Tag: Bengal
The lockdown page that brought growers together At 35, Chiranjit Maity cheerfully calls himself pagol (mad) about kagoz phool (paper flower), a Bengali name for Bougainvillaea. Ask him about the…
The West Bengal Legislative Assembly on Saturday (July 26, 2026) passed the West Bengal Panchayat ( Second Amendment), 2026 Bill depriving elected representatives of panchayats of financial powers. The bill…
Former West Bengal minister and Trinamool Congress MLA Madan Mitra has come under the Enforcement Directorate’s scanner in the alleged municipal recruitment scam. The central probing agency has summoned Mitra…
An arrest in an alleged cattle smuggling case has led police in Uttar Pradesh to uncover what they suspect is a multi-state organised crime network with a financial trail of…
Every expedition into a rainforest, mountain valley, or island creek begins with a simple question: What if something here has never been documented before? In 2025, that question was answered…
The West Bengal government has allocated over 1000 acres of land for erecting border fences spanning over 172 km border with Bangladesh, West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said. “Ensuring…
For nearly half a minute, Gita Karmarkar could not speak. The retired health supervisor from Belakoba Rural Hospital in West Bengal had just been told that she had been selected…
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday asked Forest Department officials to work transparently and step up efforts to stop illegal logging and timber smuggling. He also directed officers…