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  • Bengal Guv likens Hindi to ‘mother’, English to ‘midwife mother’ at mega Gita recital event

    West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose on Sunday said that the Hindi language is like a mother while English is like a midwife mother. Speaking at the Gita recital at the Brigade Parade Ground, Governor Bose also said that ...

    8 December 2025 The Statesman
    Suspended Trinamool leader Humayun Kabir backtracks, says he will stay on as Bharatpur MLA

    Taking a clear U-turn, suspended Trinamool Congress leader Humayun Kabir on Sunday said that he won’t be resigning as an MLA. The announcement by Kabir came just days after he had said that he would step down as the ...

    8 December 2025 The Statesman
    POCSO prisoner missing from Serampore jail

    There is no trace of an undertrial prisoner imprisoned since June at the Serampore Correctional Home. He was detected missing during the routine roll call of prisoners at the Home this afternoon.The missing middle-aged prisoner, Rajesh Haati, hails from ...

    8 December 2025 The Statesman
    The case of the missing voters of Asansol’s railway colonies

    As much as 60 per cent of the approximately 33,000 voters in the railway colonies of Asansol North Assembly constituency are missing. This is the conclusion that 30 Booth Level Officers entrusted with the enumeration of residents at 30 ...

    8 December 2025 The Statesman
    Will ally with AIMIM after launching my party on Dec 22: Suspended Trinamool leader Humayun Kabir

    Suspended Trinamool Congress leader Humayun Kabir on Sunday expressed his desire to form an electoral alliance with All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) once he launches his new political outfit on December 22.He also invited the CPIM, Congress and Indian ...

    8 December 2025 The Statesman
    Birbhum’s Sunali returns home after 100 days in Bangladesh jail

    After securing bail from a Judicial Magistrate Court in Chapainawabganj, Bangladesh, Sunali Khatun, a nine-month pregnant resident of Birbhum, returned to India through the Mahadipur Immigration Check Post on Friday.She had spent nearly 100 days in a correctional facility ...

    7 December 2025 The Statesman
    TMC area president killed in Birbhum, no arrests yet

    Rashbihari Sardar (50), alias Dodon, Thupsura anchal president of the Trinamul Congress, was killed and five others were injured after two rival groups clashed at Nanoor in Birbhum district today.He was attending a meeting with villagers at the local ...

    7 December 2025 The Statesman
    Housewife, partner booked with cannabis worth Rs 60 lakh

    On hot pursuit, cops of two police stations intercepted the vehicle loaded with psychotropic substances and booked a housewife and her ‘business partner’ on a state highway in Kalna on Saturday.Thirty three-year-old Babli Mallik of Balagarh, Hooghly was accompanying ...

    7 December 2025 The Statesman
    Indigo crisis: ER, SER operate special trains to address surge in passenger demand

    Amid the ongoing crisis brought by cancellation of numerous flights by Indigo, the railways has come forward to the rescue of thousands of stranded passengers in various parts of the country.The Eastern and South Eastern Railway have decided to ...

    7 December 2025 The Statesman
    TMC MP Samirul thanks CM, Abhishek for support to Sunali’s family

    After Sunali Khatun and her 8-year-old son walked into India, the Trinamul Congress, which had been pursuing the case and backing the hapless family from Birbhum, claimed victory.Sources said that both TMC chairperson Mamata Banerjee and party’s national general ...

    7 December 2025 The Statesman
    Study links child undernutrition to multidimensional poverty

    Child undernutrition in India remains overwhelmingly concentrated in districts weighed down by multidimensional poverty, according to a new study that warns of deepening vulnerabilities unless targeted district-level interventions are urgently adopted.Published in the November 2025 edition of BMC Public ...

    7 December 2025 The Statesman
    Kolkata records sharp drop in temperature as winter sets in

    Kolkata experienced a significant drop in temperature on Saturday morning, indicating that winter may be firmly settling over south Bengal.The minimum temperature dropped by three degrees in a single day, sliding from 17 degrees Celsius on Friday to 14 ...

