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  • Amid festive season, Bengal BJP chief is busy with two key organisational assignments

    Amid the beginning of the Durga Puja, the most popular festival in West Bengal, from Monday, top state leadership of the BJP, especially the party’s state president, Samik Bhattacharya, is busy with two crucial organisational assignmentsThe first assignment is ...

    30 September 2025 The Statesman
    ‘Durga Puja a Celebration of Compassion and Justice’: Abhishek Banerjee

    Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee Monday extended his warm greetings to the people of Bengal on the occasion of Saptami, a significant day of the Durga Puja celebrations. “With Nabapatrika immersed in ritual sanctity, Saptami awakens the divine presence ...

    30 September 2025 The Statesman
    Trinamool leader sparks row with social media post, issues clarification

    Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, the new Chief Whip of Trinamool Congress in the Lok Sabha and four-time MP from Barasat constituency in North 24 Paragans district of West Bengal, has sparked a row by making a controversial social media post ...

    29 September 2025 The Statesman
    Woman found dead under mysterious circumstances in Kolkata

    A woman has been found dead under mysterious circumstances in Kolkata on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Namita Pal.According to local residents, the woman died while wiping the back of the fridge in her room on the ...

    29 September 2025 The Statesman
    Met office rules out heavy rain on first two days of Durga Puja in Bengal, revellers throng puja mandaps

    In a relief to Durga Puja revellers in Kolkata, the Met office on Sunday ruled out heavy rain for the next two days, though there is the possibility of isolated light showers in a few areas of the state ...

    29 September 2025 The Statesman
    Special menu for prisoners in Bengal for four days of Durga Puja

    A special menu has been planned for prisoners in correctional homes across West Bengal during the four days of Durga Puja.A state government official said on Sunday that arrangements have been made to change the menu for the prisoners ...

    29 September 2025 The Statesman
    Political slugfest erupts over Kolkata Durga Puja pandal inaugurated by Amit Shah

    A political slugfest erupted over excessive police restrictions for the Durga Puja pandal inaugurated by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Kolkata.BJP leader Sajal Ghosh has questioned the role of Kolkata Police in the Durga Puja at Santosh Mitra ...

    29 September 2025 The Statesman
    Suvendu Adhikari requests Centre to take action against IAS officer for floating ‘baseless allegations’ against DVC

    Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Saturday drew the attention of the Cabinet Secretary, Department of Personnel & Training (DOPT), while accusing a senior IAS officer of creating false narratives against Damodar Valley Corporation ...

    29 September 2025 The Statesman
    Birbhum girl’s rape-murder: Police file charge sheet against school teacher

    The police have filed the charge sheet in a rape and murder case of a minor girl in Birbhum district of West Bengal, nine days after the accused school teacher was arrested, an official said on Saturday.Superintendent of Police ...

    29 September 2025 The Statesman
    ‘May this sacred beginning bring peace, strength, and boundless hope’: Abhishek Banerjee’s Durga Puja wishes

    Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee extended warm greetings to the people of Bengal on the occasion of Shoshti, marking the beginning of Durga Puja celebrations.“The first invocation of the Mother fills Bengal with joy and reverence. On Shoshti, our ...

    29 September 2025 The Statesman
    Institute creates idol with PLA material

    In a ground-breaking initiative that beautifully blends culture with cutting-edge technology, the 3D printing lab of the department of mechanical engineering at the Institute of Engineering & Management (IEM), Kolkata, has fabricated a fully three-dimensional model of Goddess Durga ...

    28 September 2025 The Statesman
    Tiny tots captivate audience with talent show

    The tiny tots of play group preparatory at Delhi Public School (Joka), South Kolkata, participated in a cultural extravaganza “Samanvyay” that celebrated the beautiful cultural harmony of India at the school auditorium. Principal of the school Writuparna Chatterjee lighted ...

