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HC declines blanket ban on 'Nabanna Abhijan', allows 'peaceful protest'

Kolkata, Aug. 7 -- The Calcutta High Court on Thursday declined to pass a blanket prohibitory order against the proposed 'Nabanna Abhijan' protest and instead advised protestors to remain peaceful and... Read More


Bengali films to get priority in theatres in state, announces Min

KOLKATA, Aug. 7 -- That Bengali films often don't get prime-time slots is nothing new. Time and again, whenever a big-budget Bollywood or pan-Indian film starring A-listers releases, Bengali films are... Read More


Guv assented to WB Clinical Establishment Amendment Bill 2025

Kolkata, Aug. 7 -- Governor CV Ananda Bose assented to the West Bengal Clinical Establishment (Registration, Regulation and Transparency) (Amendment) Bill 2025, which will help the state government in... Read More


Worker drowns in floodwaters

Malda, Aug. 7 -- A 37-year-old daily wage worker, Tarani Mondal, drowned in floodwaters near his home in Dohara village of Harishchandrapur on Wednesday while trying to catch fish. His body was recove... Read More


Domestic automobile retail sales decline 4% YoY in July, says FADA

New Delhi, Aug. 7 -- Domestic automobile retail sales declined 4.31 per cent year-on-year in July amid drop in demand for passenger vehicles and two-wheelers, dealers' body FADA said on Thursday. Over... Read More


'Reliance builds four engines for growth, charting deep-tech shift'

New Delhi, Aug. 7 -- Reliance Industries has built four high-powered growth engines of retail, digital services, media and entertainment, and new energy to propel the conglomerate's next phase of expa... Read More


'No logic behind Trump's 50% tariff, talks continue with US'

Mumbai, Aug. 7 -- There is no logic or reason behind the Trump administration's "unilateral" move to impose 50 per cent tariffs on Indian exports to the US, a senior Indian diplomat said on Thursday. ... Read More


Sensex, Nifty end higher as mkts shake off Trump's tariff jitters

Mumbai, Aug. 7 -- Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty staged a comeback on Thursday following the last-hour buying in IT and banking shares, even as US President Donald Trump slapping an additio... Read More


India will be $25 trillion 'power house' by 2050: Gautam Adani

Lucknow, Aug. 7 -- India will be a $25 trillion economic "power house" by 2050 with the global centre of gravity shifting towards it, Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani said while addressing students a... Read More


Mamata: Won't suspend officials served suspension notices by ECI

Kolkata, Aug. 6 -- Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chairperson Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on the Election Commission of India (ECI) for ordering suspens... Read More