    7 December 2025 The Statesman
    TMC tears into Centre’s ‘conspiracy’

    Ministers Chandrima Bhattacharya and Dr Shashi Panja held a press conference today on the atrocities being meted out to Birbhum residents Sunali Khatun and her family in Bangladesh and the ‘anti-Bengal sentiments’ of the Centre. They said that ...

    7 December 2025 The Statesman
    Critical patients get help at Sebaashray camps

    Just days into its launch, Sebaashray 2 is already scripting success stories with many getting medical benefits. Under the leadership of Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee, the Maheshtala Sebaashray 2 camp has facilitated life-saving, super-speciality treatment for three patients ...

    7 December 2025 The Statesman
    Babri Mosque foundation ceremony brings NH-12 to a standstill

    The proposed Babri Mosque’s foundation stone was laid at Beldanga in Murshidabad on Saturday by suspended Trinamul Congress MLA Humayun Kabir, exactly as he had announced.But the large-scale mobilisation for the event triggered severe traffic disruption on national highway ...

    7 December 2025 The Statesman
    Parveen Sultana gets lifetime achievement award at ITC Sangeet Sammelan

    Noted Indian classical vocalist Begum Parveen Sultana was given a lifetime achievement award at the ITC Sangeet Sammelan this evening.Sultana received her initial training from Pandit Chinmay Lahiri and stayed in the city. She has taken part in musical ...

    6 December 2025 The Statesman
    Sealdah Division resumes MEMU services with toilets

    In what comes as a major relief to the passengers availing passenger trains between Kolkata and Lalgola, the Sealdah Division today resumed the services of the MEMU train with toilets in the route.Before the Mahakumbh Mela held last year, ...

    6 December 2025 The Statesman
    Abhishek demanded publication of white paper

    Trinamul Congress MP and party’s national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee today challenged the Centre to publish a white paper detailing every rupee allocated to Bengal since 2021.Trinamul Congress MPs today protested at the parliament House demanding release of the ...

    6 December 2025 The Statesman
    Factional tussle in Cooch Behar TMC ahead of CM visit

    A section of the Trinamul Congress leadership has begun preparations to welcome Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is tentatively scheduled to visit Cooch Behar on 9 December.It may be noted that the Chief Minister has launched her campaign on ...

    6 December 2025 The Statesman
    BSF opts for newly-designed fencing system on India-B’desh border

    Border Security Force (BSF) has introduced a newly-designed border fencing system along the India–Bangladesh frontier in the vulnerable Chicken’s Neck region to bolster national security, Inspector General Mukesh Tyagi of the North Bengal Frontier said today.Addressing the media, Mr ...

    6 December 2025 The Statesman
    More than 7k people visit Sebaashray camps by Day 4

    Sebaashray 2 camps at Maheshtala in southern suburbs have left a great impact on the people living under Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency with the number of people visiting the camps going up steadily.Sabaashray 2 camps, which provide free ...

    6 December 2025 The Statesman
    BSF nabs smuggler, seizes gold worth over Rs 5.47 crore

    The Border Security Force (BSF) apprehended a smuggler and seized gold biscuits valued at over Rs 5.47 crore from his possession along the India-Bangladesh Border (IBB) in West Bengal’s Nadia district, an official said on Friday. This is considered ...

    6 December 2025 The Statesman
    EC tells DEOs, EROs to probe deeper for verifying deceased voters

    The Election Commission (EC) today cracked the whip on the District Election Officers (DEOs) and Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) over the proper verification of deceased voters, asking both to dig deeper in order to get the correct information ...

    6 December 2025 The Statesman
    HC declines to stop Babri Masjid foundation work, state forces on alert

    The Calcutta High Court on Friday declined to intervene in the proposed foundation-laying ceremony of a Babri Masjid in Murshidabad, effectively clearing the way for suspended Trinamul Congress MLA Humayun Kabir to go ahead with his 6 December programme ...

