Best left in the drawer?
A government report that spends more than a decade in a drawer tells a story regardless of what is written on its pages.
A government report that spends more than a decade in a drawer tells a story regardless of what is written on its pages.
The second day of the 60th Garment Buyers & Sellers Meet & B2B Expo, organised by the West Bengal Garment Manufacturers & Dealers Association (WBGMDA) at Science City, witnessed an overwhelming response from buyers, retailers, distributors, wholesalers, and industry stakeholders from across India and overseas.
Political history is too important to be left either to political memory or to political mythology. Its first obligation is historical explanation.
In O. Henry’s The Last Leaf, ailing Johnsy clings to life because one painted leaf refuses to fall. Such is the power of optimism; it does not need to be certain to be effective.
Having studied, in the sixties, at two of Bengal’s iconic institutions, and having observed the paths these have traversed, some thoughts crossed my mind for consideration of the new government.
TMC and Congress MPs held a protest in Parliament on Tuesday against the Union government for allegedly stoppping MNREGA funds to West Bengal.
The Hindi-speaking Hindu voters and even some Bengali-speaking voters from the backward communities are being targeted by the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal in 'close association' with some officials in the state administration, Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly Suvendu Adhikari told the mediapersons on Monday.
Siliguri residents have been witnessing the people outreach programmes initiated by both the Trinamul Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) since Saturday.
A huge number of fake voter ID cards, packed in several sacks was recovered in the Krishna Kalitala area under the Santipur police station in Nadia district today, triggering fresh political turmoil in the state.
Bengal is yet to wake up to the dangers of chronic kidney disease (CKD), which has deteriorated further due to desperate compromises in lifestyle and some hazardous work environments, claimed nephrologists ahead of World Kidney Day.
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