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.
Light follows darkness. After the 15-year long TMC era ~ most certainly a dark period in the socio-economic and political history of Bengal, people are now hoping for rejuvenation of a state that has fallen beyond the depth of anarchy and despair.
In a major push to strengthen electoral preparedness ahead of upcoming state assembly elections, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has conducted extensive training and review exercises for election officials in West Bengal and Assam, underscoring its focus on ensuring violence-free, transparent and technology-enabled polling processes, the poll panel said in a press note on Wednesday.
Most jute mills in Hooghly district have shut down, citing a shortage of raw jute and a lack of adequate work orders.
With the election bugle sounding across Bengal, a murder in South 24-Parganas has triggered sharp political reactions, even as police point to a possible personal motive behind the crime.
With the arrival of spring, the heartland of Bengal welcomes Goddess Basanti or Annapurna, with open arms, reigniting hope in every heart.
A Bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipul M Pancholi found no infirmity in the High Court’s order and observed that the State’s stand reflected an obstinate attitude aimed at delaying and stalling the project.
