Overview
- Okayama University conferred the honorary DLitt on the West Bengal chief minister at a ceremony in Alipore, where she dedicated the honour to the people of Bengal and praised Japan’s culture and resilience.
- A visiting Okayama University delegation attended the event in Kolkata and discussed plans for expanded cultural exchanges, joint research and commercial engagement with state institutions.
- TMC MP and Matua leader Mamata Bala Thakur joined a fast-unto-death at Thakur Bari to protest the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
- Organisers reported several fasting participants fell ill, with three admitted to Thakur Nagar Primary Health Centre, as Union minister Santanu Thakur dismissed the agitation as a political drama and urged legal action.
- Separate demonstrations in Kolkata pressed social-welfare demands, including raising the Manabik Bhata disability pension from Rs 1,000 to Rs 5,000 and a Nurses Unity sit-in over unresolved issues.