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  • TMC MPs pose questions Centre on various issues

    TMC MPs holding the central government accountable through dozens of questions asked during Question Hour in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on Monday, the first day of Winter Session of Parliament.In the Lok Sabha, while Abhishek Banerjee asked ...

    4 December 2025 The Statesman
    Assam Rifles jawan held for assaulting police in drunken state

    Kotwali police under Krishnagar Police District in Nadia arrested an Assam Rifles jawan on Tuesday night for allegedly abusing and assaulting on-duty police personnel in an intoxicated state.The accused, identified as Sujit Kumar Barman from Assam, had come to ...

    4 December 2025 The Statesman
    Free winter clothing fair marks Khudiram Bose birth anniversary

    The National Service Scheme of Balagarh Bijoy Krishna Mahavidyalaya celebrated the birth anniversary of martyr Khudiram Bose in a unique manner, organising a free winter clothing fair for migrant workers in his memory. The event had a special significance ...

    4 December 2025 The Statesman
    Railways plans to start OTP-based window tickets in tatkal

    Aiming to curb misuse of the tatkal ticketing facility, the railways is planning to implement a one-time-password based window tickets in the next few days. Earlier in July, the railways announced key modifications in the tatkal ticket booking system. ...

    4 December 2025 The Statesman
    Centre agrees to bring back Sunali, family from B’desh at SC hearing

    Trinamul Congress MP Samirul Islam, who is also West Bengal Migrant Workers’ Welfare Board chairperson had been following the case on a daily basis. After the Supreme Court hearing today, Samirul said on Wednesday that it is a hard-fought ...

    4 December 2025 The Statesman
    CM lauds Swasthya Bandhu success

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today expressed her happiness over the overwhelming response of people to the Swasthya Bandhu mobile medical units, which were launched on 11 November. Miss Banerjee, in a post on her X handle, said: “The Swasthya ...

    4 December 2025 The Statesman
    East Burdwan DEO, BLOs work into night to meet EC observer’s deadline

    Set a deadline by the Election Commission’s Special Roll Observer (SRO) of submitting the approximately 1.46 lakh remaining enumeration forms by tonight, the offices of the District Electoral Officer (DEO) and the Block Level Officers concerned were working late ...

    4 December 2025 The Statesman
    Resentment within Bengal BJP over ‘outsider’ leadership

    From this month, the Bengal BJP’s organisational functioning is set to come under the tight supervision of a fresh team of non-Bengali leaders deputed by the party’s central leadership — a move that has revived old resentments within the ...

    3 December 2025 The Statesman
    Adhikari challenges CM’s report card ahead of her Malda visit

    Ahead of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s visit to Gazole in Malda on Wednesday, Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday challenged her to present a transparent “report card” on development before seeking votes for the 2026 Assembly elections.Even as ...

    3 December 2025 The Statesman
    A 19th-Century Specimen in ZSI museum reveals a new national record of Yunnan keelback

    In a remarkable discovery that bridges colonial-era natural history with modern biodiversity research, scientists at the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Kolkata, have confirmed the presence of the Yunnan Keelback (Fowlea yunnanensis) within India’s administrative boundaries for the first ...

    3 December 2025 The Statesman
    CEO issues detailed directives to DMs after SIR deadline extension

    With the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls entering a crucial phase, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal has issued a comprehensive set of instructions to all District Magistrates of Bengal, asking them to utilise the ...

    3 December 2025 The Statesman
    Krishnagar municipality halts holiday pay for casual workers

    In a decisive step to pull Krishnagar municipality out of financial distress, municipal administrator and SDO (Sadar) Sharadwati Choudhury has issued an order that casual workers will no longer receive wages for holidays, including Sundays, unless they actually work ...

    3 December 2025 The Statesman
    MP Bista raises Parliament query on low mid-day meal fund use

    Darjeeling MP Raju Bista on Monday flagged serious concerns over the utilisation of funds under the PM POSHAN (Mid-Day Meal) Scheme in Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts.Raising the issue during the ongoing Parliament session, Mr Bista sought clarity on the ...

