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  • News from West Bengal | 09 May, 2025 | ২৬ বৈশাখ, ১৪৩২
  • Dilip Ghosh admits his ‘growing distance’ with Bengal leadership of BJP

    BJP’s former national vice president and the ex-chief of the party’s West Bengal unit, Dilip Ghosh, who had recently been in the midst of controversy over attending the inauguration of the Lord Jagannath Temple at Digha in East Midnapore ...

    4 May 2025 The Statesman
    ‘Stampedes common in BJP-ruled states’: Abhishek Banerjee on Shree Devi Lairai Temple tragedy

    Trinamool Congress General Secretary and Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee, on Saturday, slammed the BJP government in Goa over the Shree Devi Lairai temple tragic stampede, saying that stampedes are common in BJP-ruled states.“Deeply anguished by the tragic loss ...

    4 May 2025 The Statesman
    Kolkata Fatafat May 3 lottery results! Check all 8 rounds HERE

    The curiosity is high as the Kolkata Fatafat results perplex the people of the city. As players try their luck with their strategy and intuition, the results of May 3 have started to come in.The numbers are coming in ...

    4 May 2025 The Statesman
    Resource centre at Jadavpur varsity gets visually-impaired friendly

    For visually impaired students at Jadavpur University, accessing academic resources has never been easy and smooth. Converting important textbooks can take up to eight months with one ‘outdated’ Braille printer. Critical technologies like audio book players, digital magnifiers, and ...

    3 May 2025 The Statesman
    Mobile unreserved ticketing system launched at Asansol stn

    In a significant move towards modernisation and improving passenger convenience, the Asansol Division of Eastern Railway has introduced the mobile unreserved ticketing system (M-UTS) at Asansol Station.This initiative aims to offer a more efficient and user-friendly ticketing experience, helping ...

    3 May 2025 The Statesman
    District students make their mark, city schools fail to make impression

    District students outperformed their Kolkata counterparts in the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education results declared today. Of the total 66 candidates securing the top 10 ranks, only one student from the city could make it to the list.Abantika ...

    3 May 2025 The Statesman
    Another fire incident in Sec V

    Right after the devastating fire at a hotel at Mechua that claimed 14 lives recently, another fire broke out today at a chemical factory in Salt Lake Sector V. There was no news of any injury or fatality so ...

    3 May 2025 The Statesman
    2 students hang themselves over cellphones

    Two students, scolded by their mothers for wasting time over mobile phones, felt insulted and committed suicide by hanging at their respective homes in East Burdwan today.Nibha Tewari (19) of Kantapukur locality in Burdwan town was scolded by her ...

    3 May 2025 The Statesman
    Bengal BJP chief questions Abhishek Banerjee’s absence at Digha Jagannath temple inauguration

    West Bengal unit BJP president and Union Minister of State Sukanta Majumdar on Friday questioned the absence of Trinamool Congress general secretary and the party’s Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, who also happens to be the nephew of Chief ...

    3 May 2025 The Statesman
    Dilip’s Digha visit: Party leaders discuss its implications

    Former West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh has stirred the political cauldron once again, this time by visiting the Jagannath temple in Digha and paying a courtesy call on chief minister Mamata Banerjee.Sources close to Ghosh describe the move ...

    3 May 2025 The Statesman
    HC asks police chief to probe heckling of lawyers inside court

    The Calcutta High Court on Friday directed Manoj Verma, commissioner of Kolkata Police (KP) to probe the incident of defacing judge’s photo and heckling lawyers inside the court premises.The HC has also instructed the city police chief to identify ...

    3 May 2025 The Statesman
    CM congratulates Madhyamik toppers

    Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday extended her heartfelt congratulations to students, who passed the Madhyamik 2025 examination.The results of the Class 10 board exam were officially declared earlier in the day by the West Bengal Board of Secondary ...

