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  • Doctors fall prey to stress and need sustained psychotherapy: Psychiatrists

    Though doctors are treated gods but many a time these doctors suffer psychological breakdown, which leads to suicidal attempts. This may at times result in killing their colleagues, subordinates inside the hospital duty rooms either out of personal or ...

    15 August 2024 The Statesman
    Bethune College’s social inclusive move

    Bethune College’s Women’s Studies Centre marked two days of progressive action this week, blending environmental consciousness with social inclusivity.On 12 August, the Centre collaborated with the college’s NSS unit to host its annual Banamahotsav, commemorating the death anniversary of ...

    15 August 2024 The Statesman
    Sealdah now sustainable station after water conservation efforts

    Handling 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 ...

    15 August 2024 The Statesman
    CBI team visits incident spot at R G Kar Hospital

    A team of senior CBI officers, medicine and forensic experts, headed by V Chandrasekhar, joint director of the central investigating agency, on Wednesday reached R G Kar Medical College Hospital and visited the seminar hall in the chest medicine ...

    15 August 2024 The Statesman
    Police tampered with proof: MP Abhijit Gangopadhyay

    Former Justice of Calcutta High Court and BJP MP from Tamluk, Abhijit Gangopadhyay, took to the streets today in Kolkata for the first time in a political movement, despite previously participating in election campaigns.Before the rally began, he criticized ...

    15 August 2024 The Statesman
    Doctor rape-murder: Mamata defends Kolkata Police a day after HC orders CBI probe

    A day after the Calcutta High Court questioned Kolkata Police over its investigation into the ghastly rape and murder of a woman doctor at the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital here last week, and handed over the ...

    15 August 2024 The Statesman
    Legal fraternity stands by protesting doctors

    In a significant development, the Bar Library Club, situated at the Calcutta High Court, today took a resolution at its general meeting in the afternoon stating their solidarity with the protesting doctors.The resolution stated that the horrific incident of ...

    15 August 2024 The Statesman
    Mamata wishes all Kanyashree recipients

    Chief minister Mamata Banerjee today wished all Kanyashree recipients of the state ahead of the Independence Day and on Kanyashree Day today.In a post in her X-handle, she said, “Today is Kanyashree Day. I heartily welcome and congratulate all ...

    15 August 2024 The Statesman
    Hawkers from Bengal in Odisha return after getting Bangladeshi tag

    Overcoming the trauma of being harassed and beaten after being labelled as ‘Bangladeshis,’ 35 workers have returned to Bengal from Odisha.Earlier, chief minister Mamata Banerjee urged Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi for their safety and security and safe return ...

    15 August 2024 The Statesman
    Doctors continue protest at CNMCH against new principal

    Junior doctors, interns and postgraduate trainees (PGTs) of the state-run Calcutta National Medical College Hospital (CNMCH) continued to protest even on Tuesday against the controversial appointment of Prof Sandip Ghosh as their college principal.The agitating students-junior doctors at the ...

    15 August 2024 The Statesman
    Jharkhand’s indigenous art form gets preserved by Google

    Banglanatok.com presented 73 assets and a new exhibit titled, Sohrai – The Wall Art of Jharkhand.The exhibit showcases the vibrant world of murals, nurtured for centuries by the indigenous communities of Jharkhand. Sohrai painting, a traditional art form practiced ...

    15 August 2024 The Statesman
    UN delegation discusses state model on diabetes control

    Chief minister Mamata Banerjee today held a meeting with UNICEF delegation, which had called on her at the state secretariat, Nabanna. Sources claimed the delegation discussed the West Bengal model for care for type 1 diabetes patients.Later, Miss Banerjee ...

    15 August 2024 The Statesman
    NCC Kolkata B units celebrate I-Day

    The NCC units of Kolkata B marked the 78th Independence Day with a grand celebration under the theme, Viksit Bharat.The day’s activities kicked off with a powerful nukkad natak at Princep Ghat and the NCC Institute, capturing the essence ...

