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  • 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
    CBI raids RG Kar rogi kalyan samiti chief’s house

    The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), probing the horrific incident of rape and murder of the 31-year-old woman post graduate trainee (PGT) doctor, raided the residence of Dr Sudipta Roy, Trinamul Congress MLA and chairman of the Rogi Kalyan ...

    13 September 2024 The Statesman
    Agitating doctors save on-duty policewoman from medical distress

    The junior doctors were getting ready for dinner after a day-long sit-in protest and continuous slogan shouting, in front of the Swasthya Bhawan at Salt Lake on Wednesday.Suddenly, one of the protesting doctors desperately started looking for a stethoscope.One ...

    13 September 2024 The Statesman
    METRO TO RUN ADDITIONAL SERVICES ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS BEFORE PUJA

    Anticipating heavy rush on weekends before the upcoming Durga Puja, Kolkata Metro Railway has decided to run on Saturdays and Sundays in the Blue Line from 14 September. On the forthcoming two Saturdays on 14 and 21 September, the ...

    13 September 2024 The Statesman
    Abhishek remembers his association with Yechury

    Sitaram Yechury, CPM general secretary died at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences ( AIMS), New Delhi this afternoon after a brief illness.He was 72-years old. He became a politburo member of the CPM in 1992. He was ...

    13 September 2024 The Statesman
    Soil testing technology developed by IIT Kharagpur and ICRISAT

    IIT Kharagpur, in collaboration with the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, has made a significant breakthrough in soil analysis through the development of diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) models.This pioneering technology offers high-throughput soil testing ...

    13 September 2024 The Statesman
    Vegetable prices unchanged despite 72-hours truckers’ strike

    The Federation of West Bengal Truck Operators Association have called 72 hours chakka Jam from 11 September to press for their seven-point demands.People fear that three days’ truck strike would lead to acute shortage of green vegetables, potatoes, onions ...

    13 September 2024 The Statesman
    ER takes steps for safety, security of women passengers

    With demands for improved women safety echoing, the Eastern Railway has enhanced security measures for women passengers.To prevent any untoward incident, the zonal railway’s security personnel have intensified the hunt for male passengers in ladies’ coaches. In addition, “Meri ...

    12 September 2024 The Statesman
    Judges file complaint after invasion in their living quarters

    A gang entered the judges’ residence in Diamond Harbour with firearms to terrorize the judges. The judges have sought the intervention of the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court.Judges are feeling unsafe. It is suspected that the intrusion ...

    12 September 2024 The Statesman
    Two killed in separate road mishaps

    An elderly man and a two-year-old girl were killed in two separate road accidents due to reckless driving. The incidents led to agitation and road blocks in the respective areas.An elderly man was crushed by a speeding vehicle while ...

    12 September 2024 The Statesman
    Goods trucks stranded after 72-hour strike call

    Thousands of trucks were stranded since morning across the state following truck owners’ call for a 72-hour strike starting today.They are demanding seven key issues to be resolved, including stopping vehicle overloading, ending harassment by police, political parties and ...

    12 September 2024 The Statesman
    Fraudsters rob civic body Rs 1.43cr through cloned cheques

    Mumbai-based fraudsters siphoned off Rs 1.43 crore from the account of Burdwan Municipality, in two phases. The matter has come to light after a new cheque, worth Rs 97 lakh, was presented at a nationalised bank for withdrawal.What is ...

    12 September 2024 The Statesman
    AMC prepares notice for demolitions of illegal structures on Garui banks

    The Asansol Municipal Corporation (AMC) has prepared a list of unauthorized constructions besides the Garui river and will send notices for demolitions soon, while the detailed project report (DPR) of Rs 12 crore for restoration of the rivulet has ...

    12 September 2024 The Statesman
    Swasthya Sathi benefits now available at Haripal hospital

    The Haripal Sramajibi Hospital first started rendering medical treatment from 16 April, 2023 with a total capacity of 30 beds. The state started the Swasthya Sathi beneficiary scheme after that. The date 9 September will be remembered as the ...

