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MGNREGA: Centre seeks 'action taken report'; Min says 'ploy to delay resumption'

Kolkata, Nov. 15 -- Ignoring the recent directions of Calcutta High Court to immediately resume the 100-day work in Bengal under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) the Ce... Read More


Mamata, Abhishek pay homage to Birsa Munda

Kolkata, Nov. 15 -- Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee and her party's national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee paid homage to revered freedom fighter Birsa... Read More


Veteran Bengali actress Bhadra Basu passes away

KOLKATA, Nov. 15 -- If you've watched Anilava Chattopadhyay's debut Bengali film 'Bela', you surely remember the remarkable performance of Bhadra Basu, who played Bela's (Rituparna Sengupta) mother wi... Read More


CM Manik Saha opens Techno India University in Tripura

KOLKATA, Nov. 15 -- Techno India University, Tripura (TIUT) marked a historic occasion on Saturday as Prof (Dr) Manik Saha, Chief Minister of Tripura, officially unveiled the university's newly develo... Read More


NIA releases MBBS student detained in Red Fort blast probe after questioning

Kolkata, Nov. 15 -- The National Investigation Agency (NIA), which had detained a medical student with family roots in North Dinajpur, West Bengal, on Friday, in connection with the investigation of t... Read More


Family links Duttapukur man's death to SIR panic

Kolkata, Nov. 15 -- After Jiya Ali, a resident of Chaturia area of North 24-Parganas' Duttapukur, whose name was there in the 2002 electoral rolls, died due to a stroke, the family members alleged tha... Read More


PNB holds retail outreach program

Kolkata, Nov. 15 -- The Circle Office, Kolkata South, Punjab National Bank held the Retail Outreach Programme 2025 at the BSNL office premises under the Old Ballygunge branch. Executive Director D Su... Read More


SBI chief hails Kolkata GTFC

Kolkata, Nov. 15 -- State Bank of India chairman CS Setty visited the Global Trade Finance Centre (GTFC) in Kolkata, noting that its establishment is designed to centralise the processing of trade fin... Read More


ECI top brass to visit Kolkata on Nov 18; review SIR progress

Kolkata, Nov. 15 -- A high-level delegation from the Election Commission of India (ECI) is set to arrive in Kolkata on November 18 to review the progress of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR... Read More


'Unreasonable work pressure': Several BLOs stage stir, flag 'severe mental stress'

Kolkata, Nov. 15 -- Several block-level officers (BLOs), on Saturday, staged protests in Howrah and also in Siliguri, alleging that they are being subjected to intense and unreasonable work pressure b... Read More