LEAD hosted a stunning photography exhibition and competition titled ‘Meraki’ from 19-23 August. The event, held to commemorate World Photography Day, was themed around the ‘Beauty of Nature’.The grand award ceremony, held on 23 August, was graced by the ...
27 August 2024 The StatesmanSikkim chief minister Prem Singh Tamang met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi today, extending an invitation for the Prime Minister to attend Sikkim’s Statehood Day celebration as the chief guest on 16 May, 2025.“Our discussion was profound and productive, ...
27 August 2024 The StatesmanGoing by a Calcutta High Court order, passed on Friday, which directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to take over the probe into the alleged financial irregularities in the state-run R G Kar Hospital in Kolkata, the Special ...
27 August 2024 The StatesmanFour tribal boys were arrested on the charges of the rape of a sixteen-year-old girl at their native place near here last night. The girl, according to the police, had come to her kin’s place a few days ago. ...
26 August 2024 The StatesmanThe Federation of West Bengal Truck Operators Associ ation has called three day state wide truckers strike from 11 September alleging police atrocities upon its members in Birbhum district. General Secretary of Federation of the West Bengal Truck Operators ...
26 August 2024 The StatesmanEastern Railways has installed 34 automatic ticket vending machines (ATVM) and 48 unreserved ticketing system counters for quick issuance of tickets at Old and New Complex of Howrah Station. Howrah Station is not only known for its iconic station ...
26 August 2024 The StatesmanActivists of various animal lover associations have agitated in Durgapur on Friday demanding the punishment of the DFO for the brutal killing of a pregnant elephant in Jhargram a few days ago. In a rally organised from Panch Matha ...
26 August 2024 The StatesmanThe anti-corruption branch of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today carried out searches at several locations in Kolkata linked to former RG Kar Medical College principal Sandip Ghosh and his relatives. According to CBI sources, the operation involved ...
26 August 2024 The StatesmanThe Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials are carrying out a multi-angle investigation in the matter of financial irregularities at state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital involving 15 specific charges of fund fudging, sources have said. The main ...
26 August 2024 The StatesmanIn addition to the perils of old dilapidated structures, the danger posed by old mobile towers has given the Kolkata Municipal Corporation cause to look for solutions. The civic body is considering plans to pull down non-functional mobile towers ...
26 August 2024 The StatesmanThe BJP is planning to further intensify its agitation over the R G Kar rape and murder case in the state. The BJP’s state president, Sukanta Majumdar, on Sunday announced a continuous series of protests pressing for the resignation ...
26 August 2024 The StatesmanClimate change is increasingly impacting the world and the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) helps us to make more up-to-date predictions about changes in the environment, said experts who took part in an international conference on the role of ...
26 August 2024 The StatesmanThe visit of the Prime Minister of Bangladesh to India in end June this year raised the Teesta water sharing issue again in public domain with strong opposition from the Government of West Bengal for various reasons. The Centre ...
26 August 2024 The StatesmanThe forest department raided a saw mill in Kuya More in Jamuria today and seized machines. Huge quantities of wood and timber have also been seized.Since yesterday, the forest department, under divisional forest officer (DFO) Durgapur, has been raiding ...
26 August 2024 The StatesmanSiliguri MLA Dr Sankar Ghosh, who also serves as the chief whip of the Opposition in the state assembly, today urged the state BJP president Dr Sukanta Majumdar and the Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari to launch a ‘non-cooperation ...
26 August 2024 The StatesmanShow-cause notices were issued by the education department to three schools in Howrah for protesting on the R G Kar issue.The headmasters of Balu Hati High School, Balu Hati Girls’ High School, and Bantra Rajlakshmi Balika Vidyalaya in Howrah ...
26 August 2024 The StatesmanAgitating junior doctors, including postgraduate trainee (PGT) doctors, house staff, interns and medical students stuck to their stand of continuing with their cease-work as their meeting with the health department officials held at R G Kar Medical College Hospital, ...
