Kolkata: The ministry of home affairs has added the Haldia Dock Complex as a seaport so that it can be included as a designated immigration checkpoint. This will make Haldia the 41st seaport immigration checkpoint in India..Speaking to TOI, a top official of Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata, told TOI that the move will benefit…
Arrop Biswas at Judges’ court to visit lawyer’s chamber Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court’s division bench on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of a case challenging interim protection granted to former sports minister Aroop Biswas till July 2.Satadru Dutta, the organiser of Messi’s ‘GOAT India Tour’, had filed a case before the division bench of ACJ…
KOLKATA: A day after presenting the maiden BJP budget in the state, finance minister Swapan Dasgupta said much of the praise that has been heaped on the proposals is because people are overwhelmed to discover hope after half a century of despair.“The budget appears to be great because we, the people of Bengal, had given…
2nd airport for Kol region | page 1The state budget unveiled plans for a 2nd airport for the Kolkata region and new airports at Purulia, Balurghat and Malda. It also announced plans for the expansion of the airport in Cooch Behar.Govt hunts for 1k acres for airport near Kalyani | page 3Kolkata: Signalling a major…
India’s rooftop solar sector is booming, but West Bengal is being left in the dark. Despite a nationwide surge in clean energy, West Bengal remains one of the country’s slowest adopters, holding just 67 megawatts (MW) of installed rooftop solar capacity as of March 2026.To put that in perspective, West Bengal’s total capacity is less…
KOLKATA: Former Tarakeswar municipality chairman and senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Sapan Samanta was allegedly humiliated by local residents in West Bengal’s Hooghly district over allegations of corruption.According to news agency ANI, an angry group of locals garlanded Samanta with shoes and forced him to perform sit-ups while holding his ears.The locals also pelted him…
Move to check child marriage, dropout Kolkata: In a fresh drive to discourage child marriage and improve female participation in higher education, the Bengal govt on Monday announced a one-time financial assistance of Rs 50,000 for every unmarried girl student enrolling in undergraduate courses at govt and govt-aided colleges across the state.“To reduce the dropout…
Kolkata: The West Bengal government on Monday proposed a restructuring of the Profession Tax regime in the 2026-27 budget, including a doubling of the exemption limit for salaried employees to Rs 20,000 per month.Traders and businesses will also benefit from a higher exemption limit, with the annual gross receipts or turnover threshold proposed to be…
Kolkata: The state is all set to have five new districts, including Kolkata as district borders are all set to be redrawn. Swapan Dasgupta, the state finance minister, announced the setting up of the new districts in his first budget speech on Monday.“As part of administrative reforms to decentralize administration, improve public service delivery and…
