Kolkata, Feb 12 (IANS) The tax revenue of West Bengal is projected to increase by 11.26 per cent by March 31, 2026, mainly propelled by only two of the 12 components which are State Goods and Service Tax (SGST) and state excise. As per the budget estimates for the financial year of 2025-26, the state’s … Read more
Kolkata, Feb 10 (IANS) Maintaining its individual identity despite alliances and adopting equal aggression against both the ruling Trinamool Congress and the BJP, will top the agenda at the CPI(M) state conference scheduled in West Bengal later this month, a party leader said on Monday. The conference, to be held from February 22 to 25 … Read more
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Monday a batch of petitions, including the West Bengal government’s appeal, filed against the Calcutta High Court’s order cancelling 25,753 appointments in teaching and non-teaching posts made by the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) in 2016. As per the details published … Read more
Kolkata, Jan 31 (IANS) The West Bengal Medical Council is facing criticism from representatives of the medical fraternity on various issues. The council was recently accused of targeting a couple of junior doctors who had been at the forefront of the protests against the R.G. Kar rape and murder case. The fresh criticism against the … Read more
Kolkata, Jan 30 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Thursday ordered the West Bengal Medical Council’s Registrar Manas Chakraborty to immediately vacate the post. A division bench of Chief Justice T.S. Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya has also cautioned Chakraborty that unless he himself resigns by 5 p.m. on Friday (January 31), he will be … Read more
Kolkata, Jan 30 (IANS) West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose conferred 33 personnel of the Border Security Force (BSF) with Police Medals for Meritorious Service at an investiture ceremony organised in Kolkata on Thursday. Among the recipients, 20 are serving personnel, while the remaining are retired. A senior BSF official of the Eastern Command said … Read more
Kolkata, Jan 27 (IANS) West Bengal Budget for the financial year 2025-26 will be presented in the Assembly on February 12, as per the decision taken at a meeting of the state cabinet at the state secretariat Nabanna on Monday which was presided over by the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The budget session of the … Read more
Kolkata, Jan 27 (IANS) There has been a slight change in the scheduled visit by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat to West Bengal next month. His scheduled arrival to Kolkata has been postponed and at the same time the number of days of his scheduled stay in West Bengal has also been curtailed. … Read more
Kolkata, Jan 25 (IANS) A local Trinamool Congress leader was shot at from close range in broad daylight on Saturday afternoon at Nodakhali in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district and his health condition is stated to be critical. The critically injured local Trinamool Congress leader has been identified as Krishnapada Mondal. He was shot … Read more