    6 December 2025 The Statesman
    IndiGo flight chaos triggers massive passenger distress at city airport

    Flight disruptions by IndiGo have triggered widespread passenger distress across major airports in the country, with Kolkata witnessing the brunt of the crisis over the past three days.Protests broke out at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport on Friday ...

    6 December 2025 The Statesman
    Fire at chemical godown in Kolkata

    A major fire broke out at a chemical godown on the ground floor of a multi-storied building in the densely populated Gulshan Colony area of Anandapur in eastern Kolkata on Thursday night. No casualties were reported, official sources said.According ...

    6 December 2025 The Statesman
    Echoes of India in faraway Greece

    Academically, I am from a science background. Dates, years and odd names of emperors were never my cup of tea. Still, some interesting stories stayed etched in my memory, one of which was of King Porus, telling the victorious ...

    5 December 2025 The Statesman
    Chaos at KNI airport as IndiGo flights get cancelled, delayed

    The Durgapur-Chennai flight of IndiGo Airlines was cancelled today, while other services faced delays due to operational issues. At Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport and across the country, services of India’s leading low-cost carrier have been disrupted. AdvertisementKailash ...

    5 December 2025 The Statesman
    Bengal medical student among four killed in road mishap

    A medical student from West Bengal was among four MBBS trainees killed in a horrific road accident on the Delhi-Lucknow national highway late on Wednesday.The tragedy occurred near Amroha in Uttar Pradesh, casting a pall of grief over Belgharia, ...

    5 December 2025 The Statesman
    Special Metro services in Blue & Green line on Sunday for judicial service exam

    The Kolkata Metro Railway has announced special services in Blue Line and Green Line on 7 December for the aspirants of the West Bengal Judicial Service Preliminary Examination, 2023. In the Blue Line where services will start from 8 ...

    5 December 2025 The Statesman
    Rs 117 cr project for platform extension in Sealdah division

    Aiming to enhance train operations, Sealdah Division of the Eastern Railway has undertaken a project worth Rs 117 crore for platform extension across its jurisdiction.According to official sources, presently, platform length is posing a hurdle at several stations hindering ...

    5 December 2025 The Statesman
    Sebaashray now to be replicated in Barrackpore

    Abhishek Banerjee’s vision expanded further as MP Partha Bhowmick announced the launch of Sebaashray in Barrackpore.Inspired by the vision and successful implementation of Sebaashray 2 in Diamond Harbour under the leadership of MP Abhishek Banerjee, Barrackpore MP Partha Bhowmick ...

    5 December 2025 The Statesman
    ECI flags 30 booths for major voter data mismatches

    The Election Commission of India has primarily identified 30 booths across 30 Assembly constituencies where widespread discrepancies in parental information have been detected in the 2025 electoral rolls, prompting an urgent order for progeny mapping at all polling booths.The ...

    5 December 2025 The Statesman
    Trainee pilot found dead at ancestral home in Girish Park

    A 21-year-old aspiring pilot was found hanging in a deserted section of his family’s ancestral property near Girish Park on Thursday morning, triggering widespread sensation in the locality.The deceased, identified as Soumyaditya Kundu, had reportedly returned home only a ...

    5 December 2025 The Statesman
    106 workers removed as ghost staff purge begins in Krishnagar municipality

    In a drastic and long-anticipated clean-up drive, the Krishnagar municipality has initiated a sweeping purge of “ghost workers”, laying off 106 contractual staff in the first phase of what officials describe as a decisive attempt to restore administrative integrity ...

    5 December 2025 The Statesman
    SIR exercise in Bengal: Booths with ‘zero deceased, duplicate or shifted voters’ drop sharply from 2,208 to 29

    The number of booths in West Bengal identified as not having a single deceased voter, or a duplicate voter with names in two places, or any voter who has shifted elsewhere, has undergone a drastic revision and dropped to ...

    5 December 2025 The Statesman
    TMC suspends Bharatpur MLA Humayun Kabir

    Bharatpur MLA Humayun Kabir was on Thursday suspended from the Trinamul Congress, shortly after he publicly reiterated his controversial announcement on constructing a Babri Masjid structure in Beldanga on 6 December.Hours after the suspension, the outspoken Murshidabad leader declared ...

