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  • University discusses nanotechnology

    The Immunobiology and Regenerative Medicine and Transitional Outcomes research unit of department of zoology, University of Calcutta (CU) in collaboration with BioConsort Consulting and Research LLP, startup incubated under the RUSA 2.0 entrepreneurship hub of CU recently organised a ...

    22 September 2024 The Statesman
    Rupashree scheme gets praise from UNICEF

    UNICEF has praised the Rupashree scheme, introduced by chief minister Mamata Banerjee for women empowerment.Trinamul Congress on its X handle wrote: “Bengal comes out on top yet again! First, Kanyashree received the prestigious UN Public Service Award. And, now ...

    22 September 2024 The Statesman
    Galloping trains to stop at all stations during Puja days

    As Durga Puja is round the corner and the pre-puja crowd is already swelling with every passing day, the Sealdah Division is gearing up to handle the enormous footfall during the festive day.Aiming to accommodate a huge festive rush ...

    22 September 2024 The Statesman
    Water experts suspect hidden tributaries for feeding dams despite no rain

    Even without any rain in the last three days inflow of thousands of acre-feet of water to the upper dam reservoirs continues. Senior water commission officials suspect certain ‘hidden’ feeders responsible for the flow of water to the dams.Rains ...

    22 September 2024 The Statesman
    Sandip Ghosh’s confidants at CBI office for interrogation

    The central bureau of Investigation (CBI), probing the rape and murder of a junior doctor at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital today interrogated Birupaksha Biswas and another doctor Avik Dey, both considered close to former principal of ...

    22 September 2024 The Statesman
    Centre refutes state’s claims on floods

    A political battle has begun over the cause of floods in south Bengal. While chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday sent a four-page letter to the Prime Minister after visiting the flood-affected areas, claiming that this was a “man-made ...

    22 September 2024 The Statesman
    One injured after firing incident

    Unidentified assailants fired several rounds from close range at one Krishna Nunia in Chinakuri, under Kulti police station of Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate (ADPC) last evening.At the time of shooting, Krishna Nunia was standing beside his parked motorcycle in ...

    22 September 2024 The Statesman
    Two college students expelled for allegedly taking part in agitation

    Two students of Saradamoni College in Bankura have been expelled from the college allegedly for taking part in the agitation for the R G Kar trainee doctor. Both of them are students of the fifth semester of the college.Shyamal ...

    22 September 2024 The Statesman
    4 in police net for cyber fraud

    Cyber crime cell of Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate (ADPC) raided two illegal call centres in Barachak under Asansol South police station and arrested four persons in connection with cyber fraud yesterday.Dr Arvind Kumar Anand , DC of Cyber Wing ...

    21 September 2024 The Statesman
    Kin of policemen transferred during LS polls demand home posting

    Wives and relatives of police personnel, who were transferred to different districts during Lok Sabha (LS) elections around three-and-a-half months ago, urged the West Bengal Police (WBP) authorities on Friday to bring them back again to their previous places ...

    21 September 2024 The Statesman
    Anubrata gets bail in ED case, to be released soon

    Anubrata Mondal, the Birbhum district president of Trinamul Congress has got bail from the Rouse Court in Delhi today in the cross-border cattle smuggling case by the Enforcement Department.Earlier, Anubrata Mondal has secured bail in the CBI case and ...

    21 September 2024 The Statesman
    Tea unions agree to 16pc bonus, 2.75 lakh workers to benefit

    Trade unions representing over 175 tea plantations in the Terai and Dooars have finally agreed to a 16 per cent bonus-cum-compensatory payment for the accounting year 2023-24.This decision was reached after an extensive bipartite meeting in Kolkata, which continued ...

    21 September 2024 The Statesman
    Coal theft case: SC relief for law minister Moloy Ghatak

    Rejecting the plea of Enforcement Directorate (ED), the Supreme Court has given relief to state law minister Moloy Ghatak today in relation to the coal theft case.The Division Bench, headed by chief justice D Y Chandrachud has rejected the ...

    21 September 2024 The Statesman
    Youth drowns in Birbhum

    Prasenjit Badyakar (26) drowned at 3 No. river ghat in Shaymla Colliery of Pandaveswar police station yesterday afternoon.He was supposed to watch a football match in the neighbouring Birbhum district along with his two friends. They tried to take ...

    21 September 2024 The Statesman
    TMC expels councillor after CID arrest on kidnapping charges

    The CID has arrested a Trinamul Congress councillor on serious charges of kidnapping, extortion, and fraud.According to reports, the arrested councillor’s name is Milan Sardar, who is the councillor of Ward 2 of Barasat Municipality. He was remanded in ...

    21 September 2024 The Statesman
    Cloths gutted in fire in Durgapur

    A fire broke out at a cloth shop in Durgapur Station Bazar today early this morning. Coke Oven police reached the site after being informed.Fire tenders allegedly reached the spot about-one-and-half hours late.Clothes have been burnt and the losses ...

    21 September 2024 The Statesman
    Junior doctors, civil society bring out rallies wanting justice for R G Kar

    Hardly five days after the Sunday evening rally agitating junior doctors and civil society again on Friday brought out two rallies separately in the city shouting slogans demanding justice for the gruesome incident at R G Kar Medical College ...

    21 September 2024 The Statesman
    Blockade at Bengal-Jharkhand border, only essential commodities allowed

    The state government has allowed entry of trucks loaded with essential commodities like vegetables, medicines, fruits, milk etc from Jharkhand to West Bengal through the Duburdih check post on NH-19, near Asansol from 4.30 pm today.The trucks carrying essential ...

