Bengal 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 ...
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 ...
17 January 2024 TelegraphThe Birbhum district administration on Tuesday stopped an “illegal” construction that was being carried out in Santiniketan allegedly by encroaching on the bank of a river that was named Kopai by Rabindranath Tagore. A source alleged that a Calcutta-based ...
17 January 2024 TelegraphA 75-year-old marginal farmer has been trampled to death by a wild elephant that was standing in his courtyard as soon as he came out of his home in a village in Bankura's Barjora.A forest department officer said a ...
17 January 2024 TelegraphBengal irrigation minister Partha Bhowmik on Tuesday said the Teesta had changed its course at eight locations in the state following the glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) on the South Lhonak Lake in Sikkim on October 4 last year.“The ...
17 January 2024 TelegraphAnit Thapa-led Gorkhaland Territorial Administration has decided to hold a three-day rural festival on his arch-rival Bimal Gurung’s turf at Jamuni in Darjeeling, which many believe is an attempt by the GTA chief executive to gradually increase his influence ...
17 January 2024 TelegraphThe Anand Vihar-bound Rajdhani Express from Agartala stopped at Malda Town station for the first time on Tuesday, much to the elation of residents of Malda and the neighbouring districts.Residents of Malda have been demanding for years that they ...
17 January 2024 TelegraphThe Border Security Force (BSF) posted on the India-Bangladesh border intercepted five trucks and seized 240 buffaloes which were allegedly being transported illegally in Jalpaiguri district on Monday.Fourteen persons, who were on the trucks, have been arrested.Sources said the ...
17 January 2024 TelegraphA sub-inspector of police died in a road accident in Jalpaiguri on Tuesday morning while he was trying to save a dog that had come in front of his two-wheeler.Although he was rushed to hospital by one of his ...
17 January 2024 TelegraphThe Border Security Force (BSF) posted on the India-Bangladesh border intercepted five trucks and seized 240 buffaloes which were allegedly being transported illegally in Jalpaiguri district on Monday.Fourteen persons, who were on the trucks, have been arrested.Sources said the ...
17 January 2024 TelegraphA 75-year-old marginal farmer has been trampled to death by a wild elephant that was standing in his courtyard as soon as he came out of his home in a village in Bankura's Barjora.A forest department officer said a ...
17 January 2024 TelegraphThe Anand Vihar-bound Rajdhani Express from Agartala stopped at Malda Town station for the first time on Tuesday, much to the elation of residents of Malda and the neighbouring districts.Residents of Malda have been demanding for years that they ...
17 January 2024 TelegraphBengal irrigation minister Partha Bhowmik on Tuesday said the Teesta had changed its course at eight locations in the state following the glacial lake outburst flood (GLOF) on the South Lhonak Lake in Sikkim on October 4 last year.“The ...
17 January 2024 TelegraphAnit Thapa-led Gorkhaland Territorial Administration has decided to hold a three-day rural festival on his arch-rival Bimal Gurung’s turf at Jamuni in Darjeeling, which many believe is an attempt by the GTA chief executive to gradually increase his influence ...
17 January 2024 TelegraphThe Birbhum district administration on Tuesday stopped an “illegal” construction that was being carried out in Santiniketan allegedly by encroaching on the bank of a river that was named Kopai by Rabindranath Tagore. A source alleged that a Calcutta-based ...
17 January 2024 TelegraphA senior official of the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) visited a couple of locations in Siliguri on Monday to address local issues such as the demand for an overbridge on railway tracks and lack of maintenance at a level ...
17 January 2024 TelegraphFerry services from Sagar Island in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district to Kachuberia were suspended on Tuesday due to dense fog causing inconvenience to pilgrims returning after the holy dip at the confluence of the Bay of Bengal ...
17 January 2024 TelegraphWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Tuesday that she will lead a 'rally for harmony' with people of all religions in Calcutta on January 22 amid the Ram temple consecration ceremony in Ayodhya.Banerjee, the chief of the ...