    12 September 2024 The Statesman
    Robbery looted salt mistaking it to be cash: Police

    The highway robbers at Durgapur had looted a sealed pack of salt and not Rs 1 crore in cash, latest investigations have revealed.Two policemen, ASI Asim Chakraborty, the duty officer of Durgapur PS and Chandan Chowdhury, a ...

    12 September 2024 The Statesman
    Metro’s starts mobile-based QR code ticketing system

    In a major relief to the citizens planning shopping or pandal hopping during Durga Puja, the Kolkata Metro Railway today launched a mobile-based integrated QR code ticketing system in the Blue Line.Citizens would be able to plan their day ...

    12 September 2024 The Statesman
    Medical board doctor’s ‘note of dissent’

    In a series of twists and turns in the investigation of the deceased junior doctor, a new row erupted today following the surfacing of an alleged note of dissent by a doctor, who was in the team of doctors ...

    12 September 2024 The Statesman
    Disciplinary committee recommends steps against 12 at NBMC&H

    A five-member disciplinary action committee (DAC) at North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMC&H) has recommended stringent actions against 12 individuals, including senior officials, house staff, postgraduate trainees and other students, following protests against ‘threat culture’ here related to ...

    11 September 2024 The Statesman
    Highway heist: One women arrested, firearms seized, houses sealed

    The Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate (ADPC) special investigation team, comprising officers from various police stations, in connection with the Durgapur highway cash loot case have arrested wife of Prithviraj Oswal, Radhika Oswal and seized a 9mm mauser (pistol) from ...

    11 September 2024 The Statesman
    Cattle smuggling case: Anubrata’s daughter Sukanya gets bail

    Sukanya Mondal, daughter of Anubrata Mondal, Birbhum district president of Trinamul Congress, has got bail from Delhi High Court today in connection with the cross-border cattle smuggling case.She was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in April 2023, after ...

    11 September 2024 The Statesman
    Do not panic in case of smoke from wheels: ER

    The Eastern Railway has urged passengers and other people not to panic if they see smoke from the train wheels. It has clarified that smoke emanating from the wheels is a common occurrence in both ICF and LHB coaches.Notably, ...

    11 September 2024 The Statesman
    Swapan Basu’s ‘Moner Ayna’ completes 35 years

    Swapan Basu, a virtuoso in folk music, will be commemorating 35 years of his first music cover, ‘Moner Ayna’ at Rabindra Sadan on Friday. A man who had devoted a great part of his life towards understanding and preaching ...

    11 September 2024 The Statesman
    Senior citizen refused admission in hospitals dies

    A senior citizen, Sadananda Pal (63), a resident of Nalikul Cinematala, Haripal, on 18 August was hit on the back by a motorbike at high speed. He had received serious head injuries. He was rushed from one hospital ...

    11 September 2024 The Statesman
    Suvendu lends supports to protesting doctors

    Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Suvendu Adhikari, today voiced his support for the ongoing agitation by junior doctors demanding justice for the R G Kar Medical College rape-murder victim.Speaking to reporters at Bagdogra airport, Mr Adhikari emphasised the ...

    11 September 2024 The Statesman
    As SC deadline ends agitating doctors continue with protest, demands

    Despite the Supreme Court directive to the agitating junior doctors to resume work by 5 pm on Tuesday, the protestors said that they would continue their month-long cease-work in state-run medical colleges till their charter of five demands is ...

    11 September 2024 The Statesman
    Burdwan police bring Bharosa app to register complaints

    To help registering complaints the East Burdwan residents may not need to visit any police station anymore. Instead, the victims would require just to click ‘Bharosa’, an android app.Bharosa, as the SP, East Burdwan, Amandeep Singh explained, “Is designed ...

