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  • Lynching in Haryana: Social organizations question ‘selective’ silence

    Members of various organizations, representing different sections of society, raised concerns over the ‘selective silence’ on the lynching of the South 24-Parganas youth in Haryana by cow vigilante group on 27 August and urged people to protest against the ...

    6 September 2024 The Statesman
    NBMC&H dean of students’ affairs resigns, principal to lodge FIR

    The dean of students’ affairs at North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMC&H), Dr Sandeep Sengupta, along with his deputy Dr Sudipta Sil, resigned last night after mounting pressure from junior doctors, postgraduate trainees, and teachers.The protest was fuelled ...

    6 September 2024 The Statesman
    Clerk suspended for disturbing public order

    An office assistant of a government office was placed under suspension today by the district magistrate, West Burdwan for his ‘unauthorized’ participation in Nabanna Avijan called by an outfit titled ‘Chhatra Samaj’ on 28 August.Subhankar Banerjee, an upper division ...

    6 September 2024 The Statesman
    Letter by ex-principal Sandip Ghosh ordering renovation surfaces

    A day after the gruesome rape and murder of the 31-year-old postgraduate trainee (PGT) doctor at R G Kar Medical College Hospital on 9 August, it was Prof (Dr) Sandip Ghosh, former principal of the college, who had written ...

    6 September 2024 The Statesman
    CBI should break silence on probe progress: Trinamul

    Trinamul Congress leaders today lambasted the CBI and urged the agency to break silence and make a statement regarding the progress of investigation to remove all confusion.State education minister Bratya Basu and Dr Shashi Panja, state minister for women ...

    6 September 2024 The Statesman
    Mamata pays respects to teachers

    On the occasion of Teachers’ Day, chief minister Mamata Banerjee paid rich tributes to Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan and respect to the teaching community.The day is the birthday of educationist and former President Dr S Radhakrishnan.She said teachers are the ...

    6 September 2024 The Statesman
    Puja donations: HC asks petitioner to make representation to Bengal govt for audit

    The Calcutta High Court on Thursday asked a petitioner, who filed a PIL challenging the hike in the annual donations to different community Puja committees on the occasion of the state’s biggest and most popular festival, to make a ...

    6 September 2024 The Statesman
    Govt order against Burdwan medical college doctor

    State’s director of medical education today withdrew the status of senior resident of Dr Birupaksha Biswas, who was forced to vacate the Burdwan Medical College & Hospital yesterday, after 13 months of his transfer order issued, in August 2023.Dr ...

    6 September 2024 The Statesman
    Minister questions artists who are giving up government awards

    Bratya Basu, state education minister today took a dig at a section of the playwrights and theatre personalities, who are returning government awards in the wake of R G Kar Medical college rape and murder case.The minister, who is ...

    6 September 2024 The Statesman
    Two passengers detained by Andal airport for carrying firearms

    In a bizarre incident, the security staff of Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport in Andal, during baggage screening seized a firearm and bullets from two passengers of Birbhum district, about to board a Mumbai-bound flight and handed over them to ...

    6 September 2024 The Statesman
    RG Kar case: CBI finds Sanjay Roy’s polygraph test statements contradictory

    The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials probing the ghastly rape and murder of a woman doctor at the R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital have found discrepancies in the statements of Sanjay Roy, the arrested civil volunteer, during ...

    6 September 2024 The Statesman
    3 members of family drown in Damodar, 2 rescued

    Three members of a family from Kolkata have drowned in Damodar river near Kulti in West Burdwan district today while bathing and taking selfies. The locals have managed to save two others.Locals said that five people, including a woman, ...

    5 September 2024 The Statesman
    Congress councillor murder case: court grants bail to accused

    The Calcutta High Court has granted bail to two accused arrested in the murder case of Congress councillor Tapan Kandu case in Purulia, probed by the CBI.However, the high court has imposed restrictions and has directed both the accused ...

    5 September 2024 The Statesman
    2 nabbed after singer cries molestation at city luxury hotel

    Two persons were arrested from a star hotel off EM Bypass on charges of molestation last night. Police said that a complaint of molestation has been filed at a luxury hotel in Kolkata.The incident occurred on Tuesday night at ...

    5 September 2024 The Statesman
    Civil society members stand by protesting doctors

    The Citizen’s Forum’s sit-in for the last three days outside the CBI office at CGO Complex in Salt Lake for getting justice for Tilottama came to an end today. The forum members said they stand by the protesting doctors ...

