Sunanda Bose is a social activist and has worked for decades on women education and rights. She also belongs to the erstwhile Taki Zamindar family In the twelfth century, King Ballal Sen of Bengal invited five Brahmins from Kanauj. Each of them was accompanied by a
With the number of road accidents increasing in the Rajarhat New Town area, thanks to the numerous stray cattle, primarily cows suddenly coming in front of speeding vehicles, the state government has decided to set up a cow shelter in New Town. The cow shelter
West Bengal Chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s admirable work in the rural sector has not gone unnoticed. In fact, the Union government has selected West Bengal’s rural development as the role model for the rest of the country. Recently, theUnion Ministry of Panchayati Raj and Rural
West Bengal is at last to get its clean fuel and gas supply along with a whooping 7,000 crore investment by Hi Energy of Hiranandani group. Bengal had an extremely limited access to coal, but Hi Energy (P) Ltd plans to set up an offshore
After the success of schemes such as Kanyashree and Banglar Bari, Bengal government has launched a new scheme to make women of Sundarbans self-sufficient. The Sundarini Scheme will help women of this region sell their local products directly to competitive markets. This is also a
After Kolkata’s Indian Statistical Institute director Sanghamitra Bandopadhyay won the Infosys prize for computer science and cancer research, another Kolkata boy has made us proud! Ritabrata Munshi has won the 2017 Infosys Award in Mathematics for his contributions to the analytic aspects of number theory.
The inaugural day of Destination East on 18th January will see as many as 102 overseas delegates from 30 countries, including 14 from the US, 12 from the UK and 12 from Russia, who will discuss opportunities to access, experience and invest in West Bengal’s
The first day of Bengal Global Business Summit was a grand success with not just famous industrialists praising Bengal, but many of them even announcing the amount they would invest in this state. Industrialist Mukesh Ambani declared an investment of 5,000 crores. And so did
Kolkata is slowly warming up to a new Car-Toon that would soon hit the roads and you could be the lucky one to ride on the same. A retro milk white ambassador with a grassy roof and embellished with cartoons all over. This city has
Entrepreneur Madhavi Mehta brings lotion bars to Kolkata as part of her start up venture Pranava Body Care. She gives an exclusive interview to GB • When and how did Pranava Body Care start? Pranava is an outcome of my passion for chemical free body care products.