The production of the famous fruit of the hills has declined for the last five to six years Bireswar Banerjee, Siliguri: Orange growers based in Darjeeling hills are expecting this winter to... Read more
The state’s positive recovery rate was 98.83% and mortality rate 1.02% on Thursday when 7,018 samples were tested West Bengal News Desk: West Bengal on Thursday reported 284 Covid-19 i... Read more
West Bengal Government seeks to woo more Deocha land losers Snehamoy Chakraborty, Calcutta: The West Bengal government has decided to make some alterations in the existing rehabilitation pac... Read more
Snehamoy Chakraborty, Calcutta: The Mamata Banerjee government has introduced a new online system to enable farmers to fix a date convenient for them to sell paddy at the government’s procur... Read more
Traders and academics cite variations in catch; truck owners add Puja subscriptions to carriage cost SUBHAJOY ROY: Shortage in supply and extra expenses owing to Puja subscription have led t... Read more
The state has at present 3,123 active patients — 3,047 in home isolation and 76 at hospitals West Bengal News Desk: West Bengal on Sunday logged 374 Covid-19 cases, 202 recoveries and one de... Read more
Most of the cases have been reported from North 24 Parganas, Howrah, Calcutta, Hooghly, Murshidabad, South 24 Parganas, Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling districts West Bengal News Desk: Dengue case... Read more
They raised issues like financial transparency; and the need to disburse cash to tea garden workers, instead of the construction of a Shramik Bhavan in Siliguri Vivek Chhetri, Darjeeling: Fo... Read more
Anit Thapa, who had assumed office as the chief executive of the GTA on July 14, placed the Gorkhaland resolution at the 50-member House Vivek Chhetri, Darjeeling: The first meeting of the n... Read more
A meeting was held with the stakeholders of the seafood export sector in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday West Bengal News Desk: The Kolkata port is looking to tap into seafood export opportunities... Read more
It is alleged that records were manipulated to favour candidates in the appointment of teachers West Bengal News Desk: The CBI on Thursday conducted searches at six locations in Delhi and Ko... Read more
Since the pandemic broke out in 2020, the state has recorded 21,09,448 cases, of which 20,86,093 have made full recoveries West Bengal News Desk: West Bengal on Monday reported 117 new Covid... Read more
Appointment orders elude youths, Mamata ticks off senior officials Sanat Kumar Sinha, Calcutta: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday publicly rebuked senior bureaucrats at a programme to... Read more
With a focus on development, political parties highlight their sincerity to work for the longstanding demand for a separate state West Bengal News Desk: Prominent political forces in the hil... Read more
The agency sleuths conducted searches at three houses of the TMC leader in Asansol and one in Lake Gardens area of Calcutta West Bengal Desk: The CBI is conducting searches at the premises o... Read more
Every part of my body was injured because I didn’t strike deal with Left Front during 34-year rule: CM Meghdeep Bhattacharyya, Calcutta: Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said she had met Narendr... Read more
Thursday’s roadshow was a testament to the spirit of inclusiveness that makes Durga Puja more a social festival than a religious ritual Debraj Mitra, Calcutta: A carnival of colours — with a... Read more
Since the pandemic broke out in 2020, the state logged 21,05,787 cases, of which 20,81,100 recovered and 21,451 died so far West Bengal Desk: West Bengal on Thursday logged 252 new Covid-19... Read more
The Mamata Banerjee government has awarded many intellectuals West Bengal News Desk: BJP national vice-president Dilip Ghosh has criticised the “erudite class” and intellectuals... Read more
Partition scholar Rituparna Roy is spearheading the Calcutta Partition Museum Project Soumyajit Majumder, Calcutta: Come next week, Calcutta will get a Partition museum, albeit a virtual one... Read more