    3 December 2025 The Statesman
    Expected deletion of names from voters’ list crosses 43 lakh

    The Election Commission of India (ECI) expects that roughly 43.30 lakh names will be dropped from West Bengal’s draft voters’ list, scheduled for publication on December 16, based on the current pace of digitising enumeration forms submitted by booth-level ...

    3 December 2025 The Statesman
    4 nabbed for ponzi scam

    Asansol North police station has busted a major Ponzi scheme and arrested four persons from Kolkata in connection with a fraud estimated at over Rs 200 crore, affecting several thousand people.A team led by Officer-in-Charge SI Amit Haldar and ...

    3 December 2025 The Statesman
    ECI flags 2,208 booths with ‘zero deaths’, seeks urgent reports

    The Election Commission of India (ECI) has placed 2,208 polling booths in West Bengal under heightened scrutiny after discovering that each of them recorded 100 per cent distribution, collection, and digitisation of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) forms with not ...

    3 December 2025 The Statesman
    Sealdah division to start commercial services of two new AC local trains

    In what comes as a major relief to the commuters availing Sealdah-Kalyani route, the Sealdah Division of the Eastern Railway is to commence the commercial services of the two new air-conditioned local trains between Sealdah and Kalyani and Sealdah ...

    3 December 2025 The Statesman
    6 workers badly burnt in separate accidents at Durgapur plants

    As many as six labourers suffered critical burn injuries while carrying out their scheduled work in two separate accidents at different factories in Durgapur industrial town today, highlighting the indifference of the respective plant authorities in maintaining proper safety ...

    3 December 2025 The Statesman
    Abhishek opens Sebaashray 2.0, 12L treated during first camp

    Abhishek Banerjee, Trinamul Congress national general secretary today inaugurated Sebaashray 2 camps at Maheshtala in south 24-Parganas.As Sebaashray 2 officially rolled out across the Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency, the initiative had its launch of a dedicated theme song. ...

    3 December 2025 The Statesman
    BSF eastern command celebrates forces’ raising day

    The Border Security Force (BSF) is celebrating its 61st Raising Day today, marking six decades of exceptional service in securing India’s borders and maintaining National Security. Raised in 1965 in the aftermath of the Indo-Pakistan War, the BSF has ...

    3 December 2025 The Statesman
    Siliguri police launch FM radio traffic alerts for real-time travel updates

    In a bid to ease congestion and provide timely updates to commuters and tourists, the Siliguri Metropolitan Police has introduced a new system to broadcast real-time traffic information through FM radio channels.The initiative aims to help travellers plan or ...

    3 December 2025 The Statesman
    Abhishek reacts sharply on PM Modi’s statement

    Coming down heavily on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement that the Opposition is doing drama in the Parliament, Trinamul Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said if raising the voice of the people is a drama then they will ...

    3 December 2025 The Statesman
    Fresh row at JU as students’ union holds memorial for slain Maoist leaders

    A fresh controversy has erupted at Jadavpur University after the Revolutionary Students’ Front (RSF), a Maoist-leaning students’ outfit, allegedly observed a symbolic “memorial event” for slain CPI (Maoist) leaders during its sixth state conference held at the university’s Vivekananda ...

    3 December 2025 The Statesman
    Mamata to meet at Nabanna on developmental projects

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee would be holding a meeting with all departmental secretaries on Tuesday at Nabanna Sabhaghar on the progress of the ongoing schemes and developmental projects in the state and is likely to release an annual report ...

    3 December 2025 The Statesman
    Number of expected deletion of names from voters’ list crosses 43 lakhs

    The Election Commission of India (ECI) expects that roughly 43.30 lakh names will be dropped from West Bengal’s draft voters’ list, scheduled for publication on December 16, based on the current pace of digitising enumeration forms submitted by booth-level ...

