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  • DM, SP, MP, MLA rescued after boat overturns during inspection

    In a bizarre incident, 13 persons, including two Members of Parliament, one MLA and district magistrate and police superintendent of Birbhum fell into the river when their rubber speed boat overturned while inspecting a marooned area in Labhpur of ...

    20 September 2024 The Statesman
    Abhishek urges doctors to join work

    Abhishek Banerjee, Trinamul Congress national general secretary and MP from Diamond Harbour urged the CBI to ensure that no perpetrators are spared with swift punishment handed down at the earliest opportunity.At the same breath he requested the junior doctors ...

    20 September 2024 The Statesman
    Centre’s enemy property dept surveys plot in city

    Officials from the Ministry of home affairs’ (MHA) Enemy Property Office surveyed the status of a building in Raja Bazar today.“The government aims to monetise and generate revenue from these (enemy) properties. This particular property had a case related ...

    20 September 2024 The Statesman
    TMC councillor arrested

    A ruling party’s municipal councilor was arrested by the police for shooting at a rival party member. North 24-Parganas’ Titagarh is in turmoil over this incident. Gunshots were fired over a dispute about who would control the area. ...

    20 September 2024 The Statesman
    Junior doctors meet chief secretary at Nabanna, continue with protest

    The protesting junior doctors met chief secretary Manoj Pant today at the state secretariat to discuss their remaining charter of demands. Till late, the meeting was still on.Agitating junior doctors on Wednesday had written to the state chief secretary ...

    20 September 2024 The Statesman
    Birbhum girl dies mysteriously in Gujarat, family cries non-cooperation

    Piya Das, a hotel management student hailing from Mallick Gunpara in Suri of Birbhum district died mysteriously in Gujarat, her family has sought a high-level probe on her death to reveal the truth.On 12 September, the family received a phone ...

    19 September 2024 The Statesman
    Ritika Tirkey pilots the inaugural Tatanagar-Patna Vande Bharat train

    With her eyes constantly scanning the tracks to move forward and her hands effortlessly guiding the Vande Bharat Express to reach its destination, Ritika Tirkey, a female loco pilot, drove the Tatanagar-Patna Vande Bharat train on its maiden journey ...

    19 September 2024 The Statesman
    Can expect respite from rain next few days: Weatherman

    Amid the fear of floods looming large over various districts of south Bengal, the weather department has tipped some relief for the citizens of this part of the state. According to the Regional Meteorological Centre, south Bengal is unlikely ...

    19 September 2024 The Statesman
    RG Kar fiasco: Junior doctors to continue ‘cease work’ as Bengal CS ‘refuses’ to record meeting minutes

    West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Forum (WBJDF), the umbrella body spearheading the medics’ protests against the ghastly rape and murder of a junior doctor at the R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital here, will continue its ‘cease work’ demonstration after ...

    19 September 2024 The Statesman
    Small tea growers seek recognition, central benefits

    The Confederation of Indian Small Tea Growers Association (CISTA), the national apex body comprising 11 state federations, has urged Union minister of agriculture and farmers welfare Shivraj Singh Chouhan to recognise small tea growers as agricultural farmers.This recognition, they ...

    19 September 2024 The Statesman
    Hospital releases email for filing plaints against Dr Birupaksha Biswas

    In the pretext of allegations raised against Dr Birupaksha Biswas and other accomplices for their alleged ‘threat culture’, principal and chairperson of enquiry committee of College of Medicine and Sagore Dutta Hospital released an email ID by mentioning that ...

    19 September 2024 The Statesman
    Abhijit, Sandip remanded to 3-day CBI custody

    The Sealdah Court today again ordered three days of CBI custody for former RG Kar hospital principal Sandip Ghosh and Tala police station’s former OC Abhijit Mondal.Previously, they were remanded to CBI custody for three days. The case was ...

