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আজ, যখন পশ্চিমবঙ্গের প্রথম বিজেপি সরকার শপথ গ্রহণ করছে, তখন আমাদের সকলেরই ডঃ শ্যামাপ্রসাদ মুখোপাধ্যায়ের কথা এবং দেশ ও বিশেষত: পশ্চিমবঙ্গের প্রতি তাঁর চিরস্থায়ী অবদানের কথা স্মরণ করা অত্যন্ত স্বাভাবিক। তাঁর স্বপ্ন বাস্তবায়নে আমরা চেষ্টার কোনো ত্রুটি রাখব না ।
কলকাতায় শপথ গ্রহণ অনুষ্ঠানে শ্রী মাখনলাল সরকার জি-র সঙ্গে দেখা হল। একনিষ্ঠ দেশপ্রেমিক শ্রী সরকার, ডঃ মুখোপাধ্যায়ের সঙ্গে কাজ করেছেন এবং জম্মু ও কাশ্মীরে তাঁর সঙ্গী হিসেবে থাকার সময় গ্রেপ্তারও হয়েছিলেন। পশ্চিমবঙ্গ জুড়ে আমাদের দলের ভিত্তি প্রসারিত করতে এবং সর্বস্তরের মানুষকে দলে যোগ দিতে অনুপ্রাণিত করতে তিনি নিজের জীবন উৎসর্গ করেছেন।
বিজেপির কর্মী হিসেবে আমরা গর্বিত যে আমাদের দলে এমন অনুপ্রেরণাদায়ী ব্যক্তিত্বরা রয়েছেন যারা জনগণের মধ্যে কাজ করে আমাদের দলকে শক্তিশালী করেছেন।
Man, I don’t remember ever seeing people celebrate the defeat of an incumbent in a state election like this.
Mamata must be utterly shell-shocked. Years of near-total suppression of dissent by her cadre machinery probably convinced her that she was genuinely loved. When fear silences criticism, rulers mistake silence for admiration.
Now, with scenes like these emerging from virtually every locality and every city, she may finally be realising the scale of public resentment that had been buried beneath intimidation and political fear.
Abhishek: "Let us win, I'll personally fix everyone. Will see whose FATHER comes from Delhi to save them."
Modi: "BJP has won. Let's END this endless spiral of violence. Forget who voted whom, let's work for Bengal's future."
But, Modi is communal and TMC is progressive🤡
बंगाल की जनता को कोटि-कोटि नमन 🙏
यह प्रचंड जनादेश भय, तुष्टीकरण और घुसपैठियों के संरक्षकों को बंगाल की जनता का करारा जवाब है।
यह TMC के ‘भय’ के ऊपर श्री @narendramodi जी पर ‘भरोसे’ की जीत है।
मेरे जैसे हर भाजपा कार्यकर्ता के लिए यह गर्व का क्षण है कि गंगोत्री में माँ गंगा के उद्गम से लेकर गंगासागर तक आज हर जगह भाजपा का भगवा ध्वज शान से लहरा रहा है।
The Lotus blooms in West Bengal!
The 2026 West Bengal Assembly Elections will be remembered forever. People's power has prevailed and BJP's politics of good governance has triumphed. I bow to each and every person of West Bengal.
The people have given a spectacular mandate to BJP and I assure them that our Party will do everything possible to fulfil the dreams and aspirations of the people of West Bengal. We will provide a Government that ensures opportunity and dignity to all sections of society.
@BJP4Bengal
An angry lady’s image shouting at a political leader and his party for having stopped the road has gone viral.
That one woman has said what millions of us feel. Stop blocking roads for your political agendas. Stop blocking roads, temples, for VIPs.
People have work, emergencies, lives. This entitlement has gone too far.
"PM Modi called me to Delhi, he met a boy from Bengal.
I told him I don't want Bengal to become an old age home, informed him about pain points."
- Leander Paes
That is the fraud.
American power on screen is “craft.”
British power on screen is “heritage.”
Indian power on screen is suddenly evidence of political conditioning.
Same cinema. Same nationalism. Different skin colour.
The Economist has a wonderfully colonial rulebook for cinema. When America straps a camera to Pentagon hardware and sells state power with a soundtrack, it is “spectacle.” When a film is made with CIA-adjacent mythology around national revenge, it is “serious storytelling.” But when India puts its own enemies and terrorist attack scars on screen, suddenly the magazine reaches for the psychiatrist’s couch.
That is the real joke here. Fighter jets, spies, commandos and national vengeance are perfectly acceptable as long as the flag fluttering in the background is American or British. Then it is culture. It is craft. It is cinema doing what cinema does. The Economist has invented a very elegant little rule for cinema: Top Gun: Maverick can fly on Pentagon muscle, RAMBO & Zero Dark Thirty can ride CIA mythology, James Bond can sell six decades of British spy glamour, Dunkirk can turn wartime memory into national legend, and all of that is called storytelling. But the moment India puts terror, retaliation and national memory on screen with Dhurandhar, the magazine starts diagnosing the audience instead of reviewing the film.
What @TheEconomist cannot digest is not one film. It is the fact that Indians are no longer outsourcing their memory to London’s approval. A country that has lived through decades of Pakistan-sponsored terror is apparently expected to process all that pain in whispers, with tasteful disclaimers, and preferably under the supervision of foreign editors who still think they are qualified to explain India to Indians.
And that is why the review reeks. Not of sophistication, but of the old imperial tic: Western nationalism on screen is a nation telling its story; Indian nationalism on screen is a pathology requiring diagnosis. The costume has changed. The sneer has not.
