The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on Tuesday asked Food Business operators (FBOs) to implement proper training programmes for delivery personnel, empowering them with essential food safety and hygiene protocols.The direction was issued by FSSAI CEO ...
13 November 2024 The StatesmanA youth with a diploma in computer science was arrested from Malda by East Burdwan police last night for his involvement in pilfering state funds for tablets to school students, which he’d secured after hacking state’s Banglar Shiksha portal, ...
13 November 2024 The StatesmanCivic volunteer Sanjay Roy, who is so far the ‘sole prime accused’ in the ghastly rape and murder of a lady junior doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata, on Monday, claimed that the former Kolkata ...
12 November 2024 The StatesmanThe Bolpur Byabasayi Samity and Kabiguru handicrafts Development Samity have jointly submitted a memorandum to the acting vice-chancellor of Visva-Bharati University (VBU), seeking to hold Poush Mela this year in the Purba Pally Ground in Santiniketan.Poush Mela used to ...
12 November 2024 The StatesmanDespite Sikkim ranking 2nd in the North East and 5th nationwide in the happiness index, chief minister Prem Singh Tamang-Golay expressed concern over the state’s suicide rates, emphasising that the government is actively addressing this issue through various departments.CM ...
12 November 2024 The StatesmanOn the day of Jagadhatri Dashami at Chandannagar starts the Rishra Jagadhatri Puja. The Rishra Jagadhatri Puja at par with Chandannagar Jagadhatri Puja also draws lakhs of visitors for its outstanding theme-based pandals, the colourful artistic presentation of ...
12 November 2024 The StatesmanChief minister Mamata Banerjee arrived at Bagdogra this afternoon and left for Darjeeling, where she will attend several meetings focused on development in the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA), starting tomorrow.Upon her arrival at Bagdogra Airport, members of the Lepcha ...
12 November 2024 The StatesmanThree people were injured when locals beat them up seeking free pass during a advertisement campaign of a jatra party in Khandra gram panchayat area, under Andal police station, here today.From Friday, three night jatra festival has started after ...
12 November 2024 The StatesmanVeer Gatha 2024, a joint initiative by the ministry of defence (MoD) and ministry of education (MoE), concluded today at the Dhono Dhanno Auditorium, Kolkata. Organised by HQ Bengal Sub Area under the aegis of Eastern Command, the event ...
12 November 2024 The StatesmanElection fever has gripped the lone women’s bank in Durgapur where the government body election remained due since 2017.Major political parties are locked to grab the 33-member board of the bank. Biswajit Das, cooperative inspector, Durgapur said today, “The ...
12 November 2024 The StatesmanThe Trinamul Congress today alleged that Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the RSS are attempting to turn the upcoming Maha Kumbh mela at Prayagraj into part of their saffron political agenda.The Congress has ...
12 November 2024 The StatesmanThe shooting incidents in Belghoria and Bongaon have caused a great deal of sensation. In Bongaon, a businessman was critically injured in the shooting.Residents of Belghoria protested today after shots were fired in the crowded area of Belgharia yesterday ...
12 November 2024 The StatesmanThe craze for lottery and fantasy games continues to grow across India, with people eager to try their luck in the hopes of winning big. One such popular game is Kolkata FF Fatafat, a fast-paced lottery that has gained ...
12 November 2024 The StatesmanMetro services in the HowrahEsplanade section of Kolkata Metro’s Green Line are being curtained partially from tomorrow on account of ongoing work on the stillincomplete Esplanade-Sealdah section of the East West Line. According to Metro authorities, commercial services on ...
11 November 2024 The StatesmanThe stage is ready for by-elections in six Assembly constituencies in the state, scheduled to take place on 13 November. The by-elections in these Assembly seats became necessary after the MLAs from these constituencies contested in the Lok Sabha ...
11 November 2024 The StatesmanWest Bengal Junior Doctors’ Front (WBJDF), the umbrella body of the junior doctors of the state spearheading the movement over the rape and murder of a junior doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata, on Saturday ...
11 November 2024 The StatesmanThe state education secretary Vinod Kumar today assured that the government grant of Rs 10,000 for tablets or smartphones, which went missing from the accounts of 85 beneficiary students, would be made available in their accounts by Monday.Mr Kumar, ...