    3 December 2025 The Statesman
    CPC invokes Tagore, Beijing signals intent to deepen ties

    Beijing’s recent political conclave has found an unexpected reference point in Rabindranath Tagore. The Chinese Communist Party (CPC), during the Fourth Plenary Session of its 20th National Congress, invoked Tagore’s evocative remark describing India and China as “intimate relatives,” ...

    3 December 2025 The Statesman
    More than 4,000 people visit Sebaashray camps on Day 2

    More than 4,000 people visited the Sebaashray 2 camps at Maheshtala that falls under the Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha seat on Day 2. Since yesterday, 7,000 people have visited the camps.Abhishek Banerjee, Trinamul Congress national general secretary and MP ...

    3 December 2025 The Statesman
    Bengal sand smuggling case: ED raids bizman’s office, residence in Gopiballavpur

    The officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) were on Monday conducting a marathon raid and search operations at the residence-cum-office of a local businessman at Gopiballavpur in Jhargram district of West Bengal in connection with the alleged multi-crore sand-smuggling ...

    2 December 2025 The Statesman
    Kolkata woman molestation case: Accused linked to financial fraud, planned attack to silence victim

    The main accused in the molestation of a young woman inside a moving car in Kolkata last week is part of a major financial fraud racket, according to the ongoing police investigation.According to police, Altaf, who was arrested in ...

    2 December 2025 The Statesman
    Bengal school job case: Crucial hearing at Calcutta HC today on irregularities in fresh recruitment

    The Calcutta High Court’s single-judge bench of Justice Amrita Sinha will be hearing a crucial case on the alleged and gross irregularities in the fresh recruitment of higher secondary teachers in the state-run schools of West Bengal.During the hearing ...

    1 December 2025 The Statesman
    Bengal SIR: BJP delegation to submit complaints against section of BLOs at CEO’s office today

    A delegation Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led by the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, will be going to the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) on Monday and submit a complaint against ...

    1 December 2025 The Statesman
    Mamata Banerjee to visit Cooch Behar on Dec 9, to hold a crucial public meeting

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will visit Cooch Behar next month and hold a public meeting at the Rash Mela ground, a Trinamool Congress leader said on Sunday.The district Trinamool leadership is in full swing around the Chief ...

    1 December 2025 The Statesman
    Annual conference of radiation oncologists in city

    AROICON (the 45th Annual National Conference of the Association of Radiation Oncologists of India) is being held from 27-30 November at the Biswa Bangla Convention Centre. It is one of the largest oncology conferences in Asia, attended by more ...

    1 December 2025 The Statesman
    Winter migratory birds start arriving in West Burdwan

    With winter setting in and temperatures dipping to around 15°C in West Burdwan district, migratory birds have begun arriving in the region’s wetlands. Wildlife experts say that although the main winter migration will commence in another two weeks, the ...

    1 December 2025 The Statesman
    Interactive session for media professionals

    The Press Information Bureau (PIB), Kolkata, organised ‘Vartalap’, an interactive session with media professionals, on Saturday in Siliguri to “strengthen the media-government interface.”Speaking at the one-day workshop, Darjeeling MP Raju Bista said the new labour law is welfare-oriented and ...

    1 December 2025 The Statesman
    Burdwan gets first labs to test road-building materials

    To combat the recurring problem of contractors supplying substandard materials for road construction in panchayat areas, the East Burdwan Zilla Parishad today introduced a new facility termed a civil laboratory to enable on-the-spot scrutiny of construction ingredients.At Kshetia Panchayat, ...

    1 December 2025 The Statesman
    12 B’deshis among 13 arrested in Murshidabad

    Murshidabad police arrested 13 individuals, including twelve Bangladesh nationals and one Indian national, during a raid in Char Gopalpur village, under the Hurshi Gram Panchayat on Friday night.The operation targeted a location where foreign nationals were allegedly being sheltered ...