    28 September 2025 The Statesman
    Two customs officials, four others jailed in Rs 40 lakh cash loot case

    The Asansol–Durgapur Police Commissionerate (ADPC) has arrested six persons in connection with the Rs 40-lakh cash loot from a vehicle travelling from Patna to Kolkata near the Banskopa Toll Plaza on national highway 19, under the jurisdiction of Kanksha ...

    28 September 2025 The Statesman
    Six DSP workers fall ill after toxic gas leak

    Six workers of Durgapur Steel Plant (DSP) fell ill today following a toxic gas leak from a blast furnace, with two reported to be in a critical condition.Panic gripped the raw materials handling plant around 11.30 a.m. when several ...

    28 September 2025 The Statesman
    Another electrocution death in Kolkata, toll 11

    A 66-year-old woman died of electrocution in the southern outskirts of Kolkata on Saturday, taking the total number of such deaths in and around the city to 11 since Tuesday.The deceased woman has been identified as Srabanti Debi (66), ...

    28 September 2025 The Statesman
    Three dead, 3 critical in road mishap in Hooghly

    Three people were killed and three others seriously injured in a road accident on Friday night while members of the Barwari Durga Puja Committee of Shankarbati village in Polba were transporting their Durga idol to the puja pandal.The idol ...

    28 September 2025 The Statesman
    Durga Puja in London pays tribute to Bengal’s matinee idol Uttam Kumar

    This is the first time that a Wall of Fame is being organised at the London Sharad Utsav (LSU). On the birth centenary of Uttam Kumar, the walls of the puja premises are being decorated with film posters of ...

    28 September 2025 The Statesman
    IMA questions Dr Sen over ‘ghost’ account

    The headquarters of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has interrogated former Trinamul Congress Rajya Sabha MP and IMA West Bengal branch secretary, Dr Santanu Sen, over the opening of a bank account with the headquarters’ PAN number and withdrawing ...

    28 September 2025 The Statesman
    HC orders repatriation of Birbhum residents from B’desh

    In a blow to the Centre’s alleged attempt to push back migrant workers from Bengal for speaking in Bengali branding them as Bangladeshi nationals, Calcutta High Court today faulted the Centre in connection with the alleged push back of ...

    28 September 2025 The Statesman
    Mohta’s Barisha project under PIL cloud

    A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising Justice Sujoy Paul and Justice Smita Das De has issued notice to Kolkata Municipal Corporation, the Block and Land Reforms Officer, Behala and the Airports Authority of India on a ...

    28 September 2025 The Statesman
    Birbhum village awaits return of deported migrant labourer, family from B’desh

    Relatives of Sunali Bibi are anxiously waiting for her return to her native Paikar village in Birbhum district, following a directive issued yesterday by a Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court.Pregnant Sunali Bibi, along with her husband and ...

    28 September 2025 The Statesman
    Tribal girl rape & murder: Rampurhat police file charge sheet

    Rampurhat police on Friday filed a charge sheet in just 10 days against the main accused in the rape and murder of a Class VIII tribal girl. The charge sheet was placed before the Rampurhat Sub-Divisional Court, which fixed ...

    27 September 2025 The Statesman
    IMA seeks clarifications from Santanu Sen on bank transactions

    The national body of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has written to Dr Santanu Sen, former Trinamul Congress MP, seeking his clarifications on opening of a bank account ‘JIMACON-Kolkata’ allegedly using the PAN of the IMA headquarters (HQ) in ...

    27 September 2025 The Statesman
    Puja special night trains by SER

    The South Eastern Railway (SER) also announced night Puja Special local EMUs for the upcoming festive period.The zonal railway is to operate six special trains to cater to the Puja rush from 27 September to 2 October. The special ...

    27 September 2025 The Statesman
    TMC exposes BJP’s ‘lies’ on Durga Puja

    Trinamul Congress leaders lambasted the BJP for sending Indian citizens speaking Bengali to Bangladesh and said the High Court has called such deportation as illegal. “We have been stating this for quite some time and today the Division Bench ...