    5 September 2024 The Statesman
    RG Kar incident: Adhir urges SC to remove city CP

    Senior Congress leader and president of Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury today has written a letter to the chief justice of Supreme Court requesting that the Kolkata police commissioner and director general of police (DGP) be ...

    5 September 2024 The Statesman
    Teenage girl attacked with sharp weapon in Belgharia

    Amidst the uproar over the R G Kar incident, a shocking attack on a teenage girl has occurred at Prafullanagar in Belgharia this afternoon.The girl was attacked with a sharp weapon in broad daylight on an open street, after ...

    5 September 2024 The Statesman
    Former RG Kar Principal moves SC against CBI probe into alleged financial irregularities

    The controversial former Principal of Kolkata’s R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, where a junior doctor was found raped and murdered last month, has moved the Supreme Court challenging the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the alleged ...

    5 September 2024 The Statesman
    Another aide of Prof Ghosh removed from Burdwan hospital

    After imposing a ban on entry of Dr Avik De, the controversial aide of now arrested, former R G Kar Medical College principal Sandip Ghosh yesterday, the Burdwan Medical College & Hospital today released Dr Birupaksha Biswas, another close ...

    5 September 2024 The Statesman
    Coal India expands reach with new hospital partnerships

    Coal India is expanding the reach with new hospital partnerships for Thalassemia and Aplastic Anemia Treatments under our CSR initiative Thalassemia Bal Sewa Yojana. An MoU was signed with three leading organizations in Bengaluru, the HCG Foundation, the Aster ...

    5 September 2024 The Statesman
    Junior doctors threaten to intensify movement

    Junior doctors on Wednesday threatened to intensify their protest further till the commissioner of police Vineet Kumar Goyal resigns from the post. Junior doctors, including postgraduate trainees (PGT), house staff, interns and medical students of different government medical colleges ...

    5 September 2024 The Statesman
    Trinamul highlights anti-rape Bill passage, BJP’s record

    After the ‘Aparajita Woman and Child (West Bengal Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill’, which seeks the death penalty for convicts in rape and murder cases, was passed by a voice vote in the state Assembly today, many of the Trinamul ...

    4 September 2024 The Statesman
    Abhishek Banerjee demanded time bound comprhensive anti-rape law

    Trinamul Congress national general secretary and MP from Diamond Harbour Abhishek Banerjee demanded comprehensive time bound anti-rape law which is the need of the hour.He felt that the Union government should take decisive action by issuing an ordinance or ...

    4 September 2024 The Statesman
    ER organized meeting with MPs

    Eastern Railway holds a high-level divisional committee meeting with Members of Parliament over Howrah & Sealdah division networks in presence of general manager Eastern Railway Milind K Deouskar. Principal heads of departments and divisional railway managers of Howrah & ...

    4 September 2024 The Statesman
    Badminton tournament wraps up

    Powergrid Inter-Regional Badminton Tournament 2024-25, organized by Eastern Region-II, took place in Kolkata from August 29-31, 2024. Eleven teams from across the country participated. In the men’s team event, northern region-I defeated southern region-II and bagged the first prize. ...

    4 September 2024 The Statesman
    Uproar over TMC MLA Lovely Maitra’s remarks, FIR filed

    An FIR has been filed against Trinamul Congress (TMC) MLA Lovely Maitra, who has also been cautioned by her party for a controversial remark.Maitra had stated that there would be “revenge, not change,” and specifically targeted CPM leaders Sujan ...

    4 September 2024 The Statesman
    Left Front demands resignation of health minister and city top cop

    The Left Front today called for a massive protest rally demanding the resignation of state health minister and the Kolkata police commissioner.A scuffle broke out between police and left supporters when the latter pushed the barricade near Shyambazar. Later, ...

    4 September 2024 The Statesman
    Metro registers highest single-day passenger earning in 13 years

    Carrying an enormous passenger count, the city Metro yesterday earned more than Rs 1.33 crore from passenger fares. The amount was the highest passenger earnings in 13 years and the second highest ever in the history of Kolkata Metro ...

    4 September 2024 The Statesman
    BMC debars Sandip Ghosh’s aides for indefinite period

    On a day of the arrest of Prof Sandip Ghosh, the R G Kar Medical College former principal, by CBI on corruption charges, the Burdwan Medical College principal ordered a probe against Ghosh’s loyalist PGT Avik De and also ...