    19 September 2024 The Statesman
    Manoj Verma replaces Vineet Goyal as new city police chief

    Manoj Kumar Verma, a 1998-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, has been named as the new commissioner of Kolkata Police.He replaces Vineet Kumar Goyal, who has been transferred to the Special Task Force (STF) of West Bengal Police as ...

    19 September 2024 The Statesman
    Tribute to Suchitra Mitra

    The 2-day commemorative event began with the release of the first ever gold coin on the legendary Rabindra Sangeet singer on 16th September at the Gariahat store of Shyam Sundar Co. Jewellers.The exclusive gold coin was released by ...

    19 September 2024 The Statesman
    RG Kar case: Protesting doctors to seek fresh discussions with Bengal govt

    West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Association (WBJDF), the umbrella body organising a protest against the ghastly rape and murder of a junior doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College Hospital in Kolkata, will seek fresh discussions with the state government on ...

    19 September 2024 The Statesman
    Bulldozer not symbol of the rule of law: Mayawati

    In a sharp reaction on the Supreme Court’s ruling on the bulldozer issue, Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati has said that the bulldozer is not a symbol of the rule of law and the increasing trend of its ...

    19 September 2024 The Statesman
    Girl stabbed to death

    A jilted lover stabbed a teenage girl to death in a running bus in Katwa in East Burdwan today.The assailant stabbed multiple times, which caused grave wounds on the right side of her throat that caused her to succumb ...

    18 September 2024 The Statesman
    ED raids Serampore MLA’a bungalow in Hooghly

    In connection with corruption at R G Kar hospital, the ED conducted a raid at the bungalow of Serampore MLA Dr Sudipto Roy today morning at Dadpur village in Hooghly.Dr Sudipto Roy was the chairman of Rogi Kalyan Samity ...

    18 September 2024 The Statesman
    DVC releases 2.5 L cusecs of water, informs state through WhatsApp

    The DVC has opened its floodgates after the midnight hours and had informed Bengal government through in WhatsApp, senior officials claimed amidst state’s charges of giving ‘no prior intimation of the discharge today.A bunch of districts in the lower ...

    18 September 2024 The Statesman
    New Vande Bharat Expresses to enhance connectivity in Asansol

    The Deoghar-Varanasi Vande Bharat Express, originating from Deoghar, under Asansol division of Eastern Railway, was virtually flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, along with six other Vande Bharat trains that will operate on key routes ...

    18 September 2024 The Statesman
    District takes initiatives to uplift folk artists, preserve culture

    The folk culture of Bengal is a vibrant tapestry of traditional art forms, rituals, music and dance.The TMC, soon after coming to power, took up progress and development work in every sector. Bengal folk and tribal artists were most ...

    18 September 2024 The Statesman
    Minister, DM MP visit flood-affected Arambagh areas

    The incessant rain for the last three days have put the Dwarakeswar river in spate with breaches developing at many parts of the dams on it. The overflowing river water has inundated large parts of Arambagh, Goghat and Khankul ...

    18 September 2024 The Statesman
    Govt sets control rooms as flood-like situation prevails

    The government has opened integrated control rooms in the districts hit by flood-like situations and distributed relief materials among the affected people.The districts that are affected include Bankura, Birbhum, South and North 24-Parganas, Hooghly, Howrah Jhargram, Purba and Paschim ...

    18 September 2024 The Statesman
    Govt appoints new DHS, OSD in medical education

    The state government appointed Dr Swapan Soren, joint director of health services as the director of health services (DHS) and Dr Suparna Dutta, director of the Institute of Health and Family Welfare, as officer-on-special-duty (OSD) in medical education on ...

    18 September 2024 The Statesman
    RG Kar case: SC to pass order asking Wikipedia to remove victim’s name, photos

    The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that it will pass an injunctive order specifically asking Wikipedia to remove the name, photographs and video clips of the deceased victim in West Bengal’s R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital incident.“In Wikipedia, ...