    15 August 2024 The Statesman
    HC transfers RG Kar investigation to CBI

    Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ord – er ed a CBI investi – gation into the rape and murder of a woman post-graduate trainee (PGT) doctor at the RG Kar Medical college and Hospital last Friday and asked police ...

    14 August 2024 The Statesman
    Direct Dr Sandip Ghosh to go on leave: Calcutta HC to Bengal govt

    A division bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Tuesday, directed the West Bengal health department to instruct the erstwhile principal of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital and the current principal of Calcutta National Medical College & Hospital ...

    14 August 2024 The Statesman
    Kolkata doctor’s rape & murder: Questions raised in court over communication goof-up

    Amid the nation-wide outrage over the rape and murder of a female doctor at Kolkata’s R.G. Kar Medical College last week, questions were raised in the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday over the communication goof-up on the part of ...

    14 August 2024 The Statesman
    DVC worker dies during inspection

    A contract labourer died while working at the coal handling unit of the Damodar Valley Corporation’s Mejia Thermal Power Station here on Monday night.Ananta Ghosh (49) was mangled in the conveyor belt roller while operating at Transfer Point-11 of ...

    14 August 2024 The Statesman
    Ahead of I-Day, ITC pays tribute to nation with musical composition ‘Desh Ek Raag’

    On the occasion of 78th Independence Day, ITC Ltd. has paid tribute to the nation with the creation of a unique musical composition, ‘Desh Ek Raag’, performed by ‘gurus’ and ‘shishyas’ of the ITC Sangeet Research Academy (ITC-SRA).The soul-stirring ...

    14 August 2024 The Statesman
    Students hurt as historic Hannah House in Serampore collapses

    Today evening at 4 pm, the partly-demolished historic Hannah House within the premises of Serampore Mission Girls High School collapsed, creating much panic among the students.Six traumatized students were rushed to hospital. After their recovery they were handed over ...

    14 August 2024 The Statesman
    Doctors continue protest at CNMCH against new principal

    Junior doctors, interns and postgraduate trainees (PGTs) of the state-run Calcutta National Medical College Hospital (CNMCH) continued to protest even on Tuesday against the controversial appointment of Prof Sandip Ghosh as their college principal.In a major decision, late today ...

    14 August 2024 The Statesman
    Demand for flyover at Baidyabati railway crossing gets louder

    A long standing demand for a flyover over Baidyabati railway level crossing is an absolute necessity, which the local residents have been demanding for a long time.The Baidyabati railway level crossing gets congested during peak hours, vehicles following the ...

    14 August 2024 The Statesman
    CM vows CBI probe if no headway by Sunday

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Monday that the probe in the alleged rape and murder of the trainee doctor of Kolkata-based R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital will be handed over to the Central Bureau of ...

    14 August 2024 The Statesman
    Bengal govt must initiate strict action against accused in female doctor murder case: Priyanka

    Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday asked the West Bengal government to take immediate and strict action against the accused in the female doctor murder case.“I appeal to the state government to take immediate and strict action ...

    14 August 2024 The Statesman
    Cong’s Alka Lamba speaks out on Kolkata doc’s murder

    In the wake of the recent rape and murder of a female doctor in Kolkata, All India Mahila Congress President, Alka Lamba on Monday slammed rising crimes against women in the country.Slamming the audacity of the perpetrators amid the ...

    13 August 2024 The Statesman
    Memorandum to Prez on violence against Hindus in Bangladesh

    A memorandum was submitted to the President of India, today, through the sub-divisional officer (SDO) in Siliguri, to protest against the ongoing violence targeting the Hindu minority in Bangladesh.The protest was organised by members of the Hindu Suraksha Mancha, ...

    13 August 2024 The Statesman
    Top brass of Asansol Durgapur police review security at dist hospital

    The top cops from Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate (ADPC) have visited the Asansol District and Superspecialty hospital and reviewed the security system on campus.The cops held meetings with the doctors and other hospital staff and also inspected the hospital ...