    4 September 2024 The Statesman
    Bengal Assembly passes stringent anti-rape Bill

    The West Bengal Legislative Assembly unanimously passed the ‘Aparajita Woman and Child Bill (West Bengal Criminal Laws and Amendment) 2024’, providing for a mandatory death penalty for the crime of rape and murder, on Tuesday. The Bill seeks to ...

    4 September 2024 The Statesman
    RG Kar case: Calls from overseas mobile number on Aug 9 under CBI scanner

    Calls from an overseas mobile number to select officials and doctors of R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on the morning of August 9 are currently under the scanner of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which ...

    4 September 2024 The Statesman
    Durgapur MP Kirti Azad’s wife passes away, CM condoles

    Poonam Jha Azad, the wife of sitting MP of Durgapur-Burdwan Lok Sabha seat, Kirti Jha Azad passed away due to age-related diseases at a private hospital in Durgapur. She was suffering for last few months and was admitted in ...

    3 September 2024 The Statesman
    Burdwan medical students complain of ‘intruder PGT from SSKM’

    Burdwan Medical College & Hospital students have been agitating against an ‘intruder’. The medical students have demanded a probe into his frequent involvement in internal affairs of the medical college during a college council meeting here today.The students continued ...

    3 September 2024 The Statesman
    Relevance of bamboo diplomacy for Vietnam

    Indo-Vietnam Solidarity Committee, Kolkata, celebrated the 79th national day of Vietnam at its office at a symposium on ‘Relevance of Bamboo Diplomacy through people to people relations for peace and development’.After paying floral tribute to the portrait of President ...

    3 September 2024 The Statesman
    Vande Bharat sleeper trains to have shower facility

    Passengers in long-distance trains would soon be able to take a shower while travelling. The new Vande Bharat sleeper train, unveiled by the railway minister, is to include shower with hot water in the first AC car.The train that ...

    3 September 2024 The Statesman
    State award for two Hooghly schools

    Twin schools, Mahesh Sri Ramakrishnan Ashram Vidyalaya (HS) and Mahesh Sri Ramakrishnan Ashram Vivekananda Vidyalaya, within the same compound, have been judged the best schools in the state by the education department (Sera Vidyalaya) this year.In 2018, Mahesh Sri ...

    3 September 2024 The Statesman
    What made ex-RG Kar principal Sandip Ghosh a contentious figure?

    Since the time the bruised body of a junior doctor was found in the seminar hall of the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on the morning of August 9, Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of ...

    3 September 2024 The Statesman
    After 16 days of questioning, CBI arrests former RG Kar principal Sandip Ghosh

    After days of questioning, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday arrested Sandip Ghosh, the controversial former principal of R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata where a junior doctor was found raped and murdered on the ...

    3 September 2024 The Statesman
    CBI makes 3 more arrests after taking ex-RG Kar principal Sandip Ghosh into custody

    Besides Sandip Ghosh, the controversial former principal of R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday arrested three other persons in connection with its investigation into alleged financial irregularities at the ...

    3 September 2024 The Statesman
    Assembly set to table anti-rape law today

    A Bill that proposes stringent anti-rape law will be placed in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly tomorrow. The step has been taken following the alleged rape-murder of a trainee doctor at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital on ...

    3 September 2024 The Statesman
    B R Singh Hospital doctors conduct medical test of former principal Sandip Ghosh

    Doctors from B. R. Singh Hospital, Eastern Railway conducted the medical tests of former principal of RG Kar Medical Hospital and College, Dr Sandip Ghosh and three others arrested. Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) anti-corruption branch had arrested Dr ...

    3 September 2024 The Statesman
    RG Kar tragedy: ‘Drunk’ youth arrested for misbehaving with women protesters

    A youth, who was allegedly drunk, was arrested on late Sunday evening for misbehaving with women protesters at a site in central Kolkata where a sit-in demonstration to condemn the ghastly rape and murder of a junior woman doctor ...

    3 September 2024 The Statesman
    ‘Oppn hijacked mass movement against atrocities on women’

    The Serampore MP, Kalyan Banerjee on Sunday accused the Opposition BJP and CPI-M of trying to hijack the non-political mass movement against the brutal rape and murder of a junior doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital ...

    2 September 2024 The Statesman
    High level meeting in Asansol to combat leprosy and tuberculosis in the district

    A high level meeting was held in Asansol to combat leprosy and tuberculosis in West Burdwan district. The meeting was chaired by S. Ponnambalam, District Magistrate and Collector of West Burdwan district and held in the office of the ...

