Bengali singer-songwriter Pratul Mukhopadhyay passed away on Saturday morning at the age of 82 in Kolkata. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee attended the veteran singer-songwriter's last rites, which were performed with full state honours at Rabindra Sadan, Kolkata, today.
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In a post on X (formerly Twitter), CM Mamata Banerjee said, "Finally, the Bengal Global Business Summit 2025 concluded with a Valedictory Session today at the Biswa Bangla Convention Centre. The total investment proposals received in this eighth edition of BGBS come to Rupees 4 Lakh 40 thous
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addressed the 8th Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) on Thursday, where she said that the state government has received an investment proposal worth Rs. 4.4 lakh crore at BGBS 2025.
"This is one of the unique summits, and everyone saw the response of the industry... They were happy and also expressed their views... Investment proposals of over Rs 90.51 lakh crore have been received..." the CM said while speaking to the media.
Invoking the national anthem authored by Rabindranath Tagore, CM Banerjee said that she admires all the states in the country. "We respect (Mahatma) Gandhi, who was from Gujarat, but spent most of his life in Bengal during the freedom movement," she added.