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Bengal Quota row | HC puts stay on OBC list, asks state: ‘Why not wait for SC order?’

June 18, 2025 2:50 am

This comes days after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee presented the new OBC list in the Assembly

Check source and QR codes, verify bank accounts: In crackdown on fake medicines, Bengal govt issues 6 guidelines

May 24, 2025 1:59 pm

In recent raids, the West Bengal Directorate of Drug Control had uncovered large quantities of fake and substandard medicines from various areas in the state.

Bengal: Bus owners oppose NHAI’s toll tax hike, writes to state govt on increasing fares

April 01, 2025 5:12 am

The revised toll will affect both light and heavy vehicles, with a 5 per cent hike for light vehicles and a 10 per cent increase for heavy vehicles

Bengal govt to launch more Bangla Sahayata Kendra outlets this year: Sources

March 08, 2025 9:31 pm

The Bengal government earned Rs 303 crore revenue from BSK centres last year – a jump of 79 per cent compared to the previous year.

17 days after implementation of new criminal laws, Mamata Banerjee govt forms review panel, Governor questions

July 18, 2024 11:32 am

The committee, formed under the state Home Department, will be headed by Justice (retired) Ashim Kumar Roy and includes state Law Minister Malay Ghatak and Finance Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya.

Padmaavat: Smooth run likely in West Bengal

January 22, 2018 1:33 am

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who has been vocal in support for the release, had stated that the state would make special arrangements for the screening, if required.

30 elephants killed by trains in West Bengal in 5 yrs, no action against staff: Gohain

January 05, 2018 10:38 pm

Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain told the Rajya Sabha that while the railways has taken precautions against such accidents, some of the locations where the animals have died, did not fall under the list of corridors identified by the national transporter.

‘Bengal will be no. 1 in ease of doing business... facing legacy issues’

November 28, 2017 12:58 am

Addressing Horasis Asia Meeting-2017 at Rajarhat, Mamata said the state has met 336 out of 372 parameters in terms of ease of doing business.

St Xavier's in talks with WB Govt to set up second varsity

June 09, 2016 8:04 pm

Once through, the proposed institution would be the second Jesuit-run university in the country after Odisha, he said, adding the Bill on it would have to be passed in the legislative assembly.

Bengal govt, Centre indulging in communal politics, says Congress

October 23, 2014 5:15 am

Chowdhury also said that 'madrasas and Muslims have been made synonymous to terror and crime by the BJP'.

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