11 November 2024 The StatesmanMonths after a faculty member from the Mechanical Engineering department of Jadavpur University died by suicide, another professor of the university was found dead in a hotel Uttarakhand. Professor Mainak Pal from the Philosophy Department was discovered dead in ...
11 November 2024 The StatesmanA few days ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi alerted the nation’s citizens about digital arrest scams. However, Biswajit Nayak, a resident of Ananda Pally in the Raniganj Police Station area of West Burdwan district, has fallen victim to a ...
11 November 2024 The StatesmanThey won’t let me live, screamed a Class XII girl over the phone to her mother and within minutes she was found dead, bearing multiple injuries alongside a railway track in Kalna town last night.The GRP, Kalna retrieved a ...
11 November 2024 The StatesmanWest Bengal Leader of the Opposition (LoP) said on Saturday that justice in the rape and murder of a woman junior doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital will not be achieved till Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is ...
11 November 2024 The StatesmanAssam Minister Sanjay Kishan on Saturday alleged that Congress party leaders were irked after BJP fielded a son of a tea labourer coming from a humble background in the Behali Assembly seat for the upcoming by-elections.Kishan targeted Congress MP ...
11 November 2024 The StatesmanSupply of essential commodities, food grains, and transport fuel have been disrupted in some northeastern states as the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) engineers and workers are repairing the damage to the railway track in Assam’s Lumding-Badarpur Hill Section, where ...
11 November 2024 The StatesmanAhead of the forthcoming Assembly by-elections, the Trinamul Congress (TMC) on Saturday filed a complaint with Election Commission of India (ECI) against Union minister and state BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar over his alleged derogatory remark against state police.Besides the ...
10 November 2024 The StatesmanState agricultural minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay yesterday conducted a review meeting of Hooghly district zilla parishad to assess the total loss of paddy crops and vegetables due to untimely heavy rainfall followed by cyclone Dana and also from the release ...
10 November 2024 The StatesmanThere was much enthusiasm among Trinamul Congress leaders and workers when party’s national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee went to Amtala, under Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha seat, after a gap.Veteran party leader and MLA Ashok Deb and others welcomed Mr ...
10 November 2024 The StatesmanBharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) social media convener for the Mathurapur constituency in South 24-Parganas, Prithviraj Naskar (33), was found murdered late on Friday night. Police discovered his mutilated body inside the BJP party office at Dipar More, under Usti ...
10 November 2024 The StatesmanMan-animal conflict continues to escalate in north Bengal’s forest region. Recently, several people have been killed or injured in elephant attacks. While local leaders and administrative representatives have been addressing the issue by providing immediate government assistance, top-level political ...
10 November 2024 The StatesmanOne senior doctor must be there in the emergency ward of every government hospital during night shift for the safety and security of medics, nurses, health workers and patients of the concerned healthcare unit.The National Task force (NTF) formed ...
10 November 2024 The StatesmanAlmost ninety days have elapsed since 9 August rape-murder of a woman postgraduate trainee doctor happened inside her workplace at R G Kar Medical College Hospital but no justice has been done so far, said protesters.Demanding justice and exemplary ...
10 November 2024 The StatesmanIn a unique move, Besohata Jagatdhatri Puja in Chandannagore has decorated their pandal with statues of freedom fighters.The puja was virtually inaugurated by chief minister Mamata Banerjee from the podium of Jadadhatri Puja, which was organised by Postabazar Merchant’s ...
10 November 2024 The StatesmanA crucial meeting of the airfield environment management committee (AEMC) was held today, presided over by the state home secretary Nandini Chakraborty, to address pressing environmental issues impacting the airport’s surroundings.The meeting, convened by Dr Pravat Ranjan Beuria, airport ...
10 November 2024 The StatesmanCPM’s Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) today interrogated former CPM MLA Tanmoy Bhattacharya on harassment allegations by a female journalist.A journalist had accused former Tanmoy Bhattacharya of harassment. The CPM’s ICC is currently investigating these allegations. On Saturday, Mr Bhattacharya ...