    18 September 2024 The Statesman
    2 arrested 10 days after VBU student suicide

    The Santiniketan police station has arrested Mohammed Kaif and Mohammed Fayez, both residents of Beniapukur in Kolkata yesterday in connection with the unnatural death of a student of Visva-Bharati University (VBU) earlier this month.On 5 September, Anamika Singh, a ...

    17 September 2024 The Statesman
    Rare honey badgers spotted for first time in Purulia

    In a new development, forest department trap cameras have spotted three honey badgers (Indian ratels) in the green patches of Purulia. This is the first time ever honey badgers are spotted in West Bengal.The ‘good news’ has been passed ...

    17 September 2024 The Statesman
    Husband, brother-in-law arrested in dowry death case

    Husband and elder brother-in-law have been arrested in the alleged dowry murder case of housewife Sangita Das (24) of Pur Jambad area under Andal police station of Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate (ADPC).Husband Soumitra Dey and elder brother-in-law, Soumen Dey ...

    17 September 2024 The Statesman
    Charting unheard side: Challenges faced by rural India

    Mahatma Gandhi used to believe that the development of India lay in the true progress and development of its villages. Journalism is a mirror of society, which reflects many stark realities that often remain unheard.On Monday, The Statesman recognised ...

    17 September 2024 The Statesman
    ZP begins digitization of road network

    To check the current status of roads in a click, the East Burdwan zilla parishad has kicked off work digitizing its entire road links.East Burdwan blocks and towns have roads owned by the zilla parishad, public works department laid ...

    17 September 2024 The Statesman
    One beaten to death, another injured

    Two employees of railway wagon factory at Bandel, Sahaganj were taken unawares by anti-socials on Monday. They attacked both the employees. One succumbed to his injury while the other was seriously injured. Papu Das (45), a resident of Habra ...

    17 September 2024 The Statesman
    Locals block road after 3-day power cut

    Heavy rains and strong winds during the persisting deep depression caused power cuts for three days in certain locations in Purbasthali, Kalna of East Burdwan that invited a road block by the aggrieved residents on Monday. The locals blocked ...

    17 September 2024 The Statesman
    Rush of rainwater in dams leads DVC to intensify discharge

    Inflow of water to the upper reservoirs caused by the unrelenting rain eventually has forced the Damodar Valley Corporation to intensify the discharges of its prime feeder dams, Panchet and Maithon, resulting in the Durgapur barrage to scale up ...

    17 September 2024 The Statesman
    One killed, mud houses fall in Birbhum

    Malati Mal (50) was killed and her grandson injured when a portion of the house collapsed due to incessant rainfall in Birbhum district. She was first taken to Bolpur Super Speciality Hospital and then to Burdwan Medical College Hospital ...

    17 September 2024 The Statesman
    RG Kar protests: Junior doctors agree to meet CM, seek nod for one of three conditions

    The West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Forum (WBJDF) expressed its willingness to attend the scheduled meeting at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s residence on Monday on their demands in the wake of the ghastly rape and murder of a junior doctor ...

    17 September 2024 The Statesman
    RG Kar tragedy: Talks fail as junior doctors delegation seeks recording, refuses CM’s invitation for a cup of tea

    In a new twist, the scheduled meeting between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and a delegation of the West Bengal Junior Doctor’s Forum (WBJDF), which has been protesting against the ghastly rape and murder of a trainee doctor ...

    16 September 2024 The Statesman
    RG Kar case: Indira Jaising to represent junior doctors at SC on Tuesday

    Acclaimed lawyer and social activist Indira Jaising will be representing West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Forum (WBJDF), the umbrella organisation of junior doctors in the state protesting against the ghastly rape and murder of a junior doctor at state-run R.G. ...

    16 September 2024 The Statesman
    RG Kar rape-murder: CBI gets 3-day custody of Sandip Ghosh, Abhijit Mondal

    A special court here on Sunday granted the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) three-day custody of former R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital principal Sandip Ghosh, and ex-station house officer (SHO) of Tala Police Station, Abhijit Mondal — arrested ...