    3 May 2025 The Statesman
    Use of ‘Jagannath Dham’ for Digha temple sparks outrage in Puri

    Servitors of the Puri Jagannath Temple, along with several others, including Padma Shri awardee and renowned sand artist Sudarshan Patnaik, have strongly objected to the use of the term ‘Jagannath Dham’ for a recently inaugurated temple in Digha, West ...

    3 May 2025 The Statesman
    Bengal school job scam: Governor sanctions prosecution of Partha Chatterjee, Manik Bhattacharya in ED case

    West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose’s office on Thursday announced that he has sanctioned the prosecution of two heavyweight Trinamool Congress leaders in the case registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the multi-crore cash-for-school job scam.The two whose ...

    3 May 2025 The Statesman
    Kolkata fire: Hotel owner and manager arrested; 2 victims yet to be identified

    The Kolkata Police, on Thursday, arrested the owner and the manager of the hotel at Madan Mohan Burman Street in central Kolkata, where a devastating fire claimed 15 lives.The arrested persons have been identified as Akash Chawla (owner) and ...

    2 May 2025 The Statesman
    Differences in Bengal BJP after Dilip Ghosh attends CM’s Jagannath temple event

    Bengal unit of the BJP have aggravated further as senior party leader and former state president Dilip Ghosh on Thursday, vehemently criticised his colleagues for attacking him after he attended the inauguration ceremony of the Lord Jagannath temple at ...

    2 May 2025 The Statesman
    ‘Deeply disgraceful’, Amit Malviya flags Bengal govt’s ad on Jagannath Cultural Complex event

    BJP’s Information Technology Cell chief and the party’s central observer for West Bengal Amit Malviya, on Thursday raised question on why the West Bengal government had officially described the Lord Jagannath temple at Digha in East Midnapore district as ...

    2 May 2025 The Statesman
    Regulatory frameworks must build trust in our systems: FM Sitharaman

    The regulatory frameworks must not only safeguard good governance but also enable enterprises, encourage formalisation and build trust in our systems, Union Finance Minister said on Thursday.FM Sitharaman, who inaugurated the ‘Corporate Bhavan’ in New Town, Kolkata, said that ...

    2 May 2025 The Statesman
    Don’t vote for me, but do not play with your life: Mamata Banerjee on Kolkata hotel fire

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday visited the fire-ravaged Rituraj hotel at Madan Mohan Burman Street in central Kolkata where a devastating fire broke out on Tuesday night killing 15 people and appealed to the people residing ...

    2 May 2025 The Statesman
    Calcutta HC Chief Justice’s bench says will not hear any new PILs

    In an unprecedented development in the history of the Calcutta High Court, its Chief Justice T.S. Sivagnanam on Thursday announced that the division bench headed by him will no longer hear public interest litigations filed in the court.However, it ...

    2 May 2025 The Statesman
    WBSSC recruitment case: Calcutta HC concludes hearing on contempt of court petition, reserves verdict

    The Calcutta High Court on Thursday concluded a detailed hearing on the contempt of court petition filed against the West Bengal government and West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) for not implementing the Supreme Court order earlier this month ...

    2 May 2025 The Statesman
    Kolkata hotel fire mishap: Owner, manager remanded to police custody till May 8

    The two accused of culpable homicide in the devastating fire at a hotel at Madan Mohan Burman Street in central Kolkata where a devastating fire broke out on Tuesday night, killing a total of 15 people were remanded to ...

    2 May 2025 The Statesman
    CM congratulates ICSE, ISC toppers; twin success for Sodepur school

    The Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations (CISCE) announced the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE, Class X) and Indian School Certificate (ISC, Class XII) examination results in just 25 days after the conclusion of the exams. The ...

    1 May 2025 The Statesman
    Senior district officials watch Digha temple inauguration live at Mahesh Jagannath temple

    The grand inauguration, led by the chief minister Mamata Banerjee, was broadcast live in towns across various districts. At the district level, the ceremony was screened on a giant screen within the premises of the historic Mahesh Jagannath Temple. ...

