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DVC agrees to release water for irrigation

The Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) has agreed to release irrigation water for five South Bengal districts, which will commence on 5 January for Rabi and 26 January for Boro cultivation in the first phase.

50 tonnes of illegal coal seized

Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate seized two illegal coal loaded trucks in Chowringhee police outpost area on national highway-19 at Jharkhand – Bengal border and seized about 50 tonnes of coal.

Bangladesh tour operators to miss Bengal Travel Mart

Bangladesh-based tour operators will not participate in the 8th edition of the Bengal Travel Mart (BTM) 2024, despite earlier assurances from the Tour Operators’ Association of Bangladesh (TOAB) following a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Eastern Himalaya Travel and Tour Operators’ Association (EHTTOA).

Manoj Malviya confirmed as state director general of police

Malviya took charge on 1 September this year as acting DG since his name was due to be cleared by the UPSC state consultative process. His predecessor Virendra, who was appointed as DG in 2018 was removed by the Election Commission during the Assembly election but was reinstated by the Mamata Banerjee government after coming to power for the third time in a row.

Dhankhar seeks details of consultant recruitment from CS

"The mechanism spelt out leaves all to be desired from the perspective of transparency and fairness. The declared selection mechanism is ex facie subjective, sketchy and arbitrary and does not appear to be fair...," he wrote to chief secretary

Bengal Speaker writes to President against Guv

Besides giving a graphic detail of several instances when Dhankhar overstepped his limits and tried to interfere in the legislative process, the Speaker said that though the duties and responsibilities of the Governor and the Speaker have been clearly spelt out in the Constitution, but the Governor has tried to put a hand on the legislative process and in a way creating a wrong impression among the people.