Mamata congratulates farmers for record paddy harvest
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee today congratulated the farmers for producing 256.53 lakh metric tonnes of paddy for 2024-25, the highest ever recorded in any year in the state.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee today congratulated the farmers for producing 256.53 lakh metric tonnes of paddy for 2024-25, the highest ever recorded in any year in the state.
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the West Bengal government to submit a detailed progress report and produce the case diary within seven days in connection with the alleged gang-rape of a first-year law student from South Calcutta Law College.
After days of thunderstorms and rain, weather patterns in West Bengal began to shift on Wednesday, with the regional meteorological office forecasting renewed rainfall activity across the state, particularly in coastal and western districts.
All major Left-aligned trade unions in West Bengal have formed a joint “strike committee” to enforce a state-wide general strike on 9 July, aiming to bring public transport, industry, and key infrastructure to a standstill.
In a unanimous decision reached on Wednesday, BJP’s West Bengal unit appointed Rajya Sabha MP and party’s chief spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya as its new state president.
Pointing to the alarming situation of dengue in the state, Suvendu Adhikari in his letter wrote, "At a time when you are choking in the national capital, the people of West Bengal are tormented by mosquitos.
Regarding the matter, the state's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) had convened an all-party meeting earlier on Wednesday.
The body of Habibul Sheikh, a victim from West Bengal in the Morbi cable bridge collapse in Gujarat, was on Tuesday brought back to his ancestral residence at Purbasthali in East Burdwan district.
A day after the Morbi bridge collapse which killed 141 persons in Gujarat, the West Bengal Public Works Department (PWD) on Monday sought a detailed report on the condition of all the cable bridges in the state.
The nine-month-old male calf was separated from its herd. The calf was roaming in forests of Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary and adjoining forests of Kurseong division in the Darjeeling district.