The Bengal fisheries development department has decided to directly sell fish to counter the rise in prices be¬cause of the coronavirusin¬duced lockdown.While people in Calcutta can place their orde...

The Mamata Banerjee government on Sunday announced a lockdown in vast swathes of the state across its 23 districts, including Calcutta, from 5pm on Monday till March 27 midnight, widening the ambit of...

The inter-ministerial central team (IMCT) held a meeting with top state government officials at Nabanna on Saturday afternoon to assess the damage caused by Cyclone Amphan.The meeting came in the wake...

A Bengal government plea seeking a review of a judgment that dearness allowance is the fundamental right of state employees on Tuesday came up in Calcutta High Court.On behalf of the state, advocate-g...

The Bengal government has come out with a code of conduct for teachers and non-teaching staff of state-aided secondary schools. Of the several dos and don’ts, the code says teachers should not indul...

The West Bengal government informed Calcutta High Court on Monday that its senior officials couldn’t sit with BJP leaders Mukul Roy and Jay Prakash Majumdar to discuss “all aspects” related to t...

West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday said he is 'not at war' with the state government and that his objective is to serve the people.Dhankhar, who has been at loggerheads with the West B...

The Bengal government and the railways on Saturday reached a consensus on reducing the width of the proposed Majerhat bridge by 1.5m.The move will prevent further compromise of the width of the platfo...

The state government is considering a proposal to split the Madhyamik course into groups and offer students the option to choose some compulsory subjects, on the lines of the ICSE curriculum.The commi...

The West Bengal government is interested in running trams in Rajarhat-New Town and has been considering “proposals” based on an old pre-feasibility study that ticked all the right boxes in terms o...