10 November 2024 The StatesmanAhead of chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s visit to Darjeeling, Union minister of state for education and state BJP president Sukanta Majumdar, today expressed concern that the state machinery, controlled by the Trinamul Congress (TMC), would not conduct a free ...
10 November 2024 The StatesmanIndian Tea Association chairman Hemant Bangur has underscored the pressing sustainability challenges facing the tea sector, emphasising that the industry’s economic viability is under strain. Rising costs and ‘unremunerative’ prices, compounded by adverse weather in Assam and Bengal, have ...
10 November 2024 The StatesmanOn the 222nd anniversary of the Bengal Engineer Group and Centre, senior officers from the Indian Army’s Technology Regiment, along with their families, visited sprawling campus of Patanjali to recognize the organization’s contributions to health and wellness.The officers, including ...
10 November 2024 The StatesmanSustainable and inclusive education is essential for enhancing the future well-being of both communities and nations. For the same, judging our parameters should be of utmost importance, where the government, society, education institutions and industry must work in absolute ...
9 November 2024 The StatesmanThe Chandannagar Natun Para Jagadhatri Puja committee has come up with the theme, Maatir Maya (farmers’ affection for land). The Jagadhatri Puja theme carries the essence of the Singur protest, a fight and struggle against forceful acquisition of fertile ...
9 November 2024 The StatesmanSuvendu Adhikari, the Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and external affairs minister S Jaishankar, raising concerns over alleged human rights violations against the Hindu minority in Bangladesh.Mr ...
9 November 2024 The StatesmanThe state BJP has today filed a complaint with the chief electoral officer (CEO) of the West Bengal Election Commission, condemning recent remarks made by Trinamul Congress (TMC) senior leader and mayor of Kolkata Municipal Corporation Firhad Hakim. In ...
9 November 2024 The StatesmanAt a time when the Aedes mosquito has brought apprehensions in the neighbouring district of North 24 Parganas, Kolkata is heaving a sigh of relief. The city has registered 93 per lower count of dengue cases in its limits ...
9 November 2024 The StatesmanTrinamul Congress core committee meeting of Birbhum district will be held on 16 November.Party chairperson Mamata Banerjee has instructed party leaders in Birbhum to hold the meeting at the party office. Anubrata Mondal will be present at the meeting.The ...
9 November 2024 The StatesmanChief minister Mamata Banerjee will be visiting the Darjeeling Hills after many days. According to police sources, she will arrive at Bagdogra on 11 November and proceed to Darjeeling, returning to Kolkata on 14 November.According to government officials in ...
9 November 2024 The StatesmanAfter Kajal Sheikh, the sabhadhipati of zilla parishad, now the all India general secretary of Trinamul Congress, Abhishek Banerjee has also supported retaining the core committee for running the party in the Birbhum district.After returning to his home from ...
9 November 2024 The StatesmanA four-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 15-year-old boy, who was arrested by the police under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act in Murshidabad.The incident occurred yesterday when the victim was playing outside her house. ...
9 November 2024 The StatesmanIn a horrifying incident, a man allegedly murdered his wife and her grandmother in the Palashi area of Kaliganj police station in Nadia late last night. The accused, Dinesh Halder, has been taken into police custody after the brutal ...
9 November 2024 The StatesmanThe Indian Institute of Management Calcutta Innovation Park (IIM- CIP has awarded two women organisations for the initiative displaying strong commitment to building skills, providing market access and fostering entrepreneurship.The Hill Social Welfare Society from Kalimpong and Samyo Shromojibi ...
9 November 2024 The StatesmanMinister Indranil Sen during the press conference at strand road in Chandannagar said chief minister Mamata Banerjee has extended a special gift towards Chandannagar Jagadhatri Puja and carnival.The state minister Indranil Sen added that usually during Jagadhatri Puja immersion’s ...
9 November 2024 The StatesmanAlleging ‘arbitrary actions and high handedness’, of the chairman of Joint Parliamentary Committee on Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024, parliamentarian and ruling party veteran Kalyan Banerjee informed that the members of the Opposition parties of INDIA bloc have decided to ...
8 November 2024 The StatesmanMystery shrouds death of a doctor attached with Jhargram Hospital, who along with other medics have been demanding justice for the brutal rape-murder trainee doctor at R G Kar.His body was found lying inside a hotel room in the ...