    2 September 2024 The Statesman
    Lab tech arrested for molestation at Howrah hospital, protests erupt

    Amid continuing protests over the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, a laboratory worker at Howrah Sadar Hospital has been accused of sexually assaulting a minor patient. The accused has ...

    2 September 2024 The Statesman
    KMC preparing digital database for maintenance of street lamps

    Unavailability of details of service providers for maintenance of light fittings in lamp posts is leading to darkness in some wards of Kolkata Municipal Corporation. According to the councillor of ward number 121 of the KMC, Rupak Ganguly, a ...

    2 September 2024 The Statesman
    Trinamul MP apologises for controversial remarks on female medical students

    Amid the continuing uproar over the rape and murder of a junior doctor at RG Kar Medical College, Trinamul Congress MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar on Sunday apologised for her controversial remarks about female medical students. The MP shared a ...

    2 September 2024 The Statesman
    LoP Adhikari demands President’s Rule, says TMC trying to obstruct people’s protests

    Coming out strongly against the Trinamul Congress-led government in West Bengal over multiple incidents of sexual assault in the state, Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari demanded the resignation of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the imposition of the President’s ...

    2 September 2024 The Statesman
    TMC Mahila wing protests; seeks death penalty for RG Kar culprits

    Members of the Trinamul Mahila Congress held meetings across the state demanding capital punishment of the persons involved in the alleged rape and murder of a doctor of RG Kar medical Colege and Hospital on 9 August. Protest meetings ...

    2 September 2024 The Statesman
    Sahitya Akademi organises ‘Gramalok’ to enrich rural literary culture

    The Sahitya Akademi, under the Government of India, continues its mission to enhance the literary environment in rural India through its ‘Gramalok’ initiative. This programme fosters interaction between budding writers and eminent litterateurs from various regions. As part of ...

    2 September 2024 The Statesman
    Durgapur airport welcomes 2 new routes

    Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport (Durgapur) in Andal has announced the launch of two new flight routes, Bhubaneswar-Durgapur-Bagdogra and Bhubaneswar-Durgapur-Guwahati. These routes are set to enhance travel convenience for passengers and contribute to the region’s economic growth.The Bhubaneswar-Durgapur-Bagdogra flight commenced ...

    2 September 2024 The Statesman
    RBU students accuse civic volunteer of ‘misbehavior’

    A civic volunteer was arrested and removed from duty for his misbehavior in an intoxicated state last night.Police said the incident took place when students of Rabindra Bharati University were protesting, seeking justice for R G Kar rape and ...

    2 September 2024 The Statesman
    Mid-Air engine failure forces plane to make emergency landing, passengers safe

    A mid-air engine trouble forced an emergency landing at Kolkata NSCBI Airport last night. The incident occurred around 10.30 pm on Friday. All passengers on board the aircraft are safe, informed sources. According to sources at Kolkata Airport, around ...

    2 September 2024 The Statesman
    R G Kar victim’s family virtually under house arrest: Adhir

    Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) president Adhir Chowdhury today claimed that the police have virtually placed the victim’s family under house arrest.“The police first offered money to parents of the R G Kar Medical College victim to keep their mouths ...

    2 September 2024 The Statesman
    NHPC awarded Navratna status, gains autonomy for expansion

    NHPC Limited has been accorded the prestigious ‘Navratna’ status by the central government.Yesterday, the department of public enterprise (ministry of finance) issued an order officially declaring NHPC as a ‘Navratna’ company, granting it greater operational and financial autonomy.R K ...

    2 September 2024 The Statesman
    Darjeeling Zoo welcomes 4 red pandas and 2 snow leopards

    The Padmaja Naidu Zoological Park (PNZP) authorities in Darjeeling have announced the birth of six new animals at its breeding centre, four red pandas and two snow leopards. The zoo authorities expressed their delight, noting that this success further ...

    2 September 2024 The Statesman
    Fake narratives being spread, CBI must answer: Shashi Panja

    Woman and child development minister Shashi Panja on Saturday demanded an answer from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the alleged murder and sexual assault of a trainee doctor at R G Kar Medical College and ...

