The state BJP has today filed a complaint with the chief electoral officer (CEO) of the West Bengal Election Commission, condemning recent remarks made by Trinamul Congress (TMC) senior leader and mayor of Kolkata Municipal Corporation Firhad Hakim. In ...
9 November 2024 The StatesmanAt a time when the Aedes mosquito has brought apprehensions in the neighbouring district of North 24 Parganas, Kolkata is heaving a sigh of relief. The city has registered 93 per lower count of dengue cases in its limits ...
9 November 2024 The StatesmanTrinamul Congress core committee meeting of Birbhum district will be held on 16 November.Party chairperson Mamata Banerjee has instructed party leaders in Birbhum to hold the meeting at the party office. Anubrata Mondal will be present at the meeting.The ...
9 November 2024 The StatesmanChief minister Mamata Banerjee will be visiting the Darjeeling Hills after many days. According to police sources, she will arrive at Bagdogra on 11 November and proceed to Darjeeling, returning to Kolkata on 14 November.According to government officials in ...
9 November 2024 The StatesmanAfter Kajal Sheikh, the sabhadhipati of zilla parishad, now the all India general secretary of Trinamul Congress, Abhishek Banerjee has also supported retaining the core committee for running the party in the Birbhum district.After returning to his home from ...
9 November 2024 The StatesmanA four-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 15-year-old boy, who was arrested by the police under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act in Murshidabad.The incident occurred yesterday when the victim was playing outside her house. ...
9 November 2024 The StatesmanIn a horrifying incident, a man allegedly murdered his wife and her grandmother in the Palashi area of Kaliganj police station in Nadia late last night. The accused, Dinesh Halder, has been taken into police custody after the brutal ...
9 November 2024 The StatesmanThe Indian Institute of Management Calcutta Innovation Park (IIM- CIP has awarded two women organisations for the initiative displaying strong commitment to building skills, providing market access and fostering entrepreneurship.The Hill Social Welfare Society from Kalimpong and Samyo Shromojibi ...
9 November 2024 The StatesmanMinister Indranil Sen during the press conference at strand road in Chandannagar said chief minister Mamata Banerjee has extended a special gift towards Chandannagar Jagadhatri Puja and carnival.The state minister Indranil Sen added that usually during Jagadhatri Puja immersion’s ...
9 November 2024 The StatesmanAlleging ‘arbitrary actions and high handedness’, of the chairman of Joint Parliamentary Committee on Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2024, parliamentarian and ruling party veteran Kalyan Banerjee informed that the members of the Opposition parties of INDIA bloc have decided to ...
8 November 2024 The StatesmanMystery shrouds death of a doctor attached with Jhargram Hospital, who along with other medics have been demanding justice for the brutal rape-murder trainee doctor at R G Kar.His body was found lying inside a hotel room in the ...
8 November 2024 The StatesmanIndian tea growers have now decided to explore the African continent, after having penetrated the European countries, said tea associations from Asia at their annual summit in the city. The experts feel Africa is one big untapped market for ...
8 November 2024 The StatesmanEchoing the hints in yesterday’s post by TMC leader Kunal Ghosh on Trinamul Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee becoming the next chief minister of West Bengal, another party leader, Kalyan Banerjee today said that the Diamond Harbour MP ...
8 November 2024 The StatesmanThe State Government is coming up with the policies on Global Capability Centre (GCC) and semiconductor in the coming months, which will position West Bengal as the next IT destination of India, said Babul Supriyo, minister of information technology ...
8 November 2024 The StatesmanMetro Railway has been observing Vigilance Awareness Week, marking its 25th year, a pivotal initiative aimed at promoting a culture of transparency and integrity across all sectors, particularly in public services. This year’s theme, “Culture of Integrity for Nation’s ...
8 November 2024 The StatesmanThe South Eastern Railway has loaded 122.14 million tonnes of originating freight in the first 7 months between April and October of the current financial year which is 2.41 per cent higher than the corresponding period of the previous ...
8 November 2024 The StatesmanThe villagers of Samdih stopped coal production of Dabur Colliery of Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) today morning demanding restoration of the local burning ghat. They have alleged that due to coal excavation, the burning ghat of the village will ...
