West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari and state finance minister Swapan Dasgupta displaying copies of the state Budget after its presentation in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. KOLKATA: The BJP government in West Bengal on Monday presented its first full budget, announcing a wide-ranging set of measures. The budget includes a 20% point hike in…
KOLKATA: The BJP government in the state presented its first budget on Monday, focusing on the remaining eight months of the current financial year.Finance minister Swapan Dasgupta tabled the 2026–27 budget of the government led by chief minister Suvendu Adhikari, nearly two months after the BJP’s victory brought an end to 15 years of Trinamool…
West Bengal’s new BJP government has announced a major infrastructure boost, including a second airport for Kolkata in Kalyani and new airfields in Purulia, Balurghat, and Malda KOLKATA: Signalling a major aviation and infrastructure push, the BJP government’s maiden budget in West Bengal on Monday unveiled plans for a second airport serving the Kolkata region,…
KOLKATA: Parents of the RG Kar rape-murder victim have now alleged that Abesh Banerjee, a doctor and nephew of former CM Mamata Banerjee, was involved in efforts to conceal evidence after the crime. They have demanded that the CBI summon and question him as part of its ongoing probe.The allegations surfaced a day after the…
Kolkata/Malda: Itahar MLA Mosharraf Hossain on Sunday became the latest senior Trinamool neta to quit the party, resigning as state president of Trinamool minority cell and declaring his alignment with Leader of Opposition Ritabrata Banerjee.Hossain said he had already sent his resignation letter to Kalighat, citing personal and family reasons. “Since the change of the…
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari addresses the ‘Paschimbanga Divas’ (West Bengal Day) celebration at Tarakeswar, in Hooghly district, Saturday, June 20 Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday visited state irrigation department’s bungalow situated next to Sech Abasan in Salt Lake’s FF block. Sources said the CM was there to take stock of the building’s…
Dwaipayan.GhoshKolkata: Four days after receiving a complaint from former India cricket captain Sourav Ganguly alleging online harassment and defamation, Kolkata Police registered an FIR after finding prima facie evidence supporting his allegations.The case was registered at Thakurpukur PS on Friday and is being investigated jointly with the southwest cyber cell following directions from an Alipore…
Kolkata: A doctor cannot be held liable for negligence merely because an alternative course or a better treatment method was available, Calcutta high court held while quashing a criminal case against a gynaecologist from Alipore’s Woodland Multi-Speciality Hospital.Father of a newborn had filed a case at Alipore police station against Pervinder Kaur alias Dr Parvinder…
Heavy rainfall and waterlogging in Kolkata…….Subhojyoti Kanjilal Kolkata: The city and its adjoining areas witnessed heavy rainfall on Sunday in the latter half of the morning, causing waterlogging in many parts of the city and slowing down traffic at several parts of the city, including stretches of south and central Kolkata, the VIP Road and…
Heavy rain in Kolkata…….Subhojyoti Kanjilal Kolkata: The city experienced its rainiest monsoon day of the year on Sunday, as torrential downpours lashed the streets and brought a welcome respite from the sweltering summer heat. By Sunday evening, the city had recorded 62.1 mm of rainfall, marking the second-highest 24-hour rain accumulation for June in Kolkata…
