Malda, Jalpaiguri: The Mamata Banerjee government has started handing over land to people who were earlier evicted or lost their homes and land because of river erosion in north Bengal. Whil... Read more
Exporters to sell produce in Bengal as Centre’s export ban decision remains unchanged Subhasish Chaudhuri, Calcutta: Around 25 per cent of Bangladesh-bound onions — stranded along diff... Read more
The recovery rate continued to climb and was 86.69 on Wednesday, a rise by over 12 per cent in a month Meghdeep Bhattacharyya, Calcutta: West Bengal on Wednesday logged 3,237 new Covid-19 ca... Read more
‘No death data’ claim by Centre upsets families of Uttar Pradesh accident victims Snehamoy Chakraborty, Purulia: Family members of migrant workers from Bengal who died in a road accident in... Read more
Decision comes as a major boost to tourism during festive season Anirban Choudhury, Avijit Sinha, Siliguri/Alipurduar: The state forest department has decided to reopen national parks and wi... Read more
Kolkata: Senior state RSS leader Jishnu Basu said if the West Bengal government was so keen to help the Hindus, then it should have helped those families who lost their relatives to “j... Read more
Subhasish Chaudhuri, Bongaon: The season’s first consignment of the Bangladesh hilsa arrived in Bengal through the Petrapole land port in three trucks on Monday evening as a pre-Puja gift fr... Read more
Mamata’s announcement comes on a day 58 fresh deaths took the state’s total toll in the pandemic past 4,000 Meghdeep Bhattacharyya, Calcutta: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee asserted th... Read more
Apart from MP Jagannath Sarkar, defector to the saffron party Mukul Roy had also been mentioned in the FIR related to the 2019 killing of Satyajit Biswas Subhasish Chaudhuri, Ranaghat: The C... Read more
Some senior officials dubbed the shuffle as ‘routine transfer list’, amid buzz that they were done keeping 2021 Assembly elections in mind Calcutta: Four district police chiefs w... Read more
The doctors will be responsible for daily rounds, attending calls and managing Covid patients round the clock at the hospitals Pranesh Sarkar, Calcutta: The Bengal government has decided to... Read more
Order aimed at preserving old books and parchments not cleaned since Covid lockdown in March Subhasish Chaudhuri, Calcutta: The Bengal government has ordered all state-owned libraries to ope... Read more
The total number of patients in the state are now over 1.96 lakh, of whom 1.69 lakh have recovered and 3,828 died Meghdeep Bhattacharyya, Calcutta: West Bengal on Friday reported 3,157 new C... Read more
West Bengal focuses on job creation in small and medium units but silent on sops for big investors Pranesh Sarkar, Calcutta: The Bengal cabinet on Wednesday extended the incentive policy for... Read more
For years now, residents of two Indian villages Daribas and Jaridharala depend on the neighbouring country for buying essentials or for health needs Main Uddin Chisti, Cooch Behar: Nazmul Ha... Read more
Kin of Tagore and Amartya sign petition to chief minister Snehamoy Chakraborty, Santiniketan: Around 60 old-timers of Santiniketan, including family members of Nobel laureates Rabindranath T... Read more
Bengal gift decision aimed at easing students’ travel woes Calcutta: The state-wide complete lockdown on September 12 has been withdrawn in the interest of the students appearing for N... Read more
Decision, taken at an all-party meeting on Tuesday, because of Covid fear Calcutta: The monsoon session of Bengal assembly will be held for only a day on September 9 due to the ongoing pande... Read more
State faces uphill battle in raising funds for coronavirus fight Pranesh Sarkar, Calcutta: The Mamata Banerjee government has spent nearly Rs 2,700 crore to battle the spread of Covid-19 in... Read more
West Bengal’s handloom craftsmen have been hard hit as markets remained closed and sales plummeted since the Covid lockdown Subhasish Chaudhuri, Calcutta: The Bengal government, in a rare mo... Read more
