The by-election in Kaliganj Assembly constituency in Nadia passed off peacefully today with the ruling party and Opposition trading charges against each other.The polling percentage till 5 p.m. is 69.58.AdvertisementThe by-election became necessary after Trinamul Congress MLA Nasiruddin Ahmed ...
20 June 2025 The StatesmanAiming to enhance waste management, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation launched a sludge treatment vehicle with advanced technology.The vehicle, officially rolled out by mayor Firhad Hakim last evening, is capable of treating human excreta in a better manner. According to ...
20 June 2025 The StatesmanAnandamay Barman, BJP MLA from Matigara-Naxalbari, raised serious concerns in the West Bengal Assembly over frequent incidents of wild elephant depredation in villages bordering the Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary.Addressing the House, Mr Barman said that wild elephants often damage crops ...
20 June 2025 The StatesmanTwo people were killed and at least 26 others injured after a passenger bus was hit by a lorry in wet conditions at Library More in Bagnan, Howrah district, on Thursday morning, police said.The accident occurred around 7.30 a.m. ...
20 June 2025 The StatesmanThe Scottish Centre of Tagore Studies (ScoTs), in collaboration with the Consulate General of India, Scotland, has organised the unveiling of the Indian Nobel Laureate for Literature (1913) Rabindranath Tagore’s bust in Edinburgh on 3 July, in Sandeman Garden, ...
20 June 2025 The StatesmanAuthorities at Kolkata’s Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport are planning to implement stricter regulations on high-rise construction within a 20-kilometre radius of the airport, following increased safety concerns in the wake of the recent air crash in Ahmedabad.Though ...
20 June 2025 The StatesmanWidespread monsoon showers lashed southern Bengal on Thursday following the arrival of the seasonal trough and a well-marked low-pressure system, the regional meteorological office in Alipore said. The downpour is expected to continue for the next seven days across ...
20 June 2025 The StatesmanTensions escalated in West Bengal’s political arena on Thursday as Suvendu Adhikari today accused the state administration of discriminatory treatment of women MLA inside the state Assembly. His comment came, when state BJP general secretary and legislator Agnimitra Paul ...
20 June 2025 The StatesmanIf you’re someone who follows Kolkata Fatafat (or Kolkata FF) regularly, you know it’s not just a game. It’s part of the daily rhythm for thousands across Kolkata and West Bengal. And yes, today’s results for Kolkata lottery June ...
20 June 2025 The StatesmanBJP MP and former judge of the Calcutta High Court Abhijit Ganguly’s condition is still critical and he requires prolonged treatment for another two weeks in a well-equipped medical research-based hospital.Considering his health condition, Mr Ganguly was airlifted to ...
20 June 2025 The StatesmanA 25-year-old man, accused of raping and murdering a minor girl, was lynched by an enraged mob in a village under the Bishnupur sub-division of Bankura district.According to local reports, the nine-year-old girl was last seen yesterday afternoon heading ...
19 June 2025 The StatesmanA large-scale GST refund scam involving fake exports to Bhutan has come under the scanner of the Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) Siliguri Commissionerate, with officials uncovering fraudulent refund claims running into hundreds of crores over the past ...
19 June 2025 The StatesmanThe former vice-chancellor of Burdwan University appeared before the CID today in connection with a fund misappropriation case involving nearly Rs 2 crore from the university’s bank account.Dr Nimai Chandra Saha, former VC of BU, was summoned by CID ...
19 June 2025 The StatesmanKolkata Police (KP) on Tuesday served a notice to the Santosh Mitra Square Durga Puja, directing the organisers to ban installations of stalls at the puja pandal complex.The Muchipara police station has directed the puja organiser Sajal Ghosh, a ...
19 June 2025 The StatesmanThe JIS Education Expo 2025 was inaugurated today at the Dhano Dhanyo Auditorium, a two-day celebration of learning, aspiration, and academic excellence. The event was inaugurated in the presence of Sardar Simarpreet Singh, director, JIS Group; Biswarup Banerjee, singer ...
19 June 2025 The StatesmanThe Alipore Meteorological Office has forecast heavy to very heavy rainfall today throughout the week across West Bengal, under the combined influence of the monsoon trough and a developing low-pressure area. Rainfall continued in Kolkata on Wednesday, with overcast ...
