West Bengal: ED raids premises in Kolkata, Burdwan in PDS 'scam' caseThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday carried out raids at multiple locations in West Bengal as part of its money laundering investi...
25 Apr, 2026, 08.58 AM IST
Two more arrested in Sandeshkhali in connection with attack on ED officialsThe West Bengal Police on Friday arrested two people in connection with the attack on ED officials at Sandeshkhali, the first arrests in th...
14 Jan, 2024, 08.11 PM IST
Bengal police filed Sandeshkhali attack FIR under bailable sections, state PDS scam of enormous magnitude: EDThe Enforcement Directorate in West Bengal has raised concerns over attacks on its teams, stating that the state police registered an FIR u...
08 Jan, 2024, 04.16 PM IST
ED arrests former Bongaon municipality chairman Shankar Adhya in public distribution system caseAccording to the ED, as per the evidence collected, about 25.55% of total wheat flour required to be delivered to PDS distributors was siph...
06 Jan, 2024, 09.53 PM IST
West Bengal PDS case: ED files first charge sheetThe names of West Bengal forest minister Jyotipriya Mallick and local businessman and rice mill owner Bakibur Rahaman have surfaced in the ...
12 Dec, 2023, 10.05 PM IST
Tokyo Games: India's lone gymnast Pranati Nayak fails to qualify for All Round finalsThere are a total of five subdivisions, from which top 24 gymnasts (best score across all four apparatus) qualify to the All-Around final, ...
25 Jul, 2021, 11.36 AM IST
West Bengal planning to opt out of Centre's 'One Nation, One Ration Card' scheme"We have not received any intimation from the central government in connection with its 'One Nation, One Ration Card' scheme. There is no q...
27 Feb, 2020, 12.35 PM IST
States against NPR query on parents’ birth date, placeThe governments of Rajasthan, Kerala, Punjab, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal, all non-Bharatiya Janata Party ruled states, have lodged protes...
18 Jan, 2020, 07.40 AM IST
West Bengal government becomes stricter with food leakages from the PDSFood and supplies minister Jyoti Priyo Mullick said that this could check the corrupt practices of a section of the people selling the food...
20 Oct, 2016, 02.54 PM IST
Government to rope in private players for kharif rice procurementThe Union Food Ministry has prepared a policy acting on the recommendations of the high-level committee of the state-owned Food Corporation...
02 Aug, 2015, 12.50 PM IST
West Bengal to launch food law in 3 districts from June 1The food law, passed by Parliament in September 2013 during the previous UPA regime, has so far been rolled out in 11 states/UTs.
25 May, 2015, 10.09 PM IST
Odisha to sell potato through PDS outletsThe Odisha govt decided to provide potato to people through PDS outlets for Rs 20/kg in view of restriction on movement of the tuber from W...
08 Aug, 2014, 04.38 PM IST
- Buddhadeb to face challenge from ex-CPM leader
Samir Putatunda, a former CPM leader who is now a functionary of the Party For Democratic Socialism, will contest against Buddhadeb Bhattac...
30 Mar, 2011, 06.16 AM IST
- Red wheat sequel: 4 states can shop abroad
For the first time, the Centre has asked four states - Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and West Bengal - to directly import wheat fo...
11 Mar, 2008, 12.18 AM IST
- We will request PM to convene meeting of CMs on PDS: Pawar
A request will be made to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to convene a meeting of chief ministers soon to streamline the Public Distribution ...
23 Nov, 2007, 02.35 PM IST
- CM sets up panel on ration chaos
Facing the heat on the ongoing chaos in West Bengal’s rationing system, which the Congress leadership in Delhi described as “food riots”, c...
24 Oct, 2007, 02.46 AM IST
- India has record 31,650 petrol pumps
Energy-hungry India has a record 31,650 petrol pumps and 9270 LPG distribution agencies, Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Di...
17 Aug, 2006, 04.10 PM IST