Kolkata: State finance minister Swapan Dasgupta on Monday announced a Rs 200-crore fund for taking up the ‘Ganga Riverfront Beautification Project’. “I propose the implementation of ‘Ganga Riverfront Beautification Project’ to enhance river based mobility, public spaces, tourism in phased manner. This will include restoration of ghats, building promenades, lighting, vendor management and public amenities…
Kolkata: A day after presenting the BJP govt’s first Bengal budget, finance minister Swapan Dasgupta said the positive response reflected renewed hope after “50 years of despair”. Speaking on Tuesday at Lions Safari Park, Dasgupta said many Bengalis had long felt the state offered little future for their families.“The budget appears great because the people…
Kolkata: State finance minister Swapan Dasgupta batted for the city’s green on Tuesday and called for the parks to be kept open and accessible to locals, stressing that public green spaces should not be controlled by clubs or restricted groups. “Parks are meant for residents of the area. Look at Deshapriya Park and Vivekananda Park…
. Tree uprooted in High Court premise on Tuesday —– Photo by Indranil Das Kolkata: The hailstorm with a wind speed of 75 kmph barrelled through central Kolkata on Tuesday afternoon, leaving behind a trail of uprooted trees and lamp posts that threw traffic out of gear in the central business district and left homebound…
Tarakeswar: A viral video showing a brutal assault on councillor and former chairman of Tarakeswar municipality Swapan Samanta last Monday, in which his clothes were torn off, has prompted the Hooghly Police to initiate a probe.While Samanta was speaking with someone in the Saradapally area at 12:20 pm, a group of eight to 10 youths…
Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday claimed that his govt had expelled 10,000 illegal infiltrators from the state and was holding another 1,800 at 12 centres awaiting deportation, while accusing the previous Mamata Banerjee-led govt of misleading Muslims for political gains and failing to secure Bengal’s international border.Responding to criticism over the Special Intensive Revision…
Kolkata: Most state-run schools in Kolkata may stop serving eggs to students after ISKCON takes charge of the midday meal programme under PM POSHANISKCON is gearing up to cook and serve midday meals to around 1 lakh students up to Class VIII across more than 1,800 primary and upper primary schools in Kolkata, following the…
CM Suvendu Adhikari at an event to observe the death anniversary of Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Monday launched a sharp attack on the Trinamool and Left govts for systematically erasing the legacy of Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee even as he hailed the BJP-led state administration’s efforts to restore Bengal’s “forgotten…
CM Suvendu Adhikari speaks in the assembly on Tuesday CM Suvendu Adhikari during Assembly budget session Kolkata: “Along with Sabka Saath and Sabka Vikaas, there will also be Sabka Hisaab. This is the motto of our govt,” CM Suvendu Adhikari said while speaking on the Governor’s budget session address in the Assembly on Tuesday. He…
Nearly 3 kg of gold ornaments worth an estimated Rs 4.4 crore were recovered during the raid Kolkata/Krishnanagar: Nearly 3 kg of gold ornaments worth an estimated Rs 4.4 crore were recovered during a midnight police raid at a Trinamool functionary’s ancestral home in Nadia, who is believed to be a close associate of former…
