Millennium Post (Kolkata)
CM vows to eliminate smuggling and trafficking along Murshidabad border
Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday inaugurated Durga Puja pandals in Murshidabad as part of his festive outreach in the district. He cautioned organisers to remain alert to possible attempts to disrupt the celebrations and urged them to take...
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CM unveils Rs 6K-cr Haldia plant; ‘Rs 10K-cr investments in pipeline’
Calling for an industrial revival rooted in Bengal’s self-reliance, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday unveiled Haldia Petrochemicals Limited’s Rs 6,000-crore integrated phenol and acetone plant in Haldia, the largest of its kind in the...
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CM to open Rs 6K-cr phenolacetone plant in Haldia today
West Bengal is set for a major petrochemical boost with West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari scheduled to inaugurate a Rs 6,000-crore phenol and acetone plant at Haldia on Wednesday, marking the second unit of Haldia Petrochemicals. The plant,...
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Bengal to surpass UP in police strength within two years: CM
West Bengal will surpass UP in police personnel strength within the next two years, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari claimed while handing over appointment letters to 11,000 newly recruited police personnel at Netaji Indoor Stadium on Monday. He said...
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‘Save country from cockroaches and bedbugs’, says Suvendu
Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday called for protecting the country from what he described as the menace of “cockroaches and bedbugs”, targeting the so-called “tukde-tukde gang” while asserting that nationalism and the spirit of ‘Vande Mataram’...
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CAPITAL UNDER LOCK AND STIR
As massive unprecedented police crackdown tried to foil the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) called protest of young students and activists in the national Capital on Saturday at Jantar Mantar which remained out of bounds, thousands of protesters took to...
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BJP’s by-election sweep widens margins in Nandigram, Rejinagar
The BJP stormed to sweeping victories in the Nandigram and Rejinagar bypolls, crushing its rivals by margins of 1,22,753 and 75,816 votes respectively. The Nandigram triumph was particularly striking, with the party’s winning margin surging from the...
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GST officers lose arrest powers
The GST Council on Thursday approved a sweeping overhaul of tax administration, removing GST o¨cers’ power to arrest taxpayers, raising the threshold for criminal prosecution to Rs 5 crore, and providing a faster 3-day refund for most claims. The...
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‘We Will Do It’: PM’s 2047 mantra
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday coined a new slogan, “We Will Do It”, asserting that India will become a developed nation by 2047, but agged casteist divisions during elections as a major challenge. Addressing the ‘Viksit Bharat Sankalp...
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Nandigram, Rejinagar bypolls record 79% turnout; Oppn calls it a ‘sham’
The Assembly by-polls in Nandigram and Rejinagar—the rst ones after the BJP came to power in West Bengal with a huge mandate—were overshadowed by the allegations and arrest of AJUP chief Humayun Kabir—even as nearly 79 per cent of voters had cast...
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Iran-backed Houthis seize another town in Yemen
The Iran-backed Houthi rebels captured more territory in southwestern Yemen, taking a key town in a blow to the Saudibacked government forces as they advanced Monday toward a strategic provincial capital in the region. The fall of the town of Turbah...
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Nandigram bypoll: CM seeks bigger voter turnout, higher victory margin
As political parties made a nal push to woo voters in Nandigram and Rejinagar on the last day of by-election campaigning, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari sought a bigger turnout of voters in the October 6 bypoll and a higher margin of victory for the...
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Late gold rush lifts spirits
The star-studded cricket and hockey teams predictably defended their crowns, but it was 17-yearold archer Kumkum Mohod and golfer Pranavi Urs, who scripted unexpected history, adding to the late gold rush that powered India to a creditable fourth place...
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‘Build friendship with BJP’: Suvendu woos minorities
With the Nandigram bypoll campaign entering its nal stretch, West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday made a direct appeal to minority voters, describing the October 6 by-election as an “auspicious occasion to build a friendship” with the...
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CM pitches development over ‘communal politics’ in Rejinagar
Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari sought to turn the political tide in Murshidabad’s Rejinagar on Thursday, declaring that “communal politics” would no longer work in the constituency and claiming that people would stand with the BJP in the October 6...
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‘Indian captain thwarts co-pilot’s attempt to crash Flydubai plane’
An Indian pilot has been credited with helping prevent a possible disaster after his co-pilot allegedly attacked him and attempted to take control of a Flydubai aircraft carrying 174 passengers from Dubai to Tel Aviv on Wednesday, forcing the plane to...
