If all goes as planned, Prime Minister Narendra Modi could give a green signal to at least three railway projects in West Bengal during his two-day visit to the state on 20 and 21 June.
The chief minister explained the rationale behind the exercise, saying while some wards have over 40,000 to 50,000 voters, the electorate count in some other wards is only around 8,000 to 10,000.
The Institute of Engineering & Management (IEM), Kolkata, and the University of Engineering & Management (UEM), in association with SMART Society USA, successfully concluded the 2026 edition of their flagship Study Abroad Program (SAP), International Internship Initiative, and the Smart Edge & Neuromorphic Systems Conference (SENSE-SG 2026) in Singapore.
The police had issued a third notice against Biswas requiring him to appear at the police station within 48 hours. Biswas had skipped the earlier two summons issued against him in connection with the 'Messi fiasco'.
The Asansol Dakshin MLA expressed suspicion about the timing of this entire political development within the TMC camp.
Six Peregrine falcons, including two juveniles, were rescued today by forest officials from the possession of a trafficker at the Banskopa toll plaza near Panagarh on Thursday.
Emerging trade opportunities between the United Kingdom and India after the signing in July of the Comprehensive Economic & Free Trade Agreement were explored at a high-level interaction today, organised by the Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO).
Darjeeling MP Raju Bista, accompanied by Siliguri MLA Dr Shankar Ghosh, called on Union minister of railways Ashwini Vaishnaw in New Delhi on Wednesday.
A district-level review meeting on drinking water supply was held under the chairmanship of Hooghly District Magistrate Khurshid Ali Qadri.
In a sweeping pre-poll push to upgrade West Bengal’s road infrastructure, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday inaugurated an unprecedented 20,000 km of road construction and upgradation works under the fourth phase of the Pathashree and Rastashree schemes, remotely launching what officials describe as one of the state’s largest infrastructure drives in recent years.