8 November 2024 The StatesmanIndian tea growers have now decided to explore the African continent, after having penetrated the European countries, said tea associations from Asia at their annual summit in the city. The experts feel Africa is one big untapped market for ...
8 November 2024 The StatesmanEchoing the hints in yesterday’s post by TMC leader Kunal Ghosh on Trinamul Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee becoming the next chief minister of West Bengal, another party leader, Kalyan Banerjee today said that the Diamond Harbour MP ...
8 November 2024 The StatesmanThe State Government is coming up with the policies on Global Capability Centre (GCC) and semiconductor in the coming months, which will position West Bengal as the next IT destination of India, said Babul Supriyo, minister of information technology ...
8 November 2024 The StatesmanMetro Railway has been observing Vigilance Awareness Week, marking its 25th year, a pivotal initiative aimed at promoting a culture of transparency and integrity across all sectors, particularly in public services. This year’s theme, “Culture of Integrity for Nation’s ...
8 November 2024 The StatesmanThe South Eastern Railway has loaded 122.14 million tonnes of originating freight in the first 7 months between April and October of the current financial year which is 2.41 per cent higher than the corresponding period of the previous ...
8 November 2024 The StatesmanThe villagers of Samdih stopped coal production of Dabur Colliery of Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) today morning demanding restoration of the local burning ghat. They have alleged that due to coal excavation, the burning ghat of the village will ...
8 November 2024 The StatesmanCyber police investigations into the recent tablet issue revealed several flaws from the student’s end as well as negligence by some schools.State government’s funds for tablets for around 550 students of 62 higher secondary schools of East Burdwan were ...
8 November 2024 The StatesmanChief minister Mamata Banerjee is believed to have ordered an inquiry into the alleged diversion of government money meant for student tablets to other accounts, sources at Nabanna claimed.She is believed to have directed chief secretary Manoj Pant to ...
8 November 2024 The StatesmanAhead of the state Assembly by-election, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has intensified its activities. Acting on a tip-off, an NIA team departed from Kolkata and arrested a TMC worker accused in the murder of a BJP leader in ...
7 November 2024 The StatesmanA heritage house in North 24-Parganas caught fire, sparking accusations against the police administration as local people alleged alcohol and drug addicts made a den at that house. Several antique and historically valuable furniture were reduced to ashes.The incident ...
7 November 2024 The StatesmanIn a new initiative towards sustainability of this picturesque steel township, a 10 KW on-grid solar tree is set to generate 12,000 units of electricity per year and to reduce carbon footprint by 11.6 tonnes per year.The tree was ...
7 November 2024 The StatesmanThe Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate (ADPC) has recovered a body of an unknown person from a jungle near a closed open cast coal mine in Kalipahari area, under Asansol South police station here this morning.Passersby saw a body lying ...
7 November 2024 The StatesmanBengal has successfully guarded its traditional religious virtues even after being subjected to foreign invasions.Chandannagar, then a French colony soon became a throbbing point of Jagadhatri Puja, after Krishnanagar.The legend dates back by 230 years, when Raja Krishna Chandra ...
7 November 2024 The StatesmanThe Adra Railway division of South Eastern Railway has agreed not to run goods trains on the track on the Damodar Railway Bridge during the Chhath Puja on Thursday afternoon and Friday morning after a request by the Hirapur ...
7 November 2024 The StatesmanPassengers travelling to destinations like Bankura would now be able to save time and enjoy shorter journeys soon. A major signal upgradation on Masagram-Shaktigarh section of Howrah-Burdwan chord line, scheduled to start next week, is expected to cut short ...
7 November 2024 The StatesmanA youth was arrested on charges of molestation at a village within the Kotulpur PS area in Bankura. A Class IX student of a local school had been to her tutorial classes on Tuesday evening on her bicycle. While ...
7 November 2024 The StatesmanPassengers planning journeys to places like Nainital or Champawat could enjoy smoother journeys to such at affordable amounts. The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC) East Zone today announced a 10 nights and 11 days tour package ...
7 November 2024 The StatesmanChief minister Mamata Banerjee today urged the occupants of dilapidated buildings to sit with local leaders to develop their properties and cautioned businessmen against keeping highly combustible plastic at their godowns.She visited Burrabazar to inaugurate the Jagadhatri Puja, organised ...
