A work order for manufacturing 13 electric-powered water vessels was placed and finalised with the Garden Reach Shipyard authority in presence of state transport minister Snehasis Chakraborty.
Lieutenant General Yash Ahlawat, yesterday took over the reins as General Officer Commanding of the north Bengal based elite Brahmastra Corps from Lieutenant General Rajeev Puri.
Senior BJP leader and Member of Parliament Jyotirmoy Singh Mahato, a member of the Parliamentary Committee for home affairs, has written today to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, urging her to increase the monthly assistance under the Lakshmir Bhandar scheme to Rs 2,000.
Visibly upset, BJP’s Siliguri MLA Sankar Ghosh, who is also the chief whip of the Opposition in the state Assembly, expressed frustration over his inability to utilise the Bidhayak Fund (MLA fund) for local area development.
HP Ghosh Hospital reached a milestone with the successful launch of Eastern India’s first robotic-assisted spine surgery system.
A sitting councillor of ward 7 of Dubrajpur Municipality allegedly manhandled a nurse on duty at the local hospital and has also heckled a police constable on duty at wee hours today.
Uma Dasgupta, who acted as Durga in Satyajit Ray classic Pather Panchali died in the city after prolonged illness.
The fire services department of West Bengal is set for a major infrastructure upgrade with an allocation of Rs 376 crore from the 15th Finance Commission, minister in-charge Sujit Bose announced today.
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) arrested three individuals yesterday evening in Siliguri in connection with the tab scam.
The process of framing charges in the coal scam will start in CBI Special Court at Asansol on 25 November.
