The BJP is preparing to focus on Monday on each of the 42 Lok Sabha seats and the 294 Assembly constituencies in Bengal to engage with the masses as much as possible, utilising the opening of the Ram temple ...
22 January 2024 TelegraphThe Bengal government has instructed all district police heads to ensure that every religious procession on Monday is adequately "covered" with security personnel, senior officials in the home department said.In a recent message to all the district police heads, ...
22 January 2024 TelegraphA senior police officer received minor injuries when a temporary arch put up at the Calcutta Police Safe Drive Save Life Half Marathon at the Red Road accidentally fell on him on Sunday morning, an officer said.Additional Commissioner of ...
22 January 2024 TelegraphMonths before the Lok Sabha polls, the TMC and BJP in West Bengal will evaluate their political prowess on Monday, aligning with the Ram temple consecration in Ayodhya, with Mamata Banerjee slated to lead an "all-faith" rally seeking to ...
22 January 2024 TelegraphSenior BJP leader Dilip Ghosh on Sunday accused the Trinamool Congress of attempting to disrupt communal harmony in West Bengal by organising the 'Sampriti Michil' (harmony rally) on the day of the consecration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya ...
22 January 2024 TelegraphThe ruling Trinamul establishment has planned elaborate political and administrative programmes on January 22, including Mamata Banerjee’s interfaith rally, in a bid to ensure that people in Bengal are aware of other events as well on the day of ...
22 January 2024 TelegraphA senior police officer received minor injuries when a temporary arch put up at the Calcutta Police Safe Drive Save Life Half Marathon at the Red Road accidentally fell on him on Sunday morning, an officer said.Additional Commissioner of ...
22 January 2024 TelegraphPolice on Saturday denied permission to the BJP-backed "Banga Sangeet Utsav", prompting leaders of the saffron camp to accuse the cops of working at the behest of the ruling Trinamul. To give a platform to singers allegedly denied ...
22 January 2024 TelegraphThe ruling Trinamul establishment has planned elaborate political and administrative programmes on January 22, including Mamata Banerjee’s interfaith rally, in a bid to ensure that people in Bengal are aware of other events as well on the day of ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphTwo days before Prime Minister Narendra Modi consecrates the Ram temple in Ayodhya, he invoked a Kazi Nazrul Islam song on Lord Ram. “The people of West Bengal have immense reverence towards Prabhu Shri Ram. Here is the iconic ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphPolice on Saturday denied permission to the BJP-backed "Banga Sangeet Utsav", prompting leaders of the saffron camp to accuse the cops of working at the behest of the ruling Trinamul. To give a platform to singers allegedly denied ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphAhead of the ceremonial inauguration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya on Monday, confectioners in several areas of Bengal are racing against time to meet the Sunday deadline for supplying huge quantities of ladoos ordered by the organisations and ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphResidents of Dhupguri celebrated on Saturday as Tamojit Chakraborty, the sub-divisional officer of Jalpaiguri Sadar, assumed office as the first SDO of Dhupguri.Chakraborty, who is posted in Jalpaiguri, was given the additional charge of Dhupguri, a day after the ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphSenior Congress leaders reached Siliguri on Saturday and held a series of meetings with party leaders of north Bengal districts to discuss the Bengal leg of the ongoing Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra led by Rahul Gandhi. K.C. Venugopal, ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphThe state forest department has initiated the process of providing jobs to a family member each of those who have lost their lives in wild animal attacks.On January 16, Lalo Munda, the wife of Ranjeet Oraon, a tea worker ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphA tussle seems to have broken out in the BJP over the candidature for the Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat, with district leaders speaking in multiple voices.While sitting MP Raju Bista has the backing of a sizeable segment of the ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphSeven books written by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee were released at the ongoing International Kolkata Book Fair.With these, Banerjee has a total of 143 books to her credit."I think I will cross the 150 mark in a ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphThe state forest department has initiated the process of providing jobs to a family member each of those who have lost their lives in wild animal attacks.On January 16, Lalo Munda, the wife of Ranjeet Oraon, a tea worker ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphSenior Congress leaders reached Siliguri on Saturday and held a series of meetings with party leaders of north Bengal districts to discuss the Bengal leg of the ongoing Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra led by Rahul Gandhi. K.C. Venugopal, ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphTwo days before Prime Minister Narendra Modi consecrates the Ram temple in Ayodhya, he invoked a Kazi Nazrul Islam song on Lord Ram. “The people of West Bengal have immense reverence towards Prabhu Shri Ram. Here is the iconic ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphResidents of Dhupguri celebrated on Saturday as Tamojit Chakraborty, the sub-divisional officer of Jalpaiguri Sadar, assumed office as the first SDO of Dhupguri.Chakraborty, who is posted in Jalpaiguri, was given the additional charge of Dhupguri, a day