    27 September 2025 The Statesman
    Four die in Bandwan, police probe on

    Purulia Police have launched an investigation following the recovery of four bodies from a house in Bandwan. The deceased have been identified as Piya Gorai (30) and her three daughters – Baisakhi Gorai (13), Pallavi Gorai (10) and Souravi ...

    27 September 2025 The Statesman
    Flavours finding favours with city’s foodies

    It is second nature to Bengalis to identify as khadyoroshik — the word being a distillation of sensibilities. Khadyo, simply means food, while roshik, stems from the Sanskrit ‘rasa,’ the word for essence, taste, and pleasure. To be a ...

    27 September 2025 The Statesman
    Shah should get state’s dues cleared before talking big: Abhishek

    Coming down heavily on Union home minister Amit Shah for his statement that the BJP will make Bengal a ‘sonar Bangla’ if voted to power in 2026, Abhishek Banerjee, Trinamul Congress national general secretary said he should clear dues ...

    27 September 2025 The Statesman
    Hooghly’s hunger eats into Serampore town, residents wary

    The Hooghly’s hunger has become markedly visible at Serampore. The river has eroded into its right bank on its way to the sea for a 6-km stretch from Siddheswaritala to Mahesh in the sub-divisional town, instilling fear among the ...

    27 September 2025 The Statesman
    Low pressure intensifies, heavy showers expected on Vijaya Dashami

    A low-pressure system that developed over the Bay of Bengal has intensified and is expected to bring widespread rainfall to eastern India over the weekend, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said Friday.The weather office warned that rain will coincide ...

    27 September 2025 The Statesman
    Bengal school job case: Calcutta HC to decide Partha Chatterjee’s bail plea today

    The single-judge bench of Justice Suvra Ghosh at Calcutta High Court will deliver a crucial verdict on Friday that will ultimately determine whether the former West Bengal Education Minister and Trinamool Congress Secretary General Partha Chatterjee will be able ...

    27 September 2025 The Statesman
    Musicians collaborate for fusion album

    Durga Puja is associated with songs and music.The Mahishasurmardini, scripted by Banikumar and composed by Pankaj Kumar Mullick and the strotra from Chandi by Birendrakrishna Bhadra has entertained the Bengalis for the past six decades. Every year, basic discs ...

    26 September 2025 The Statesman
    Rain leaves Kumartuli artisans in distress

    What do artisans at Kumartuli do, if in a single moment everything is submerged in water? The threat of a year’s sweat, toil, and earnings seem to be washed away. There is a tussle with nature to fight back. ...

    26 September 2025 The Statesman
    BJP picks Union minister, Tripura ex-CM to oversee Bengal polls

    The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has appointed Union environment and forest minister Bhupender Yadav to oversee preparations for next year’s Assembly elections in West Bengal, in a move signalling the party’s intent to sharpen its campaign strategy in the ...

    26 September 2025 The Statesman
    Purulia professors find place of pride among world’s top scientists

    In a remarkable recognition that places Purulia on the global academic map, two professors of Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University (SKBU) have been named in the Stanford University–Elsevier Top 2 per cent Scientists List for 2025.Dr Biswajit Bera of the department of ...

    26 September 2025 The Statesman
    Chandranath Sinha appears before ED

    West Bengal’s minister of jails and micro, small & medium enterprises, Chandranath Sinha, appeared before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) office this morning in connection with the primary school recruitment scam.Although the ED had sought his custody for questioning, a ...

    26 September 2025 The Statesman
    BJP, monks protest attacks on Durga idols in Bangladesh

    A series of attacks on Hindu idols and pandals in Bangladesh by irate mobs ahead of the Durga Puja festival has triggered concern in West Bengal, with political parties like BJP, monks and Hindu organisations staging a protest outside ...

    26 September 2025 The Statesman
    More Metro for More Convenience!

    During Durga Puja days (Panchami to Dashami) the Metro Railway, Kolkata will operate total 3021 number of special Metro services over it’s Blue, Green, Purple and Yellow Lines. In comparison to last year, 651 number of more services will ...

