/r/westbengal
A welcoming space for everyone to celebrate Bengali legends, heritage, culture, and literally anything and everything related to West Bengal.
A space in Reddit where anything related to the Indian state of West Bengal goes!
Wikipedia entry for West Bengal.
Subreddits for cities in West Bengal:
Other related subreddits:
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Posts related to India must be done at /r/India.
Posts related to Kolkata are also welcome but can be done at /r/Kolkata also.
This sub is bilingual. Use Bengali or English at your discretion. If using Bengali please give translation if possible.
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(Last Updated - 29/04/22)
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Not a big fan of Oyo, but still wanted to check if you have any couple friendly hotel suggestions near Chandannagar, Mankundu, Chinsurah or Bandel area? I dont like Oyo as business model hence exploring if there is any reputable hotel. I also couldnt find decent airbnb there
Ahead of the 8th Bengal Global Business Summit 2025 beginning Feb 4, the state govt has said it expects to attract Rs.27,000 crore of incremental and new investments, while creating 75,000 new jobs based on these :
Physical infra :
22 IT parks
10 IT buildings
2 electronic manufacturing parks
1 Hardware park
60+ private IT parks
250 acre Bengal Silicon valley IT hub in Newtown
14,000 applications fast tracked through the Anumati portal (Single Window Clearance system based on central Right of Way policy to facilitate the Telecom infra providers to seek approval on deployments)
Global AI Centre of Excellence to be launched next month by ITC Infotech
Digital report card :
WB state data centre hosts 500 apps
Features 8 petabytes of storage, 104 terabytes of memory capacity
Ecosystem :
Total existing IT jobs at 2.6 lakh
Kolkata's IT sector grew 70% in 2023-24
2000 IT companies in WB
IT exports rose 50-60% annually for past 5 yrs
As someone who hasn't kept up with most tech developments, I honestly wanted to understand where WB stands among states in India on the above parameters.
I am visiting Darjeeling this February and wanted to know about the shared taxi scene there . I don't intend to book scooty or reserve a cab all for myself. Can someone suggest? Also what sightseeing places I can visit through shared taxi or bus?