The public works department may be forced to drop several road projects as the state development fund (SDF) is likely to be cut drastically in the backdrop of the government’s plan to reduce exp...

Bengal chief secretary H.K. Dwivedi has asked district magistrates to ensure that elected panchayat members, clubs and villagers are kept out of assisting women in filling up application forms of Laks...

The Mamata Banerjee government will have to spend much more than what it had planned earlier under the Lakshmir Bhandar scheme as the huge rush in the first four days of Duare Sarkar camps hints that ...

Gautam Deb, chairperson of the board of administrators of Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC) on Thursday nabbed a youth from the premises of a high school where a Duare Sarkar camp was on and the yo...

Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said a total of 30 lakh women had already applied for Lakshmir Bhandar scheme that offers Rs 500 each to general caste women and Rs 1,000 each to SC/ST women every month t...

Government officials across the state faced a challenge on Monday — the first day of the second session of Duare Sarkar camps — as thousands of women began to queue up from early morning t...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday dismissed rumours that all taxes need to be cleared for availing benefits of the Lakshmir Bhandar (Lakshmi store) scheme and said a complainant...

Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said Lakshmir Bhandar, a scheme she had promised the women of Bengal ahead of Assembly polls, would be launched on September 1, her announcement marking the formal start of...

The Mamata Banerjee government has estimated that 1.6 crore beneficiaries will be included in the “Lakshmir Bhandar (Lakshmi’s treasure)” scheme which promises Rs 1,000 to women head...