    1 May 2025 The Statesman
    Digital access intrinsic to right to life and liberty of visually impaired, acid attack victims: SC

    In an important ruling, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday that the access to digital KYC (Know Your Customer) to avail of online services, including banking, is a fundamental right intrinsic to Article 21 of the constitution, of the ...

    1 May 2025 The Statesman
    ER holds meet with MPs at Asansol

    Eastern Railway holds a high-level meeting with Members of Parliament over Asansol and Malda divisions in presence of Milind Deouskar, general manager, Eastern Railway at Asansol today.In the divisional committee meeting, discussions were held on various key issues and ...

    1 May 2025 The Statesman
    Dilip Ghosh visits Jagannath Temple, meets Mamata

    On a politically charged Wednesday, while Leader of Opposition in Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari held a counter-programme in Contai, former BJP state president Dilip Ghosh took a divergent path by honouring an invitation from the state government and visiting ...

    1 May 2025 The Statesman
    14 dead in Kolkata hotel fire, SIT formed to investigate tragedy

    A devastating fire at a hotel in the Mechhua Fruit Market area of Burrabazar claimed 14 lives last night, shaking central Kolkata.Among the deceased are 11 men, one woman, and two children, police sources confirmed. Thirteen others were injured, ...

    1 May 2025 The Statesman
    Abhishek mourns loss of lives

    Diamond Harbour MP and Trinamul national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee wrote in his X-handle: “Shocked and deeply saddened by the tragic loss of lives in the devastating fire at Mechhua. My heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families and I ...

    1 May 2025 The Statesman
    NIA team visits home of slain IB Officer in Jhalda

    Officials from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) visited the residence of the late Central Intelligence Bureau officer Manish Ranjan Mishra at Ward 7 in Jhalda town, where they spoke with his wife and children.The NIA team, which had come ...

    1 May 2025 The Statesman
    Three migrant workers from Bengal detained in Gujarat

    Three migrant labourers from West Bengal — two from Birbhum district and one from East Burdwan — have been detained in Gujarat on suspicion of being illegal Bangladeshi immigrants.The families of the two labourers from Birbhum have filed a ...

    1 May 2025 The Statesman
    Suvendu questions CM’s response on hotel fire

    The Leader of Opposition in Assembly Suvendu Adhikari, on Wednesday, questioned the initial reluctance of chief minister Mamata Banerjee to give her reactions on the devastating fire at a six-story hotel building in central Kolkata, which left several people ...

    1 May 2025 The Statesman
    BJP mulls new state president, corruption charges against 2 leaders

    With allegations of corruption mounting against two key leaders of the West Bengal BJP—a prominent woman leader and a state general secretary — the party’s top leadership is reportedly considering a major overhaul.Sources suggest that the BJP high command ...

    1 May 2025 The Statesman
    STF cracks down on illegal arms trade, 2 held Basirhat

    In the aftermath of the deadly terror attack in Pahalgam, the West Bengal Special Task Force (STF) has intensified its vigilance across the state’s border regions, particularly in sensitive zones like Bongaon and Basirhat and other India Bangladesh borders ...

    1 May 2025 The Statesman
    Fake passport racket: 1 Pakistani arrested from Birati

    Azad Mullick, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) from Birati in North 24-Parganas district during the middle of this month in connection with the fake passport racket scam, is a Pakistani, said officials.The central investigating agency claimed ...

    1 May 2025 The Statesman
    Pahalgam attack: Purulia IB officer tried to save at least 10 tourists, says widow

    Slain central Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer Manish Ranjan Mishra of Jhalda in Purulia was killed while trying to push at least a dozen tourists to safe places while the terrorists were spraying bullets indiscriminately in Pahalgam in Kashmir, said ...

    1 May 2025 The Statesman
    TMC volunteers send 3,003 lotuses, holy water for temple inauguration

    With just a day to go before the much-anticipated inauguration of the Jagannath Temple in Digha, 3,003 lotus flowers and holy water from the Susunia Hills have been dispatched from Bankura district.The water, collected from the Susunia waterfalls – ...