    11 September 2024 The Statesman
    CM Mamata reaches out to agitating doctors

    Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday reached out to agitating junior doctors, inviting them to the state secretariat at Nabanna for a meeting to resolve the impasse amid their ongoing protest over the R G Kar issue, but they ...

    11 September 2024 The Statesman
    Tourist police guard, helpline launched in Birbhum

    Birbhum district police has started a helpline number and a dedicated tourist police service at Unesco’s World Cultural Heritage site Santiniketan from Saturday.These 18 Tourists Police personnel will be deployed in front of Sonajhuri and in front of the ...

    11 September 2024 The Statesman
    State allots Rs 100cr for infra in state-run hospitals: Chief secretary

    Chief secretary Manoj Pant requested the agitating junior doctors to resume work before 5 pm tomorrow, following the Supreme Court directive.The junior doctors are on strike demanding justice and stringent punishment of the persons involved in the rape and ...

    11 September 2024 The Statesman
    CM threatens action against pvt hospitals for not admitting cop

    Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday threatened to take action against private hospitals for denying admission of Abhijit Mondal, officer-in-charge (OC) of Tala police station (PS).Miss Banerjee, while addressing an administrative meeting at the state secretariat, Nabanna, today asked ...

    11 September 2024 The Statesman
    Truck operators call for three-day strike from Wednesday

    Over seven lakh trucks, including big and small ones are anticipated to stay off the roads of West Bengal for 72 hours starting from 11 September.The strike has been called by the members of Federation of West Bengal Truck ...

    11 September 2024 The Statesman
    Need for switch to EV to save environment: Survey

    With West Bengal heading towards winter in few more weeks and the pollution associated with the season, around 75 per cent of residents of a survey conducted by Sustainability Mobility Network (SMN) in Kolkata and Asansol felt there was ...

    11 September 2024 The Statesman
    Mamata refutes offering money to deceased doctor’s family

    After the Supreme Court hearing on Monday, where it asked the protesting doctors to join work, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee too urged doctors to return to work. Amid protests throughout the state, she also denied offering money ...

    11 September 2024 The Statesman
    Molestation charges in Naihati protest march

    Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari today accused Trinamul Congress (TMC)-backed miscreants for “mass molestation” against women protestors, who gathered at Naihati in North 24-Parganas seeking justice for R G Kar student last night.He alleged that this was unprecedented as ...

    10 September 2024 The Statesman
    Tension in Kulti factory after alleged thief dies, another injured

    Vicky Rabidas (30) died on the spot and Mohammed Lodon (30) is critically injured and has been rescued near the No. 12 loco line gate of Kulti Growth Works of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) today morning and ...

    10 September 2024 The Statesman
    One killed in drunk driving

    A fatal accident occurred late at night in the city when a transformer-loaded truck rammed into a stationary car on the road.Police said that the incident took place near New Town’s Biswa Bangla Sarani. One person died and three ...

    10 September 2024 The Statesman
    Trinamul Congress urges junior doctors to join work

    Trinamul Congres leaders urged the agitating junior doctors, on strike, demanding justice and stringent punishment of those involved in the alleged rape and murder of a doctor at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital to resume duties before ...

    10 September 2024 The Statesman
    Junior doctors disheartened with the SC directive

    The agitating junior doctors are disheartened and upset with the Supreme Court (SC) directive to resume work within 5 pm Tuesday.Hours after the SC directive the chief minister appealed to the agitators to join work in government medical colleges ...

    10 September 2024 The Statesman
    Heart hospital adds cath lab facility

    The Calcutta Heart Clinic & Hospital in Salt Lake, celebrating its golden jubilee year from 8 September, 2024 to 8 September, next year, has added another facility in its list of services, which is sure to gladden the hearts ...

    10 September 2024 The Statesman
    RG Kar scam: ED gets clues of proceeds invested in Bangladesh real estate, gold business

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials investigating the case for financial irregularities in state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata have got some initial clues of a part of the ill-gotten proceeds being invested illegally in the real ...

