Airtel 5G Plus launched in KolkataAirtel 5G Plus services will be available to customers in a phased manner as the company continues to construct its network and complete th...
23 Mar, 2023, 01.33 AM IST
No Indian can be branded as outsider in any part of country: Bengal governorJagdeep Dhankhar, while addressing a press meet at Kolaghat during his visit to Purba Medinipur district, also said he will do "everything ...
06 Jan, 2021, 04.51 PM IST
Government starts multiple waterways transportationThe vessel's journey commenced from Kolaghat on Rupnarayan river (National Waterway- 86) to reach Bhagalpur via river Ganga (NW-1).
06 May, 2017, 10.20 PM IST
Power Finance Corp provides Rs 2,703 crore to West Bengal's first super critical projectAccording to the statement, WBPDCL is a company owned by the West Bengal government for generation and supply of electric power in the stat...
07 Mar, 2017, 02.48 PM IST
Government approves Rs 6,068 crore highway projects in 8 states"National Highway projects worth Rs 6067.9 crore and totalling 476.386 km were cleared by the Standing Finance Committee on November 15."
17 Nov, 2016, 05.17 PM IST
20 thermal power plants asked to comply with green normsThe government on Tuesday said its central pollution watchdog CPCB has asked 20 thermal power plants to comply with environment standards.
06 May, 2015, 11.10 AM IST
Mamata Banerjee blames Jharkhand govt and DVC, seeks PM's interventionMamata Banerjee today blamed the release of water from reservoirs in Jharkhand by the DVC for floods in a number of south Bengal districts.
16 Oct, 2013, 08.57 PM IST
Agencies offer loan for power sector modernisation in West BengalMultilateral development agencies have agreed to offer Rs 1,100 crore in fresh soft loans for the modernisation of the power sector in West...
06 Oct, 2013, 12.10 PM IST
World bank to refurbish old power plantsThe World Bank will refurbish three old thermal power plants — one in Maharashtra and two in West Bengal — at an investment of Rs 1,400 cro...
19 Sep, 2013, 05.33 AM IST
Power failure: Eastern grid collapses, train services stalledAfter the Northern Grid, the Eastern Grid also collapsed today affecting power supply to West Bengal, Sikkim, Jharkhand, Bihar and Odisha.
31 Jul, 2012, 02.58 PM IST
- Power blackout! Plants fast running out of coal
The country is staring at a blackout situation as the supply of coal in nearly all thermal power generation units are fast-depleting.
13 Oct, 2011, 12.39 PM IST
- Mamata complains of chest pain after lorry hits convoy
Mamata Banerjee complained of chest pain on Tuesday after she was injured when her car suddenly braked after one of her convoy vehicles was...
11 Aug, 2010, 06.23 AM IST
- WBPDCL mulls retrofitting at coal-fuelled power plants
West Bengal Power Development Corporation (WBPDCL) is toying with the idea of retrofitting its coal-fuelled thermal power plants with equip...
11 Dec, 2009, 03.44 AM IST
- People will not tolerate use of force by TMC: Buddha
West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said on Sunday that people will not tolerate use of force by Trinamool Congress (TMC) ac...
22 Nov, 2009, 10.59 PM IST
- WBPDCL to invite bid for 1,320 MW Sagardighi TPP in Sept
The West Bengal Power Development Corporation (WBPDCL) will seek international competitive bid for the 1,320 MW super critical power projec...
07 Sep, 2008, 12.43 PM IST
- Bengal floods claim 25 lives, 22 lakh hit
Flood situation in West Bengal's West and East Midnapore districts remained grim on Friday with the death toll mounting to 25.
21 Jun, 2008, 04.24 AM IST
- WB govt deplores Mamata's warcry at Singur
A day after Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee warned of a bloodbath in the event of the displacement of farmers for the Tatas' pro...
11 Sep, 2006, 03.40 PM IST