after the ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphAhead of the ceremonial inauguration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya on Monday, confectioners in several areas of Bengal are racing against time to meet the Sunday deadline for supplying huge quantities of ladoos ordered by the organisations and ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphThe state government came up with a notification on the jurisdiction of the administrative set-up of the new Dhupguri subdivision on Friday, following which the Trinamul top brass underscored how it met its promises to people. Chief minister and ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphThe Trinamul Congress on Saturday said it always responds to the needs and aspirations of the people and carries out developmental work irrespective of its political position in an area.Party spokesperson Kunal Ghosh told reporters here that, unlike the ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphThe Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra will take a two-day break next week, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said on Saturday.Addressing a press conference at Gobindapur in Assam's Lakhimpur district, he said the Yatra will take the break ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphThe TMC on Saturday said its supremo Mamata Banerjee will take the final call on seat sharing with the Congress in West Bengal for the Lok Sabha polls this year and asserted that "unjustified bargaining" cannot be done by ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphTwo days before Narendra Modi’s grand show at Ayodhya for the pran-pratishtha (consecration) of the idol of Ram at the still under construction temple in the Uttar Pradesh town, a documentary film was streamed on a Trinamul linked YouTube ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphBengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar wrote to chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday, requesting her to declare a holiday on January 22 to facilitate people's participation in festivities marking the consecration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya."The consecration of ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphMamata Banerjee on Friday asked Trinamul leaders from Murshidabad to go ahead with robust political activities to ensure the party’s victory in all three Lok Sabha seats in the district, including Behrampore, where Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury is the Congress ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphThe Trinamul Congress on Saturday said it always responds to the needs and aspirations of the people and carries out developmental work irrespective of its political position in an area.Party spokesperson Kunal Ghosh told reporters here that, unlike the ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphThe TMC on Saturday said its supremo Mamata Banerjee will take the final call on seat sharing with the Congress in West Bengal for the Lok Sabha polls this year and asserted that "unjustified bargaining" cannot be done by ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphTwo days before Narendra Modi’s grand show at Ayodhya for the pran-pratishtha (consecration) of the idol of Ram at the still under construction temple in the Uttar Pradesh town, a documentary film was streamed on a Trinamul linked YouTube ...
21 January 2024 TelegraphIgnore Adhir Chowdhury, and stay united to contest and win all 42 seats from Bengal.That was Trinamul Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee's message to her leaders and workers from Murshidabad district who gathered at a meeting at Banerjee's Kalighat residence ...
20 January 2024 TelegraphThe BJP and the entire saffron ecosystem have lined up a massive outreach of daylong events across Bengal on January 22, the day of the consecration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “From early ...
20 January 2024 TelegraphBengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar wrote to chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday, requesting her to declare a holiday on January 22 to facilitate people's participation in festivities marking the consecration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya."The consecration of ...
20 January 2024 TelegraphMamata Banerjee on Friday asked Trinamul leaders from Murshidabad to go ahead with robust political activities to ensure the party’s victory in all three Lok Sabha seats in the district, including Behrampore, where Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury is the Congress ...
20 January 2024 TelegraphA youth was caught in Malda on Friday for writing undergraduate exam papers in place of his wife by counterfeiting her admit card.Siddhartha Sankar Das, 25, who was appearing for the exam at Chanchal College, was detained by the ...
20 January 2024 TelegraphPeking University, one of the top institutions in the People's Republic of China, will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore's visit to the institution with a symposium on him and his global vision in May this year. Zha ...
20 January 2024 TelegraphThe largest association of tea planters in India has flagged a number of issues like the import of tea from Nepal and the rise in the cost of production which are acting as stumbling blocks to the industry.The Indian ...
20 January 2024 TelegraphThe All Kamtapur Students Union (AKSU), a youth forum of Rajbanshis, which seeks a new Kamtapur state, staged a rail roko in Jalpaiguri district on Friday and aired its grievances against the BJP-led Centre for no headway on this ...
20 January 2024 TelegraphThe state government came up with a notification on the jurisdiction of the administrative set-up of the new Dhupguri subdivision on Friday, following which the Trinamul top brass underscored how it met its promises to people. Chief minister and ...