    5 December 2025 The Statesman
    TMC doesn’t practise communal politics: Mamata on party MLA’s suspension

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday asserted that the Trinamool Congress does not practice communal politics following the suspension of the party’s Bhararapur MLA Humayun Kabir over his Babri Masjid construction remarks,Addressing a rally in minority-dominated Murshidabad, ...

    5 December 2025 The Statesman
    Injured biker gets rapid response at Sebaashray camp

    Sebaashray once again demonstrated came to the rescue of an injured biker on Wednesday night. A man injured in a bike accident was brought to the Sebashray 2 health camp, where medical attention was provided without delay. Thanks to ...

    5 December 2025 The Statesman
    PM Modi likely to visit Bengal amid rising concerns over SIR

    Amid widespread anxiety in West Bengal over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit the state on 20 December, with a public rally planned in the Matua-dominated region ...

    5 December 2025 The Statesman
    Judge’s directive after Durgapur rape case hearing deferred for absence of prosecutor

    Disgusted with the recurring absence of the special public prosecutor at the hearings of the Durgapur medical college student’s alleged gang rape case, the Special Additional Sessions Judge was compelled to adjourn the Court late in the afternoon today. ...

    5 December 2025 The Statesman
    Will ensure the teachers can join schools at the earliest: Education minister after HC order

    State education minister Bratya Basu reacting to the high court verdict today said the department will ensure that 32,000 primary teachers can join their school at the earliest.He said Trinamul Congress was with the teachers and will continue to ...

    4 December 2025 The Statesman
    The road to empowerment: Kolkata gathers enthusiasm for IDPD 2025

    The United Nations celebrates the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) every year on 3 December. The theme for the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) for the year 2025 was declared as “Promoting Disability-Inclusive Societies for ...

    4 December 2025 The Statesman
    Govt assures safe working conditions for women CAPF personnel

    The Union government is taking all possible steps to ensure safe working conditions, separate accommodation facilities, and gender-sensitive operational protocols for women in the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs).In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha ...

    4 December 2025 The Statesman
    TMC MPs pose questions Centre on various issues

    TMC MPs holding the central government accountable through dozens of questions asked during Question Hour in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on Monday, the first day of Winter Session of Parliament.In the Lok Sabha, while Abhishek Banerjee asked ...

    4 December 2025 The Statesman
    Assam Rifles jawan held for assaulting police in drunken state

    Kotwali police under Krishnagar Police District in Nadia arrested an Assam Rifles jawan on Tuesday night for allegedly abusing and assaulting on-duty police personnel in an intoxicated state.The accused, identified as Sujit Kumar Barman from Assam, had come to ...

    4 December 2025 The Statesman
    Free winter clothing fair marks Khudiram Bose birth anniversary

    The National Service Scheme of Balagarh Bijoy Krishna Mahavidyalaya celebrated the birth anniversary of martyr Khudiram Bose in a unique manner, organising a free winter clothing fair for migrant workers in his memory. The event had a special significance ...

    4 December 2025 The Statesman
    Railways plans to start OTP-based window tickets in tatkal

    Aiming to curb misuse of the tatkal ticketing facility, the railways is planning to implement a one-time-password based window tickets in the next few days. Earlier in July, the railways announced key modifications in the tatkal ticket booking system. ...

    4 December 2025 The Statesman
    Centre agrees to bring back Sunali, family from B’desh at SC hearing

    Trinamul Congress MP Samirul Islam, who is also West Bengal Migrant Workers’ Welfare Board chairperson had been following the case on a daily basis. After the Supreme Court hearing today, Samirul said on Wednesday that it is a hard-fought ...

    4 December 2025 The Statesman
    CM lauds Swasthya Bandhu success

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today expressed her happiness over the overwhelming response of people to the Swasthya Bandhu mobile medical units, which were launched on 11 November. Miss Banerjee, in a post on her X handle, said: “The Swasthya ...