26 August 2024 The StatesmanWith a couple of physicians busy attending a critical labour patient, one on leave, two in their chairs and the hospital superintendent attending a health review meeting in Burdwan town, a middle-aged patient, suffering from severe chest pain died ...
25 August 2024 The StatesmanWest Bengal Motion Picture Artists’ Forum staged a protest in Tollygunge demanding justice for the victim in the RG Kar Medical College rape-murder incident and urging the Kolkata administration to take responsibility.“16 days have passed and during this time, ...
25 August 2024 The StatesmanLabhpur Panchayat Samiti has stood first in the state for utilizing funds in the 2024-25 period, under the fifteenth finance commission.Labhpur Panchayat Samiti in Birbhum district has received Rs 1.12cr fund and utilized cent percent of the sum. Bhatar ...
25 August 2024 The StatesmanOne man was killed after being attacked by his brother following an altercation between the two.Two brothers, Rajendra Bhagat and Sikandar Bhagat, residents of Mogra in Bansberia, quite often used to get into altercations over land disputes. Many times ...
25 August 2024 The StatesmanThe Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI), the largest body of accountants in the world, seems well set to take India’s technological skills, domain knowledge and technology adoption experience outside India. As a starter, ICAI will be organising ...
25 August 2024 The StatesmanThe security and safety of women, especially doctors, nurses, paramedical staff and patients are of paramount importance for the Sealdah division. Recent incidents have highlighted the urgent need for increased vigilance and collective efforts to prevent harassment and violence ...
25 August 2024 The StatesmanThe Siliguri Municipal Corporation runs a free educational support centre called Alor Dishari. Today, Siliguri mayor Goutam Deb distributed educational materials to the students of this centre during an event held at Dinabandhu Manch. Mr Deb described it as ...
25 August 2024 The StatesmanIn a significant development for the education sector, Professor Shivaji Pratim Basu, the former vice-chancellor and senior professor of political science at Vidyasagar University, has been appointed to a newly-constituted 13-member ad hoc committee of the West Bengal Board ...
25 August 2024 The StatesmanMeanwhile, the BSF foiled a gold smuggling attempt and arrested a farmer with 1.2 kg of gold worth Rs 86,00,471 at the India-Bangladesh border.It has been reported that the vigilant personnel of the 32nd Battalion’s Border Outpost Char Murasi, ...
24 August 2024 The StatesmanThe former superintendent of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Sandip Ghosh is now on an “extraordinary leave” and is not holding any post, clarified Narayan Swarup Nigam, state health secretary, today and also said that a special investigation ...
24 August 2024 The StatesmanBeyond its day-to-day duties and essential public services, the Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC) is making strides in other sectors, introducing innovative ventures and opportunities under the dynamic leadership of mayor Goutam Deb.Among the latest initiatives are the newly-launched football ...
24 August 2024 The StatesmanAn elderly woman was electrocuted after touching an electric pole at Barasat in North 24-Parganas, last evening. The incident caused tension in the locality as residents alleged negligence of the state electricity department.Continuous rains on Thursday led to waterlogging ...
24 August 2024 The StatesmanAustralian High Commissioner to India Philip Green met state agriculture minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay at Nabanna yesterday and discussed possibilities for collaboration in the agriculture sector between the two countries.Mr Green was accompanied by Mr Hugh Boylan, consul general and ...
24 August 2024 The StatesmanIn a bid to keep the dengue situation in check, Darjeeling district magistrate Dr Preeti Goyal convened a crucial review meeting today in Siliguri, focusing on the city’s corporation area.The meeting saw the presence of key officials, including Siliguri ...
24 August 2024 The StatesmanThe students of Hooghly Women’s College today took to the streets, protesting against the brutality inflicted upon a lady doctor at R G Kar hospital and demanded capital punishment for those involved in the heinous crime.The principal of the ...
24 August 2024 The StatesmanEchoing the demand for justice for R G Kar Hospital rape and murder victim, a sex worker of Sonagachi refused to give soil for idol making this year.The refusal is said to have come from the secretary of the ...