    1 May 2025 The Statesman
    Religion doesn’t need any sermon to propagate: Mamata

    Religion does not need any sermon to be propagated. Religion is something which touches the heart, said chief minister Mamata Banerjee alluding to the Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, who on Wednesday would hold a grand convention on religion ...

    1 May 2025 The Statesman
    Hydrostatic pressure at Durgapur barrage threatens new causeway

    Within hours of an inspection by the state irrigation minister, his department has halted trial traffic movement along the newly-constructed causeway across the Durgapur barrage on the Damodar river today.Irrigation minister Dr Manas Bhunia, accompanied by senior engineers and ...

    1 May 2025 The Statesman
    DVC signs power purchase agreements with SJVN

    DVC and SJVN Limited have signed Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) for procurement of power from the Sunni Dam Hydro Project and the Luhri Stage-I Hydro Project of SJVN Limited. This is in addition to the five power purchase agreements ...

    1 May 2025 The Statesman
    Calcutta HC permits Suvendu Adhikari’s ‘Sanatani’ rally at Contai tomorrow

    The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday permitted Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, to hold a rally of “Sanatani” Hindus in East Midnapore district on the occasion of Akshaya Tritiya.Significantly, on this day, the ...

    1 May 2025 The Statesman
    Suspected Bangladeshi held in fake passport case is Pakistani in reality: ED tells Kolkata court

    Azad Mullick, a suspected illegal Bangladeshi infiltrator who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials in connection with a fake Indian passport case, is a citizen of Pakistan, the agency’s counsel informed a special court in Kolkata on ...

    1 May 2025 The Statesman
    RG Kar horror: Victim’s mobile number allegedly accessed via WhatsApp in CBI custody

    The family of the junior woman doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital, who became a victim of ghastly rape and murder within the hospital premises in August last year, raised a serious allegation on Monday that the ...

    30 April 2025 The Statesman
    WBSSC recruitment case: Hearing on contempt-of-court petition postponed to May 1

    The crucial hearing on the contempt-of-court petition filed at Calcutta High Court accusing the state government and West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) of not implementing the Supreme Court (SC) order in cancelling 25,753 teaching and non-teaching jobs has ...

    30 April 2025 The Statesman
    Restoration of demolished temples in violence-hit Murshidabad to start from April 30: Suvendu Adhikari

    The Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Monday announced that the restoration, renovation, and rebuilding of temples demolished in the communal violence-hit and minority-dominated Murshidabad district will start from Wednesday, which coincides with the ...

    30 April 2025 The Statesman
    Islamabad changes its tune

    A day after India responded with a slew of measures including suspending the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), reducing strength in consulates and stopping all trade, Pakistan displayed bravado. A statement issued after their National Security Council meeting termed India’s ...

    29 April 2025 The Statesman
    Jobless ‘tainted’ teachers stopped on way top CM residence

    Jobless ‘tainted’ teachers during their protest today were involved in a scuffle with police during their march to chief minister’s residence at Harish Chatterjee Street on Monday.Police detained some protesters when they squatted on the road at Hazra crossing ...

    29 April 2025 The Statesman
    Former NCLP workers left in limbo, appeal to CM for rehabilitation

    Three years after being displaced from their roles under the National Child Labour Project (NCLP), a group of 32 workers from various districts in West Bengal have sent a heartfelt appeal to chief minister Mamata Banerjee, seeking immediate intervention ...

    29 April 2025 The Statesman
    Fleet of busses to ferry VVIPs at Digha

    With the much-hyped inauguration of the Jagannath Dham in Digha of East Midnapore district scheduled on Wednesday, the state’s transport department has decided to ply around 150 state buses, including the luxurious Volvos to ferry VVIPs, guests, and devotees ...

    29 April 2025 The Statesman
    Fresh snowfall at Tshangu, traffic curbs imposed on Lachung Axis

    Snowfall started this morning around 8.30 a.m. at Tsangu Lake and along the Nathula Pass axis, even as the roads remained open for traffic, bringing much excitement among tourists flocking to Sikkim in April.However, on the Lachung side, uncertainty ...