8 November 2024 The StatesmanCyber police investigations into the recent tablet issue revealed several flaws from the student’s end as well as negligence by some schools.State government’s funds for tablets for around 550 students of 62 higher secondary schools of East Burdwan were ...
8 November 2024 The StatesmanChief minister Mamata Banerjee is believed to have ordered an inquiry into the alleged diversion of government money meant for student tablets to other accounts, sources at Nabanna claimed.She is believed to have directed chief secretary Manoj Pant to ...
8 November 2024 The StatesmanAhead of the state Assembly by-election, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has intensified its activities. Acting on a tip-off, an NIA team departed from Kolkata and arrested a TMC worker accused in the murder of a BJP leader in ...
7 November 2024 The StatesmanA heritage house in North 24-Parganas caught fire, sparking accusations against the police administration as local people alleged alcohol and drug addicts made a den at that house. Several antique and historically valuable furniture were reduced to ashes.The incident ...
7 November 2024 The StatesmanIn a new initiative towards sustainability of this picturesque steel township, a 10 KW on-grid solar tree is set to generate 12,000 units of electricity per year and to reduce carbon footprint by 11.6 tonnes per year.The tree was ...
7 November 2024 The StatesmanThe Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate (ADPC) has recovered a body of an unknown person from a jungle near a closed open cast coal mine in Kalipahari area, under Asansol South police station here this morning.Passersby saw a body lying ...
7 November 2024 The StatesmanBengal has successfully guarded its traditional religious virtues even after being subjected to foreign invasions.Chandannagar, then a French colony soon became a throbbing point of Jagadhatri Puja, after Krishnanagar.The legend dates back by 230 years, when Raja Krishna Chandra ...
7 November 2024 The StatesmanThe Adra Railway division of South Eastern Railway has agreed not to run goods trains on the track on the Damodar Railway Bridge during the Chhath Puja on Thursday afternoon and Friday morning after a request by the Hirapur ...
7 November 2024 The StatesmanPassengers travelling to destinations like Bankura would now be able to save time and enjoy shorter journeys soon. A major signal upgradation on Masagram-Shaktigarh section of Howrah-Burdwan chord line, scheduled to start next week, is expected to cut short ...
7 November 2024 The StatesmanA youth was arrested on charges of molestation at a village within the Kotulpur PS area in Bankura. A Class IX student of a local school had been to her tutorial classes on Tuesday evening on her bicycle. While ...
7 November 2024 The StatesmanPassengers planning journeys to places like Nainital or Champawat could enjoy smoother journeys to such at affordable amounts. The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC) East Zone today announced a 10 nights and 11 days tour package ...
7 November 2024 The StatesmanChief minister Mamata Banerjee today urged the occupants of dilapidated buildings to sit with local leaders to develop their properties and cautioned businessmen against keeping highly combustible plastic at their godowns.She visited Burrabazar to inaugurate the Jagadhatri Puja, organised ...
7 November 2024 The StatesmanBengal government’s fund assistance meant to equip the students with tablets got routed to West Midnapore schools by mistake, bypassing some East Burdwan pupils.The matter was taken up by cyber police.Under the Taruner Swapna scheme, the West Bengal government ...
7 November 2024 The StatesmanThe Bengal Theatre Rejuvenation Festival was inaugurated on 4 November with the intention of promoting Bengali theatre. This is an initiative of the ministry of culture. The first phase will be in November and December, featuring 50 theatre groups ...
6 November 2024 The StatesmanLeader of Opposition in the Assembly Suvendu Adhikari today raised questions over the state CID’s move to summon Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) state vice-president and former MP Arjun Singh.The CID issued a notice under Section 160 CrPC for Singh ...
6 November 2024 The StatesmanCyber criminals have siphoned off over Rs 15 lakh from two bank accounts of a lecturer of a state government college in Purulia district using a new modus operandi.Khirod Chandra Mahato, lecturer of Kashipur Michael Madhusudan College has lodged ...
6 November 2024 The StatesmanThe Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate (ADPC) has beefed up the security coverage in the Bhootnath and Riverside Chhath ghats, under Hirapur police station for the festivities.Sunil Kumar Choudhury, commissioner of police of ADPC has said that six watch towers ...