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Sarathi replaces Sabuj Sathi, Class VIII students included in scheme
The BJP government has given Mamata Banerjee’s ‘Sabuj Sathi’ a new name — ‘Sarathi’ — with Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday announcing an expansion of the bicycle scheme to include Class VIII students from the next scal, instead of the...
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Suvendu eyes investment, jobs as Bengal gets India Energy Week 2027
West Bengal will host the four-day India Ener y Week 2027 from January 27 to 30, with the government expecting the high-prole event to attract investment, expand ener y infrastructure and create employment opportunities. Chief Minister Suvendu...
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‘Oppn jointly creating confusion over SIR, undermining people’s mandate’
Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday accused the Mamata All India Trinamool Congress (MAITC) and CPI(M) of developing a nexus inside the Assembly and joining hands on the streets over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. At a...
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Amid row, full EC extends Delhi SIR, eases mandatory hearings
Amid stir and calls for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation, the full Election Commission met here on Saturday and took some key decisions, including extension of Delhi Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and doing away with mandatory...
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CM promises funds for gaushalas, vows to stop cattle smuggling
Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, while speaking at a programme in Burdwan, said that he would sanction funds for setting up gaushalas but would not allow illegal cattle smuggling through the state. He also said he would stop any kind of “love...
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Adani sets Rs 1L cr Bengal target, Suvendu seeks wider footprint
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday used the foundation stone-laying ceremony of the Adani Group’s Rs 4,000-crore-plus, 2,000-bed hospital project in New Town to make a strong pitch for more investment in the state. He urged Adani...
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‘Impeach, arrest CEC’: Oppn amplifies clamour for Gyanesh Kumar’s ouster
The Opposition on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, demanding his impeachment and arrest and alleging that the poll panel under him was functioning as a “one-man autocracy”. A political storm erupted after...
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Suvendu announces tourism push, plans new airport for Alipurduar
Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday announced plans to develop Alipurduar as an international tourism destination, citing the region’s immense potential. Addressing a press conference at Madarihat, Adhikari announced that an MoU would be signed...
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WBPDCL to supply 3.5 million tonnes surplus coal to NTPC
The West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited (WBPDCL) plans to supply around 3.5 million tonnes of surplus coal to National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) by March 2027. The state government is set to earn huge revenues from selling surplus...
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How mining dust in Aravallis is killing residents
Manisha (27) sits with a group of women on a mattress laid out in one corner of her house’s veranda in Rajasthan’s Sikar’s Syalodra village. In the other corner, there are stacks of large oxygen cylinders, used by her 32-year-old husband, Manjeet, for...
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Tata Sons reappoints Chandrasekaran, Noel-led Trusts calls vote ‘legal nullity’
Over a month after he said that he will step down as chairman of Tata Sons, the Board on Thursday backed N Chandrasekaran at the helm for another term of ve years, the company said. However, the decision has been contested by Noel Tara, Chairman of...
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Govt, Oppn clash over new UPI charges
The Opposition on Wednesday stepped up its attack on the government over UPI transaction charges, demanding an immediate rollback, even as the government made it clear there was no question of reversing the decision. The Centre rejected claims that...
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Centre ends free UPI era for merchants
The government on Tuesday announced a new transaction fee on certain Unied Payments Interface (UPI) merchant payments, bringing an end to nearly six years of a fully free UPI system for merchants. From October 15, person-to-merchant (P2M) transactions...
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Suvendu: Keep ‘demons, tukde tukde gang away’
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, while visiting Ganesh Puja pandals across the city on Monday, urged people to stay “away from demons”. Taking a dig at the socalled “tukde tukde gang”, he said such “destructive forces” should be kept at bay...
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BRICS declaration slams US without naming it
India pulled o a major diplomatic victory at the 18th BRICS Summit on Saturday with the adoption of a consensus joint declaration despite dierences between Iran and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) over the West Asia crisis. The joint declaration did...
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Modi nudges Putin to end Ukraine War; flags West Asia conflict, seafarer safety
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday held indepth talks with visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin, reiterating India’s readiness to support any peace initiative to end the conict in Ukraine as the two leaders assessed progress in economic,...
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State introduces Bills allowing inter-university staff transfers
The state government on Thursday introduced two higher education amendment bills in the Assembly, seeking to create a legal framework for interuniversity employee transfers and uniform provident fund (PF) management for sta of 18 state...
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Suvendu announces `254 cr disaster fund for Hills
A day after an Administrator was appointed to the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA), Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari released Rs 254 crore from the disaster management fund for mitigation, relief and rehabilitation in the Darjeeling and...