    16 September 2024 The Statesman
    Women can always lead the way, says India’s first tribal Asst Loco pilot of Vande Bharat Express

    It will be an all-tribal affair inside the driver’s cabin of the Tatanagar-Patna Vande Bharat Express when it is flagged off from the Tatanagar (Jamshedpur) railway station by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on September 15.The Prime Minister will be ...

    16 September 2024 The Statesman
    Amit Malviya’s post on Kolkata cop’s arrest hints at police commissioner’s fate

    A post by BJP’s information technology chief and the party’s special observer for West Bengal Amit Malviya in connection with the arrest of Kolkata Police inspector Abhijit Mondal has sparked speculation in political circles about the fate of the ...

    16 September 2024 The Statesman
    RG Kar tragedy: Junior doctors reach CM’s residence, talks stalled over recording demand

    A 30-strong delegation of junior doctors protesting against the ghastly rape and murder of a junior doctor of Kolkata’s R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital reached Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s residence on Saturday evening for talks but the process ...

    16 September 2024 The Statesman
    RG Kar tragedy: Braving showers, protest by doctors enters day 5

    As the protest by junior doctors against the rape and murder of a fellow medic in August enters the fifth day on Saturday, they are preparing to continue the demonstrations for an indefinite period.Because of the scattered rainfall late ...

    16 September 2024 The Statesman
    Two tribal women lynched in Birbhum, six arrested

    Two tribal women have been lynched allegedly for practicing sorcery at Adivasi Para in Harisara village, under Mayureswar police station area of Birbhum district on Friday evening.Few villagers called them at a khap panchayat and beat them mercilessly and ...

    15 September 2024 The Statesman
    R G Kar tragedy a wake-up call for Bengal: Adhir

    West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (WBPCC) president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury today described the tragic death of a young trainee doctor at R G Kar Medical College as a moment that has “opened the eyes of the people of West ...

    15 September 2024 The Statesman
    BJP demands justice for acid attack victim

    Senior BJP leader and MP Jyotirmay Singh Mahato has called for urgent justice and adequate compensation for the 17-year-old girl, who is the victim of acid attack in Purulia and now battling for life.The MP expressed grave concerns over ...

    15 September 2024 The Statesman
    CPM alleges conspiracy by police to malign Left parties

    Two persons, including a DYFI leader Kalatan Dasgupta were arrested after an audio tape related to a conspiracy of attacks on junior doctors was released by TMC leader Kunal Ghosh yesterday.Amid the controversy over the viral audio, Sanjib Das ...

    15 September 2024 The Statesman
    CM urges doctors to start work during surprise visit at protest site

    Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday paid a surprise visit to the agitating junior doctors’ protest site in front of the Swasthya Bhawan at Salt Lake and urged them again to resume work, ending their 35-day long cease-work programme ...

    15 September 2024 The Statesman
    Wall collapse kills woman in Bankura

    Incessant rains claimed the life of an elderly woman after the portion of a two-storey house collapsed that left eight others, including a child injured in Bankura. Another woman, Putul Tudu suffered grave wounds when the wall of her ...

    15 September 2024 The Statesman
    Two feared trapped in debris after house collapse in W Burdwan

    Two persons are feared trapped inside debris after a portion of a house collapsed in Sahebganj in Raniganj police station area.Due to the ongoing demolition drive of the area for bypass road construction of NH-60 in Raniganj and incessant ...

    15 September 2024 The Statesman
    OC Talla PS, Sandip Ghosh arrested for tampering of evidence

    The CBI on Saturday arrested former principal of R G Kar Hospital, Sandeep Ghosh, and the officer-in-charge (OC) of Tala police station Abhijit Mandal, in connection with a case of rape and murder of trainee doctor at R G ...