    26 September 2025 The Statesman
    Deaths of students used as a marketing tool: IIT Kharagpur Director on campus suicides

    Since January this year, there have been several incidents of suicide at IIT Kharagpur in West Bengal, one of the premier institutes of the country.Expressing concern, IIT Kharagpur Director Suman Chakraborty said on Thursday that several people are trying ...

    26 September 2025 The Statesman
    New low-pressure area developing over Bay of Bengal: Met

    The Meteorological office on Thursday said that a new low-pressure area is developing over the Bay of Bengal, which will bring rain to Kolkata from Saturday. According to the Meteorological Department, thunderstorms with lightning will continue in south Bengal ...

    26 September 2025 The Statesman
    Electrocution deaths: HC seeks reports from power utility

    The Calcutta High Court on Thursday sought a report from the Sanjiv Goenka-owned private power generation-cum-distribution utility, CESC Ltd, on multiple electrocution deaths in and around Kolkata.The deaths, a total of 10 in West Bengal, including eight in Kolkata, ...

    26 September 2025 The Statesman
    Electrocution deaths: CM Mamata considering religious factor in deciding compensation, alleges BJP

    After Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh each for the next of kin of those who lost their lives due to electrocution on Tuesday, BJP’s IT Cell Chief and the party’s special ...

    26 September 2025 The Statesman
    Kolkata limps back to normal after cloudburst horror; civic authorities, cops plan to prevent mishaps during Durga puja

    Days after a cloudburst wreaked havoc in Kolkata, the situation is now normal following receding of rain water in almost all places amid apprehensions of fresh inundation after heavy rain is forecast in a couple of days.A month’s worth ...

    26 September 2025 The Statesman
    2023 TET results announced, 2022 candidates block MP, MLA’s cars

    The West Bengal Board of Primary Education (WBBPE) on Wednesday announced the results of the Teachers’ Eligibility Test (TET) for primary schools, bringing relief to more than 300,000 applicants and intensifying calls for recruitment ahead of the Durga Puja ...

    25 September 2025 The Statesman
    CII launches digital clinic to support digital adoption amongst MSMEs

    As larger companies increasingly adopt technology and automation in their operations, MSMEs too must integrate digital solutions to stay competitive and support this shift. To facilitate this transition, CII Eastern Region today launched the Digital Clinic at ICT East ...

    25 September 2025 The Statesman
    Lawyers-police clash outside Barasat Court, several injured

    Tension flared outside the Barasat court complex in North 24-Parganas on Tuesday afternoon, after a clash broke out between a group of lawyers and police, leaving a policeman and several journalists injured. The incident occurred when two men, accused ...

    25 September 2025 The Statesman
    The Trinamul Congress hits back at Amit Malviya over his comments

    Debangshu Bhattacharya, state spokesperson of TMC, said: “A 300 mm rainfall has occurred in Kolkata in 4 hours. Does Amit Malviya, the BJP’s ‘two-rupee troll,’ know this? Has he forgotten the situation in Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Pune, and Surat ...

    25 September 2025 The Statesman
    2021 Nimtita explosion: Special court acquits 3

    A special court on Wednesday acquitted three men accused in the 2021 Nimtita railway station blast in Murshidabad district of West Bengal, which left then-state labour minister Zakir Hossain and at least 22 others seriously injured.The court found no ...

    25 September 2025 The Statesman
    Anubrata inspects preparations for family Durga Puja

    The ancestral house of Anubrata Mondal in Hatserandi village, Birbhum district, is receiving a fresh coat of paint ahead of the upcoming Durga Puja festival. The celebrations were held in 2022 and 2023 in Mondal’s absence. Although he was ...

    25 September 2025 The Statesman
    Commuters suffer as 250 govt buses lie unused, around 50 go off roads after deluge

    Around 45 to 50 buses, including the AC fleet, run by the West Bengal Transport Corporation (WBTC), went off the roads in different parts of the city, owing to incessant rainfall since Tuesday midnight.The state government claimed that Kolkata ...

