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Sent names of 250,000 Bengal farmers to Centre for PM Kisan scheme: Mamata

The move comes a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed the TMC dispensation for not implementing central schemes in West Bengal

Cops halt BJP's Parivartan Yatra in Bengal's Murshidabad for 'route breach'

BJP's 'Parivartan Yatra' was temporarily stopped from moving ahead in West Bengal's Murshidabad district as "members of the saffron camp, took a route that had a few sensitive pockets"

Mamata Banerjee likely to skip PM Narendra Modi's event in West Bengal

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee is unlikely to attend PM Modi's scheduled programme at Haldia in Purba Medinipore district on Sunday evening, a top official at the state secretariat said

PM to lay foundation stone of key infrastructure projects in WB tomorrow

Modi will lay the foundation stone of key infrastructure projects in Haldia, West Bengal on Sunday at 4

West Bengal govt effects police reshuffle before assembly polls

The West Bengal government on Saturday appointed Soumen Mitra as the new commissioner of Kolkata Police

Bengal govt likely to reshuffle top police officials before assembly poll

With the assembly election round the corner, the West Bengal government is likely to name Soumen Mitra as the new commissioner of Kolkata Police, a state government official said on Friday

Modi to visit Bengal, Assam on Sunday to dedicate development projects

Modi will be in Bengal and Assam on Sunday for inaugurating and laying the foundation stone of several development projects

Lack of industry in Nandigram may return to haunt Mamata Banerjee

Nandigram, 126 km south of Kolkata, is Banerjee's once trusted lieutenant turned biggest challenger Suvendu Adhikari's bastion

West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination to be held on July 11

WBJEE will be held on July 11 this year

WB Congress seeks AICC nod for formal dialogue with Siddiqui for alliance

Congress in poll-bound West Bengal on Thursday sought AICC's nod to initiate formal dialogue with the newly formed Indian Secular Front (ISF) of Pirzada Abbas Siddiqui for a grand alliance

Highest ever allocation for WB in rail budget: Union Minister Piyush Goyal

Poll-bound West Bengal got an allocation of Rs 6,636 crore

University campuses not to reopen immediately in Bengal: Education minister

Colleges and universities in West Bengal, closed since mid-March due to the Covid-19 outbreak, will not reopen campuses immediately, Education Minister Partha Chatterjee said on Wednesday.

Money pumped into infra, health, agriculture; Bengal Inc hails Budget 2021

Bengal Inc on Monday hailed the Union budget saying that it has prioritised spending on growth and instilled faith that dawn is going to emerge on the Indian economy which is still in the darkness caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. It is a "sensitive budget" which has proposed to put money into healthcare, sanitation, infrastructure and agriculture, city-based industrialists said. "In terms of the proposed investments in the social sector and infrastructure sector, the budget has, indeed, instilled faith that dawn is going to emerge on the Indian economy, while we are still in darkness that was caused by the pandemic," Bharat Chamber of Commerce president Ramesh Kumar Saraogi said. The government has prioritised spending on growth at this stage in the hope that such growth would help manage the fiscal deficit subsequently, Bandhan Bank MD & CEO Chandra Sekhar Ghosh said. "Overall, it was a growth-centric Budget aimed at securing India's long-term economic interest," ..

West Bengal's Covid-19 death toll jumps to 10,164, over 240,000 inoculated

The Covid-19 toll of West Bengal climbed to 10,164 on Saturday after nine more fatalities were reported

West Bengal polls 2021: Rajib Banerjee, other former TMC leaders join BJP

Rajib Banerjee joined the BJP in the national capital along with a few other leaders of the state's ruling party after meeting senior BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah

West Bengal assembly polls should be violence-free, says governor

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his death anniversary

Amit Shah on two-day visit to Bengal, to oversee BJP's poll preparedness

Shah will arrive in Kolkata tonight on a two-day visit beginning on Saturday

Microfinance loan waiver talks in Assam, West Bengal may impact MFIs

Microfinance loan waiver talks in Assam and West Bengal have the potential to damage long-term prospects of the sector and affect repayment discipline of microfinance borrowers, says a report.

Bengal becomes sixth state to pass resolution against new farm laws

The West Bengal on Thursday became the sixth state to pass a resolution against the three contentious farm laws enacted by the Centre

Bengal private bus operators call off 3-day strike against fuel price rise

Private bus owners organisations had called the strike demanding lowering of diesel prices and an increase in fares