The state Assembly today passed Clinical Establishments Bill 2025 with an aim to bring transparency and to put a leash on patients’ treatment expenses.
The Trinamul Congress on Tuesday launched a sharp counterattack against BJP MLA and chief whip of the Opposition, Sankar Ghosh, after he raised the issue of alleged eviction of tribal tea growers from forest land in Cooch Behar during a recent session of the state Assembly.
BSF troops under the Raiganj Sector of the North Bengal Frontier apprehended three Bangladeshi nationals—Mohenur Islam, Moriyam Khatun, and Bappi Roy—on Monday while they were attempting to cross the international border illegally from Bangladesh into India.
In a significant crackdown on illegal cross-border infiltration, Krishnaganj police on Tuesday arrested two Bangladeshi nationals and two local agents from a residence in the Nalupur border area. The four were later produced before the District Judge’s court in Krishnagar.
A major shake-up is underway within the youth wing of Bengal’s communist party, with growing indications that Minakshi Mukherjee, the fiery leader who brought the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) into sharp public focus through street mobilisation and mass movements in West Bengal, may soon be stepping down from her post as the state secretary.
This recognition, they argue, would enable small tea growers to benefit from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s initiative, which promotes formation of Farmers Producer Companies (FPC) for traditional agricultural farmers.
The state government appointed Dr Swapan Soren, joint director of health services as the director of health services (DHS) and Dr Suparna Dutta, director of the Institute of Health and Family Welfare
The government has opened integrated control rooms in the districts hit by flood-like situations and distributed relief materials among the affected people.
The incessant rain for the last three days have put the Dwarakeswar river in spate with breaches developing at many parts of the dams on it.
The folk culture of Bengal is a vibrant tapestry of traditional art forms, rituals, music and dance.