    15 September 2024 The Statesman
    US says it is working on “substantial” round of further assistance for Kyiv

    While discussions over whether or not Ukrainian forces should be permitted to utilise weaponry provided by the West to launch attacks deeper into Russia go on, the Biden administration said it is getting ready to send a sizable aid ...

    15 September 2024 The Statesman
    Did Rahul Gandhi cross the red line?

    Congress leader Rahul Gandhi sparked a controversy at home with his critical remarks about the BJP and PM Modi’s rule during his three-day trip to the United States this week. This was Gandhi’s first visit to the US as ...

    15 September 2024 The Statesman
    Victim’s family transferred money to robber’s account: Police

    In the highway robbery case, the victim, prior to the act had officially transferred hefty cash in the bank accounts of the said robbers, the cops investigating the robbery have come to know.Two policemen, ASI Asim Chakraborty of the ...

    14 September 2024 The Statesman
    Metro services on Vishwakarma Puja

    The Kolkata Metro Railway has decided to decrease the number of services on 17 September following the holiday for ‘Vishwakarma Puja.’ On Tuesday, the city Metro is to operate 262 services on the Blue Line instead of 288 daily ...

    14 September 2024 The Statesman
    Lightning death

    A couple died when struck by lightning at a farmland in Memari in East Burdwan on Friday afternoon. Bapi Tudu (40) and Arati Tudu (35) of Satgachia village were supervising cultivation in their farmland at Nabostha village, when lightning ...

    14 September 2024 The Statesman
    7 students fall ill

    When the students of Kumarhat High School were having their recess, they were taken unaware by repeated thunderbolts on Friday. The panicked students fell ill, complaining of severe headache and nausea. Seven affected students were rushed to the Khanakul ...

    14 September 2024 The Statesman
    Junior doctors’ protest enters fourth day

    The dharna by junior doctors in front of Swasthya Bhawan over the rape and murder of a doctor at RG Kar Medical College & Hospital, entered its fourth day on Friday.The agitators are determined to continue with their protests ...

    14 September 2024 The Statesman
    Left & ultra-left groups planning attack on protesting doctors: Kunal

    The Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate has initiated a suo-motu case against unidentified individuals regarding an audio tape released by Trinamul Congress leader Kunal Ghosh.Mr Ghosh alleged that the audio tape contains alarming conversations involving leftist and ultra-leftist individuals, who are ...

    14 September 2024 The Statesman
    Court rejects CBI’s appeal for narco-analysis of Sanjay Roy

    A lower court in Kolkata, on Friday, rejected the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) plea to conduct a narco-analysis test of civic volunteer Sanjay Roy, the sole accused in the rape and murder of the junior doctor at the ...

    14 September 2024 The Statesman
    Railways announces time table for 3 Vande Bharat trains from Howrah

    Passengers looking forward to a journey to the cities of Gaya and Bhagalpur in Bihar while enjoying more comfortable journeys in state-of-the-art coaches can smile. The railways today announced the time table for the upcoming Vande Bharat trains from ...

    14 September 2024 The Statesman
    Siliguri mayor opens Rs 204cr drinking water supply project

    Siliguri mayor Goutam Deb today formally inaugurated the first phase of the second major drinking water project under the “Amrut 2.0” scheme at Gajoldoba in Jalpaiguri.This initiative, supported by the state government, aims to address the long-standing drinking water ...

    14 September 2024 The Statesman
    Indo-B’desh singer Sunidhi Nayak lodges FIR for Rs 5L cyber fraud

    Sunidhi Nayak, a popular Indo-Bangladeshi singer, has lodged a complaint at Santiniketan police station in Birbhum district today allegedly for Rs 5 lakh cyber fraud.Sunidhi Nayak, Rabindra Sangeet singer, was a resident of Asansol of West Burdwan district and ...