17 January 2024 TelegraphA ferry carrying around 350 pilgrims returning from the Gangasagar mela got stuck in a sandbar in the river Muriganga in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district while navigating through dense fog on Tuesday, officials said.The ferry was coming ...
17 January 2024 TelegraphChief minister Mamata Banerjee will visit the Kalighat temple and offer puja on Monday, the day Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lead the consecration ceremony of the new Ram temple at Ayodhya over 900km from here. "I will ...
17 January 2024 TelegraphThe Tea Board of India held a meeting on Monday to discuss dates of factory closure for the next winter season, evoking multiple responses from tea stakeholders.Over the past few years, the board has been stipulating the last and ...
17 January 2024 TelegraphThe Border Roads Organisation (BRO), which functions under the defence ministry, has set a record of sorts by putting up a bridge over the Teesta river in Sikkim’s Mangan in less than three months.The 400-foot-long Bailey bridge connects two ...
17 January 2024 TelegraphA BJP-backed outfit will organise a music and folk festival on January 20 at Princep Ghat here to connect with Bengal's cultural space that largely remains outside the ambit of the saffron camp.The event's main patron is BJP MLA ...
16 January 2024 TelegraphThe Bengal administration is all set to regularise more than 500 thatched houses built on encroached government land in ward 109 of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), but is in a dilemma on what to do with over 1,000 ...
16 January 2024 TelegraphThe Border Security Force (BSF) posted at the India-Bangladesh border in north Bengal nabbed three Bangladeshis from a home in North Dinajpur district on Sunday night.Those apprehended are Mohd Inul of Dinajpur district of Bangladesh, his wife, and another ...
16 January 2024 TelegraphThe state government will soon issue a notification to constitute the new Dhupguri subdivision in Jalpaiguri district, Nirmal Chandra Roy, the local MLA, said on Monday.The administration had convened a meeting on Monday to discuss the formation of the ...
16 January 2024 TelegraphScamsters are misusing the ease of online payment to trick hotel and homestay owners in Darjeeling hills of their money.A hotel owner recounted an instance: “Late at night, a person called up my front office and said he had ...
16 January 2024 TelegraphThe Tea Board of India held a meeting on Monday to discuss dates of factory closure for the next winter season, evoking multiple responses from tea stakeholders.Over the past few years, the board has been stipulating the last and ...
16 January 2024 TelegraphNearly one crore pilgrims from across the country attended the Gangasagar Mela and took a holy dip at the confluence of the Ganga and the Bay of Bengal on Makar Sankranti early Monday, a senior official said.Traditionally, every year ...
16 January 2024 TelegraphThe board of administrators (BoA) of Kurseong municipality has decided to make the hill town a “zero waste” area.Subhash Pradhan, the vice-chairman of the BoA, said as a part of the initiative, the board had decided that from next ...
16 January 2024 TelegraphThe Border Security Force (BSF) posted at the India-Bangladesh border in north Bengal nabbed three Bangladeshis from a home in North Dinajpur district on Sunday night.Those apprehended are Mohd Inul of Dinajpur district of Bangladesh, his wife, and another ...
16 January 2024 TelegraphThe board of administrators (BoA) of Kurseong municipality has decided to make the hill town a “zero waste” area.Subhash Pradhan, the vice-chairman of the BoA, said as a part of the initiative, the board had decided that from next ...
16 January 2024 TelegraphThe Bengal administration is all set to regularise more than 500 thatched houses built on encroached government land in ward 109 of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), but is in a dilemma on what to do with over 1,000 ...
16 January 2024 TelegraphThe state government will soon issue a notification to constitute the new Dhupguri subdivision in Jalpaiguri district, Nirmal Chandra Roy, the local MLA, said on Monday.The administration had convened a meeting on Monday to discuss the formation of the ...
16 January 2024 TelegraphA BJP-backed outfit will organise a music and folk festival on January 20 at Princep Ghat here to connect with Bengal's cultural space that largely remains outside the ambit of the saffron camp.The event's main patron is BJP MLA ...
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