    2 September 2024 The Statesman
    R G Kar ex-students’ body demands expulsion of members

    Ex-students of the state-run R G Kar Medical College Hospital on Saturday unanimously demanded expulsions of some senior and junior members, including few influential leaders of the ruling Trinamul Congress from the body for their alleged misconducts and derogatory ...

    2 September 2024 The Statesman
    Police notice against carrying of weapons in public places

    Kolkata Police (KP) on Saturday prohibited carrying of weapons in public places in the city for six months with effect from 1 September.The city police commissioner Vineet Goyal issued a notification today in this regard, particularly at a time ...

    2 September 2024 The Statesman
    State to challenge HC order on student leader’s release

    The state government today moved the Supreme Court challenging the order of Calcutta High Court releasing student leader Sayan Lahiri, who Kolkata Police had arrested allegedly in connection with provocation for attacks on police during its Nabanna Abhijan on ...

    2 September 2024 The Statesman
    Experts discuss renewable energy options

    The Centre of Excellence in Renewable Energy of University of Engineering & Management, Kolkata, is delighted to announce that an invited talk on ‘energy and sustainability’ was held at campus on Friday. This event on renewable energy which was ...

    1 September 2024 The Statesman
    2 headmasters of West Burdwan selected for prestigious state award

    The headmaster of the heritage school, Searsole Raj High School in Raniganj, Tapas Chatterjee will receive the prestigious Shiksha Ratna award on the upcoming Teachers’ Day, 5 October.This year, two teachers from West Burdwan district have been selected for ...

    1 September 2024 The Statesman
    Hospital adds new cardiac cath lab

    The Calcutta Heart Clinic & Hospital in Salt Lake will be celebrating its golden jubilee year from 8 September, 2024 to 8 September, next year.The non-commercial hospital, which conducts regular camps for the economically weaker patients also announced that ...

    1 September 2024 The Statesman
    BSF’s new strategy for Bangladeshi infiltrators

    The Border Security Force (BSF) apprehended two Bangladeshi nationals and handed them over to the Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB).Acting on a tip-off, the 93 Battalion of the BSF prevented the two from entering the Indian side in Jalpaiguri district ...

    1 September 2024 The Statesman
    Calcutta HC directs immediate release of ‘Nabanna Abhijan’ convenor

    The Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the Kolkata Police to release Sayan Lahiri, one of the convenors of the ‘Nabanna Abhijan’ (March to Secretariat) on August 27 condemning the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the ...

    1 September 2024 The Statesman
    BJP women’s wing clashes with cops over protest march

    A scuffle broke out today between BJP women workers and police near the office of the West Bengal Women Commission over R G Kar trainee student’s rape and murder.Police said tension arose during a march organized by the BJP’s ...

    1 September 2024 The Statesman
    Tea association with UNICEF start scheme to save 50k children in estates

    To address the issues of unsafe migration and the abuse of young persons in tea estates, the Indian Tea Association (ITA) and United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) have launched a programme aimed at safeguarding 50,000 children across ...

    1 September 2024 The Statesman
    KMC House witnesses protest over RG Kar murder

    The demand for justice in the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at R G Kar hospital echoed in the House of Kolkata Municipal Corporation today when the opposition councillors protested at the monthly meeting today.Before the commencement ...

    31 August 2024 The Statesman
    RG Kar incident: TMCP North Bengal unit protests at educational campuses

    Following directives from chief minister Mamata Banerjee, Trinamul Chhatra Parishad (TMCP) students across north Bengal took to the streets demanding justice for the R G Kar incident.On 9 August, a trainee lady doctor was allegedly raped and killed at ...

    31 August 2024 The Statesman
    Students discuss women’s safety issues on annual day

    South City International School Marks 16th Annual Day with Inspiring Student Performances and a Pledge for Women’s SafetySouth City International School celebrated its 16th Annual Day as students from various classes showcased their talents.Amidst ongoing concerns regarding women’s safety, ...

    31 August 2024 The Statesman
    SSKM doctors complain of threat by ‘influential’ house-staff

    In the wake of the horrific incident of rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor inside her workplace at state-run R G Kar Medical College Hospital, resident doctors comprising postdoctoral trainees (PDTs), PGTs and house staff of the ...

    31 August 2024 The Statesman
    UK’s University of Southampton to set up campus in India

    The University of Southampton (US) of the United Kingdom (UK) on Thursday became the first foreign academic institute to set up its campus in India under National Education Policy (NEP).The campus will come up in the national capital region ...

