She was the counsellor for science, innovation, and development at the US embassy in Tokyo before her current assignment Our Special Correspondent, Calcutta: Melinda Pavek took over as US co... Read more

The river which surrounds the island was flowing 0.15 meters above the extreme danger level on Friday evening Soumya De Sarkar, Malda: A 100ft-long embankment protecting Bhutni island in Man... Read more

The government set up Duare Sarkar camps for the first time in 2020 to enable people to avail themselves of 13 welfare schemes if the benefits had failed to reach the applicants Pranesh Sark... Read more

The state on Thursday reported 747 infections, 773 recoveries and 10 deaths. While Calcutta logged 77 infections, North 24-Parganas recorded 88 Calcutta: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Th... Read more

Pope Francis, Angela Merkel and the Grand Imam of Egypt’s Al-Alzhar, Ahmad al-Tayyib are also expected to attend the meet scheduled on October 6 and 7 Our Bureau, Calcutta: West Bengal... Read more

The statement shows the Bengal chief minister holds the Narendra Modi government’s inaction on implementing the Ghatal Master Plan, drawn up eight years ago Snehamoy Chakraborty, Bolpur(Birb... Read more

This was the chief minister’s first visit to Jhargram, an adivasi-dominated district, after she rode to power for the third successive term Snehamoy Chakraborty, Jhargram: Chief minist... Read more

The Nobel laureate was in Calcutta to chair the meeting of the Global Advisory Board, which the Mamata Banerjee govt had set up last year in view of the pandemic Our Bureau, Calcutta: Nobel... Read more

So far, 24,31,885 peasants have been included in the scheme, while 9,47,861 names have been rejected Pranesh Sarkar, Calcutta: The Centre has apparently rejected 9.5 lakh Bengal farmers’ app... Read more

They got stuck on the roof after heavy rain and water released by various barrages, including DVC, triggered floods in Snehamoy Chakraborty, Anshuman Phadikar, Khanakul, Ghatal: A 101-year-o... Read more

The state recorded 43 uninterrupted days of a fall in the total number of active cases, which fell by 171 to 10,803 on Monday Meghdeep Bhattacharyya, Calcutta: West Bengal on Monday logged 5... Read more

The state also logged the 41st straight day of a fall in the total number of active cases, by 58 to 11,113 Meghdeep Bhattacharyya, Calcutta: West Bengal on Saturday reported 769 new infectio... Read more

West Bengal’s two-man commission of inquiry has to submit its findings and recommendations within six months from Monday Devadeep Purohit, Meghdeep Bhattacharyya: Mamata Banerjee on Monday a... Read more

The West Bengal government has decided to take a tougher stance in dealing with COVID-19 violators. State Chief Secretary HK Dwidevi on Saturday (July 17) asked the district administrations... Read more

Will not allow division of state, Biman Banerjee tells the Gorkha community PTI: West Bengal Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee on Tuesday asserted that forces plotting to bifurcate the state w... Read more

Detective department seeks a month’s CCTV footage from all floors Arnab Ganguly, Calcutta: Calcutta Police believe that violation of Covid protocols is a regular affair at The Park fro... Read more

State’s self-reliance in rice ran the risk of being compromised in the saline flooding Pranesh Sarkar, Calcutta: West Bengal’s kharif paddy-sowing area will not reduce as the salt content of... Read more

On Friday, the state also reported 1,424 recoveries and 19 deaths Meghdeep Bhattacharyya, Calcutta: West Bengal on Friday reported the 19th straight day of a drop in its total number of acti... Read more

While the fruit would be sold at local markets in Milan, the consignment would be displayed at an international exhibition of fruits in Doha Soumya De Sarkar, Malda: Around 6,000 kilos of ma... Read more