The death of a student following a road accident has caused unrest in Bansdroni in Tollygunge area with locals putting up roadblocks for several hours.People in the area took to the streets since Wednesday morning, questioning who is responsible ...
3 October 2024 The StatesmanHigher education is currently experiencing a transformation to respond to global trends. NEP-2020 provides a guiding light for this transforming journey. In a world characterised by rapid change, complexity, the skills of the past are no longer sufficient for ...
3 October 2024 The StatesmanA principal of a state-aided college has brought charges of unleashing ‘threat culture’ against the Trinamul Congress affiliated student’s union in Burdwan town that has sparked off sensation. Niranjan Mondal, principal of Burdwan Raj College has forwarded his complaint ...
3 October 2024 The StatesmanStudents of Techno India Group today unveiled a 7-ft high eco-friendly Durga idol, created by them, at Techno Main Campus, Salt Lake.Crafted entirely from 35 packets of tissue paper, fabric and vibrant paints, the idol showcases the artistry and ...
3 October 2024 The StatesmanThe National Investigation Agency (NIA) have simultaneously raided seven places in West Bengal today in connection with a suspected Maoist funding case in Ranchi.From early morning yesterday several teams from NIA Ranchi Branch in Jharkhand have fanned out in ...
3 October 2024 The StatesmanDespite the labour department’s advisory recommending a 16 per cent bonus, the coordination committee of trade unions in the Darjeeling Hills staged a massive demonstration today, demanding a 20 per cent bonus.Hundreds of tea workers took to the streets, ...
3 October 2024 The StatesmanRetail inflation for industrial workers stood at 2.44 per cent in the month of August, as compared to 6.91 per cent in the same month last year – a significant decrease of about 65 per cent (year-on-year) — according ...
3 October 2024 The StatesmanWest Bengal Junior Doctors’ Forum (WBJDF), the umbrella body of junior doctors protesting against the R G Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder case, announced the resumption of complete cease-work throughout the state from Tuesday.In a press statement issued ...
2 October 2024 The StatesmanCentral BJP leaders has instructed its state unit to launch movement in city and districts regarding R G Kar female PGT rape and murder issue after the Pujas.To outline the next organisational strategy of the state BJP in the ...
2 October 2024 The StatesmanThree mining labourers have been killed after a portion of the roof collapsed on them at a stone quarry in Nalhati in Birbhum district today. One more labourer was critically injured and was admitted at Rampurhat Medical College Hospital.The ...
2 October 2024 The StatesmanChief minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to inaugurate Durga Puja at Sreebhumi in Lake Town on Tuesday.One of the main organisers of the puja is state minister for fire and emergency services Sujit Bose.Miss Banerjee usually inaugurates important Durga ...
2 October 2024 The StatesmanUnited Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the global UN Agency that designated Durga Puja as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2022, maintained its commitment in promoting Durga Puja art to a global audience this year, ...
2 October 2024 The StatesmanIn a major boost to connectivity to daily commuters from districts of North 24-Parganas, Nadia, Howrah and Murshidabad, the upgradation of infrastructure at Sealdah station recently has resulted in a 33 per cent increase in passenger capacity in Sealdah’s ...
2 October 2024 The StatesmanAfter being allowed by the Calcutta High Court, doctors marched on the streets yet again today from College Square to Rabindra Sadan.The civil society too joined the march to express solidarity with the doctors and looking for justice in ...
2 October 2024 The StatesmanNational event management brand Sigwage has announced to unveil ‘Sarad Pushpanjali Samman 2024’ to celebrate Sharadiya Utsav in a special way. Sarad Pushpanjali Samman 2024 is an initiative to honour the best eco-friendly Durga Puja in Kolkata.‘Sarad Pushpanjali Samman ...
2 October 2024 The StatesmanA high-level meeting between the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) and the Government of Sikkim was held on Monday at Mintokgang, chaired by chief minister Prem Singh Tamang.The discussions centered on strengthening infrastructure and enhancing cooperation between BRO and the ...
2 October 2024 The StatesmanThe Kolkata Police have announced a set of traffic restrictions to ensure the smooth movement of vehicles and people during Mahalaya and the upcoming Durga Puja festivities. These measures are aimed at managing the massive flow of devotees and ...
