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English Bazar Municipality launches low-interest loans for small street vendors

Malda, Dec. 11 -- The English Bazar Municipality has introduced a special loan initiative to support street vendors and ultra-small traders who earn their livelihood by selling goods on the roadside. ... Read More


Balurghat: Horticulture workshop commences

BALURGHAT, Dec. 11 -- A two-day horticulture training programme aimed at strengthening the agriculture-based economy of South Dinajpur district began on Wednesday at the Baluchhaya Auditorium in Balur... Read More


Hostility towards migrants is rising in India: Shashi Tharoor in Kolkata

Kolkata, Dec. 11 -- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor, who has recently introduced a Bill in the Lok Sabha to criminalise marital rape, did not mince words in Kolkata on Thursday. Calling India's legal excep... Read More


HC declines bail to 2, grants relief to one in Salboni Maoist attack

Kolkata, Dec. 11 -- The Calcutta High Court has refused to grant bail to two appellants convicted in the Salboni police camp attack while allowing the bail plea of another, after examining the witness... Read More


Won't go by external climate risk rankings for policymaking: Govt

New Delhi, Dec. 11 -- The government on Thursday told the Parliament that although India ranks ninth on the Global Climate Risk Index, it "does not recognise any external ranking as a basis for domest... Read More


'Outright lie': Cong tears into Shah for 'vote chori' charge against Nehru

New Delhi, Dec. 11 -- The Congress on Thursday rebutted Home Minister Amit Shah's "vote chori" charge against Jawaharlal Nehru, saying the claim that he was made the prime minister despite Sardar Vall... Read More


Conspiracy to dismantle PSUs deep-seated, claims Rahul

New Delhi, Dec. 11 -- Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday accused the NDA government of weakening PSUs and trying to sell their assets to its "capitalist friends for free" while claiming that the... Read More


Art is no one's mistress: Tisca Chopra

New Delhi, Dec. 11 -- Many still remember Tisca Chopra as Ishaan's (Darsheel Safary) mother in Aamir Khan's 2007 'Taare Zameen Par'. For others, it was her turn as Vanita in the 2016 short film 'Chutn... Read More


TMC's Saugata Roy says Centre withholding funds for Bengal

New Delhi, Dec. 11 -- Senior Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy on Wednesday accused the Union government of deliberately depriving West Bengal of funds due to the state under multiple central schemes.... Read More


'PM and brigade bruised, exposed for lies'

New Delhi, Dec. 11 -- After both Houses held a debate on 150 years of Vande Mataram, the Congress on Thursday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and "his entire brigade" have been thoroughly "b... Read More