Babri Masjid should be rebuilt: Mamata Banerjee

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday said her government would not allow any attempt to foment riots in the state and divide communities on religions lines and demanded that Babri Masjid should be rebuilt..

"We had condemned the Babri Masjid demolition. We demand that the Babri Masjid should be rebuilt. We do not support riots. Those who instigate communal violence, do it for vested political interest. This day reminds us that there should be no riots", Mamata said addressing a communal harmony meeting in central Kolkata.

Talking about the effect of the Babri Masjid demolition in Kolkata in 1992, she said, "I have seen the ugly face of riots. I remember the tears of mothers, sisters and our brothers. I remember how the city was burning. I was on the road moving from one corner to another corner of the city. We could not sleep, while those who were responsible for the riots, were sleeping at home."

"When I went to Loreto School at Sealdah to provide food to the affected, I met Mother Teresa there. Only Mother and I were there."

She said when the riots broke out in Kolkata in 1992, "I went to Jyoti Basu (then Chief Minister) when Buddha babu (former Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee) was present and asked them if any help was needed. None of them were on the streets (that time)."

She said, "There are some bad people who always try to stir communal violence. The state government would never allow any such attempt. We can always compensate any property damage. But we can never return a life, which is lost," she said.

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Mamata Banerjee's approach amuses Shah Rukh Khan and Kamal Haasan

Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan and Tamil superstar Kamal Haasan were left stumped with the hands-on approach of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

After seeing Mamata Banerjee running around the stage to check all arrangements while inaugurating the 19th edition of the Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF), an amused Kamal Haasan said, "She is a dynamo of energy and very surprisingly not interested in sitting in the chair for too long. I am quite surprised, I am not used to it."

"This is my first encounter with your honourable Chief Minister. So I was looking forward to a Chief Minister but I found a sister. I know why you call her that ('didi') now," said Kamal Haasan, who has also acted in a number of Hindi films.

Kamal Haasan added that Mamata Banerjee's approach is like the head of a family who is busy inviting everyone.

Shah RUkh Khan, who addresses the CM as 'Didi', said, "It is extremely wonderful to see her running around, jumping around, making this a wonderful Kolkata International Film Festival coming alive with her energy."

Also the brand ambassador of West Bengal, SRK, described her as someone who is charming, energetic and hyperactive. To the delegates and film lovers attending the eight-day carnival, Khan said, "You are perhaps in the most greatest, the most charming and loving city in the world just like the Chief Minister herself."

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan and his actor-wife Jaya Bachchan were also present at the high-decibel inauguration of KIFF at the Netaji Indoor Stadium.

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How an early win for India upset Kolkata’s date with Sachin Tendulkar

Sometimes, even cricket pundits could get their predictions wrong. In honour of Sachin Tendulkar’s last match at the Edens, the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) had planned a gala felicitation for the cricket legend on day five, but shifted the plan to day four after pundits said the match could get end a day earlier. But India’s early win on day 3 of the Test itself sent the CAB into a tizzy. Desiring to give Sachin Tendulkar a memorable farewell after his 199th Test, the CAB had ordered 199 kg of rose petals and three special aircraft to shower the Master Blaster after the match, alongside Shane Warne and Vivian Richards.

 Even West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had to cancel her plans and rush to Eden Gardens after she was informed that the match would end on Friday itself. “Abar esho (please come again),” Banerjee told Sachin in Bengali showering the legend with gifts and a painting by her. Sachin and Mamata after the Test match ended on Friday. PTI But for the Trinamool Congress, the plans made by CAB, did not go unappreciated. “…arranging 199 kg petals & an aircraft at an hour’s notice is no mean feat. It’s the thought that counts. Kudos to CAB for that,” the party tweeted out. “But you cannot control everything. We won the match but could not celebrate it in a grand way. 