    4 December 2025 The Statesman
    East Burdwan DEO, BLOs work into night to meet EC observer’s deadline

    Set a deadline by the Election Commission’s Special Roll Observer (SRO) of submitting the approximately 1.46 lakh remaining enumeration forms by tonight, the offices of the District Electoral Officer (DEO) and the Block Level Officers concerned were working late ...

    4 December 2025 The Statesman
    Resentment within Bengal BJP over ‘outsider’ leadership

    From this month, the Bengal BJP’s organisational functioning is set to come under the tight supervision of a fresh team of non-Bengali leaders deputed by the party’s central leadership — a move that has revived old resentments within the ...

    3 December 2025 The Statesman
    Adhikari challenges CM’s report card ahead of her Malda visit

    Ahead of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s visit to Gazole in Malda on Wednesday, Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday challenged her to present a transparent “report card” on development before seeking votes for the 2026 Assembly elections.Even as ...

    3 December 2025 The Statesman
    A 19th-Century Specimen in ZSI museum reveals a new national record of Yunnan keelback

    In a remarkable discovery that bridges colonial-era natural history with modern biodiversity research, scientists at the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Kolkata, have confirmed the presence of the Yunnan Keelback (Fowlea yunnanensis) within India’s administrative boundaries for the first ...

    3 December 2025 The Statesman
    CEO issues detailed directives to DMs after SIR deadline extension

    With the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls entering a crucial phase, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal has issued a comprehensive set of instructions to all District Magistrates of Bengal, asking them to utilise the ...

    3 December 2025 The Statesman
    Krishnagar municipality halts holiday pay for casual workers

    In a decisive step to pull Krishnagar municipality out of financial distress, municipal administrator and SDO (Sadar) Sharadwati Choudhury has issued an order that casual workers will no longer receive wages for holidays, including Sundays, unless they actually work ...

    3 December 2025 The Statesman
    MP Bista raises Parliament query on low mid-day meal fund use

    Darjeeling MP Raju Bista on Monday flagged serious concerns over the utilisation of funds under the PM POSHAN (Mid-Day Meal) Scheme in Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts.Raising the issue during the ongoing Parliament session, Mr Bista sought clarity on the ...

    3 December 2025 The Statesman
    Expected deletion of names from voters’ list crosses 43 lakh

    The Election Commission of India (ECI) expects that roughly 43.30 lakh names will be dropped from West Bengal’s draft voters’ list, scheduled for publication on December 16, based on the current pace of digitising enumeration forms submitted by booth-level ...

    3 December 2025 The Statesman
    4 nabbed for ponzi scam

    Asansol North police station has busted a major Ponzi scheme and arrested four persons from Kolkata in connection with a fraud estimated at over Rs 200 crore, affecting several thousand people.A team led by Officer-in-Charge SI Amit Haldar and ...

    3 December 2025 The Statesman
    ECI flags 2,208 booths with ‘zero deaths’, seeks urgent reports

    The Election Commission of India (ECI) has placed 2,208 polling booths in West Bengal under heightened scrutiny after discovering that each of them recorded 100 per cent distribution, collection, and digitisation of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) forms with not ...

    3 December 2025 The Statesman
    Sealdah division to start commercial services of two new AC local trains

    In what comes as a major relief to the commuters availing Sealdah-Kalyani route, the Sealdah Division of the Eastern Railway is to commence the commercial services of the two new air-conditioned local trains between Sealdah and Kalyani and Sealdah ...

    3 December 2025 The Statesman
    6 workers badly burnt in separate accidents at Durgapur plants

    As many as six labourers suffered critical burn injuries while carrying out their scheduled work in two separate accidents at different factories in Durgapur industrial town today, highlighting the indifference of the respective plant authorities in maintaining proper safety ...

    3 December 2025 The Statesman
    Abhishek opens Sebaashray 2.0, 12L treated during first camp

    Abhishek Banerjee, Trinamul Congress national general secretary today inaugurated Sebaashray 2 camps at Maheshtala in south 24-Parganas.As Sebaashray 2 officially rolled out across the Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha constituency, the initiative had its launch of a dedicated theme song. ...