24 August 2024 The StatesmanIn the board meeting of Asansol Municipal Corporation (AMC) it has been decided that all the bad patches of roads and potholes will be repaired in the town before the Durga Puja.Amarnath Chatterjee, chairman of AMC presided over the ...
24 August 2024 The StatesmanWith hardly 45 days remaining for the biggest festival of the state, preparations are at an advanced stage and retrieving could bring immense losses to the entire economy of the state, claimed Durga Puja organisers in the city.A debate ...
24 August 2024 The StatesmanThe call for ‘Nabanna Avijan’ (March to West Bengal Secretariat, Nabanna) on August 27 to protest against the R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital rape and murder case has rattled the Mamata Banerjee government, and hence the state administration ...
24 August 2024 The StatesmanPossibilities have surfaced that narco-analysis or polygraph test might be one of the key routes adopted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials in furthering their ongoing investigation into the R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital rape and ...
24 August 2024 The StatesmanThe vice-chancellor of Kazi Nazrul University (KNU) in Asansol, Professor Debashis Banerjee has resigned from his post and has sent his resignation letter by mail to the chancellor of the university, Governor of West Bengal C V Ananda Bose, ...
23 August 2024 The StatesmanIn the dense forests of the Junglemahal region, where local communities rely heavily on forest resources for livelihood, a new study has shed light on a troubling trend.The study states women are being systematically excluded from participating in the ...
23 August 2024 The StatesmanInspector general of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) in Siliguri, Sudhir Kumar, met Sikkim chief minister Prem Singh Tamang at his residence today to discuss security issues along the border.According to official sources, the meeting focused on a range of ...
23 August 2024 The StatesmanThe police apprehended a railway employee, who drew cash from the accounts of a house wife by using a bank cheque.Preliminary investigation of the incident, which took place on Tuesday, revealed that the accused had alleged links with the ...
23 August 2024 The StatesmanThe state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today staged a march to Swasthya Bhaban demanding resignation of chief minister Mamata Banerjee.The march, which was attended by all front-ranking leaders of the saffron camp, included state president Sukanta Majumdar, Leader of ...
23 August 2024 The StatesmanDarjeeling MP Raju Bista today strongly opposed AICC general secretary Jairam Ramesh’s statement linking the disaster along the Teesta River to the Teesta hydropower projects.In a letter to Mr Ramesh, Mr Bista criticised several aspects of his statement.“I was ...
23 August 2024 The StatesmanMembers of a family from Memari, with the mother in a wheelchair, started marching barefoot towards Nabanna, the state’s administrative headquarters, seeking justice against alleged atrocities by the local Trinamul Congress supporters.The family members had been camping within the ...
23 August 2024 The StatesmanThe ghastly rape and murder of a junior doctor at the R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata resonated at the condolence meeting for former Chief Minister of West Bengal and prominent Left leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who passed ...
23 August 2024 The StatesmanThe Calcutta High Court on Thursday questioned the decision of the West Bengal government to set up a special investigation team to probe the alleged financial irregularities at the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata when ...
23 August 2024 The StatesmanAmid the nationwide uproar over the ghastly rape and murder of a junior doctor at the R.G. Kar Medical College in Kolkata, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking exemplary punishment ...
23 August 2024 The StatesmanThe Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly today wrote to Union cabinet secretary Rajiv Gauba, raising serious allegations against the state government, accusing it of illegally appointing key administrative officers, resulting in a severe breakdown of law ...
22 August 2024 The StatesmanThe Arambagh MP Mitali Bag on Wednesday said it was found that a large section of well established people, who are also availing the benefits of Lakshmir Bhandar are the ones who are trying to mislead and misguided people ...
22 August 2024 The StatesmanThe Union home ministry has written to state chief secretary regarding the deployment of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel at the R G Kar Medical College in Kolkata, where the rape and murder of the trainee doctor took ...