    13 August 2024 The Statesman
    Doctors intensify strike work across state hospitals

    Hospital services in government medical colleges across West Bengal were disrupted on Monday as students, interns, and postgraduate trainee (PGT) trainee doctors threatened to intensify their ongoing cease-work programme in both out patients departments (OPDs) and emergency wards demanding ...

    13 August 2024 The Statesman
    SIT questions 4 docs who had dinner with victim

    The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Kolkata Police, formed to probe the Friday’s rape and murder case of the 31-year-old postgraduate trainee (PGT) doctor of chest medicine department at R G Kar Medical College Hospital, interrogated four other junior ...

    13 August 2024 The Statesman
    R G Kar principal Dr Ghosh transferred to CNMCH

    Prof (Dr) Sandip Ghosh, principal of the state-run R G Kar Medical College Hospital, has been transferred to the Calcutta National Medical College Hospital (CNMCH) in the same post on Monday evening, hours after he resigned from the state ...

    13 August 2024 The Statesman
    Police urges public to have faith on probe team

    In the face of growing unrest among the medical fraternity in particular and the common people over the second-year postgraduate student’s death, the Kolkata Police, on Monday issued a public appeal requesting all concerned to have faith in the ...

    13 August 2024 The Statesman
    Doctors welcome CM’s deadline to police probe

    Medical professionals here have expressed their support for chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s decisive action in the investigation of the rape and murder of a lady doctor at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital.CM Banerjee has set a Sunday ...

    13 August 2024 The Statesman
    Calcutta HC issues notice to all parties on plea by BJP’s Arambagh candidate

    The Calcutta High Court on Monday issued notices to all parties concerned acting on a petition filed by Arup Kanti Digar, the BJP candidate from Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency in Hooghly District in the last Lok Sabha elections.The single-judge ...

    13 August 2024 The Statesman
    Junior doctors, others summoned for questioning in Kolkata doctor rape-murder case

    Four junior doctors are among those summoned by Kolkata police for questioning on Tuesday in connection with the murder and alleged sexual assault case of a second year postgraduate student at a government-run hospital in the city last week. The ...

    13 August 2024 The Statesman
    Mamata urges Odisha CM to ensure safety of Bengal migrant workers

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today spoke to Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi over allegations that several Bengali migrant workers living in Odisha have been assaulted in the neighbouring state, sources at the state administrative headquarters Nabanna said. According ...

    12 August 2024 The Statesman
    Status report on idle land of seven closed factories being prepared by West Burdwan DM

    The district magistrate of West Burdwan, S. Ponnambalam has been preparing a status report of the idle land of seven closed industries, totalling about 2,100 acres and will submit it to the state commerce and industry department shortly. Recently, ...

    12 August 2024 The Statesman
    Security tightened at North Bengal Medical College & Hospital following Kolkata rape-murder incident

    In the wake of the recent rape and murder of a female intern at R.G. Kar Medical College, security has been heightened across the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMC&H) campus. An additional 15 female police constables have ...

    12 August 2024 The Statesman
    Minister inaugurates mortuary at Chandannagar

    State minister Indranil Sen on Saturday evening inaugurated a mortuary equipped with four refrigerated cabinets at Kodaichanditala in Chandannagar. Mortuary cabinets are low-temperature refrigerated cabinets that are used to keep bodies for a short or long time. Before the ...

    12 August 2024 The Statesman
    Boroli fish returns to North Bengal rivers, stirring memories of late CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharya

    The much-awaited return of the Boroli fish, also known as the Hilsa Boroli, has brought relief to the residents of North Bengal and rekindled memories of the late former Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, a noted admirer of this prized ...

    12 August 2024 The Statesman
    Awami League student leader arrested from Bengal

    A leader of the student organisation of Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s party, the Awami League, was arrested from a village near the India-Bangladesh border in Murshidabad. Acting on a tip-off, the Border Security Force (BSF) apprehended the ...