The funniest part is that The Economist probably thinks this is fearless criticism. It is not. It is just another imported lecture from people who never mind propaganda when it wears aviators, a tuxedo, or a CIA badge, but develop exquisite moral sensitivity the moment India stops being apologetic on its own screen.
Just FYI: Decades of Pakistan-sponsored terror are apparently meant to be processed quietly, apologetically, and preferably without ever producing a mass-market cultural response. That is the old script. India is no longer following it.
Now that @AdityaDharFilms has EXPLODED a ATOMIC BOMB right under the film industry, what is shocking is the loud silence from the rest of the film industry .
I don’t know whether this is because the #Dhurandhar2 ‘s devastating explosion has hurled everyone else in the film industry so far into OUTER SPACE that their applause cannot reach here due to the long distances , OR whether they’re huddled in denial, whispering to each other , “It’s just propaganda… it will go away soon ,” so that they can crawl back and resume making their same old repetitive films.
OR are they just paralysed by the film’s sheer brilliance , realising that whatever they’ve been making or planning to make , now simply cannot measure up?
But isn’t it extremely unwise to ignore a DINOSAUR like #Dhurandhar2 staring you in the face and BREATHING FIRE into your eyes with its BOX OFFICE ROAR shaking the very ground beneath their feet , how can anyone be so foolish enough to look away?
My sincere advice to all my colleagues in the film industry is to please take #Dhurandhar2 deadly seriously and study it like a ultra fresh course in filmmaking and educate yourselves OR risk being buried forever in the graveyard of pre March 19th 2026 cinema.🙏
🚨 BIG: 30-year-old illegal encroachment cleared in Mumbai 50 acres near Bandra railway line reclaimed.
No previous government touched it. but @Dev_Fadnavis is doing it.
@KiritSomaiya has been relentless in exposing fake birth certificates, bogus voters, and illegal encroachments.
Love him or hate him, this kind of ground-level pressure is needed. We need more such accountability.
US President Donald Trump posts on Truth Social - "America is returning to REAL ENERGY DOMINANCE! Today, I am proud to announce that America First Refining is opening the FIRST new U.S. Oil Refinery in 50 YEARS in Brownsville, Texas. THIS IS A HISTORIC $300 BILLION DOLLAR DEAL — THE BIGGEST IN U.S. HISTORY, A MASSIVE WIN for American Workers, Energy, and the GREAT People of South Texas! Thank you to our partners in India, and their largest privately held Energy Company, Reliance, for this tremendous Investment. It is because of our America First Agenda, streamlining Permits, and lowering Taxes, that have attracted Billions of Dollars in Deals coming back to our Nation. A new Refinery at the Port of Brownsville, will fuel U.S. Markets, strengthen our National Security, boost American Energy production, deliver Billions of Dollars in Economic impact, and will be THE CLEANEST REFINERY IN THE WORLD. It will power Global Exports, and bring THOUSANDS of long overdue Jobs and Growth to a Region that deserves it. This is what AMERICAN ENERGY DOMINANCE looks like. AMERICA FIRST, ALWAYS!"
RIL Media Statement
At a time when global energy markets are experiencing volatility, ensuring uninterrupted access to essential fuels for Indian households remains a national priority.
Reliance Industries is taking proactive steps and in line with the Government guidelines, to maximize LPG production from our refining and petrochemicals complexes at Jamnagar — the world’s largest integrated refining hub. Our teams are working around the clock to optimize refinery operations and enhance LPG output so that supplies to the domestic market remain stable and reliable.
At the same time, natural gas produced from the KG‑D6 Basin will be diverted to support supply to priority sectors, in line with national energy priorities and Government guidelines.
For Reliance, India’s energy security and the well-being of millions of Indian families always come first. We will continue to work closely with the Government of India and remain fully compliant with all national guidelines and allocation priorities, ensuring that energy supplies reach the sectors and communities that need them the most.
As always, Reliance will stand firmly with the nation in its time of need. In times of global uncertainty, we remain committed to doing everything possible to support India’s energy security and ensure reliable access to essential fuels for the country.
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#WATCH | Mumbai, Maharashtra: At the Jio-BlackRock event, Chairman & Managing Director of Reliance Industries Limited, Mukesh Ambani, says, "I think that the Indian opportunity—we stand at about $4.5 trillion of GDP in a $110 trillion world. I like seeing us outgrowing the world and finding our right place. I am one of those believers who think that this, in a 20-30-year period, will outgrow the rest of the world, and we will hit $25-30 trillion... When you think about solving India's energy problems, I believe that in the next decade, India will not import 80% of its energy. We have a path with technological breakthroughs, and we will be reasonably self-sufficient in energy... Investments in physical infrastructure that we still need. We have the opportunity to build with today's technology the physical infrastructure for 1.4 billion people... Each one of these is hundreds of billions of dollars of investment. Within that, while the benefits are there, they are long-term, sustainable, compoundable opportunities, and that requires sustainable capital, which comes both from within and outside..."
(Source: Jio BlackRock Mutual Fund YouTube)
Wonderful to speak with my dear friend President Trump today. Delighted that Made in India products will now have a reduced tariff of 18%. Big thanks to President Trump on behalf of the 1.4 billion people of India for this wonderful announcement.
When two large economies and the world’s largest democracies work together, it benefits our people and unlocks immense opportunities for mutually beneficial cooperation.
President Trump’s leadership is vital for global peace, stability, and prosperity. India fully supports his efforts for peace.
I look forward to working closely with him to take our partnership to unprecedented heights.
@POTUS@realDonaldTrump
The display of the flags of the EU, the EU Military Staff, and our maritime missions ATALANTA and ASPIDES at India’s Republic Day is a powerful symbol of our deepening security cooperation.
It will culminate tomorrow in the signature of our Security and Defence Partnership.