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Release Bengal’s funds or step down: Mamata Banerjee tells Centre
Updated on Dec 10, 2023 07:32 PM IST
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said she will be in Delhi with TMC MPs on December 18, 19 and 20 and that she has sought time from Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a meeting
‘Could’ve offered social schemes to more people': Bengal CM on MGNREGA ‘dues’
The CM claimed that West Bengal's dues are pending on various accounts, including MGNREGA, housing, and the state's share of GST collection.
Published on Dec 10, 2023 04:45 PM IST
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Woman tonsures head as protest by job aspirants enters 1,000th day in Kolkata
A few thousand candidates, who cleared the State-Level Selection Test conducted by the West Bengal Central School Service Commission in 2016 but didn’t get the job allegedly due to recruitment scam in the state, have been protesting in central Kolkata since March 2021
Published on Dec 10, 2023 01:20 PM IST
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee seeks time from PM Modi for meeting
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee alleged that the Centre is not releasing funds in multiple schemes and the state’s share of GST
Published on Dec 09, 2023 06:38 PM IST
Salary revision, land rights among sops Mamata Banerjee announces for Darjeeling
Focusing on employment opportunities, the chief minister said, “We want to have IT sector industries in Darjeeling and Kalimpong. We will give a loan of Rs.5 lakh each to 200,000 young people to start their own businesses. You can set up hotels and shops. We want peace in the hills
Published on Dec 08, 2023 07:03 PM IST
Bengal govt-run hospital orders probe after 10 babies die within 24 hours
Preliminary investigation suggests that in most cases, the underlying cause was malnutrition and very low birth weight, the hospital and medical college principal said
Published on Dec 08, 2023 06:07 PM IST
Bengal job scam suspect complains of chest pain, shifted to ICCU before ED date
Sujaykrishna Bhadra was arrested by the federal agency on May 30 and was admitted to the general ward of Kolkata’s SSKM hospital while in judicial custody
Updated on Dec 08, 2023 03:04 PM IST
West Bengal to get two new Doppler radars to monitor extreme weather conditions
The C-Band radar, which would be installed at Malda in north Bengal, would have a range of 350 – 400 km. It would be able to take imagery of entire West Bengal, most parts of Bihar and almost entire Bangladesh
Published on Dec 07, 2023 05:44 PM IST
Odisha: Fire breaks out in Howrah-bound Jan Shatabdi Express; no one hurt
The train was on its way to Howrah from Bhubaneswar when the blaze was spotted beneath a coach around 6.30 am at Cuttack station
Published on Dec 07, 2023 10:08 AM IST
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Controversial Visva Bharati plaques with names of Modi, ex-VC removed
The omission of Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, who founded Visva Bharati in 1921, from the plaques triggered an uproar in October
Updated on Dec 07, 2023 08:47 AM IST
Mamata Banerjee targets Centre over fake MGNREGA job cards in BJP-ruled states
On Tuesday, Union minister of state for rural development, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, informed the Parliament through a written reply that in Uttar Pradesh, 67,937 and 296,000 fake MNREGA job cards were cancelled in 2021-22 and 2022-23, respectively
Published on Dec 06, 2023 08:18 PM IST
WB higher education minister’s statement on school vacancies fuels controversy
More than 55,000 posts of school teachers are lying vacant in West Bengal, state education minister Bratya Basu said
Published on Dec 06, 2023 04:58 PM IST
BJP lodges police complaints against TMC legislators for insulting Modi, Shah
In a post on X on Tuesday, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendu Adhikari hit out at TMC leaders for trying to smear Modi and Shah’s reputation
Published on Dec 06, 2023 09:54 AM IST
Kolkata declared safest city in India for third consecutive year: NCRB report
According to the NCRB report, Kolkata registered 103.4 cases of cognisable crimes per lakh people in 2021, which dropped to 86.5 this year.