    12 August 2024 The Statesman
    Superintendent of RG Kar Hospital removed

    The medical superintendent of R G Kar Hospital was removed from his position on Sunday, days after a female post graduate trainee doctor was raped and murdered while on duty at the hospital. Meanwhile, protests demanding quick punishment of ...

    12 August 2024 The Statesman
    Chief secretary, CP visit RG Kar hospital to monitor probe progress

    The state’s chief secretary B P Gopalika and Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal visited the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on Sunday amid the protests over the rape and murder of a female doctor. Junior doctors at the ...

    12 August 2024 The Statesman
    Abhishek Banerjee pledges stern action against corrupt party leaders

    Trinamul Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee pledged to take stern action against party leaders and workers against whom complaints of muscle flexing and extortion are lodged. Anyone living in Diamond Harbour constituency can send a Whatsapp message to ...

    12 August 2024 The Statesman
    R G Kar incident: Sukanta Majumdar writes to JP Nadda for intervention of NMC and CBI

    In the wake of the brutal murder after alleged rape of a second year post graduate medical student of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Union minister and BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar has penned an urgent letter to ...

    12 August 2024 The Statesman
    Within 24 hrs accused has been arrested: Abhishek

    Trinamul Congress national general secretary and Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee today demanded that the punishment for the accused in the R G Kar rape and murder case should be expedited and advocated that the BJP should promulgate ...

    11 August 2024 The Statesman
    AACCI gets New East India president

    The Asian African Chamber of Commerce & Industry (AACCI) announced the successful installation of Dr Mamta Binani as the chapter president for the East India chapter. The prestigious ceremony was held at Hyatt Centric Ballygunge, Kolkata, which was graced ...

    11 August 2024 The Statesman
    TMC condemns doc death, hits out at BJP’s Malviya

    The ruling Trinamul Congress leaders and the party, in the wake of the protests, issued condemnation of the incident at R G Kar Hospital and even mentioned the steps taken by the state government in this regard.Trinamul Congress spokesperson ...

    11 August 2024 The Statesman
    CM should handover probe to AIIMS, CBI: BJP

    BJP West Bengal co-observer and national IT in-charge Amit Malviya, took to X to voice his outrage, stating that the administration, led by chief minister Mamata Banerjee has made Bengal unsafe for women.Malviya called for a Central Bureau of ...

    11 August 2024 The Statesman
    R G Kar Hospital death: Civic volunteer nabbed

    Sanjoy Roy, a civic volunteer of the Kolkata Police was arrested on Saturday by police in connection with rape and murder of a 31-year-old post-graduate trainee (PGT) doctor of R G Kar Medical College Hospital.Vineet Kumar Goyal, commissioner of ...

    11 August 2024 The Statesman
    Mother of R G Kar shocked by son’s heinous act

    The mother of the civic volunteer arrested in the R G Kar Medical College and Hospital incident cannot believe that her son could commit such a crime. She insisted, “My son cannot do something like this.”However, she has heard ...

    11 August 2024 The Statesman
    R G Kar Hospital turns into battlefield as police, agitators clash

    The main entrance of the state-run R G Kar Medical College Hospital turned into a battlefield between police and protesters mainly belonging to different Left-affiliated students’ organizations on Saturday evening when they clashed with each other.The trouble started after ...

    11 August 2024 The Statesman
    SUCI protests brutal death of female medical student

    The rape and murder of a lady intern at R G Kar Medical college have come as a great shock in the medical fraternity, eliciting strong protests from every corner.The SUCI (c) at Chinsurah Ghori More staged a strong ...

    11 August 2024 The Statesman
    Female doctors in E Burdwan complain of sexual harassment, intimidation

    In the thick of protests against the death of a postgraduate student of R G Kar Medical College, two female physicians from two different hospitals in East Burdwan today brought charges of receiving intimidation from a drunken civic police ...

