Kolkata

Several TMC leaders, including two MLAs, were among the people who received the COVID-19 vaccine in Purba Bardhaman district on Saturday, the opening day of the nationwide vaccination programme.

The officials conducted search operations at 10 places, including offices and residences of those businessmen, sources said.

With an eye on the assembly polls, due in AprilMay, the TMC administration launched the 'Duare Sarkar' (government at doorsteps) programme last month to deliver benefits of 11 staterun welfare schemes.

TMC MP Sougata Roy also said the new farm legislations will help corporates and usher in contract farming in the country.

Adhikari, who joined the saffron party in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday, has already given up membership of the Trinamool Congress and the ministerial position in the state cabinet.

The constitutional head of the state expressed his views on Twitter on Thursday attaching a copy of his letter to the chief minister. The governor also said that it was "high time" that the "long overdue" interaction between him and the chief minister tak...

Claiming that the BJP indulges in "politics of disruption and division", minister Bratya Basu said the TMC, unlike the saffron party, believes in growth and positivity.

If Adhikari shares the dais with Banerjee, all confusions over his political stand is likely to get cleared. However, if he is found missing, speculations over his ties with the ruling camp in Bengal will continue.

A 25-year-old man was arrested from Kolkata for threatening Indian pacer Mohammed Shami's estranged wife Hasin Jahan, police said on Wednesday.

Mamata’s ‘Government at Doorsteps’ masterstroke came days after Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited Bankura on November 5 and claimed TMC’s days are numbered in Bengal as they are going to form the government with a two-third majority in the state.

Police said that there was a report of a fire at a party office in Babanpur area under Mohanpur gram panchayat. "It was not clear how the fire broke out around midnight last night. A case has started," a police officer said.

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar claimed the administration has become so politicised that it is difficult to uphold the democratic system in the state.

The governor, who has been at loggerheads with the Trinamool Congress government since he assumed office in July 2019, also said democracy has been put to shame due to the incident.

This young readers' tramcar is an initiative by West Bengal Transport Corporation and Apeejay Anand Children's Library team.

In the letter written on November 13, Mitra said that many states had argued at the GST Council meetings held in August and October that the Central government borrow from RBI's special window to meet the gap between protected revenue at 14 per cent growt...

The ‘Karma Sathi’ scheme aims to provide financial assistance and help to prospective young entrepreneurs. Soft loan and subsidy will be provided for taking up any new income-generating project in the manufacturing, service, and trading/business sector up...