Published on Dec 05, 2023 03:30 PM IST
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West Bengal: Calcutta HC issues interim stay on police notices sent to BJP MLAs
The Kolkata Police on November 29 registered an FIR against 11 BJP legislators for allegedly insulting the National Anthem inside West Bengal assembly premises
Published on Dec 05, 2023 02:57 PM IST
West Bengal CID arrests one person in AIIMS appointment case
The suspect, Somnath Biswas, was arrested from Naida and produced before a local court that remanded him to CID custody for two weeks
Published on Dec 05, 2023 08:41 AM IST
Mamata Banerjee downplays BJP’s victory, says Congress made mistakes
Mamata Banerjee said if seat sharing among INDIA coalition partners is done properly then the BJP stands no chance in the Lok Sabha elections
Published on Dec 04, 2023 08:29 PM IST
WB: Engine of Radhikapur Express derails after hitting a truck; no casualties
Even though the engine caught fire because of the impact, there were no reports of any injuries or casualties, railway officials said
Published on Dec 04, 2023 10:08 AM IST
INDIA partners not responsible for Congress’ loss, BJP copied Bengal model: TMC
TMC leader Kunal Ghosh said the INDIA group will be acceptable to people if it projects Mamata Banerjee’s welfare model in 2024 Lok Sabha polls
Published on Dec 03, 2023 07:20 PM IST
Kolkata: Museum of Space Science to allow public visits from Sunday
A single ticket for the museum visit has been priced at ₹100. Schools buying 100 tickets will get a discount of ₹20 for each ticket.
Published on Dec 02, 2023 09:13 PM IST
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Santiniketan’s annual fair started by Tagore’s father to resume after 3 years
Visva-Bharati’s former vice-chancellor Bidyut Chakrabarty had stopped the fair in 2020 citing overcrowding, pollution and misuse of campus land by artisans and local traders who set up stalls
Published on Dec 02, 2023 02:43 PM IST
WB recruitment scam: CBI raids premises of TMC MLA, councillors; cash seized
The TMC leaders claimed they were neither linked to the scam nor played any role in the recruitment of school staff, which is being probed by the two central agencies – the CBI and the ED
Published on Nov 30, 2023 08:25 PM IST
Make Modi ji say he became PM because of Bengal: Amit Shah at Kolkata rally
In April this year, Amit Shah had set a target of winning 35 of Bengal’s 42 Lok Sabha seats. On Wednesday, he did not mention the figure
Updated on Nov 29, 2023 09:37 PM IST
Kolkata woman falls to death from terrace while trying to rescue pet kitten
A maid working in one of the flats of the adjacent building on the same campus saw the woman trying to rescue her pet cat and falling down from the terrace
Updated on Nov 28, 2023 06:29 PM IST
Darjeeling to reimpose tourist tax after more than a decade
The tourist tax was stopped by the Darjeeling Municipality more than a decade ago as the process was cumbersome and most hotels did not cooperate.
Updated on Nov 28, 2023 01:40 PM IST
Adani Group's port building project ‘very much on track’: Bengal minister
Speculation was abuzz after CM Banerjee said that a tender would be launched for the development of the Tajpur deep sea port.
Published on Nov 28, 2023 02:51 AM IST
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Three elephants mowed down by goods train in Bengal district: Officials
The train, which was travelling from Guwahati to Siliguri, hit the elephants near Sikhari Gate located between Kalchini and Rajabhatkhawa stations in Alipurduar
Updated on Nov 27, 2023 03:41 PM IST
CAA rules will be framed by March 30, 2024: Union minister announces in Bengal
Union minister of state for home affairs, Ajay Kumar Mishra announced the decision at in West Bengal while attending a festival of the Dalit Matua community that has been demanding CAA
Published on Nov 27, 2023 06:42 AM IST
Bengal govt working with Adani to build deep-sea port, TMC minister clarifies
West Bengal industry minister Shashi Panja dismissed the claims by the BJP leaders that the Adanis have withdrawn from the deep-sea port project at Tajpur
Published on Nov 26, 2023 09:07 PM IST
TMC leader’s remark on including Bangladeshis in voter list sparks furore
Ratna Biswas, a local TMC leader in in North 24 Parganas reportedly made the remarks at a program organised by the party to celebrate the birthday of party MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar
Published on Nov 26, 2023 02:44 PM IST
