Scanner on exorbitant fees, Bengal government mulls bill to rein in private schools
Minister Bratya Basu drew a parallel with the state government’s attempts to rein in private hospitals by setting up a ...
Bengal Assembly ruckus: One BJP MLA suspended, two others forced out of house
Ruckus prevailed in the West Bengal Assembly on the first day of the budget session on Monday as BJP legislators staged ...
Boom in warehouse leasing underlines Calcutta’s pull as major trading and transit hub
A report published by real estate consultancy Knight Frank said leasing in the city stood at 6.5 million square feet, up 28 ...
How students of Calcutta’s Hindu College created an idea of ‘the people of India’ under British rule
The Young Bengal was a group of Bengali free thinkers from Hindu College, Calcutta. They were also known as Derozians, after ...
TMC leaders begin house-to-house survey to identify fake voters in Bengal
This follows chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s allegation that BJP is manipulating voters’ lists in the districts with help ...
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Kolkata Hosts Two Major Events Focused on Healthcare and Senior Citizens with Jagriti Dham
New Delhi [India], March 12: Kolkata recently witnessed two significant events centered around healthcare and the well-being ...
Bengal Budget Session: 2Nd Phase To Begin Today Without Lop In House
The second phase of the budget session of the West Bengal Assembly will start from Monday without the Leader of Opposition ( ...
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Calcutta High Court gives ‘conditional permission’ for RSS rally in Burdwan, sets aside Bengal govt’s objection
The Calcutta High Court on Friday allowed the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) rally in Burdwan on February 16, setting aside the West Bengal ... some time at a guest house in Rajarhat, near ...
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Calcutta HC grants permission for RSS rally in Burdwan dismissing Mamata Banerjee government's objection
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) government had cited the ongoing ... They met at a guest house in Rajarhat, near Kolkata, where Bhagwat was stationed during his stay. An RSS functionary told PTI ...
Bengal Speaker revokes order barring circulation of House documents to BJP legislators
West Bengal Assembly Speaker Biman Bandopadhyay on Thursday revoked his previous direction to the Assembly Secretary barring ...
Kolkata Tangra family deaths: 'Prasun slashed wrists of wife, sister-in-law after his brother mixed sedatives in kheer'
KOLKATA: In the Kolkata triple murder case, which was claimed to be a "suicide pact," the brothers Pranay and Prasun Dey have confessed to the police that Prana ...
West Bengal Government to Introduce Bill Regulating Private School Fees
The West Bengal government plans to introduce a Bill in the state Assembly to regulate private school fees, as announced by Education Minister Bratya Basu. A commission, headed by a retired justice, ...