North 24 Parganas (West Bengal), Nov. 29 -- : Charing an administrative review meeting in the North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Tuesday, ahead of the upcoming panchayat elections in the state, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee rebuked district offiicials over the conduct of development work.
On her maiden visit to Hingalganj in the North 24 Parganas, the chief minister, whose government has been under fire from the Opposition over the teaching recruitment 'scam' and protests over non-payment of dearness allowance (DA) to state government employees at par with the Centre, the chief minister performed 'Pratiki Puja' (nature worship) to protect local residents from attacks by elephants.
The CM was also supposed to distribute warm clo...