West Bengal govt to transfer land to erosion victims
GB Today Malda, Jalpaiguri: The Mamata Banerjee government has started handing over land to people who were earlier evicted or…
West Bengal
Onions rot on India-Bangladesh border
Exporters to sell produce in Bengal as Centre’s export ban decision remains unchanged Subhasish Chaudhuri, Calcutta: Around 25…
West Bengal logs 3,237 cases and 61 deaths
The recovery rate continued to climb and was 86.69 on Wednesday, a rise by over 12 per cent…
Kin of migrants lose compensation hope
‘No death data’ claim by Centre upsets families of Uttar Pradesh accident victims Snehamoy Chakraborty, Purulia: Family members…
North Bengal forests to reopen next week
Decision comes as a major boost to tourism during festive season Anirban Choudhury, Avijit Sinha, Siliguri/Alipurduar: The state…
‘Mockery of Hindus’: RSS on allowance for Brahmin priests in Bengal
Kolkata: Senior state RSS leader Jishnu Basu said if the West Bengal government was so keen to help…
First load of Bangladeshi Hilsa arrives
Subhasish Chaudhuri, Bongaon: The season’s first consignment of the Bangladesh hilsa arrived in Bengal through the Petrapole land…
CM focus on lowering Covid death rate
Mamata’s announcement comes on a day 58 fresh deaths took the state’s total toll in the pandemic past…
CID names BJP MP in TMC MLA murder
Apart from MP Jagannath Sarkar, defector to the saffron party Mukul Roy had also been mentioned in the…
Four district chief cops transferred
Some senior officials dubbed the shuffle as ‘routine transfer list’, amid buzz that they were done keeping 2021…
West Bengal government to send specialists for Covid treatment
The doctors will be responsible for daily rounds, attending calls and managing Covid patients round the clock at…
Open state-owned libraries for dusting: West Bengal government
Order aimed at preserving old books and parchments not cleaned since Covid lockdown in March Subhasish Chaudhuri, Calcutta:…
3,157 cases and 57 deaths in West Bengal
The total number of patients in the state are now over 1.96 lakh, of whom 1.69 lakh have…
Incentives for industrial parks to continue
West Bengal focuses on job creation in small and medium units but silent on sops for big investors…
For them, walking to Bangladesh is easier
For years now, residents of two Indian villages Daribas and Jaridharala depend on the neighbouring country for buying…
Plea to West Bengal to take back road that was handed over to Visva-Bharati in 2017
Kin of Tagore and Amartya sign petition to chief minister Snehamoy Chakraborty, Santiniketan: Around 60 old-timers of Santiniketan,…
NEET in mind, Mamata calls off Saturday lockdown
Bengal gift decision aimed at easing students’ travel woes Calcutta: The state-wide complete lockdown on September 12 has…
West Bengal Assembly monsoon session curtailed to a day
Decision, taken at an all-party meeting on Tuesday, because of Covid fear Calcutta: The monsoon session of Bengal…
West Bengal has spent Rs 2,700cr on Covid so far; and received just Rs 200cr
State faces uphill battle in raising funds for coronavirus fight Pranesh Sarkar, Calcutta: The Mamata Banerjee government has…
Buy-sari drive to help marginal weavers
West Bengal’s handloom craftsmen have been hard hit as markets remained closed and sales plummeted since the Covid…