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WB: Forest Range Officer creates garden using plastic bottles, rubber tyre
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Midnapore (West Bengal) [India], Sept 15 (ANI): A forest range officer (FRO) of Pirakata Range under Midnapur division has created a beautiful garden using 1,100 waste plastic bottles and rubber tyres.
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WB: 2 men held for smuggling birds, 524 parrots recovered
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Burdwan (West Bengal) [India], Sept 15 (ANI): West Bengal police on Saturday arrested two smugglers and recovered 524 parrots from their custody.
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WB: LGBTQ community celebrates one year of decriminalising Section 377
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], Sept 14 (ANI): Members of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) community celebrated one year anniversary of the Supreme Court's verdict on Section 377, which lifted a colonial-era ban on gay sex.
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Saradha chit fund scam: Kolkata top cop does not turn up at CBI office fol
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Sept 14 (ANI): Former Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar, who was summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) yesterday in connection with multi-crore saradha chit fund scam, did not turn up at the agency's office on Saturday.
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Army Eastern Command condoles 9-yr-old dog's death
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Sept 14 (ANI): Army Eastern Command on Saturday condoled the death of 'Dutch' a 9-year-old dog in Kolkata.
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Respect all languages, cultures equally: Mamata Banerjee on Hindi Diwas
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Sept 14 (ANI): Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday extended her greetings on the occasion of Hindi Diwas and said that we should respect all languages and cultures equally.
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Will try implementing Sixth Pay Commission from Jan 1: Mamata Banerjee
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Sept 13 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday announced the state government will accept the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission and said she will try implementing them from January 1 next year.
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Lt. Gen Nav K Khanduri assumes charge as commander of Trishakti Corps
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Sukna (West Bengal) [India], Sept 13 (ANI): Lieutenant General Nav K Khanduri has taken over the command of Sukna-based Trishakti Corps of the Indian Army from Lieutenant General CP Mohanty.
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Calcutta HC withdraws protection from arrest for Rajeev Kumar in Saradha s
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Sept 13 (ANI): In a setback to former Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar, the Calcutta High Court on Friday withdrew the protection from arrest granted to him in connection with the multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam case.
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CropLife India jointly with SAMETI, Agriculture Department, government of
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India] Sept 12(ANI/NewsVoir): CropLife India, an association of 18 R&D driven crop science companies, today, organized an awareness program for Crop protection products Dealers and students of Diploma in Agricultural Extension Services for Input Dealers (DAESI) course
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'Too harsh': Mamata says won't enforce hefty fines for traffic violations
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Sept 11 (ANI): The West Bengal government will not implement the amended Motor Vehicles Act, which provides for stiff fines for traffic violations, as it is "too harsh" on the people, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Wednesday.
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WB: Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha protest against high electricity tariff i
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Sept 11 (ANI): The youth wing of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) on Wednesday held a protest here against hike in electricity tariff and alleged corruption in meter reading.
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