7 November 2024 The StatesmanBengal government’s fund assistance meant to equip the students with tablets got routed to West Midnapore schools by mistake, bypassing some East Burdwan pupils.The matter was taken up by cyber police.Under the Taruner Swapna scheme, the West Bengal government ...
7 November 2024 The StatesmanThe Bengal Theatre Rejuvenation Festival was inaugurated on 4 November with the intention of promoting Bengali theatre. This is an initiative of the ministry of culture. The first phase will be in November and December, featuring 50 theatre groups ...
6 November 2024 The StatesmanLeader of Opposition in the Assembly Suvendu Adhikari today raised questions over the state CID’s move to summon Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) state vice-president and former MP Arjun Singh.The CID issued a notice under Section 160 CrPC for Singh ...
6 November 2024 The StatesmanCyber criminals have siphoned off over Rs 15 lakh from two bank accounts of a lecturer of a state government college in Purulia district using a new modus operandi.Khirod Chandra Mahato, lecturer of Kashipur Michael Madhusudan College has lodged ...
6 November 2024 The StatesmanThe Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate (ADPC) has beefed up the security coverage in the Bhootnath and Riverside Chhath ghats, under Hirapur police station for the festivities.Sunil Kumar Choudhury, commissioner of police of ADPC has said that six watch towers ...
6 November 2024 The StatesmanBirbhum Police have arrested two youths allegedly for gangraping a wife of a priest in Tarapith today.Supriyo Roy and Barshan Pal, have been forwarded to a local court today. Police have sought custody for further investigations.Police sources said the ...
6 November 2024 The StatesmanFaculties associated with different departments in government medical colleges across the state from now will have to take written clearance from principals of respective teaching hospitals before meeting health bosses at Swasthya Bhaban, health department headquarters at Salt Lake.Dr ...
6 November 2024 The StatesmanA 46-year-old patient, Sushil Haldar died at SSKM Hospital on Tuesday allegedly without getting any medical attention.The patient, a resident of Garia, was taken to the N R S Medical College Hospital on Monday night showing symptoms of bleeding ...
6 November 2024 The StatesmanAssembly Speaker Biman Banerjee today said that the winter session of the state Assembly would begin on 25 November and would continue for 10-11 days. This was decided following consultation with the chief minister, said the Speaker.Mr Banerjee, while ...
6 November 2024 The StatesmanBus operators in the city are heaving a sigh of relief after the Calcutta High Court directed the state to reconsider the age limit for phasing out of private and minibuses.The bus operators have welcomed the Calcutta High Court ...
6 November 2024 The StatesmanThe Bengal Travel Mart (BTM), which began in Siliguri in 2016 with the support of chief minister Mamata Banerjee, will hold its 8th edition from December 17-19. The event is organised by the Eastern Himalaya Travel & Tour Operators ...
6 November 2024 The StatesmanIn a significant political development ahead of the Naihati Assembly by-election, Suvendu Adhikari, the Leader of Opposition, has raised serious concerns over what he termed as “unprecedented and unethical” political endorsements by high-ranking officials of prominent football clubs and ...
5 November 2024 The StatesmanDepartmental investigations began against an officer in-charge of Kirnahar police station by Birbhum district police after a recent complaint.Earlier, the chief minister’s office (CMO) has directed a departmental probe against the officer in-charge of Kirnahar police station of Birbhum, ...
5 November 2024 The StatesmanFacing growing competition from Nepal tea in the Indian market, the Darjeeling Tea Association (DTA) has raised concerns over unchecked imports, alleging that teas from Nepal are entering India without the mandatory Food Safety and Standards Authority of India ...
5 November 2024 The StatesmanFour members of a robbery gang that looted a house at gunpoint in the Mejia area a few days back were intercepted at Bankura last night when they were preparing for another operation in Kali Puja night.At Shyampur village ...
5 November 2024 The StatesmanSix persons have been arrested by Birbhum Police in connection with the murder of Trinamul Congress gram panchayat member of Kankalitala gram panchayat Samir Thandar, however the motive behind the murder is still not clear.Samir Thandar has called ...