We had permits for the rose petal shower via aircraft for day four and five only,” said Subir Ganguly, joint secretary at CAB told the Business Standard. The two day early victory for India could also lead to a monetary loss for CAB as the arrangements for rose petals and special aircraft were already made. But Trinamool Congress MP Derek O’Brien said only 99 kg were sourced and the rest of the order was cancelled. For O’Brien the early finish was a disappointment as he thought he could catch the match on the fourth day. “Many, many of us in Kolkata had planned a Saturday date with a lady named Eden. 

She ditched us big time,” he tweeted. Even Bollywood superstar and West Bengal ambassador Shah Rukh Khan, missed a chance to watch Sachin Tendulkar’s last Test series. With a ban imposed on his entry to Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Khan had plans of catching the 199th Test at the Eden Gardens on Sunday. “I will go on November 10. I am going to Kolkata for a film festival and I will try and attend the test match there. I will see if I can reach, land up there and wish him,” Shah Rukh Khan had said.

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கொல்கத்தா: சைக்கிள் ஓட்டினால் ரூ110 அபராதம்... அரசுக்கு எதிர்ப்பு தெரிவிக்கும் வணிகர்க

வாகன நெரிசலைக் குறைப்பதற்காக கொல்கத்தா நகரின் சாலைகளில் சைக்கிளைப் பயன்படுத்த தடை விதித்த அம்மாநில முதல்வர் மம்தா பானர்ஜியின் தடை உத்தரவுக்கு வணிகர்களிடையே எதிர்ப்பு வலுத்து வருகிறது.

 சமீபத்தில், கொல்கத்தா நகரின் வாகன நெரிசலை குறைக்க திட்டமிட்டார் அம்மாநில முதலமைச்சர் மம்தா பானர்ஜி. அதன்படி, இயந்திரம் பொருத்தப்படாமல் மெதுவாக செல்லும் சைக்கிள், டிரை சைக்கிள் போன்ற வாகனங்கள் கொல்கத்தா நகரில் உள்ள சில குறிப்பிட்ட சாலைகளில் செல்ல தடை விதித்து உத்தரவிட்டார். 

ஆனால், தற்போது அந்த உத்தரவுக்கு எதிராக வணிகர்கள் மற்றும் சைக்கிள் பிரியர்கள் போர்க்கொடி உயர்த்தத் தொடங்கியுள்ளனர்.


கொல்கத்தாவில் சைக்கிள் ஓட்டத் தடை என்ற உத்தரவின் மூலம் அதிகம் பாதிக்கப்பட்டவர், பால்காரர்கள், பேப்பர் போடுபவர்கள், கொரியர் டெலிவரி ஊழியர்கள் ஆகியோர் தான்.

காரணம் இவர்கள் அனைவருமே சைக்கிளையும் ஒரு மூலதனமாகக் கருதி தொழில் புரிந்து வருபவர்கள். இந்தத் தடையால் தங்களது வணிகம் பெரிதும் பாதிக்கப் பட்டுள்ளதாக தற்போது இவர்கள் போர்க்கொடி உயர்த்தியுள்ளனர்.

முதலில், குறிப்பிட்ட அதிக நெரிசலான 38 சாலைகளில் மட்டுமே சைக்கிள்கள் நுழைய அனுமதி இல்லை என அறிவித்த போலீசார் தற்போது அந்த எண்ணிக்கையை 4 மடங்கு ஆக்கி விட்டனர் என இவர்கள் குற்றம்சாட்டுகின்றனர்.

எனவே, மம்தா அரசின் இந்த முடிவை எதிர்த்து விரைவில் போராட்டத்தில் ஈடுபட போவதாக ஜொராசான்கோ பால் மார்கெட் வியாபாரிகள் எச்சரிக்கை விடுத்துள்ளனர்.

மேலும், அரசின் இந்தத் தடை உத்தரவிற்கு எதிராக கையெழுத்து வேட்டையைத் தொடங்கியிருக்கிறார்கள் இவர்கள். வியாபாரிகள் மட்டுமல்லாது சைக்கிள் பிரியர்களும் அரசின் இந்த கெடுபிடி உத்தரவிற்கு எதிராக கோர்ட் படியேற உத்தேசித்துள்ளார்கள்.

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