CM Suvendu Adhikari chaired a meeting with all central PSUs and central agencies and directed officials to facilitate and resolve the issues at the earliest Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari has sought faster implementation of 12 infrastructure projects worth more than Rs 55,000 crore that have remained stuck in Bengal over the past several years due…
Kolkata: The state govt is set to introduce a new bill to reform the panchayat system. According to the proposed legislation, panchayat pradhans will no longer serve as the signatory authority for panchayat-related work. Instead, the responsibility for signing and authorising official records will be vested in govt officials, panchayat and rural development minister Dilip…
Kolkata: The state urban development & municipal affairs department is taking up stern action against filling up of water bodies and illegal building construction in all 144 wards under Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC).Minister Agnimitra Paul on Saturday received several complaints on waterbody and filling up of ponds and illegal construction during ‘Mukhomukhi’— a citizens redressal…
Kolkata: The state govt has engaged RITES to conduct a feasibility survey for setting up the proposed aerial metro alignment connecting Asansol and Durgapur. The plan is a part of developing Asansol as a smart city.Urban development & municipal affairs minister Agnimitra Paul on Saturday held an administrative review meeting with Asansol Durgapur Development Authority…
Kolkata: The Kolkata Police has prohibited its personnel from using mobile phones along with other hearing devices on duty.The top brass has warned that any violation of this directive will attract severe disciplinary action.The official order, which was sent to all police units on Saturday, is for personnel on active duty. “It is hereby ordered…
Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari announced the directive following a letter from Union home minister Amit Shah KOLKATA: The West Bengal government will make Bengali mandatory for all official communications from September 1, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari announced in the Assembly on Monday,The CM was reportedly reading out a letter from Union home minister Amit Shah…
Students sporting their favourite player’s jersey Kolkata: The state on Sunday asked all state schools which have morning classes to either declare holiday, or relax attendance, due to the post-midnight start of the Fifa WC final. The order said, “In view of the fact that the Fifa World Cup 2026 between Spain and Argentina kicks…
Fans watching the World Cup in Kolkata Kolkata: While several restaurants stayed open beyond midnight for the World Cup final on Sunday, they also saw significant growth in sales over the last six weeks, thanks to football fans who stayed glued to match replays that were beamed continuously at restobars. With most matches being played…
Rain in Kolkata on Sunday Kolkata: Brace for more rain between Tuesday and Thursday as the three synoptic conditions become more favourable for enhanced rain activity in Kolkata and its surrounding along with other south Bengal districts. Met officials said that the city will continue to get one of two spells of rain on Monday…
Totos compete with buses, choke roads Kolkata: The West Bengal Transport Department has drawn up a plan to realign the operation of toto, or e-rickshaw, services across urban local bodies (ULBs), restricting them primarily to last-mile connectivity and keeping them off major roads and highways. The move is aimed at easing congestion and strengthening the…
