Chief minister Mamata Banerjee today hailed SSKM Hospital for creating a milestone by conducting 175 gallbladder surgeries successfully in the last five days and also extolled the efforts of the doctors concerned.Calling the effort “an unprecedented feat” Miss ...
16 February 2025 The StatesmanAn NIA Court has sentenced 10 years imprisonment for TMC leader and his two sons in a blast case and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 for a case which took place in September 2019 in Gangpur village ...
16 February 2025 The StatesmanIn a strong show of opposition, 12 leaders, including BJP MPs, MLAs, and trade union representatives, held an emergency meeting today to protest West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s plan to transfer 30 per cent of tea plantation land ...
16 February 2025 The StatesmanWithin a span of hardly eight hours, two separate incidents of cyber fraud and money-loot at two ATM counters of a nationalised bank in Survey Park and Howrah respectively since Friday night once again exposed how safety and security ...
16 February 2025 The StatesmanAfter being referred from model Sebaashray camp at Falta, 24 senior citizens successfully underwent cataract surgeries at Vivekananda Mission Asram Netra Niramay Niketan, reclaiming their clarity of vision.One of the elderly patients said, “We received excellent service. The doctors ...
16 February 2025 The StatesmanIn a major crackdown on illegal drug manufacturing, the Kotwali police, under the Krishnagar police district seized a large quantity of acetic anhydride, a banned chemical essential for heroin production. Three persons were arrested in connection with the case ...
16 February 2025 The StatesmanNoted singer, composer and lyricist Pratul Mukhopadhyay passed away at SSKM hospital this morning after a brief illness.He was 82 years old. Mukhopadhyay was admitted to the hospital with age-related ailments. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee had gone to see ...
16 February 2025 The StatesmanThe process to trans locate around 980 trees to facilitate work at Deucha Pachami, the second largest coal block in the world, started on Friday.The coalfield is situated at Mohammad Bazar block in Birbhum district.AdvertisementThis is for the first ...
16 February 2025 The StatesmanMadhyamik candidate, a student of Pandua Hatani Higher Secondary School and a resident of Tarana village in Pandua appeared for her maths examination today, even after losing her father. Muskan Abdul Kayam’s father suffered a cardiac arrest and was ...
16 February 2025 The StatesmanThe state health department today sought a report from Chief Medical Officer of Health (CMOH) of Nadia district today in connection with misbehaviour of a doctor with a child’s father.Sources at the state health department claimed that Nabanna was ...
15 February 2025 The StatesmanThe senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Dilip Ghosh today visited Triveni Kumbh Mela, he was highly impressed to know that more than a lakh took holy dip on auspicious Maghi Purnima day and the state government has tried its ...
15 February 2025 The StatesmanWith the detection of five more patients, the total number of active silicosis patients in West Burdwan district has now touched double digits and it is likely to further increase.For the first time, a silicosis awareness workshop was held ...
15 February 2025 The StatesmanThe Burdwan Medical College and Hospital surgeons removed a ball pen cap from inside the bronchus of a kid that accidentally had passed it through his nasal cavity.The ball pen cap had slipped into the left bronchial tube of ...
15 February 2025 The StatesmanThe ministry of civil aviation has prioritised Kolkata airport in a major push to enhance international air connectivity, facilitating better access to Europe and Asia. Several international carriers, including Emirates, Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines, Turkish Airlines, Lufthansa, British Airways, ...
15 February 2025 The StatesmanTo accommodate the anticipated surge of pilgrims for the 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj, the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has announced additional special trains. NFR CPRO K K Sharma stated that two pairs of special trains will operate ...
15 February 2025 The StatesmanAn elderly woman was looted at knife point by a miscreant reportedly after her domestic help opened the door for the caretaker of the house to take water. Police have detained two persons in connection with the heist.The incident ...
15 February 2025 The StatesmanGovernor Dr CV Ananda Bose, today inaugurated the newly constructed 72-foot Flag Mast at the Batasia War Memorial in Darjeeling. The ceremony, a solemn tribute to the bravery and sacrifices of Indian soldiers, including the revered Gorkha soldiers, was ...