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Outsiders can’t decide what Bengalis will eat: Bengal BJP chief
“Bengalis will eat what they have traditionally eaten. No one from outside can decide what someone in Bengal should eat or should not eat,” West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya said on Monday, sharply rebung Bageshwar Dham chief Dhirendra...
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Bengal must assure investors their money is safe: Dasgupta
West Bengal must convincingly answer whether investors can put money into the state and be certain it is safe if it wants to shed its old image and reclaim a place among India’s leading investment destinations, state Finance minister Swapan Dasgupta...
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India’s policy gear has shifted: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday lashed out at critics of India’s latest GDP gures, saying those responsible for pushing the country into the “Fragile Five” were now unable to accept its emergence as the world’s fastest-growing major...
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Bengal plans Rs 500cr tourism push, 11 Ganga cruise vessels
Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday announced a Rs 500-crore investment push in tourism and plans to procure 11 vessels for pleasure cruises on the Ganga as part of eorts to position Bengal as an international tourism destination. Speaking at a...
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Suvendu draws cultural line, pushes education overhaul
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday said the media was free to criticise him, but warned against taking digs at the saron colour, saying everyone had a limit to their tolerance. Speaking at the annual programme of Vidya Bharati,...
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Balurghat gets Rs 100 cr healthcare boost
Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday unveiled a twin push for Balurghat’s healthcare and connectivity, announcing an immediate Rs 100-crore allocation to kick-start the upgradation of Balurghat District Hospital into a medical college and...
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CM orders transparent dengue reporting; ‘cases down 50%’
Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday directed the state Health department and doctors to report dengue cases and deaths transparently, assuring medical practitioners that they would face no administrative action for reporting genuine...
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MESSI SAYS ADIOS
Argentina superstar Lionel Messi announced his retirement from international football on Monday, ending 21 years of national-team duty that were capped by winning the World Cup in 2022 to secure his place in the pantheon of the game’s greatest ever...
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India and Uzbekistan upgrade ties, seal uranium deal, eye $5 bn trade
India and Uzbekistan elevated their bilateral relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership on Sunday following talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev. Marking the 15th anniversary of the strategic...
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Nepal: 675 dead, thousands still missing
The death toll from ¦ash ¦oods in central Nepal rose to 675 on Saturday, with more bodies being recovered on Saturday even as more than 2,400 people still remained missing following the disaster. Bodies were recovered from all eight a§ected districts...
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After the flood, another threat looms
The death toll from §ash §oods in central Nepal rose to 579 on Friday, with more bodies recovered as search and rescue operations resume at full pace after a brief slowdown due to fear of fresh §oods following an increase in the water level in the...
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Nepal floods toll hits 392, over 1,500 missing as rescuers race against time
The death toll from the ¢ash ¢oods triggered by a glacial collapse near the Nepal-Tibet border rose to 392 on Thursday, with 359 deaths reported in Nepal and three in neighbouring Tibet. Rescue teams were searching for 1,468 people still missing on...
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Floods ravage Nepal Nearly 160 dead, 750 missing
Nearly 160 people were killed and more than 750 remained missing after a massive ash ood originating in Tibet swept through central Nepal on Wednesday, destroying bridges, roads and hydropower facilities and leaving a trail of destruction across...
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‘Heal the wounds, rebuild Bengal’: Suvendu unveils six-point roadmap
With a promise to put Bengal on the road to selfreliance, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday unveiled a six-point agenda for his government, anchored in national security, constitutional duties, central schemes, welfare, employment and...
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Industry push, vandalism clampdown: Suvendu’s Bengal pitch
Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday unveiled a twin industrial push for Bengal, announcing the inauguration of an L&T group project in Silicon Valley on Thursday, followed by the launch of a new Rs 6,000-crore plant of Haldia Petrochemicals on...
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10 days on, Monsoon Session of Parl still not formally prorogued
Ten days after both Houses of Parliament were adjourned sine die, the Monsoon session has not yet been formally prorogued, prompting speculation that the government may be keeping the session open to facilitate the passage of a key legislation without...
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Shah sets ball rolling for ‘permanent’ hills solution
On the anniversary of the 1988 Gorkha Accord, which paved the way for the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council, Union Home minister Amit Shah on Saturday set the wheels in motion for a “permanent political solution” (PPS) to the longrunning hills issue,...
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Shah: Special triangular security grid to fortify ‘Chicken’s Neck’
The Union Home Ministry is tightening the security net around the strategically vital Siliguri Corridor, with Amit Shah announcing a special “triangular security grid” linking Chopra, Kishanganj and Dhubri, asserting that neither the state nor the...