    1 December 2025 The Statesman
    Guv CV Ananda Bose renames Raj Bhavan as Lok Bhavan

    Governor CV Ananda Bose on Saturday renamed his official residence-cum-office in the heart of the city as the Lok Bhavan.Built in 1803, it was known as Government House during the Company rule in India and subsequently the British Raj. ...

    1 December 2025 The Statesman
    SIR death: Minister, MP visit deceased’s house

    An unmarried middle-aged woman, allegedly suffering from panic linked to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process after her form could not be uploaded due to server problems, chose self-immolation at a village in the Bhatar block of East Burdwan ...

    1 December 2025 The Statesman
    BJP state chief sticks to his stance on CEC, asks for BLOs’ security

    State BJP president Shamik Bhattacharya remained firm on his earlier remark on Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. On Saturday evening, while attending the Parivartan Sankalp Sabha held at Girja Mor on GT Road, Asansol (organised by the BJP’s Asansol ...

    1 December 2025 The Statesman
    Mastermind’s father Bhola Jaiswal arrested at Kolkata airport in major cough syrup smuggling case

    The Sonbhadra police have made a major breakthrough in the high-profile cough syrup smuggling case.Bhola Jaiswal, father of the alleged mastermind Shubham Jaiswal, has been taken into custody. He was intercepted at Kolkata Airport just before boarding a Kolkata–Thailand ...

    1 December 2025 The Statesman
    W. Burdwan TMC district chief disrupts AMC meeting, summons MMIC for SIR camp

    The recent whiplash by top-level party leaders over the ongoing electoral roll revision exercise has made the West Burdwan Trinamul Congress district president disrupt an important meeting of the Asansol Municipal Corporation and summon the MMIC Health to a ...

    1 December 2025 The Statesman
    Mayer Bari to get a new building

    Swami Gautamanandaji Maharaj, president of Ramakrishna Math and Mission will inaugurate a new building of Mayer Bari named Ma Sarada Dham in north Kolkata tomorrow.29 November is the birth anniversary of Swami Premanandaji Maharaj, one of the direct disciples ...

    29 November 2025 The Statesman
    Enumeration form of Hooghly voter uploaded in South 24 Pgns

    Prashant and Dipti Roy, residents of Sheoraphuli-Baidyabati in Hooghly, have their names on the voters’ list of 2002 as well as 2025, but the BLO issued the enumeration form only to the husband and not to the wife. On ...

    29 November 2025 The Statesman
    Student credit card sanctions cross 1 lakh mark, scheme to continue: Mamata

    More than one lakh students have so far received financial assistance under the Student Credit Card Scheme, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced today.In her X handle she wrote: “Happy to share that under our Student Credit Card Scheme, the ...

    29 November 2025 The Statesman
    Record cocoon prices bring hope for Malda’s silk farmers

    A wave of joy is sweeping through Malda’s sericulture belt. For the first time in recent memory, a farmer has earned Rs 26,000 for just 40 kg of silk cocoons, marking one of the highest payouts in the district’s ...

    29 November 2025 The Statesman
    After moving 40 officers yesterday, Bengal transfers 57 more in major two-day police reshuffle

    A day after the West Bengal government reshuffled 40 police officers, the state on Friday issued another sweeping set of transfer orders, this time shifting 57 officers in the ranks of ACP, SDPO, IC and Deputy SP across multiple ...

    29 November 2025 The Statesman
    Left Front moves to forge broader alliance ahead Assembly polls

    With the 2026 Assembly elections approaching, the Left Front last night initiated a move to build a broader Left alliance in Bengal, expanding beyond its existing partners. At a meeting of the Front, a preliminary decision was taken to ...

    29 November 2025 The Statesman
    4th BLO death in Bengal allegedly related to SIR

    A Booth Level Officer (BLO) died of cardiac arrest, allegedly due to the workload of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR), in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district.The BLO died on Thursday night and was identified as Zakir Hossain, a teacher ...

    29 November 2025 The Statesman
    Shah outlines “mission Bengal” strategy in Delhi

    Fresh from its decisive victory in Bihar, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has turned its full political attention to West Bengal with an eye on the crucial 2026 Assembly Election. At a high-level strategy meeting over dinner hosted at ...