    25 September 2025 The Statesman
    Heavy rain disrupts train services, daily life in Hooghly

    An overnight spell of very heavy rain caused waterlogging across most suburban towns of the district, including Uttarpara, Konnagar, Rishra, Baidyabati, Hooghly, Chinsurah and Bandel. Low-lying areas were inundated, forcing people to wade through knee-deep water, while many railway ...

    25 September 2025 The Statesman
    Calcutta HC bars Kunal Ghosh from making comments on Mithun Chakraborty for 3 months

    A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Wednesday, directed the Trinamool Congress state general secretary in West Bengal, Kunal Ghosh, from making any sort of “public comment” about superstar and BJP leader, Mithun Chakraborty, for the next ...

    25 September 2025 The Statesman
    FIR registered against woman WB Police officer for taking bribe, Calcutta HC told

    The West Bengal government on Wednesday told the Calcutta High Court that it has taken strict action against a woman police officer accused of taking a bribe.An FIR has been registered against the female officer of Tarakeswar police station ...

    25 September 2025 The Statesman
    Kolkata rain fury: Many areas remain waterlogged as city struggles to cope

    Several areas in Kolkata continued to remain waterlogged on Wednesday, more than 24 hours after record rainfall. The capital city was struggling to return to normalcy after torrential rain left 10 people dead.City Mayor Firhad Hakim had said on ...

    25 September 2025 The Statesman
    Heavy rain in city leaves 9 die of electrocution

    At least nine people were killed on Tuesday after coming into contact with live electrical wires submerged in flooded streets, officials said, as heavy overnight rainfall left much of the city under water.Waist-deep water on major roads turned into ...

    24 September 2025 The Statesman
    255mm rainfall in city leaves life paralysed

    Sixth heaviest downpour since 1888 crippled life in Kolkata and its adjoining areas that witnessed nine deaths due to electrocution and probable drowning today.An extreme heavy downpour of more than 255mm within 24 hours created mayhem in the city ...

    24 September 2025 The Statesman
    18-km tall cumulonimbus over city caused 3-hour deluge: Weatherman

    The description that has gone viral for the deluge that happened over the city since the early hours of Tuesday was: ‘Extreme weather event’. But what actually happened?In the weatherman’s version, the excessive precipitation was caused by a towering ...

    24 September 2025 The Statesman
    Record rainfall paralyses city’s transport system

    A record rainfall which was the third highest in September since 1978, paralysed the transport system of Kolkata today.From the city’s lifeline of north-south Metro corridor to suburban services in Sealdah and Howrah, the morning brought extreme difficulties for ...

    24 September 2025 The Statesman
    7 pumps drain out water as 55 flights cancelled at city airport

    Air traffic at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport (CCU) was severely hit on Tuesday as 55 flights, including 28 arrivals and 27 departures, were cancelled between midnight and 1 p.m, officials said. Airport data showed most cancellations were ...

    24 September 2025 The Statesman
    Senior citizens remember rain horror from 1985, 2007

    The heavy rainfall which the city experienced from Monday midnight till early Tuesday can be only comparable with the disaster which had hit Bengal in 1978.It was before the Durga Puja in September. The month had caused disasters in ...

    24 September 2025 The Statesman
    Pujas count losses after downpour

    The torrential rain, which had hit the city last night and continued till early today, has hit Durga Pujas organisers badly.The organisers felt it would be difficult for them to repair the affected portions of the pandal and the ...

    24 September 2025 The Statesman
    Political parties in Bengal cancel events as rain causes waterlogging in Kolkata

    As waterlogging disrupted life in Kolkata following overnight incessant rain, political parties in West Bengal cancelled all their scheduled programmes on Tuesday.The Trinamool Congress did not hold a single political programme for the day.AdvertisementChief Minister Mamata Banerjee, too, announced ...

