliguri on Friday. Rabindranath Tagore Jayanti or Poncheeshe Boishakh marks the birthday of the noted Nobel laureate. Mayor of Siliguri Municipal Corporation, Goutam Deb, and other officials adorned the Rabindranath Tagore statue at Baghajatin Park with floral garlands. Mayor of Siliguri Municipal Corporation, Goutam Deb, said, 'Today is a special day for every Bengali staying in Bengal or outside Bengal. Everyone is celebrating the birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore. We are offering flowers to the statue of Rabindranath Tagore. In the evening, we are organising a gala with a noted Rabindra Sangeet singer.' Born in Calcutta (present-day Kolkata) on May 7, 1861, Rabindranath Tagore was the first Indian to receive the Nobel Prize. He passed away on August 7, 1941. Tagore was born on the 25th day of the month of Boishakh in the year 1422 according to the Bengali calendar, so in West Bengal, his birth anniversary is being celebrated today. Tagore, who reshaped Bengali literature, holds the distinction of being the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in the year 1913 for his book of songs, 'Gitanjali' (Song Offerings). Tagore has penned several renowned poems, songs, and literary works, including the national anthem of India - Jana Gana Mana. Referred to as the 'Bard of Bengal', Tagore started writing poetry at the young age of eight. As an exponent of the 'Bengal Renaissance', he advanced a vast canon which comprised paintings, hundreds of texts, sketches and doodles, and around two thousand songs. His work reshaped Bengali literature and music and also changed Indian art in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. One of Tagore's most famous novels, 'Ghare-Baire' (The Home and the World), was adapted into a movie of the same name by India's Oscar-winning director Satyajit Ray. Notably, two of his compositions were chosen as national anthems of two countries, which are India's Jana Gana Mana and Bangladesh's 'Amar Shonar Bangla' (My Golden Bengal). (ANI)
