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’.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath took cognizance of the lathicharge on the protesting Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) students in Barabanki district and ordered the removal of several policemen on Tuesday.
A Bengali film, Ahana (The Light Within), which will have its special screening on Wednesday, is about breaking taboos. One such issue the film deals with is male infertility and its impact on society.
Shramshree scheme portal, an online platform for registration of migrant workers in the state, as announced by chief minister Mamata Banerjee became operational from today after it was formally launched by the state labour minister Moloy Ghatak.
A grim reality is unfolding in Assam and West Bengal’s tea industry as plummeting auction prices, weak demand, rising imports, and mounting export challenges threaten the sustainability of one of India’s oldest sectors.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi warned the BJP of a looming “hydrogen bomb” expose during his Bihar rally, drawing ridicule from BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad who mocked his remarks as confusing and irresponsible.
