West Bengal Tourism

A comparatively new immaculate red-and-white temple stands beside the ruins of a 1000-year-old shrine overtaken by nature. Muslims take active part in Hindu puja rituals.

The BJP on Tuesday called the meeting between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her Delhi counterpart and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal in Kolkata as "political tourism" of Prime Ministerial aspirants ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose will set up a new team at the Raj Bhavan to handle his affairs and in the first move in that direction, his Principal Secretary Nandini Chakravorty has been moved to the Tourism Department from the Raj Bhavan.

West Bengal tourism minister Babul Supriyo was hospitalised on Monday afternoon after he complained of chest pain, a senior official said.

The forest department of West Bengal shared the photograph of a clouded leopard, a rare sighting of one of the most ancient cat species.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday mentioned that her government will consider tea tourism to benefit tea plantations in the state.

The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) will be setting up the first floating market of the state in southern fringes of the city to rehabilitate vendors displaced during widening of the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass or the EM Bypass.

The West Bengal government for the first time has come up with special passes for tourists so that they can visit all Durga Puja pandals in and around the city. The state tourism department has issued the 'Sharodotsav 2017 special guest passes' for the Pujas and the Red Road carnival on October three, a tourism department official said today

West Bengal Tourism Minister Goutam Deb accused Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling of "patronising and protecting" Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) chief Bimal Gurung, who was "allowed to flee" when Bengal police went to the neighbouring state to arrest him.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee took a train from Kolkata, drove to inundated areas and walked in ankle-deep water to meet victims who have lost their homes, crops and livelihoods to incessant rains over the last week.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee -- who is on a four-day visit to Bhutan - today met King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and discussed various ways of mutual collaboration including medical tourism.

Four families from Kolkata who went on holiday together in the Sunderbans, West Bengal were attacked by armed men, shot at and robbed at the tourist lodge they were staying in early this morning.

He wanted to do an MBA in Tourism so badly that he waited for three years to get an admission. But when he was third time unlucky, he threatened to jump off the roof of a Burdwan University building on Tuesday and became something of a tourist draw himself.

Shah Rukh is the brand ambassador of the state and also co-owns the city-based IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today urged industrialists to invest in the state to promote tourism and develop infrastructure during a visit to the Sunderbans, the world's largest mangrove forest.

A comparatively new immaculate red-and-white temple stands beside the ruins of a 1000-year-old shrine overtaken by nature. Muslims take active part in Hindu puja rituals.

The BJP on Tuesday called the meeting between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her Delhi counterpart and AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal in Kolkata as "political tourism" of Prime Ministerial aspirants ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose will set up a new team at the Raj Bhavan to handle his affairs and in the first move in that direction, his Principal Secretary Nandini Chakravorty has been moved to the Tourism Department from the Raj Bhavan.

West Bengal tourism minister Babul Supriyo was hospitalised on Monday afternoon after he complained of chest pain, a senior official said.

The forest department of West Bengal shared the photograph of a clouded leopard, a rare sighting of one of the most ancient cat species.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday mentioned that her government will consider tea tourism to benefit tea plantations in the state.

The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) will be setting up the first floating market of the state in southern fringes of the city to rehabilitate vendors displaced during widening of the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass or the EM Bypass.

The West Bengal government for the first time has come up with special passes for tourists so that they can visit all Durga Puja pandals in and around the city. The state tourism department has issued the 'Sharodotsav 2017 special guest passes' for the Pujas and the Red Road carnival on October three, a tourism department official said today

West Bengal Tourism Minister Goutam Deb accused Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling of "patronising and protecting" Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) chief Bimal Gurung, who was "allowed to flee" when Bengal police went to the neighbouring state to arrest him.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee took a train from Kolkata, drove to inundated areas and walked in ankle-deep water to meet victims who have lost their homes, crops and livelihoods to incessant rains over the last week.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee -- who is on a four-day visit to Bhutan - today met King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and discussed various ways of mutual collaboration including medical tourism.

Four families from Kolkata who went on holiday together in the Sunderbans, West Bengal were attacked by armed men, shot at and robbed at the tourist lodge they were staying in early this morning.

He wanted to do an MBA in Tourism so badly that he waited for three years to get an admission. But when he was third time unlucky, he threatened to jump off the roof of a Burdwan University building on Tuesday and became something of a tourist draw himself.

Shah Rukh is the brand ambassador of the state and also co-owns the city-based IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today urged industrialists to invest in the state to promote tourism and develop infrastructure during a visit to the Sunderbans, the world's largest mangrove forest.