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West Bengal

Waterways to Success

Being a state with a great network of rivers and expansive water bodies, West Bengal boasts of one of the longest navigable waterway networks in the country, with approximately 4,593 kilometers of rivers and canals, of which 97 per cent are navigable.

Work progresses in multi-tracking project in Andal

The transformative multi-tracking project between Son Nagar and Andal has moved into the next phase at Mugma for the 70 km Andal-Pradhankhunta section under Asansol division, thanks to the significant support from local government authorities.

Spurious drugs worth over Rs 6 crore seized

Spurious drugs worth Rs 6.60 crore was seized by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO), East Zone, and the Drugs Control Directorate, West Bengal from a whole premises in Kolkata.

R G Kar case: Doctor send mails to CS, CBI on probe progress

Agitating doctors belonging to the West Bengal Joint Platform of Doctors (WBJPD), an umbrella of different bodies of registered doctors in the state, have sent mails to the state chief secretary Manoj Pant and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), probing the heinous incident of rape and murder at R G Kar Hospital on 9 August.