The Mamata Banerjee government is exploring the possibility of allocating 5kg of rice for three months to those left out of a central scheme that covers only beneficiaries who fall under the food secu...

BJP leaders in Bengal have accused the Mamata Banerjee government of preventing some of their MPs in north Bengal from reaching out to their electorate during the coronavirus crisis.At least two MPs �...

The Mamata Banerjee government on Thursday indicated that there was no special containment plan for the four districts that the Centre had identified as coronavirus “hotspots”, underscoring that i...

The Bengal government on Friday wrote to private schools asking them not to increase their fees this year and consider “sympathetically” if guardians were unable to pay fees on time.“…Under th...

The Mamata Banerjee government on Friday said the death toll from Covid-19 in Bengal stood at five, while 12 more positive cases had been reported in the past 24 hours.The total number of active posit...

The Mamata Banerjee government has asked all district magistrates to requisition private healthcare establishments as part of a strategy to keep on stand-by facilities across the state to treat Covid-...

The Mamata Banerjee government’s decision to lock down nine districts, including Calcutta, and several towns elsewhere in Bengal from Monday afternoon was aimed at restricting movements in areas whe...

Indian Oil has recorded a whopping 63 per cent jump in consumption of aviation turbine fuel (ATF) on the back of the Mamata Banerjee government’s decision to slash local levies on the fuel and a rap...

The Mamata Banerjee government has decided to issue certificates declaring that residents of 237 refugee colonies on central government-owned land across Bengal have been living on the respective plot...

Bengal is said to be planning to opt out of the One-Nation-One-Ration-Card scheme that the Narendra Modi government has launched to ensure steady supply of subsidised food grains in case of changes in...