    11 August 2024 The Statesman
    He is criminal of highest order: CP Vineet Goyal

    City commissioner of police Vineet Goyal addressed a press meet updating the developments in the police probe into the incident.He said, “This is an unfortunate incident. Yesterday at 10.30 am, the Tala PS was informed that a lady was ...

    11 August 2024 The Statesman
    Hundreds of Bangladeshis seek refuge at border in Cooch Behar

    In a tense and unusual development, hundreds of Bangladeshi nationals gathered at the Indo-Bangladesh border in Cooch Behar district, West Bengal, seeking refuge in India to escape violence in their home country.Sources reported that the group approached the Doikhata ...

    10 August 2024 The Statesman
    Sikkim approves Rs 14,490.67cr in budget, focuses on key sectors

    Sikkim has approved a budget of Rs 14,490.67 crore for the financial year 2024-25, with special attention given to enhancing the state’s infrastructure and vital sectors, chief minister Prem Singh Tamang (Golay) announced today.Following the conclusion of a five-day ...

    10 August 2024 The Statesman
    Rahul Gandhi writes to Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s wife highlighting his role as pragmatic politician

    the mortal remains of former West Bengal Chief Minister, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, were on Friday handed over to state-run NRS Medical College & Hospital for medical research as per his last wish, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi wrote to his widow ...

    10 August 2024 The Statesman
    Female doctor found dead inside R G Kar Hospital, CM speaks to father

    Mystery shrouded the death of a female postgraduate trainee (PGT) doctor inside the seminar hall, housed on the fourth floor of the emergency building on Friday.Considering the seriousness of the incident, commissioner of police Vineet Kumar Goyal, senior police ...

    10 August 2024 The Statesman
    BJP MLA writes to CM flagging illegal mining in Siliguri

    Matigara Naxalbari MLA and senior BJP leader Anandamay Barman, has called for the urgent intervention of chief minister Mamata Banerjee to put a permanent halt to illegal mining activities in the region.In a letter addressed to the chief minister, ...

    10 August 2024 The Statesman
    Goods train derailment in Malda disrupts rail services

    A goods train derailed at Kumedpur railway station in Malda district, under the Katihar division of the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR), at 10.45am today.The derailment has significantly disrupted train operations on the New Jalpaiguri-Malda Town-Katihar sections.As a consequence, several ...

    10 August 2024 The Statesman
    Old-timers recount modernisation of IISCO plant during Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s time

    At a time, when his dream project of Tata Motors small car factory in Singur started winding up due to land agitation, silently another and more specifically even bigger industry started taking shape. The Rs 18,032-crore modernization of IISCO ...

    10 August 2024 The Statesman
    Darjeeling MP raises land rights issues in Parliament

    Darjeeling MP Raju Bista passionately addressed the Parliament on Friday, raising the issue of granting parja patta (deed of land rights) for the ancestral lands of the people in his Parliamentary constituency.Mr Bista highlighted a historical concern, explaining how ...

    10 August 2024 The Statesman
    Khunti Puja at Mohammad Ali Park

    Youth Association of Mohammad Ali Park had their autumnal ritual with the Khuti Puja today to mark the start of Durga puja proceedings this year located at Mohammad Ali Park Durga Puja, near MG Metro station.Mohammad Ali Park Durga ...

    10 August 2024 The Statesman
    Mamata urges Md Yunus to restore peace in Bangladesh

    Chief minister Mamata Banerjee today urged the Nobel laureate and chief adviser to Bangladesh interim government, Muhammad Yunus, who took oath as the interim chief of Bangladesh on Thursday, to instil peace in trouble-torn Bangladesh. In a message on ...

    10 August 2024 The Statesman
    Red Salute, tears abound at Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s last journey

    As the mortal remains of former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee were brought out from the Peace Heaven mortuary for his last journey and the cortege started towards the Assembly premises, followers lined up the streets for miles ...

