BJP MP Raju Bista said the state budget focuses on employment generation, women's empowerment, education, healthcare and regional development despite inheriting a substantial debt burden.
Tourism stakeholders emphasised that effective implementation, skill development and improved connectivity will be crucial to translating the vision into sustainable growth and employment, particularly in North Bengal.
The announcements span almost every district, from Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Jalpaiguri and Alipurduar to Cooch Behar, Uttar Dinajpur, Dakshin Dinajpur and Malda, reflecting a strategy aimed at balanced regional development.
P.K. Bhattacharjee, Secretary General of the Tea Association of India (TAI), said the state Budget reflects the government’s intent to support an industry facing severe economic pressures.
The government also announced a Rs 50 crore Chief Minister's Science and Technology Talent Attraction Fund to encourage global talent and strengthen the state's deep-tech startup ecosystem.
Lakhs of devotees from across West Bengal and neighbouring states participate in the annual Shravani Mela, collecting holy Ganga water from 14 river ghats in Baidyabati. They then walk over 30 kilometres on foot to the Tarkeswar Shiva temple to offer prayers and the sacred water.
Thieves looted cash, gold and diamond ornaments amounting around Rs 1.25 crore from a house, hardly 300 metres away from the Ultadanga police station area on Tuesday.
After nearly a decade of delay, the Centre has finally stepped in to fast-track the long-overdue fencing along the highly vulnerable stretches of the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal’s Nadia district.
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation along with city police today carried out a drive to clear stretches of pavements and spaces under flyovers by removing and rehabilitating vagabonds and footpath dwellers living at major thoroughfares.
Trinamool Congress MP Saket Gokhale on Tuesday issued a public apology to former diplomat Lakshmi Puri, wife of Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, for making defamatory tweets about her purchase of property abroad in 2021.