22 August 2024 The StatesmanThe ministry of railways has sanctioned the work for three new railway line projects of South Eastern Railway.The Badampahar-Kendujhargarh new line, a project of 82.06 km will cover the Mayurbhanj and Keonjhar districts of Odisha. The line will be ...
22 August 2024 The StatesmanWith the running of public transport buses not-so-profitable business any more, many private bus operators in the city are considering replacing their more than 15-year-old vehicles.Numerous private and mini buses, the number of which could go up to several ...
22 August 2024 The StatesmanJunior doctors from various medical colleges and hospitals across West Bengal on Wednesday staged a dharna in front of the Swasthya Bhaban, demanding justice for the rape and murder and increased security in their workplaces.A rally of doctors both ...
22 August 2024 The StatesmanThe state government today effected a reshuffle in state police with Javed Shamim being given additional charge of the anti-corruption wing, alongside his existing posting as ADG intelligence branch and additional director security, West Bengal. Mr Shamim replaced R ...
22 August 2024 The StatesmanBJP leader and MLA from Matigara Naxalbari, Anandamay Barman, has urged the minister for North Bengal development, Udayan Guha to prioritise the construction of a bridge over the Panchanai river. This proposed bridge would connect Salbari with Sukna Tea ...
22 August 2024 The StatesmanProtests against the alleged rape and murder of a trainee lady doctor are ongoing in Siliguri and surrounding districts.Hundreds of members from the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad marched to the office of the Siliguri sub-divisional officer on Hill Cart ...
22 August 2024 The StatesmanThe state government today decided to implement a hike in ad-hoc bonus for the civic and village police as well.While the civic police are under the command of city police, Village Police are under the command of state police.According ...
22 August 2024 The StatesmanFormer principal of state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata Dr Sandip Ghosh, on Wednesday, reached the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) office here despite being summoned by the Kolkata Police on the same day.Ghosh, as per ...
22 August 2024 The StatesmanThe Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside a Calcutta High Court judgment, which had advised “adolescent girls to control their sexual urges”, and restored the conviction of an accused, charged of sexually assaulting a minor girl and later marrying ...
21 August 2024 The StatesmanRattled by the nationwide protest demanding justice for the horrific incident of rape and murder of a 31-year-old postgraduate trainee (PGT) doctor at her workplace, chest medicine department of R G Kar Medical College Hospital, the state government has ...
21 August 2024 The StatesmanThe agitating junior doctors, interns and medical students of R G Kar Medical College and Hospital decided to continue their ongoing cease-work programme till all culprits involved in the horrific incident of rape and murder of the postgraduate trainee ...
21 August 2024 The StatesmanThe chairman of Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC), S Suresh Kumar visited the construction site of the upcoming project of Durgapur Thermal Power Station (DTPS) today morning. He also met and talked to local villagers, surrounding the proposed thermal power ...
21 August 2024 The StatesmanA major landslide struck Dipudara, Balutar, Singtam early this morning, around 7 am, causing significant damage to NHPC’s Teesta Stage V project and severely affecting six nearby houses.The District Administrative Centre in Gangtok reported that a technical team from ...
21 August 2024 The StatesmanThe student organization affiliated with the RSS, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), staged a demonstration at Swasthya Bhavan today.Earlier, in protest against the R G Kar hospital incident and demanding the resignation of chief minister Mamata Banerjee, the BJP ...
21 August 2024 The StatesmanA clash erupted last evening at Dinhata, Cooch Behar, following a protest rally organised by women and school-going girls.The rally was held under an apolitical banner demanding justice for the trainee doctor, raped and murdered at R G Kar ...
21 August 2024 The StatesmanInstitute of Post Graduate Medical Education & Research (IPGME&R) as well as SSKM Hospital allowed multinational brands for expensive luxurious cars exhibition in front of the Academic Building, triggering serious controversy particularly at the backdrop against when the horrific ...
