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.
Of the three killed, two are father and son namely Hargobindo Das and Chandan Das, the residents of Dhulian at Samserganj in Murshidabad.
Asserting that the NIA was best suited to conduct a thorough, impartial, and swift investigation, the Leader of Opposition said the move would help expose the real masterminds behind the violent protests.
The city of joy is set to welcome a new architectural landmark as the much-anticipated Kalighat skywalk is slated to open on 14 April, just a day before Poila Boishakh, the Bengali New Year.
Protests against the Waqf Amendment Act continued across various parts of West Bengal on Friday.
The said advocate, Siddhartha Datta, has claimed that while everyone is bound by any order of the apex court of the country, from the Chief Minister’s recent comments on the verdict on job loss, it appears that the order will not be implemented.