    29 April 2025 The Statesman
    Dilip Ghosh warns of no mercy for traitors

    Senior BJP leader Dilip Ghosh on Monday issued a stern warning against those who betray India, likening them to terrorists in Kashmir.Ghosh declared that just as the homes of militants are being demolished in Kashmir, similar action will be ...

    29 April 2025 The Statesman
    Being kept in dark: Detained BSF jawan’s wife heading to Punjab

    The wife of the detained jawan from Rishra is on the way to Pathankot. Five members of the family have taken the flight from Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport to Chandigarh, from where they plan to move to ...

    29 April 2025 The Statesman
    Parliamentary committee meets with railway officials

    Sanjay Jaiswal, chairperson, parliamentary committee on estimates and other members of the committee including 11 Members of Parliament have held a meeting with Eastern Railway, South Eastern Railway & Northeast Frontier Railway at Kolkata.Milind Deouskar, general manager, Eastern Railway ...

    29 April 2025 The Statesman
    Minister pulls up senior engineers at Damodar riverbed project

    Ahead of the monsoon season, state authorities are aiming to complete refurbishment of the carriageway of the Durgapur Barrage. Today, the state irrigation minister inspected the one-kilometre temporary causeway laid across the Damodar riverbed to facilitate transitional traffic movement.An ...

    29 April 2025 The Statesman
    TMC MP Saket Gokhale accuses BJP of using the Pahalgam terror attack to incite communal tensions

    Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member Saket Gokhale on Monday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of using the Pahalgam terror attack to target minorities and incite communal tensions in the country.“Like the Waqf Act, the CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act) was ...

    29 April 2025 The Statesman
    Pahalgam attack: NIA talks to widow of second victim from Bengal

    National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials, on Sunday, spoke to the widow of Late Bitan Adhikari, one of the three tourists from West Bengal who were killed in Kashmir’s Pahalgam terror attack.On Sunday evening, a team of three NIA officials ...

    28 April 2025 The Statesman
    Five Bangladeshi nationals pushed back for illegal infiltration: Assam CM

    Five Bangladeshi nationals were arrested and later pushed back to the neighbouring country for illegally entering the Indian territory, crossing the international border in Assam, said Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday.The incident happened in Dhubri district, and ...

    28 April 2025 The Statesman
    Bengal: Bangladeshi smuggler killed, 175 Phensedyl cough syrup bottles recovered

    DIG and Spokesperson, South Bengal Frontier, BSF, N K Pandey, claimed on Sunday that a Bangladeshi smuggler was killed after BSF personnel fired in ‘self-defence’ along the Indo-Bangladesh Border (IBB) in the North 24-Parganas district of West Bengal, and ...

    28 April 2025 The Statesman
    It’s time to reclaim PoK: Abhishek Banerjee

    Trinamool Congress General Secretary and party Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee, on Sunday, asked the Union government to initiate action in reclaiming Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).“Mere ‘surgical strikes’ or ‘symbolic threats’ to Pakistan will not be enough after the Pahalgam ...

    28 April 2025 The Statesman
    CPI(M) expels 3-time MP for objectionable behavior towards woman colleague

    The CPI(M) in West Bengal has expelled three-time Lok Sabha member, Bansa Gopal Chowdhury, from the party on charges of “highly objectionable” behaviour towards a woman colleague.On April 20, the woman leader of the party and also a former ...

    28 April 2025 The Statesman
    Durgapur college discusses therapeutic solutions at its national conference

    The National Conference on Pharmacy (NATCON) was held at Dr B C Roy College of Pharmacy & AHS, Durgapur on 25-26 April at its newly-built auditorium in the name of M L Schroff, the father of Pharmacy in India.The ...

    28 April 2025 The Statesman
    Burdwan gets a new residential address

    The launch of Burdwan’s unique landmark residential project, Natural Lake City, brings with it a rare mix of essential comforts and indulgent luxuries, setting a new benchmark for living in the city, in presence of more than 3,000 prospective ...

