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Bengal govt starts training vaccinators ahead of Covid vaccine rollout

The West Bengal government has started a training programme for around 20,000 vaccinators to impart knowledge of handling Covid-19 vaccines ahead of its rollout

Bengal tour operators left in lurch as travellers opt for direct bookings

The tourism sector of West Bengal is witnessing a new trend of people bypassing tour operators to visit sought-after destinations in the northern parts of the state

In text message, Bengal govt assures doctors of free Covid-19 vaccine

A number of medicos, mostly posted in hospitals in districts, have received the message

Tagore's Bengal would not let hate politics overpower secularism: Mamata

Banerjee, during a rally in Bolpur, claimed that conspiracies were being hatched to destroy the state's inclusive culture and cautioned people against divisive politics

Vikram Solar commissions 10 MW solar plant for West Bengal electricity dept

Vikram Solar on Monday said its 10 MW solar plant for the West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (WBSEDCL) was commissioned on Monday.

Deocha Pachami coal block will generate 100,000 jobs: Mamata Banerjee

Banerjee, speaking at an administrative review meeting here, expressed hope that the coal extracted will be sufficient to generate electricity for 100 years

PM Modi to flag off 100th Kisan Rail from Maharashtra to West Bengal today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off 100th Kisan Rail from Sangola in Maharashtra to Shalimar in West Bengal, via video conferencing today

Will do everything needed to facilitate free, fair polls: Bengal governor

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar said on Sunday that he would do everything possible to ensure state elections are held peacefully

Saradha scam: Salaries were paid from CM relief fund, says CBI

In a development which may further increase the political heat in West Bengal where Assembly polls are slated early next year

West Bengal coronavirus update: 31 Covid-19 deaths, 1,541 cases reported

The COVID-19 toll in West Bengal rose to 9,536 on Friday with 31 more people succumbing to the disease, a bulletin released by the state Health Department said

Modi government is trying to mislead farmers of West Bengal: TMC

Modi had blamed the state government for depriving farmers in Bengal of cash benefits under the 'PM Kisan Nidhi Samman' scheme

Wrote to Mamata govt to avail PM Kisan benefits for Bengal's farmers: Tomar

Tomar also asked the agitating farmers to stop the protest and come to the discussion table

Modi alleges Mamata govt is blocking central benefits to Bengal farmers

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lashed out at Mamata Banerjee-led government in West Bengal

Congress announces alliance with Left parties for Bengal elections

It is not clear how many seats the Congress will contest

Once a Maoist bastion, West Bengal's Jhargram district is now a tourist hub

Back in 2010-11, this region was a hotbed of political turbulence and a stronghold of the militant group, Communist Party of India (Maoist)

Bengal thrives on merit, cannot allow it to turn into Gujarat: CM Mamata

The national anthem, the national song and the 'Jai Hind' slogan were all given to the world from West Bengal, she said at an event her

Class 10, 12 board exams to be held in June: Bengal education minister

Board examinations for class 10 and 12 will be held in June one after another, West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee said

Two West Bengal highway projects first to start on new BOT model

NHAI may consider floating another set of contracts in the next fiscal year

Attempts being made to create false narrative about Bengal: TMC

The TMC rejected Union Home Minister Amit Shah's accusation that West Bengal had fared abysmally on development indices under the present dispensation

'Garbage of lies': Mamata hits out at Amit Shah over Bengal''s development

The chief minister said, "I will only speak on two things today, he said we are a zero in industry, we are number one in MSME."