6 November 2024 The StatesmanBirbhum Police have arrested two youths allegedly for gangraping a wife of a priest in Tarapith today.Supriyo Roy and Barshan Pal, have been forwarded to a local court today. Police have sought custody for further investigations.Police sources said the ...
6 November 2024 The StatesmanFaculties associated with different departments in government medical colleges across the state from now will have to take written clearance from principals of respective teaching hospitals before meeting health bosses at Swasthya Bhaban, health department headquarters at Salt Lake.Dr ...
6 November 2024 The StatesmanA 46-year-old patient, Sushil Haldar died at SSKM Hospital on Tuesday allegedly without getting any medical attention.The patient, a resident of Garia, was taken to the N R S Medical College Hospital on Monday night showing symptoms of bleeding ...
6 November 2024 The StatesmanAssembly Speaker Biman Banerjee today said that the winter session of the state Assembly would begin on 25 November and would continue for 10-11 days. This was decided following consultation with the chief minister, said the Speaker.Mr Banerjee, while ...
6 November 2024 The StatesmanBus operators in the city are heaving a sigh of relief after the Calcutta High Court directed the state to reconsider the age limit for phasing out of private and minibuses.The bus operators have welcomed the Calcutta High Court ...
6 November 2024 The StatesmanThe Bengal Travel Mart (BTM), which began in Siliguri in 2016 with the support of chief minister Mamata Banerjee, will hold its 8th edition from December 17-19. The event is organised by the Eastern Himalaya Travel & Tour Operators ...
6 November 2024 The StatesmanIn a significant political development ahead of the Naihati Assembly by-election, Suvendu Adhikari, the Leader of Opposition, has raised serious concerns over what he termed as “unprecedented and unethical” political endorsements by high-ranking officials of prominent football clubs and ...
5 November 2024 The StatesmanDepartmental investigations began against an officer in-charge of Kirnahar police station by Birbhum district police after a recent complaint.Earlier, the chief minister’s office (CMO) has directed a departmental probe against the officer in-charge of Kirnahar police station of Birbhum, ...
5 November 2024 The StatesmanFacing growing competition from Nepal tea in the Indian market, the Darjeeling Tea Association (DTA) has raised concerns over unchecked imports, alleging that teas from Nepal are entering India without the mandatory Food Safety and Standards Authority of India ...
5 November 2024 The StatesmanFour members of a robbery gang that looted a house at gunpoint in the Mejia area a few days back were intercepted at Bankura last night when they were preparing for another operation in Kali Puja night.At Shyampur village ...
5 November 2024 The StatesmanSix persons have been arrested by Birbhum Police in connection with the murder of Trinamul Congress gram panchayat member of Kankalitala gram panchayat Samir Thandar, however the motive behind the murder is still not clear.Samir Thandar has called ...
5 November 2024 The StatesmanThe trial into the ghastly rape and murder of a junior woman doctor of R G Kar Medical College & Hospital in August this year will commence from 11 November at a special court in the West Bengal capital, ...
5 November 2024 The StatesmanThe Kolkata Municipal Corporation launched an awareness drive to keep the Ganges clean. Mayor Firhad Hakim today kicked off the Ganga Utsav drive urging citizens to keep the river clean.For the last few days, the mayor has been holding ...
5 November 2024 The StatesmanThe Bengal Archery Academy in Jhargram has bagged 18 medals at the 68th State School Games 2024.Aroop Biswas, state sports minister congratulated the players and assured every possible cooperation. The students of the academy have bagged 4 gold, 8 ...
5 November 2024 The StatesmanThe upcoming winter session in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly is likely to start from 25 November.There are several important issues which may be discussed. The brutal rape and murder of the 31-year-old postgraduate trainee doctor at R G ...
5 November 2024 The StatesmanState Bank of India MD Rana Ashutosh Kumar Singh, CGM, Kolkata circle Satyendra Kumar Singh, network GMs Sanatan Mishra and Nand Kishor Singh and GM, SBIL Rajeev Ratna Srivastava along with other senior functionaries of the Bank extended on ...
