Kolkata: The Bengal govt on Monday rolled out Mukhya Mantri Swasthya Bima Yojana (MMSBY), a Rs 5-lakh health coverage for each family that CM Suvendu Adhikari promised earlier this month for those who do not qualify for the Centre’s Ayushman Bharat scheme.A notification on the implementation of the scheme was sent during the day to…
Home guard cadre diverted Kolkata: The state administration has reportedly launched a comprehensive probe through Lalbazar — after appointing independent auditors — into serious allegations regarding the systemic “misuse of human resources”, including the controversial recruitment and deployment of nearly 800 temporary home guards between April 2024 and March 2026, by a few senior officials…
Patchwork done on VIP Road. photo Mayukh Sengupta Kolkata: The deep craters that turned VIP Road into a death trap for thousands of commuters are finally getting a temporary fix.After a week of traffic nightmare, the state PWD has begun replacing some of the arterial road’s worst monsoon craters with paver blocks in a stopgap…
Kolkata: Following nationwide NEET protests and the resignation of former Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Bengal BJP took out a ‘Tiranga Yatra’ in Kolkata on Monday. The party claimed that the country’s youth and children were being misled and used as a shield to serve the political agenda of opposition parties. The party also said…
New Delhi/Kolkata: Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday met Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla and submitted two letters, urging him to expedite a decision on the party’s petitions to disqualify 20 rebel MPs and to revoke recent changes made to the seating arrangements of its parliamentarians.Banerjee’s move comes just a day before CM…
Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari inaugurated the new flyover bridge on Burdwan Road in Siliguri on Monday Siliguri: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday blamed the previous state govt’s “confrontation” with Centre for delays in completing Siliguri’s Bardhaman Road flyover-cum-rail overbridge, saying North Bengal’s infrastructure suffered for years because of political conflict.Inaugurating the Rs 70 crore…
Durgapur: A Chhattisgarh man, suspected of being part of an alleged fake passport and illegal immigration racket, was arrested by NIA in Durgapur on Monday.On Monday morning, a six-member NIA team searched houses at New Steel Park and picked up the suspect Golam Jama from a building he had been staying on rent. NIA was…
Nationally, Myntra has 16,000 sellers and offers around 25,000 brands Kolkata: Myntra is planning to onboard 400-plus more sellers from Bengal before Durga Puja. The lifestyle and fashion portal generally witnesses a 50% spike in sales during Pujas. Bedanta Dutta, senior director, marketplace of Myntra, said there was a lot of demand for products from…
Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya (file photo) Kolkata: Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Sunday launched a blistering attack on those involved in the violence that ensued at the Kolkata rally on Friday, saying that “anti-national forces” were surfacing across the country again and “divisive forces raising anti-national slogans” will end up in hospitals. Bhattacharya’s…
14 vandals arrested and produced to Bankshal Court… Sukhomoy Sen Kolkata: The anti-gang law, which allows for a pre-trial auction of properties seized from persons suspected of rioting and vandalism, faced its first legal challenge on Sunday. Following the arrest of 14 individuals, police invoked sections 9 and 15A of The West Bengal Maintenance of…
