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.
Shaking hands with a certain Salil Chowdhury and donating a small sum for his charity event became one of the most cherished moments of my life…later. I was a kid then and did not realise whom I was sharing the stage with.
The fourth season of Best Face Best Dress was celebrated with a cheerful evening at the Rotary Sadan, on 14 November, 2025.
Enforcement Directorate personnel conducted raids at 44 locations in Bengal and Jharkhand on Friday and Saturday and recovered unaccounted cash totalling Rs 14 crores and substantial quantities of gold jewellery, along with 120 property deeds from offices and premises of persons connected with the coal smuggling racket, an official statement released last night said.
At a time when artificial intelligence has opened up a new era in research, data collection and analysis, the growing incidence of cyber security breaches needs urgent scrutiny, especially in matters related to databases connected with business operations, data science experts have observed.
The forest department has finally managed to capture an adult Indian striped hyena from a house in Salanpur after an 18-hour-long chase.
