Political spotlight turns to Jadavpur as West Bengal polls nearAhead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, Jadavpur remains a crucial urban constituency in Kolkata, shaped by its Left legacy, TMC domin...
13 Apr, 2026, 09.16 AM IST
CM Mamata Banerjee 'springs a surprise' with SC move; Oppn 'caught off guard'West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee appeared before the Supreme Court. She argued a petition challenging electoral roll revisions. A...
05 Feb, 2026, 12.31 AM IST
Budget 2024: Rabri Devi dubs it 'Jhunjhuna', TMC says, 'Kursi Bachao' budget. Here's how opposition reactsFiery protest erupts in Bihar as former Chief Minister Rabri Devi expresses sharp discontent over budget allocations, labeling Rs 26,000 cr...
23 Jul, 2024, 05.07 PM IST
India generates 46.7 million jobs in 2023-24 fiscal: RBI dataThe employment growth rate for the fastest growing major economy stood at 6% in FY24 against 3.2% in the preceding fiscal, the central bank...
08 Jul, 2024, 09.16 PM IST
Major Port Authorities Bill introduced in Rajya SabhaThe bill aims to provide for regulation, operation and planning of major ports in India and to vest the administration, control and managem...
10 Feb, 2021, 01.06 PM IST
Centre a cruel govt, Gujarat will never rule Bengal : Mamata BanerjeeMamata, who was speaking at the debate on the Rs 2.99 lakh crore vote-on- account, said even if it was so it was done for the welfare of th...
08 Feb, 2021, 09.24 PM IST
MSMEs may have potential to create 1 cr jobs in 5 years: Research FirmThe MSME sector remained the highest job creator with the sector contributing about 3.6 crore jobs, which is about 70% in the manufacturing...
08 Apr, 2019, 08.30 AM IST
Online petition against retirement tax goes viralBudget for 2016-17 seeks to impose a retirement tax at the time of final withdrawal on 60 per cent of contributions made after April 1, 201...
02 Mar, 2016, 04.03 PM IST
Phuchkanomics workforce is bigger than TCS, SBI, InfosysThree women plus 1.5 chhotus working with each of 200,000 phuchka vendors: that should give us the total Phuchkanomics workforce.
07 Feb, 2016, 12.18 PM IST
- IEEMA calls for immediate imposition of import duty on power equipments
IEEMA calls for immediate imposition of import duty on power equipment for mega and ultra-mega power projects over 1,000 MW.
21 Jun, 2012, 09.41 PM IST
- Need to go beyond agriculture to develop rural areas: Kalam
Former President A P J Abdul Kalam has said that employment opportunities will increase if rural India thinks beyond agriculture.
23 Jan, 2012, 02.15 PM IST
- Singur Land Bill passed: Mamata Banerjee scraps previous Left Front government's deal with Tata Motors
The debate on the bill was puncutated by occasional angry exchanges between the treasury and opposition benches.
14 Jun, 2011, 07.04 PM IST
- Govt may roll back excise duty on branded garments
"The excise duty on readymade garments is being opposed heavily, especially in West Bengal. It might be rolled back ," a Finance Ministry o...
30 Mar, 2011, 03.03 PM IST
- Mamata dares Buddhadeb to face-to-face debate
Mamata Banerjee dared West Bengal CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee to a face-to-face debate on the performance of the Railway Ministry.
26 Mar, 2011, 10.17 PM IST
- Steel cos eye more expats in new visa regime
Domestic steel companies are looking at hiring higher number of expats in new steel projects after the government introduced new visa regim...
30 Nov, 2010, 04.44 AM IST
- AI grounds pilot for 'pointing out defect'
Pointing out that three of the four main wheels of an aircraft were too worn out for the flight to be operated safely in adverse monsoon co...
05 Sep, 2010, 02.19 AM IST
- Finding their port of call
Ocean Sparkle's promoters latched on to an opportunity in private ports earlier than others.
27 Oct, 2008, 12.00 AM IST