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  • Efforts intensify across hills and plains to rebuild lives after devastation

    As the mist-laden hills of Darjeeling slowly recover from the scars left by the devastating landslides of 4 October, efforts toward rebuilding lives and restoring hope have begun across the region.From Bijanbari to Mirik, from Kalchini to Nagrakata, officials, ...

    12 October 2025 The Statesman
    West Bengal: Student from Odisha alleges rape in Durgapur, police launch probe

    The New Township Police Station (NTPS), under the Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate (ADPC), launched an investigation following a complaint of alleged rape of a second-year MBBS student of a private medical college in Durgapur lodged last night.The victim’s family ...

    12 October 2025 The Statesman
    Passenger falls ill mid-air

    Goutam Bauri, a leukaemia patient from Burdwan town, fell seriously ill mid-air while travelling from Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport in Andal to Mumbai and the flight had to make an emergency landing at Raipur Airport.Airport authorities rushed him to ...

    11 October 2025 The Statesman
    Trinamul bets big on Bijoya Sammelani across districts

    Trinamul Congress will pull up the leaders where the attendance of party workers and local people will be thin.The party is using the platform to build an intense relationship with the people. It is leaving no stone unturned to ...

    11 October 2025 The Statesman
    Boulders, sandbags guard against riverbank erosion in Serampore

    Riverbank erosion at Serampore has become severe along the Hooghly, stretching from Siddheswari Tala to Mahesh over a distance of about six kilometres.The erosion was first detected around four years ago, with signs including the collapse of river ghats ...

    11 October 2025 The Statesman
    Three migrant workers from Murshidabad die in Bengaluru fire

    Three out of seven injured migrant workers from Murshidabad district in West Bengal died in Bengaluru on Friday. The four others who had sustained severe burn injuries are undergoing treatment in a city hospital in the IT city.According to ...

    11 October 2025 The Statesman
    Interactive session on jute use at Puja pandals

    National Jute Board NJB organised an interactive workshop on Friday at Patsan Bhawan, Kolkata on Jute Design Resource Centre, facilitating bank credit linkages to jute MSME units and awarding prize winners of eco-friendly Jute Durga Puja pandals with over ...

    11 October 2025 The Statesman
    Minister leads protest against DVC at Panchet office

    After staging a protest at the Maithon office of the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) a few days ago, the Trinamul Congress (TMC) today gheraoed the Panchet office of the DVC in Jharkhand, alleging that the corporation has been releasing ...

    11 October 2025 The Statesman
    Student alleges rape, culprit absconding

    A 21-year-old engineering student was allegedly raped in the Anandapur area by a boyfriend of the survivor’s classmate on 26 September.Police have started an inquiry on the basis of a complaint lodged by the survivor with the Anandapur police ...

    11 October 2025 The Statesman
    Heavy showers derail city as pockets report waterlogging

    The cloud cover over the city through the day today turned ominously dark in the late afternoon and, by 4 p.m, flashes of lightning followed by thunder could be seen and heard, especially over central and south Kolkata. The ...

    11 October 2025 The Statesman
    Bengal: School teacher with pistol detained near CM Mamata’s residence, later released

    The teacher of a reputed missionary-run school in Kolkata was detained by the Kolkata Police on Friday after he was moving through the road carrying an air pistol in his bag.The policemen apprehended the teacher, being suspicious of his ...

    11 October 2025 The Statesman
    Bengal to witness violence if genuine voter names deleted after SIR: Trinamool leader

    Trinamool Congress Lok Sabha member and former West Bengal Minister, Partha Bhowmick, said on Friday that the state will witness violence if the name of a single genuine voter is deleted from the voters’ list after the Election Commission ...

    11 October 2025 The Statesman
    Municipality recruitment scam: ED raids West Bengal Minister Sujit Bose’s residence, 10 other places

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday conducted searches at the residence and offices of West Bengal Minister Sujit Bose, among 11 locations across West Bengal, in connection with the alleged municipality recruitment scam.The raids have continued since early Friday ...

    11 October 2025 The Statesman
    Suvendu flags rise in population in border districts, illegal influx

    Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the Trinamul Congress government, alleging large-scale illegal infiltration from Bangladesh and irregularities in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral ...

    10 October 2025 The Statesman
    Police seize illegal firearm, crackers in pre-Diwali raid

    The district rural police, acting on a tip-off, conducted a raid at Malpara in Haripal on Wednesday evening and seized 515 kg of prohibited illegal firecrackers. Four persons were arrested in connection with the seizure.The circle inspector of Tarakeswar ...

