Kolkata: Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday renewed the pitch of turning West Bengal into “Sonar Bangla” if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) comes to power in the state in 2026, while ...

Amit Shah, who landed in Kolkata late on Thursday night, inaugurated a puja pandal at Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre (EZCC) in Salt Lake and visited Kalighat Temple on Friday Kolkata: Union home ...

The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has ordered all business establishments, commercial institutions, and shops across the city to display signboards prominently in Bengali. The notification says ...

- The trade license department has been tasked with issuing reminders to businesses and ensuring strict enforcement of the order. The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has made it mandatory for all ...

The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has issued a notice to traders making the Bengali language mandatory on all signboards. A notification on 30th of August specified that "all the signboards and ...

A Ganesh Puja pandal on Anwar Shah Road, near Dhaka Kali Bari, has a famous song inscribed atop — Ami Banglay gaan gai / Ami Banglar gaan gai (I sing in Bengali / I sing about Bengal) The Ganesh Puja ...

Japanese chef Koji Nakayama, 50, and his wife Sachiko, 45. (Right) A Bengali thali served by the Nakayamas at the restaurant Indian Spice Factory. (Image credit: Moneycontrol) In a quiet corner of ...

Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim has mandated that all commercial establishments, including shops and restaurants, must display signboards and hoardings in Bengali, alongside other languages. This directive ...

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday called for promoting the use of Bengali in film and TV productions in the state. Speaking at the ‘Mahanayak Samman’ award ceremony, held on the death ...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, alongside Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee and several party leaders, led a large protest march in Kolkata on Wednesday. They alleged that ...

With assembly polls in 2026, TMC is raising its pitch over what it alleges is a pattern of linguistic profiling, unlawful detentions, and efforts to label Bengali speakers as "illegal immigrants." ...