Bengal: Cash strapped Mamata Banerjee-govt presents Rs 3.6 lakh crore budget

Kolkata/IBNS/UNI: Finance Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya on Thursday presented a Rs 3.6 lakh crore budget for West Bengal for 2024-25 with a slew of benefits expanding assistance to the poor and common people ahead of the Lok Sabha election.

Reliance Industries invested Rs 45,000 cr in Bengal; Rs 25,000 cr more in next 3 yrs: Mukesh Ambani

Kolkata: Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani Tuesday announced that the oil-to-telecom conglomerate has committed an investment of around Rs 45,000 crore in West Bengal, Moneycontrol reported.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee meets UAE Minister of State for Foreign Trade

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday met Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, the UAE Minister of State for Foreign Trade.

'Rate Card for jobs!': Modi slams Mamata over Bengal recruitment scams

New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday made a veiled attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her government over the alleged scams that took place in various recruitment processes in the state.

BGBS 2022: Flipkart launches modern fulfillment center in Haringhata

Kolkata/IBNS: India's homegrown e-commerce marketplace Flipkart on Thursday announced the inauguration of India’s largest fulfillment center in Haringhata, West Bengal.

Aditya Birla Group ventures into paint business in West Bengal

Kolkata/IBNS: Aditya Birla Group (ABG), a global conglomerate, has announced its venture into the paint business.

After Mamata seeks tax waivers on Covid meds and equipment, Sitharaman explains how taxation reduces burden on buyers

New Delhi/IBNS: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has emphasised that a minimum 5 per cent tax on vaccines and 12 per cent tax on medicines and oxygen concentrators is necessary to keep their prices low while replying to West Bengal Chief Minister.

Bengal: TMC leader Firhad Hakim caught abusing BJP, CISF in viral video

Kolkata/IBNS: In another new low in the West Bengal politics, Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate from Kolkata Port, Firhad Hakim, was heard abusing the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) in a video, which went viral on social media.

Mamata Banerjee wishes all employees of RBI on its foundation day

Kolkata, Apr 1 (UNI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday opined that the ''dignity of the Reserve Bank Of India (RBI) has diminished in recent times''.

Mamata Banerjee inaugurates 5th BGBS, Reliance to invest over 1 billion in Bengal

Kolkata, Feb 7 (IBNS): Reliance Industries owner Mukesh Ambani has promised to invest over Rs. 1 billion in West Bengal as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurated the fifth edition of Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) at Biswa Bangla Convention Centre here on Thursday.

Ola and West Bengal Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd sign MoU to create 5000 job opportunities in state

Kolkata, Jan 19 (IBNS): West Bengal Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (WBTIDCL), a fully owned company under the Transport Department, Government of West Bengal and Ola, India’s most popular mobility platform, have signed an MoU to create 5000 entrepreneurial opportunities in the state. 

WB CM Mamata Banerjee hosts fourth Bengal Global Business Summit in Kolkata today

Kolkata, Jan 16 (IBNS): After a poor show in the last year, West Bengal Chief Minister is eyeing on to host a successful Bengal Global Business Summit 2017 starting from Tuesday in Kolkata.

Infosys to invest Rs. 100 crores in West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee

Kolkata, Aug 29 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday announced that software giant Infosys will invest Rs. 100 crores in the state.

The Bengal Global Business Summit has drawn an overwhelming response: Mamata Banerjee

Kolkata, Jan 21 (IBNS): Announcing the dates of next year's The Bengal Global Business Summit, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said this year's edition has drawn an 'overwhelming response' from 'industry freinds' from across the globe.

WB Chief Minister inaugurates Exide Industries new plant in Haldia

Haldia, West Bengal, Jan 2 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee on Monday inaugurated Exide Industries' punch grid battery producing unit in technical collaboration with East Penn Manufacturing Company of the USA in Haldia, a major river port and industrial hub located 125 km from state capital Kolkata.