    21 September 2024 The Statesman
    RG Kar scam: CBI gets clues of Sandip Ghosh illegally awarding contracts to biz entity

    The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials probing the case of financial irregularities in state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital have secured crucial clues about how its former principal, Sandip Ghosh had illegally awarded contracts for sophisticated and ...

    21 September 2024 The Statesman
    Govt to engage WBMDTC for dredging Durgapur barrage

    After waiting for long for central funds to arrive for dredging and desilting of the Damodar Barrage in Durgapur, the Bengal government has ordered a state-owned company to do the job.The state has assigned the West Bengal Mineral Development ...

    20 September 2024 The Statesman
    Power ministry issues release, claims DVRRC advices all releases

    Damodar Valley Reservoir Regulation Committee (DVRRC) advises all releases and has representatives from the government of West Bengal, government of Jharkhand and Central Water Commission (member secretary) and from DVC.“Protocols regarding prior intimation to all concerned authorities regarding the ...

    20 September 2024 The Statesman
    R G Kar incident: Young girls get self-defence lessons

    In the wake of R G Kar rape and murder of a trainee doctor, a training programme was held for girls, teaching them mainly self-defence techniques and how to strengthen their minds.Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) Bengal unit just ...

    20 September 2024 The Statesman
    Murshidabad village bags best tourism village award

    Baranagar village in Murshidabad district has been selected as the best tourism village in India in the agri-tourism village category in the Best Tourism Village competition held by the ministry of tourism.Baranagar is located at Jiaganj block and Lalbagh ...

    20 September 2024 The Statesman
    Migrant labourer from Birbhum found dead in Maharashtra

    Somenath Debnath (28), a migrant labourer from Panita village, under Nalhati police station in Birbhum district has been allegedly murdered in Maharashtra few days ago and his family has sought justice.On 14 September, his family received a phone call ...

    20 September 2024 The Statesman
    Inter-state truck hijacking racket busted, 3 arrested

    Asansol North police station has arrested three persons in a case of truck hijacking from Chowringhee More on national highway 19.Dhruba Das, deputy commissioner (headquarters) of Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate (ADPC) has informed that a truck driver from Jamui ...

    20 September 2024 The Statesman
    2 cops hurt, police detain 9 over playing loud music

    Two cops were injured when police visited a stop over a dispute between locals and a NVF jawans in Angadpur under Coke Oven police station.Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate sources said that a dispute was between locals and NVF jawans ...

    20 September 2024 The Statesman
    Junior docs mail to chief secretary again on proposed directive

    Agitating junior doctors on Thursday again wrote to the state chief secretary Manoj Pant requesting him to issue a directive on 15-points agendas discussed at the meeting on Wednesday late night at the state secretariat Nabanna.Or else, they would ...

    20 September 2024 The Statesman
    ER to celebrate 40 years of running of Circular Railway

    Completing 40 years of its journey, the city’s iconic Circular Railway has seen a 200 per cent rise in passenger count over the last decade.The rail network which is a nostalgic mode of transport of Kolkata and shares the ...

    20 September 2024 The Statesman
    Trinamul leader under CBI lens

    Trinamul Congress leader Asish Pande, who has been putting up at a hotel in Salt Lake since 9 August is currently under Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) scanner, which is probing the rape and murder of a junior female ...

    20 September 2024 The Statesman
    AC coaches to be added with 5 popular trains

    Aiming to enhance passenger amenities in key areas such as Rampurhat, Azimganj, Malda Town and Jamalpur, the Eastern Railway has decided to augment air-conditioned and sleeper class coaches with five popular mail/express trains. According to the ER, one ...

    20 September 2024 The Statesman
    Large areas of W Burdwan, Birbhum inundated, minister inspects area

    Though the rainfall has stopped since last night, the Damodar Valley Reservoir Regulatory Committee (DVRRC), the competent authority for releasing water from dams of River Damodar has released about 1.70 lakh cusecs of water from its Panchet and Maithon ...

    20 September 2024 The Statesman
    Tea industry leaders fear losses, cry for govt help

    Sandeep Singhania, president of the Tea Association of India (TAI), has called for urgent government intervention, warning that without timely support, the future of the north Indian tea industry is in serious jeopardy.According to Mr Singhania, the first and ...

    20 September 2024 The Statesman
    Shrinking storage of Durgapur barrage causes devastation in Damodar lower valley

    Zero precipitation in the upper catchment and substantially reduced dam discharges by 1 lakh cusecs, loss of storage capacity of Durgapur Barrage due to siltation has led the Damodar to cause extensive devastation in the lower valley.Uncountable localities in ...

    20 September 2024 The Statesman
    Medical council cancels registration of Sandip Ghosh

    The West Bengal Medical Council (WBMC) on Wednesday cancelled registration of Prof (Dr) Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of the R G Kar Medical College Hospital and an accused in the horrific rape-murder of the 31-year-old woman postgraduate trainee, ...

    20 September 2024 The Statesman
    DM, SP, MP, MLA rescued after boat overturns during inspection

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

    20 September 2024 The Statesman
    Abhishek urges doctors to join work

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

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

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

    20 September 2024 The Statesman
    TMC councillor arrested

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    19 September 2024 The Statesman
    Tribute to Suchitra Mitra

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

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

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

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

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

    19 September 2024 The Statesman
    Girl stabbed to death

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    17 September 2024 The Statesman
    ZP begins digitization of road network

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    15 September 2024 The Statesman
    Wall collapse kills woman in Bankura

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    14 September 2024 The Statesman
    Metro services on Vishwakarma Puja

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

    14 September 2024 The Statesman
    Lightning death

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

    14 September 2024 The Statesman
    7 students fall ill

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    13 September 2024 The Statesman
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