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Bengal govt urges closed jute mills to reopen by June

11:56 pm June 17, 2021

Kolkata: West Bengal Labour Minister Beecharam Manna has urged closed jute mills to reopen by this month, exuding confidence that state government measures would ensure raw material availability. Sources said the minister has been holding regular meetings with trade unions and mill managements. On Thursday, Manna met officials of Delta Jute Mill and Hanuman Jute […]

Actor-politician Rudranil Ghosh alleges attack while

11:51 pm May 28, 2021

Kolkata: Actor-turned-BJP politician Rudranil Ghosh, who had unsuccessfully fought the assembly polls, on Friday alleged that he was manhandled by Trinamool Congress activists while distributing relief materials to inmates of a camp in the constituency from where he had contested. Speaking to reporters, Ghosh claimed, he was abused and slapped by a group of local TMC workers at the camp […]

Yaas: NDRF deputes highest-ever number of teams for Odisha, Bengal; over 10L evacuated

Cyclone Yaas likely to make landfall near Balasore, Home Minister reviews preparations with state CMs, officials

11:56 pm May 24, 2021

Kolkata/New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Cyclonic storm Yaas is likely to make landfall near Balasore in north Odisha at a speed of 155 kmph to 165 kmph, gusting to 185 kmph, around noon on May 26, the Met department said on Monday. Anticipating the fury of the storm, Union Home Minister Amit Shah reviewed preparations including evacuation of […]

Bengal reports 154 more Covid deaths, 18,863 fresh cases

10:25 pm May 22, 2021

Kolkata: West Bengal’s Covid-19 death toll rose to 14,208 after 154 more people succumbed to the disease on Saturday, the health department said in its bulletin. The tally mounted to 12,48,668 as 18,863 fresh cases of infection were reported from different parts of the state, it said. In the last 24 hours, 19,202 recoveries have […]

The Trump Organization bullish on Indian real estate: Donald Trump Jr

12:01 am May 9, 2021

Washington: The Trump Organization is bullish on the Indian real estate, which is its biggest residential market outside North America, its Executive Vice-President Donald Trump Jr. said on Saturday. New York-based The Trump Organization, which is a venture of former US President Donald Trump, entered into the Indian real estate market through a partnership with Mumbai-based Tribeca Developers. The US firm and Tribeca have tied up with local […]