19 June 2025 The StatesmanIn a major boost to the West Bengal government, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the central government to resume the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme in West Bengal from 1 August.The court emphasised ...
19 June 2025 The StatesmanAnuradha Talwar, member of Paschim Banga Khet Majoor Samity, who is in the US, due to personal commitments, was very happy to hear the court’s ruling. The PBKMS has been relentlessly pursuing the matter for the last couple of ...
19 June 2025 The StatesmanChief minister Mamata Banerjee reacting to the HC order pertaining to 100 days’ work said: “We will review the petition and are not opposing that. But our question is clear, you sent about 155-156 teams to Bengal for clarification ...
19 June 2025 The StatesmanState minister for finance and also health, Chandrima Bhattacharya said a serious issue has come to light concerning the free and fair conduct of elections in West Bengal, pointing to procedural manipulation and biased intent in the tender process. ...
19 June 2025 The StatesmanWest Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee was presented with a framed photograph of the Jagannath Temple at Digha beach by Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee at the state legislature. The image, depicting a vividly lit evening view of the seaside ...
18 June 2025 The StatesmanOne Trinamul Congress worker was murdered on Monday night in the Basirhat area of North 24-Parganas district. Four persons have been arrested by police so far in connection with the incident.The family members of the deceased Anwar Hossain Gazi ...
18 June 2025 The StatesmanChief minister Mamata Banerjee has asked her cabinet ministers to launch a campaign in order to counter disinformation spread by the BJP over the new list of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the state prepared by the Trinamul Congress-led ...
18 June 2025 The StatesmanWest Bengal’s Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari today visited the fire-ravaged Kidderpore market in Kolkata and raised questions over the delay in firefighting response, suggesting the blaze may not have been accidental. Adhikari, accompanied by BJP leaders Rakesh Singh ...
18 June 2025 The StatesmanContinuous rainfall has been lashing Kolkata and large parts of South Bengal since Monday night, with heavy showers forecast to continue through Tuesday and Wednesday, the regional meteorological office said. As of Tuesday morning, Kolkata and its surrounding areas ...
18 June 2025 The StatesmanA major shake-up is underway within the youth wing of Bengal’s communist party, with growing indications that Minakshi Mukherjee, the fiery leader who brought the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) into sharp public focus through street mobilisation and ...
18 June 2025 The StatesmanIn a significant crackdown on illegal cross-border infiltration, Krishnaganj police on Tuesday arrested two Bangladeshi nationals and two local agents from a residence in the Nalupur border area. The four were later produced before the District Judge’s court in ...
18 June 2025 The StatesmanBSF troops under the Raiganj Sector of the North Bengal Frontier apprehended three Bangladeshi nationals—Mohenur Islam, Moriyam Khatun, and Bappi Roy—on Monday while they were attempting to cross the international border illegally from Bangladesh into India. During the search, ...
18 June 2025 The StatesmanThe Trinamul Congress on Tuesday launched a sharp counterattack against BJP MLA and chief whip of the Opposition, Sankar Ghosh, after he raised the issue of alleged eviction of tribal tea growers from forest land in Cooch Behar during ...
18 June 2025 The StatesmanThe state Assembly today passed Clinical Establishments Bill 2025 with an aim to bring transparency and to put a leash on patients’ treatment expenses.Tabling this Bill, Chandrima Bhattacharya, the minister of state for health, told the House that keeping ...
18 June 2025 The StatesmanThe West Bengal is bracing for intense rainfall and stormy conditions as the southwest monsoon inches closer to full arrival in the region. According to the Alipore Meteorological Office, monsoon winds are expected to officially enter the southern districts ...
18 June 2025 The StatesmanThe Directorate of Enforcement (ED) conducted simultaneous raids at six locations in Siliguri on Tuesday, creating a stir in the city’s real estate sector.Starting early in the morning, ED teams raided premises in Khalpara, Natunpara, and Lake Town. The ...
18 June 2025 The StatesmanTrade at the Fulbari Land Port near Siliguri was disrupted today as local exporters and transport associations backed by the Trinamul Congress blocked the movement of Bhutanese trucks carrying boulders to Bangladesh.Four associations involved in the boulder export trade ...
17 June 2025 The StatesmanWest Bengal’s state Assembly descended into chaos on Monday after Speaker Biman Banerjee suspended BJP MLA Manoj Oraon for one day amid uproar over alleged corruption in the education sector. The incident sparked a walkout by BJP legislators and ...