    10 August 2024 The Statesman
    Coal theft case: Framing of charges deferred till 7 September

    The charge framing in the coal theft case has been further deferred as the Special CBI Court in Asansol has directed the central agency to frame charges on 7 September, which will be the next hearing of the case.The ...

    10 August 2024 The Statesman
    This locality in Burdwan town excited for their son-in-law’s elevation as Bangladesh’s new PM

    Close relatives, neighbours and brother-in-law and his family are excited as the celebrity jamai (son-in-law) of this non-descript Paschim Para in Laskar Dighi area (near Raniganj Bazar) in Burdwan town of West Bengal is all set to take charge ...

    9 August 2024 The Statesman
    Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee: Man with literary interests and simple tastes

    Erstwhile Left Front chief minister and veteran communist leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, a man of rare integrity in politics, lived through both dreams and disillusionments. Dressed in traditional dhoti, kurta and Kolhapuri sandals, he epitomized the quintessential Bengali gentleman. He ...

    9 August 2024 The Statesman
    Ex-CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee dies of heart attack

    Veteran communist Leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who was the second and last chief minister of the 34-year-long Left Front rule in West Bengal, passed away at the age of 80. He served as the state’s chief minister from 2000 to ...

    9 August 2024 The Statesman
    Tributes pour in for former CM

    Tributes have been pouring in after the death of former chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee. Bhattacharjee, who passed away at 80. Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his condolences on X (formerly Twitter), stating, “I am saddened by the passing of ...

    9 August 2024 The Statesman
    Breakthrough in 3,943-metre tunnel of Sevoke-Rangpo project: NFR

    In a significant development, a 3,943-meter-long tunnel (No. T-06) of the Sevoke-Rangpo Rail Project (SRRP), located in Kalimpong district of West Bengal, achieved a breakthrough on Tuesday, according to a senior railway official.The SRRP comprises 14 tunnels. With the ...

    9 August 2024 The Statesman
    Sr engineer, 4 labourers get burn injuries in plant explosion

    Five workers, including an electrical engineer, suffered severe burn injuries after a massive flashover in the power line circuit breaker inside the Damodar Valley Corporation-owned Mejia Thermal Power Station, today.They were charred and shifted to a private superspecialty hospital ...

    9 August 2024 The Statesman
    Man with modern outlook, Buddhababu was keen on IT: Ex-CS Manish Gupta

    Buddhababu had a modern outlook and took strong initiatives for bringing in IT industries to West Bengal, reminisced Manish Gupta, former Trinamul Congress MP from Rajya Sabha.Mr Gupta was chief secretary of the state from 1997 and 2001, with ...

    9 August 2024 The Statesman
    Singur agitation leaders remember ex-CM Bhattacharya

    The demise of the former chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya came as a great shock to the people of the state.At the initiative of Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, Tata Motors had set up the Tata Nano project at Singur. However, the project ...

    9 August 2024 The Statesman
    Nitin Gadkari orders immediate transfer of NH-10 work to NHIDCL: Sikkim MP

    Sikkim MP Indra Hang Subba announced on Thursday that Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari has instructed the ministry to promptly transfer the maintenance and management authority of national highway 10 (NH-10) from West Bengal’s Public ...

    9 August 2024 The Statesman
    With timely intervention, he could have been saved: Docs treating ex-CM

    The former chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee could have been saved if he was rushed to a hospital in time. Unfortunately, he was against being admitted in a hospital.Doctors, who used to treat the former CM regularly either in the ...

    9 August 2024 The Statesman
    Close to 22L migrant workers from Bengal in other states: Moloy Ghatak

    The controversy regarding the exact number of migrant workers from West Bengal was raised in the state Assembly on Friday, when the Indian Secular Front (ISF) MLA Naushad Siddiqui wanted to know about the figure from state labour minister ...

