Tag: Kolkata
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West Bengal likely to exceed overall CGST collection for the entire fiscal: Official
The overall CGST collection for the entire fiscal from the state is expected to exceed the Rs 18,000-crore target for the financial year ending March 2019.
February 16, 2019 -
People should have the freedom to write books we disagree with: Shashi Tharoor
In interview to The Statesman, MP Shashi Tharoor says the current regime has proved to be bad for both hard and soft power
February 10, 2019 -
Trinamool Congress MLA Satyajit Biwsas shot dead, party accuses BJP
Biswas was fatally shot while attending the puja inauguration programme in Phulbari.
February 10, 2019 -
Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar summoned by CBI for questioning on February 9
The move comes a day after the CBI chief Rishi Kumar Shukla posted 10 of its officials temporarily in Kolkata.
February 7, 2019 -
On why books are important
Whether the weather is fine or not, a book remains with you all the time because it only gives but demands nothing in return.
February 7, 2019 -
Was Mamata tipped off on raid?
The tip-off that Mamata got indicates that sections of the bureaucracy seem to be wavering in their loyalty to the current regime.
February 6, 2019 -
BJP office vandalised in Kolkata, party blames ‘TMC goons’
Ruling Trinamool denies allegations, says it was BJP workers who beat up TMC men
February 5, 2019 -
In public service…
A public sector undertaking has no ultimate, permanent management whose shoe pinches, if not bites, in the event of a loss. All sick units should be sold and if not saleable, should be closed.
February 2, 2019 -
From Poila Boishakh, book a Kolkata taxi on app
The Bengal Taxi Union has taken the decision after multiple complaints of drivers refusing to go by meter rates
January 31, 2019 -
Kolkata Book Fair: A look at over 4-decade history of Boi Mela
The first Boi Mela was organised in 1976, after two years of planning and a year after forming the Publishers & Booksellers Guild, which continues to organise the event
January 31, 2019 -
Morcha dumps BJP
Political equations are bound to change in the four Lok Sabha constituencies of North Bengal as the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) has let it known that it will sever its decade-long association with the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance.
January 28, 2019 -
Crimes against women and children have gone up: Ruskin Bond
Digital era to some extent has robbed the children of their innocence and drew them apart from nature, says the writer famous for his writings for children
January 25, 2019 -
Ominous rhetoric
The signals are clear, it is likely to be a bitter and vicious next few months and every effort will be made to snuff out those who think “differently”.
January 22, 2019 -
PM Modi calls ‘grand alliance’ a coalition of dynasts, corruption
In a video address to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) booth level workers in Goa, the PM slammed the ‘mahagathbandhan’ and said that it is a “coalition of dynasts, corruption, inefficiency and inequality".
January 20, 2019 -
I prevented them from looting public money so they formed Mahagathbandhan, Modi on Opposition’s Kolkata rally
"Those who crushed democracy in their own state are now preaching about saving the democracy. It's truly ironical," said Modi in a veiled attack on Mamata Banerjee.
January 19, 2019 -
Mega anti-BJP rally in Kolkata | All eyes on Mamata Banerjee; top opposition leaders present
Months ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the rally is an attempt by the anti-BJP forces to show a united stand and build a consensus
January 19, 2019 -
Bishnupur — when myth transcends history
No tourist can leave Bishnupur without a visit to the Madanmohan Temple for it is still the vibrating heart of the Temple Town
January 19, 2019