    28 April 2025 The Statesman
    Mysterious deaths of father-son duo in Belur

    Mystery shrouds the deaths of a father and his son in Belur area of Howrah on Saturday.According to preliminary investigations made by the police, both of them have committed suicide.AdvertisementBut the reasons behind the suicides have not yet been ...

    28 April 2025 The Statesman
    Life-term for man who killed wife for money

    Sons of a woman had described before the Court how their father had ‘brutally’ thrashed their mother to death with a bamboo log as she’d failed to bring money from her parents, which helped the Burdwan Court to pronounce ...

    28 April 2025 The Statesman
    TMC slams Centre for misleading on Pahalgam attack during all-party meet

    The Trinamul Congress (TMC) has launched a scathing attack on the Modi government, accusing it of ‘deliberately’ leaving the Baisaran meadow in Pahalgam unguarded to maintain what they call a “fake all-is-well Kashmir narrative,” following the deadly terror attack ...

    28 April 2025 The Statesman
    More patients get cataract operations done under Sebaashray camps

    Trinamul Congress national general secretary and Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee posted on his X-handle today about further success in his Sebaashray mission when a few more patients from the camps got back their sight.He wrote: “In times of ...

    28 April 2025 The Statesman
    Villagers bid farewell to Para commando Jhantu Ali Sheikh

    The mortal remains of Indian Army soldier Jhantu Ali Sheikh, who was martyred during a counter-terror operation in Udhampur, Jammu & Kashmir, reached his hometown of Patharghata in Tehatta, Nadia district, early Saturday morning. His body was placed at ...

    28 April 2025 The Statesman
    Pahalgam terror attack: NIA team visits residences of Samir, Bitan

    A three-member team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) visited on Saturday the Kolkata residences of Samir Guha, one of the three people from West Bengal who were killed in the Pahalgam terror attack in Kashmir on 22 April.The ...

    28 April 2025 The Statesman
    WBSSC recruitment case: Mamata Banerjee announces compensation for non-teaching staff losing jobs

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Saturday, announced compensation for the non-teaching staff in Group C and Group D categories in state-run schools who have lost jobs following an order of the Supreme Court earlier this month.These non-teaching ...

    28 April 2025 The Statesman
    Kolkata Fatafat April 26 results! Check your luck here!

    The anticipation meter is running high as the Kolkata Fatafat results continue to perplex the people of the city. As players try their luck with their strategy and intuition, the results of April 26 are making their way.The numbers ...

    27 April 2025 The Statesman
    TMC slams PM Modi’s absence from the all-party meet

    The Trinamul Congress leaders on Friday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his calculated silence on the Pahalgam attack that killed 26 people. The party slammed him for chasing votes while dodging crucial meetings on national security, treating elections ...

    26 April 2025 The Statesman
    Teachers’ protest shifts to new site at Sahid Minar

    Protesting teachers of the government-aided schools across the state on Friday decided to shift their new site of protest at Sahid Minar and stopped their five day-long siege to Acharya Sadan, head office of the West Bengal School Service ...

    26 April 2025 The Statesman
    Udhampur death: Mamata offers support to family of jawan killed in encounter

    West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday reached out to the grieving family of havaldar Jhantu Ali Sheikh, the army special forces commando of 6 Para from Nadia district, who was killed in the 24 April militant attack ...

    26 April 2025 The Statesman
    Chandannagar college hosts two-day international maths conference

    A two-day international conference on advances and applied mathematics commenced today at Chandannagar Khalisani College.International conferences in mathematics offer numerous benefits, including access to cutting-edge research, networking with global experts, exposure to diverse perspectives, and opportunities to present original ...

    26 April 2025 The Statesman
    WBSSC gets a new secretary

    Amidst irregularities in recruitment of teachers notwithstanding, the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) today got its new secretary – the post which lay vacant for quite some time now.Nabanna sources said that Arun Kumar Roy, a WBCS (Executive) ...

