The spat between Basu and Bose escalated earlier this month with the former calling the Governor a “vampire” following a “midnight action” warning.

Banerjee, who landed at the city airport around 7 PM, said that she was happy as she could do something for West Bengal.

A few metres away, Joydeb Pal, who works as a guide and a toto driver, reiterates the same hope.

Speaking to The Indian Express, Aparajita (22), who won the secretary’s post and is the sole woman on the four-member panel, laid out their plan to ensure women’s safety.

Health dept names hotspots in Nadia, Murshidabad and North 24 Parganas

According to sources in the Governor's secretariat, Raj Bhavan officials had completed all preparations for the swearing-in ceremony which was slated to be held on Saturday afternoon.

BJP leader Rahul Sinha said, "A day will come when all reliefs will be exhausted. What will Abhishek Banerjee do then?"

ED is probing the money laundering aspect of the case.

Trust secretary Anil Konar said that for the last four years people were not allowed to visit the heritage areas in Santiniketan.

The committee also said one hostel superintendent has been found to have committed “dereliction of duty” and recommended that he be suspended for a month.

West Bengal Transport Secretary Saumitra Mohan invited views of the participants and representatives from different organisations for checking and stopping the present practice.

The victim was initially reluctant to utter the abusive language but was forced to do so several times as an extra punishment, the committee reported.

Different university teachers' associations have expressed displeasure at the way the meeting has been convened.

OUTSIDE THE iconic Upasana Griha (prayer hall) on the Visva-Bharati University (VBU) campus in Santiniketan; students, teachers and staff members in traditional white attire took part in a grand procession on Wednesday, a day after the university town in Birbhum district was inscribed on the UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Among those celebrating was Sangit Bhavana […]

Depending on its size and the art work required, a Durga idol with the goddess’s four children and Mahishasura (the bovine demon) can take around two months to complete and is priced between Rs 10,000-2 lakh.

“Suvendu Adhikari was seen taking cash on camera in Narada sting operation. But so far he has not been questioned. No judge gave an order to summon him for questioning,” the Diamond Harbour MP said.

A high-level emergency meeting on the prevailing dengue situation in West Bengal was held at Nabanna, the state secretariat, on Sunday. This comes after a 28-year-old doctor, who was diagnosed with dengue, died in Kolkata on Friday. The meeting, which was held through video conferencing, was attended by senior officials from the state Health Department, […]

The BJP hit out at the TMC-led state government and said it first needs to establish a democratic environment in the state.

According to reports, after Opposition councillors didn't put forward a proposal or question during the session, KMC Mala Roy questioned BJP leaders over their silence.

Meanwhile, a day after former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly shared an update about setting up his third steel plant in Bengal, the state BJP reacted critically about the way “he was pitched to announce” the industrial project abroad, while Ganguly shared dais with the Chief Minister.

Sanket Jain, an independent journalist and documentary photographer from Kolhapur district in Maharashtra, won the second prize in the rural reporting category.

The CID has been investigating the case for three years and arrested five people. However, it could not be found where the deposited money had gone.

Senior TMC leader and West Bengal minister Partha Bhowmik told reporters that the trader was thrashed allegedly by local BJP leaders and workers as he refused to pay for the expenses of Adhikari's meeting in the area.

A team from Bahrain is likely to arrive by September-end to oversee the production and processing of various types of meat in the state, he said.