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.
West Bengal, which is often perceived to be cash-starved, has received investment proposals worth over Rs 4.40 lakh crore during the two-day business conclave this year, said a beaming Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday.
Trinamul Congress chairperson and chief minister Mamata Banerjee may fix strict "conduct guidelines" for the maverick party MLAs at a crucial meeting on the state Assembly premises on 10 February, party sources said.
For the first time in West Bengal, forest department trap cameras have spotted a rare species of rusty spotted cat at Kotshila forests in Purulia district.
Union minister of railways Ashwini Vaishnaw has informed that an allocation of Rs 13,955 crore has been provided for West Bengal under Railway Budget 2025.
The Union Budget 2025 has sparked a political storm in West Bengal, with the state BJP hailing it as "pro-people" while the opposition Left and Congress have strongly criticised it, calling it "anti-poor" and a tool for electoral gains ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections and for upcoming elections in some states.
