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GST reforms: Mother Dairy cuts prices of packaged milk, dairy products
Mother Dairy on Tuesday announced a reduction in the prices of its packaged milk and several dairy products by up to Rs 2, following changes in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) structure.The revised prices will come into effect ...
17 September 2025 The StatesmanTrishakti warriors conquer high-altitude route march in Sikkim
Troops of the Indian Army’s Trishakti Corps have successfully completed a gruelling high-altitude route march across Sikkim’s rugged terrain, reaffirming their operational readiness in one of the country’s most strategically sensitive regions.Conducted from 9-15 September, the six-day exercise saw ...
17 September 2025 The StatesmanAAI airports to mark Yatri Seva Diwas for passengers
Airports Authority of India (AAI) will observe Yatri Seva Diwas on 17 September across its airports with a range of passenger-focused initiatives, officials said Wednesday.Nivedita Dubey, regional executive director of AAI’s eastern region, said the day will celebrate the ...
17 September 2025 The StatesmanCM inaugurates Woodburn 2 ‘Ananyo’ complex at SSKM
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday inaugurated Woodburn 2 block ‘Ananyo’ inside the SSKM Hospital complex facing the Victoria Memorial with lush greeneries and Race course along the A J C Bose Road Flyover to provide corporate healthcare facilities ...
17 September 2025 The StatesmanEconomist Prasenjit Bose joins Congress
Economist and social activist Prasenjit Bose, once a prominent Left student leader at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), formally joined the Congress party in Kolkata on Monday, declaring that he was aligning with the fight to protect the Constitution and ...
17 September 2025 The StatesmanKolkata Police issues guidelines to stop crime during Durga Puja
Kolkata Police have taken special measures to ensure law and order across the city ahead of Durga Puja, with Police Commissioner Manoj Verma recently issuing several guidelines in this regard in the monthly crime meeting, a senior police official ...
17 September 2025 The StatesmanCalcutta HC concludes hearing on Partha Chatterjee’s bail plea in crucial school job case, reserves order
The Calcutta High Court on Monday concluded hearing on the bail petition by former West Bengal Education Minister and Trinamool Congress Secretary General Partha Chatterjee in a crucial case registered against him by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) ...
17 September 2025 The StatesmanArtists push for dying hand-painted art at Tala Park
Once upon a time, painters were much in demand for using their imagination to bring to life art works. Brushes and paints were their tools. Art was not only an expression of creativity, but also an important means of ...
16 September 2025 The StatesmanTaking steps to an advanced life
With Durga Puja less than a fortnight away, hectic activities are on to give final touches to the clay idols and decorate the pandals with definite themes.The theme of 41 Palli Durga Puja Committee is Sopan, meaning staircase. With ...
16 September 2025 The StatesmanTrinamul lambasts MP govt over alleged gang-rape
Trinamul Congress has lambasted the BJP-led Madhya Pradesh government after two minor girls were abducted and subsequently allegedly gang-raped in Singrauli.Trinamul Congress leaders said for the BJP Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao is just a slogan.AdvertisementThe party in its X ...
16 September 2025 The StatesmanUnion minister alleges humiliation by state police during PM visit
Union minister of state for education and development of North Eastern Region Sukanta Majumdar on Monday accused police authorities at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) Airport in Kolkata of deliberately humiliating him by blocking his convoy, while allegedly ...
16 September 2025 The StatesmanTeenager drowns in pond
A 13-year-old boy, Ansh Prasad, drowned in a pond at Prabhas Nagar, Ward 29 of Serampore Municipality, on Sunday.Ansh, a Class VII student of Rishra Vidyapith Hindi High School, had gone to bathe in the Tarapukur pond when he ...
16 September 2025 The StatesmanDakshineswar incident: Metro upgrades security at stations
In the aftermath of the alleged stabbing and brutal murder of a student at Dakshineswar station on Friday, the Kolkata Metro Railway authorities have decided to strengthen security arrangements across its network.The city Metro is to induct 800 additional ...
16 September 2025 The StatesmanPM Modi to visit Bihar, West Bengal today, unveil development projects worth over Rs 3600 Cr
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on a high-profile visit to West Bengal and Bihar on Monday, where he is inaugurating key infrastructure and developmental projects aimed at enhancing India’s military preparedness, regional connectivity, and economic growth.Starting his day in ...
15 September 2025 The Statesman3-century-old Seoraphuli Rajbari Durga Puja ‘bodhan’ held six days ahead of Mahalaya
The three-century-old Durga Puja of Seoraphuli Rajbari has held fast to its unique traditional rituals and culture over the years. It does not run parallel with the usual Durga Puja rites and appearances. The uniqueness of this Puja has ...
15 September 2025 The StatesmanAbhishek sets age bar for TMC youth wing leaders
Trinamul Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee has said leaders above 40 years cannot head the youth wings anymore. However, those who reach 40 years will be absorbed in the main organisation. Also, the party is principally against the ...
15 September 2025 The StatesmanDRI crack down on drug racket, seizes narcotics worth Rs 26 cr
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Kolkata zonal unit, in its fight against illegal drug trafficking conducted a multi-pronged operation on 12 September.The DRI has seized narcotics worth around Rs 26 crore and arrested 10 persons including the mastermind.Advertisement“In ...