    31 August 2024 The Statesman
    Man arrested for extortion, using fake letterheads of Abhishek Banerjee

    A Trinamul Congress leader was arrested from the New Town area who used to forge the letterhead of TMC national general secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee.Police said that a complaint has been filed against Kaushik Sarkar, alleging that he ...

    31 August 2024 The Statesman
    RG Kar case: Kolkata-based club refuses Bengal govt Durga Puja donation

    A Kolkata-based community Durga Puja committee, on Friday, rejected the annual Durga Puja donation given by the West Bengal government as a mark of protest against the rape and murder of a woman doctor at state-run R.G Kar Medical ...

    31 August 2024 The Statesman
    To encourage education, 15 students get scholarships

    Fifteen students were given scholarships at a function organized by the Barasat Gate Cultural Association, a well-known organization involved in social service in Hooghly recently.Each student was given a Sri Aurobindo Student Scholarship worth Rs 4,000.The association observes the ...

    31 August 2024 The Statesman
    Circular rail movement affected with waterlogging on tracks

    Water from adjoining areas, flowing onto the tracks is posing a hurdle in train movements of the circular railway system in Kolkata. Submerged railway tracks during heavy rains caused by the accumulated water from the surrounding areas is compelling ...

    30 August 2024 The Statesman
    Five arrested for planning attack at CM’s residence

    Five people were arrested on Thursday on the charges of planning to attack the residence of chief minister Mamata Banerjee in Kalighat here.The accused formulated a plan for the crime on a WhatsApp group, Kolkata Police said.The arrested persons, ...

    30 August 2024 The Statesman
    CPM leaders visit City Centre office after suffering damage on bandh day

    The CPM leadership in a protest rally here used offensive words for the police, which sparked a sensation in the key administrative corridor of the industrial town, this afternoon.Veteran party leaders visited City Centre here after yesterday’s violence at ...

    30 August 2024 The Statesman
    Students block ex-RG Kar dept head from assuming office at Malda hosp

    In a significant development today, agitating students at Malda Medical College and Hospital (MMC&H) prevented Dr Arunabha Datta Choudhury, former head of the department of chest medicine at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, from assuming his new ...

    30 August 2024 The Statesman
    Bengal Guv heads to Delhi, might meet HM Shah

    Governor C V Ananda Bose headed for New Delhi on Thursday evening, hours after a meeting with the BJP’s present and former state presidents in West Bengal Sukanta Majumdar and Dilip Ghosh respectively.The two BJP leaders briefed Governor Bose ...

    30 August 2024 The Statesman
    More benefits for civic volunteers

    After an increased adhoc bonus, civic volunteers will now be entitled to get an increased “terminal benefit” amounting to Rs 5 lakh following retirement at the age of 60 years.Earlier, the amount of the terminal benefit meant for the ...

    30 August 2024 The Statesman
    SMP launches direct container vessel service from Bengal to Middle East

    In a significant move, the city port today launched direct connectivity with the United Arab Emirates (UAE).A new container vessel service connecting the Haldia Dock Complex (HDC) with the Jebel Ali Port in the UAE was launched by the ...

    30 August 2024 The Statesman
    Classical musician gets Pandit title

    Pabitra Chattopadhyay, a well-known figure in the musical circles of north Bengal and beyond, has recently been honoured with the esteemed title of “Pandit.” This accolade represents a significant milestone in his lifelong musical journey, which began at the ...

    30 August 2024 The Statesman
    TMC students’ wing to hold protests demanding capital punishment for rape

    Students belonging to Trinamul Chhatra Parishad (TMCP) will stage protest meetings outside colleges across the state, demanding capital punishment for those involved in the alleged rape and murder of a woman doctor at R G Kar Medical College and ...

    30 August 2024 The Statesman
    Delhi lawyer files complaint against Mamata

    A lawyer practising in the Supreme Court has filed a complaint with Delhi Police against chief minister Mamata Banerjee over her ‘provocative’ remarks wherein she reportedly warned that other states might witness violence and unrest if attempts were made ...

    30 August 2024 The Statesman
    Cabinet approves 730 private FM radio channels in 234 new cities and towns

    The government on Wednesday approved the roll-out of 730 FM radio channels in 234 new cities and towns with an estimated reserve price of Rs 784.87 crore.Many of the approved cities and towns are in ‘Aspirational Districts’, left-wing extremism ...