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SC forms 5-member panel, headed by its ex-judge, to probe police excesses
The Supreme Court has constituted a five-member highpowered expert committee (HPEC), headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice R Subhash Reddy, to examine allegations of police excesses during student protests against paper leaks. The other members...
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PM CARES Fund data released; corpus rises to Rs 8,452 crore
The PM CARES Fund, set up by the Centre in March 2020 as a public charitable trust to respond to emergencies and distress situations, had a corpus of Rs 8,452.06 crore at the end of March 2025, according to its latest audited accounts. While questions...
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BJP’s 2029 team takes shape with 3 former CMs, 18 MPs, 12 women
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday announced its new team of national o ce-bearers, bringing in a large number of new faces while retaining several experienced leaders in key organisational positions. The much-awaited reshue comes seven months...
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Ex-TMC MLA Asish Banerjee found hanging at party office
Former Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA and West Bengal Assembly Deputy Speaker Asish Banerjee was found hanging at a TMC party oce in Rampurhat, Birbhum, on Sunday morning while police recovered a purported suicide note and sent the body for...
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Bengal renames Kanyashree ‘Kanya Ratna’; aid to be doubled from 2027
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday put his government’s stamp on one of the Mamata Banerjee-era agship schemes, announcing that ‘Kanyashree’ would now be renamed ‘Kanya Ratna’. The Kanyashree scheme had won the rst prize in the...
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Parl Monsoon Session ends after bitter deadlock and near washout
The Monsoon Session of Parliament, which concluded on Thursday, was marked by frequent disruptions, shortened sessions, protests and turned out to be a near washout in terms of debates and curtailed business of both Houses. While the Lok Sabha...
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Bengal clears Bill to raise KMC wards to 209, Howrah to 68
A special one-day session of the West Bengal Assembly on Wednesday passed the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2026, paving the way for increasing Kolkata’s wards from 144 to 209. It also passed the Howrah Municipal Corporation...
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Protesters, police claim injuries as lathicharge, tear gas mark march to Assembly
RANCHI: Several protesters and four policemen were injured during a clash near the Jharkhand Assembly on Monday, as police used water cannons, tear gas and lathi-charged job aspirants protesting against alleged irregularities in recruitment...
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CM: Emergency-era ‘Loktantra Senanis’ to get Rs 10,000 monthly
e West Bengal government on Sunday honoured 300 ‘Loktantra Senanis’ who resisted the Emergency imposed in 1975, presenting them with copper plaques in recognition of their contribution to preserving democracy. Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, who...
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Gen Z to shape ‘Viksit Bharat’: PM
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday told students at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, that the decisions they make over the next three to four decades will in uence India’s journey towards becoming a ‘Viksit...
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CM launches ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’, announces bigger rally on Aug 10
Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Friday led a massive march in Bhowanipore, his Assembly Constituency, launching the Centre’s ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign in the state. Stating that the initiative was aimed at promoting nationalism ahead of...
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Rijiju calls Rahul again on delimitation Bill; LoP says hold all-party meet first
NEW DELHI: In its ongoing e orts to reach out to the Opposition amid the Parliament deadlock, Parliamentary A airs Minister Kiren Rijiju on ursday held a telephonic conversation with Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi to seek the Congress’ support for...
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SC tightens cyber fraud framework, asks RBI to circulate SOP in 4 weeks
e Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a series of nationwide directions to strengthen the country’s response to cyber-enabled nancial frauds, asking the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to prepare a standard operating procedure (SOP) within four weeks for...
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By-polls: Prashant Kishor ends BJP’s 30-year hold on Bankipur
DELHI: Jan Suraaj founder and poll strategist Prashant Kishor scripted history on Monday by securing his party’s maiden electoral victory in the high-stakes Bankipur Assembly by-poll in Bihar, defeating BJP’s Neeraj Kumar Sinha by 19,324 votes. In two...
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PM launches 100-week anti-drug drive, calls on youth to lead change
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday launched the ‘Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat Sankalp Abhiyan’, a nationwide campaign aimed at preventing substance abuse among young people, saying that a developed India can only be built if its...
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Cabinet extends PM-KISAN till 2030-31, clears 4 key schemes
In a series of decisions on key agship programmes, the Union Cabinet on Friday approved the continuation of the PM-KISAN scheme for another ve years till 2030-31 with an outlay of over Rs 3.15 lakh crore. It also cleared the Rs 84,084-crore Samudra...
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