    24 September 2025 The Statesman
    Calcutta HC asks Bengal govt if there was administrative ban on screening of ‘The Bengal Files

    A division bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Tuesday, sought clarification from the West Bengal government on whether there were any specific administrative directives banning the screening of Vivek Agnihotri-directed film ‘The Bengal Files’ at cinema halls and ...

    24 September 2025 The Statesman
    Mamata Banerjee blames private power distribution utility for 7 electrocution deaths

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday blamed the private power generation-cum-distribution utility, CESC Ltd, for the seven electrocution deaths in Kolkata.The deaths occurred due to the exposed electrical wires submerged in accumulated floodwater in pockets of the ...

    24 September 2025 The Statesman
    SC order compels Bengal primary teachers to clear TET for job, promotion

    Thousands of primary teachers in West Bengal face uncertainty after the Supreme Court ruled that clearing the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) is mandatory not only to continue in service but also to secure promotions. Following the directive, the West ...

    24 September 2025 The Statesman
    City hospitals waterlogged due to night-long deluge

    With reports of highest ever 300 mm rainfall for five hours recorded in the city on Tuesday night leading to waterlogging in many hospitals throughout the day.Last time in 1978, Kolkata had recorded maximum rainfall.AdvertisementToday, nine deaths were reported ...

    24 September 2025 The Statesman
    Gold medal winners in yoga felicitated

    The Bharat Sevashram Sangha felicitated two competitors, Bhaskar Goluyi and Dipanita Sapoyi, both from Joynagar–Panchala in Howrah, who won gold medals in their respective age-group categories at an international yoga competition organised by the International Yoga Sports Federation (IYSF).International ...

    23 September 2025 The Statesman
    Calcutta Management Association holds its AGM

    Calcutta Management Association (CMA) convened its 67th annual general meeting recently. The meeting, chaired by G M Kapur, president, CMA & advisor, Kolkata Centre, INTACH Conservation Institute, witnessed enthusiastic participation from members. At the AGM, the new Executive Committee ...

    23 September 2025 The Statesman
    29 in judicial custody for attack on police officers

    Purulia police have arrested 29 people for attacking officers during the rail roko agitation by the Adivasi Kurmi Samaj in Kotshila. Five police personnel were injured in the incident, including two senior IPS officers of the state – Dhruba ...

    23 September 2025 The Statesman
    Met issues rain alert in south Bengal districts

    As Durga Puja draws closer, the likelihood of rain continues to rise in South Bengal, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) warning of rough seas and heavy showers later this week.The sky of Kolkata on Monday is covered with ...

    23 September 2025 The Statesman
    City Durga Puja depicts Kolkata’s untold history

    Durga Puja of Bandhudal Club in northern suburbs is based on the theme: An Untold History Beyond Myth.The evolution of Kolkata has been portrayed through art, models and charts. The deed of Kolkata, the high court order, which stated ...

    23 September 2025 The Statesman
    Priced Out Talent

    The latest decision by Washington to impose a staggering annual charge on skilled-worker visas marks a turning point in the global contest for talent. By attaching a six-figure fee to each new application, the United States is sending a ...

    23 September 2025 The Statesman
    Fatal accidents rock Madhyamgram, New Town

    Two separate accidents in Madhyamgram and New Town on Monday left two people dead, triggering public anger and police investigations. In Madhyamgram, a 52-year-old scooter rider was killed after being run over by a government bus on Jessore Road. ...

    23 September 2025 The Statesman
    Clean overhead tanks to prevent any brain health scare cases: KMC

    With increasing cases of brain-eating amoeba being reported from Kerala and the fear of ‘Naegleria fowleri’ (the amoeba’s scientific name) incidence crawling into the mindset of citizens of the city, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation has urged people to take ...

    23 September 2025 The Statesman
    Shah to inaugurate Durga Puja in Kolkata on 26 Sep

    Union home minister Amit Shah will visit West Bengal on 26 September to inaugurate Durga Puja celebrations, after his trip was pushed back from earlier dates of 22 or 23 September, party sources said Monday.Shah will formally inaugurate the ...