2 October 2024 The StatesmanThe Kolkata FF Fatafat lottery is a popular game of chance in Kolkata, played daily by thousands of hopeful participants. This lottery operates under a unique format, where players place bets by predicting numbers. If their guess matches the ...
2 October 2024 The StatesmanA patient party has started agitation outside the IQ City Medical College in Shovapur of Durgapur after the death of a pregnant patient. The agitation was withdrawn in wee hours yesterday after intervention of Durgapur police.Since 10.30 pm on ...
1 October 2024 The StatesmanAn 18-year-old girl from Ekbalpur, Kolkata was raped at a house in Memari in East Burdwan last night. The police arrested Pradip Jor, the accused from the residence of his kin on Monday morning after the girl lodged a ...
1 October 2024 The StatesmanDr Sandip Chatterjee, the famous neurosurgeon passed away at his residence this morning after a brief illness. He was 63 years old and survived by his wife and children. He was suffering from ailment for quite some time.A former ...
1 October 2024 The StatesmanOn the occasion of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, CanKids KidsCan, The National Society for Change for Childhood Cancer in India organized a survivor meet today in collaboration with the hematology department of NRS Medical College and Hospital.Childhood cancer survivors ...
1 October 2024 The StatesmanThe Calcutta High Court on Monday permitted to organizers, including junior doctors to hold their protest procession, scheduled on Tuesday in the demanding justice for the gruesome rape and murder of the woman doctors at R G Kar Medical ...
1 October 2024 The StatesmanA fire broke out in the pharmacy department of Durgapur Steel Plant main hospital in Durgapur in the wee hours, today. A fire tender of DSP has been pressed into action to douse the flames. The fire is under ...
1 October 2024 The StatesmanIf all goes as planned, the newly introduced 12-coach local EMUs of Sealdah Main section could see a formal flag off by railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Mahalaya.According to sources, Mahalaya, that marks the beginning of Durga Puja when ...
1 October 2024 The StatesmanThe death of a civic volunteer sparked a ruckus this morning at the Canning Sub-Divisional Hospital, in South 24-Parganas.Police said a large number of people gathered in front of Canning government hospital since morning after the news of alleged ...
1 October 2024 The StatesmanThe state transport department recently changed the rules of operations of existing app-based two-wheeler or bike taxis in the state. It has made significant changes of the earlier notification issued in 2022, in which app-based bike taxis were exempted ...
1 October 2024 The StatesmanA 12-hour bandh called by a coordination committee of eight trade unions demanding a 20 per cent bonus for tea workers was observed across Darjeeling and partially in Kalimpong, today.Chief minister Mamata Banerjee, reacting to the bandh, expressed disappointment ...
1 October 2024 The StatesmanIf you’re in Kolkata, you’re likely aware of the excitement surrounding the Kolkata FF Fatafat lottery, a game that combines the thrill of chance with community engagement.As one of the city’s most beloved lottery games, Kolkata Fatafat has captured ...
1 October 2024 The StatesmanThe chairperson of the board of administrators of the Durgapur Municipal Corporation has lent her voice for a song prepared for the Durga Puja Carnival in Durgapur.Anindita Mukherjee, the chairperson was elevated as the mayor, DMC, two years ago ...
1 October 2024 The StatesmanCBI officials probing the financial scam at RG Kar Medical College & Hospital have traced crucial clues of the “influential nexus” of its former and controversial Principal Sandip Ghosh from his two mobile phones and two laptops.Besides mobile phones ...
30 September 2024 The StatesmanThe flood situation in West Bengal has pushed vegetable prices in the retail markets in Kolkata to skyrocket just before the forthcoming prolonged festive season in the state, starting with Durga Puja in the second week of next month.The ...
30 September 2024 The StatesmanWest Bengal Pradesh Congress(PCC) president Shubhankar Sarkar faced a rebuff from protesting junior doctors when he visited Sagar Dutta Medical College today, with the doctors raising slogans demanding that he should leave the college immediately. A strike is ongoing ...
