The Indian Tea Association (ITA) secretary general, Arijit Raha, has urged the deputy chairman of the Tea Board of India to reconsider the proposal for a mandatory auction system for teas imported from Nepal.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee has convened a meeting of party legislators to be held at the Nauser Ali Hall at the state Legislature on 10 February, the day when the Budget session of the state Assembly will get underway.
Mr Chakraborty has been occupying the chair without taking any approval from the state government.
Organising secretary of the West Bengal state board of the International Human Rights Council Utpal Roy has urged chief minister Mamata Banerjee to address the acute shortage of mental hospitals and government-run rehabilitation centres in north Bengal.
In response to the rising travel demand for Mahakumbh, Air India Express has announced an expansion of its network to Varanasi.
The TMC Serampore Lok Sabha candidate MP Kalyan Banerjee is continuing with his election campaign, confident of registering his victory for the fourth time.
Large amounts of cash were seized from passengers at the city airport. Officials of the NSCBI Airport intelligence unit of the Income Tax department seized around Rs 11 lakh in cash.
With close to seven days for the first phase of parliamentary elections, the Election Commission today issued a caution saying “let there be no violence”.
Educational qualifications of 16 out of 37 candidates contesting in the three Lok Sabha (LS) seats of Cooch Behar, Japaiguri and Alipurduar in the first phase, range between Class VIII and XII.
Mr Banerjee was addressing a mammoth gathering after the end of his roadshow in Cooch Behar today.
