The American City Bengal Forgot
How the United States quietly built a functioning American township on the Hooghly to sustain victory in Asia during the Second World War
How the United States quietly built a functioning American township on the Hooghly to sustain victory in Asia during the Second World War
The West Bengal government has announced plans to repurpose the defunct ‘Mishti Hub’ at Bamchandaipur in East Burdwan district into a food processing unit, potentially for rice or potato chips manufacturing, ending its four-year closure.
State Forest minister Manoj Kumar Oraon stressed that relocating families from the core area is essential before the tigress can be released.
The West Bengal government has appointed senior IAS officer Dr Krishna Gupta as the next State Election Commissioner. Currently serving as Additional Chief Secretary in the Co-operation Department, he will assume charge after retiring on June 30, according to an official notification published in the Kolkata Gazette.
The BJP-led West Bengal government and journalist-turned-politician Swapan Dasgupta’s maiden budget attempts an ambitious political and economic balancing act.
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.
