The high court has ruled that the Bengal government has no authority to impose any condition while releasing compensation to victims of natural or manmade tragedies. Justice Sabyasachi Bhattacharya of...

The Bengal government has ordered the supply of rations of one month to the doorsteps of families under home quarantine.The decision was taken to ensure that quarantined people didn’t have to step o...

The government has decided to bring in a regulation for app buses, which will make it mandatory for a service provider to follow rules to get a licence to operate.The transport department has prepared...

When Nandikar revived Football, Rudraprasad Sengupta inserted a line saying everybody worships Rabindranath but nobody reads him — pujo korey, porey na. The alliteration added emphasis to the gulf b...

 How much plastic waste does Calcutta produce every day?Though no definite data is available but various studies indicate that the volume may be anything between 500 and 1,200 tonnes.However, all...

Amphan weakens into extremely severe cyclonic storm Super cyclone Amphan weakened into an extremely severe cyclonic storm over the west-central Bay of Bengal on Tuesday afternoon as it rolled tow...

The West Bengal government on Friday wrote to the Centre emphasising that there are four red zones in the state and not 10, as mentioned in the list presented during a video conference of the cabinet ...

A group of Kashmiri medical students, studying in Bangladesh, returned to their respective hostels in the neighbouring country after the Indian immigration officials at Benapole-Petrapole border refus...

Amit Shah’s appointment as Union home minister has set off jitters in a section of the Bengal government as some believe relations with the Centre may suffer because of the BJP president’s hawkish...

Sir — The West Bengal government is often blamed for the deteriorating condition of trams in Calcutta. But the efforts made by the authorities in recent years to revamp trams seem encouraging. From ...