Vote Yatra: How domestic help exodus exposes urban India's dependenceAs Bengal gears up for elections, domestic helpers have made their way back, highlighting how essential they are to the fabric of middle-cl...
25 Apr, 2026, 01.03 AM IST
Bengal Polls: Voting for any party other than TMC means vote for BJP, says Abhishek BanerjeeAbhishek Banerjee urged Murshidabad voters to support TMC for development and stability. He accused opposition parties of aligning with the...
18 Apr, 2026, 09.15 PM IST
West Bengal 2026 Assembly Elections: BJP bets on women, youth in manifesto as Amit Shah set for launchThe West Bengal BJP is set to unveil its election manifesto on March 28. Union Home Minister Amit Shah is expected to be present for the re...
24 Mar, 2026, 09.47 AM IST
PM Modi inaugurates BPCL gas distribution project in West Bengal along with several other development projectsNarendra Modi launched development projects in Durgapur. He laid the foundation for a City Gas Distribution project in Bankura and Purulia....
18 Jul, 2025, 05.49 PM IST
PM Modi to launch Rs 5,000 crore development projects in West Bengal ahead of 2026 pollsAhead of the 2026 Assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Durgapur, West Bengal, on Saturday to launch and inaugurate d...
17 Jul, 2025, 09.00 PM IST
Goons threatening women of Sandeshkhali, TMC trying every trick to protect culprits: PM Modi in BengalWhile addressing back-to-back rallies in Barrackpore and Hooghly, Modi alleged that under the TMC rule, Hindus have turned into second-clas...
13 May, 2024, 11.43 AM IST
Jal Jeevan Mission failed, Ganga not cleaned, BJP's 'washing machine' active in WB: Jairam RameshJairam Ramesh questions PM Modi on failures in Hooghly, Ganga cleaning, fund withholding, and corruption accusations against Arjun Singh am...
12 May, 2024, 05.18 PM IST
Amit Shah on two-day visit to West Bengal from November 5; to have lunch with tribal, refugee familiesOn November 5, the first day of his visit, Shah will visit Bankura to meet party workers and leaders from the different sections of the soc...
05 Nov, 2020, 11.41 AM IST
Happy birthday, Arati Saha: Google honours the first Asian woman to cross the English Channel with doodleThe Olympian celebrates her 80th birthday today.
24 Sep, 2020, 01.36 PM IST
BJP's Gau-Vikash Prakastha offers help in securing Mudra Bank loans to cattle ownersThe Gau-Vikash Prakastha is ready to go all out to ensure Mudra Bank loans to cattle owners. The group is using this route to prevent cattl...
01 Aug, 2016, 02.29 AM IST
Muslims a poor lot in West Bengal: Amartya Sen’s reportIn a shocking revelation, the report says, only 1 per cent households are fortunate to have salaried jobs in the private sector as their ma...
02 Mar, 2016, 03.37 AM IST
West Bengal making highest progress in toilets: CM Mamata Banerjee"Nadia is now Open Defecation Free, the first in the country in the last two years," the chief minister announced on Facebook.
23 Apr, 2015, 08.02 PM IST
Enforcement Directorate sends officer's assault complaint to West Bengal policeAccording to his complaint, he was "heckled and slapped" by 7-8 people in a market on Sunday morning when he was going on his bicycle for p...
16 Dec, 2014, 08.38 PM IST
ED officer probing Saradha chit fund scam case allegedly beaten up in HooghlyOfficials said when the officer had gone to seize Saradha property, his photograph was flashed on TV news channels & his identity was thus ...
15 Dec, 2014, 10.00 PM IST
Government ropes in KPMG to assess progress of Jan Dhan YojanaThe Centre has hired global consultant KPMG to evaluate the progress of Jan Dhan Yojana, which was launched by PM Modi two months ago.
10 Nov, 2014, 04.35 PM IST
- RBI asks WB to complete 100% financial inclusion in 8 districts
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has advised West Bengal to complete 100% financial inclusion in eight districts by March 2010.
29 Jan, 2009, 07.52 PM IST
- RBI contradicts 100% financial inclusion claims by banks
RBI has contradicted claims of state level bankers' committees that some districts of the country have achieved 100 per cent financial incl...
23 Jan, 2009, 10.03 PM IST