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Eco-friendly ways blend with Puja themes

A few Durga Puja Committees have taken the pledge to have environmentally friendly products as they start apreparations for the annual event. One of them, Railpukur United Club, has decided to shun PVC and flex for banners. Instead, they are relying on jute and cloth ones to spread the message across.

Govt appoints Indranil Sen as WBTDC head

In an abrupt development, the state government appointed Indranil Sen, minister of state for information and cultural affairs (I&CA), as the chairperson of the West Bengal Tourism Development Corporation (WBTDC). The move necessitated the removal of senior IAS officer Nandini Chakraborty.

KP team visits Bhangar, meets local officials

day after chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who holds the home portfolio, asked Kolkata Police (KP) to bring Bhangar within the jurisdiction of South 24-Parganas, a team from Lalbazar visited several areas in the violencehit block on Thursday.

Nabanna draws up dengue roadmap

Rattled by reports of dengue, a mosquitoborne viral fever restricted mainly in urban areas spreading its network in rural Bengal, state chief secretary HK Dwivedi held a meeting with the health department officials, including its principal secretary Narayan Swaroop Nigam and public health experts on