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Bangladesh is not unlike India and it would not be easy for most people to be able to tell Bangladesh apart from West Bengal

Gujarat replaces West Bengal as top governing state in 2019, says study

Delhi is ranked fifth on the parameter of health, one of its main claims of governance

West Bengal sets IT export target of Rs 40,000 crore for next 3 years

In 2018-19 exports from the state's IT sector was Rs 22,897 crore as compared to Rs 8356 crore in 2010-11, said the state IT Minister

Bengal developers fear missing real estate sops with state bypassing RERA

Bengal govt enacted own version of RERA, the West Bengal Housing Industry Regulation Act in 2017, the only state to do so, and Housing Industry Regulatory Authority came into effect on June 1, 2018

Arrows of Arjuna in Mahabharata had atomic power, claims Bengal governor

Arrows of Mahabharata's Arjuna had atomic power, claims Bengal Governor

Homestays growing at 30% CAGR, foreign tourist arrival up by 2.57%: WB govt

Tourism minister Gautam Deb focused on the tourism and homestay policies and said that there are around 3000 homestays in north Bengal

Those damaging public property will be shot: West Bengal BJP president

Addressing a public meeting in West Bengal's Nadia district, Ghosh came down heavily on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

Letter to BS: Mamata has a wider strategy to capture the anti-BJP space

Since the compulsion of state politics is at times at variance with the national narrative needs to be interpreted as her wider political strategy

CAA exposed Pakistan, youth being misguided: PM Narendra Modi

Mamata govt is not implementing central schemes as they do not help syndicates or involve cut money: PM

Mamata to skip oppn meet; cites violence by Left, Cong during strike in WB

Banerjee said "double standards" of the Left Front and Congress will not be tolerated.

Mamata's appeasement policy affecting state's social harmony: K N Tripathi

He said that Banerjee has the vision and power to implement her decisions but needs to keep a check on her sentiments and exercise restraint

Cannot be bullied, violence must stop: Supreme Court on CAA, NRC protests

Citizenship Law and NRC can be enforced in West Bengal only over my dead body: Mamata

Bengal governor says ready to talk with CM Mamata amid tussle with govt

Speaker Biman Banerjee who was present in the House could not come down to receive him, as he was attending a Business Advisory (BA) committee meeting.

New twist in Singur tale, panel to soon decide on arbitration in dispute

Between 2017 and March 2019, issues of maintainability of the arbitration clause and selection of nominees dominated the high court proceedings.

Cyclone Bulbul: Mamata conducts aerial survey, pegs loss at Rs 50,000 cr

The CM gave assurances to rebuild damaged houses under her government's 'Banglar Bari' scheme.

Letter to BS: Rename West Bengal demand is old wine in new bottle

In 2016, it was reportedly proposed to rename the state as Bengal in English, Bangla in Bengali and Bangal in Hindi but Centre turned it down

Bharat Bandh: Trade union activists block roads, railway tracks in Bengal

Heavy police deployment was seen in several areas of the city, including in Tollygunge, Behala, Esplanade and Jadavpur

SC upholds constitutionality of Bengal's Madrasah Service Commission Act

The top court also upheld the appointment of teachers made by commission constituted under the Act.

Owner of Bengal firework unit where explosion killed 4 persons arrested

Noor Hossain, owner of the factory, has been arrested from Amdanga area in the district on Friday night

West Bengal minister Siddiqullah Chowdhury says Bangladesh denied him visa

The state's library service minister said he will cancel his ticket for Bangladesh on Thursday morning