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.
Debasish Dhar, a 2010 batch IPS officer from the State Police Service (SPS), who earlier submitted his resignation, will contest from Birbhum.
Burdwan East Trinamul Congress candidate Dr Sharmila Sarkar prepared tea for the people while she was campaigning in Jamalpur on Saturday.
Left Front chairman Biman Basu announced the names of two more candidates today. In three phases, the Left Front had announced candidates for 21 seats previously.
The finance minister, Chandrima Bhattacharya and LS MP Mala Roy led a meeting where the decision was taken to reach out to every household, booth-wise and deliver a special kit to the female member of the house.
Marching forward towards technology upgradation, Petrapole station of the Sealdah division saw the replacement of the British-era token block instrument with the electronic interlocking system today.