    26 April 2025 The Statesman
    Attack Muzaffarabad in PoK’: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

    Senior Congress leader and five-time former party Lok Sabha member Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, on Thursday, demanded the strongest possible action against Pakistan following the terror attack in Kashmir’s Pahalgam, saying that the Modi-led government should consider attacking Pakistan-occupied Kashmir ...

    25 April 2025 The Statesman
    CISF jawan murdered near Bengal-Jharkhand border

    Sunil Paswan (45), a head constable of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) was killed after some unknown miscreants fired at his head from close range at Domdaha – Dhangari area under Salanpur police station limits near the Bengal Jharkhand ...

    25 April 2025 The Statesman
    Confused jobless teachers urge SSC for ‘tainted’ candidates’ list

    A day after allowing the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) chairman Siddhartha Majumder and his other colleagues to leave office on Wednesday, the agitating jobless teachers are still confused with the WBSSC’s reluctance to make the list of ...

    25 April 2025 The Statesman
    Youth lynched for protesting eve-teasing

    A youth was lynched after he raised his voice against a group of youths who were allegedly eve-teasing his live-in partner.The incident occurred at Gouranganagar in the New Town area on Wednesday night. Three persons have been arrested by ...

    25 April 2025 The Statesman
    Cyclists welcome Poila Baisakh with an eco-friendly ride

    For Poila Baisakh, the Bengali New Year, cycling enthusiasts from across the city came together for a vibrant and eco-friendly ride hosted by DQuest Adventure Sports Academy in collaboration with The Astor. The event, titled “Pedal into Poila Baisakh,” ...

    25 April 2025 The Statesman
    Pakistani Rangers detain Rishra resident BSF Jawan

    A resident of Rishra, BSF Jawan Purnam Kumar Saw was detained by Pakistan Rangers. He is a resident of TC Mukherjee Street, Rishra, Hooghly. His father is Bholanath Saw.He Joined BSF in 2008 and belongs to 182 Battalion of ...

    25 April 2025 The Statesman
    Kunal Ghosh criticises PM Narendra Modi’s address in Bihar

    Tinamul Congress leader Kunal Ghosh slammed PM modi for his speech in Bihar. Prime Minister Narendra Modi did politics over dead bodies today. He spoke nothing about compensation packages. He didn’t take any accountability for the incompetence of the ...

    25 April 2025 The Statesman
    Havaldar Jhantu Ali Sheikh Makes Supreme Sacrifice in Udhampur

    Trinamul Congress on Thursday expressed deep sorrow over the martyrdom of Havaldar Jhantu Ali Sheikh, a brave soldier from Nadia, who lost his life in Jammu and Kashmir, with Tehatta MLA Tapas Saha immediately visiting the family to offer ...

    25 April 2025 The Statesman
    Understanding of religion can prevent intolerance and violence: Balak Brahmachari followers

    The ongoing unrest and violent activities in certain parts of Bengal have shaken the self-confidence, trust, and sense of safety among ordinary people. Affected sections of the community are deeply shocked and living in fear. For decades, generations of ...

    24 April 2025 The Statesman
    SSC protests: Teachers allow chairman, officials to leave after 40-hr siege

    After a 40-hour siege at Acharya Sadan, West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) headquarters at Salt Lake, a section of protesting jobless teachers on Wednesday morning allowed Siddhartha Majumder, chairman of the WBSSC, and its other employees to leave.The ...

    24 April 2025 The Statesman
    Clashes erupt in Malda village after youth’s murder

    A stretch of Amriti village under English Bazar police station in Malda turned into a virtual battlefield on Wednesday afternoon after clashes broke out between police and villagers protesting the murder of a local youth.Angry over the killing of ...

    24 April 2025 The Statesman
    Protest leader finds name missing from govt list

    Chinmoy Mondal, one of the prominent faces among the jobless protesters who have been spearheading the sit-in in front of the Acharya Sadan, couldn’t find his name in the list of 15,403 eligible teachers that was given to the ...

