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The Latest Breaking News from Bengal

West Bengal extends stamp duty & circle rate sops for 6 months

By Uditprasanna Mukherjee

The Times of India

Widow pension: West Bengal sets aside Rs 960 crore

KOLKATA: The Bengal government on Friday said it was extending the widow pension coverage to 21 lakh from April 2022 setting aside an allocation of Rs 960 crore.

The Times of India

Green fuel push: No registration fee, road tax for electric, CNG vehicles

Kolkata: The Bengal Budget on Friday gave a fillip to seamless transition to cleaner fuel in the transport sector by encouraging people to buy vehicles powered by electricity and CNG.

The Times of India

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West Bengal: ‘Piped water to all households by 2023’

KOLKATA: Bengal government has decided to develop the water supply network across the urban areas of the state and also committed to cover 100% households with piped water supply by 2023.

The Times of India

‘West Bengal only state to give staff pension’

KOLKATA: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee asserted that Bengal was the only state where the government continued with the pensionary benefits to state employees.

The Times of India

Poor supply doubles lemon prices

Kolkata: The prices of lemon have more than doubled in a matter of 10 days owing to poor supply from southern states, especially Tamil Nadu, where untimely rain damaged standing crops. With the temperature rising in Bengal, the demand for lemon has spiked, leading to a bigger demand-supply gap.

The Times of India

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee junks PM Narendra Modi’s 2024 remark, calls for unity against BJP

KOLKATA: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said “Congress has lost its credibility” and stressed that all parties opposed to BJP should come together ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

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West Bengal economic growth pegged at 12.8%, higher than India’s 9.1%

KOLKATA: Bengal's estimated economic growth through the second and third waves of Covid is projected to be 12.8%, a rate higher than the projected national GDP growth of 9.1% for the 2021-'22 financial year.

The Times of India

Premjit Sen officiates at Karate1 Premier League in Fujairah

KOLKATA: Premjit Sen, president of Karate-Do Association of Bengal (KAB), was the only referee from India to officiate at the Karate1 Premier League, which was held recently in Fujairah (UAE).

The Times of India

Ranji Trophy: 7 teams including Mumbai, Bengal, Karnataka qualify for quarters directly

KOLKATA: Seven elite group toppers -- Bengal, Mumbai, Karnataka, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand -- made the cut directly to the Ranji Trophy quarterfinals after the conclusion of the league round on Sunday.

The Times of India

Uttar Pradesh elections: Protest against me shows BJP going out of power, says Mamata Banerjee

LUCKNOW: A day after West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee was shown black flags amid slogans of "Mamata go back" on her arrival at Varanasi by right wing workers, the Trinamool Congress chief on Thursday said the "protests indicate that they (BJP) are going out of power".

The Times of India

Coronavirus: Focus should be on jabbing unvaccinated children now, say experts

Bengal on Wednesday recorded zero Covid-19 death after exactly a year. The last time the state had witnessed no Covid death was on March 1, 2021, just before the onset of the devastating second wave.

The Times of India

Trinamool Congress sweeps Bengal civic polls

Trinamool Congress has won 102 of 108 municipalities across West Bengal

The Hindu

SP president, Jayant Chaudhary and Mamata Banerjee to address a jt rally in Varanasi tomorrow

LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) president Jayant Chaudhary will share the stage with West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee to address a joint rally in Varanasi on March 3.

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Naveen’s death has made it even more difficult for us: Bengali students in Ukraine

KOLKATA: The death of a university mate under heavy shelling at Kharkiv in Ukraine has left scores of Bengali students living in flat bunkers and underground Metro stations without food and water as none dared to come out on streets where missiles and shells rained through the day on Tuesday.

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West Bengal: Journalists 'attacked' as violence breaks out during civic polls

Several journalists were reportedly among those attacked and injured as violence broke out in West Bengal on Sunday, when voting took place for elections to 108 municipalities across 20 districts.

The Times of India

4 lakh Corbevax doses in West Bengal, focus on children aged 12-15

KOLKATA: West Bengal has received about 4 lakh doses of Corbevax vaccine that would be used in inoculating children between 12 and 15 years in the state. Even as the Union health ministry is yet to issue a directive or rollout date for the drive in this age group, state…

The Times of India

West Bengal: Actor Srabanti Chatterjee booked for Wildlife Act breach

KOLKATA: The state forest department has issued a notice to actor Srabanti Chatterjee for allegedly shooting with a chained mongoose and flaunting its photographs on social media.

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Ranji Trophy: Bengal batters hold the key

KOLKATA: Bengal pacers good run was halted by Ravi Teja and Tanay Thyagarajan who were involved in a potential game-changing eighth-wicket partnership of 109 runs that kept the Ranji Trophy Elite Group B match between Bengal and Hyderabad evenly poised at the end of Day II at the Barabati Stadium…

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Sr State Handball meet: Nadia bags women’s title, Paschim Bardhaman clinches men's crown

KOLKATA: Nadia district beat Kolkata 5-2 in the women's team final match while Paschim Bardhaman defeated Kolkata 9-8 in the men's team category in the 41th State Handball championship organised by West Bengal State Handball Association.

The Times of India

Better if this was understood: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee calls up governor Jagdeep Dhankhar over ‘typo’

KOLKATA: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday called up Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar to inform him that the cabinet note sent to Raj Bhavan to summon the budget session on March 7 had a typographical error, in which 2 pm was wrongly mentioned once as 2 am.

The Times of India

West Bengal plans to add 650 PG seats in medical colleges

KOLKATA: Bengal government is planning to increase 650 post graduate medical seats in different medical colleges in the state.

The Times of India

West Bengal: Action against 3 cops as SIT probes Anis Khan death

AMTA (HOWRAH): Two cops were suspended and a home guard was dismissed from service on Tuesday for dereliction of duty and misbehaviour three days after Aliah University alumnus Anis Khan's violent death at his Amta home.

The Times of India

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee writes to PM Narendra Modi over Ganga erosion in 3 districts

KOLKATA: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday wrote to PM Narendra Modi over the “perpetual river erosion” along the Ganga in Malda, Murshidabad and Nadia districts, causing severe loss of public utilities, private properties and agricultural land.

The Hindu

Nirmala Sitharaman rebuts Opposition on charges of misuse of Central agencies

Counters that West Bengal Government is deploying State Police to harass political foes

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