30 September 2024 The StatesmanAfter the sudden demise of the CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury earlier this month, the party will now function through the collective leadership of the exiting politburo with Yechury’s predecessor Prakash Karat acting as the “politburo coordinator.”The next permanent ...
30 September 2024 The StatesmanChief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday expressed regret that the state government has not yet received a single paisa from the Centre to combat floods in the state. She addressed the media in Siliguri after holding an administrative review ...
30 September 2024 The StatesmanThe Tea Workers’ Protection Committee (Chiya Shramik Suraksha Samiti) in Darjeeling has called for an indefinite bandh in the Hills starting Monday after the tripartite meeting convened by the Labour Department ended inconclusively today over the demand for a ...
30 September 2024 The StatesmanA major fire broke out at Siliguri’s Bidhan Market around 10 am today, devastating at least 15 shops and partially damaging eight others. With the Puja season approaching, shop owners have expressed their frustration over the inability to save ...
29 September 2024 The StatesmanAhead of chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s visit to Siliguri, Darjeeling MP Raju Bista has called for her intervention in resolving the ongoing bonus dispute in Darjeeling tea plantations, under the jurisdiction of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA).According to official ...
29 September 2024 The StatesmanThe BJP today launched a fierce attack on the Trinamul and the INDIA bloc, raising the issue of administrative non-cooperation in the case of rape of an IAS officer’s wife in the Lake police station area. National leader and ...
29 September 2024 The StatesmanIn a successful operation under Operation Satark, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) at Jasidih post apprehended an individual engaged in the illegal transportation of foreign liquor at Jasidih railway station, under Asansol division of Eastern Railway. The operation, led ...
29 September 2024 The StatesmanFor the first time since the past 20 years, there will be no daily bhog distribution in the Durga Puja of the ancestral house of Anubrata Mondal in Hatserandi village due to severe financial crunch.Recently, Anubrata Mondal and his ...
29 September 2024 The StatesmanA headmaster of a local girl’s school has been arrested after complaints of physical harassment.Sources said that the accused headmaster used to molest girl students and used to call them as darling and even chased them towards the toilet. ...
29 September 2024 The StatesmanPeerless Hospital organized its flagship one-day conference, MediSafeCon 2024, with the theme “Get it Right, Make it Safe,” focused on increasing awareness about accurate diagnosis and the use of appropriate therapeutics. Diagnostic errors, such as missed, delayed, or incorrect ...
29 September 2024 The StatesmanEven in war with Ukraine, Russia didn’t choose to deploy supersonic cruise missiles that possibly prompted the domestic developer here to expedite the NG (next generation) variant of the ‘fastest’ lethal weapon on earth, one of the key scientists ...
29 September 2024 The StatesmanAfter a tribal housewife complained of sexual assault, a civic volunteer was arrested by the police in Ausgram in East Burdwan today.Sheikh Rahamatullah, the accused, allegedly had intruded into the house of the 32-year-old housewife last night when she ...
29 September 2024 The StatesmanA special court in Kolkata will hear on 30 September Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) plea for narco-analysis of the former controversial principal of R G Kar Medical College & Hospital in connection with rape-murder of a junior doctor ...
29 September 2024 The StatesmanThe Panchet dam in the upper eastern valley of the Damodar river further has scaled up its discharge by 7,000 cusecs today leading to the combined discharge by the upper dams to 33,000 cusecs that has left the lower ...
28 September 2024 The StatesmanAbhishek Chowdhury, secretary, Travel Operators Welfare Association urged the various agencies working in the tourism sector to come under one umbrella to enhance the flow of international and domestic tourists.He was addressing a gathering at Nehru Children’s Museum to ...
28 September 2024 The StatesmanPutting efforts to enable jerk-free journeys to passengers, the engineering department of the Howrah division, under the Eastern Railway, corrected 24, 24 forced layout of points and crossings over the division in four months. According to the ER, the ...
28 September 2024 The StatesmanOn World Tourism Day today, the Union ministry of tourism has launched Paryatan Mitra and Paryatan Didi, responsible tourism initiatives in 50 places across the country, including two tourism destinations in West Bengal, Kolkata and Darjeeling.Through this initiative, the ...