15 February 2025 The StatesmanThe Calcutta High Court today gave a go-ahead for the public meeting of RSS chief Mohan Bhagvat at a sports stadium beside Burdwan town.Bhagvat, during his Bengal tour was scheduled to address the public meeting at the Sports Authority ...
15 February 2025 The StatesmanMore than 8,000 people visited the Sebaashray camps at Satgachia today.Since the inception of the initiative on 2 January, around 6,44,479 people have visited the camps till the 42nd day, today. Forty two camps have been opened in Satgachia. ...
15 February 2025 The StatesmanBabul Supriyo, the singer-politician has managed to keep his commitments to the music industry despite his busy schedule as a minister with the Trinamul Congress and earlier with the BJP at the Centre.His latest single, Shudhu Tomari Jonno is ...
15 February 2025 The StatesmanDarjeeling MP Raju Bista met with civil aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu to discuss the ongoing Bagdogra Airport expansion project. During the meeting, Mr Bista requested the initiation of a daily helicopter service connecting Bagdogra, Darjeeling, Mirik, Bijanbari, and ...
14 February 2025 The StatesmanMinister in-charge of labour, law, and judicial departments, Moloy Ghatak, has called a high-level meeting to discuss pressing concerns related to tea gardens and the tea industry in West Bengal.The meeting is scheduled for 18 February 2025, at 4.30 ...
14 February 2025 The StatesmanAs a part of station modernisation initiatives, the Eastern Railway is installing train indication boards (TIB) at 40 key stations across the Howrah division. The infrastructure upgrade, according to the ER, aims to enhance passenger experience by providing real-time ...
14 February 2025 The StatesmanChief Minister Mamata Banerjee has directed the Bengal Kumbh Mela Committee today to ensure that pilgrims both from Bengal and other states of India, face no inconvenience during the ongoing Kumbh Mela at Triveni in Hooghly and Mahaprabhu Ghat, ...
14 February 2025 The StatesmanA delegation of Trinamul Congress Parliamentarians, from both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, met President Droupadi Murmu, seeking quick approval of the new Bill Aparajita Women & Child (West Bengal Criminal Law) Bill that seeks capital punishment for convicts ...
14 February 2025 The StatesmanThe state police arrested three more accused in the alleged cyber fraud racket, who all belong to the infamous Jamtara gang. In all, the state police have arrested 46 individuals in the alleged cyber fraud racket till now.Announcing the ...
14 February 2025 The StatesmanThe ruling Trinamul Congress is gearing up to move the Election Commission on alleged bogus voters. This, after chief minister Mamata Banerjee expressed apprehensions on Wednesday that bogus voters may vitiate the voters’ list ahead of 2026 Assembly polls.Taking ...
14 February 2025 The StatesmanWest Bengal ranks first in meat production in the country and contributes to 12.62 per cent of the country’s total meat production.This was announced at the ongoing poultry fair organised jointly by the West Bengal Poultry Federation and the ...
14 February 2025 The StatesmanNow green steel is the buzzword in the steel industry and the Australian experts, alongside the Indian technocrats have been accommodated to educate the domestic steel giants for five days for the purpose.India Australia Mineral Scholar Network programme is ...
14 February 2025 The StatesmanA complaint has been filed on behalf of Abhishek Banerjee, the Diamond Harbour MP and Trinamul Congress national general secretary with Meta for unauthorised access to his official Facebook page and alteration of his personal information.The letter to Meta ...
14 February 2025 The StatesmanGetting a boost in terms of connectivity, the state transport department has been allocated Rs 2273.29 crore in the state Budget declared today. The department was allocated Rs 2187.99 crore in the last state Budget.As pointed out in the ...
14 February 2025 The StatesmanMamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government is burning midnight oil to ensure that 20 per cent of its total energy comes from renewable sources by 2030, said Md Ghulam Rabbani, minister-in-charge, department of non-conventional and renewable energy sources.Interestingly, the state ...
14 February 2025 The StatesmanThe Tea Association of India (TAI) has welcomed the government’s decision to extend the exemption of agricultural income tax for the tea industry until 31 March, 2026, as announced in the state Budget for FY 2025-26. The move is ...