    10 October 2025 The Statesman
    SIR process likely to start in first week of November

    Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal may start on and from the first week of November beginning the countdown for the assembly elections in the state scheduled to be held during April-May.The officials of the ...

    10 October 2025 The Statesman
    TMC memorandum to Tripura Guv on office vandalism

    Trinamul Congress (TMC) has demanded immediate arrest of the BJP leaders involved in vandalising its party office in Tripura after 48 hours have passed since the incident took place.Trinamul Congress leaders, camping in Tripura, submitted a memorandum in this ...

    10 October 2025 The Statesman
    Study finds rising stress levels among elephants of south Bengal

    A new scientific study has revealed that Asian elephants inhabiting the fragmented forest landscapes of south Bengal are experiencing significantly higher physiological stress compared to their counterparts in Northeast and Southern India.The findings, published in Scientific Reports, a Nature ...

    10 October 2025 The Statesman
    Railways see enhanced connectivity in suburban stations

    If the idea proves fruitful, suburban commuters of two crucial lines in Sealdah Division in districts of North 24-Parganas and South 24-Parganas could see enhanced rail connectivity soon.The Champapukur – Hasnabad and Lakshmikantapur – Namkhana sections in Sealdah Division ...

    10 October 2025 The Statesman
    Jalpaiguri DM visits attack site of BJP leaders, overseas relief work

    Jalpaiguri district magistrate Shama Parveen on Thursday visited Bamondanga village, where North Malda MP Khagen Murmu and Siliguri MLA Sankar Ghosh were attacked earlier this week. Acting on the directives of chief minister Mamata Banerjee, the district magistrate reviewed ...

    10 October 2025 The Statesman
    ECIL signs MoU with DVC for security projects

    Electronics Corporation of India Limited, a Central Public Sector Enterprise, under the department of atomic energy, signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday with Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC), which is under the administrative control of the ministry of power ...

    10 October 2025 The Statesman
    Teachers’ association demands central security during SIR duty

    The Usthi United Primary Teachers’ Welfare Association has submitted a memorandum to the sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) of Durgapur, seeking deployment of paramilitary forces for booth level officers (BLOs) who will be engaged in the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of ...

    10 October 2025 The Statesman
    CM to felicitate personnel for rescue & relief work in north Bengal

    The state government will be recognising and felicitating various personnel and organisations that have contributed significantly in the rescue, relief and rehabilitation measures being carried out in calamity-hit north Bengal.Chief minister Mamata Banerjee is expected to return to the ...

    10 October 2025 The Statesman
    ‘Situation in Bengal not good’: Guv Ananda Bose condemns attack on BJP MP, legislator

    The attack on the BJP Lok Sabha member Khagen Murmu and the party’s Chief Whip in West Bengal on Monday shows that there is a distance between the state administration and the people, Governor C.V. Ananda Bose said on ...

    10 October 2025 The Statesman
    City gets more rain than entire state: Met data

    As the South Bengal region is bracing for retreating of monsoons in a few days, data from the Regional Meteorological Centre revealed that Kolkata received more rainfall this rainy season than the average figures of the entire south and ...

    9 October 2025 The Statesman
    Sikkim prepares for Amit Shah’s visit

    The Sikkim government has begun preparations to welcome Union home minister Amit Shah, with chief minister Prem Singh Tamang (Golay) chairing a high-level coordination meeting at Samman Bhawan on Wednesday to review arrangements for the upcoming visit.The meeting focused ...

    9 October 2025 The Statesman
    Rijiju calls for disaster mapping, promises central aid for north Bengal

    Union parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday urged the West Bengal government to initiate disaster mapping to facilitate proper planning for relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction in the flood and landslide-affected regions of North Bengal.Mr Rijiju visited Bijanbari, Thaneline, ...

    9 October 2025 The Statesman
    Man kills wife, son before killing self

    A shocking incident rocked Andiron Halderpara under Begunbari gram panchayat in Murshidabad’s Beldanga early on Wednesday, when a 40-year-old man allegedly killed his wife and nine-year-old son before ending his own life.Police said the accused, identified as Sanjib Halder ...

    9 October 2025 The Statesman
    Kali Puja: Barasat police ban overhead gates along national highway

    Ahead of the famous Kali Puja celebrations, Barasat district administration has imposed a blanket ban on constructing any kind of overhead gates or decorative arches across roads.The move comes after several incidents of such temporary structures collapsing during recent ...

