On June 18, Aroop Biswas was spotted arriving at the Bidhannagar (South) Police Station in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal to face questioning in the case.
BJP leader Dilip Ghosh has accused Mamata Banerjee of encouraging roadside encroachments after she joined a protest against alleged hawker evictions in Kolkata.
With a deep fiscal scar left by the previous regime, the state transport department is exploring options to stay afloat and bring the financial accounts to positive at the earliest.
The demonstration at Esplanade, the first after the party was hit by the massive political storm, saw a large number of supporters and hawkers joining the march.
In the first meeting between the Department of Tourism and various tourism industry associations, state Tourism Minister Shankar Ghosh said the government has a "vision to transform Bengal into a global destination".
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) on Friday launched “PNG Drive 2.0” in Siliguri to promote the adoption of Piped Natural Gas (PNG) and Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) across Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri and Uttar Dinajpur districts.
The closing ceremony of the 2nd All India Police Handball Cluster 2025-26, organised by the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), was held on Friday at the Frontier Headquarters, SSB, Siliguri, marking the successful conclusion of a prestigious national-level sporting event from 19 to 23 January.
In Bengali culture, the first act of writing is not merely a family event; it is a sacred rite, observed on the day of Saraswati Puja.
The state government would table its Interim Budget on 2 February, for which the Assembly session would get underway on 31 January.
The state government will provide Rs 10 crore to the Publishers and Booksellers Guild to set up Boi Tirtha to commemorate the golden jubilee of the Kolkata International Book Fair (KIBF), Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced today.