5 November 2024 The StatesmanThe trial into the ghastly rape and murder of a junior woman doctor of R G Kar Medical College & Hospital in August this year will commence from 11 November at a special court in the West Bengal capital, ...
5 November 2024 The StatesmanThe Kolkata Municipal Corporation launched an awareness drive to keep the Ganges clean. Mayor Firhad Hakim today kicked off the Ganga Utsav drive urging citizens to keep the river clean.For the last few days, the mayor has been holding ...
5 November 2024 The StatesmanThe Bengal Archery Academy in Jhargram has bagged 18 medals at the 68th State School Games 2024.Aroop Biswas, state sports minister congratulated the players and assured every possible cooperation. The students of the academy have bagged 4 gold, 8 ...
5 November 2024 The StatesmanThe upcoming winter session in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly is likely to start from 25 November.There are several important issues which may be discussed. The brutal rape and murder of the 31-year-old postgraduate trainee doctor at R G ...
5 November 2024 The StatesmanState Bank of India MD Rana Ashutosh Kumar Singh, CGM, Kolkata circle Satyendra Kumar Singh, network GMs Sanatan Mishra and Nand Kishor Singh and GM, SBIL Rajeev Ratna Srivastava along with other senior functionaries of the Bank extended on ...
5 November 2024 The StatesmanTensions have escalated in the Kanchanpur area under Kanksha Police Station, West Burdwan District, following the discovery of the body of a 46-year-old sharecropper, Chandrasekhar Mondal. Locals reported that Mondal, a resident of Malandighi, had been missing since Saturday ...
4 November 2024 The StatesmanIn a twist to the traditional Bhai Phonta celebrations, some “brothers” found themselves on the receiving end on Sunday. At a busy road crossing, women traffic police officers were seen offering phonta (ritualistic tilak) to male motorcyclists who were ...
4 November 2024 The StatesmanA housewife, Arpita Ghosh (18) died in the Durga Mandir area on Tagore Road in Ushagram, within Asansol South Police Station limits, with her husband being accused of having murdered her over dowry issues. The victim’s husband fled after ...
4 November 2024 The StatesmanIndian Railways is advancing towards the successful implementation of Kavach 4.0, an indigenous advanced safety system designed to enhance train operations across its network. A railway official announced this today. Kavach 4.0 is a cuttingedge, technology-driven solution developed by ...
4 November 2024 The StatesmanNagaland Police arrested a trader, Jishu Prasad from Durgapur in West Burdwan district, in connection with a cheating case involving several lakhs of rupees for supplying TMT bars yesterday. He was produced before the Durgapur Sub Divisional Court and ...
4 November 2024 The StatesmanOn the day of Bhai Phonta, vegetable and fruit prices soared. The high prices of vegetables, fish, chicken, and mutton in city markets have put a strain on the common man. Members of the prices monitoring task force set ...
4 November 2024 The StatesmanChief Minister Mamata Banerjee celebrated Bhai Phonta, signifying the deep bonds between brothers and sisters, at her Kalighat residence today, with Trinamul Congress leaders and others, including former Kolkata mayor Sovan Chatterjee, turning up for the ceremony. Mr Chatterjee, ...
4 November 2024 The StatesmanThe Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has decided to revert to the original name of its Town Planning and Development Department. A proposal to this effect was approved at the monthly KMC House meeting last week. Originally established as the ...
4 November 2024 The StatesmanThey are all ‘known negatives’, but in the most postive of ways. A family residing near the closed Jessop Refractory in Karangapara has been a beacon of hope for many, especially during Bhai Phonta, the Bengali festival celebrating the ...
4 November 2024 The StatesmanIn Kolkata’s bustling red-light district of Sonagachi, the festival of Bhai Dooj took on a unique and heartfelt significance this year as sex workers came together to celebrate the cherished bond between siblings.Organized by the Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee, ...
4 November 2024 The StatesmanHundreds of villagers, primarily women, blocked the road connecting Falakata in Alipurduar district today to protest the alleged rape and murder of a five-year-old girl.Following the incident, a 40-year-old suspect, Mona Roy, was lynched by an angry mob. The ...
3 November 2024 The Statesman