In July this year, exports and import through Petrapole were suspended for a few days following unrest in Bangladesh.

The BJP blamed the TMC government for Dutta’s demise, alleging that “interrogation” of the former officer during the RG Kar protests led to his death.

This comes hours after he sent a three-page reply to showcause notice.

The inaugural flight took off from NSC Bose International Airport at 5:40 am on Sunday.

The West Bengal government's potato export ban has resulted in the seizure of trucks and legal action against drivers.

Kabir, however, said some other TMC MPs had on earlier occasions made comments against party colleagues but were not censored.

Banerjee in a reference to the rape and murder of a junior woman doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, said, “Bengal has been insulted, mocked using one tragic incident."

Bus operators have been asked to adhere to scheduled routes and timings, with minimal delays to ensure reliable service.

The father-son duo is accused of defrauding the public by collecting deposits worth Rs. 2,800 Crore under false high-return schemes.

The Government of West Bengal will be organising the eighth edition of the flagship Summit Bengal Global Business Summit 2025 on February 5-6 in Kolkata.

A five-member delegation, which was granted permission to enter the Bangladesh Embassy, submitted a memorandum demanding the unconditional release of Chinmoy Das as well as the protection of religious minorities.

The West Bengal Chief Minister was speaking at a winter state assembly session on Thursday

Humayun Kabir had demanded that Abhishek Banerjee, the party’s number two, should be made the deputy chief minister and Home (police) minister of West Bengal.

The chargesheet, which was filed before a special NIA court here, has exposed a criminal conspiracy behind the attack, said the statement.

The state has set a target of providing drinking water connection to every household in the state by April 2025.

The West Bengal government provides two sets of school uniforms to more than 1.15 crore students from Classes I to class VIII every year.

“We are getting recognition from across the world, but we have no direct flights to Europe and America,” said state Finance Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya.

Chinmoy Prabhu Das was arrested on Monday on charges of sedition, and his bail was rejected

Of the 27,142 dengue cases recorded till November 18 in the state, Kolkata accounted for 973 cases.

Abhishek made national spokesperson; five senior leaders elevated to the party’s all-powerful working committee,

Apart from a huge jump in the winning margin, almost doubling it in five of the six Assembly seats where bypolls were held, the party won from Madarihat for the first time.

Mamata Banerjee has crafted a narrative that BJP is a Hindi-speaking, anti-Bengali party and that she will rule the state forever unless a counter-narrative is devised, said Tathagata Roy.

The body of the child was reportedly spotted by his grandmother, although extensive police search using drones and dogs yielded no result on Saturday.

TMC leader Kunal Ghosh said, “The BJP’s IT cell should make Suvendu listen to his own words that he spoke in the past. Maybe then, he might stop talking nonsense.”