17 June 2025 The StatesmanChief minister Mamata Banerjee and BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar traded sharp barbs on Monday during a heated session in the state Assembly, reigniting political tensions and resurfacing a controversial 2020 incident involving alleged police excesses.During the Question Hour ...
17 June 2025 The StatesmanThe state government will provide Rs 1 lakh each to the shop owners, who were affected by the Khidirpur’s Orphangunge Market fire, according to reports.Chief minister Mamata Banerjee visited the site and assured that the market would be rebuilt. ...
17 June 2025 The StatesmanA devastating fire ripped through Kolkata’s centuries-old Orphangunge Market, in Khidirpur early Monday, reducing more than 1,300 shops to ashes and leaving hundreds of traders in despair.The blaze reportedly started around 1 a.m. on Sunday night and quickly spread ...
17 June 2025 The StatesmanTree-planting has become the new buzzword in climate action. From selfie-filled social media posts to grand government campaigns, the image of people planting saplings is now synonymous with environmental responsibility. In districts like East Midnapore, especially during events like ...
17 June 2025 The StatesmanIn a major crackdown on an identity fraud racket, the Siliguri Metropolitan Police on Monday raided a house along the Eastern Bypass and busted an illegal operation involved in the manufacturing of fake Aadhaar cards, voter IDs, and other ...
17 June 2025 The StatesmanAbhishek Banerjee, Trinamul Congress national general secretary, lambasted the Centre and raised five questions regarding the Pahalgam attack in which 26 people were killed by Pakistan-based terrorists 55 days ago.Mr Banerjee has raised the questions in his X handle ...
17 June 2025 The StatesmanA BJP MP and former judge of the Calcutta High Court, Justice Abhijit Ganguly’s condition is still critical and he requires prolonged treatment for another two weeks at the hospital, informed sources at the hospital.Justice Ganguly was admitted to ...
17 June 2025 The StatesmanAakash Educational Services Limited (AESL) announced the exceptional performance of its students from West Bengal Centres in NEET UG 2025. State topper of West Bengal Rachit Sinha Chaudhuri, a two years classroom programme student from Kolkata centre secured an ...
17 June 2025 The StatesmanAs the day of Rath Yatra arrives near, many of the city clubs are busy preparing for their Kunti Puja on the day, as the tradition goes. And when there is Durga Puja, the concept of themes can not ...
17 June 2025 The StatesmanA seven-member medical board has been constituted by the authorities of the private hospital in South Kolkata where the former Calcutta High Court judge and BJP MP from West Bengal’s Tamluk Constituency, Abhijit Gangopadhyay, was admitted late Saturday night ...
16 June 2025 The StatesmanThe Leader of Opposition (LoP) in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Sunday accused the state police of sneaking into the BJP’s party office in Bankura district like “thieves and dacoits” and attempting “to break the gate and barge ...
16 June 2025 The StatesmanTrinamool Congress leadership, on Saturday, gave clear instructions to the leaders in all ranks to refrain from using pictures of any party leader other than West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the programme on the party’s annual Martyrs’ ...
16 June 2025 The StatesmanHardly two weeks after the Trinamul Congress leader Anubrata Mondal abused Liton Halder, inspector-in-charge of Bolpur police station (PS) in Birbhum district, and his family members verbally over phone during the end of May, a group of workers allegedly ...
15 June 2025 The StatesmanTrinamul Congress will start campaigning for the 2026 Assembly election from the Martyrs’ Day rally on 21 July.A high-level meeting on the preparedness for the rally was held today. It was presided over by Sudip Bandyopadhyay, party’s senior leader ...
15 June 2025 The StatesmanThe National Service Scheme (NSS) unit of Balagarh Bijoy Krishna Mahavidyalaya has been planting rare species of trees on its campus since its inception. In 2007, professor Dilip Kumar Chatterjee, programme officer of the NSS, planted a sapling of ...
15 June 2025 The StatesmanThe sleepy lanes of Kaliganj are bracing for a high-stakes showdown. Once considered a low-profile seat with little history of poll-related unrest, this quiet Assembly segment in Nadia district has now turned into an electoral pressure cooker — with ...
