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 ...

The managers of six Duncan Goenka Group tea gardens in the Dooars have left the estates in the past two-three days, union sources said on Tuesday, reviving fears among 9,000-odd workers about 2015 whe...

The Mamata Banerjee government is racing against time to ensure that 72 lakh farmers in Bengal get the first instalment of its newly launched Krishakbandhu scheme before an almost similar plan formed ...

Calcutta High Court has conveyed to the Bengal government that the acting chief justice would formally inaugurate the circuit bench in Jalpaiguri on March 9.The Press Information Bureau, the publicity...

Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday that heavy vehicles, other than those up to four-wheeled trucks, would no longer be allowed on Bengal’s rural roads to minimise damage to the surface, prompting quest...

The Bengal government is working to make the system for issuing building permits, trade licences and mutation papers faster and easier because World Bank will consider the state’s performance in the...

State-aided colleges in Bengal will be asked to deposit the development fees paid by students to the government.The government will supply funds to the colleges for day-to-day maintenance of the campu...

The Bengal government will speak to the railway authorities to know what exactly led to last week’s death of Pradip Saxena, a tourist from Rishra in Hooghly, during a toy train ride near Darjeeling....

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