Darjeeling: Tea estate closed for three years set to reopen
GB Today The decision was taken at a tripartite meeting held at the office of the additional labour commissioner on…
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Mamata Banerjee for Delhi role on Bangladesh rivers
Dhaka has been complaining since 2011 that Bangladesh is not getting its due share of water from the…
Mamata asks district police not to allow BSF in villages without prior consent
West Bengal chief minister cites Nagaland, Sitalkuchi, Cooch Behar deaths while issuing fiat during tour of Dinajpur areas…
West Bengal government readies to-do list on Omicron
Senior state government officials identified the Beliaghata ID hospital as the centre where patients of the new Covid-19…
Cyclone Jawad: Nabanna asks districts to be on alert
The government has ordered necessary evacuation of people from vulnerable areas, checking rescue shelters and other methods of…
Mamata plea to like-minded forces for throwing BJP out of power
During an interactive session with civil society members in Mumbai’s Nariman Point, the Bengal chief minister asked the…
Civic polls should not be held in a way that will benefit a particular party, Cal HC tells State Election Commission
The court also directs the state and the Commission to submit before it a plan disclosing the tentative…
Mamata Banerjee to interact with industrialists in Mumbai
The meeting on Wednesday at Four Seasons Hotel is expected to be attended by at least 100 business…
West Bengal reports 715 new Covid cases, 719 recoveries
Calcutta reported 198 new infections and North 24-Parganas 130, the only two districts in the state with a…
In Calcutta, Gurung and associates seek Didi’s appointment
The Gorkha leader’s party was in alliance with the BJP from 2009 until October 2020 Vivek Chhetri, Darjeeling:…
December 19 date for city polls, Calcutta vote count likely on Dec 21
It will be held at 4,742 primary booths and 385 auxiliary booths and around 40.48 lakh voters will…
Mamata invites Modi to inaugurate West Bengal business summit
The Bengal CM appeared to be striving to pre-empt any political motives being attributed to her meeting with…
Mamata says she’ll discuss BSF jurisdiction with PM Modi
West Bengal became the second state after Punjab to have a resolution passed — by 112:63 votes —…
Siliguri-Dhaka passenger train services may begin from this month
It was apparently to start from March 26 earlier this year but various issues, including infrastructure preparedness, had…
Hooghly farmer lauds protesters’ zeal after farm laws withdrawal
Ghosh, who cultivates four acres of land, had accompanied a 400-member team, headed by the All India Kisan…
West Bengal govt Power bill slash likely once coal mining begins in Deocha-Pachami
A state government official said production cost of electricity will be cut down by 74 paise for each…
No policing powers unlike state cops, say BSF authorities
Top officials claimed that the enhanced jurisdiction will help the force to strengthen the hands of the force…
West Bengal Govt bid to explain ‘better’ package to Deocha-Pachami stakeholders
District officials said the effort was to show how the Mamata Banerjee government was giving a better deal…
1,000 workers face job cuts, up in arms against West Bengal state govt
The fallout would hurt most vocational teachers, lab workers in the state who have been drawing stipends from…
West Bengal’s education department wins gold at Skoch Award
Leader of Opposition in the state assembly Suvendu Adhikari, however, questioned the credibility of such a recognition PTI:…