    3 December 2025 The Statesman
    BSF eastern command celebrates forces’ raising day

    The Border Security Force (BSF) is celebrating its 61st Raising Day today, marking six decades of exceptional service in securing India’s borders and maintaining National Security. Raised in 1965 in the aftermath of the Indo-Pakistan War, the BSF has ...

    3 December 2025 The Statesman
    Siliguri police launch FM radio traffic alerts for real-time travel updates

    In a bid to ease congestion and provide timely updates to commuters and tourists, the Siliguri Metropolitan Police has introduced a new system to broadcast real-time traffic information through FM radio channels.The initiative aims to help travellers plan or ...

    3 December 2025 The Statesman
    Abhishek reacts sharply on PM Modi’s statement

    Coming down heavily on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement that the Opposition is doing drama in the Parliament, Trinamul Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said if raising the voice of the people is a drama then they will ...

    3 December 2025 The Statesman
    Fresh row at JU as students’ union holds memorial for slain Maoist leaders

    A fresh controversy has erupted at Jadavpur University after the Revolutionary Students’ Front (RSF), a Maoist-leaning students’ outfit, allegedly observed a symbolic “memorial event” for slain CPI (Maoist) leaders during its sixth state conference held at the university’s Vivekananda ...

    3 December 2025 The Statesman
    Mamata to meet at Nabanna on developmental projects

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee would be holding a meeting with all departmental secretaries on Tuesday at Nabanna Sabhaghar on the progress of the ongoing schemes and developmental projects in the state and is likely to release an annual report ...

    3 December 2025 The Statesman
    Number of expected deletion of names from voters’ list crosses 43 lakhs

    The Election Commission of India (ECI) expects that roughly 43.30 lakh names will be dropped from West Bengal’s draft voters’ list, scheduled for publication on December 16, based on the current pace of digitising enumeration forms submitted by booth-level ...

    3 December 2025 The Statesman
    CPC invokes Tagore, Beijing signals intent to deepen ties

    Beijing’s recent political conclave has found an unexpected reference point in Rabindranath Tagore. The Chinese Communist Party (CPC), during the Fourth Plenary Session of its 20th National Congress, invoked Tagore’s evocative remark describing India and China as “intimate relatives,” ...

    3 December 2025 The Statesman
    More than 4,000 people visit Sebaashray camps on Day 2

    More than 4,000 people visited the Sebaashray 2 camps at Maheshtala that falls under the Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha seat on Day 2. Since yesterday, 7,000 people have visited the camps.Abhishek Banerjee, Trinamul Congress national general secretary and MP ...

    3 December 2025 The Statesman
    Bengal sand smuggling case: ED raids bizman’s office, residence in Gopiballavpur

    The officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) were on Monday conducting a marathon raid and search operations at the residence-cum-office of a local businessman at Gopiballavpur in Jhargram district of West Bengal in connection with the alleged multi-crore sand-smuggling ...

    2 December 2025 The Statesman
    Kolkata woman molestation case: Accused linked to financial fraud, planned attack to silence victim

    The main accused in the molestation of a young woman inside a moving car in Kolkata last week is part of a major financial fraud racket, according to the ongoing police investigation.According to police, Altaf, who was arrested in ...

    2 December 2025 The Statesman
    Bengal school job case: Crucial hearing at Calcutta HC today on irregularities in fresh recruitment

    The Calcutta High Court’s single-judge bench of Justice Amrita Sinha will be hearing a crucial case on the alleged and gross irregularities in the fresh recruitment of higher secondary teachers in the state-run schools of West Bengal.During the hearing ...

    1 December 2025 The Statesman
    Bengal SIR: BJP delegation to submit complaints against section of BLOs at CEO’s office today

    A delegation Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led by the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, will be going to the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) on Monday and submit a complaint against ...