    29 November 2025 The Statesman
    Health regulatory body fines nursing home for overbilling, negligence

    West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission has slapped a fine of Rs 1,44,499 on Belle Vue Clinic for negligence and overbilling relating to two patients, who did in Covid in 2021.The commission also instructed the chief executive of Belle ...

    29 November 2025 The Statesman
    ECI directs Kolkata Police to relocate West Bengal CEO office following security breach

    The Election Commission of India (ECI) has issued a fresh directive to Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Verma on Friday night, instructing him to ensure the immediate relocation of the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer’s (CEO) office to a secure ...

    29 November 2025 The Statesman
    INS Khanjar and INS Kora make port call at Kolkata to mark Navy Day

    Eastern Fleet ships INS Khanjar and INS Kora, both frontline guided missile corvettes of the Eastern Naval Command, have docked at Kidderpore Dock since Thursday. Deployed in the Bay of Bengal as part of mission‑based deployments, the ships are ...

    29 November 2025 The Statesman
    Birik Dara landslide zone to get permanent fix

    Birik Dara remains one of the most fragile stretches along NH-10, having witnessed repeated landslides over the years, officials said. After taking over NH-10, NHIDCL has been working round-the-clock to ensure proper repair of this section to provide seamless, ...

    28 November 2025 The Statesman
    Army backs community-led adventure tourism in North Sikkim

    The Indian Army has extended support to the local community of Yumthang Valley by providing specialised high-altitude adventure equipment to boost community-led tourism initiatives in the region, the PRO Defence said on Thursday.According to the PRO Defence, the equipment ...

    28 November 2025 The Statesman
    HC asks SSC to publish OMR sheets of fresh recruitment exams

    The Calcutta High Court, on Thursday, directed the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) to publish the optical mark recognition (OMR) sheets of all candidates appearing for the examinations for fresh recruitments for secondary and higher secondary teachers in ...

    28 November 2025 The Statesman
    Cash, counterfeit currency hauls at NSCBI Airport

    A man carrying Rs 24 lakh in cash was detained at Kolkata airport on Wednesday afternoon, triggering fresh concerns over the frequent movement of unaccounted money and counterfeit currency across the state.CISF personnel, during routine surveillance at Netaji Subhas ...

    28 November 2025 The Statesman
    Asansol Municipal Corporation gets separate boss

    The state government today appointed Ekam J. Singh, a 2020 batch IAS officer, as the Commissioner of Asansol Municipal Corporation. The Chief Executive Officer of Asansol Durgapur Development Authority (ADDA) Aditi Choudhury (2014 IAS batch) had been holding dual ...

    28 November 2025 The Statesman
    Bangladeshi national held for attempting to fill SIR form of dead person

    A Bangladeshi national, identified as Nadeem Sardar living for 15 years in the industrial town of Dankuni in Hooghly district, was arrested after his abortive attempt to fill up the enumeration form (SIR) in the name of a dead ...

    28 November 2025 The Statesman
    BJP’s Sukanta’s convoy blocked at Diamond Harbour

    Union minister and former West Bengal BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar faced “go back” slogans and a brief blockade of his convoy in Diamond Harbour, South 24-Parganas, triggering a fresh political confrontation between the BJP and the ruling Trinamul Congress ...

    28 November 2025 The Statesman
    Sebaashray 2 to start from 1 Dec

    Sebaashray 2, an initiative to provide health care to the residents who stay in the areas under Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha seat will start from 1 December.Taking cue from the success of Sebaashray, which was launched in the areas ...

    28 November 2025 The Statesman
    Storage period of potatoes extended till end of December

    The agricultural marketing department at Khadya Bhawan has issued a notification regarding the extension of the potato storage period in the state’s cold storages.As per the notification, the statutory period for storing potatoes in cold storages under Rule 4(n), ...

