A resoulution congratulating batting legend Sachin Tendulkar, who recently retired after playing his 200th Test match, was adopted in the West Bengal Assembly on Tuesday.
The West Bengal government plans to set up 200 giant screens across the state to enable fans to watch the India-West Indies cricket Test match at Eden Gardens, beginning Nov 6, the penultimate Test of ace cricketer Sachin Tendulkar.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has been allotted a two-acre plot on leasehold by the West Bengal state cabinet to set up a Plus II school in the Rajarhat New Town in Kolkata.
West Bengal Government will felicitate Ravikant Singh and Sandipan Das, the two players from the state in the Indian U-19 cricket team crowned World Champions in Australia, official sources said.