    1 December 2025 The Statesman
    Mamata Banerjee to visit Cooch Behar on Dec 9, to hold a crucial public meeting

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will visit Cooch Behar next month and hold a public meeting at the Rash Mela ground, a Trinamool Congress leader said on Sunday.The district Trinamool leadership is in full swing around the Chief ...

    1 December 2025 The Statesman
    Annual conference of radiation oncologists in city

    AROICON (the 45th Annual National Conference of the Association of Radiation Oncologists of India) is being held from 27-30 November at the Biswa Bangla Convention Centre. It is one of the largest oncology conferences in Asia, attended by more ...

    1 December 2025 The Statesman
    Winter migratory birds start arriving in West Burdwan

    With winter setting in and temperatures dipping to around 15°C in West Burdwan district, migratory birds have begun arriving in the region’s wetlands. Wildlife experts say that although the main winter migration will commence in another two weeks, the ...

    1 December 2025 The Statesman
    Interactive session for media professionals

    The Press Information Bureau (PIB), Kolkata, organised ‘Vartalap’, an interactive session with media professionals, on Saturday in Siliguri to “strengthen the media-government interface.”Speaking at the one-day workshop, Darjeeling MP Raju Bista said the new labour law is welfare-oriented and ...

    1 December 2025 The Statesman
    Burdwan gets first labs to test road-building materials

    To combat the recurring problem of contractors supplying substandard materials for road construction in panchayat areas, the East Burdwan Zilla Parishad today introduced a new facility termed a civil laboratory to enable on-the-spot scrutiny of construction ingredients.At Kshetia Panchayat, ...

    1 December 2025 The Statesman
    12 B’deshis among 13 arrested in Murshidabad

    Murshidabad police arrested 13 individuals, including twelve Bangladesh nationals and one Indian national, during a raid in Char Gopalpur village, under the Hurshi Gram Panchayat on Friday night.The operation targeted a location where foreign nationals were allegedly being sheltered ...

    1 December 2025 The Statesman
    Guv CV Ananda Bose renames Raj Bhavan as Lok Bhavan

    Governor CV Ananda Bose on Saturday renamed his official residence-cum-office in the heart of the city as the Lok Bhavan.Built in 1803, it was known as Government House during the Company rule in India and subsequently the British Raj. ...

    1 December 2025 The Statesman
    SIR death: Minister, MP visit deceased’s house

    An unmarried middle-aged woman, allegedly suffering from panic linked to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process after her form could not be uploaded due to server problems, chose self-immolation at a village in the Bhatar block of East Burdwan ...

    1 December 2025 The Statesman
    BJP state chief sticks to his stance on CEC, asks for BLOs’ security

    State BJP president Shamik Bhattacharya remained firm on his earlier remark on Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. On Saturday evening, while attending the Parivartan Sankalp Sabha held at Girja Mor on GT Road, Asansol (organised by the BJP’s Asansol ...

    1 December 2025 The Statesman
    Mastermind’s father Bhola Jaiswal arrested at Kolkata airport in major cough syrup smuggling case

    The Sonbhadra police have made a major breakthrough in the high-profile cough syrup smuggling case.Bhola Jaiswal, father of the alleged mastermind Shubham Jaiswal, has been taken into custody. He was intercepted at Kolkata Airport just before boarding a Kolkata–Thailand ...

    1 December 2025 The Statesman
    W. Burdwan TMC district chief disrupts AMC meeting, summons MMIC for SIR camp

    The recent whiplash by top-level party leaders over the ongoing electoral roll revision exercise has made the West Burdwan Trinamul Congress district president disrupt an important meeting of the Asansol Municipal Corporation and summon the MMIC Health to a ...

    1 December 2025 The Statesman
    Mayer Bari to get a new building

    Swami Gautamanandaji Maharaj, president of Ramakrishna Math and Mission will inaugurate a new building of Mayer Bari named Ma Sarada Dham in north Kolkata tomorrow.29 November is the birth anniversary of Swami Premanandaji Maharaj, one of the direct disciples ...

