Can't deny funds to states not implementing NEP: Parl panel

Not releasing funds to states which have not agreed to implement the PM SHRI schools scheme is not factual and justified, a parliamentary panel has noted. IMAGE: Kindly note that this image has......

Veteran Bengal minister Subhas Chakraborty dies

West Bengal Sport, Transport and Youth Affairs Minister Subhas Chakraborty passed away in a private hospital in Kolkata at 11.35 am on Monday following multiple organ failure. The veteran leader......

'Non-communal BJP? You must be kidding!'

West Bengal, at the moment, is divided into two easily discernible camps -- one that supports Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee's refusal to put in his papers, and another that doesn't. Whether......

Bengal imposes fresh Covid curbs, local trains suspended

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday took stock of the COVID-19 situation in the state, shortly after her swearing-in ceremony, and announced fresh curbs to combat......

P R Dasmunshi: Mr Policeman?

Anyone following the spate of protests following the SEZ policy in West Bengal would remember one picture of Nandigram in vivid detail. That of information and broadcasting minister Priya Ranjan......

'Now, I am reduced to nothing'

'I have tutored my family and myself to fight hunger,' the former agent for the Saradha chit fund says, his eyes welling up. 96 of the 107 cases referred to the Serious Fraud Investigation Office......

At least a cycle for every Indian. Hero offers a 2k model

The wheels turn for bicycles, as manufacturers go back to the basics.After motorised two-wheelers overtook cycle sales in the country, manufacturers are focusing on commuter segment again and......

GST aftermath: Government mulls pruning tax exemption list

When the GST is enforced, exemptions from central excise on tea, coffee, food might go, reports Dilasha Seth About 200 items, including premium tea and coffee, ready-to-eat food and branded......