    9 October 2025 The Statesman
    Tripura government has flouted all democratic norms: Mamata

    Coming down heavily on the Tripura administration for not allowing her party leaders to visit the Trinamul Congress party office that was vandalised on Tuesday night, party chairperson Mamata Banerjee said she contemplated going to Tripura if her party ...

    9 October 2025 The Statesman
    EC directs districts to complete poll work within a week

    The Election Commission of India (ECI) directed district administrations across West Bengal today to complete all pending electoral preparations, including the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, within the next seven days.A high-level ECI team, led by deputy ...

    9 October 2025 The Statesman
    TMC delegation in Tripura meets DGP, demands arrest of culprits

    A Trinamul Congress delegation met the director general of police in Tripura and urged him to arrest BJP leaders, who instigated party workers to ransack the party office off Agartala in Tripura.A party delegation comprising Kunal Ghosh, party’s state ...

    9 October 2025 The Statesman
    TMC office in Tripura vandalised by goons

    The Trinamul Congress has alleged that their party office by Bharatiya Janata Party-backed goons on Tuesday.The TMC had fought the Assembly as well as municipal elections in Tripura in the past, which were also marked by violence. AdvertisementThe ...

    9 October 2025 The Statesman
    Attack on BJP leaders: Siliguri MLA discharged; MP still serious

    Dr Sankar Ghosh, the BJP MLA from Siliguri, who was attacked in Nagrakata on Monday while taking part in his party’s flood-relief operations, was discharged from a private hospital at midday on Wednesday. Doctors have advised him to rest ...

    9 October 2025 The Statesman
    Political leaders rush to north Bengal; Shah may also visit

    The hills of north Bengal remain devastated after a night of torrential rain that triggered landslides, swept away homes, and claimed at least 29 lives. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee reached the disaster-hit region on Monday to oversee relief operations ...

    8 October 2025 The Statesman
    ESIC regional panel approves proposal for medical college: Minister

    The Regional Board of the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has approved a proposal to set up a medical college at the ESI Hospital in Asansol. The Medical Council of India (MCI) had already granted its approval for establishing ...

    8 October 2025 The Statesman
    Two postal employees die in road mishap

    Two employees of the postal department died at Galsi — about 25 km west of Burdwan town — this morning, after a speeding mail-loaded container van rammed into a gas carrier vehicle on NH-19.The van was carrying postal mail ...

    8 October 2025 The Statesman
    Houston Durgabari celebrates 25 years of puja

    This year marked a momentous occasion for the Bengali and Indian-American community in Houston as Houston Durgabari celebrated the 25th anniversary of its Durga Puja, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the first Durga Puja ever held in Houston, ...

    8 October 2025 The Statesman
    Suvendu questions CM’s calamity funds claim

    Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on chief minister Mamata Banerjee, accusing her of being “inhuman and insensitive” after she visited North Malda MP Khagen Murmu in a Siliguri hospital but allegedly ignored MLA ...

    8 October 2025 The Statesman
    Derek O’Brien extols Mother Teresa’s legacy

    Trinamul Congress leader Derek O’Brien Tuesday highlighted the significance of Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity, which marked its 75th foundation day today. To commemorate this special occasion, a statue of Mother Teresa was unveiled outside the global headquarters of ...

    8 October 2025 The Statesman
    TMC holds hold Bijoya Sammilani in 10 districts

    Bijoya Sammilani was held today in 10 districts to build contacts with people before the 2026 Assembly election.Senior party leaders and workers met party’s chairperson Mamata Banerjee and national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee to exchange pleasantries after the Durga ...

    8 October 2025 The Statesman
    Water discharge from dams reduce

    The upper dams have reduced their discharges substantially, but the discharge level at the Durgapur Barrage has not shown any significant decline today.Meanwhile, the Trinamul Congress staged a demonstration in front of the Maithon dam to protest against the ...

    8 October 2025 The Statesman
    Transport department transports 1,000 plus tourists from Siliguri to Kolkata

    As north Bengal continues to reel under landslides, floods brought by relentless rain on Sunday leaving numerous visitors stranded, the state transport department transported more than 1,000 tourists from Tenzing Norgay Central Bus Terminus (TNCBT) in Siliguri to Kolkata ...

