Tag: West Bengal
Food Festival Closes with a record turnout – Ahare Bangla records unprecedented 1.5 lakh...
Ahare Bangla records unprecedented 1.5 lakh footfall
“Ahare Bangla” – the biggest food festival in the country – recorded an unbelievable 1.5 lakh footfall in the past five days compared to that of 65,000 last...
Festivals display colours of humanity, culture and civilization: Mamata Banerjee
Festivals display colours of humanity, culture and civilization: Mamata Banerjee
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday sent out a message to all to maintain communal harmony especially during the festive days of Deepavali and...
State government to bring Self-Help Groups under insurance coverage
State government to bring Self-Help Groups under insurance coverage
The state co-operation department is all set to bring Self Help Groups under insurance coverage to ensure their financial security in case there is any untoward...
Durga Puja Art Works will be at permanent display – Bengal Govt to conserve...
Bengal Govt to conserve Durga Puja artwork
HIDCO, the State Government agency which has already undertaken the mammoth task of beautifying New Town, will begin conservation of handicrafts and artworks that were created by various...
Didi Mamata acts motherly for poors – Bengal Govt to provide food to city...
Bengal Govt to provide food to city street dwellers
In a unique initiative, the State Food Supply Department has taken up an elaborate scheme to provide free food to street dwellers living in areas under Kolkata...
Fight against corruption in PDS – Bengal Govt set to introduce e-post to check...
Bengal Govt set to introduce e-post to check food grain leakage
The State Food and Supplies Department is going to introduce a digital device ‘e-post’ to check leakage and pilfearge of food grains from ration...
Ahare Bangla – Largest Food festival In India begins at Kolkata
After the grand success of first edition of "Ahare Bangla 2015" the government of West Bengal is organizing Ahare Bangla 2016 from 21st to 25th October at Milan Mela, Kolkata.
Minister Subrata Mukherjee for Panchayat and...
State Govt proposes to supply piped water to arsenic-affected areas
State Govt proposes to supply piped water to arsenic-affected areas
The state Public Health Engineering department has submitted a proposal worth Rs. 5,000 crore for supplying piped water in Arsenic-affected areas.
The Centre is examining the...
JSW Group to make fresh investments worth Rs 3,400 cr in Bengal
JSW Group to make fresh investments worth Rs 3,400 cr in Bengal
Sajjan Jindal, head of the JSW Group, announced today in Kolkata that the company is going to make fresh investments worth Rs 3,400...
China Business Delegates meets Amit Mitra Bengal Minister Finance and Industry
Bengal Industry Minister holds meeting with Chinese delegation
Bengal Finance and Industry Minister Dr Amit Mitra on Sunday chaired a meeting with a Chinese business delegation at Nabanna.
A Chinese delegation had earlier surveyed the State’s...
Will Bengali ask for the Royalties for Bengali Sweets too? – Bengal to seek...
Bengal to seek GI tag for sweets and handicrafts
Bengal is now all set to claim patents over their sweet dishes Sarpuria and Sarbhaja, asserting that these humble delicacies originated in the state’s Krishnanagar.
They also...
Singur still a political hot cake – Bengal CM to chair high level meet...
Bengal CM to chair high level meet on Singur today
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee would hold a meeting in Nabanna from 3 PM on Monday and decide the date from when the process of giving “physical...
Bengal Art will Go Global – Bengal to devise export strategy to promote its...
Bengal to devise export strategy to promote its artisans
In order to promote various products, including engineering and textile products in the international market, the Bengal government is drafting a comprehensive export strategy for the...
Dashabhuja Road Show – A slice of Bengal at Durga Puja Bisarjan carnival on...
A slice of Bengal at Durga Puja Bisarjan carnival on Red Road
A special procession of about 39 Durga Puja committees who have won Biswa Bangla Sharad Samman was organised today on Red Road on the way to...
Elaborate preparations for Durga Puja Immersion made by Bengal Govt
Elaborate preparations for Durga Puja Immersion made by Bengal Govt
Elaborate security arrangements by Kolkata police as well as civic authorities were in place on various ghats of Hooghly river to ensure that the immersion...
Second edition of Ahare Bangla to promote Bengal heritage food items in a grand...
Second edition of Ahare Bangla to promote Bengal heritage food items in a grand scale
Buoyed by the success of the previous year, the ‘Ahare Bangla – A Unique Food Festival celebrating Bengal’ showcasing the...
Bengal Shines – Bengal topper in vegetable production
Bengal topper in vegetable production
Bengal is the number one State in the production of vegetables. The latest data shows that the State produces around 18 per cent of the total production of vegetables in...
Bengal govt to award prize money to cleanest district in state
Bengal govt to award prize money to cleanest district in state
The state Panchayat and Rural development department will give prize worth Rs 10 lakh to the best district in maintaining cleanliness, Chief Minister Mamata...
Bengal government to develop green spaces in urban areas
Bengal government to develop green spaces in urban areas
The state Municipal Affairs department has taken up several steps for creation and development of green space in urban areas at an estimated cost of around...
Bengal Transport Dept ties up with Google to help commuters
Bengal Transport Dept ties up with Google to help commuters
Commuters can now plan their trip within Kolkata on Google maps on phone, thanks to State Transport Department. With all data of routes under State...
