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".
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 All India Matua Mahasangha, led by Union minister and BJP MP Shantanu Thakur, on Saturday organised a training camp in Thakurnagar, North 24-Parganas, today to educate members on applying for citizenship under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and navigating the state’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
A portion of national highway-10 — the crucial lifeline linking Siliguri with Sikkim — caved in early Saturday at the Ganesh Jhora area near 29th Mile, following continuous erosion of the Teesta river’s right bank.
Staff members actively participated in the blood donation drive, contributing to the noble cause.
The mother of the RG Kar victim doctor was admitted to a premier private hospital along the EM Bypass after she was injured when police allegedly resorted to lathi charge during march to Nabanna.
The ruling Trinamul Congress has blamed the unrest on the streets today and the problem commuters faced while out on work or people celebrating Raksha Bandhan.