    10 September 2024 The Statesman
    ‘Never witnessed such grievance against any govt’, Trinamool MP resigns on RG Kar issue

    Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member Jawhar Sircar, a retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, on Sunday, announced his decision to resign from the Rajya Sabha as a protest against the ghastly rape and murder of a woman doctor of ...

    9 September 2024 The Statesman
    Reclaim the Night: Thousands protest against rape and murder of RG Kar victim

    A night before the crucial hearing on Monday at the Supreme Court, thousands of protesters gathered West Bengal to protest against the rape and murder of the junior doctor at R.G Kar Medical College & Hospital.The call was for ...

    9 September 2024 The Statesman
    Trouble in Trinamool: Jawhar Sircar turns down Mamata’s request to reconsider resignation decision

    Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member Jawhar Sircar — a retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer — has turned down West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s request to reconsider his decision to resign from the Upper House of the Parliament ...

    9 September 2024 The Statesman
    Politicising RG Kar Hospital case is wrong, I support Mamata Banerjee: Shatrughan Sinha

    Actor turned politician and TMC MP Shatrughan Sinha has condemned the RG Kar Medical College incident in Kolkata, calling it a despicable event that no one would support. However, he decried the politicisation of the incident.Sinha stated: “The incident ...

    9 September 2024 The Statesman
    Police tried to destroy evidence since beginning: RG Kar hospital victim’s parents

    The parents of the woman junior doctor of R.G Kar Medical College and Hospital on Sunday accused Kolkata Police of attempting to destroy evidence since the beginning of the case.“The government, administration and the police have not cooperated with ...

    9 September 2024 The Statesman
    Jawhar Sircar’s resignation from RS is his personal decision: Trinamool leader

    The Trinamool Congress leadership seems to be maintaining a cautious approach in reacting to its Rajya Sabha member Jawhar Sircar’s resignation announcement on Sunday.Sircar announced his resignation from the Upper House of Parliament as a mark of protest against ...

    9 September 2024 The Statesman
    Time for Bengal CM to step down: Amit Malviya on Trinamool MP Sircar’s resignation

    Just hours after Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha member Jawhar Sircar announced to quit the party over the R. G. Kar issue, BJP’s central observer for West Bengal Amit Malviya on Saturday said Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the Kolkata ...

    9 September 2024 The Statesman
    Kunal Ghosh accuses Dev of hogging limelight over hospital inauguration

    Trinamul Congress leader Kunal Ghosh has accused party MP from Ghatal Dipak Adhikari (Dev) on Saturday of removing the chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s name from a plaque at the state-run Ghatal super speciality hospital in the actor-MP’s Ghatal Lok ...

    9 September 2024 The Statesman
    Haripal police rescues student in unconscious state

    The Haripal police, on information, on Friday night rescued a teenage girl student found lying in a senseless and semi-nude state at Gupinagar, near Haripal BDO office.The police rushed her to Haripal gramin hospital.The local witnesses said they spotted ...

    9 September 2024 The Statesman
    WBMC notice to Sandip Ghosh, suspends 3 close associates

    The West Bengal Medical Council (WBMC) on Saturday issued show-cause notice to Prof (Dr) Sandip Ghosh, former principal of the R G Kar Medical College Hospital and an accused in the alleged financial irregularities in the state-run hospital, and ...

    9 September 2024 The Statesman
    BJP MLA’s push for 2 new municipalities in Siliguri sub-division

    In a move following former urban development minister and CPM leader Asok Bhattacharya’s efforts, BJP MLA Anandamay Barman of Matigara-Naxalbari has initiated a proposal to establish a new municipality in the Shibmandir area.This would cover two gram panchayats, encompassing ...