14 February 2025 The StatesmanThe Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, today took a dig at the state Budget saying it was a Budget which proved yet again how the state government went bankrupt by not generating jobs for the youths of the state.Mr ...
14 February 2025 The StatesmanMedical camps in Satgachia have begun today and will run till 21st of this month.The TMC posted on its official X-handle: As #Sebaashray sets foot in Satgachia, it does so with the same INTENSITY and DEDICATION that has defined ...
14 February 2025 The StatesmanThe state government will implement the Ghatal Master Plan worth Rs 1,500 crore on its own, without any help from the Centre.The project will be completed in the next two years and the allocation for the next financial year ...
13 February 2025 The StatesmanFlight operations at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) Airport were disrupted on Wednesday morning as dense fog reduced visibility, prompting the implementation of Low Visibility Procedures (LVP) from 3.40 a.m. to 7.40 a.m.Despite the adverse weather, arrival operations ...
13 February 2025 The StatesmanThe Superintendent of Police (SP) of Birbhum has removed the officer in-charge of Kankartala police station after he had failed to control the turf war between two rival groups over control of illegal sand bank business.Two people were injured ...
13 February 2025 The StatesmanA teenage girl, kidnapped in 2023 from Galsi and trafficked to Rajasthan, was rescued and the police have busted a trafficking gang with the arrest of three persons in connection with the offence.The Galsi PS in East Burdwan received ...
13 February 2025 The StatesmanA controversy emerged in Cooch Behar over the proposed construction of a welcome gate in Dinhata. The gate, planned under the knowledge of Udayan Guha, minister for north bengal development, has drawn protests from the Pashchimbanga Nasya Sheikh Unnayan ...
13 February 2025 The StatesmanMore than one lakh devotees participated in the holy bath today at the Triveni Sangam under the supervision of the state government. From early morning, thousands of pilgrims thronged the fairground, forming a massive procession stretching over 5 to ...
13 February 2025 The StatesmanOn successful completion of tunneling work between Esplanade and Sealdah stations, the Kolkata Metro Railway is to suspend services in the Green Line Metro Corridor from Howrah Maidan to Salt Lake Sector V in two complete traffic blocks from ...
13 February 2025 The StatesmanThe state Budget announced by finance minister Chandrima Bhattacharya has very successfully adopted multiple strategies to address many issues simultaneously pertinent to overall development, said Sanjay Budhia, managing director, Patton Group.There is focus on improving rural connectivity, managing river ...
13 February 2025 The StatesmanThe Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) congratulated finance minister Chandrima Bhattacharya for presenting a progressive Budget focussed on key areas like infrastructure creation, climate mitigation and adaptation, social empowerment, rejuvenation of the tea industry and enhancing the purchasing power ...
13 February 2025 The StatesmanThree people from Purulia were killed when a speeding vehicle ran over them at Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh early this morning.A group of 13 people of Gopaldih village in Purulia left for Prayagraj for a holy bath during Mahakumbh ...
12 February 2025 The StatesmanDuring a routine checking and frisking operation of vehicles passing at night, at state highway 14 in Rampurhat, Birbhum Police has intercepted a truck and has seized 16,000 kilograms of ammonium nitrate powder.Three persons who were travelling in the ...
12 February 2025 The StatesmanThe Sikkim State High-Level Committee (SSHLC) presented the first draft report for the inclusion of 12 left-out communities in the Scheduled Tribe (ST) list during its second meeting in New Delhi on Monday.Chaired by chief minister PS Tamang (Golay), ...
12 February 2025 The StatesmanAcademy of Technology (AOT) proudly concluded Frost Hacks 1.0, a 36-hour national-level hackathon held from 7-9 February in the institute campus at Adisaptagram. The grand finale, which attracted 49 teams from top institutions across India, showcased the creativity and ...
12 February 2025 The StatesmanAn accident occurred today at Bamanhat station in Cooch Behar, north Bengal, when an engine rammed into a stationary passenger train, leaving six passengers, including two children, injured. The incident took place as the engine of the Siliguri Intercity ...
12 February 2025 The StatesmanA tiger that strayed into Maipith’s jungles in the Sundarbans, was finally captured early this morning, thanks to the relentless efforts of forest officials.The operation took a dangerous turn when the tiger attacked and severely injured a forest department ...