    9 August 2024 The Statesman
    GNLF activists hoist black flags in protest over delayed political solution

    Activists from the Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) have been hoisting black flags across Darjeeling, Kalimpong, and surrounding areas since 5 August to protest the delay in implementing a Permanent Political Solution for the region. Today, black flags were ...

    8 August 2024 The Statesman
    Haj policy 2025 announced: State Haj committee gearing up for intensive campaign

    After the Centre unveiled the ‘Haj Policy 2025’ yesterday, the state Haj Committee is now gearing up to conduct an intensive campaign on maximising usage of the ‘Haj Suvidha’ mobile application among the pilgrims intending to head towards Mecca. ...

    8 August 2024 The Statesman
    Drivers and hotel personnel given first aid training

    In a bid to ensure they have the expertise to handle any sudden medical emergency faced by tourists, Jhargram Tourism in association with Indian Medical Association, Jhargram branch organised a camp to provide first aid training to drivers and ...

    8 August 2024 The Statesman
    Pollution leads to disappearance of Raikhor fish in Atreyee river

    The beloved Raikhor fish (Cirrhina reba), a local culinary treasure, has become a rare sight in the Atreyee river this monsoon season, alarming residents and environmentalists alike. Traditionally abundant during this period, the near-absence of Raikhor is now being ...

    8 August 2024 The Statesman
    Mamata Banerjee rejigs state council of ministers

    Chief minister Mamata Banerjee today effected a reshuffle in the her council of ministers, by handing over enhanced responsibility to a number of ministers, while keeping the state jails department with her for now following the resignation of the ...

    8 August 2024 The Statesman
    CM moots distinct policy, guidelines for operation of totos

    Chief minister Mamata Banerjee is believed to have asked the state transport minister, Snehashish Chakraborty, to prepare a distinct policy and chart out guidelines for bringing Totos under the framework of authorised modes of transport. The chief minister is ...

    8 August 2024 The Statesman
    Bangladesh in turmoil: BJP and Trinamul trade blows

    Amid the turmoil in Bangladesh, senior BJP leader Dilip Ghosh on Wednesday claimed that those causing unrest in Bangladesh had come to Bengal after the Lok Sabha elections and spread violence. In response, Trinamul spokesperson Shantanu Sen rebuked Dilip ...

    8 August 2024 The Statesman
    Kolkata Police warns 250 Facebook users over social media posts provoking trouble

    Kolkata Police have warned around 250 people for allegedly making provocative posts on Facebook and social media inviting trouble in West Bengal after the longest serving Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina Wazed resigned on Monday and fled after ...

    8 August 2024 The Statesman
    Abhishek Banerjee demands Bharat Ratna or RS berth for Vinesh Phogat

    Amid the political slugfest over ace Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat’s disqualification from the Paris Olympics hours before her gold medal match, Trinamool Congress General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday called for a consensus approach by the Union government and ...

    8 August 2024 The Statesman
    Int’l goods trucks begin slow movement at Petrapole-Benapole and Ghojadanga border crossings

    Export and import business and slow movement of trucks carrying international goods began today both from Ghojadanga and Petrapole-Benapole on the India-Bangladesh border in North 24 -Parganas. Amid unprecedented security deployment and the presence of BSF and police, slow ...

    8 August 2024 The Statesman
    VHP voices concerns over Bangladesh’s socio-political situation

    The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) North Bengal Chapter has raised alarm regarding the deteriorating socio-political climate in neighbouring Bangladesh, particularly following a sudden escalation in tensions prevailed yesterday. Narayan Mandal, President of VHP North Bengal, called for the protection ...

    7 August 2024 The Statesman
    State minister and district administration take initiative to reach flood relief to the affected

    The incessant rain and the release of large volume of water from the DVC have inundated large parts of Arambagh, khanakul, Pursura, Goghat and Tarkeswar. The loss of paddy crops is massive, many kuccha and semi-pucca houses have been ...