28 September 2024 The StatesmanIn a step towards enhancing the safety and empowerment of women and youth in India’s tea sector, the Women’s Safety Accelerator Fund (WSAF) 2.0 was launched in the city today.The first phase of the programme reached 321 tea estates ...
28 September 2024 The StatesmanThe latest circular by the city police banning illegal assembly of more than five people in areas between Bowbazar police station, Hare Street police station and Headquarters Traffic Guard — between K C Das and Victoria House as sparked ...
28 September 2024 The StatesmanThe demand for justice is echoing in the streets of Kolkata and another cause has been added to it now. City’s tram lovers are now demanding justice for the iconic mode of transport, which is not only a ‘relic ...
28 September 2024 The StatesmanA three-day expo to address the growing refrigeration and cold chain needs of East India will be held in Kolkata from October 3 to 5. India’s refrigeration and cold chain industry is evolving rapidly, driven by the increasing demand ...
28 September 2024 The StatesmanThe signal and telecom department of Eastern Railway’s Sealdah Division completed a series of significant works. The tasks done are aimed at bolstering safety, improving operational efficiency, and enhancing passenger convenience.According to the ER, the division has completed the ...
27 September 2024 The StatesmanOn a mission to spread happiness, the department of journalism and mass communication of Maharaja Manindra Chandra College in Kolkata, for the last 13 years, have brought smiles and laughter to hundreds of underprivileged individuals by giving away new ...
27 September 2024 The StatesmanAbhijit Mondal, officer in-charge of Tala police station was admitted to the Presidency correctional home hospital after he fell on the ground causing pain on his heels while boarding a prison van parked in front of the Sealdah court ...
27 September 2024 The StatesmanAt a time when the Union jal shakti ministry and the West Bengal government are engaging in a war of words over release of water from dams in Jharkhand, the management of Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) has decided to ...
27 September 2024 The StatesmanReacting to DVC’s decision of its employees donating a day’s salary to Chief Minister’s Relief Fund, agriculture minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay said today that the state government will not accept the donation. He, though did not rule out DVC wishing ...
27 September 2024 The StatesmanHooghly MP Rachna Banerjee visited the flood affected areas of Balagarh on Wednesday, carrying with her relief items for the affected victims.The flood-affected victims however expressed annoyance over late arrival of the Hooghly MP after the flood waters receded. ...
27 September 2024 The StatesmanAnubrata Mondal walked into the party office after two years on Wednesday, the Trinamul Congress has made it clear that the core committee will continue to run the party organization in the district.In the absence of Anubrata Mondal, the ...
27 September 2024 The StatesmanWith every passing year the number of Durga Pujas in the state is increasing and so is the demand for more power, said power minister Aroop Biswas today, while announcing the measures the government is taking ahead of the ...
27 September 2024 The StatesmanHardly five days after joining work in state-run medical colleges’ essential emergency services, the junior doctors on Thursday sent yet another email to the state chief secretary, Manoj Pant, reminding him their unresolved demands, discussed during their earlier meeting ...
27 September 2024 The StatesmanAround 30 tonnes (30,000 kg) of Bangladeshi hilsa landed at Petrapole border in North 24-Parganas today, leaded in five trucks, a day after the interim government in the country on Wednesday approved its 49 agencies to export 2420 tonnes ...
27 September 2024 The StatesmanCentral district Congress started two-day dharna programme today over R G Kar female PGT rape and murder under the leadership of new president of Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) Subhankar Sarkar.A large number of Congress workers, who considered Subhankar is ...
27 September 2024 The StatesmanThe recent heavy rains that occurred and the uncontrolled release of water from the DVC inundated large parts of Khanakul, Goghat ,Pursura and Arambagh in the Arambagh sub-division. Flood waters submerged the ground floor of pucca buildings, kuccha ...
27 September 2024 The StatesmanSyama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata (SMPK) has been recognised at Vibrant North East 2024, held in Guwahati, Assam, for its pivotal role in enhancing India’s northeastern connectivity as it has won the prestigious award for the & Best Stall ...