    30 August 2024 The Statesman
    Strike halts Siliguri, clashes at NJP station

    A 12-hour strike called by the BJP in West Bengal led to near-total shutdown across Siliguri and its adjoining areas on Wednesday.Tensions escalated near New Jalpaiguri (NJP) station when TMC workers allegedly attacked local BJP MLA Shikha Chatterjee and ...

    29 August 2024 The Statesman
    Suvendu announces 3-pronged protest march

    On the day of BJP-enforced 12-hour bandh, Leader of Opposition in Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari announced three separate protest marches.On Wednesday, while leading a bandh rally in his constituency Nandigram, Suvendu announced plans for march to three significant locations ...

    29 August 2024 The Statesman
    Shots fired at Bhatpara, 2 BJP supporters injured after clashes

    Two BJP supporters were allegedly injured at Bhatpara in North 24-Parganas following political clashes between BJP and Trinamul Congress supporters over a 12-hour bandh call by the BJP this morning.The injured were admitted at a private nursing home around ...

    29 August 2024 The Statesman
    Junior doctors threaten to continue cease-work

    Agitating junior doctors, including postgraduate trainees (PGT), house staff, interns and medical students on Wednesday threatened to continue their ongoing cease-work in outpatients departments (OPDs) in government medical colleges and hospital across the state despite the chief minister Mamata ...

    29 August 2024 The Statesman
    KP sergeant fears losing vision in one eye

    Debashis Chakraborty, a 35-year-old sergeant of the cyber cell of Kolkata Police (KP), may lose vision in his left eye after sustaining injury on the eye when he was on an emergency duty on Strand Road on Tuesday, the ...

    29 August 2024 The Statesman
    Sukanta writes to Shah over Mamata’s remarks

    Union minister and West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar today wrote to Union home minister Amit Shah demanding action against chief minister Mamata Banerjee over her ‘if Bengal burns’ remark.Stating that the remarks threaten unrest across states and are ...

    29 August 2024 The Statesman
    Bandh effect: 100 local trains cancelled

    Suburban commuters were left in the lurch as around 100 local trains were cancelled due to the 12-hour bandh called by the BJP today.Sporadic rail blockade by protestors of the saffron party left numerous commuters of local trains stranded ...

    29 August 2024 The Statesman
    CPM office ransacked

    A CPM, Trinamul Congress clash that resulted in ransacking and bombardment at an area committee office of the CPM in Durgapur grabbed centre stage on the day of Bengal bandh today.The incident left 21 CPM cadres and 9 TMC ...

    29 August 2024 The Statesman
    Muted response to bandh in city, suburbs

    The 12-hour state bandh, called by the state BJP demanding resignation of chief minister Mamata Banerjee, had a lukewarm response and had least impact in the suburbs.In Kolkata, life was normal with the schools, colleges and universities remaining open. ...

    29 August 2024 The Statesman
    Abhishek promises to bring private member bill in Parliament

    Trinanul Congress national general secretary and MP from Diamond Harbour Abhishek Banerjee said he would move a private member Bill in the Lok Sabha on for a stringent anti-rape law and threatened to launch a movement in Delhi if ...

    29 August 2024 The Statesman
    Inundation threat after barrage discharge crosses 60,000 cusecs

    Incessant rainfall caused by sustained depression over the Damodar East sub-basin in the last couple of days resulted the Durgapur barrage to open 16 of its 34 lock-gates resulting a discharge of 60210 cusecs at 6 pm today, posing ...

    28 August 2024 The Statesman
    Protesters, police engage in pitched battles at Howrah

    Howrah on Tuesday witnessed pitched battles between armed police and protestors at different points, starting from Santragachi, Foreshore Road, Howrah Maidan, along the G T Road, during the Nabanna Abhijan by the ‘Chhatra Samaj’, a newly-formed non-registered platform, allegedly ...

    28 August 2024 The Statesman
    Conviction rate for rape cases in India is 26pc: Abhishek post

    Trinamul Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said that the conviction rate for rape cases in India is 26 per cent. He has also been demanded a stringent “anti-rape law” that ensures trials and convictions within 50 days.Banerjee posted ...

    28 August 2024 The Statesman
    Suvendu declares statewide bandh to protest police lathi-charge

    The BJP state unit has called for a 12-hour statewide bandh on Wednesday to stand in solidarity with students. BJP state president and Union minister Sukanta Majumdar announced the Bengal bandh during a press conference on Tuesday. The “general ...

    28 August 2024 The Statesman
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