    7 August 2024 The Statesman
    Many Awami League supporters come to India to take refuge

    Several Awami League supporters, both Muslim and Hindu, have fled Bangladesh to save their lives and come to India officially with visas . Many other supporters of the Awami League are unable to cross the Indo-Bangladesh border to seek ...

    7 August 2024 The Statesman
    Suvendu Adhikari called by Amit Shah to Delhi amid Bangladesh crisis

    The Leader of Opposition in Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday hurriedly flew to New Delhi after a summons from the Union home minister Amit Shah. The developments comes amid turmoil in the neighbouring country of Ban – gladesh. ...

    7 August 2024 The Statesman
    Awami League leader takes shelter at Duttabad in North 24-Pgns after crossing border

    An Awami Leader of trouble-hit Bangladesh fled the country and took shelter at his relative’s residence at Duttabad in North 24-Parganas on Tuesday after crossing the Indo-Bangladesh border in Petrapole in the district. Biswajit Saha, a local leader of ...

    7 August 2024 The Statesman
    104 truckers stranded in Bangladesh return home

    Amid the turmoil in the neighbouring country, around 104 truck drivers who were stranded at various places beyond the borders of Bangladesh returned to their homeland today. As the unrest in Bangladesh continues, about 183 truck drivers who had ...

    7 August 2024 The Statesman
    Kolkata-Dhaka flight services gradually returning to normal

    Kolkata-Bangladesh flight services are gradually returning to normal, a NSCBI airport sources said today. Late last night, a flight from Bangladesh landed in Kolkata, although it had only a few passengers. The flight returned to Bangladesh at the scheduled ...

    7 August 2024 The Statesman
    Curfew along Indo-B’desh border to be strictly monitored: BSF

    Border Security Force (BSF) on Tuesday said that the curfew along the IndiaBangladesh border will be strictly monitored in the wake of the illegal infiltrations following the political turmoil in Bangladesh. BSF DIG and Spokesperson, South Bengal Frontier, A ...

    7 August 2024 The Statesman
    ‘Ask people to refrain from attacking policemen’, B’desh top cop urges protesters

    Amid continuing attacks on police personnel in different parts of Bangladesh, the Inspector General of Bangladesh Police released a video message on Tuesday requesting the protesters, including the student leadership, to urge people to refrain from attacking the security ...

    7 August 2024 The Statesman
    All planned events at B’desh Bhavan in Visva Bharati University postponed indefinitely

    All planned cultural events at the Bangladesh Bhavan on the campus of Visva Bharati University in West Bengal’s Shantiniketan have been postponed for an indefinite period because of the continuing unrest in the neighbouring country.Bangladesh Bhavan is a centre ...

    7 August 2024 The Statesman
    One crore Hindu refugees from B’desh might enter Bengal soon: Suvendu Adhikari

    Amid the political unrest in Bangladesh, the leader of opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, claimed on Monday that around one crore Hindu refugees might enter the state from the neighbouring country in the next few days.Speaking ...

    7 August 2024 The Statesman
    Amid unrest in B’desh, Mamata appeals to people to maintain peace in Bengal

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday directed her party and Cabinet colleagues to refrain from making any comment or social media post on the situation in Bangladesh.Bangladesh leader Sheikh Hasina landed at the Hindon Air Force in ...

    7 August 2024 The Statesman
    BSF deploys more troops along Indo-Bangla border as unrest escalates in B’desh

    The Border Security Force (BSF) has increased the deployment of troops along the India-Bangladesh border besides sounding an alert in the frontier areas amid escalating unrest in the neighbouring nation.BSF Director General Daljit Singh Chaudhary was also on a ...

    7 August 2024 The Statesman
    Zero precipitation upstream, rivers still swell up in lower basin

    Sky though seems dry, the rivers passing traversed across East & West Burdwan, Birbhum, Bankura however have shown a rising trend nearing Danger Level as a result of unrelenting runoff, seepage from the surface catchment areas resulting a sustained ...

    6 August 2024 The Statesman
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