    28 November 2025 The Statesman
    Mamata to address Gazole rally on 3 December

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is scheduled to address a political public meeting at Gazole in Malda district tentatively on 3 December, amid the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.This comes at a time when the BJP leadership ...

    28 November 2025 The Statesman
    West Bengal SIR: Names of lakhs of electorate not matching with 2002 voter list across Kolkata

    Names of the electorate in the Assembly constituencies in and around Kolkata are not matching with the voter list of 2002, sources in the office of Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Kumar Agarwal said.Currently, digitisation of the enumeration forms for ...

    28 November 2025 The Statesman
    Complaint against BJP’s Rudranil for misconduct

    A complaint has been lodged against actor and BJP leader Rudranil Ghosh at Barasat police station, accusing him of obstructing government work, trespassing and issuing threats inside Barasat Government Medical College and Hospital.Acting on the written complaint submitted by ...

    27 November 2025 The Statesman
    After rain damage, Darj MP Bista presses for faster road repairs

    Darjeeling MP Raju Bista convened a multi-agency review meeting in Kalimpong on Wednesday with senior officials from the National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation (NHIDCL) responsible for national highway 717A and NH-10, the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), and ...

    27 November 2025 The Statesman
    CM orders probe after family alleges eye theft at Barasat hospital

    Tension flared up in Barasat on Tuesday after the family of a 34-year-old accident victim alleged that his eyes had been removed at Barasat Medical College and Hospital.The protest intensified to the extent that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s convoy ...

    27 November 2025 The Statesman
    SDM starts probe against civic body in Purulia

    The District Magistrate of Purulia, Sudhir Kontham, has directed the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) of Purulia Sadar, Tapan Kumar Ghosh, to investigate the alleged irregularities raised by a section of local residents regarding civic amenities provided by Purulia Municipality, and ...

    27 November 2025 The Statesman
    Rs 9-cr water project undertaken by AMC in Burnpur

    The Mayor of Asansol Municipal Corporation (AMC), Bidhan Upadhyay, has laid the foundation stone for a new drinking water pipeline project under the AMRUT Scheme Phase III, at a cost of Rs 9 crore in Burnpur.The total length of ...

    27 November 2025 The Statesman
    Serampore Ward 8 residents get new concrete road under APAS

    The Amader Para, Amader Samadhan (APAS) scheme is a flagship campaign launched by the West Bengal government.The APAS camps were held across various blocks of Hooghly district. Government officials, acting as facilitators rather than instructors, set a warm and ...

    27 November 2025 The Statesman
    Siliguri ex-mayor slams SJDA for temple on land, calls for public agitation

    With the state government recently handing over a plot of land in Matigara, Siliguri, to a newly-formed trust for the construction of a Mahakal mandir, the Darjeeling District CPI-M has announced plans to launch a major public agitation ahead ...

    27 November 2025 The Statesman
    All about coal mining in India under one roof at proposed museum in Ranigunj

    Primary construction work for a coal museum, the first of its kind in eastern India, has begun in the Raniganj coalfields area, the mother region for coal mining in the country. The museum, according to Eastern Coalfields Limited authorities, ...

    27 November 2025 The Statesman
    BSF busts gold, smuggling racket at B’desh border

    On the basis of a specific tip-off, the by Field ‘G’ Team of BSF at Kishanganj apprehended an Indian national, Ratan Bishra, (23), a resident of Goalpokher post station in North Dinajpur, at IBBF gate while he was returning ...

    27 November 2025 The Statesman
    EC asks city police for action-taken report on BLO protests

    Election Commission of India (ECI) has written to the city Commissioner of Police, Manoj Verma, asking for the action taken report (ATR) after a section of booth level officers (BLOs) protested in front of the Chief Electoral officer’s (CEO) ...

    27 November 2025 The Statesman
    On Constitution Day, Mamata Banerjee calls for sustained struggle to ‘protect’ democracy

    On the occasion of Constitution Day, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee has called for a sustained struggle against “endangered and bulldozed” democracy, secularism, and federalism in the country.“Now, when democracy is at stake, when ...