5 November 2024 The StatesmanTensions have escalated in the Kanchanpur area under Kanksha Police Station, West Burdwan District, following the discovery of the body of a 46-year-old sharecropper, Chandrasekhar Mondal. Locals reported that Mondal, a resident of Malandighi, had been missing since Saturday ...
4 November 2024 The StatesmanIn a twist to the traditional Bhai Phonta celebrations, some “brothers” found themselves on the receiving end on Sunday. At a busy road crossing, women traffic police officers were seen offering phonta (ritualistic tilak) to male motorcyclists who were ...
4 November 2024 The StatesmanA housewife, Arpita Ghosh (18) died in the Durga Mandir area on Tagore Road in Ushagram, within Asansol South Police Station limits, with her husband being accused of having murdered her over dowry issues. The victim’s husband fled after ...
4 November 2024 The StatesmanIndian Railways is advancing towards the successful implementation of Kavach 4.0, an indigenous advanced safety system designed to enhance train operations across its network. A railway official announced this today. Kavach 4.0 is a cuttingedge, technology-driven solution developed by ...
4 November 2024 The StatesmanNagaland Police arrested a trader, Jishu Prasad from Durgapur in West Burdwan district, in connection with a cheating case involving several lakhs of rupees for supplying TMT bars yesterday. He was produced before the Durgapur Sub Divisional Court and ...
4 November 2024 The StatesmanOn the day of Bhai Phonta, vegetable and fruit prices soared. The high prices of vegetables, fish, chicken, and mutton in city markets have put a strain on the common man. Members of the prices monitoring task force set ...
4 November 2024 The StatesmanChief Minister Mamata Banerjee celebrated Bhai Phonta, signifying the deep bonds between brothers and sisters, at her Kalighat residence today, with Trinamul Congress leaders and others, including former Kolkata mayor Sovan Chatterjee, turning up for the ceremony. Mr Chatterjee, ...
4 November 2024 The StatesmanThe Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has decided to revert to the original name of its Town Planning and Development Department. A proposal to this effect was approved at the monthly KMC House meeting last week. Originally established as the ...
4 November 2024 The StatesmanThey are all ‘known negatives’, but in the most postive of ways. A family residing near the closed Jessop Refractory in Karangapara has been a beacon of hope for many, especially during Bhai Phonta, the Bengali festival celebrating the ...
4 November 2024 The StatesmanIn Kolkata’s bustling red-light district of Sonagachi, the festival of Bhai Dooj took on a unique and heartfelt significance this year as sex workers came together to celebrate the cherished bond between siblings.Organized by the Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee, ...
4 November 2024 The StatesmanHundreds of villagers, primarily women, blocked the road connecting Falakata in Alipurduar district today to protest the alleged rape and murder of a five-year-old girl.Following the incident, a 40-year-old suspect, Mona Roy, was lynched by an angry mob. The ...
3 November 2024 The StatesmanChetna Nand Singh, divisional railway manager (DRM) of Asansol division, Eastern Railway, conducted a detailed inspection at Durgapur Goods Shed today. The inspection is aimed to assess the efficiency of goods handling and to identify areas for further improvement ...
3 November 2024 The StatesmanHalf-naked body a 35-year-old woman was recovered from a flat of her live-in partner at Garpha in the southern part of the city on Saturday.Police have registered a case of unnatural death and detained his live-in partner for interrogation. ...
3 November 2024 The StatesmanMassive diversification has taken place in jute products and the golden fibre has travelled a long journey from sacks to sophistication, said Moloy Chandan Chakraborty, jute commissioner, ministry of textiles, who inaugurated a showroom this afternoon.The showroom called Sonali ...
3 November 2024 The StatesmanThe 175 years old confectionery unit at Rishra has earned a reputation not only within the country but also abroad.Felu Modak confectioner is now being run by its fifth-generation owners.Owner Amitava Dey said, “This Bhai Phonta, we have come ...
3 November 2024 The StatesmanA husband is reported to have murdered his wife in Suryapur, Debpukur, located in Barrackpore, North 24-Parganas this morning, before taking his own life.It is suspected that the incident was a result of a prolonged marital discord.The husband, Kamal ...
