There is nothing to indicate that the project has been stopped or stalled by an earlier order of a vacation bench and as such RVNL need not have any apprehension in this regard: High Court W... Read more

In collaboration with ASSOCHAM, the government of West Bengal hosted an interactive session with business stakeholders from the Punjab region West Bengal News Desk: The West Bengal governmen... Read more

The government had put the survey on hold in September following protests by tea garden residents against the proposed ceiling of 5 decimals on land that is to be handed over to them in Gork... Read more

West Bengal Desk: The time for border trade between India and Bangladesh via Changrabandha in Cooch Behar district has been extended by two hours in the morning. From now, exporters and impo... Read more

Firemen could douse the flames in three hours and they suspect an electrical short circuit behind the fire West Bengal Desk: A fire broke out at a local market in Dhupguri town of Jalpaiguri... Read more

Westbengal News Desk: Road connectivity to Sikkim through NH10 — the principal highway that connects the Himalayan state of Sikkim and Bengal’s Kalimpong district with the rest of the countr... Read more

Under the scheme, the state government would be the guarantor for a loan up to Rs 5 lakh for an unemployed youth to set up his or her business Pranesh Sarkar, Calcutta: The West Bengal gover... Read more

Employees said after Wednesday’s hike, they would get 40 per cent less DA compared to their central counterparts. With the increase of 4 per cent DA, the central government employees w... Read more

– Grant will come over the next five years, Rs 100 crore annually SUBHAJOY ROY: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will receive a grant of Rs 500 crore from the National Disaster... Read more

A four-member team of Bengal ministers reached Kalimpong on Tuesday to assess the damage caused by the flood. They have been camping in the hill district and holding talks with representativ... Read more

Mere use of slang language in public discourse would not amount to a cognisable offence; however, said that uttering slang language in public is not expected of a political leader of some st... Read more

‘All statues of foreigners would be removed from the streets of Calcutta and elsewhere in the state when the BJP comes to power. Let those opposed to it try and stop us’ Sougata... Read more

So far, Singha has been critical of TMC and Mamata Banerjee and appreciative of BJP government at Centre West Bengal News Desk: Jibon Singha, the self-styled chief of the Kamtapur Liberation... Read more

Decision takes into consideration thousands of people in state who depend on fire cracker units, which do brisk business during festive season, for their livelihoods West Bengal News Desk: T... Read more

This, TMC leaders said, would be done to discourage migrant workers from moving to other states for hazardous jobs Soumya De Sarkar, Malda: The Mamata Banerjee government in Bengal plans to... Read more

BMC will launch survey this week to identify broken stretches of footpaths, one official of civic body said on Tuesday SNEHAL SENGUPTA: Pavements across Salt Lake will be repaired with new i... Read more

It features open architecture where people can read books and take books home without spending any money SNEHAL SENGUPTA: A community library has come up in New Town where people can read bo... Read more

SUBHAJOY ROY: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has started inviting applications from hawkers who want vending certificates, a document that ensures hawkers the right to street vendin... Read more