Political, industry leaders welcome Metro surveys for Asansol and Durgapur
Finance minister Swapan Dasgupta yesterday announced surveys for proposed Metro rail projects in three cities of the state ~ Asansol, Durgapur and Siliguri.
Finance minister Swapan Dasgupta yesterday announced surveys for proposed Metro rail projects in three cities of the state ~ Asansol, Durgapur and Siliguri.
Durgapur has five industrial estates managed by the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation accommodating many private factories, but no electronics equipment manufacturing plant as yet.
Hundreds of BJP supporters gathered outside a party office in Durgapur after TMC block president Rajib Ghosh reportedly arrived there late at night.
BJP MLA Chandrashekhar Banerjee alleges 18 Durgapur parking zones were secretly handed to a TMC-linked INTTUC leader through women's SHGs as fronts. ADDA forms probe panel; report expected next month.
The construction of the new Durgapur Sub-Divisional Court building has run into controversy, with the BJP alleging corruption by a former minister, besides, against the chief of a statutory urban development body today.
According to the West Bengal police, the student of a private medical college in Durgapur, West Burdwan district, had stepped out of the campus with a male friend for an evening snack around 8.30 pm on Friday night when a group of young men on motorcycles began stalking them and making lewd comments.
The upper dams have reduced their discharges substantially, but the discharge level at the Durgapur Barrage has not shown any significant decline today.
The Shankaracharya of Puri, Swami Nischalananda Saraswati, is scheduled to visit the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Durgapur for a two-day official programme, which has already stirred significant political debate.
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.
Icons like Sonam Wangchuk, Arup Raha and Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty graced the concluding event of the silver jubilee of Dr B C Roy Engineering College, Durgapur.