15 June 2025 The StatesmanA housewife rescued from the clutches of an organ transplant racket hanged herself at her husband’s house within 24 hours this morning. Saraswati Mondal Sen (27) of Tamaghata in Purbasthali PS area had fallen victim of a facebook love ...
15 June 2025 The StatesmanAsansol MP Shatrughan Sinha has urged for a detailed high-level investigation in the Air India Ahmedabad – Gatwick Boeing plane crash on Thursday.Speaking at a programme in steel township of Burnpur, Shatrughan Sinha said that it is a matter ...
15 June 2025 The StatesmanA devastating fire broke out at two separate locations in East Burdwan last night. In one incident, four individuals, including the owner, sustained burn injuries and were rushed to hospital.At a confectionery outlet in Seharabazar, Khandaghosh, a fire erupted ...
15 June 2025 The StatesmanKhatra police station in Bankura district has arrested six BJP supporters for allegedly assaulting Tuhin Mandi, husband of Jyotsna Mandi, the state food and supplies minister.The incident occurred yesterday evening when Mr Mandi had gone to Khatra Bazar for ...
15 June 2025 The StatesmanA total of 83 unauthorised male passengers found travelling in the ladies special train and coaches reserved for women passengers were apprehended by the Eastern Railway security personnel on a single day by the Eastern Railway security personnel.The detection ...
15 June 2025 The StatesmanCalcutta High Court today granted permission to about 150 petitioners to take part in the recruitment process for about 11, 000 vacant posts up for grabs for primary teachers for 2022 TET.The single Bench of Justice Sougata Bhattacharya, granted ...
15 June 2025 The StatesmanAs the aviation experts try to speculate the reason for the unfortunate Dreamliner air disaster and the technicians decipher the black box details, a pilot, who had trained in USA and worked there as a flight instructor before taking ...
15 June 2025 The StatesmanFollowing the visit of a DIG-rank officer from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), a deputy inspector general of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has now inspected the closed factory of Hindustan Cables Limited (HCL) in Rupnarayanpur, located in ...
14 June 2025 The StatesmanThe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday, urged the West Bengal State Election Commission to bar deployment of state police during the upcoming Kaliganj Assembly bypoll scheduled for 19 June, alleging political bias and voter intimidation by the forces. ...
14 June 2025 The StatesmanThe volunteers of National Service Scheme (NSS) at Balagarh Bijoy Krishna Mahavidyalaya, under the leadership of programme officer professor Partha Chatterjee, have been working relentlessly since 2021 for the upliftment of children belonging to migratory brick kiln workers. Their ...
14 June 2025 The StatesmanA mostly cloudy sky is expected to hover over Kolkata and its adjoining suburban areas today, according to the latest weather bulletin from the Alipore Meteorological Department. The forecast indicates the possibility of light to moderate rain, accompanied by ...
14 June 2025 The StatesmanThe Calcutta High Court on Friday concluded the hearing on a petition challenging the West Bengal government notification for a monthly stipend to be paid to non-teaching staff, under group-C and group-D categories, who lost their jobs in state-run ...
14 June 2025 The StatesmanUnder the blistering sun, riding an open jeep through dusty village roads, Abhijit Mukherjee, son of former President Pranab Mukherjee, unleashed a political broadside that sliced through party lines and raised eyebrows across the spectrum. Campaigning for the Congress ...
14 June 2025 The StatesmanThe Asansol Division of Eastern Railway has stepped up its efforts to curb unauthorised travel in ladies and divyangjan coaches, reinforcing its aim to ensure a safe, dignified, and inclusive travel environment.These coaches, reserved exclusively for women and divyangjan ...
14 June 2025 The StatesmanA man was fatally stabbed and a teenager critically injured in a knife attack in Kolkata’s Beninandan Street area under Kalighat police station on Friday afternoon.Police suspect it to be a fallout of a heated altercation involving a local ...
14 June 2025 The StatesmanAn Ahmedabad-bound flight from Kolkata was forced to return mid-air on Wednesday afternoon after the runway at Ahmedabad airport was abruptly closed following an Air India aircraft incident, airport officials confirmed. IndiGo flight 6E 318, operated by an Airbus ...
14 June 2025 The StatesmanShweta Khan, the alleged mastermind behind a pornography and sex trafficking racket, faced public fury when she was produced before the Howrah court on Thursday. In a dramatic turn of events, few women from the crowd slapped Khan and ...