27 September 2024 The StatesmanChief minister Mamata Banerjee has directed to start the Joydev-Kenduli to Kolkata daily bus service of South Bengal State Transport Corporation (SBSTC) immediately.The Joydeb to Kolkata bus service has been withdrawn after 15 days.The bus service had started on ...
27 September 2024 The StatesmanDr Ananda Mondal, a doctor working in the medicine department of Rampurhat Medical College Hospital has quit from the health service job.Though the letter stated that he is leaving the job due to health reasons, sources said that due ...
27 September 2024 The StatesmanThe Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday claimed at a special court here that the exhibits and evidence in connection with the ghastly rape-murder of a junior doctor at R G Kar Medical College & Hospital were changed ...
27 September 2024 The StatesmanTrinamul Congress MP from Basirhat Haji Sheikh Nurul Islam passed away this morning.He is survived by his wife and children. He was 61 and suffering from an incurable disease for quite some time. He was sick when he was ...
27 September 2024 The StatesmanAt a time when controversy over alleged scams of biomedical wastes at R G Kar Hospital are making headlines, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation is considering plans to set up its own medical waste treatment plant for proper disposal of ...
27 September 2024 The StatesmanThe state government today made it clear that pujas this year would not lose its usual sheen.“The usual pomp, fervour and illumination would continue and will in no way be a scale-down affair against a narrative being tried to ...
27 September 2024 The StatesmanWhen the Border Security Force (BSF) implemented a strict “zero firing” policy during patrolling along the Indo-Bangladesh border, a troubling incident occurred yesterday, where a group of Bangladeshi miscreants allegedly abducted an Indian jawan.The BSF lodged a strong protest ...
27 September 2024 The StatesmanFormer assistant post master (APM) of Raniganj Head post Office in West Burdwan district Digvijay Chatterjee has been sentenced to three years imprisonment by the CBI Special Court in Asansol in a financial fraud incident after 18 years. The ...
26 September 2024 The StatesmanTechno India Group in collaboration with Ecole Intuit Lab (Kolkata) and Techno Main Salt Lake, hosted POSIFLY – Winds of Hope, an event where students express their creativity and positivity by crafting beautiful kites and flying them together. This ...
25 September 2024 The StatesmanAfter almost two years Anubrata Mondal has returned home in Nichupatti in Bolpur today, directly from Dum Dum airport by road in the morning along with his daughter Sukanya Mondal.Two of his former close associates, correctional home minister Chandranath ...
25 September 2024 The StatesmanIn a landmark development for the Institute of Engineering & Management (IEM) and the University of Engineering & Management (UEM), Prof Dr Biswajoy Chatterjee, vice-chancellor, UEM, Jaipur, and Prof Dr Prabir Kumar Das, head, department of basic science and ...
25 September 2024 The StatesmanThe Eastern India Regional Council (EIRC) of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) in collaboration with Shri Shikshayatan College organized Udaan – Dreams Personified, Career Pathways Expo 2024 on 21-22 September at Shri Shikshayatan College grounds.The two-day ...
25 September 2024 The StatesmanEastern Railway held a high-level meeting with MPs over Asansol & Malda Divisions network in presence of Milind Deouskar, general manager, Eastern Railway, principal heads of departments and divisional railway managers of Asansol & Malda divisions at Asansol today. ...
25 September 2024 The StatesmanAfter five rounds of lengthy discussions, the tea industry in the Terai and Dooars regions reached a consensus on a 16 per cent base rate for bonus disbursement across all tea gardens, with certain concessions granted to some estates.However, ...
25 September 2024 The StatesmanBJP leader Dilip Ghosh ridiculed the Mamata Banerjee government today in matters linked to the state’s bid to dissociate from DVC.Ghosh came to Burdwan town today to join BJP’s fortnight long ‘Seva Paksha’ programme. He said: “It’s all rubbish ...
25 September 2024 The StatesmanI know Sandip Ghosh because he and I, both are orthopaedic surgeons. I am also the chief minister’s family physician for a prolonged period of more than four decades, claimed Dr Shyama Prasad Das.In an exclusive interview to The ...