    24 April 2025 The Statesman
    Youth injured in Durgapur blast

    Sajal Debnath (30) has suffered severe burn injuries after a blast inside his house in New Town Road in DSP Township under Durgapur police station area today.The area is under ward 7 of Durgapur Municipal Corporation.AdvertisementA huge police force ...

    24 April 2025 The Statesman
    Pahalgam attack: Tolly actor with connections with valley pained & shocked

    Actor Bhaswar Chatterjee, who has a deep-rooted association with Kashmir, is shocked and also disturbed with the news of Pahalgam shooting.The Bengali actor, who has written many books on Kashmir, including his recent release, Maharani Didda, travels to the ...

    24 April 2025 The Statesman
    Families from Hooghly held up in Pahalgam

    The devastating massacre that took place last Tuesday in the Pahalgam area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district has shocked the entire nation.Many tourists from Hooghly district, currently visiting the picturesque resort town of Pahalgam, are stranded amid the ongoing ...

    24 April 2025 The Statesman
    Attack exposes security lapse: TMC blames Shah

    The Trinamul Congress (TMC) on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on Union home minister Amit Shah, holding him directly responsible for what it called a colossal and unforgivable security failure in the wake of the terrorist attack at Baisaran ...

    24 April 2025 The Statesman
    100 MW solar project at Goaltore: Mamata

    Chief minister Mamata Banerjee today expressed shock and anguish over the terror attack at Pahalgam in Kashmir at the state cabinet meeting held at the secretariat, Nabanna today.At the start of the meeting, Miss Banerjee said: “I’m shocked and ...

    24 April 2025 The Statesman
    Three from Bengal killed in Pahalgam terror attack

    Three residents of West Bengal were among those killed in a brutal terror attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir. Two of the deceased were central government officials.One of the victims was Manish Ranjan Mishra, originally from Jhalda in West Bengal’s Purulia ...

    24 April 2025 The Statesman
    Sealdah div takes up work for passenger safety in running loop line

    Sealdah Division of the Eastern Railway has undertaken the task of maintenance of passenger loops through machines to improve track parameter standards.The division is said to have 60 stations where passenger loop lines are available. Earlier, maintenance of passenger ...

    24 April 2025 The Statesman
    Stalemate continues

    The stalemate over the issue of publishing of the segregated list continued even after the meeting between the WBSSC chairman and six-member representatives of the agitating teachers at the commission’s office.After coming out of the meet, Mr Mondal said: ...

    24 April 2025 The Statesman
    Protests continue after Govt refused to make public segregated list

    The ongoing sit-in protests organised by the agitating jobless teachers of government-aided secondary and higher secondary schools in front of the Acharya Bhawan, headquarter of West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) at Salt Lake, since Monday afternoon aggravated further ...

    24 April 2025 The Statesman
    BJP appoints 7 party in-charges for 2026 polls in Asansol

    The Asansol district committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today announced the names of the party in-charges for each Assembly segment in the West Burdwan district.Debtanu Bhattacharya, president of the BJP’s Asansol district unit, released the list of ...

    24 April 2025 The Statesman
    This is just the beginning, solar projects are on anvil: Mamata

    In a major boost to West Bengal’s energy and infrastructure development, chief minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurated a 112.5 MW solar power plant at Goaltore in West Midnapore on Tuesday.This comes a day after she laid the foundation stone for ...

    23 April 2025 The Statesman
    Three young men booked for child marriage

    Three married men, husbands of three minor girls, have been booked under the rape and POCSO Act after all of them have become pregnant by the Budbud police station, under Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate.One of the minor girls is ...

    23 April 2025 The Statesman
    Two died in Pathuriaghata godown fire

    Two persons died in a fire that broke out at a godown storing garments at Pathuriaghata Street in the northern part of the city on Monday.The fire was spotted first in the godown housed in the fourth floor of ...

    23 April 2025 The Statesman
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