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State to deploy 30 more AC buses as women ridership increases

Kolkata, June 9 -- The state transport department plans to deploy 30 additional AC buses on existing routes after passenger numbers rose following the introduction of free travel for women on state-ru... Read More


Bengal resumes MGNREGS, Centre releases Rs 700 cr

Kolkata, June 9 -- The state Panchayats and Rural Development (P&RD) minister Dilip Ghosh on Tuesday marked the resumption of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in... Read More


Complete PMAY-G survey by June 25: State tells dist admin

Kolkata, June 9 -- The Bengal government has instructed all district administrations to complete the survey related to Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Gramin) (PMAY-G), Awas Plus 2024, by June 25, to ensu... Read More


Trinamool's place will remain only in Islamic history, says Samik

Kolkata, June 9 -- Commenting on Trinamool Congress' (TMC) current organisational crisis, state BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Tuesday said that TMC in future will only find a place in a chapter ... Read More


Statewide Jan Kalyan Shivirs to be held between June 15 & 17

Kolkata, June 9 -- The Bengal government will hold Jan Kalyan Shivir (JKS), a convergent, single-window outreach to bridge the gap between various central and state government schemes and their intend... Read More


State govt sets June 25 deadline for Ayushman verification, e-KYC drive

Kolkata, June 9 -- The state Health department has directed all district magistrates (DMs) to complete field verification of Ayushman Bharat beneficiaries and E-KYC exercise by June 25. According to ... Read More


TMC leaders Sabyasachi Dutta, Ujjal Biswas held

Kolkata, June 9 -- The former chairman of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) and senior TMC leader Sabyasachi Dutta was arrested late on Monday night on allegations of extortion and criminal inti... Read More


TMC's Samirul Islam urges Rlys to halt hawker evictions

Kolkata, June 9 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) Rajya Sabha MP Samirul Islam has urged the Union Railway Ministry to immediately stop the ongoing eviction and removal of hawkers and small vendors from Rai... Read More


Trinamool MP Dev reaffirms loyalty to Mamata Banerjee

Kolkata, June 9 -- Amid intense speculation over his political future following the rebellion within the Trinamool Congress (TMC), actor-turned-MP Dev (Deepak Adhikari) on Tuesday made it clear that h... Read More


Saffron replaces blue-and-white at Nabanna

Kolkata, June 9 -- Speculation is growing over a possible visual transformation of the Bengal government's administrative headquarters, Nabanna, after the familiar blue-and-white colour scheme of Naba... Read More