    9 September 2024 The Statesman
    Highway robbery: ASI, constable sent to jail, remand for dismissed cop

    The assistant sub-inspector of police and the CID’s bomb squad constable along with two others, arrested in the sensational Rs 1 crore highway robbery case were sent to jail custody for five days by the court today as the ...

    9 September 2024 The Statesman
    BJP leader alleges cover-up in RG Kar incident, demands call records list

    The Bharatiya Janata Party’s national IT cell in-charge and West Bengal co-observer, Amit Malviya, today accused the West Bengal government of a massive cover-up in the R G Kar Medical College and Hospital rape and murder case. He demanded ...

    9 September 2024 The Statesman
    Artists protest on streets

    The artists from Serampore Betarbani, mostly from the Hooghly district, stepped out on the roads on Saturday condemning the brutal rape and murder of the lady doctor at R G Kar hospital and demanding faster justice.The director of Serampore ...

    9 September 2024 The Statesman
    Thai Lion Air flight makes emergency landing to refuel in Kolkata

    There was trouble on a flight before it could cross Kolkata’s skies on its way to Mumbai. According to airport sources, Thai Lion Air flight SL 218 was travelling from Bangkok to Mumbai. It had almost reached Kolkata’s airspace, ...

    8 September 2024 The Statesman
    Government directive for speedy implementation of welfare schemes

    Chief secretary Manoj Pant today issued a strict directive to government officials, employees and police, asking them to concentrate on their work diligently and finish pending work on a war footing.The directive also asked them to be more dedicated ...

    8 September 2024 The Statesman
    Training for civic volunteers

    Civic volunteers in the state would undergo training by the state and city police for maintaining discipline and learn proper use of law and other dos and don’ts within the framework of law.As sources in the state home department ...

    8 September 2024 The Statesman
    Four arrested, fake gun license issuing gang busted

    Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate (ADPC) has busted a fake firearms racket and seized various documents from Coke Oven police station area in Durgapur last evening.Abhishek Gupta, DCP (east) of ADPC said that after arresting one person from Kulti police ...

    8 September 2024 The Statesman
    Left Front lists protests marches, sit-in from Monday

    The Left Front is set to launch a new protest over the R G Kar issue.In the coming week, the Left Front has called for a Lalbazar march, and it has been decided in a meeting last night that ...

    8 September 2024 The Statesman
    Injured youth dies at RG Kar hospital, parents allege inaction; hospital denies charges

    A youth, Vikram Bhattacharya from Vivek Nagar, Konnagar died at R G Kar hospital in Kolkata, allegedly due to negligence.The patient, Vikram was critically injured when a dumper ran over his legs. He received critical injuries on both the ...

    8 September 2024 The Statesman
    Man from Bihar drowns in Damodar

    A resident of Samastipur in Bihar drowned in the Damodar river in Durgapur last evening. His body was retrieved today morning.Kamalesh Choudhury (30), used to stay in Ashish Nagar Navin Pally, under Coke Oven police station. The NDRF officials ...

    8 September 2024 The Statesman
    Another reclaim the night march planned on Monday

    This Sunday will see another spontaneous protest on streets of Kolkata, suburbs and across the country, a call to ‘reclaim the night’.The call was given yet again by Rimjhim Singh, whose 14 August night call turned out to be ...

    8 September 2024 The Statesman
    Man fakes death certificate of his wife, arrested

    A man had procured a ‘purported’ death certificate of his wife, a year ahead of her death and the police have arrested the husband and two of his aides in connection with the forgery, today.The accused, in connivance with ...

    7 September 2024 The Statesman
    Anti-rape Bill: Governor awaits technical report

    A complication has arisen in the Raj Bhavan regarding the anti-rape Bill. Governor C V Ananda Bose has expressed dissatisfaction with the state government’s handling of the Bill, according to sources close to him.A Raj Bhavan official said that ...