    8 October 2025 The Statesman
    North Bengal disaster: Situation stabilises further; no new casualties reported

    The situation in the flood and landslide-affected hills, Terai, and Dooars regions in North Bengal stabilised further in the last 24 hours with no fresh casualties reported during the period.Absence of renewed rainfall in the region during the last ...

    8 October 2025 The Statesman
    DVRRC scale down water discharge to 45,000 cusec

    The Damodar Valley Corporation dams have scaled down combined discharge to 45,000 cusec this evening after their catchment areas recorded zero precipitation since yesterday.The West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee ridiculed the Damodar Valley Corporation after the combined discharge ...

    7 October 2025 The Statesman
    Ranaghat-Bangaon section gets funds boost

    In a major boost to connectivity, the Ranaghat – Bangaon section of Sealdah Division under the Eastern Railway is headed to a mega expansion of railway network. Getting impetus, the stretch yesterday received a sanction of Rs 396.04 crore ...

    7 October 2025 The Statesman
    Five killed, five critically injured in road mishap

    Five persons were killed and five others critically injured in a road accident in Chhattisgarh’s Kawardha district on Sunday, following a head-on collision between a speeding truck and a sports utility vehicle (SUV).The victims included three female teachers, a ...

    7 October 2025 The Statesman
    Death toll rises to 29, CM visits Nagrakata, assures support

    The death toll in north Bengal’s devastating natural calamities has climbed to 29, with five more deaths reported from Nagrakata in Jalpaiguri district following incessant rainfall and rising river waters.Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday visited flood relief centres ...

    7 October 2025 The Statesman
    TMC MP highlights Centre’s neglect in formation of Indo-Bhutan river panel

    Trinamul Congress Rajya Sabha MP Ritabrata Banerjee had asked the jal shakti ministry if the Centre planned to form a Indo-Bhutan River Commission in August to which the concerned minister CR Paatil had replied in the negative.After the vast ...

    7 October 2025 The Statesman
    GRSE-made second ASW SWC INS Androth gets commissioned

    It was yet another proud moment for Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Ltd on Monday, when INS Androth – second in a series of eight Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW SWC) built by the shipyard – was ...

    7 October 2025 The Statesman
    75-year-old woman rescued from Damodar, 45 km away from home

    A 75-year-old woman from Raina struggled against the turbulent waters of the swollen Damodar river and was rescued about 45 kilometres away from her native place today.Maturi Tudu of Zakta village in Raina had gone to the Damodar to ...

    7 October 2025 The Statesman
    BJP slams CM for attending Carnival while N Bengal went under water

    State BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Monday criticised chief minister Mamata Banerjee for not visiting the flood-affected areas of north Bengal and alleged that she was more concerned with celebrations in Kolkata than with the plight of the people ...

    7 October 2025 The Statesman
    SC clears appointments of VCs to eight state universities

    The Supreme Court today cleared the appointments of vice-chancellors (VCs) of eight universities in West Bengal, following a hearing today by a Division Bench of the apex court.Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi asked the state to start the ...

    7 October 2025 The Statesman
    Mamata slams attack on CJI Gavai

    Chief minister Mamata Banerjee slammed the attack on the Chief Justice of India today.She wrote on her X-handle: “I condemn the attack today on the Chief Justice of India Justice BR Gavai ji in the Supreme Court premises. This ...

    7 October 2025 The Statesman
    BJP takes out procession in Kolkata, slams Mamata govt over electrocution deaths

    BJP leaders and workers led Leader of Opposition in state Assembly Suvendu Adhikari led a procession in Kolkata on Sunday, targeting the West Bengal government over recent electrocution deaths in the city.Adhikari also slammed the state government for holding ...

    6 October 2025 The Statesman
    BJP leader asks CM Mamata to declare ‘North Bengal crisis’ a state disaster

    Raju Bista, a two-time BJP Lok Sabha member from Darjeeling constituency in West Bengal, on Sunday, has written a letter to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee requesting her to declare the ongoing crisis in the hills, Terai and Dooars regions ...

    6 October 2025 The Statesman
    North Bengal landslides: Death toll rises to 23; Governor’s office activates rapid action cell

    The death toll in the devastating landslides triggered by torrential rain in North Bengal has reached 23, officials said on Monday.In view of the grave situation in the hills, Terai and Dooars regions, a rapid action cell has been ...

