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BJP to repair old temples of Bengal, pay stipend to priests: Amit Malviya

The BJP, if voted to power, will renovate old temples, pay Rs 3,000 to 'purohits' (priests) and elderly kirtan singers per month and make Kolkata the financial hub of Eastern India, senior party leader Amit Malviya said on Thursday. He also said that a Rs 2,500 crore fund will be set up for promotion of the annual Ganga Sagar Mela. Speaking to reporters on certain points of the party's poll manifesto in Kolkata, the national in-charge of the BJP's Information & Technology department said that the party has several plans to develop West Bengal and preserve its culture and heritage. "We have drawn up plans to make Kolkata the financial hub of the East in the next five years. A corpus of Rs 300 crore will also be set up for the development of Information Technology parks, besides the existing ones," he said. He said that plans are also there to create a fund of Rs 22,000 crore for the upgradation of Kolkata's infrastructure, while Rs 1,500 crore will be spent for setting

Working behind the scenes: BJP's lesser-known go-getters in West Bengal

Barring exceptions, the "go-to" men are rooted in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and its student front, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), and have since moved to the BJP organisation.

West Bengal's glory can be restored if TMC govt is routed: Amit Malviya

Newly-appointed BJP co-incharge for West Bengal Amit Malviya asserted that the glory of the state can be restored only if the Mamata Banerjee government is routed

Hathras: NCW notice to Malviya, Digvijaya, Swara for revealing identity

The NCW has sought explanation from BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya, Congress leader Digvijay Singh and actress Swara Bhasker for allegedly revealing the identity of Hathras victim on Twitter. The National Commission for Women has also directed them to immediately remove these posts and refrain from sharing such posts in future. "@NCWIndia has served notices to @amitmalviya @digvijaya_28 and @ReallySwara seeking explanation on their #Twitter posts revealing the identity of the #Hathras victim along with a direction to remove these posts immediately & to refrain from sharing such posts in future," the NCW said in a tweet on Tuesday. In separate notices to Bhasker, Malviya and Singh, the NCW said it has come across several Twitter posts wherein the picture of the victim of the alleged gang rape incident was used. "In view of the above, you are hereby required to provide a satisfactory explanation to the Commission on receipt of this notice and shall remove and refrain from ...

We prohibit hate speech that incites violence: Facebook's reply to BJP

"The BJP and the 'wider conservative ecosystem' was not aligned to Facebook as the latter removed 700 pages related to a nationalist narrative in the run-up to the 2019 general elections."

Mamata Banerjee accuses BJP IT cell of spreading fake news on Bengal

Banerjee also announced the formation of a 'Global Advisory Board', a policy making body which will aid the state government in preparing a roadmap for COVID-19 response in Bengal

Operation Smear

Hasan Suroor on the attempts to discredit Shaheen Bagh protesters after failing to wear them down

Editors Guild slams BJP's Amit Malviya for Twitter poll on Rajdeep Sardesai

The guild urged Malviya to immediately withdraw the so-called Twitter poll and the BJP to caution him strongly

Cong has started singing praises of PM after Chidambaram's arrest: BJP

Senior Congress leaders came out in support of their party colleague Jairam Ramesh who said 'demonising' the PM was wrong and he should be praised for the right things he do

Amit Malviya, BJP's digital messenger

Amit Malviya, the head of BJP's IT cell, is striving to fight the party's battles online but not always with success