21 August 2024 The StatesmanTollywood actor Samrat Mukherjee has been accused of hitting a motorcyclist while driving allegedly under the influence of alcohol.He was arrested and produced before the Alipur court. The incident left the motorcyclist seriously injured, and has been admitted to ...
21 August 2024 The StatesmanAfter the state government constituted a special investigation team (SIT) to probe allegations of financial irregularities against Dr Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of R G Kar Medical College & Hospital, the Opposition has criticized the move.The SIT, comprising ...
21 August 2024 The StatesmanTwo BJP woman MLAs Agnimitra Paul and Chandana Bauri met Union minister of ports, shipping and waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal and urged him to construct a permanent bridge on river Damodar to connect the three districts of West Burdwan, Bankura ...
20 August 2024 The StatesmanBJP state co-observer and IT cell in-charge, Amit Malviya today questioned the CBI investigation, accusing Mamata Banerjee’s administration of obstructing justice in R G Kar case.Mr Malviya raised serious concerns about the ongoing CBI investigation into the rape and ...
20 August 2024 The StatesmanLack of proper upkeep or maintenance of records is causing losses to the state departments in cases of vested lands. According to mayor Firhad Hakim, there are many state government-owned properties that are facing encroachments. The problem, according to ...
20 August 2024 The StatesmanIn the wake of the recent incident at R G Kar Medical College, the Siliguri Police Commissionerate took a hearty initiative today to strengthen bonds with medical staff and the police by celebrating Rakhi Bandhan.Leading the charge was Siliguri ...
20 August 2024 The StatesmanIn a unique move, several educational institutions have come forward to save the bank of river Hooghly by planting mangrove saplings.This is for the first time when such a move has been taken under the initiative of Purbasha Eco ...
20 August 2024 The StatesmanOne man was arrested from Taltala for allegedly disclosing the name and photo of the deceased doctor of R G Kar Medical College and Hospital and issuing death threats against chief minister Mamata Banerjee.The complaint was filed based on ...
20 August 2024 The StatesmanThe Serampore college community celebrated the 263rd birth anniversary of Rev. Dr William Carey, one of the founders of Serampore college and also called the father of modern mission. Dr William Carey was a British Baptist missionary, Bible translator, ...
20 August 2024 The StatesmanTrinamul Congress Rajya Sabha (RS) MP Sukhendu Sekhar Ray on Monday moved the Calcutta High Court against the repeated summons issued by Kolkata Police to him over social media posts, seeking justice on the R G Kar Hospital rape-murder ...
20 August 2024 The StatesmanThe horrific killing of a female elephant in Jhargram by throwing a flaming pointed iron spear that pierced her back, inflicting severe and fatal wounds, is condemnable, and points to the total failure of both intent and systems to ...
20 August 2024 The StatesmanThe Serampore MLA Dr Sudipto Roy today participated in Raksha Bandhan celebration at Serampore ward 8. On the occasion were present Serampore town president Santosh Singh, Ward councilor Gour Mohan Dey, Bela Dey and others. To send out the ...
20 August 2024 The StatesmanThe post-mortem report of the woman doctor of state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata, who was raped and murdered on August 9, has suggested that the body had 14 injuries.Sources said the report mentioned that all ...
20 August 2024 The StatesmanIn continuing protests against the rape and murder of a PGT doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, junior doctors again took to the streets today demanding justice. The West Bengal Junior Doctors Front organised a march from ...
20 August 2024 The StatesmanThe former principal of the R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, Dr Sandip Ghosh, was grilled by the CBI team investigating the rape and murder of a trainee doctor of the hospital last week for a third straight ...
20 August 2024 The StatesmanHandling a mammoth daily footfall of more than 15 lakh, Sealdah station is also emerging as an environmentally sustainable station. With the help of an efficient water conservation system in the form of installation of sewerage treatment plants, the ...
20 August 2024 The StatesmanIn response to directives from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, leaders and supporters of the Trinamul Congress (TMC) took to the streets across various parts of North Bengal today, staging demonstrations to demand justice for the alleged rape and murder ...
