Bengal plans 46K km of new rural roads before elections

Kolkata, Feb. 6 -- Ahead of the forthcoming Assembly elections, the state government has set an ambitious target to revamp rural road infrastructure, proposing construction of 46,000 km of new rural r... Read More

Interim Budget: Bengal hikes DA by 4%; rolls out welfare sops

Kolkata, Feb. 5 -- With Bengal Assembly elections a few months away, the Mamata Banerjee government, in its Interim Budget for the financial year 2026-27, on Thursday announced a 4 per cent hike in de... Read More

Bengal to modernise 25 cities; 'Swasthya Sathi' for gig workers

Kolkata, Feb. 5 -- In a push for holistic growth, the state government will modernise key locations across Bengal, transforming them into business- and job-friendly modern cities. Another key move wa... Read More

Mamata takes SIR fight to SC, signals leadership before 2026 polls

Kolkata, Feb. 4 -- Ahead of the forthcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's appearance before the Supreme Court of India on Wednesday created history and has been p... Read More

Mamata: Dankuni-Surat corridor 'tabled during my tenure as Rly Min'

Kolkata, Feb. 1 -- After Union Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget speech proposed a new dedicated freight corridor linking Dankuni in West Bengal with Surat in Gujarat, Bengal Chief Minister... Read More

Abhishek accuses BJP of 'political vulturism', says Shah most unsuccessful HM 'since Independence'

Kolkata, Jan. 31 -- After Union Home Minister Amit Shah, at a rally in Barrackpore, blamed the Bengal government for the Anandapur fire tragedy, Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abh... Read More

CPI(M) 'divided' over Salim's meet with Kabir

Kolkata, Jan. 30 -- Cracks appeared to have emerged within the CPI(M) in West Bengal after party state secretary Md Salim on Wednesday held a meeting with Kabir at a hotel in New Town, a move that dre... Read More

Union Budget likely to set tone for TMC's poll pitch in Bengal

Kolkata, Jan. 29 -- The Union Budget, scheduled to be presented in Parliament on February 1, may shape the rhetoric of the election campaign in Bengal by the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) ahead of t... Read More

CPI(M) courts Humayun Kabir, alliance buzz sparks 'political beggar' jibe from Trinamool

Kolkata, Jan. 29 -- Is the CPI(M) in a desperate bid to form an alliance with suspended Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Humayun Kabir's one-month-old 'Janata Unnayan Party' (JUP)? Questions were raised ... Read More

Mamata to visit Delhi, may lead stir at ECI headquarters

Kolkata, Jan. 27 -- Amid the ongoing controversy over the implementation of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in Bengal, the state Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chairperson Ma... Read More

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