    14 September 2024 The Statesman
    Inter-state gang giving fake gun licenses busted

    The Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate (ADPC) has unearthed an inter-state fake license racket and has seized five guns and ammunitions. The racket was active in this industrial region. Five persons have been arrested in this connection.Sandeep Karra, ADCP (West) ...

    13 September 2024 The Statesman
    Highway heist: One nabbed from Tamluk, vehicle used in crime seized

    The vehicle used in the highway heist has been seized and Madhusudan Bag, one of the main accused has been arrested from Tamluk in West Midnapore district by Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate (ADPC) in connection with the money looted ...

    13 September 2024 The Statesman
    Swasthya Bhawan team visits Bankura dengue affected zone

    A health team from Swasthya Bhawan visited the affected zone after the death of two persons of dengue in Bankura district in the past seven days as 739 people have been detected with dengue throughout the district so far.Sabrunessa ...

    13 September 2024 The Statesman
    Junior doctors withdraw stir, 2 doctors shunted from Burdwan Medical College

    Dr Nupur Ghosh and Dr Tapash Ghosh have been transferred from Burdwan Medical College, as per the demands of agitating junior doctors.Incidentally, Dr Nupur Ghosh is the wife of controversial Dr Avik Dey, the close associate of R G ...

    13 September 2024 The Statesman
    CBI raids RG Kar rogi kalyan samiti chief’s house

    The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), probing the horrific incident of rape and murder of the 31-year-old woman post graduate trainee (PGT) doctor, raided the residence of Dr Sudipta Roy, Trinamul Congress MLA and chairman of the Rogi Kalyan ...

    13 September 2024 The Statesman
    Agitating doctors save on-duty policewoman from medical distress

    The junior doctors were getting ready for dinner after a day-long sit-in protest and continuous slogan shouting, in front of the Swasthya Bhawan at Salt Lake on Wednesday.Suddenly, one of the protesting doctors desperately started looking for a stethoscope.One ...

    13 September 2024 The Statesman
    METRO TO RUN ADDITIONAL SERVICES ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS BEFORE PUJA

    Anticipating heavy rush on weekends before the upcoming Durga Puja, Kolkata Metro Railway has decided to run on Saturdays and Sundays in the Blue Line from 14 September. On the forthcoming two Saturdays on 14 and 21 September, the ...

    13 September 2024 The Statesman
    Abhishek remembers his association with Yechury

    Sitaram Yechury, CPM general secretary died at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences ( AIMS), New Delhi this afternoon after a brief illness.He was 72-years old. He became a politburo member of the CPM in 1992. He was ...

    13 September 2024 The Statesman
    Soil testing technology developed by IIT Kharagpur and ICRISAT

    IIT Kharagpur, in collaboration with the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, has made a significant breakthrough in soil analysis through the development of diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) models.This pioneering technology offers high-throughput soil testing ...

    13 September 2024 The Statesman
    Vegetable prices unchanged despite 72-hours truckers’ strike

    The Federation of West Bengal Truck Operators Association have called 72 hours chakka Jam from 11 September to press for their seven-point demands.People fear that three days’ truck strike would lead to acute shortage of green vegetables, potatoes, onions ...

    13 September 2024 The Statesman
    ER takes steps for safety, security of women passengers

    With demands for improved women safety echoing, the Eastern Railway has enhanced security measures for women passengers.To prevent any untoward incident, the zonal railway’s security personnel have intensified the hunt for male passengers in ladies’ coaches. In addition, “Meri ...

    12 September 2024 The Statesman
    Judges file complaint after invasion in their living quarters

    A gang entered the judges’ residence in Diamond Harbour with firearms to terrorize the judges. The judges have sought the intervention of the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court.Judges are feeling unsafe. It is suspected that the intrusion ...

    12 September 2024 The Statesman
    Two killed in separate road mishaps

    An elderly man and a two-year-old girl were killed in two separate road accidents due to reckless driving. The incidents led to agitation and road blocks in the respective areas.An elderly man was crushed by a speeding vehicle while ...

