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.
Every person in India should be allowed to practice his own religion without any fear, said Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee this afternoon.
A private carrier resumed direct commercial passenger flights to China, connecting Kolkata to Guangzhou with daily nonstop flights, following recent diplomatic initiatives. IndiGo took off from the airport with 176 passengers, an official said.
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has thrown its full support behind the Mahagathbandhan in Bihar, with the party’s central leadership preparing for a major campaign drive ahead of the first phase of Assembly polls next week.
The price of red hibiscus, an essential commodity for the rituals of the Kali Puja festival, has shot up almost five times in the retail markets of Kolkata on Monday, when the auspicious occasion coincides with Diwali.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED), probing the multi-crore fake passport racket in West Bengal, is trying to trace the whereabouts of seven suspected Pakistani nationals who allegedly obtained fake Indian passports through the racket.
