The state government will set up an information bank regarding the condition of roads, both in rural and urban areas by using a geographic information system (GIS).It may be recalled that chief minister Mamata Banerjee in the recently held ...
4 July 2024 The StatesmanUtkala, the cultural wing of Sri Jagannath Seva Samiti, has announced the celebration of Ratha Yatra and Odisha Festival from 7-15 July.The festivities commence with Netrotsav, followed by a vibrant roadshow (Rath Yatra) on 7 July from Khidirpur Jagannath ...
4 July 2024 The StatesmanThe Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority would now be responsible for the upkeep of a part of Mahananda river. The KMDA has undertaken the responsibility of six kilometres of the Mahananda that was faced with an obstruction for the past ...
4 July 2024 The StatesmanThe Trinamul Congress leadership in Jalpaiguri district has rusticated Debasish Pramanik, a prominent party member based on accusations of illegally acquiring government land. This action was taken after receiving orders from the party’s state leaders. Recently, Mr Pramanik was ...
4 July 2024 The StatesmanA youth roaming aimlessly in front of the IIT Kharagpur was caught by some locals on the suspicion of being a mobile phone thief, last night. A local, Ariz Zalish, fearing a mob attack, called for help from two ...
4 July 2024 The StatesmanThe discovery of a mutilated body of an unidentified woman in an undressed state has caused a stir in the Garia area, adjacent to Kolkata city.Police sources reported that the body of the woman was found on Tuesday near ...
4 July 2024 The StatesmanSahitya Akademi, in collaboration with New Alipore College, organized Mulakat, a session of poems and short story reading sessions by budding Bengali writers.The initiative was by Sahitya Akademi to encourage vernacular literature.The programme was inaugurated by professor Jaydeep Sarangi, ...
4 July 2024 The StatesmanDrugs are allegedly sold near a school at Budge Budge in South 24-Parganas, which is just a stone’s throw from the local panchayat office and a police post.Allegations have surfaced that drugs were being sold on government land, right ...
4 July 2024 The StatesmanHospitals and nursing homes will have to take state health department’s approval if indoor patients availing Swasthya Sathi cards, suffering from common diseases, stay at these healthcare units for more than 10 days. Swasthya Sathi scheme is a pet ...
3 July 2024 The StatesmanThe Kolkata Municipal Corporation is considering plans to penalize the housing societies and residential complexes against dumping of solid waste into canals randomly.The civic body is said to have observed several instances of dumping of solid waste from highrises ...
3 July 2024 The StatesmanState agriculture minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay held a review meeting on organic farming at Nabanna this afternoon.Principal secretary of department OS Mina, along with senior officials of the department, attended the meeting. The officials in the districts and blocks joined ...
3 July 2024 The StatesmanConsidering the extra rush of passengers during the upcoming Rath Yatra, the Eastern Railway has announced running of Ratha Yatra special trains between Sealdah and Khurda Road and Malda Town and Malatipatpur to accommodate the increased number of passengers ...
3 July 2024 The StatesmanWest Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose, on Tuesday confirmed that he has filed a defamation suit against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at Calcutta High Court, allegedly for some slanderous comments made by her against him.“Anyone who will ...
3 July 2024 The StatesmanDue to continuous rainfall in the Himalayan region, several rivers in the Dooars area are overflowing and a few have even burst their banks, leading to flooding in low-lying areas.In the Malbazar block in Jalpaiguri, places like Bagrakote and ...
3 July 2024 The StatesmanKolkata We Care will instal food ATMs in five different zones to address food insecurity in the city.The ATMs will be placed outside local police stations for safety and security.The food ATM concept first began on 15 August, 2017 ...
3 July 2024 The StatesmanIn the face of a series of lynching cases in the recent days, a worried state government today ordered the police to step up vigil and take appropriate steps, according to provisions entailed in 2019 anti-lynching law that was ...
3 July 2024 The StatesmanSubodh Singh, a dreaded inter-state gangster wanted by police in many cases in several states, who has been brought to Asansol by West Bengal CID has allegedly threatened the investigating officer and his family to face dire consequences.Subodh Singh ...
3 July 2024 The StatesmanGovernor, Dr C V Ananda Bose, stated on Tuesday that violence has become a customary occurrence in Bengal. Dr Bose emphasized that the home minister and police minister hold accountability for this situation, and it is the government’s duty ...
3 July 2024 The StatesmanCPM central committee stressed that a genuine review should emerge from the grassroots, without obstruction from mid-level leadership.After the disastrous results in the Lok Sabha election, the CPM’s central committee meeting began on Friday and concluded on Sunday. Sources ...
2 July 2024 The StatesmanChandrima Bhattacharya, state finance minister inaugurated a three-day 56th Garment Fair and B2B Expo this morning.The fair, which will continue till 3 July, is being held at the Milan Mela Ground. Mr Sujit Basu, state minister for fire and ...
2 July 2024 The StatesmanThe present situation resembles that of yesterday, as there have been no new occurrences of erosion or landslides. However, national highway 10 remains closed and traffic is being redirected through Lava Kalimpong to connect Siliguri and Gangtok.Specifically, the section ...