20 January 2024 TelegraphA youth was caught in Malda on Friday for writing undergraduate exam papers in place of his wife by counterfeiting her admit card.Siddhartha Sankar Das, 25, who was appearing for the exam at Chanchal College, was detained by the ...
20 January 2024 TelegraphThe All Kamtapur Students Union (AKSU), a youth forum of Rajbanshis, which seeks a new Kamtapur state, staged a rail roko in Jalpaiguri district on Friday and aired its grievances against the BJP-led Centre for no headway on this ...
20 January 2024 TelegraphThe largest association of tea planters in India has flagged a number of issues like the import of tea from Nepal and the rise in the cost of production which are acting as stumbling blocks to the industry.The Indian ...
20 January 2024 TelegraphPeking University, one of the top institutions in the People's Republic of China, will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore's visit to the institution with a symposium on him and his global vision in May this year. Zha ...
20 January 2024 TelegraphThe BJP and the entire saffron ecosystem have lined up a massive outreach of daylong events across Bengal on January 22, the day of the consecration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “From early ...
20 January 2024 TelegraphWest Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar on Friday wrote to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, urging her to declare holiday on January 22 so that people can participate in the celebrations marking the Ram temple consecration ceremony in Ayodhya.Central government ...
20 January 2024 TelegraphThe Trinamul Congress is yet to decide if it will join the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra when it enters West Bengal on January 25, amid rumbling in the INDIA bloc in the state over sharing of seats.The ...
20 January 2024 TelegraphThe Kolkata Police has bagged the SKOCH Award 2023 for two of its flagship community policing projects, a senior official said on Friday.The award will be presented at a programme in New Delhi on February 10, he said.The Kolkata ...
20 January 2024 TelegraphThe BJP on Friday accused the TMC government of impeding programmes to celebrate the inauguration of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya on January 22, triggering a strong denial from the TMC. The Calcutta High Court's approval ...
20 January 2024 TelegraphAmid rumblings within the INDIA bloc in West Bengal over seat sharing, TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Friday asserted that her party is ready to independently contest all 42 Lok Sabha seats in the state if not given “due ...
20 January 2024 TelegraphThe high court on Thursday rejected the BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari's prayers for orders to defer chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s proposed interfaith unity march and meeting scheduled for Monday, the day of the Ayodhya Ram temple inauguration, or allow ...
20 January 2024 TelegraphThe Bengal government has received approval from the judiciary in setting up the new Dhupguri subdivision in Jalpaiguri district, chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday.Mamata, speaking to newspersons on the sidelines of the Calcutta Book Fair that was ...
20 January 2024 TelegraphSeeking an apology from the BJP, the ruling TMC in West Bengal said that the "obscene comments" made by the opposition party's state president Sukanta Majumdar against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee showed its "chauvinistic mindset".The TMC's reaction was triggered ...
20 January 2024 TelegraphThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday raided eight places in and around Calcutta in connection with its probe into alleged irregularities in recruitment in state-run and-aided schools of West Bengal, a senior officer said.The raids, which started around 6.30 ...
20 January 2024 TelegraphTrain services were affected as members of the All Kamtapur Students' Union (AKSU) blocked the railway tracks in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on Friday morning for a few hours to press for their demand of a separate state.The blockade ...
20 January 2024 TelegraphThe Trinamul Congress is yet to decide if it will join the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra when it enters West Bengal on January 25, amid rumbling in the INDIA bloc in the state over sharing of seats.The ...
20 January 2024 TelegraphMamata Banerjee is set to perform puja at Kalighat temple and then offer prayers at a gurdwara, mosque and church during a 3.5km interfaith harmony rally that she will lead in Calcutta on January 22, the day Prime Minister ...
19 January 2024 TelegraphProminent hill party Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha (BGPM) has developed a strategy to reach out to grassroots leaders to consolidate its base ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.The party has started holding meetings with its elected gram panchayat and ...
19 January 2024 TelegraphOn the eve of the annual sports day of a school in Alipurduar district, a student of Class IX reached the school grounds with a “gun” that caused panic among students and teachers but eventually turned out to be ...
19 January 2024 TelegraphAuthorities of the North Bengal Medical College & Hospital (NBMCH) introduced a cornea grafting facility and performed three grafts on Wednesday.In north Bengal, the NBMCH on the outskirts of Siliguri is the oldest and largest state-run referral hospital.Cornea grafting ...
