Kolkata: Former Bidhannagar councillor Debraj Chakraborty, once among the closest aides of Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, was arrested by the West Bengal STF in Purulia on Wednesday evening in connection with cases of extortion, land grabbing and possession of disproportionate assets.There were also allegations that he had suppressed information in the election affidavits…
Diptangshu Mahata, a class 12 student at Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya, Narendrapur, died hours after drinking scalding hot tea Kolkata: Diptangshu Mahato, a class 12 student of Narendrapur Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, died hours after consuming a hot tea at school. His family has lodged a complaint with Narendrapur PS, alleging gross negligence on the part of…
Union minister Nitin Gadkari met Tripura CM Manik Saha in New Delhi on Wednesday Agartala: Union minister Nitin Gadkari met Tripura CM Manik Saha in New Delhi to review ongoing national highway projects and discuss future infrastructure plans. The focus was on speeding up execution, improving maintenance of existing roads, and launching new works to…
Kolkata: All 18 closed jute mills across the Barrackpore industrial belt are expected to reopen this month amid Bengal govt’s efforts to revive the state’s jute industry.Six mills in Jagaddal, Kankinara, Bhatpara and Titagarh have already resumed operations. Three more — Baranagar Jute Mill, Jagaddal Jute Industries and EMCO Jute Mill — are set to…
Kolkata: Federation of Corrugated Box Manufacturers of India (FCBM) and Eastern India Corrugated Box Manufacturers’ Association (EICMA), along with Bharat Chamber of Commerce, have submitted representations to Union finance minister and chairperson of GST Council Nirmala Sitharaman, seeking rationalisation of GST applicable to paper and paperboard used in the manufacture of corrugated cartons, boxes and…
Kolkata: Bengal wants investment from homegrown entrepreneurs, and the state govt is ready to help them in these endeavours, finance minister Swapan Dasgupta said on Tuesday. Speaking at a meeting of the Bengal Business Council, Dasgupta and industries, commerce and enterprises minister Tapas Roy urged Bengal’s entrepreneurs to come forward and invest in the growth…
Eviction drive outside Shalimar station on Tuesday Kolkata: Demolition began on Tuesday at the Shalimar rail slum area in Howrah, known locally as Nepali Basti, as railway authorities and police started the first phase of a major eviction drive outside Shalimar station.The operation was carried out by the South Eastern Railway with Howrah City Police,…
. Encroachment below Arobindo Setu —– Photo by Indranil Das Kolkata: Kolkata Municipal Corporation is getting ready to not just evict encroachers from under the city’s flyovers and bridges but also from pavements alongside them.KMC executive engineers in the respective boroughs are preparing to launch drives to free the pavements of encroachment. “We have decided…
Kolkata: The integrated control room aimed at improving services in govt hospitals across the state is set to become operational at Swasthya Bhawan from Wednesday. The state health department has deployed a 28-personnel-strong contingent to man the control room 24×7 on rotation. In the first phase, the control room will be connected with govt hospitals…
Kolkata: The state govt has announced a revised minimum wage structure for workers employed across 31 scheduled industries and services sector, effective from July 1. The new structure classifies Bengal into two wage zones — Zone A and Zone B. The minimum wage increase will be Rs 172 per month in Zone A and will…
