The irrigation department has taken up the work of desilting the canals. A sum of Rs 35 crore had been sanctioned by chief minister Mamata Banerjee right before the Bidhannagar municipal elections for...

Decades ago, when we were vastly entertained by “The Way of the World”, William Congreve’s Restoration drama satirizing London society, little did I realize that the ways of the worl...

Investments in the private healthcare sector will go beyond hospitals as several investors announced plans to set up health cities and nursing colleges, at the sixth edition of the Bengal Global Busin...

Who cooks at the Kapoor residence? If I am at home, I cook! Otherwise, my wife cooks. She’s an excellent cook and so is my mother. What do you cook for your fam-jams?  Sometimes it’s...

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that investment proposals worth Rs 342,375 crore had been received during the sixth edition of the Bengal Global Business Summit and around 40 lakh jobs...

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) has bagged the city gas distribution licences for four districts of Bengal, bringing the entire state under the coverage of the clean fuel which can be used ...

Causis unit Causis E-Mobility, an electric mobility start-up, has signed an MoU with the Bengal government at the BGBS 2022 to set up an electric bus assembly unit in the state. The government will a...

The sixth edition of the Bengal Global Business Summit began with a slew of promises from the titans of Indian industry. Gautam Adani, to cite one example, announced an investment of Rs 10,000 crore t...

E-commerce company Flipkart on Thursday said it opened a fulfilment centre at Haringhata in West Bengal spread over 110 acres with potential to create 11,000 direct and indirect jobs in the area. The...