Bengal: JP Nadda likely to chair BJP organisational meeting in Jan
Kolkata, Jan 1 (IANS) After the Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s three-day visit to West Bengal during the year-end, BJP President and the Union Minister of Health, J.P. Nadda, is likely to come to Kolkata this month to review the party’s organisational preparedness for the assembly elections. A state committee member of the party said […]
Vijay Hazare Trophy: Kohli, Rohit, Suryavanshi smash centuries; Karnataka and Bengal complete big chases
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Vaibhav Suryavanshi, along with Ishan Kishan and Devdutt Padikkal, smashed centuries to benefit their respective teams in Round One of the Vijay Hazare Trophy 2025/26 Season on Wednesday. It was a day on which a record 22 individual centuries were scored on the opening day […]
IWL 2025-26: Indian women’s football’s finest begin battle in Bengal
New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) The ninth season of the Indian Women’s League will get underway on Saturday with eight teams set to do battle for the title of the best women’s football club in the country. East Bengal FC, who won their maiden IWL trophy last season, will have the opportunity to defend their […]
PM Modi to inaugurate, lay foundation stone for 2 NH projects worth Rs 3,200 crore in Bengal
Kolkata, Dec 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of two National Highway projects worth around Rs 3,200 crore at Ranaghat in West Bengal’s Nadia district on Saturday. He will also address the gathering on the occasion, according to a statement issued by the Press Information Bureau (PIB) on […]
NFR secures FSSAI’s ‘Eat Right Station’ status for 6 stations in Bengal
Guwahati, Dec 11 (IANS) Six stations under the Alipurduar (APDJ) Division of Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) situated in West Bengal have received the prestigious Eat Right Station certification from the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), officials said on Thursday. NFR’s Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) Kapinjal Kishore Sharma said that this recognition […]
PM Modi, HM Amit Shah likely to start poll campaign in Bengal from Dec
Kolkata, Nov 23 (IANS) Inspired by the landslide electoral success in the recently concluded Bihar Assembly polls, the BJP’s Central leadership is planning to start a high-profile campaign involving both the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah for the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections from next month. The initial plans, as […]
TMC refutes FM Sitharaman’s claims on deletion of MGNREGA job cards in Bengal
Kolkata, Feb 11 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress (TMC), on Tuesday refuted the claims made by the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on the floor of the Parliament regarding reported deletion of 25 lakh “fake job cards” under the 100-day job scheme under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). Trinamool Congress issued a counter-statement, […]