    23 September 2025 The Statesman
    Passion, devotion drives this Behala woman to carve out Durga idols

    In a land where women are manifestations of shakti (power), the agomoni (arrival) of Goddess Durga on earth is a time for celebration.A middle-aged woman in Thakurpukur, Behala, driven by the passion of crafting Durga idols, is worshipping Ma ...

    23 September 2025 The Statesman
    TMC Leader Abhishek Banerjee extends Navratri greetings, emphasizes celebration of Shakti and triumph of good over evil

    Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee on Monday extended his warmest greetings to everyone across the country on the occasion of Navratri, highlighting the festival as a celebration of Shakti, the eternal power of the Divine Feminine.In a social media ...

    23 September 2025 The Statesman
    Peace can prevail in country only when there is unity: Mamata Banerjee

    On the occasion of Mahalaya on Sunday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurated multiple Durga Puja Pandals in the state, some physically and others virtually, and then stressed that only in an ambience of unity, peace can prevail ...

    22 September 2025 The Statesman
    Suvendu Adhikari accuses police of ‘unnecessarily obstructing’ RSS rally in Maheshtala

    Leader of the opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday, accused the West Bengal Police of unnecessarily obstructing a peaceful rally of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) earlier in the day to commemorate the completion of ...

    22 September 2025 The Statesman
    Before 2026 polls Trinamool to partially implement ‘one person, one post’ within party

    Before the crucial 2021 West Bengal Assembly polls scheduled next year, the Trinamool Congress will partially implement “one person, one post” police at the grassroots level leadership, a party insider aware of the development said.However, a member of the ...

    22 September 2025 The Statesman
    Bengal CEO office begins process of creating database of polling booths

    In order to help the voters of West Bengal to have a first-hand and detailed information about the polling booths where they will be supposed to caste their voters in the crucial state assembly elections scheduled next year, the ...

    22 September 2025 The Statesman
    From sultan’s court to modern Bengal: Enduring story of Durga worship

    There was a time when the strains of a Baul gaan (songs) and a Murshidi gaan floated together over Bengal’s paddy fields, when Hindus and Muslims, bound by the same rhythms of harvest and hardship, sang the same ditties. ...

    22 September 2025 The Statesman
    SMPK organizes one-day capacity building workshop on preventive vigilance

    As a part of the ongoing three-month Preventive Vigilance Campaign (18 August-17 November), Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata (SMPK) organised a one-day capacity building workshop on Friday, on preventive vigilance at its Kolkata Dock System. This event is a ...

    22 September 2025 The Statesman
    IEM Kolkata host global IEM-HEALS health summit

    Kolkata welcomed an international gathering of scientists, innovators, and healthcare leaders as it hosts IEM-HEALS 2025, the international conference on advancing science and technologies in health science. The three-day event began on 19 September and will continue till 21 ...

    22 September 2025 The Statesman
    Nepal tourism calls Indian tourists, promises safe travel

    The Nepal Tourism Board (NTB), Nepal’s national tourism organisation, has announced that peace, stability and normalcy have been fully restored across the country following weeks of youth-led political protests and upheaval.Tourism, one of Nepal’s most vital economic sectors, was ...

    22 September 2025 The Statesman
    Kurmi agitation affects train services in SER

    At least 21 trains were cancelled while 24 others were regulated in different ways following agitation at various stations in the neighbouring states by the members of the Kurmi community.Till 5.30 p.m. around 46 trains were affected due to ...

    22 September 2025 The Statesman
    Two registrars: VC visits police station to lodge complaint

    The vice-chancellor of Burdwan University, Professor Shankar Nath, visited Burdwan police station this evening to lodge a formal complaint regarding workplace difficulties.Professor Nath was seen waiting at the station for nearly 30 minutes before submitting a written complaint to ...