    6 October 2025 The Statesman
    13 killed in landslides in North Bengal hills after torrential rain

    At least 13 people have died in landslides in the North Bengal hills, following continuous overnight rain, causing widespread severe disruptions, said officials on Sunday.Among them, nine were killed when an iron bridge collapsed in Mirik in the Darjeeling ...

    6 October 2025 The Statesman
    TMC block president expels five, including district leader

    Five Trinamul Congress leaders, including a former block president and the deputy chief of a panchayat, have been expelled by the party’s block committee in East Burdwan as part of a disciplinary measure.Joydev Banerjee, the deputy chief of the ...

    5 October 2025 The Statesman
    Special train services for Durga Puja carnival

    As the city gears up for the grand farewell to the goddess Durga, preparations for Durga Puja Carnival at Red Road are in full swing. In order to facilitate movement of the visitors on Red Road, Kolkata Metro Railway ...

    5 October 2025 The Statesman
    Man found dead in Baranagar

    An incident of alleged brutal murder took place in an ornament shop at Baranagar this afternoon.The deceased has been identified as Sankar Jana, a gold merchant, who was allegedly found dead in his own shop on Sambhu Das Lane, ...

    5 October 2025 The Statesman
    Boy crushed to death during immersion

    A six-year-old boy was crushed to death in an immersion procession at a village in Kalna Friday night.Soumyajit Das, the victim, was crushed under the wheels of the mini-truck that was carrying the Durga idol at Dhitpur village in ...

    5 October 2025 The Statesman
    Theme on water release by DVC captures attention at Hooghly carnival

    Chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s initiative of holding the Durga Puja Carnival on Red Road has gained more significance after the Durga Puja being declared an intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by the UNESCO.Similar carnivals are replicated in many districts ...

    5 October 2025 The Statesman
    DVC further releases 70,000 cusec water as rains subside

    Although rain has almost stopped over the past 24 hours in the industrial belt of West Burdwan, the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) has once again released 70,000 cusecs of water from its Panchet and Maithon dams.Of this, 37,500 cusec ...

    5 October 2025 The Statesman
    Kolkata safest city in country: Report

    The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report published in October 2025 has for the fourth straight year announced Kolkata as India’s safest city.The ruling Trinamul Congress has been highlighting the report data to emphasise what they have been saying ...

    5 October 2025 The Statesman
    Amit Mitra flags US tariffs threat

    The principal chief advisor to the chief minister, Mamata Banerjee, Amit Mitra, has raised concerns over the growing uncertainty faced by Indian exporters due to recent US tariff measures.In a post on his X-handle, Mr Mitra highlighted that Indian ...

    5 October 2025 The Statesman
    BJP observers in city to meet state senior leaders

    With West Bengal’s 2026 Assembly elections looming, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has stepped up preparations by dispatching senior leaders to Kolkata.Union environment minister Bhupender Yadav and former Tripura chief minister Biplab Deb, both appointed as central observers for ...

    5 October 2025 The Statesman
    Metro carries record passenger count of 2.25 cr in September

    The festive month proved to be a boon for the Kolkata Metro Railway that emerged as one of the choicest modes of transport for the Puja revellers. Registering a record footfall, the public carrier transported more than 2.25 crore ...

    5 October 2025 The Statesman
    Carnival: Congress questions DM over invitations

    The Congress leadership today questioned why only MLAs from the ruling party have been invited to the state-organised Durga Puja Carnival.Burdwan, following the model of Kolkata’s much-hyped Red Road parade, has been hosting its own Durga Puja Carnival for ...

    5 October 2025 The Statesman
    IndiGo announces direct link to China

    IndiGo Airlines announced it will launch direct flight services to China later this month, marking a major step in strengthening air connectivity between the two Asian neighbours. Starting 26 October, IndiGo will operate a daily non-stop service on the ...

    4 October 2025 The Statesman
    City braces for cloudy skies, light to moderate showers expected

    Kolkata and its surrounding areas are likely to witness a generally cloudy sky with spells of light to moderate rain or thundershowers through Friday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) official said.A low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal is ...

    4 October 2025 The Statesman
    DVC water release leads to flood-like situation, CM unhappy

    Incessant rainfall over the past 48 hours in the upper catchment area of the Damodar basin has forced the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) to release a huge volume of water from its Panchet and Maithon dams.Subsequently, a large quantity ...

    4 October 2025 The Statesman
    All med colleges to launch face-based mobile Aadhaar authentication for teachers’ attendance

    The National Medical Commission (NMC), the organisation that replaced the Medical Council of India in 2020 to oversee, monitor and improve medical education in India, has directed health departments of all states and Union Territories to launch face-based mobile ...

    4 October 2025 The Statesman
    Carnival at West Burdwan gets bigger with addition of Pujas

    A joint team of Asansol Municipal Corporation (AMC) and the West Burdwan district civil administration visited the venue for the final inspection ahead of the Durga Puja Carnival in Asansol, today.S Ponnambalam, district magistrate of West Burdwan, along with ...

    4 October 2025 The Statesman
    Abhishek discusses poll roadmap with party leaders

    With the Assembly election just six months away, Abhishek Banerjee, Trinamul Congress national general secretary, today held a meeting to discuss the roadmap for the election.He held meetings with the senior party leaders at Kalighat.AdvertisementMr Banerjee has said over ...

    4 October 2025 The Statesman
    Remembering values of Gandhi, ex-PM LB Shastri

    On the occasion of the 156th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and the 121st birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, Coal India Limited paid solemn tribute to two of India’s most revered leaders.Coal India’s chairman, PM ...

    4 October 2025 The Statesman
    Durga Pujas peaceful, Abhishek visits pandals

    Durga Puja festivities passed off peacefully with lakhs of people coming out on the streets to witness the biggest spectacle in the world.Both CM Mamata Banerjee and TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee greeted all the party leaders who ...

    4 October 2025 The Statesman
    Youth electrocuted during immersion

    One person died in electrocution during immersion of a Durga idol at a village in East Burdwan late on Friday afternoon.Nearly fifty persons were marching towards the Damodar river for immersion of a community puja idol of Gopikantapur in ...

    4 October 2025 The Statesman
    60-feet-tall Ravana effigy burnt on Dussehra

    The city witnessed a dazzling celebration of the eternal triumph of good over evil, as Salt Lake Sanskritik Sansad presented Dussehra at Central Park, Salt Lake. The 13th edition culminated in the burning of a towering 60-feet Ravana effigy, ...

    4 October 2025 The Statesman
    After greeting her as ‘goddess’, Bengal women bid farewell to Maa Durga as ‘daughter’

    At the beginning of the current week, when the four-day Durga Puja started with Maha Saptanmi, the common Bengali women greeted Maa Durga as a “goddess”, coming to the earth to destroy the evil spirits.However, just four days later, ...

    4 October 2025 The Statesman
    IndiGo to resume flights between India and China after five years

    Low-cost carrier IndiGo on Thursday announced the resumption of its flight services to China, marking the return of direct air connectivity between the two countries after more than five years.The airline will launch daily non-stop flights from Kolkata to ...

    4 October 2025 The Statesman
    Kolkata Police, KMC make special arrangements for smooth idol immersion in view of inclement weather

    In view of the inclement weather coinciding with idol immersion in the river Hooghly on Dashami day on Thursday, the Kolkata Police and the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) have taken several steps to ensure no untoward incident occurs during ...

    4 October 2025 The Statesman
    Kolkata records heavy rain on Vijayadashmi, may affect Durga idols’ immersion

    Kolkata recorded heavy showers on Thursday afternoon and more rain has been forecast later in the day, which may cause inconvenience to Durga Puja committees which will carry out idol immersion in river Hooghly on Vijayadashmi, the last day ...

    4 October 2025 The Statesman
    RG Kar victim’s parents call for resurrection of mass movement till ‘justice is attained’

    As Thursday marks the end of the four-day Durga Puja festival in West Bengal without a single protest demonstration on the R.G. Kar rape and murder tragedy, the parents of the victim have called for resurrection of the mass ...

    4 October 2025 The Statesman
    Bengal: Speeding car kills three, injures seven others in Jalpaiguri

    A tragic road accident occurred on the evening of Dashami as a car entered a shop amidst the crowd, killing three people and injuring seven others when the reckless car hit them, who had come out to visit Durga ...

    3 October 2025 The Statesman
    On Gandhi Jayanti, Bengal CM stresses on communal harmony

    On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti on Thursday, which coincides with Dussehra, West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, has stressed on the importance of implementing the Mahatma’s messages on communal harmony and unity in the country, in the true ...

    3 October 2025 The Statesman
    Protest movements over RG Kar doctor’s rape-murder disappear from Kolkata streets this Durga Puja

    The palpable public anger that defined Durga Puja last year, following the gruesome rape and murder of a junior doctor at Kolkata’s R.G Kar Medical College Hospital, has been replaced this year by resurgent scenes of gleeful pandal hopping ...