12 February 2025 The StatesmanLate President Pranab Mukherjee’s son Abhijit Mukherjee may join Congress, leaving the ruling Trinamul Congress soon.According to Congress sources, Abhijit Mukjerjee is likely to join the party in presence of the party’s West Bengal observer Ghulam Ahmad Mir and ...
12 February 2025 The StatesmanExpressing serious concerns over repeated incidents of explosions in firecrackers units in West Bengal during the past several years, Leader of Opposition (LoP) Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday demanded a National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into the latest explosions in ...
12 February 2025 The StatesmanMore than 12,000 people visited the Sebaashray camps at Metiabruz today, the 10th day of the camp.About 6,29,259 people visited the camps from its inception on 2 January till date.AdvertisementThose who visit the camps are examined by specialist doctors. ...
12 February 2025 The StatesmanNeeraj Zimba Tamang, MLA from the Darjeeling Assembly Constituency, has raised serious concerns over the West Bengal government’s recent policy to transfer 30 per cent of tea garden land to private entities. In a press statement, Tamang revealed that ...
12 February 2025 The StatesmanChandrima Bhattacharya, state finance minister will present the budget for 2025-26 in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly tomorrow.This will be the last full fledged Budget of the present government before the Assembly election which is scheduled to be held ...
12 February 2025 The StatesmanCommuters would soon be able to get real-time information on public buses while waiting at bus stops. The state transport department along with Kolkata Municipal Corporation has decided to launch a pilot project of installing LED display boards at ...
12 February 2025 The StatesmanProf Sudip Misra, a distinguished faculty member from the department of computer science and engineering, IIT Kharagpur, has been elected as a Fellow of the prestigious Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the world’s premier computing society.He is the only ...
11 February 2025 The StatesmanAs opposition parties in the Hills protest against the state government’s decision to grant only five decimals of homestead land in tea plantations, the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) has countered by declaring that the “chapter of five-decimal pattas is ...
11 February 2025 The StatesmanIn a bid to cater to the high demand of pilgrims heading to the Mahakumbh, 47 pairs of Kumbh Mela special trains are being operated by the Eastern Railway.As pointed out by the Eastern Railway public relations officer in-charge, ...
11 February 2025 The StatesmanThe Asansol Minibus Association and the Asansol Bus Association has announced free travel to Madhyamik examinees in Asansol sadar sub-division this year, both in minibuses and in public buses. Asansol North MLA and state law and labour minister Moloy ...
11 February 2025 The StatesmanThe debacle of the AAP government in New Delhi and other opposition parties going dry in the recent Assembly election in New Delhi is seen as a major failure of the INDIA bloc in putting up a challenge against ...
11 February 2025 The StatesmanAfter the death of a Madhyamik examinee by a stray elephant in north Bengal last year, the forest department has geared up and has escorted the students to the examination centres in West Burdwan, Purulia, Bankura and Jhargram in ...
11 February 2025 The StatesmanPatton Group’s Sanjay Budhia delivered the export session at BGBS 2025. Following is his speech.In recent years, India has emerged as a powerhouse in the global export arena, marking significant progress in terms of trade performance.AdvertisementIndia’s export sector has ...
11 February 2025 The StatesmanA forest worker was seriously injured after being attacked by a Royal Bengal Tiger while attempting to capture the big cat in Kultali’s Maipith area in South 24-Parganas. The injured worker, identified as Ganesh Shyamal, has been admitted to ...
11 February 2025 The StatesmanDespite continued heavy rush, Indian Railways is working on war footing to serve the devotees by bringing them in and taking back their home during the ongoing Mahakumbh.Countering a wrong media report a day before, Union minister of railways ...
11 February 2025 The StatesmanThe West Bengal government has announced the formation of the District Level Investment Synergy Committee (DLISC), following the model of the State Level Investment Synergy Committee (SLISC), to streamline investment approvals and boost industrial growth.A notification issued by the ...
11 February 2025 The StatesmanYears after the Indo-Bhutan Friendship Meet was last held in Siliguri, representatives from both nations gathered once again to reaffirm their commitment to strengthening bilateral ties, particularly fostering “people-to-people” connections alongside diplomatic relations.A total of 52 members from the ...