    22 September 2025 The Statesman
    TMC leader found dead

    Tension gripped a neighbourhood near Durgapur Steel Township this evening following the mysterious death of a Trinamul Congress leader at his garden bungalow.Nikhil Nayek, 63, had served as the trade union leader of the party’s unorganised workers’ wing for ...

    22 September 2025 The Statesman
    Senior citizens rally against noise pollution during festivities

    Senior citizens and elderly residents took to the streets of Serampore last Friday under the banner of Baji o DJ Box Birodhi Manch, to raise awareness about the harmful effects of DJ sound systems and loud firecrackers. The demonstrators ...

    22 September 2025 The Statesman
    ADPC chalks out traffic Plan for Durga Puja

    The Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate (ADPC) has announced a comprehensive traffic management master plan to regulate the movement of heavy goods and commercial vehicles on national highway 19, between Barakar and Budbud, from 25 September onwards. The initiative aims ...

    22 September 2025 The Statesman
    Rain, thunderstorms lash Kolkata, more likely during Puja

    Heavy rain accompanied by thunderstorms drenched large parts of Kolkata and its suburbs on Saturday, inundating several roads and raising concerns ahead of Durga Puja celebrations.From early morning, dark clouds covered the sky, followed by spells of torrential rain. ...

    22 September 2025 The Statesman
    SAIL-ISP signs Rs 300 crore agreement for new sinter plant

    The first major component of the upcoming Rs 35,000 crore integrated steel plant at Burnpur has been awarded to a consortium for Rs 300 crore. The IISCO Steel Plant (ISP) of the Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) will ...

    21 September 2025 The Statesman
    From Mughals, British to the Centre, Durga Puja supported by all realms

    More than five centuries old, a tradition and custom that has braved the vagaries of time, its intrinsic nature winning the support of one leader after another, no matter the allegiance. That, succinctly, sums up the Ghoshal Bari Durga ...

    21 September 2025 The Statesman
    PHE Contractors raises concern over non-payment of dues

    The All Bengal PHE Contractors’ Association (Civil), representing contractors who have been serving the Public Health and Technical Department of West Bengal for over three to four decades, has expressed deep concern over the prolonged issue of pending payments ...

    21 September 2025 The Statesman
    Med commission advisory on rabies management to colleges

    With timely administration of post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) immediately after an animal bite rabies is 100 per cent preventable and at the same time it’s also 100 per cent fatal, the National Medical Commission (NMC) states while issuing on advisory ...

    21 September 2025 The Statesman
    BJP worker brutally murdered in his Nadia home, TMC denies links

    A BJP worker was dragged out of bed and bludgeoned to death inside his own home at Prachin Mayapur in Nabadwip on Vishwakarma Puja night, in an attack that has reignited the bitter feud between the ruling Trinamul Congress ...

    21 September 2025 The Statesman
    SER strengthens security to counter Kurmi rail blockade

    With the Kurmi community announcing a widespread rail blockade tomorrow in the South Eastern Railway jurisdiction, the zonal railway has identified 52 locations as ‘sensitive’ and decided to strengthen security personnel deployment there.The members of the Kurmi community had ...

    21 September 2025 The Statesman
    Showers threaten to spoil festive mood

    As the countdown to Durga Puja begins, Bengal finds itself caught in the grip of late monsoon showers that show no signs of retreating. The weather office has warned that the rain clouds are likely to shadow Mahalaya, the ...

    21 September 2025 The Statesman
    Dam breached in Malda, HC asks for report

    There is a flood-like situation in Manikchak and Ratua areas of Malda district due to the breaching of embankments of Fulahar river. Twice the banks have been breached in the last one month, leading to major resentment amongst the ...

    21 September 2025 The Statesman
    State police to deploy 15,000 extra personnel for Durga Puja

    With just nine days left before Durga Puja, West Bengal Police said Friday that it is prepared to manage massive crowds expected across the state during the biggest festival for Bengalis.Additional 10,000 to 15,000 police personnel will be deployed ...

    21 September 2025 The Statesman
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