Chief minister Mamata Banerjee today issued a stern warning to the contractors and the officials for dereliction of duty, while doing work for laying of pipelines to distribute water to every household.
While Wilson, who was sent to seven days police custody, was arrested in a case relating to the illegal filling of a pond, Dinesh Gorai was forwarded to court and taken to eight days police custody.
Despite regular visits by the task force to local markets, following instructions from chief minister Mamata Banerjee, a section of traders continues to sell vegetables, especially potatoes, onions, and garlic, at inflated prices once officials leave the premises.
Trinamul Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee will preside over the meeting of the national working committee of the party tomorrow. The meeting will be held at her Kalighat residence.
Ahead of the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, the BJP has repeatedly accused the state government of antiHindu bias, citing incidents in Murshidabad's Beldanga and neighboring Bangladesh.
The United States has proposed to set up a global capability centre in the semiconductor sector by the Global Foundries as the anchor industry in West Bengal.
The Bengal government has withdrawn its representatives on the Damodar Valley Reservoir Regulation Committee (DVRRC), even as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote a second time to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Damodar Valley Corporation’s uncontrolled water release from the Maithon and Panchet reservoirs.
A political battle has begun over the cause of floods in south Bengal. While chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday sent a four-page letter to the Prime Minister after visiting the flood-affected areas
UNICEF has praised the Rupashree scheme, introduced by chief minister Mamata Banerjee for women empowerment.
The West Bengal Junior Doctors' Forum (WBJDF) expressed its willingness to attend the scheduled meeting at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s residence on Monday on their demands in the wake of the ghastly rape and murder of a junior doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital
