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  • Asansol division’s crackdown on trespassing

    The Asansol division of Eastern Railway has stepped up its efforts to curb unauthorised travel in ladies and divyangjan coaches, reinforcing its commitment to ensuring a safe, dignified, and inclusive travel environment. These coaches, reserved exclusively for women and ...

    7 December 2024 The Statesman
    Three star facility in Jhargram

    A three-star like hotel was inaugurated in Jhargram, the most popular tourist destination in Bengal.Subarnarekha Inn, situated in the heart of Jhargram town will provide all modern amenities to the guests.Jhargram is coming up as the most popular tourist ...

    7 December 2024 The Statesman
    ‘Retail sector in the east grown in last 5 years’

    The Retailers Association of India (RAI) hosted the Kolkata Retail Summit (KRS) 2024, also known as the Retail Convention of Eastern India today. This year’s summit brought together retailers, service providers, and industry leaders to foster collaboration, explore growth ...

    7 December 2024 The Statesman
    Kolkata Fatafat (Kolkata FF) December 7, 2024 result announced: Check winning numbers now

    The Kolkata Fatafat FF lottery results for December 7, 2024, are coming out, bringing another day of anticipation and excitement to players across the city.This popular lottery game, known for its quick and dynamic format, is a daily tradition ...

    7 December 2024 The Statesman
    Bharat Gaurav train to start on 18 February, next year

    IRCTC, East Zone, Kolkata has announced the launch of the Bharat Gaurav Special Tourist Train – Maha Kumbh Punya Kshetra Yatra, set to commence on 18 February 2025. Commencing from Kolkata station, the pilgrimage and heritage odyssey ...

    7 December 2024 The Statesman
    Transport dept rolls out SOPs for public buses for passenger safety

    Every public bus must have to display route, time-table and fare chart in a prominent portion inside the fleet. Laminated photos of licenses of both driver and conductor also must be displayed prominently inside it.Unnecessarily waiting for passengers at ...

    7 December 2024 The Statesman
    Call to boycott B’desh products

    Bangladesh is in turmoil. Every now and then there is news of incidents of humanity being insulted. The elected head of the country has been expelled, the power has been transferred to the hands of India haters, common people ...

    7 December 2024 The Statesman
    Kolkata Fatafat (Kolkata FF) December 6, 2024 result announced: Check winning numbers now

    The Kolkata Fatafat FF lottery result for December 6, 2024, has been announced, and players are eagerly checking their luck.A popular form of gaming in Kolkata, this lottery is similar to Satta Matka and operates daily from Monday to ...

    7 December 2024 The Statesman
    BJP supports TMC motion to resume flights to European countries from city

    In a rare gesture of bonhomie between the ruling and the opposition parties in the Assembly in the Winter Session a motion was supported, which is supposed to help fliers from West Bengal. The Opposition, BJP, on the ...

    6 December 2024 The Statesman
    R G Kar victim’s parents open social media account

    Parents of the lady junior doctor of R G Kar Medical College & Hospital on Thursday opened a Facebook account seeking justice for their daughter.In the Facebook account titled ‘Truth and Justice: Voice for RG KAR Victim’, the victim’s ...

    6 December 2024 The Statesman
    Experts from London, India inspect Howrah bridge’s health

    Experts from Rendel, London, Mr Michael J. King, senior consultant and Mr Omar Nabeel, bridges team leader and assistant technical director, representatives of RITES along with chief engineer, Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port inspected the Howrah Bridge to conduct a ...

    6 December 2024 The Statesman
    UGC makes changes in draft UG, PG degrees

    The University Grant Commission (UGC) on Thursday released a notification titled Draft UGC (Minimum Standards of Instructions in the Award of UG and PG Degrees) making major changes like biannual admissions, provisions of multiple entry and exit, flexibility for ...

    6 December 2024 The Statesman
    6 TMC MLAs write to Mamata with non-cooperation charges against Mahua Moitra

    Six Trinamul Congress MLAs have written a letter to the party chief bringing charges of non-cooperation against Mahua Moitra, party MP from Krishnagar in Nadia district, sources said.The letter, signed by the six legislators, are Bimalendu Singharoy of Karimpur, ...

    6 December 2024 The Statesman
    Mission zero scrap balance

    Aiming at achieving mission Zero Scrap Balance for timely and efficient disposal of scrap generated by various workshops and sheds, the Eastern Railway has achieved cumulative scrap sale of Rs 321.40 crore till November in the current fiscal. The ...

    6 December 2024 The Statesman
    North Bengal book fair to begin in Siliguri

    The Greater Siliguri Publishers’ and Book Sellers Welfare Association (GSPBSWA) will host the 42nd North Bengal Book Fair at the Kanchenjunga Stadium fairground starting 6 December. Interestingly, this coincides with the conclusion of the state-sponsored Siliguri Mahakuma Book Fair, ...

    6 December 2024 The Statesman
    Animal suffer hits near Bagdogra

    In a series of wildlife-related incidents on Thursday, an adult leopard was killed, and four persons sustained serious injuries in separate accidents near Phansidewa and Bagdogra respectively in Siliguri.According to official reports, a speeding car fatally hit a leopard ...

    6 December 2024 The Statesman
    Future of Iranian cinema dismal: Mohammad Sina Ghasemi Mousavi

    The future of the globally appreciated Iranian cinema, which is suffering at the hands of ‘strict’ rules from the state authorities, stern censorships and financial constraints faced by production houses, is dismal, felt Mohammad Sina Ghasemi Mousavi, one of ...

    6 December 2024 The Statesman
    Illegal construction of 8-story building stopped by civic board

    Top three floors of an eight-storey commercial building were erected illegally in which the Burdwan Municipality cracked down on Tuesday afternoon and stopped the construction.The civic body chairman Paresh Chandra Sarkar, accompanied by the civil engineering department officials, raided ...

    5 December 2024 The Statesman
    Boot camp for innovative minds & entrepreneurs

    All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) & ministry of education innovation cell organized Innovation Design and Entrepreneurship boot camp at Sister Nivedita University on 29-30 November .The department of school education and literacy, All India Council for Technical ...

    5 December 2024 The Statesman
    Ahead of BGBS 2025 BJP targets state government

    As the government of West Bengal gears up to host the eighth edition of the Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) on 5-6 February, 2025, the state’s opposition party, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), launched a scathing attack on the ruling ...

    5 December 2024 The Statesman
    2000 plus civic staff protest unpaid salaries

    More than 2,000 temporary workers of Hooghly-Chinsurah municipality are in great distress after being unpaid for three months.The temporary municipality workers are entrusted with public related services, the street lighting system, security work, public health assistance, booster water pump ...

    5 December 2024 The Statesman
    467 FIRs registered on misuse of drinking water

    The West Bengal government has started acting tough against the misuse of the drinking water supplied by the state public health engineering (PHE) department, the state PHE minister Pulak Roy informed the Assembly on Wednesday.“Based on a total of ...

    5 December 2024 The Statesman
    Truck operators stare losses as trade across B’desh border comes to a trickle

    Amid the ongoing turmoil in the neighbouring country, truck operators of the state are staring at huge losses as trade across Bangladesh border has been reduced to half of the normal times.According to the truck operators’ union leaders, during ...

    5 December 2024 The Statesman
    Likely cabinet reshuffle early next year

    A phase-wise reshuffle in the West Bengal cabinet is likely to start from the beginning of the next year with the process expected to be completed within the next two to three months.Sources in the Trinamul Congress said the ...

    5 December 2024 The Statesman
    ED also probes coal, cattle smuggling links after raids

    The officers of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seized clones of several computer hard discs, documents and other related things after conducting marathon search operations in the three medical college hospitals in Durgapur of West Burdwan district, one in Bolpur ...

    5 December 2024 The Statesman
    SC transfers to CBI 2 FIRs against BJP leader over scuffle with TMC workers

    The Supreme Court Wednesday transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) the probe into two FIRs registered against West Bengal BJP leader Kabir Shankar Bose pertaining to the 2020 scuffle between his security personnel of Central Industrial Security ...

    5 December 2024 The Statesman
    Kolkata Fatafat (Kolkata FF) December 5, 2024 result announced: Check winning numbers now

    The results for the Kolkata FF Fatafat Lottery on December 5, 2024 have begun to be announced. This fast-paced lottery game, known for its quick results, continues to capture the attention of players across India.The game operates by declaring ...

    5 December 2024 The Statesman
    Siliguri doc protests flag disrespect: B’desh patients made to salute Tricolour

    In response to reports of alleged disrespect towards the Indian national flag in Bangladesh, Dr Shekhar Banerjee, an ENT specialist from Siliguri, has taken a bold and symbolic stand.He has made it mandatory for Bangladeshi patients to salute the ...

    5 December 2024 The Statesman
    KIFF to show documentary on sculptor Uma Siddhanta

    Uma, a documentary film based on the life and work of well-known sculptor Uma Siddhanta will be screened in the Short and Documentary Panorama category at the 30th Kolkata International Film Festival this year.The weeklong KIFF will be inaugurated ...

    5 December 2024 The Statesman
    No farmer applications from Bengal under PMFBY since 2019-20: Union minister

    No farmer from West Bengal has received any money as claim under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) since 2019-2020.This was announced by the minister of state for agriculture and farmers welfare in the Parliament today.The question was ...

    5 December 2024 The Statesman
    Ahiran lake faces ecological crisis as migratory bird numbers decline

    Ahiran Lake, once a thriving winter haven for migratory birds and a magnet for nature enthusiasts, is grappling with a dramatic drop in bird populations this season. The iconic lake, known for attracting species such as Gray Herons, Ruddy ...

    5 December 2024 The Statesman
    Kolkata Fatafat (Kolkata FF) December 4, 2024 result announced: Check winning numbers now

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    5 December 2024 The Statesman
    Man’s body found a day after his neighbour’s sisters went missing

    A day after twin sisters mysteriously disappeared from Kumardihi Village under Pandaveswar police station, yesterday the dead body of Ujjal Bauri (35), their neighbour was recovered from the site where they were last seen.The body has been found hanging ...

    5 December 2024 The Statesman
    Fake railway job: Police arrest man, Rs10L seized

    Asansol South police station arrested one Harinder Singh from the posh Shristinagar township in Asansol town allegedly on charges of a fake railway job providing case. A person from Maharashtra had lodged a complaint at Asansol South police station ...

    5 December 2024 The Statesman
    ED raids over medical college admission irregularities

    The Enforcement Directorate cracked down on three private medical colleges in Durgapur early morning today and coordinated raids to unearth fishy deals in ‘hefty selling’ of admission quotas to NRI candidates. The raids continued for more than 12 ...

    5 December 2024 The Statesman
    Alleged NRI quota fraud: ED raids private medical colleges

    Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari said today that the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) raids on private medical colleges will expose many health officials in the state.The ED is investigating allegations of fake documents being submitted ...

    4 December 2024 The Statesman
    Scooter driver arrested in Kasba councilor attack case

    A scooter driver was arrested in connection with the attack on a councillor in Kasba. Police have arrested the accused, Laxman Sharma, from Vaishali in Bihar. He will be brought to Kolkata on transit remand. With this, the total ...

    4 December 2024 The Statesman
    Medical College security: SLSAC holds meeting

    The state-level security audit committee (SLSAC), led by former director general of police Surajit Purkayastha, convened a meeting today with officials from North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMC&H) and Raiganj Medical College and Hospital.The meeting aimed to assess ...

    4 December 2024 The Statesman
    Doctor dies in Chandannagar

    A medical practitioner Swati Dey (47), a resident of Hatkhola in Chandannagar died at SSKM hospital this morning. Swati Dey, a doctor at Chandannagar hospital was down with high fever from 24 of November when her platelet count ...

    4 December 2024 The Statesman
    City ISKCON head highlights attack on arrested monk’s lawyer in B’desh

    Regan Acharya, one of the lawyers of the Hindu monk Chinmoy Kumar Das was brutally attacked and his chambers ransacked in Bangladesh.Radharaman Das, vice-president and spokesperson for the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) Kolkata, posted on X and ...

    4 December 2024 The Statesman
    Improved AQI: KMC to carry out ward-wise survey

    Amid concerns for deteriorating air quality, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation is carrying out a ward-wise survey to find out the factors and solutions that would enable improvement of AQI at micro level.As learnt from sources, the survey is being ...

    4 December 2024 The Statesman
    State govt meets finance commission team at Nabanna

    The state government is believed to have raised the issue of the state’s dues amounting to Rs 1,76,000 cr with the Centre allegedly owing to the Centre’s alleged discrimination by putting a freeze on release of funds for various ...

    4 December 2024 The Statesman
    Burdwan University tourism dept explores tie-up with Japanese varsities

    The department of tourism of Burdwan University, which is the oldest government institution in eastern India offering MBA in tourism management courses, has been exploring opportunities with possible tie- ups with various foreign varsities for training, placement, joint academic ...

    4 December 2024 The Statesman
    Fake railway job racket: Asansol police arrests one

    Asansol South police station arrested one Harinder Singh, from the posh Shristi Nagar township in Asansol, allegedly on charges of a fake railway job case. A person from Maharashtra has lodged a complaint at Asansol South police station that ...

    4 December 2024 The Statesman
    NIT Durgapur and Power Grid Corporation to ink deal on solar system

    National Institute of Technology (NIT), Durgapur is going to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Power Grid Corporation of India for installation of a 1.07 MWp on grid rooftop solar system at a function here tomorrow.Naveen Srivastava, director ...

    4 December 2024 The Statesman
    Slugfest between TMC, BJP over Waqf Bill statement

    Two days later after a statement by Trinamul Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee regarding Waqf properties Bill (Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024), there was a political slugfest after the saffron party today took up the ante against TMC on the same ...

    4 December 2024 The Statesman
    5-day border blockade if Chinmoyananda isn’t released: Suvendu

    Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari has issued an ultimatum today to Muhammad Yunus, chief adviser of Bangladesh’s caretaker government, demanding the release of Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das alias Swami Chinmoyananda and other detained ...

    4 December 2024 The Statesman
    Kolkata ranks first in India for scientific research

    Highly regarded scientific journal, Nature, has listed Kolkata as topmost among Indian cities in its listing of 200 scientific cities in the world for this year.The ranking is based on the number of authors and institutions from the city ...

    4 December 2024 The Statesman
    Free medical camps for Diamond Harbour residents

    Trinamul Congress MP from Diamond Harbour and party’s national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee has presented a well-knit plan to provide medical assistance to the people of his Lok Sabha constituency under Sebaashray scheme.Under the scheme, people will be given ...

    4 December 2024 The Statesman
    Stern action against water-theft offenders: Mamata

    Chief minister Mamata Banerjee said stern action will be taken against those who will use drinking water for their personal use depriving lakhs of people.“It is a criminal offence and police will take stern action against the people with ...

    4 December 2024 The Statesman
    Darjeeling tea industry seeks financial revival package

    In a recent high-level meeting held in Guwahati on 30 November, representatives of the Indian Tea Association (ITA) raised concerns over the ailing Darjeeling tea sector, urging the Union minister of commerce and industry and the chief minister of ...

    4 December 2024 The Statesman
    Health experts sound alarm bells micro plastics

    Eminent city doctors and health experts today gave a call for caution, mass awareness and improved government policies to minimise the use of micro plastics that can cause several health hazards, including cancer. Tiny plastic particles that are less ...

    4 December 2024 The Statesman
    Kolkata Fatafat (Kolkata FF) December 2, 2024 result announced: Check winning numbers now

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    3 December 2024 The Statesman
    Aparajita Bill: Trinamul Mahila Congress stages demonstrations

    Members of the Trinamul Mahila Congress today staged demonstrations across the state demanding implemantion of the Aparajita Bill which proposes to ensure women safety and security. The two day demonstration programme came to an end today. The Bill also ...

    2 December 2024 The Statesman
    Indian passengers attacked on bus in Bangladesh, flights between the two countries decline

    A group of Indian passengers travelling from Tripura to Kolkata on a Shyamoli Paribahan bus were subjected to a terrifying ordeal when their bus was attacked in Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh. The bus was intentionally rammed by a truck and then ...

    2 December 2024 The Statesman
    Union Minister expresses concern over ISKCON monks’ arrests; Indian tourists in Bangladesh attacked

    Union Minister of State for Education and Development of the North Eastern Region, and BJP state president, Sukanta Majumdar, has written to the Bangladesh government demanding the immediate release of Chinmoy Krishna Das, Swami Chinmoyananda, and two of his ...

    2 December 2024 The Statesman
    West Bengal State Handicrafts Expo kicks off in Krishnagar

    The West Bengal State Handicrafts Expo 2023 commenced on Saturday at the Krishnagar Government College Ground, showcasing the artistry of 1,100 artisans from across the state. The event will continue until 16 December, offering a platform for artisans to ...

    2 December 2024 The Statesman
    Kolkata’s yellow taxicabs stare at extinction

    After trams, another of the city’s iconic forms of transport is staring at extinction. The diminishing fleet of yellow taxis is on the verge of disappearing altogether with around 1,000 more about to be phased out in a month’s ...

    2 December 2024 The Statesman
    Eastern Railway mechanises laundry operations

    Eastern Railway has mechanised its laundry operations at six locations: Tikiapara, Sealdah, Chitpur, Asansol, Malda, and Bhagalpur. These laundries have a combined average capacity of washing 38 tonnes of linen per day, operating in 2 to 3 shifts. After ...

    2 December 2024 The Statesman
    Bangladeshi man arrested with fake Indian passport in Kolkata

    A Bangladeshi man, who had been staying in Kolkata with a fake Indian passport, was arrested on Saturday.The accused was identified as Selim Matabbar a.k.a Safiq Sardar, a resident of Madaripur in Bangladesh. However, in the fake passport, Matabbar ...

    2 December 2024 The Statesman
    Five killed, 20 injured as bus falls into river near Bengal-Sikkim border

    At least, five persons were reportedly killed and several others were injured after a tourist bus lost its balance and fell into the Teesta River near the West Bengal-Sikkim border at Rangpo on the Sikkim side.The bus was travelling ...

    2 December 2024 The Statesman
    One more monk arrested in Bangladesh: ISKCON Kolkata

    One more monk attached to the International Society For Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) was arrested in Bangladesh, vice-president and spokesman of the ISKCON Kolkata, Radharaman Das claimed on Saturday.He said that the second monk of the society who has been ...

    2 December 2024 The Statesman
    Potato prices in Bengal retail markets likely to rise as traders threaten strike

    The price of potatoes, which is already high in the retail markets of West Bengal, might rise further in the coming week following the decision of the traders association to go for a strike if the ongoing impasse over ...

    2 December 2024 The Statesman
    Kolkata Fatafat (Kolkata FF) December 1, 2024 result announced: Check winning numbers now

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    2 December 2024 The Statesman
    Potato traders threaten strike

    Under pressure from the state government potato traders today threatened to go on an indefinite strike from Monday if the state government does not withdraw the freeze imposed on potato exports and initiate an immediate meeting to resolve the ...

    1 December 2024 The Statesman
    BJP MLA highlights neglect of Gorkha aspirations

    A section of the hill population has expressed its reactions to the central government’s decision to convene a meeting of the Joint Working Group/Committee on the tripartite agreement among the Centre, the Tripura government and The Indigenous Progressive Regional ...

    1 December 2024 The Statesman
    Trinamul MLA replies to show-cause notice

    The rebel Trinamul Congress MLA Humayun Kabir on Friday replied to the show-cause letter served to him by the disciplinary committee of the party on Wednesday evening.His reply was a little soft in tone but full of grievances against ...

    1 December 2024 The Statesman
    Indian startups raise $145 mn in funding this week

    The domestic startup ecosystem raised more than $145 million, as investor confidence is reviving in the country when it comes to VC funding.Publicly-listed gaming firm Nazara raised $101.3 million via a preferential share issue, led by investors like SBI ...

    1 December 2024 The Statesman
    Orientation programme for field investigators

    Siliguri’s Pragati College of Education hosted a daylong orientation programme for field investigators on its premises on Friday. The event was conducted as part of the Parakh Rashtriya Sarvekshan 2024, a large-scale national survey aimed at assessing student performance ...

    1 December 2024 The Statesman
    Police lists Jal Swapna project beneficiaries

    East Burdwan district police kicked off a door-to-door survey on Friday to check whether the beneficiaries were getting piped water or if the middlemen were hijacking the project benefits.Nabanna has given 48 hours to submit the report.In July, 2020, ...

    1 December 2024 The Statesman
    CPI voices concern over communal violence against Hindus in Bangladesh

    Terming the attacks as violations of secular principles, equality, and justice, the CPI warned that such actions pose a significant threat to the communal harmony that underpins Bangladesh’s diverse society.Rajya Sabha MP and CPI national executive member P Sandosh ...