2 July 2024 The StatesmanA recent study has cast a spotlight on the escalating Urban Heat Island (UHI) phenomenon in Kolkata Metropolitan Corporation (KMC), its surrounding areas and other urban towns in West Bengal, revealing a significant rise in land surface temperature (LST) ...
2 July 2024 The StatesmanA group of more than five criminals hijacked a private bus by threatening the driver with a firearm. They then got off at a predetermined spot and took at least three bags from the driver’s cabin.The incident occurred during ...
2 July 2024 The StatesmanA large-scale effort to promote cleanliness was executed at Nathu La, the border between India and China, on Monday.The initiative was taken by the tourism and civil aviation department of Sikkim government in partnership with Swadesh Darshan 2.0, a ...
2 July 2024 The StatesmanTrinamul Congress is gearing up to make the Martyrs’ Day rally on 21 July a grand success.The day has been observed by the Trinamul Congress since its inception in 1998. Mamata Banerjee, who as Youth Congress president had organized ...
2 July 2024 The StatesmanMuchipara Police today conducted reconstruction of the crime scene with the 14 accused persons of lynching of a TV mechanic at Udayan hostel in Bowbazar.Meanwhile, a team of forensic experts also visited the murder site at the hostel today ...
2 July 2024 The StatesmanAfter encroachment by hawkers in city’s markets the state government is now gearing up for a similar crackdown on both sides of canals. The civic body has decided to evict business units from both sides of canals in and ...
2 July 2024 The StatesmanChief minister Mamata Banerjee congratulated the doctors, nursing staff and health workers of Bengal and the country on the occasion of National Doctors’ Day. She also mentioned how free treatment in state-run health care establishments and the Swasthya Sathi ...
2 July 2024 The StatesmanOfficers of the special Task Force of the state police today arrested one terror suspect of a banned Bangladeshi terror group from Chennai, state police sources said. The person arrested as terror suspect has been identified as Seikh Anwar.According to ...
1 July 2024 The StatesmanYet another youth was allegedly beaten to death in Salt Lake area on Saturday, a day after the incident of lynching of a 37-year-old man on Nirmal Chandra Street in Bowbazar, under the Muchipara police station area on Friday.Today, ...
1 July 2024 The StatesmanThe mayor of Asansol Municipal Corporation (AMC), Bidhan Upadhyay has announced withdrawal of hikes in water tax of highrise buildings and apartments in Asansol.Besides, he has also announced that Asansol Municipal Corporation is also not implementing the garbage tax ...
1 July 2024 The StatesmanSiliguri mayor Goutam Deb has urged those in need to apply for the housing programme. This decision was made by the mayor after a resident of Siliguri called during his ‘Talk to Mayor’ session today.The person, who made the ...
1 July 2024 The StatesmanTejemul a.k.a. JCB, a local Trinamool Congress worker accused of beating up a couple over an alleged extra-marital affair in West Bengal’s Chopra block was arrested by police on late Sunday evening.Police officials said that he was arrested from ...
1 July 2024 The StatesmanNational Commission for Women (NCW) member Delina Khondup on Sunday said that the police must ensure the safety of family members of the BJP woman activist who was allegedly beaten by Trinamool Congress women workers on June 25.“I need ...
1 July 2024 The StatesmanBJP IT Chief and the party’s Central Observer for West Bengal Amit Malviya said that there is a Sandeshkhali in every village of the state, after a video of a couple beaten by a local Trinamool Congress worker Tejemul ...
1 July 2024 The StatesmanCooch Behar district Police in West Bengal recorded the statement of the BJP woman activist on Sunday five days after she was allegedly assaulted by Trinamool Congress women activists.The victim was accompanied by BJP’s Cooch Behar District Vice President ...
1 July 2024 The StatesmanAn inspector along with a sub-inspector and a head constable of the Railway Protection Force (RPF), South Eastern Railway (SER), have been suspended for pilferage of railway property worth Rs 17,65,456 over the last two years from a store.An ...
1 July 2024 The StatesmanRampant sharing of personal information on social media by children often results in events of child abuse, child trafficking, and child marriage, according to the West Bengal Commission for Protection of Child Rights (WBCPCR).WBCPCR Chairperson Tulika Das said the ...
1 July 2024 The StatesmanTrinamul Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee said on Wednesday that the BJP’s chances of returning to power are becoming bleak while predicting a rich harvest for her party in Bengal. “The ground reality is this – the chances of BJP ...
25 April 2024 The StatesmanIn Berhampur, five-time Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury submitted his nomination for the sixth time, today. During the notable submission of his nomination, Minakshi Mukherjee DYFI general secretary and DYFI state president Dhrubajyoti Saha were present by his side. Berhampur ...
25 April 2024 The StatesmanPeople of three parliamentary constituencies in north Bengal will exercise their franchise in the second phase of the 18th Lok Sabha polls on 26 April. When the district election officials of Darjeeling, North and South Dinajpur are readying the stage ...
25 April 2024 The StatesmanThe Kolkata Police on Monday claimed to have arrested an individual having links with the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai for reportedly targeting Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee. The accused identified as Rajaram Rege was arrested from Mumbai, ...
