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State plans regular green-cracker production training

Kolkata, Dec. 4 -- The MSME department is planning to hold regular training sessions on green cracker manufacturing to ensure safe and sustainable livelihoods for the nearly 1.5 lakh people in Bengal ... Read More


'Sebaashray set to begin in Barrackpore from Jan'

Kolkata, Dec. 4 -- The Sebaashray health outreach initiative is set to begin in the Barrackpore Parliamentary Constituency this January, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Partha Bhowmick announced on Wednes... Read More


Supreme Court to wrap up Yes Bank AT-1 bond case hearings in January

NEW DELHI, Dec. 4 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday said it will conclude hearings in the third week of January on appeals filed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Yes Bank and others challenging the ... Read More


MGNREGS: Tea garden workers demand immediate resumption

Alipurduar, Dec. 4 -- A fresh indication of distress is once again emerging in North Bengal's tea industry. With the lean season approaching, tea garden workers and several stakeholders are calling fo... Read More


KLO chief's 'video urging boycott' triggers controversy before CM's December 9 meet

Cooch Behar, Dec. 4 -- As the stage is all set for Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's public meeting at the Ras Mela Maidan in Cooch Behar on December 9, a controversy has erupted over a video message-p... Read More


WB Heritage Commission begins mapping North Bengal's heritage structures

Jalpaiguri, Dec. 4 -- The West Bengal Heritage Commission has launched a major initiative to identify and classify heritage structures across North Bengal, determining which properties will be preserv... Read More


Punitive Approach

New Delhi, Dec. 4 -- The Supreme Court's intervention yesterday, calling on states to ease the severe pressure faced by Booth Level Officers (BLOs) engaged in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of e... Read More


A troubling message from Guinea-Bissau, By Azu Ishiekwene

Nigeria, Dec. 4 -- None of the three Guineas is thriving, but in Guinea-Bissau, the country that sits on Africa's map like a tongue of fire, recent events are twisting that nation's fate into profound... Read More


Putin Visit: Families urge PM Modi to trace missing Punjab and Haryana youth

Chandigarh, Dec. 4 -- Families of several young men from Punjab and Haryana, who have gone missing in Russia, have appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to raise the issue directly with Russian Pre... Read More


Punjab tops nation in Human Trafficking Cases, Jaishankar tells parliament

Chandigarh, Dec. 4 -- India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar informed the Rajya Sabha on Thursday that Punjab has recorded the highest number of human trafficking cases in the country. Respon... Read More