A state-wide review of VIP security arrangements has led to changes in protection cover for several prominent figures, with Sourav Ganguly becoming the latest name on the list.
Far more than a beneficiary verification exercise, the West Bengal government’s newly launched Annapurna Yojana is emerging as one of the state's most ambitious attempts to build a household-level socio-economic database, potentially reshaping how welfare schemes, development programmes and public investments are planned in the years ahead.
Women commuters hailed the West Bengal government’s scheme of allowing women to travel free in state-run buses starting today.
Before that, the state Chief Minister, Suvendu Adhikari will be inaugurating a conference of the Principal Census Officers tomorrow at the state secretariat’s auditorium, Nabanna Sabhaghar.
Chief Minister Adhikari said the decision was aimed at protecting educational institutions and religious places from the social impact of liquor consumption, while also ensuring that cases of public nuisance and mischief are not reported near schools, colleges, and temples.
Nabanna, the administrative headquarters of the West Bengal government in Howrah, has sought a detailed report from the district civil defence and disaster management department in Asansol regarding the Borira coal mine accident in the Damagoria coal-bearing area.
The home and hill affairs department said the fresh round of transfers takes immediate effect.
The Calcutta High Court blocked the release of his passport, which he had sought to attend the World Travel Market event in London from November 4 to 6.
She accused the state police and administration of failing to submit charge sheets on time and claimed their non-cooperation hampers the judiciary.
Police in Noida have revealed that Bibhas Adhikari, arrested last week for allegedly running a fake police station and used to pose himself as the “officer in-charge” of that ghost police station, also served as a non-official director of a West Bengal government-backed body.
