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.
A murder complaint was lodged on Thursday at the Rajbari police outpost in Nazat in connection with the fatal crash that killed the younger son of key witness Bholanath Ghosh and the driver of his private car.
It was one of the major meetings of the NDA after its massive win in the Bihar Assembly elections. According to sources, the discussions in the meeting included preparatory strategies for the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Assam, with coalition partners likely to fine-tune their approaches ahead of crucial state assembly polls.
The Election Commission of India has revised the timeline for the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, shifting the date of final publication from the earlier schedule to February 14, 2026.
Several eligible voters among the tribal families in Bankura and Purulia are still reluctant to fill up and submit enumeration forms under the influence of 'Majhi Sarkar' leaders, despite the recent arrest of three of them in the region, and the efforts of the local administrations to win their faith in the national democratic process.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday evening said that the sacred land of Bengal should be blessed with peace and harmony through the unity of all faiths.