3 November 2024 The StatesmanIn a bid to retain the Madarihat Assembly seat in the upcoming bypoll, Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari urged women to support his campaign during an election rally in Madarihat today.Addressing the crowd, Mr Adhikari said, “I appeal to ...
3 November 2024 The StatesmanGold and silver jewellery of Kali idol was stolen from a temple after the pujas that ended wee hours of Friday at a village in Ausgram, East Burdwan. At Deasa village near Guskara town, Kali Puja at an old ...
3 November 2024 The StatesmanIn a bid to streamline the admission procedures of patients seeking berths in state healthcare facilities, the health department headed by the chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday launched online central referral system in five government medical colleges – ...
3 November 2024 The StatesmanThe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is gearing up for a ‘public outreach’ campaign in the Madarihat Assembly segment, as it seeks to retain the seat in an upcoming by-election.Under the leadership of Darjeeling MP Raju Bista, BJP leaders have ...
3 November 2024 The StatesmanThe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has gheraoed the Andal police station, which is under Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate (ADPC) and submitted a memorandum seeking action and protection of the workers allegedly attacked by the opposition party in recent times.BJP ...
2 November 2024 The StatesmanAnubrata Mondal, former district president of Trinamul Congress in Birbhum said that he will give a proposal to party chief Mamata Banerjee to expand the core committee and include leaders from all blocks of the district.Talking to the Media, ...
2 November 2024 The Statesman“Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) deeply mourns the passing away of Shri Bibek Debroy, noted Indian Economist today. He had immensely contributed in his roles as the chairman of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India, ...
2 November 2024 The StatesmanAlarmed by the indiscriminate use of high-intensity sound crackers and playing of DJ sound boxes during the Durga Puja immersion, Baji O DJ Box Birodhi Manch put up a strong protest against the use of DJ boxes during the ...
2 November 2024 The StatesmanIt has been erroneously printed and published in today’s newspaper regarding a situation in a line between Gurap and Jaugram yesterday. Instead, it should have been that the automatic signaling system of the railways had halted the trains.“On October ...
2 November 2024 The StatesmanTrinamul Congress through the Bijoya Sammelani programmes quietly but very successfully completed its drive to build contacts with people.The Bijoya Sammelani programmes are being held across the state at all the 294 Assembly constituencies. Local leaders, along with senior ...
2 November 2024 The StatesmanNeighbours clashed with each other over drying clothes in front of the houses at Sitalpur under Kulti police station area and two rounds were fired from a revolver with one person being injured.Sanjib Sharma started beating his neighbour Kalicharan ...
2 November 2024 The StatesmanMystery shrouds over the death of an elderly person at Jorabagan, whose blood-stained body was recovered from his room on Thursday. The deceased had been identified as Abhijit Banerjee (58). A resident of Jorabagan Lane, the deceased was an ...
1 November 2024 The StatesmanTwo centuries-old Kali Pujas in Durgapur still bear memories of rebel poet Kazi Nazrul Islam, where he’d taken active part in pujas in one and on the other, performed Leto song, a self-composed Shyama Sangeet and melody on a ...
1 November 2024 The StatesmanKali Puja was observed in the city with usual enthusiasm with thousands of devotees gathering at the Dakshineshwar temple, Kalighat and Belur Math.The Kali Puja at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s residence entered the 47th year. It was started by ...
1 November 2024 The StatesmanCommuters and office goers, depending on private and minibuses, might have to explore other options of conveyance for their daily commute. Around 1,500 private buses, aged more than 15 years, are likely to go off the city roads following ...
1 November 2024 The StatesmanA mute and deaf woman was allegedly raped by a neighbour at an abandoned house in Kultali in South 24-Parganas. There are also allegations against a local panchayat member for threatening the survivor’s family. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters ...
1 November 2024 The StatesmanThe Jalpaiguri District Small Tea Growers’ Association (JDSTGA) has escalated its appeal to the state government, requesting that two state ministers and Jalpaiguri’s Member of Parliament urge the Tea Board of India (TBI) to reconsider its decision on tea ...