    12 September 2024 The Statesman
    Goods trucks stranded after 72-hour strike call

    Thousands of trucks were stranded since morning across the state following truck owners’ call for a 72-hour strike starting today.They are demanding seven key issues to be resolved, including stopping vehicle overloading, ending harassment by police, political parties and ...

    12 September 2024 The Statesman
    Fraudsters rob civic body Rs 1.43cr through cloned cheques

    Mumbai-based fraudsters siphoned off Rs 1.43 crore from the account of Burdwan Municipality, in two phases. The matter has come to light after a new cheque, worth Rs 97 lakh, was presented at a nationalised bank for withdrawal.What is ...

    12 September 2024 The Statesman
    AMC prepares notice for demolitions of illegal structures on Garui banks

    The Asansol Municipal Corporation (AMC) has prepared a list of unauthorized constructions besides the Garui river and will send notices for demolitions soon, while the detailed project report (DPR) of Rs 12 crore for restoration of the rivulet has ...

    12 September 2024 The Statesman
    Swasthya Sathi benefits now available at Haripal hospital

    The Haripal Sramajibi Hospital first started rendering medical treatment from 16 April, 2023 with a total capacity of 30 beds. The state started the Swasthya Sathi beneficiary scheme after that. The date 9 September will be remembered as the ...

    12 September 2024 The Statesman
    Robbery looted salt mistaking it to be cash: Police

    The highway robbers at Durgapur had looted a sealed pack of salt and not Rs 1 crore in cash, latest investigations have revealed.Two policemen, ASI Asim Chakraborty, the duty officer of Durgapur PS and Chandan Chowdhury, a ...

    12 September 2024 The Statesman
    Metro’s starts mobile-based QR code ticketing system

    In a major relief to the citizens planning shopping or pandal hopping during Durga Puja, the Kolkata Metro Railway today launched a mobile-based integrated QR code ticketing system in the Blue Line.Citizens would be able to plan their day ...

    12 September 2024 The Statesman
    Medical board doctor’s ‘note of dissent’

    In a series of twists and turns in the investigation of the deceased junior doctor, a new row erupted today following the surfacing of an alleged note of dissent by a doctor, who was in the team of doctors ...

    12 September 2024 The Statesman
    Disciplinary committee recommends steps against 12 at NBMC&H

    A five-member disciplinary action committee (DAC) at North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMC&H) has recommended stringent actions against 12 individuals, including senior officials, house staff, postgraduate trainees and other students, following protests against ‘threat culture’ here related to ...

    11 September 2024 The Statesman
    Highway heist: One women arrested, firearms seized, houses sealed

    The Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate (ADPC) special investigation team, comprising officers from various police stations, in connection with the Durgapur highway cash loot case have arrested wife of Prithviraj Oswal, Radhika Oswal and seized a 9mm mauser (pistol) from ...

    11 September 2024 The Statesman
    Cattle smuggling case: Anubrata’s daughter Sukanya gets bail

    Sukanya Mondal, daughter of Anubrata Mondal, Birbhum district president of Trinamul Congress, has got bail from Delhi High Court today in connection with the cross-border cattle smuggling case.She was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in April 2023, after ...

    11 September 2024 The Statesman
    Do not panic in case of smoke from wheels: ER

    The Eastern Railway has urged passengers and other people not to panic if they see smoke from the train wheels. It has clarified that smoke emanating from the wheels is a common occurrence in both ICF and LHB coaches.Notably, ...

    11 September 2024 The Statesman
    Swapan Basu’s ‘Moner Ayna’ completes 35 years

    Swapan Basu, a virtuoso in folk music, will be commemorating 35 years of his first music cover, ‘Moner Ayna’ at Rabindra Sadan on Friday. A man who had devoted a great part of his life towards understanding and preaching ...