14 June 2025 The StatesmanChief minister Mamata Banerjee has expressed her “deepest anguish” over the incident of vandalisation involving Rabindranath Tagore’s house in Sirajganj, Bangladesh.She has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to take up the matter “very strongly” ...
14 June 2025 The StatesmanAfter nine days of relentless search operations in treacherous terrain and adverse weather conditions, the Indian Army recovered the mortal remains of Sepoy Sunilal Muchahary of The Madras Regiment, who made the supreme sacrifice during the catastrophic landslide at ...
13 June 2025 The StatesmanThe police arrested Nabin Chandra Roy, an active BJP- RSS worker along with four others, who were carrying bomb making ingredients last night.The police said they had intercepted three motorcycles and caught the youths travelling on them. The youths ...
13 June 2025 The StatesmanSt. Joseph’s College organised a one-day seminar on frontiers in astrophysics and cosmology today, bringing together renowned scholars and young researchers to explore cutting-edge developments in the field.The first session featured distinguished talks by professor Naresh Dadhich and professor ...
13 June 2025 The StatesmanP B Salim, chairman of the West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited (WBPDCL), visited the Deucha Pachami coal mining project in Birbhum district on Wednesday to inspect the ongoing excavation work.Sources indicated that chief minister Mamata Banerjee is expected ...
13 June 2025 The StatesmanIn a world racing against water scarcity, a team of young minds from IIT Kharagpur has turned a waste problem into a game-changing solution, and captured the nation’s attention. With an audacious idea that transforms raw sewage into a ...
13 June 2025 The StatesmanTrinamul Congress has urged the Centre to immediately take up the matter with the Bangladesh government and arrest those who are involved with the ransacking of Rabindranath Tagore’s house in Sirajganj.Some unknown person had vandalised Tagore’s house last night. ...
13 June 2025 The StatesmanHours after the Air India flight bound for London’s Gatwick airport with 242 passengers onboard crashed shortly after take-off from Ahmedabad on Thursday afternoon, questions in connection with safety and security, mainly during take-off and landing of flights at ...
13 June 2025 The StatesmanIn light of increasing urbanisation on farmlands surrounding the Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport, the West Burdwan district authorities, in collaboration with the country’s pioneering Aerotropolis project, have initiated a month-wise survey to identify and address potentially hazardous constructions that ...
13 June 2025 The StatesmanThe sacred Kailash Mansarovar Yatra through the Nathu La route in Sikkim is set to resume, with the first batch of 50 pilgrims scheduled to arrive in Gangtok on 15 June. This marks the revival of one of the ...
13 June 2025 The StatesmanKolkata for the first time is all set to get around 200 clean-fuel AC CNG buses ahead of the Durga Puja in September.Three automobile manufacturing giants – Tata Motors, Ashok Leyland and Eicher – have been selected through a ...
13 June 2025 The StatesmanThe Trinamul Congress strongly criticised the BJP government on Wednesday over its failure to provide basic transport infrastructure to security personnel deployed for the Amarnath Yatra. The party highlighted how over 1,200 Border Security Force (BSF) jawans were forced ...
13 June 2025 The StatesmanIn a significant step towards fostering innovation and entrepreneurship in cyber-physical systems (CPS), the National Institute of Technology Durgapur (NIT Durgapur) and iHUB DivyaSampark, Technology Innovation Hub, IIT Roorkee, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to formalise collaboration on ...
12 June 2025 The StatesmanPradip Paul, a resident of Bongaon, has been arrested by Kolkata Police yesterday for operating multiple fake clinics falsely claiming association with the late Dr Prasanta Banerji and Dr Pratip Banerji, pioneers of modern homeopathy.Paul, who allegedly has no ...
12 June 2025 The StatesmanWith around 1,200 buses awaiting a decision on their fate, transport owners and operators are seeing a new ray of hope amid clouds of uncertainty.The bus owners’ and operators bodies named City Suburban Bus Service, All Bengal Bus MiniBus ...
12 June 2025 The StatesmanNational Commission for Women (NCW) has issued a formal notice to West Bengal’s director general of police (DGP) Rajeev Kumar, demanding an “Action Taken Report” within three days in connection with the alleged abduction and brutal abuse of a ...
