4,000 workers of Gondalpara Jute Mill lose jobs
GB Today It suspends production for an unspecified period citing shortage of raw jute Snehamoy Chakraborty And Pinak Ghosh, Bolpur/Calcutta:…
West Bengal
Can’t impose Covid restrictions everywhere as it may impact economy: Mamata
‘West Bengal govt reviewing the emerging pandemic situation seriously’ PTI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday…
West Bengal government forms land reforms panel for hills
The body will function in the same manner as Bon-O-Bhumi-Sanskar Sthayee Samittees in the block level and place…
Deocha mine: Rights body to submit report to Mamata
Many are opposed to the project, says Association for Protection of Democratic Rights Snehamoy Chakraborty, Bolpur(Birbhum): Over 30…
Siliguri under watchful cameras, project Nazardari launched
In all, 400 CCTV cameras in and around the town will keep tabs on criminal activities and traffic…
Yuletide carnival brings trade cheer to Darjeeling
Christmas has come a day early in the hills with the Gundri Bazar bringing food, music, art and…
Picnics banned near seven tiger spots in Alipurduar & Cooch Behar
Big cats prefer silence in the forests and there is always an apprehension of sound pollution if picnickers…
Didi loyalist Firhad Hakim is mayor again
Mamata to seek performance reports every six months, 9 of 16 boroughs will have women as chairperson Arnab…
Young victors’ vision for Kolkata
Trinamul, which swept the civic polls bagging 134 of the 144 wards, had fielded many fresh faces, most…
Visva-Bharati announces schedule for four-day event, no word yet on ‘Poush Mela’
Varsity strongly condemns recent hide-and-seek policy of the administration PTI, Calcutta: Visva-Bharati has announced the schedule for a…
Covid: West Bengal logs 440 new cases, 451 recoveries and 12 deaths
Calcutta, North and South 24-Parganas, Howrah, Hooghly and Nadia accounted for 339 or 77.05 per cent of the…
Three dead, 44 injured in fire at IOC’s Haldia refinery
A source said the fire started around 2.50 pm when sparks from a welding operation landed on inflammable…
Deocha-Pachami: Mining start a challenge for government
Reports from the ground suggest that getting the consent of all the land losers will be easier said…
Darjeeling tea garden shut? Workers don’t want to sweat
Peshok tea garden, some 25km from the capital town, has been running erratically since 2015 but was officially…
Junior home minister Nityanand Rai fails to define hill solution
The GNLF, an ally of the BJP, has categorically stated they would not contest the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration…
Covid: West Bengal logs 552 new cases, 554 recoveries and 12 deaths
The state’s mortality rate is 1.21, while that of the nation is 1.33 per cent Calcutta: West Bengal…
After CM prod, Malda growers start work to restore mango glory
Annually, around 3.5 lakh tonnes of juicy fruits are produced in the district, where 80,000 producers and close…
Ozone spike in Kolkata raises concern
Threat looms large over the iconic Victoria Memorial PTI, Kolkata: The ozone count in central Kolkata was 60…
Chhattisgarh Naxal forest: Violence stricken to tourist driven, delights tribals
In the last three months, which was the peak tourist season after the monsoon, a collection over Rs…
Centre ‘disallows’ Mamata’s Nepal visit, TMC at loggerheads with BJP
She had been invited by the Nepali Congress, of which Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is the president,…