25 September 2024 The StatesmanLighting and thunder squalls since long have been playing havoc with the people of Bankura, claiming dozens of lives each year. This has prompted folk artists to come forward generating mass awareness to prevent untimely deaths.Most of the victims ...
25 September 2024 The StatesmanChief minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to hold a meeting with principals and vice-principals of all the medical colleges of the state on Thursday at Nabanna, sources at the state secretariat claimed.The meeting is also likely to be attended ...
25 September 2024 The StatesmanSix wagons of an empty goods train derailed near New Maynaguri station in West Bengal’s Alipurduar district on Tuesday morning.No casualties were reported during the incident.After the derailment, no disruption in railway services was reported.While the restoration work was ...
25 September 2024 The StatesmanChief minister Mamata Banerjee has welcomed the historic announcement of international investment by the United States of America President Joe Biden in presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in America yesterday.The United States has proposed to set up a ...
24 September 2024 The StatesmanSuri District Court has pronounced life imprisonment to 13 persons today in connection with the massacre of nine people, who have been burnt and hacked to death in Kotgram village in Mayureswar in Birbhum district after 44 years of ...
24 September 2024 The StatesmanAs the tea industry in Bengal and Assam grapples with a production crisis due to climate change, the Tea Research Association (TRA) has introduced the first climate-smart tea seed stock, TSS-2, to combat the adverse effects of rising temperatures.According ...
24 September 2024 The StatesmanUnion minister of state for education, Dr Sukanta Majumdar, today accused chief minister Mamata Banerjee of attempting to turn West Bengal into a separate entity within India.Speaking to reporters at New Jalpaiguri railway station, Dr Majumdar commented on the ...
24 September 2024 The StatesmanTrinamul Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee sent puja gifts to the people of Diamond Harbour, his Lok Sabha constituency.Trinamul Congress workers have taken gifts and delivered them to every household.Over the years, because of tireless work of Mr ...
24 September 2024 The StatesmanThe incessant rain accompanied by uncontrolled release of water from the DVC played havoc in Arambagh sub-division. Loss of life, property and livestock were reported from Arambagh, Pursura, khanakul and Goghat. Large sections of people have been put up ...
24 September 2024 The StatesmanA day after the resignation of two state government representatives from the DVRRC committee and DVC board, Damodar valley Corporation (DVC) has released 39,000 cusecs of combined water discharge from its Maithon and Panchet dams today.Today chief minister Mamata ...
24 September 2024 The StatesmanPuja revellers in Kolkata, and districts this year would now be able to pandal hop in special buses run by the state government.The department today has decided to run special bus and ferry services named Puja Parikrama during Durga ...
24 September 2024 The StatesmanDr Avik De, one of the prime suspects facing CBI interrogations in connections with the gruesome rape and murder of the 31-year-old woman postgraduate trainee doctor, has been absent from duties in the SSKM Hospital since 8 August, a ...
24 September 2024 The StatesmanThe CBI today questioned Nirmal Ghosh for close to seven hours, the Trinamul MLA from Panihati and chief government whip of Assembly in connection with the hasty cremation of female PGT doctor at R G Kar Hospital.He was asked ...
24 September 2024 The StatesmanA division bench headed by Calcutta High Court Chief Justice T.S. Sivagnanam, on Monday, directed the West Bengal government to file an affidavit on the CAG report on its annual donation to different community Durga Puja committees.The court was ...
24 September 2024 The StatesmanThe Bengal government has withdrawn its representatives on the Damodar Valley Reservoir Regulation Committee (DVRRC), even as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote a second time to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Damodar Valley Corporation’s uncontrolled water release from ...
23 September 2024 The StatesmanThe 11-day sit-in protest had ended on Friday and by next day, Saturday all ‘traces’ of it were erased from the streets and walls of Salt Lake.The road in front of the Swastha Bhawan, the health department headquarters, was ...
22 September 2024 The StatesmanThe tripartite meeting called by the labour department yesterday to discuss the bonus for tea workers in the Hills ended inconclusively after a section of workers staged an agitation last night in Siliguri. The planters in the Hills had ...
22 September 2024 The Statesman