    1 December 2024 The Statesman
    Abhishek slams Center over Aparajita Bill delay

    Abhishek Banerjee, the MP from Diamond Harbour and all India general secretary of the Trinamul Congress, strongly criticised the central government for delaying the approval of the Aparajita Bill, which seeks exemplary punishment for heinous crimes like the rape ...

    1 December 2024 The Statesman
    Bangladeshi man with fake papers nabbed in city

    The Kolkata Police (KP) arrested a Bangladeshi national and former leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Friday night who had been staying in a hotel on Marquis Street for the past two years. Police have seized fake ...

    1 December 2024 The Statesman
    Kolkata Fatafat (Kolkata FF) November 30, 2024 result announced: Check winning numbers now

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    1 December 2024 The Statesman
    Northern wind from Jharkhand responsible for Durgapur pollution, claimed IIT, WBPCB

    Trans-boundary movement of pollutants from Jharkhand, carried forward by the northern winds since mid of October is held responsible for causing persistent air pollution in Durgapur and its suburbs. This was revealed by the IIT, Delhi, the top environment ...

    30 November 2024 The Statesman
    Police officer dies in mysterious circumstances

    A police officer was found dead under mysterious circumstances in the New Tollygunge area under the jurisdiction of Regent Park police station. The deceased, Shankar Chattopadhyay, was an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) with the Alipore police station. While reports indicated ...

    30 November 2024 The Statesman
    Facility theft pain for KMC public toilets

    The upgraded public toilets of Kolkata Municipal Corporation are facing the challenge of theft of articles, making the civic body look for solutions to prevent it.The municipal corporation has undertaken the task of eliminating open urinals in various wards ...

    30 November 2024 The Statesman
    Bangladesh violence: TMC MP writes to EAM demanding update in Parl

    Senior Trinamul Congress (TMC) MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay today urged external affairs minister S Jaishankar to provide a comprehensive update in Parliament on the Union government’s stance regarding recent developments in Bangladesh.Mr Bandyopadhyay emphasised the importance of addressing issues impacting ...

    30 November 2024 The Statesman
    RG Kar irregularities case: CBI names Sandip Ghosh in chargesheet

    The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday filed its first chargesheet at a special court in Kolkata in connection with the multi-crore financial irregularities matter at the state-run R G Kar Medical College and Hospital.Sources aware of the ...

    30 November 2024 The Statesman
    Cyclones in Bay of Bengal are getting slow passing through land: DG Meteorology

    Movement of cyclones in Bay of Bengal after making landfall has become slower in the recent past. As an indirect impact of climate change, cyclones in the basin of Bay of Bengal are taking more time to pass through ...

    30 November 2024 The Statesman
    CBI files chargesheet in RG Kar financial irregularities case, names five including former principal Sandip Ghosh

    The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday filed a chargesheet in connection with a case of financial irregularities at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. Former Principal of RG Kar Dr Sandip Ghosh and four others have been ...

    30 November 2024 The Statesman
    NMC threatens action on med colleges, 9 from state

    The National Medical Commission (NMC), sole body monitoring medical education in the country, has threatened to take penal action against around 198 medical colleges across states and Union territories (UTs), including nine from Bengal for non-submission of details in ...

    30 November 2024 The Statesman
    Govt meets diplomats, pitches for business in Bengal

    The West Bengal government in partnership with FICCI, hosted a diplomats’ roundtable today in New Delhi as a prelude to the Bengal Global Business Summit 2025 (BGBS).Amit Mitra, principal chief advisor to the chief minister and finance department and ...

    30 November 2024 The Statesman
    KIFF: France named theme country, films from 29 nations to be screened

    The upcoming 30 edition of Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) is to offer more than just handpicked movies to the film enthusiasts in the city. The 30 KIFF, scheduled between 4 to 11 December is to include several seminars, ...

    30 November 2024 The Statesman
    Kolkata Fatafat (Kolkata FF) November 29, 2024 result announced: Check winning numbers now

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    30 November 2024 The Statesman
    Illegal pond filling: E Burdwan DM orders probe

    The district magistrate of East Burdwan, Ayesha Rani has ordered an investigation against the illegal filling up of Shashank Bill, a vast waterbody, is spread over 300 bighas and known as the kidney of Burdwan town.Burdwan Municipality has formed ...

