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Bengal tops paddy production with record 256.53L MT in 2024-25

Kolkata, July 3 -- Bengal has once again emerged as the leading paddy-producing state, recording the highest-ever output of 256.53 lakh metric tons in the 2024-25 financial year. Chief Minister Mamat... Read More


BJP responsible for increase in farmers' suicides: TMC

Kolkata, July 3 -- The Trinamool Congress (TMC) has intensified its attack on the BJP-led government at the Centre, claiming that over one lakh farmers committed suicide between 2014 and 2022. In a p... Read More


'Unsubstantiated claims': Santanu Sen's med registration suspended for 2 years

Kolkata, July 3 -- The West Bengal Medical Council (WBMC) on Thursday suspended medical registration of Santanu Sen, a former Trinamool Congress (TMC) Rajya Sabha MP, for allegedly making unsubstantia... Read More


Mamata performs 'aarati' at ISKCON's Rath Yatra festival

Kolkata, July 3 -- Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee performed 'Aarati' at ISKCON's Rath Yatra festival at Brigade Parade ground on Thursday and prayed to Lord Jagannath for peace and welfare of people. ... Read More


Bengal boosts fish exports

Kolkata, July 3 -- The state government's sustained push to augment fish production has enabled it to export substantial quantities to neighbouring states in recent years. "In 2023-24, we exported 1.... Read More


'Stop harassment of Bengali-speaking migrant workers in Odisha'

Kolkata, July 3 -- Amid reports of harassment and unlawful detention of Bengali-speaking migrant workers in Odisha, Bengal Chief Secretary Manoj Pant on Thursday wrote to his Odisha counterpart, Manoj... Read More


'BJP is using social media for running misinformation campaign'

Kolkata, July 3 -- The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Thursday criticised the BJP and its IT cell for running a "misinformation campaign", levelling multiple allegations against the saffron party. In a ... Read More


Howrah: Fire breaks out at bitumen factory

Kolkata, July 3 -- Tension spread at Alampur in Sankrail of Howrah after a major fire broke out at a bitumen factory on Thursday morning. Though 10 fire tenders put out the flames after almost five h... Read More


Efforts accelerated to acquire land for border fencing

BALURGHAT, July 3 -- The Land and Land Reforms department has intensified efforts to acquire land for erecting barbed wire fencing along the open stretches of the India-Bangladesh border in Hili, Sout... Read More


Bengal govt to launch special portal for aid to locked-out workers

Kolkata, July 3 -- The Labour department of the Bengal government is set to introduce a dedicated web portal for its Financial Assistance to the Workers of Locked Out Industries (FAWLOI) scheme, aimed... Read More