19 January 2024 TelegraphSeeking an apology from the BJP, the ruling TMC in West Bengal said that the "obscene comments" made by the opposition party's state president Sukanta Majumdar against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee showed its "chauvinistic mindset".The TMC's reaction was triggered ...
19 January 2024 TelegraphWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to visit Purba Bardhaman district next week, and chair an administrative meeting there, an official said on Friday.The meeting is likely to be held at Godar Math in Burdwan town on ...
19 January 2024 TelegraphThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday raided eight places in and around Calcutta in connection with its probe into alleged irregularities in recruitment in state-run and-aided schools of West Bengal, a senior officer said.The raids, which started around 6.30 ...
19 January 2024 TelegraphTrain services were affected as members of the All Kamtapur Students' Union (AKSU) blocked the railway tracks in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on Friday morning to press for their demand for a separate state.The blockade at the Betgara station ...
19 January 2024 TelegraphThe Joint Action Committee (the Terai, Dooars and Hills), a common platform of some trade unions and social organisations in the region, has written to chief secretary B.P. Gopalika asking for tea workers' land rights and financial aid for ...
19 January 2024 TelegraphMamata Banerjee is set to perform puja at Kalighat temple and then offer prayers at a gurdwara, mosque and church during a 3.5km interfaith harmony rally that she will lead in Calcutta on January 22, the day Prime Minister ...
19 January 2024 TelegraphAuthorities of the North Bengal Medical College & Hospital (NBMCH) introduced a cornea grafting facility and performed three grafts on Wednesday.In north Bengal, the NBMCH on the outskirts of Siliguri is the oldest and largest state-run referral hospital.Cornea grafting ...
19 January 2024 TelegraphCalcutta High Court on Thursday constituted two separate committees for conducting inquiries into allegations of a fake job card scam and discrimination in the distribution of the job cards under the MGNREGA. “In the fake job card scam case, ...
19 January 2024 TelegraphProminent hill party Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha (BGPM) has developed a strategy to reach out to grassroots leaders to consolidate its base ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.The party has started holding meetings with its elected gram panchayat and ...
19 January 2024 TelegraphThe state capital and several south Bengal districts spent an unusual January Thursday as cloudy sky and intermittent rain dragged the day temperature down so much that there was hardly any difference between the maximum and minimum temperatures.Thursday was ...
19 January 2024 TelegraphThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday started conducting raids simultaneously at seven places in and around Calcutta in connection with its probe into the alleged irregularities in recruitment in schools of West Bengal, a senior officer said.Raids are being ...
19 January 2024 TelegraphIn response to concerns from opposition parties about a potential law and order crisis in West Bengal on the day of the consecration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya on January 22, Governor CV Ananda Bose wrote to Chief ...
19 January 2024 TelegraphThe Calcutta High Court on Thursday allowed the ruling Trinamul Congress to hold a Sampriti (harmony) rally here on January 22, the same day as the consecration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya.The court directed the West Bengal government ...
19 January 2024 TelegraphInaugurating the International Kolkata Book Fair on Thursday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that relations between India and the UK have spanned over a long time since the Battle of Plassey in 1757.The UK is the theme ...
19 January 2024 TelegraphThe Calcutta High Court on Thursday ordered formation of a four-member team for verification of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) job cards on a district-wise basis in West Bengal.The order came during the hearing of a ...
19 January 2024 TelegraphThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday raided eight places in and around the city in connection with its probe into alleged irregularities in the School Service Commission (SSC) of West Bengal, a senior officer said.The officer said the raids, ...
19 January 2024 TelegraphThe Trinamul Congress expressed satisfaction after the Calcutta High Court on Thursday permitted its harmony rally on January 22, coinciding with the Ram temple consecration, viewing the decision as a triumph over perceived "communal designs" by the saffron camp.The ...
19 January 2024 TelegraphThe Centre has withheld the release of Rs 7,000 crore to the state to procure paddy for the National Food Security Act (NFSA), citing that Bengal has not put up the NFSA logo at ration shops.“The state has already ...
19 January 2024 TelegraphAyesha Khatun, a social activist from Bengal who took part in the Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Manipur, said she was surprised to see several people of Kuki-Zo and Meitei communities walking together and seeking peace in ...
19 January 2024 TelegraphThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday started conducting raids simultaneously at seven places in and around Calcutta in connection with its probe into the alleged irregularities in recruitment in schools of West Bengal, a senior officer said.Raids are being ...
