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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.

Union law minister highlights Bengal’s vast industrial potential

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.

Rethinking History ~ I

Political history is too important to be left either to political memory or to political mythology. Its first obligation is historical explanation.

Bengal’s chance to plant a new tree

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.

A tale of two institutions

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.

CM dials Hemant Soren, urges to slow water discharge

As the rivers of Jharkhand are swelling due to torrential rainfall in the upper catchment areas of the Chhotanagpur Plateau since the past few days, the authorities there have been discharging water from Maithon

Trinamul hits out at Nirmala Sitharaman

After the Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s reaction against the walkout by Bengal Chief minister Mamata Banerjee from the Niti Ayog meeting in Delhi