    27 November 2025 The Statesman
    CBI arrests Duronto Molla in connection with 2024 ED raid assault case

    The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested Duronto Molla, a close associate of jailed Sheikh Shahjahan, in connection with an alleged assault on Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials during a raid in Sarberia, located in South 24 Parganas’ Sandeshkhali ...

    27 November 2025 The Statesman
    ‘Ensure safety and security of staff’: ECI to Kolkata Police after ‘security breach’ at CEO office

    The Election Commission of India on Wednesday wrote a letter to the Kolkata Police Commissioner, citing the law and order situation, and safety and security of its officers and staff in West Bengal.The letter, written on behalf of the ...

    27 November 2025 The Statesman
    Bengal in top tourism destinations list, CM praises feat

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee congratulated the state government officials and tourism stakeholders after Bengal emerged as one of the most favoured international tourist destinations in the country, according to the India Tourism Data Compendium 2025 published by the ministry ...

    27 November 2025 The Statesman
    Partha wants to attend Assembly, writes to Speaker

    Days after being released on bail, former education minister Partha Chatterjee has written to Speaker Biman Banerjee expressing his desire to attend the upcoming Winter Session of the Assembly.The suspended Trinamul Congress MLA from Behala West has formally communicated ...

    27 November 2025 The Statesman
    ER, SER observe Constitution Day

    Eastern Railway observed Constitution Day throughout its jurisdiction today. Officers and staff at Eastern Railway headquarters, led by Sheelendra Pratap Singh, Additional General Manager, Eastern Railway read the Preamble to the Constitution on this occasion. Officers and staff at ...

    27 November 2025 The Statesman
    EC set to strike off 10L names after SIR

    Three weeks into West Bengal’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR), the Election Commission of India is preparing for one of the state’s largest voter-roll clean-ups in over two decades.Preliminary data indicates that at least 10 lakh names, reflecting years of ...

    26 November 2025 The Statesman
    Factional divide surfaces as TMC steps up public outreach in Cooch Behar

    With the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) nearing completion, the Trinamul Congress in Cooch Behar has intensified its public outreach. However, deep factionalism within the party has become increasingly visible, as two rival groups are conducting parallel campaigns—one through political ...

    26 November 2025 The Statesman
    SSKM hospital’s Ananyo promises affordable treatment

    If you want to get medical advice from the best doctors in the city by paying just Rs 350 as consultation fee, avail the opportunity offered by the SSKM hospital at its newly-built Ananyo.Ananyo is called Woodburn II and ...

    26 November 2025 The Statesman
    Experts, students discuss India’s river future, freshwater ecosystems

    Amid growing concerns over the deteriorating condition of India’s rivers, a day-long workshop at Raja Narendralal Khan Women’s College (Autonomous) in Midnapore on Monday brought together experts, students, and community representatives to emphasise the critical intersection of science, ecology, ...

    26 November 2025 The Statesman
    RPF recovers 28.791 kg narcotics

    The railway protection force of Sealdah Division under the Eastern Railway recovered 28.791 kg of a narcotic substance suspected to be ganja valued at approximately Rs 14,39,550.The recovery took place yesterday when officials of the Crime Intelligence Branch (CIB)/Sealdah, ...

    26 November 2025 The Statesman
    Digital arrest: 2 held from Mysuru for defrauding Rajarhat resident of Rs 1.47 cr

    In a major breakthrough against the rising menace of “digital arrest” cases, the Bidhannagar Commissionerate has arrested two persons from Karnataka for allegedly extorting nearly Rs 1.47 crore from a Rajarhat resident after posing as police officials and threatening ...

    26 November 2025 The Statesman
    Railways fix platforms at Bidhannagar, Dum Dum stations

    After successful experimentation at Sealdah station, the divisional railway authorities have now decided to fix platforms at Bidhannagar and Dum Dum stations for effective handling of crowds.A few months back, the authorities fixed stations for local EMUs and long ...