11 February 2025 The StatesmanA major fire broke out in the Taratala police station area of Kolkata on Monday night, engulfing around 30 shanties of KPT Colony. Despite attempts by local residents to douse the flames, the fire continued to spread, prompting the ...
11 February 2025 The StatesmanWe are part of a world where millions have been suffering from preventable diseases because of the lack of access to healthcare. Recent surveys show that nearly 75 per cent of health issues can be fixed with proper medical ...
10 February 2025 The StatesmanA massive fire broke out in a slum near the canal in Narkeldanga on Saturday night, leaving one person dead and destroying at least 40 shanties. The charred body of the deceased, identified as Habibullah Molla, was recovered from ...
10 February 2025 The StatesmanAn Uber taxi driver who had robbed Rs 5 lakh in cash, gold and silver jewellery, and three mobile phones from a house in the Lake Town area of Kolkata and fled immediately was intercepted by the East Burdwan ...
10 February 2025 The StatesmanVishwa Sambad Kendra (VSK), North Bengal, organised the Bharatiya Chitrakala Pradarshan at the North Bengal Science Centre in Siliguri today. Film producer Atul Pandey, known for Summer 2007, was the chief guest of the event. The programme brought together ...
10 February 2025 The StatesmanMayor Firhad Hakim has announced that the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will provide adequate compensation to those who lost their homes in the devastating fire that ravaged a slum area in Narkeldanga. Numerous families have been left homeless as ...
10 February 2025 The StatesmanThe state BJP is looking to gain political advantage in the 2026 Assembly elections over the Waqf property issue. The saffron party has intensified its attack on the ruling Trinamul Congress (TMC) in West Bengal over an alleged land ...
10 February 2025 The StatesmanAs West Bengal gears up for the 2026 Assembly elections, BJP MP Saumitra Khan has sought the intervention of the Union home ministry to ensure that central agencies do not face allegations of investigative lapses in high-profile cases.The move ...
9 February 2025 The StatesmanRashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat, visiting Kolkata, met with the parents of the R G Kar rape-murder victim today. The meeting took place at a guest house in Rajarhat on Saturday morning.The bereaved parents expressed their anguish ...
9 February 2025 The StatesmanBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA from Matigara-Naxalbari, Anandamay Barman, has urged chief minister Mamata Banerjee to create a separate Siliguri administrative district.In a letter sent to the chief minister, Mamata Banerjee yesterday, Mr Barman emphasised the long-pending demand and ...
9 February 2025 The StatesmanAs chief minister Mamata Banerjee unveils plans to allow 30 per cent of tea plantation land for commercial use, particularly for tea tourism, tea estate owners are grappling with a different challenge, of illegal encroachments.Chinmay Dhar, chairman of the ...
9 February 2025 The StatesmanA three-member team of the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) visited the crime scene at Loha Bridge in New Town on Saturday, a day after a semi-clad body of a 14-year-old girl, suspected to have been raped and murdered, was ...
9 February 2025 The StatesmanThe owner of the illegal firecracker manufacturing unit at Kalyani’s Rathtala area, Sadhan Biswas alias Khokon, has been remanded in police custody for seven days following his arrest. The Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) court issued the remand order ...
9 February 2025 The Statesmanteen scolded by her father for not giving paying attention to studies committed suicide consuming acid in Jamalpur in East Burdwan today.Fifteen-year-old of Jamdaha in Jamalpur PS area was a Class X student of local Lakshmanjadi High School. She, ...
9 February 2025 The StatesmanWest Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) in a press note informed that it kept its Madhyamik examination portal open in between Thursday and Friday to allow the left out students to enrol for the Class X board exam.This ...
9 February 2025 The StatesmanWith an eye on facilitating industrial growth and enhancing the ease of doing business in the state, the state government has formed a state-level investment synergy committee, which will work as a single window for clearance of investment proposals.The ...
9 February 2025 The StatesmanDirectorate of Enforcement (ED) has provisionally attached movable properties valued at Rs 25.86 crore under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 in the cross-border cattle smuggling case, claimed the central investigating agency in an ...
