West Bengal, which is often perceived to be cash-starved, has received investment proposals worth over Rs 4.40 lakh crore during the two-day business conclave this year, said a beaming Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday.
Sebaashray camps in Metiabruz recorded the presence of over 9,000 people today.
Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren, one of the special invitees at the 8th BGBS, showered praises on Bengal and also on chief minister Mamata Banerjee, the host.
Two entrepreneurs from Kalimpong have made their mark at the Bengal Global Business Summit, which began today in Kolkata.
Tension escalated along the Indo-Bangladesh border in Malikpur, South Dinajpur, as Bangladeshi miscreants launched yet another attack on BSF personnel in the early hours of Wednesday.
The opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari on Friday led a silent march at Singur, remembering the late industrialist Ratan Tata.
The state government is constructing four bypasses to reduce the travelling time to Digha from Kolkata.
Two youths from neighbouring Hooghly were arrested from a community Lakshmi Puja pandal at a village in Kalna last night after two local women lodged a complaint of eve-teasing and making ugly gestures at them.
Narayan Swarup Nigam, the state health principal secretary, today asked them to personally take note of the conditions of the junior doctors undergoing treatment at different state medical colleges and set up medical boards, if necessary, for proper treatment.
A devastating fire broke out early this morning in the city allegedly causing the death of a patient. Police said that the massive fire engulfed the ESI Hospital in Sealdah.