1 November 2024 The StatesmanThe Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided to increase the number of central forces for by-elections in six Assembly constituencies – Medinipur, Naihati, Haroa, Taldangra, Setai and Matharihat in five districts including East Midnapore, North 24 Parganas, Bankura, ...
1 November 2024 The StatesmanThe Sealdah division of Eastern Railway has implemented various crowd management measures during Kali Puja to ensure safe and smooth celebrations. To handle the festive travel demand, apart from running Festival Special mail/express trains, the division has made extensive ...
1 November 2024 The StatesmanA court in Mumbai has directed Shenpenn Khymsar, a Darjeeling-based filmmaker, to repay more than Rs 3 crore that he had allegedly borrowed from a person in Portugal for making a film.Mr Khymsar had made a bilingual (Hindi and ...
1 November 2024 The StatesmanOne Trinamul Congress leader allegedly beat up policemen inside Canning police station and forcibly tried to get his party worker released from the lockup on Tuesday.The Opposition has been quick to blame the Trinamul Congress government for deteriorating law ...
31 October 2024 The StatesmanNorth Kolkata Kennel Club has requested people not to throw crackers on stray animals.Rana Ganguly, a well-known pet lover in the city said it is most unfortunate that some people have a tendency to throw firecrackers at stray dogs. ...
31 October 2024 The StatesmanThe state government today ordered district officials and officers of the panchayat department for a fresh survey and proper verification of the names before enlisting them as the recipients of houses under the government’s Banglar Bari scheme to avert ...
31 October 2024 The StatesmanBy the end of this decade, the objective of the United States Government is to raise 500 billion dollars of trade between US and India from the current 200 billion dollars. This ambition is to generate millions of jobs ...
31 October 2024 The StatesmanAgitating junior doctors, who had been holding protest movements for the past 80 days demanding justice, on Wednesday evening marched to the CBI office at CGO Complex in Salt Lake urging the central investigating agency for proper and speedy ...
31 October 2024 The StatesmanA massive fire broke out on Wednesday afternoon in a chemical factory in Madhyamgram, North 24-Parganas. One worker died while several others were injured in the devastating blaze. Reports suggest that a few individuals are still trapped inside.Multiple fire ...
31 October 2024 The StatesmanPreparing for Diwali and Chhath Puja festival rush, the Eastern Railway has ramped up ticketing facilities and announced to keep open all the unreserved ticket counters (UTS) round-the-clock at Howrah station.The division is operating two additional UTS counters at ...
31 October 2024 The StatesmanBarely few days before the upcoming Taldangra Assembly bypolls in Bankura district, about two hundred CPM and BJP supporters joined the Trinamul Congress today.In presence of Bankura MP Arup Chakraborty, 200-odd supporters of Simlapal area have joined the party ...
30 October 2024 The StatesmanWith the Midnapore Assembly by-election on 13 November, district authorities have significantly ramped up security measures, aiming to ensure a peaceful and orderly voting process. Sixteen companies of central forces, comprising personnel from the Border Security Force (BSF) and ...
30 October 2024 The StatesmanCertain youths hacked the bank account of a woman and then used it to park cash with transactions from Jharkhand and Bihar over a few months.The middle-aged woman lodged a complaint with the local police and the cops detained ...
30 October 2024 The StatesmanWith Chhath Puja round the corner, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation is gearing up for the upcoming festival. Considering the forecast of rainfall from the weather office, the civic body is on ‘alert mode’ for an extended period till 10 ...
30 October 2024 The StatesmanThe National Investigation Agency (NIA) has taken over the probe of Saltora blasts in Bankura district today. The state’s Leader of Opposition, Suvendu Adhikari has alleged long back that it was a grenade blast and the NIA should probe ...
30 October 2024 The StatesmanIt was a narrow escape for both the pregnant woman and her expecting baby at SSKM Hospital, eastern India’s premier government teaching hospital cum post graduate medical research institute, on Monday considering their safety and security.A doctor, while preparing ...
30 October 2024 The StatesmanIn the winter of 2021, baby Adrit Pal lay in the crib, while his parents faced a tough situation. Their only child, just 3 months old, was diagnosed with a fatal hole in his heart.Adrit’s parents, Ruma Karmakar and ...
30 October 2024 The Statesman