5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (501+ words) TV Mohandas Pai in Calcutta on Monday Sourced by the Telegraph Bengal can more than double the size of its economy to $500 billion by 2034 if it can sustain double-digit growth, dramatically expand software exports and emerge as an eastern hub…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (498+ words) Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury, the chairman of the Trinamool Congress-run Englishbazar municipality, has decided to step down, saying an acute funds crunch has made it virtually impossible for the civic body to meet its regular expenses. Choudhury, a veteran Trinamool leader…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (320+ words) Swapan Dasgupta in Calcutta on Saturday Telegraph picture Clearing outstanding industrial incentives could be crucial to establishing the “credibility” of the Bengal government among businesses, state finance minister Swapan Dasgupta said at a Bengal Business Council event on Saturday, signalling…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (118+ words) Ashok Lahiri Sourced by the Telegraph Niti Aayog vice-chairman Ashok Lahiri on Saturday said large tracts of land were crucial for Bengal to attract large-scale and heavy industries, even if it meant considering limited conversion of multi-crop agricultural land for…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (327+ words) Tapas Roy File picture The Suvendu Adhikari government is toying with the idea of repealing the Mamata Banerjee era act that cancelled incentives promised to industry from 1993, in order to introduce fresh fiscal support to attract investment. The Revocation of…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (175+ words) Suvendu Adhikari File image Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday urged youths who had left Jungle Mahal and relocated to other states for employment to return home, promising that large-scale industrialisation in Purulia and Bankura would generate at least 20,000 local…...