23 April 2024 The StatesmanTrinamul Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee today held a meeting with party workers in Kharagpur and discussed the party’s strategies for Ghatal and Midnapore Lok Sabha seats in West Midnapore. The sitting MP actor-turned-politician Dipak Adhikari (Dev) is contesting ...
23 April 2024 The StatesmanChief minister Mamata Banerjee today termed the order by the Division Bench of Calcutta High Court led by Justice Debangsu Basak “illegal”. She said she will challenge the HC order and move the Supreme Court. Addressing a public meeting ...
23 April 2024 The StatesmanTwo-times MP Babul Supriyo, who is now a state minister, has been camping in Asansol since yesterday and discussed election strategy with local TMC leaders in a meeting here today, while Shatrughan Sinha claimed that the BJP will not ...
21 April 2024 The StatesmanThe CAA is the talking point in clubs, tea stalls and barber shops in areas like Jadavpur, Garia, Tollygunge, Behala and Dumdum in Kolkata, where a large number of families are from erstwhile East Pakistan. In spite of the ...
21 April 2024 The StatesmanPreparations for Durga Puja have started gaining steam in the city. A few days back, Tala Park 15 Palli in north Kolkata, unveiled its logo and their wall writing programme. In a tribute to unity in diversity, India’s unique identity, ...
21 April 2024 The StatesmanAgirls’ school introduced a water bell system to remind students to drink water during school hours to combat dehydration in the summers. Bankura has been struck with a severe heatwave since the last few days and the mercury recorded 42.1 ...
21 April 2024 The StatesmanThe Kolkata Municipal Corporation is facing a quandary over three properties named in its list of assets, but owned by private parties. The issue is that of Ward 25, where three properties despite being listed in the civic body’s book ...
21 April 2024 The StatesmanThe Congress on Saturday launched a scathing attack on the BJP over Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s remarks on electoral bonds, and said the ruling party wants to continue the “loot”. Referring to the Union Minister’s remarks on electoral bonds ...
21 April 2024 The StatesmanVladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known as Vladimir Lenin, the architect of Russia’s 1917 Bolshevik revolution, politician and political theorist was considered as one of the most significant and influential figures of 20th century world history. Lenin was such a ...
20 April 2024 The StatesmanEvery region has its own unique cuisine. Bengal, perhaps, tops the list in the assimilation of various culinary strains into its cuisine because of its past rulers. The presence of a large number of other communities from India in ...
19 April 2024 The StatesmanHave the voices of the same persons the ED arrested matched with the samples, or is there any difference, asked Abhishek Banerjee, the Trinamul Congress national general secretary after the party’s organisational meeting in Kalna this afternoon. Banerjee reacted to ...
19 April 2024 The StatesmanTerming Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a ‘great liar’, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said that the violence at Rezinagar in Murshidabad on Wednesday was preplanned by the BJP. Addressing a public meeting at Islampur in North Dinajpur, Miss ...
19 April 2024 The StatesmanAhead of Lok Sabha polls, gunshots were fired at Bakchara in Gaighata of North 24 Parganas, last night by unidentified miscreants. The incident occurred late Tuesday night. According to police sources, the gunfire was a result of an old dispute, ...
18 April 2024 The StatesmanThis weekend, at many places of south Bengal, could be blistering. The weather office has issued a forecast of the mercury soaring up to seven degrees Celsius above normal, for three days during 19-21 April at many places over ...
18 April 2024 The StatesmanThe body of a 72-year-old local CPM leader in Haroa was recovered from his room on Tuesday ahead of Lok Sabha elections. He was found hanging from the ceiling in his room. Police have registered an unnatural death case to ...
17 April 2024 The StatesmanTrinamul Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee today urged the people of Cooch Behar not to believe what they hear but judge the actual situation before casting their votes in the forthcoming Lok Sabha election. Cooch Bihar is going to ...
17 April 2024 The StatesmanChief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday expressed apprehension of violence a day before the first phase of the Lok Sabha elections in North Bengal. Addressing a public meeting at Maynaguri in Jalpaiguri today, Chief Minister Ms Banerjee said the ...
17 April 2024 The StatesmanThe Election Commission of India (ECI) appointed Syed Waquar Raja, an IPS officer of 2007 batch and a joint commissioner of police (crime) of Kolkata Police (KP) as the deputy inspector general (DIG) of police of Murshidabad range, within ...
17 April 2024 The StatesmanThe Election Commission of India (ECI) has removed Mr Mukesh Kumar, deputy inspector general (DIG) of police of Murshidabad range, from the post ahead of Lok Sabha (LS) election and asked the state government to rehabilitate him in a ...
16 April 2024 The StatesmanUmashankar Chauhan (35), owner of a private micro finance company was killed when unidentified assailants fired at him from close range in his office chamber in broad daylight in Chinakuri, under Kulti police station of West Burdwan district today. This ...
16 April 2024 The StatesmanAs the BJP advocates the vision of one nation, one election and views the implementation of a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) as imperative for the nation’s welfare, chief minister Mamata Banerjee today urged the people to drive out the ...
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