Kolkata: Bengal govt has included stepchildren as well as widowed and divorced daughters as beneficiaries of death gratuity. A new notification issued on Monday amended the state’s death-cum-retirement benefit rules to expand the scope.The new rules state that in the event of an employee’s death, if no valid nomination for the gratuity exists, the funds…
Bengal-speaking Malda man stabbed in Madhya Pradesh (Representative image) MALDA: A Malda man was stabbed in Madhya Pradesh, with his family alleging he was targeted for speaking Bengali. Syed Sk (37), a resident of Paharpur village , had been working as a cloth vendor in MP’s Sagar for nine years. On Feb 19, he was…
Kolkata: “Joy Maa Kali” —Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s letter sent out to Bengal voters ahead of assembly polls begins with this greeting, marking a deliberate shift in BJP’s political messaging as the party attempts to shed its “outsider” tag in the state.Until recently, BJP’s Bengal campaigns maintained “Jai Shree Ram” chants popular in northern and…
KOLKATA: A 20-year-old woman was allegedly forced into a car by a friend, molested, assaulted, and then kicked out of the moving vehicle on Diamond Harbour Road in Behala on Saturday night.The 18-year-old friend initially fled the spot after throwing the woman out but was intercepted by a team of cops who chased the car…
Bengal’s trial courts are now grappling with adjudicating 45 lakh disputed SIR cases (File Photo) KOLKATA: It is now the turn of the state’s trial courts to face the challenges that Bengal’s schools have navigated over the past three months.Across the state on Sunday, judges in district courts held a series of meetings with district…
Digi Yatra chaos at Kolkata airport, flyers forced to wait in long queues KOLKATA: Hundreds of flyers were forced to stand in serpentine queues at the Kolkata airport on Sunday as the Digi Yatra facial recognition system suffered a prolonged glitch, slowing entry and security checks throughout the morning and in the afternoon.Frequent flyers, who…
Darjeeling: After a gap of 10 months, Sandakphu, the highest point in the state, witnessed the season’s first snowfall on Saturday evening. Though the snowfall lasted briefly and did not accumulate, it brought excitement among tourists and renewed optimism for stakeholders dependent on tourism.However, the region typically experiences snowfall between Dec and Feb. The snowfall…
Kolkata: Axis Mutual Fund, floated by Axis Bank, is eyeing a slot in the top six mutual funds by assets under management (AUM). It is already the youngest fund in the top 10.Axis MF MD and CEO Gop Kumar Bhaskaran said the fund has an AUM of Rs 3.8 lakh crore and a 5.6% market…
Kolkata: Pratik Ur Rahaman, CPM state committee member who recently quit his party membership, on Thursday lauded the state govt’s “Lakshmir Bhandar” scheme, fuelling speculation about his political future. Rahaman also raised questions about the functioning of CPM state general secretary Md Salim.“State govt rolled out projects for poor people. Once, the Left Front used…
Kolkata: Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Thursday said that the Ayushman Bharat scheme will be introduced in the state in the next few months when BJP is voted to office this time and said that the scheme will also benefit migrant workers.At a private hospital event in Durgapur, Bhattacharya said, “Bengal is the only…