    26 November 2025 The Statesman
    Chopper agency hired for CM to be show-caused: Minister

    Transport minister Snehashish Chakraborty does not suspect any conspiracy behind the insurance lapse of the helicopter that was scheduled to fly Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to her Bongaon rally venue in North 24-Parganas this afternoon. “We will penalise the ...

    26 November 2025 The Statesman
    EC to Meet Trinamool Congress Leaders Amidst Rising Concerns Over SIR Drive in West Bengal

    The Chief Election Commission (CEC) of India has agreed to meet leaders of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on November 28 at 11 AM, signalling a crucial dialogue amid mounting tension over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls ...

    26 November 2025 The Statesman
    Adhikari plaint to ECI over ‘TMC propaganda’ at police meet

    Leader of Opposition in Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari has lodged a formal complaint with the Election Commission of India alleging that a state-level conference of women police personnel in Digha turned into a platform for political propaganda for ...

    26 November 2025 The Statesman
    10-member TMC seeks ECI time, poll panel consents

    The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India has agreed to meet leaders of the Trinamul Congress (TMC) on 28 November at 11 a.m, signalling a crucial dialogue amid mounting tensions over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls ...

    26 November 2025 The Statesman
    For Assam and Bengal, BJP considers ‘Bihar model’

    Fresh from the Bihar victory, the BJP has now turned its focus on the next set of important poll-bound states ~ West Bengal, Assam, and Tamil Nadu ~ and it in this connection that BJP president JP Nadda’s dinner ...

    26 November 2025 The Statesman
    The significance of the month of Agrahāyaṇa

    Among the twelve months of the Hindu calendar in India, Agrahāyaṇa holds a special place. The Sanskrit word Agrahāyaṇa literally means “the first month or season of the year.” During this month, the Hemanta (early winter) season begins, and ...

    25 November 2025 The Statesman
    Governor visits Hakimpur border amid row over ‘intrusion’ claims

    Amid rising political friction over alleged cross-border intrusion and unrest linked to the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Monday visited the Hakimpur border in North 24-Parganas to take stock ...

    25 November 2025 The Statesman
    Rupa Ganguly alleges vilification of artists who spoke on RG Kar case

    Actress, former Rajya Sabha MP and member of the BJP’s national executive committee, Rupa Ganguly on Monday alleged that several artistes and technicians who had spoken out against the rape and murder of a PGT trainee doctor at RG ...

    25 November 2025 The Statesman
    Amateur HAM radio operators unite freed woman with ‘lost’ husband after 15 years

    After serving 14 years in a correctional home and being released early for good conduct, Shakuntala Lamchani (now 42) spent another year shuffling from one jail to another as she had no home or relatives in the outside world ...

    25 November 2025 The Statesman
    Demystifying the SIR chatter in Bengal

    The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal, conducted by the Election Commission of India (ECI), has fanned the flames of intense political controversy recently. Misinformation and distorted particulars have filled the minds of people with fear of the ...

    25 November 2025 The Statesman
    Translocated trees show signs of life at Deocha Pachami

    Ninety three per cent of the trees, which had been translocated at Deocha Pachami in Birbhum, are alive, creating a world record.The district administration at Birbhum decided to translocate 992 trees from the site of Deocha Pachami, venue of ...

    25 November 2025 The Statesman
    Cabinet sets Jan deadline for handover of houses under Banglar Bari scheme

    The state Cabinet, under the stewardship of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today cleared, in principle, a series of proposals ranging from clearance of lands required for setting up a Mahakal temple at Darjeeling. Furthermore, north Bengal would also get ...

    25 November 2025 The Statesman
    Abhishek stresses on 100pc submission of enumeration forms

    Trinamul Congress will intensify the movement to put pressure on the Centre to release the dues of the state government, Abhishek Banerjee, party’s national general secretary said today.Mr Banerjee today held a virtual meeting with functionaries of the party.AdvertisementThe ...

    25 November 2025 The Statesman
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