    11 September 2024 The Statesman
    Senior citizen refused admission in hospitals dies

    A senior citizen, Sadananda Pal (63), a resident of Nalikul Cinematala, Haripal, on 18 August was hit on the back by a motorbike at high speed. He had received serious head injuries. He was rushed from one hospital ...

    11 September 2024 The Statesman
    Suvendu lends supports to protesting doctors

    Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Suvendu Adhikari, today voiced his support for the ongoing agitation by junior doctors demanding justice for the R G Kar Medical College rape-murder victim.Speaking to reporters at Bagdogra airport, Mr Adhikari emphasised the ...

    11 September 2024 The Statesman
    As SC deadline ends agitating doctors continue with protest, demands

    Despite the Supreme Court directive to the agitating junior doctors to resume work by 5 pm on Tuesday, the protestors said that they would continue their month-long cease-work in state-run medical colleges till their charter of five demands is ...

    11 September 2024 The Statesman
    Burdwan police bring Bharosa app to register complaints

    To help registering complaints the East Burdwan residents may not need to visit any police station anymore. Instead, the victims would require just to click ‘Bharosa’, an android app.Bharosa, as the SP, East Burdwan, Amandeep Singh explained, “Is designed ...

    11 September 2024 The Statesman
    CM Mamata reaches out to agitating doctors

    Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday reached out to agitating junior doctors, inviting them to the state secretariat at Nabanna for a meeting to resolve the impasse amid their ongoing protest over the R G Kar issue, but they ...

    11 September 2024 The Statesman
    Tourist police guard, helpline launched in Birbhum

    Birbhum district police has started a helpline number and a dedicated tourist police service at Unesco’s World Cultural Heritage site Santiniketan from Saturday.These 18 Tourists Police personnel will be deployed in front of Sonajhuri and in front of the ...

    11 September 2024 The Statesman
    State allots Rs 100cr for infra in state-run hospitals: Chief secretary

    Chief secretary Manoj Pant requested the agitating junior doctors to resume work before 5 pm tomorrow, following the Supreme Court directive.The junior doctors are on strike demanding justice and stringent punishment of the persons involved in the rape and ...

    11 September 2024 The Statesman
    CM threatens action against pvt hospitals for not admitting cop

    Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday threatened to take action against private hospitals for denying admission of Abhijit Mondal, officer-in-charge (OC) of Tala police station (PS).Miss Banerjee, while addressing an administrative meeting at the state secretariat, Nabanna, today asked ...

    11 September 2024 The Statesman
    Truck operators call for three-day strike from Wednesday

    Over seven lakh trucks, including big and small ones are anticipated to stay off the roads of West Bengal for 72 hours starting from 11 September.The strike has been called by the members of Federation of West Bengal Truck ...

    11 September 2024 The Statesman
    Need for switch to EV to save environment: Survey

    With West Bengal heading towards winter in few more weeks and the pollution associated with the season, around 75 per cent of residents of a survey conducted by Sustainability Mobility Network (SMN) in Kolkata and Asansol felt there was ...

    11 September 2024 The Statesman
    Mamata refutes offering money to deceased doctor’s family

    After the Supreme Court hearing on Monday, where it asked the protesting doctors to join work, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee too urged doctors to return to work. Amid protests throughout the state, she also denied offering money ...

    11 September 2024 The Statesman
    Molestation charges in Naihati protest march

    Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari today accused Trinamul Congress (TMC)-backed miscreants for “mass molestation” against women protestors, who gathered at Naihati in North 24-Parganas seeking justice for R G Kar student last night.He alleged that this was unprecedented as ...

    10 September 2024 The Statesman
    Tension in Kulti factory after alleged thief dies, another injured

    Vicky Rabidas (30) died on the spot and Mohammed Lodon (30) is critically injured and has been rescued near the No. 12 loco line gate of Kulti Growth Works of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) today morning and ...

    10 September 2024 The Statesman
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