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Vegetables get 40 per cent costlier in West Bengal, Jharkhand and OdishaPrices of common vegetables like brinjal, pointed gourd, cauliflower, ridged gourd have become expensive is last one week as the vegetables...
West Bengal: Overproduction of potato, rice lead to sharp drop in pricesThe state’s potato harvest this year (the tuber harvest typically begins in end-January and continues through February) has seen a 22% jump.
Mamata government keen to get private investment in agriculture infrastructureThe state agriculture minister Purnendu Basu said on Friday that the state has to be self sufficient so that it doesn’t need to depend on a...
West Bengal polls: Over 42 per cent voter turnout till 11 AMTill 11 AM, 42.37 per cent voters cast their votes in North 24 Parganas district while the corresponding figure in Howrah was 41.25 per cen...
West Bengal polls: Over 22 per cent voter turnout till 9 AMOver 22 per cent voters exercised their franchise in the first two hours of polling for the fourth phase of West Bengal Assembly elections ...
Trinamool Congress leader shot deadSanjay Roy alias Buro was shot by four unknown motorcycle assailants on two bikes at a market place in Jagatpur locality of neighbouring No...
Once a defunct co, HPL now aims to regain glory under Purnendu ChatterjeeBacked by state government, the petrochem company's largest shareholder Purnendu Chatterjee got his life back and now eyes its turnaround w...
Haldia Petrochemicals likely to be a game-changer for investments into BengalWhen Rs 653 cr worth of FDI lands in the state coffers following a call to invest in the state, it serves as a beacon for all others to fol...
Co-operatives to buy paddy from farmers in West BengalThis was indicated by the state agriculture minister Purnendu Basu at the 5th Agro Protech 2015 on Thursday.
West Bengal draws plan to support closed tea garden workersIn the wake of reported death of tea garden workers, West Bengal ministers and officials met to find ways to help workers of closed tea gar...
Bengal Agriculture Minister pitches for farm mechanization, invites investments from corporatesThe agriculture department is the partner in this event which aims to encourage farmers to master practices followed by advanced countries.
Haldia Petrochemicals Limited faltered on export commitment against advance license: SourcesHaldia Petrochemicals Limited, whose plant is under closure since last six months, failed to meet export commitment for which it had got ad...
Share transfer of HPL to TCG a complex transaction: WBIDC"The share sale agreement with TCG is a complex negotiation and a complex transaction as lenders are involved", an official of WBIDC said.
Mamata Banerjee reshuffles Cabinet; Moloy Ghatak makes a comebackA former Naxal leader, Basu, who joined TMC in the mid of Singur movement, has been holding the labour portfolio since the party came to po...
Gold curbs to arrest CAD hit West Bengal’s artisans hardArtisans in gold trade are losing jobs in Bengal with hardly any work due to supply crunch of gold. Nearly 1 crore people from WB are engag...
HPL's networth fully erodes, board seeks life in BIFRTCG claims networth has eroded 100% but state refuses to specify the condition; take on each other with vows to revive the company.
Government duty-bound to curb gold import but what about artisans?The UPA government's decision to raise the import duty on gold by another 2% may throw small and medium jewellers out of business.