West Bengal’s budget bets on infra push, welfare, jobs and fiscal repair
The BJP-led West Bengal government and journalist-turned-politician Swapan Dasgupta’s maiden budget attempts an ambitious political and economic balancing act.
The BJP-led West Bengal government and journalist-turned-politician Swapan Dasgupta’s maiden budget attempts an ambitious political and economic balancing act.
Punjab Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring on Sunday jibed at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Nitin Nabin for selling the alleged bogus dreams of recreating the Maharaja Ranjit Singh era in Punjab.
Stepping up his attack on the BJP-led Odisha government, Leader of the Opposition and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik on Friday accused it of failing the state's most vulnerable citizens over the non-disbursal of social security pensions to nearly 18 lakh beneficiaries for the last three months, and urged Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi to ensure immediate release of the pending payments.
The BJP on Friday accused the Congress of being responsible for the declining relevance of the INDIA bloc, claiming that the alliance is facing an existential crisis due to the opposition party’s “opportunistic and self-serving politics”.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), under Asansol organisation district of Rahr Bangla, has officially unveiled two new, futuristic state-of-the-art party offices in Durgapur city in West Burdwan district on Thursday named as ‘Janatar Karyalay’.
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav also reacted to the post, saying that if any objectionable comment has been made about Bihar, then an apology must be issued.
The row erupted on Tuesday when Basu, speaking during a debate on alleged attacks on Bengalis in BJP-ruled states, recalled incidents where he said the Army dismantled protest sites in West Bengal.
Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien on Friday expressed concerns about the impact of cess on federalism, stating that it is "slitting the throat of federalism."
Fire broke out at the house of a physician that was locked from outside in the third-floor of an integrated health city compound in Durgapur today.
Darjeeling MP Raju Bista on Thursday held a review meeting with senior officials of the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL), who are in the region to conduct a detailed survey of NH-10 and chalk out solutions to its recurring problems.