9 February 2025 The StatesmanVarious chamber of commerce and industries of West Burdwan welcomed the fresh proposal of Sajjan Jindal to takeover stake in the country’s first and only private sector airport, Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport in Andal and the Durgapur Aerotropolis projects ...
8 February 2025 The StatesmanA city-based private bus operator started super luxury Volvo services between Kolkata and Prayagraj everyday till 26 February when the Maha Kumbh Mela ends.Every evening three high-end Volvos 9,600 seating-sleeper leave for Prayagraj from Esplanade bus stand at three ...
8 February 2025 The StatesmanThe state health department has directed all government medical colleges and hospitals and other public sector healthcare facilities to use low-dose aspirin 75 mg among pregnant women at high risk of pre-eclampsia and foetal growth restrictions.The health department has ...
8 February 2025 The StatesmanA Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court on Friday morning rejected the admissibility of the petition by the West Bengal government seeking death penalty for Sanjay Roy, the sole convict in the R G Kar rape and murder ...
8 February 2025 The StatesmanEven Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) chief executive Anit Thapa has voiced strong opposition to chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s plan to allow 30 per cent of tea plantation land for commercial use under the banner of tea tourism.Mr Thapa, who ...
8 February 2025 The StatesmanBody of a young woman was recovered from the bushes near the Lohar Bridge in New Town today. The police have sent the body for post-mortem. Initial suspicions indicated that the woman may have been raped and murdered. However, ...
8 February 2025 The StatesmanTrinamul Congress MP from Diamond Harbour and party’s national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee today lambasted the BJP-led Centre for depriving Bengal deliberately.Taking part in a debate on Union Budget in the Lok Sabha Mr Banerjee has criticised the Centre ...
8 February 2025 The StatesmanThe government has directed the Hooghly district administration to take all necessary measures for the shahi snan (royal bath) at Triveni Sangam on 12 January.The Bengal Kumbh Mahotsav is set to commence on 10 February, drawing thousands of devotees ...
8 February 2025 The StatesmanAn Indian Army staff suffered serious wounds in an elevator mishap at a residential colony near Durgapur town today.Krishanu Banerjee, the victim was shifted to a private critical care hospital in the town where, the physicians said that ...
8 February 2025 The StatesmanA person, reportedly a state government employee, stabbed at least four policemen on duty with a knife at New Town today. The person was arrested.The apparent reason, according to sources at Bidhannagar police commissionerate, was the pent-up anger on ...
8 February 2025 The StatesmanThe Bengal Global Business Summit 2025 featured a dedicated session on the IT and ITeS sector, highlighting the transformative potential of IT and electronics in West Bengal. This session underscored the state’s commitment to fostering growth and innovation in ...
8 February 2025 The StatesmanMore than 10,000 people visited the Sebaashray camps at Metiabruz today.Around 34 camps have been opened in Metiabruz which is one of the Assembly segments under Diamond harbour Lok Sabha seat.AdvertisementAbhishek Banerjee wrote on his X-handle: “For 34 days, ...
8 February 2025 The StatesmanAt least four women lost their lives, while another sustained critical injuries following a devastating explosion at a firecracker manufacturing unit in Rathtala, under Kalyani police station limits, on Friday afternoon.The blast occurred around 1.30 p.m, causing widespread panic ...
8 February 2025 The StatesmanThe chief operations officer (COO) of the Royal Bhutan Army, Lieutenant General Batoo Tshering, visited headquarters of Eastern Command at Vijay Durg, Kolkata on 5-6 February.During a ceremony today, Lieutenant General Batoo Tshering paid homage to the bravehearts of ...
7 February 2025 The StatesmanAs the countdown to the 2026 Assembly elections begins, political leaders are leaving no stone unturned to secure their positions. BJP MLAs in North Bengal are no exception, making concerted efforts to highlight their commitments—ranging from education and tribal ...
7 February 2025 The StatesmanDarjeeling MP Raju Bista has strongly opposed chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s decision to allow 30 per cent of tea garden land to be diverted for non-tea purposes, calling it a “dangerous and dictatorial” policy that could displace indigenous communities.In ...
7 February 2025 The Statesman