Tag: West Bengal
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7th day of Ex-Cope India 2018: Ground and Air might comes alive in West Bengal
USAF has brought in 12 Eagle - F15 C/D planes and three C-130 aircraft, while the IAF is participating with its Su-30 MKI, Jaguar, Mirage 2000 from its fighter fleet, and C-130J and AWACS aircraft from Panagarh.
December 11, 2018 -
Ex Cope India 2018: A testimony to growing India-US military relationship
Ex Cope India 2018, with its fourth edition in the series of the bilateral joint exercises, has been planned at two Air Force bases — Kalaikunda and Panagarh in West Bengal — from 3-14 December.
December 9, 2018 -
West Bengal to get 1,024 new petrol pumps
Modi government approves the public sector IOCL's plan to expand its retail network, a populist move before 2019 polls.
December 7, 2018 -
Pollution penalty
The government has been rapped on the knuckles with the principal bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) imposing a fine of Rs 5 crore for the state’s failure to curb pollution in accord with the directive that was advanced two years ago.
December 4, 2018 -
The north-east is the key
Most of the North-eastern region remains underdeveloped, unharnessed and unexplored.
December 3, 2018 -
Death of Sabars
The coincidence is cruelly ironic. While rumbustious scenes prevailed in the West Bengal Assembly over the reported starvation deaths of seven members of the Sabar community in West Midnapore, a food festival was inaugurated with matching fanfare in upmarket New Town, on the periphery of Kolkata. ‘Ahare Bengla’ was organised by the state government. From …
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November 28, 2018 -
Scams in Jan Dhan, Ujjwala schemes will be unearthed in future: Mamata Banerjee
The saffron outfit has increased its strength considerably in the tribal belt of Bengal, especially Jhargram, where it gained a majority in the last Gram Panchayat elections.
November 26, 2018 -
Man shoots friend dead in Bengal suspecting illicit relation with wife
"Mondal is at large since the incident. We are looking for him. His wife and the rest of the family members will be interrogated," the official added.
November 25, 2018 -
1 paraglider dead in Bengal accident
The body has been recovered. The tourist from Patna, Gaurav Choudhary, 35, critically injured is in a private hospital in Siliguri," he added.
November 25, 2018 -
Unemployment rate down by 40pc in West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee
She said with better implementation of the MNREGA and other similar schemes, "unemployment rate has reduced by 40 per cent".
November 22, 2018 -
West Bengal: Kolkata Mayor Sovan Chatterjee resigns
Chatterjee, once one of Banerjee's most trusted lieutenants, reportedly fell from grace after disputes with his wife became public earlier this year.
November 22, 2018 -
Caged Parrot Chained
The CBI no longer will be able to pursue any investigation in these two States without prior consent of their governments respectively.
November 22, 2018 -
Bengal: Civic body law may be amended for appointing new city mayor, says Official
According to Nabanna (secretariat) insiders, the chief minister was trying to bring in an "efficient administrator" for the post of the city mayor.
November 21, 2018 -
Governance creaks
As each layer is unpeeled of the multi-dimensional mess in which the Central Bureau of Investigation is plunged, the closer we come to the grim reality that the system of national governance is creaking: with the politicians calculatedly declining to face harsh facts. Highly publicised sloganeering, vicious accusations “across the aisle” ~ with scant regard …
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November 21, 2018 -
Nutrition junked?
As reports of malnutrition in the midst of affluent subsistence trickle in from different parts of the country, it is deeply astonishing that what they call poshon (nutrition) programme for children has been suspended in Burdwan, till recently the rice bowl of West Bengal. The social welfare scheme provides therapeutic food packets to children. As …
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November 20, 2018 -
Mamata Banerjee announces new university for Matua community in Bengal
"The land has been identified and given to the Education Department for constructing the university," she added.
November 15, 2018 -
As BJP changes names of cities, Mamata Banerjee questions delay in decision on Bangla
Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Wednesday the BJP had been changing the names of historical places and institutions unilaterally to suit their political interests.
November 14, 2018