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.
The Damodar Valley Corporation dams have scaled down combined discharge to 45,000 cusec this evening after their catchment areas recorded zero precipitation since yesterday.
At least 13 people have died in landslides in the North Bengal hills, following continuous overnight rain, causing widespread severe disruptions, said officials on Sunday.
At the beginning of the current week, when the four-day Durga Puja started with Maha Saptanmi, the common Bengali women greeted Maa Durga as a “goddess”, coming to the earth to destroy the evil spirits.
On Thursday, on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti, she remained conspicuous with her emphasis on the maintenance of communal harmony in West Bengal.
A crucial meeting of the different allies of CPI(M)-led Left Front in West Bengal is expected to take place after the ongoing festive season on seat-sharing arrangement with Congress and All India Secular Front (AISF) ahead of the assembly elections.