    2 October 2025 The Statesman
    Bihar businessman’s murder: Police probe reveals Suresh Yadav had criminal cases against him

    Police investigation into the murder of Bihar businessman Suresh Yadav revealed that he had his own flat in Howrah and he regularly visited Bengal during Durga puja. It was also learnt that a criminal case was filed against him ...

    2 October 2025 The Statesman
    Met office forecast heavy rain in Kolkata on Dashami, likely to disrupt idol immersion

    The Met department on Wednesday forecast rain accompanied by thunderstorms in Kolkata, which is likely to dampen the festive mood in the city as a large number of people will throng puja mandaps on the penultimate day of Durga ...

    2 October 2025 The Statesman
    Bengal polls: Left Front to meet on seat-sharing with Congress after festive season

    A crucial meeting of the different allies of CPI(M)-led Left Front in West Bengal is expected to take place after the ongoing festive season on seat-sharing arrangement with Congress and All India Secular Front (AISF) ahead of the assembly ...

    2 October 2025 The Statesman
    With SIR soon, Bengal gets new Additional CEO and Joint CEO

    With the Election Commission of India (ECI)’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) likely to take place in West Bengal immediately at the end of this month, the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) has a new Additional CEO and ...

    2 October 2025 The Statesman
    Police make special arrangements to protect Durga idols’ jewellery in Kolkata mandaps

    In a bid to protect the jewellery adorned by goddess Durga in several puja mandaps across Kolkata from theft, the police have made special arrangements this year.The police have deployed two policemen with rifles in 11 of those 13 ...

    1 October 2025 The Statesman
    Tension in Bengal’s Jagatdal after bomb blast, shootout in front of ex-BJP MP’s residence

    Tension prevailed at Jagatdal in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Tuesday morning following shootouts and bomb blasts in phases in front of the residence of the former BJP MP from Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency, Arjun Singh.“The ...

    1 October 2025 The Statesman
    Durga Puja: Sourav Ganguly offers prayers along with his family

    On the occasion of Ashtami, former Indian team captain and Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) president Sourav Ganguly offered Anjali at the Durga Puja of Barisha Players Corner in the Behala area of south Kolkata.He was accompanied by his ...

    1 October 2025 The Statesman
    Suvendu Adhikari shares photos of ‘Azaan’ timings on Durga Puja pandal in Bengal, slams Mamata govt

    Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Tuesday shared the videos and photos showing the scheduled ‘Azaan Timings’ on the wall of a community Durga Puja Pandal in minority-dominated Murshidabad district, and slammed the ...

    1 October 2025 The Statesman
    ED likely to delay Bengal Minister’s release from judicial custody

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the coming days is likely to delay the release of the former West Bengal Education Minister and Trinamool Congress Secretary General Partha Chatterjee from his continuing judicial custody since July 2022 for another indefinite ...

    1 October 2025 The Statesman
    On Matangini Hazra’s death anniversary, Mamata Banerjee highlights Bengal’s legacy in freedom struggle

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday paid homage to freedom fighter Matangini Hazra on her death anniversary, while underlining Bengal’s historic role in India’s independence movement.Since the time the Chief Minister and her party, Trinamool Congress, had ...

    30 September 2025 The Statesman
    Forecast for likely rain in Kolkata from Wednesday

    The Meteorological (MeT) office on Monday forecast mostly clear skies for the next two days, lifting the festive spirit of Kolkata, which has been experiencing a prolonged spell of rains during Durga Puja.However, the MeT department warned that the ...

    30 September 2025 The Statesman
    Prices of food items at Bengal’s retail markets skyrocket as festive season begins

    The prices of fresh vegetables, fish and meat, the most staple items in any Bengali dish, are skyrocketing in the retail markets of West Bengal, especially in the state capital of Kolkata, on Monday, which is the occasion of ...

    30 September 2025 The Statesman
    West Bengal: Harsh Vardhan Shringla inaugurates Durga Puja Pandal of Bagdogra Bibadi Natya Bohumukhi Sangstha

    Rajya Sabha MP and former Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla inaugurated the Durga Puja pandal of the Bagdogra Bibadi Natya Bohumukhi Sangstha and noted the pictures related to Operation Sindoor and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday celebrations displayed in ...

    30 September 2025 The Statesman
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