19 January 2024 TelegraphBengal irrigation minister Partha Bhowmik, along with Siliguri mayor Gautam Deb and his deputy Ranjan Sarkar, inspected the Fuleswari and the Jorapani on Wednesday in the wake of the state government’s decision to take the initiative to rejuvenate the ...
18 January 2024 TelegraphBengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari has moved Calcutta High Court seeking an order to postpone chief minister Mamata Banerjee's scheduled interfaith march on January 22, the day of the Ayodhya Ram temple inauguration, and also the deployment of central ...
18 January 2024 TelegraphFor the first time in north Bengal, a tea estate has come up with an elaborate solar power generation plant that produces enough power in the garden for its operations and supplies power to bungalows and quarters across the ...
18 January 2024 TelegraphMamata Banerjee on Wednesday asked department secretaries and district magistrates to ensure that the Jana Sanjog Programme — the new outreach initiative announced by the chief minister on Tuesday — was implemented properly before making it clear that she ...
18 January 2024 TelegraphCPM general secretary Sitaram Yechuri said in Calcutta on Wednesday that the agenda of the RSS to build a "Hindu Rashtra" predated Independence and appealed to the country’s secular, democratic political milieu to ensure that the BJP was separated ...
18 January 2024 TelegraphThe Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) will organise an under-15 boys’ football tournament at Mungpoo in Darjeeling district.The event, organisers said, will be held at the Somle United Boys Club ground of the hilly hamlet from the first week of ...
18 January 2024 TelegraphPrime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for setting up a digital FM transmitter in Kalimpong virtually on Friday, a development many BJP leaders are using to highlight the Centre’s concern towards Nepali-speaking Indian Gorkhas.Land, identity and ...
18 January 2024 TelegraphA 13-year-old student of a private madrasa in Cooch Behar was allegedly mercilessly beaten up by a teacher of the institution with a bamboo stick on January 14 and 15.The incident came to light on Wednesday as the boy, ...
18 January 2024 TelegraphMamata Banerjee on Wednesday asked department secretaries and district magistrates to ensure that the Jana Sanjog Programme — the new outreach initiative announced by the chief minister on Tuesday — was implemented properly before making it clear that she ...
18 January 2024 TelegraphA 13-year-old student of a private madrasa in Cooch Behar was allegedly mercilessly beaten up by a teacher of the institution with a bamboo stick on January 14 and 15.The incident came to light on Wednesday as the boy, ...
18 January 2024 TelegraphFor the first time in north Bengal, a tea estate has come up with an elaborate solar power generation plant that produces enough power in the garden for its operations and supplies power to bungalows and quarters across the ...
18 January 2024 TelegraphPrime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for setting up a digital FM transmitter in Kalimpong virtually on Friday, a development many BJP leaders are using to highlight the Centre’s concern towards Nepali-speaking Indian Gorkhas.Land, identity and ...
18 January 2024 TelegraphCPM general secretary Sitaram Yechuri said in Calcutta on Wednesday that the agenda of the RSS to build a "Hindu Rashtra" predated Independence and appealed to the country’s secular, democratic political milieu to ensure that the BJP was separated ...
18 January 2024 TelegraphBengal irrigation minister Partha Bhowmik, along with Siliguri mayor Gautam Deb and his deputy Ranjan Sarkar, inspected the Fuleswari and the Jorapani on Wednesday in the wake of the state government’s decision to take the initiative to rejuvenate the ...
18 January 2024 TelegraphFormer West Bengal chief secretary Ardhendu Sen on Tuesday claimed that the extent of corruption in the state during the present TMC regime has reached “unprecedented levels”.Sen, who was addressing a function attended by intellectuals, former jurists and bureaucrats ...
18 January 2024 TelegraphCCTV cameras have reportedly been installed around the house of absconding TMC leader Shajahan Sheikh, an accused in an alleged ration distribution scam, following an order of the Calcutta High Court.The cameras have been put in place at the ...
18 January 2024 TelegraphMamata Banerjee has announced a new programme at the micro level to help people register their names for various welfare schemes of the Bengal government if they are left out of the benefits even after multiple editions of Duare ...
18 January 2024 TelegraphChief minister Mamata Banerjee will visit the Kalighat temple, offer puja at the shrine and then lead an interfaith harmony rally with representatives from various communities on January 22, the day Prime Minister Narendra Modi will helm the consecration ...
18 January 2024 TelegraphFormer West Bengal chief secretary Ardhendu Sen on Tuesday claimed that the extent of corruption in the state during the present TMC regime has reached “unprecedented levels”.Sen, who was addressing a function attended by intellectuals, former jurists and bureaucrats ...
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