20 August 2024 The StatesmanThe district TMC took out a massive protest rally condemning the brutal rape and killing of a junior doctor in RG Kar Hospital in Kolkata, demanding fast investigation by the CBI and capital punishment for those found involved in ...
20 August 2024 The StatesmanFollowing a letter shared by former Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh urging West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Governor C.V. Ananda Bose to take immediate and decisive action in the Kolkata RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-death case, ...
19 August 2024 The StatesmanA torchlight protest was held in Siliguri in North Bengal under the banner of “Loud and Clear” to condemn the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at a hospital in Kolkata earlier this month.The ‘mashal julush’ protest rally ...
19 August 2024 The StatesmanEven as the Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate imposed Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, (equivalent to Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code) in the Salt Lake Stadium area, huge numbers of supporters of Mohun Bagan, East Bengal ...
19 August 2024 The StatesmanThe BSF apprehended a suspected smuggler while conducting an ambush in Fazilka district on Saturday night, the BSF stated in a press release.Taking to X, BSF Punjab Frontier shared, “On the night of August 17 2024, acting on intelligence ...
19 August 2024 The StatesmanBraving intermittent showers Trinamul Congress leaders and workers staged dharnas across the state demanding capital punishment of those involved in the alleged rape and murder of a doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital recently. The dharnas which ...
19 August 2024 The StatesmanKolkata Police have summoned Trinamul Congress Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy for questioning in connection with comments he made on social media regarding the rape and murder at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. He was asked to ...
19 August 2024 The StatesmanAfter the horrific incident of a murder of a female doctor of R G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, the Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate (ADPC) has entrusted the Shakti Bahini (women police force wearing special black uniform ...
18 August 2024 The StatesmanAmit Malviya, BJP’s West Bengal co-observer and national IT in-charge, has criticized the West Bengal government’s recent actions, accusing chief minister Mamata Banerjee of targeting medical institutions that have been vocal in their protests against her administration.On 16 August, ...
18 August 2024 The StatesmanThe political party leaders trooped in at the house of the murdered Burdwan tribal girl, today, which intensified pressure on the police as none could be arrested in three days.The SP, East Burdwan, Amandeep Singh, on Friday had claimed ...
18 August 2024 The StatesmanSurgeries and outpatients department (OPD) services were badly disrupted on Saturday in different government and private sector hospitals across the state as the Indian Medical Association (IMA) withdrew services for 24 hours from 6 am today to protest against ...
18 August 2024 The StatesmanTrinamul Congress supporters today staged demonstrations across the state, highlighting Left-BJP conspiracy to malign Bengal and capital punishment for the civic volunteer arrested in connection with the alleged rape and murder of a doctor of R G Medical College ...
18 August 2024 The StatesmanA post by TMC leader Kunal Ghosh on Saturday afternoon on X (formerly Twitter) has created a sensation. In his post Kunal expressed a desire for Abhishek to be “actively at the forefront.” He also mentioned, “We must correct ...
18 August 2024 The StatesmanThe leader of opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, claimed on Saturday that the viscera of the junior doctor raped and murdered at the R.G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata last week was changed by ...
18 August 2024 The StatesmanJunior doctors and medical students of R G Kar Medical College Hospital on Friday demanded resignation of the commissioner of police (CP) Vineet Goyal, deputy commissioner of police (DCP) A Gupta, officer-in-charge (OC) of Tala police station and current ...
17 August 2024 The StatesmanThe commissioner of city police Vineet Goyal today acknowledged the alleged failure of the police to assess the mob, building overtime would turn so violent all of a sudden to create a law-and-order problem on 14 August midnight despite ...
17 August 2024 The StatesmanI never informed the parents about their daughter’s death. Instead, I told them to come to the hospital immediately because she was critically ill and rushing her to the emergency ward, claimed the assistant superintendent (AS) of R G ...
17 August 2024 The Statesman