12 June 2025 The StatesmanThe Bankura Government Railway Police (GRP) arrested Professor Suman Pal, an assistant professor in the department of geography at Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, on charges of allegedly molesting a woman doctor aboard a moving train on the night of 26 May.The ...
12 June 2025 The StatesmanWest Bengal police on Wednesday arrested Shweta’s son Aryan in porn racket and Howrah woman assault case. Police also detained the mother of Shweta Khan, the prime accused in the same case. Five days after he went missing, Aryan ...
12 June 2025 The StatesmanChief minister Mamata Banerjee has congratulated undergrad students who have achieved success at the prestigious physics competition in Barcelona, Spain.She wrote in X handle: “Congratulations to the young Indians/Bengalis who have made us proud in the world forum by ...
12 June 2025 The StatesmanViolent clashes erupted in the city’s south outskirt Maheshtala on Wednesday as two local groups came to blows over setting up roadside shops, turning the Rabindranagar area into a virtual war zone. Several houses were vandalised, and a motorbike ...
12 June 2025 The StatesmanThere is one more death in the state related to Covid-19 on Tuesday, shooting the death toll to three this year since January in West Bengal.The health department is yet to release official figures of the Covid-19 affected patients ...
12 June 2025 The StatesmanAfter nearly a decade of delay, the Centre has finally stepped in to fast-track the long-overdue fencing along the highly vulnerable stretches of the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal’s Nadia district. Despite land acquisitions beginning as far back as ...
11 June 2025 The StatesmanThieves looted cash, gold and diamond ornaments amounting around Rs 1.25 crore from a house, hardly 300 metres away from the Ultadanga police station area on Tuesday.The police are yet to trace the criminals or recover the cash and ...
11 June 2025 The StatesmanLakhs of devotees from across West Bengal and neighbouring states participate in the annual Shravani Mela, collecting holy Ganga water from 14 river ghats in Baidyabati. They then walk over 30 kilometres on foot to the Tarkeswar Shiva temple ...
11 June 2025 The StatesmanUnion minister for environment, forest and climate change, Bhupender Yadav criticised West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee government on Tuesday, saying the state’s situation is dire, with rampant poverty and poor infrastructure.Mr Yadav mentioned that the Sandeshekhali incident will ...
11 June 2025 The StatesmanThe coastal town of Digha in West Bengal is abuzz with religious fervour as preparations are underway for the grand Snan Yatra of Lord Jagannath on Wednesday, 11 June. The event, which marks the ceremonial bathing of Lord Jagannath, ...
11 June 2025 The StatesmanRamakrishna Mission Vidyalaya Narendrapur has been awarded Eat Right School by the Food Safety and Standard Authority of India, under the ministry of health and family welfare.The certificate is valid from November 2024 to November 2026.AdvertisementThe award has been ...
11 June 2025 The StatesmanChief minister Mamata Banerjee will be present at the Rath Yatra festival at Jagannath temple in Digha on 27 June.She will not take part in Rath Yatra on 5 July.AdvertisementSnan Yatra will start tomorrow on 11 June. The devotees ...
11 June 2025 The StatesmanWhile monsoon rains have already made a premature entry into several parts of India, South Bengal continues to wait for its share of seasonal showers. Weather scientists anticipate thunderstorms and isolated rain over Gangetic West Bengal from Wednesday to ...
11 June 2025 The StatesmanBidhannagar Municipal Corporation chairman Sabyasachi Dutta was made Trinamul Congress’ Barasat organisational district chairperson on Monday.The Ward 31 councillor, who is also the party’s West Bengal secretary, has to travel across districts for party work. It probably explains the ...
11 June 2025 The StatesmanCoke Oven police station, under Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate (ADPC) of West Burdwan district has arrested two persons for antisocial activities inside a park at night.Subir Sarkar, a resident of ward 41 of DMC in Mahananda Pally has alleged ...
11 June 2025 The StatesmanA prominent paediatrician and activist, who led protests following the 2019 RG Kar Medical College incident, was found dead at his residence in the Behala area of south Kolkata on Sunday night, police said.Dr Pralay Basu, 49, a senior ...
11 June 2025 The StatesmanEastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) has lodged a First Information Report (FIR) at Sripur police outpost under Jamuria police station, alleging that a dumper truck loaded with coal went missing and was later found carrying stone. The incident at the ...
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