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".
West Bengal tourism minister Shankar Ghosh said a final decision on organising the Durga Puja Carnival in 2026 would be taken after a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari.
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) councillor from 108 ward who faces charges of extortion was held by cops from the Anandapur police station.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday deferred by another two weeks the hearing on the return of Danish Sheikh and three others.
On a day that witnessed conflicts over SIR hearings and submission of Form 7 between voters, party supporters and BLOs mostly at district administrative offices through the state, chaos erupted in East Burdwan as well when Trinamul Congress and BJP cadres engaged in a scuffle today at the Kalna Sub-Divisional Magistrate's office complex in the presence of the police.
Themed "Vande Mataram and the Struggle for Independence", finally a tableau from Bengal passed for the Republic Day parade in Delhi.
Almost all political parties opposed to the BJP on Monday launched coordinated protest agitations across North Bengal—from Cooch Behar to Malda ~ alleging harassment of voters during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in the name of hearings.
The Election Commission’s extended deadline for filing applications and objections to the draft electoral roll in West Bengal will end on Monday, bringing the complaint and claim phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) to a close.
