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West Bengal CM Adhikari holds Janata Darbar, listens to people’s grievances

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West Bengal CM Adhikari holds Janata Darbar, listens to people’s grievances

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Subscribed with another email? Logout and Login with that one. Account subscription benefits alongside Premium Stories, Editorials, Opinions and more. Unlock these with Subscription Updated - June 17, 2026 12:44 pm IST - Kolkata File photo of West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari. | Photo Credit: ANI West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari held his Janata Darbar at the BJP office on Saturday (June 13, 2026), listening to grievances of people on several issues and instructing officials to redress them promptly. The first 'janata darbar' was held on May 18. Mr. Adhikari had announced the weekly programme after taking charge as Chief Minister, saying citizens would be able to meet him directly every week. On Saturday (June 13, 2026), families of people suffering from serious ailments, health workers, and job seekers turned up in large numbers to register their complaints and apprise the Chief Minister of their hardships. West Bengal CM launches cleanliness drive at Hooghly river ghat; stresses on 'Namami Gange' initiative Another woman, Tanima Chatterjee, a programme officer of the government's Mission Vatsalya initiative, attended the CM's weekly grievance redressal programme seeking job security. There are 876 staffers in the state, yet we lack job security.

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The first 'janata darbar' was held on May 18. Mr. Adhikari had announced the weekly programme after taking charge as Chief Minister, saying citizens would be able to meet him directly every week

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'PR first, not nation': Congress slams PM for not raising issue of Indian seafarers' killing with Trump

Subscribed with another email? Unlock these with Subscription Published - June 20, 2026 04:43 pm IST - New Delhi Congress leader Pawan Khera addressing the media on Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Congress Headquarters, in New Delhi on Saturday. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The Congress on Saturday (June 20, 2026) lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "not taking up" with U.S. The U.S. killed three Indian sailors, yet Trump did not even express regret because Narendra Modi sat there "meekly", content merely with the praise he was receiving, the Congress leader said. Also Read | Attacks on ships ‘unacceptable’, says India; Trump blames Iran "(External Affairs Minister) S Jaishankar returns after being reprimanded by Marco Rubio. This is not "nation first' but "PR first", the Congress leader asserted. "Trump stated that if anyone attacked India while Modi was the prime minister, the US would come to its aid. This statement made it sound as though we were an American colony... whereas India has won numerous wars on its own strength," the Congress leader said. Modi for not mentioning the killing of three Indian seafarers during his public remarks with U.S. The meeting came days after three Indian seafarers were killed onboard a merchant ship in a U.S. military strike. Lakhs of Indian seafarers operate in the maritime trade sector.

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First pelicans in 360 years hatch in St James’s Park London

Birds have been in the park since the Russian ambassador gave King Charles II two in 1664 – but none ever bred there They arrived in the royal park shortly before the Great Fire of London , when the Russian ambassador presented a pair to King Charles II as a gift. But although pelicans have been living in St James’s Park since 1664, none ever learned the art of courtship – until now, when for the first time in more than 360 years, chicks have been born. The first of four chicks hatched on 17 May and all have now survived their first month, to the delight of the Royal Parks manager, Mark Wasilewski. “This really is a first for us,” he said. “We’re gobsmacked.” There are six adult great white pelicans living in the park: two males, called Sun and Moon, and four females, called Star, Isla, Tiffany and Gargi. “Pelicans normally only breed when they’re in large groups of 10, 12 or more,” said Wasilewski. “We’ve always had between two and six – never a great number – and as the pelicans have passed away, we’ve decided when it’s time to bring in some more … just to keep that tradition going, which we think is a really important tradition for St James’s Park.” Five eggs were laid in three nests, and eight-year-old Star and 30-year-old Gargi, an “elderly female pelican”, shared sitting on one nest. “One of the two males must have impregnated one of them, but unfortunately we don’t know which of the two actually laid the eggs,” he said. “And we don’t know which dad has played around.” Gargi has been a permanent resident of St James’s Park since she was found in a garden in Southend 1996, although she has occasionally been spotted flying to London zoo in Regent’s Park to steal fish. Wasilewski is working with Blackpool zoo, Royal Veterinary College, the Zoological Society of London and the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust, to provide expert care for the chicks. He said they had a ferocious appetite – “which is good news” – and were “ever so ugly”. “Someone said they look a little like dinosaurs. They’re completely black, they’re featherless and already they’ve got the little pointed bills.” They are beginning to grow “nice furry chestnut-brown down”, but they will not start getting feathers until they are eight or nine weeks old. The chicks are “just beginning to waddle” around the nest but are vulnerable until they take to the water with their parents when they are about 12 weeks old. Visitors have been urged to give them space and avoid disturbing them. “They’re growing at an enormously fast rate. Week one, they were the size of a pigeon. Week two, they were the size of a very small duck.

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