    29 November 2025 The Statesman
    Enumeration form of Hooghly voter uploaded in South 24 Pgns

    Prashant and Dipti Roy, residents of Sheoraphuli-Baidyabati in Hooghly, have their names on the voters’ list of 2002 as well as 2025, but the BLO issued the enumeration form only to the husband and not to the wife. On ...

    29 November 2025 The Statesman
    Student credit card sanctions cross 1 lakh mark, scheme to continue: Mamata

    More than one lakh students have so far received financial assistance under the Student Credit Card Scheme, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced today.In her X handle she wrote: “Happy to share that under our Student Credit Card Scheme, the ...

    29 November 2025 The Statesman
    Record cocoon prices bring hope for Malda’s silk farmers

    A wave of joy is sweeping through Malda’s sericulture belt. For the first time in recent memory, a farmer has earned Rs 26,000 for just 40 kg of silk cocoons, marking one of the highest payouts in the district’s ...

    29 November 2025 The Statesman
    After moving 40 officers yesterday, Bengal transfers 57 more in major two-day police reshuffle

    A day after the West Bengal government reshuffled 40 police officers, the state on Friday issued another sweeping set of transfer orders, this time shifting 57 officers in the ranks of ACP, SDPO, IC and Deputy SP across multiple ...

    29 November 2025 The Statesman
    Left Front moves to forge broader alliance ahead Assembly polls

    With the 2026 Assembly elections approaching, the Left Front last night initiated a move to build a broader Left alliance in Bengal, expanding beyond its existing partners. At a meeting of the Front, a preliminary decision was taken to ...

    29 November 2025 The Statesman
    4th BLO death in Bengal allegedly related to SIR

    A Booth Level Officer (BLO) died of cardiac arrest, allegedly due to the workload of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR), in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district.The BLO died on Thursday night and was identified as Zakir Hossain, a teacher ...

    29 November 2025 The Statesman
    Shah outlines “mission Bengal” strategy in Delhi

    Fresh from its decisive victory in Bihar, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has turned its full political attention to West Bengal with an eye on the crucial 2026 Assembly Election. At a high-level strategy meeting over dinner hosted at ...

    29 November 2025 The Statesman
    Health regulatory body fines nursing home for overbilling, negligence

    West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission has slapped a fine of Rs 1,44,499 on Belle Vue Clinic for negligence and overbilling relating to two patients, who did in Covid in 2021.The commission also instructed the chief executive of Belle ...

    29 November 2025 The Statesman
    ECI directs Kolkata Police to relocate West Bengal CEO office following security breach

    The Election Commission of India (ECI) has issued a fresh directive to Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Verma on Friday night, instructing him to ensure the immediate relocation of the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer’s (CEO) office to a secure ...

    29 November 2025 The Statesman
    INS Khanjar and INS Kora make port call at Kolkata to mark Navy Day

    Eastern Fleet ships INS Khanjar and INS Kora, both frontline guided missile corvettes of the Eastern Naval Command, have docked at Kidderpore Dock since Thursday. Deployed in the Bay of Bengal as part of mission‑based deployments, the ships are ...

    29 November 2025 The Statesman
    Birik Dara landslide zone to get permanent fix

    Birik Dara remains one of the most fragile stretches along NH-10, having witnessed repeated landslides over the years, officials said. After taking over NH-10, NHIDCL has been working round-the-clock to ensure proper repair of this section to provide seamless, ...

    28 November 2025 The Statesman
    Army backs community-led adventure tourism in North Sikkim

    The Indian Army has extended support to the local community of Yumthang Valley by providing specialised high-altitude adventure equipment to boost community-led tourism initiatives in the region, the PRO Defence said on Thursday.According to the PRO Defence, the equipment ...

    28 November 2025 The Statesman
    HC asks SSC to publish OMR sheets of fresh recruitment exams

    The Calcutta High Court, on Thursday, directed the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) to publish the optical mark recognition (OMR) sheets of all candidates appearing for the examinations for fresh recruitments for secondary and higher secondary teachers in ...

    28 November 2025 The Statesman
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