Cyclone over Bay of Bengal to impact Sunderbans, heavy rain forecast for WB

The cyclonic storm developing in the Bay of Bengal will primarily impact the Sunderbans spread over West Bengal and Bangladesh, as tidal waves are likely to reach a height of six metre owing to the......

Cyclone 'Sitrang' likely to be formed by October 24

A low-pressure area over the north Andaman sea that on Saturday intensified into a depression, around 1,460 km south-southeast of Sagar Island in West Bengal, is expected to take the shape of a......

India's Omicron count goes up to 6,041

India registered 2,68,833 new Covid infections in a day taking the tally to 3,68,50,962, which includes 6,041 Omicron variant cases, according to the Union health ministry data on Saturday. IMAGE:......

HC drops Suvendu from Gangasagar Mela monitoring panel

Calcutta high court on Tuesday dropped the leader of the opposition in the state assembly from a three member committee formed on January 7 to monitor compliance of Covid restrictions at Gangasagar......

Bengal gets Rs 400 crore to develop Sundarbans tourism

Bengal's tourism department officials said the eco-tourism hub would have five star resorts, budget hotels, cottages, swimming pool, lake, club house, among others. The West Bengal government is......

Govt to award 30 port projects worth Rs 25K cr this fiscal

The Shipping Ministry on Monday said it has set a target of awarding 30 projects, entailing Rs 24,633 crore investment, for the current fiscal to add 288.48 million tonne capacity. "The achievement......

Entire text of finance minister's Budget Speech

Budget 2010-11 provided considerable relief to income tax payers by raising the slabs at two levels but hiked the central excise duty on non-petroleum products across the board from 8 to 10 per......

West Bengal wants seaport

The West Bengal government has requested the Union Surface Transport Ministry for carrying out a feasibility study for a seaport in the state. The high level delegation led by the state Industry......