    29 November 2024 The Statesman
    India a global power: Russian consul general in city

    Russia considers India as a global power and an indispensable player in the emerging multipolar international system’ said Maxim V Kozlov, the newly-appointed consul general of Russia in Kolkata.Mr Kozlov was speaking at a special session on ‘India-Russia Trade ...

    29 November 2024 The Statesman
    Chief commissioner CGST interacts with industry stakeholders in city

    CII Eastern Region, today, facilitated an interactive session with Shrawan Kumar, IRS, chief commissioner, CGST & Central Excise Kolkata and Manoj Kumar Kedia, IRS, principal commissioner, CGST & Excise Kolkata, with various industry stakeholders in Kolkata.Shrawan Kumar broadly discussed ...

    29 November 2024 The Statesman
    B2B foodtech fair starts in city

    The 21st International Foodtech Kolkata 2024, Eastern India’s Premier business-to-business (B2B) exhibition for food processing, bakery, mithai & namkeen, dairy, ice-cream and hospitality industry, will be held at the Biswa Bangla Milan Mela Complex in from 29 November to ...

    29 November 2024 The Statesman
    Mamata to meet top officials over BGBS preparation

    Chief minister Mamata Banerjee will hold a meeting with the senior bureaucrats tomorrow to prepare a road for successfully holding the Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS).The two-day conference will be held in February 2025. Chief secretary Manoj Pant, home ...

    29 November 2024 The Statesman
    Funds under Swasthya Sathi misused during RG Kar protests

    Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that the funds allotted for the state government’s Swasthya Sathi scheme have been misused during the protest movements against rape and murder of the woman postgraduate trainee doctor at R G Kar ...

    29 November 2024 The Statesman
    CM asks MLA Humayun Kabir to keep quiet, reply to notice

    The chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday asked her party MLA Humayun Kabir to give reply in connection with the show-cause notice served to him on Wednesday as soon as possible.Miss Banerjee also asked the MLA from Bharatpur in ...

    29 November 2024 The Statesman
    Tab scam: Another man arrested from Malda

    Siliguri Metropolitan Police have arrested Manoj Chowdhury from the Baishnabnagar police station area in Malda in connection with the tablet scam. Chowdhury was produced before the court in Siliguri today.Officials from the cyber and detective department arrested Chowdhury following ...

    29 November 2024 The Statesman
    Tension in north Bengal over unrest in Bangladesh

    Tension prevailed in parts of north Bengal following recent unrest in Bangladesh, triggered by the arrest of a Hindu monk. Many Hindu families in the region, who have close ties to Bangladesh due to their relatives living there, are ...

    29 November 2024 The Statesman
    Bangladesh unrest: Dilip Ghosh, CPM offer differing ways

    Firebrand BJP leader Dilip Ghosh today said that chief minister Mamata Banerjee should be actively vocal against torture and attack on the minorities in Bangladesh.Ghosh said, “She’d offered to provide shelter to the persecuted persons during the turmoil when ...

    29 November 2024 The Statesman
    Two arrested for scrap iron theft

    Two persons Sagar Akure and Mohamed Raja Khan were arrested after Durgapur Police seized around Rs 5 lakh worth iron scraps stolen from a closed iron and steel factory in Durgapur today morning.The Bidhannagar police outpost under New Township ...

    29 November 2024 The Statesman
    Siliguri surgeon wins best medical teacher award

    The medical fraternity in Bengal has a reason to celebrate, as senior surgeon Dr Kaushik Bhattacharya from Siliguri has been selected for the prestigious National Best Medical Teacher Award for the second consecutive year.The award, conferred by the Indian ...

    29 November 2024 The Statesman
    Sikkim bank bags national award

    The Sikkim State Cooperative Bank has earned the prestigious third prize for ‘Overall Best Performance’ under the II Tier Structure for the year 2022-23 at the national level. This esteemed recognition was awarded by the National Federation of State ...

    29 November 2024 The Statesman
    High altitude balloon launching centre opened in Birbhum

    Sixty three years after Homi Jahangir Bhabha’s Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) set up India’s first ‘balloon facility’ or high altitude balloon launching facility at Hyderabad in Telangana, the country’s second balloon launching facility was inaugurated in Chandrapur ...

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    Durgapur residents choke with rising PM10 levels

    Local residents are breathing toxic gases across this industrial city that has surpassed the degree of pollution of the national capital for the second consecutive day and topped the list of hazardous cities in the country, as the pollution ...

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