    7 September 2024 The Statesman
    Locals agitate, vandalise factory demanding jobs

    A group of people, who have been agitating, demanding jobs, have vandalized a factory in Kanksha of West Burdwan district today.For the second consecutive day today, the locals have agitated in the private iron and steel factory in Kanksha ...

    7 September 2024 The Statesman
    Durga Pithuri Lane residents enraged after another water leak

    Five years, three major mishaps, several precautionary evacuations, fear of loss of assets or even life almost every now and then – the last leg of the East-West Metro corridor at Bowbazar has become a never ending saga of ...

    7 September 2024 The Statesman
    CM to hold administrative review meeting on Monday

    Chief minister Mamata Banerjee will hold the administrative review meeting on Monday. Chief secretary Manoj Pant, Home Secretary Nandini Chakraborty, all additional chief secretaries, principal secretaries and departmental secretaries are supposed to attend the meeting.All the ministers have been ...

    7 September 2024 The Statesman
    New sales scheme

    Government of India has reintroduced the Open Market Sales Scheme (Domestic) starting from August 2024 for Financial Year 2024-25 for price stabilization and increasing the affordability of the rice. The e-auction is to be conducted on 11 September for ...

    7 September 2024 The Statesman
    Students lay siege of police at midnight after death of a student at VBU

    Students of Visva-Bharati University (VBU) are agitating and gheraoed the Santiniketan police station after a third year student had an unnatural death.Anamika Singh, a third year student of Silpa Sadan of Visva-Bharati University and a resident of Varanasi in ...

    7 September 2024 The Statesman
    ER’s woman employee mixes fine arts with technical work

    Among the dedicated railways workforce, a talented voice shines bright. Rimi Chakraborty, a gifted artist and dancer, presently posted as technician-I at the office of principal chief mechanical engineer at Eastern Railway headquarters.Rimi’s artistic journey has graced renowned galleries ...

    7 September 2024 The Statesman
    Youth dies allegedly without getting treatment at R G Kar Hospital

    A 28 year-old youth of Hooghly district died at R G Kar Medical College Hospital on Friday.No complaint has been lodged with the hospital authorities so far by the deceased’s family.Bikram Bhattacharya of Konnagar in Hooghly met with a ...

    7 September 2024 The Statesman
    3 policemen accused of highway robbery arrested in Durgapur

    Policemen in disguise of cyber experts looted Rs 1.01 crore in cash from a railway vendor on the NH-19 in Durgapur allegedly at gunpoint last evening.Soon after a complaint from a Delhi-based agency was received, the Asansol Durgapur Police ...

    7 September 2024 The Statesman
    Concerned over declining role of teachers: Siliguri MLA

    Siliguri MLA, Dr Sankar Ghosh, who also is a teacher, expressed deep concern today over the declining standards in education, blaming educators for straying from their fundamental role in shaping students’ character.Speaking at a Teachers’ Day event hosted by ...

    7 September 2024 The Statesman
    TMC question motive behind CBI IO’s absence from court

    Trinamul Congress today lambasted the CBI after the investigating officer and the counsel of the agency did not turn up at the Sealdah Court, where the prime accused in the rape and murder at RG Kar Medical College and ...

    7 September 2024 The Statesman
    RG Kar scam: SC to hear today Sandip Ghosh’s plea against CBI probe

    The Supreme Court, on Friday, will hear the petition filed by Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital, challenging the Calcutta High Court order of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the financial ...

    7 September 2024 The Statesman
    Bangladesh slashes duties on vegetable imports

    Bangladesh’s tax collection body, the National Board of Revenue, has reduced taxes on imports of onion and potato to rein in soaring prices of essential kitchen items.The board has waived the 5 per cent regulatory duty on onion imports ...

    7 September 2024 The Statesman
    RG Kar scam case: SC dismisses Sandip Ghosh’s plea against CBI probe

    The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea filed by Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of Kolkata’s R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital where a woman doctor was found raped and murdered last month, challenging the CBI ...

    7 September 2024 The Statesman
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