15 September 2025 The StatesmanAsansol ranks 20th in national clean air city survey
Asansol has secured the 20th place in the National Clean Air City 2025 survey released by the ministry of environment, forests and climate change. West Bengal’s capital, Kolkata, ranked 38th, while neighbouring Howrah was placed 39th.The survey covered 140 ...
15 September 2025 The StatesmanAwareness campaign on financial inclusion, cyber security at Krishnagar
Against the backdrop of rapid technological penetration in India’s hinterlands and the parallel rise of digital frauds, the Press Information Bureau (PIB) yesterday convened its regular outreach initiative Vartalap in Krishnagar, Nadia district, with a sharp focus on financial ...
15 September 2025 The StatesmanPM Modi’s second visit in city within a month commanders’ meet
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a two-day visit to Kolkata from Sunday, to inaugurate a three-day long Combined Commanders’ Conference (CCC) of the armed forces at Fort William in the city on Monday.Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, National ...
15 September 2025 The StatesmanKaliganj blast case: Charge sheet filed against 10
In a significant breakthrough in the Molandi blast case that killed 9-year-old Tamanna Khatun during by-election celebrations, Kaliganj police today filed a voluminous charge sheet running into 340 pages against ten accused persons, all residents of Molandi village under ...
15 September 2025 The StatesmanRK Mission Ashram hands out certificates for vocational training
The Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama in Asansol successfully hosted its certificate distribution programme on 12 September as part of a significant SAIL ISP CSR initiative.The event celebrated the achievements of numerous students who completed vocational training. The atmosphere was one ...
15 September 2025 The StatesmanAbhishek sets target to win all nine West Burdwan Assembly seats
Trinamul Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee has set a target to win all nine Assembly seats in West Burdwan in the 2026 Assembly elections.The announcement was made during a meeting with the district leadership held last evening. ...
15 September 2025 The StatesmanTraffic restrictions in Kolkata for PM visit
According to notification issued by Kolkata Police (KP), movements of all types of goods vehicles will be restricted on key roads within the city police jurisdiction from 3.30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Sunday and again from 7.30 a.m. ...
15 September 2025 The StatesmanBengal Education Minister indirectly blames Guv for JU student’s death on Sep 11
West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu on Saturday afternoon indirectly blamed Governor C.V. Ananda Bose for the lack of adequate security arrangements at Kolkata’s iconic Jadavpur University, which led to the death (due to drowning) of a third-year English ...
15 September 2025 The StatesmanMurshidabad police ensure early comeback for rescued minors
At a time when there are reports of multiple cases of atrocities and detention of migrant labourers from Bengal in different states for speaking Bengali, there is something to cheer about.The good news is that three children from Murshidabad, ...
15 September 2025 The StatesmanSpecial metro services planned for Durga Puja
Metro Railway, Kolkata has announced special operational measures to ensure smooth services during the forthcoming Durga Puja festivities.Following the suspension of Kavi Subhash station on the Blue Line since 28 July, reversal of empty rakes is being carried out ...
14 September 2025 The StatesmanPujas focus on nature, eternal cycle of life to draw crowds
As Mahalaya day (the sacred day when Devi Paksha starts) draws near, more and more Puja committees are unveiling their themes.Ahiritola Sarbojanin in north Kolkata is celebrating their 86th year of Durga Puja. The Puja, known for their traditional ...
13 September 2025 The StatesmanTree plantation to mark birth anniversary of Bengali literary great
On the occasion of the birth anniversary of the legendary Bengali literary figure Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay, Balagarh Bijoy Krishna Mahavidyalaya organised a tree plantation event as part of an academic and social initiative. Bandopadhyay is revered for his profound contribution ...
13 September 2025 The StatesmanKhangchendzonga tourism conclave opens in Gangtok
The third Khangchendzonga International Tourism Conclave opened in Gangtok on Friday with a strong focus on developing rural tourism across the Eastern Himalaya.Sikkim tourism minister Tshering Thendup Bhutia, along with senior officials, inaugurated the two-day event organised by the ...
13 September 2025 The StatesmanGovt to train youth as tourist guides
The state government has taken an initiative to provide training to the youths who are interested to work in the tourism sector.The step has been taken after Bengal is coming up as a major tourist destination in the country.AdvertisementThe ...
13 September 2025 The StatesmanFear haunts 9 workers from Hooghly village still stuck in Nepal
Nine labourers hailing from six families in Seora village in Hooghly’s Goghat area are passing days in great anxiety, holed up in their shelter at Urlabari in Morang district of Nepal for the past five days. They have been ...
13 September 2025 The Statesman5 buried alive at stone quarry in Birbhum, four injured
At least five people have been killed and few others are still trapped inside a stone quarry in Bahadurpur under Nalhati police station limits of Birbhum district today.Sources said that the accident occurred around afternoon today.AdvertisementThe bodies of five ...
13 September 2025 The StatesmanJadavpur University student found dead inside campus, probe on
A third-year English honours student of Jadavpur University was found dead late Thursday night in a pond inside the university campus, sparking outrage among students and fresh demands for stronger security measures.The student, identified as 21-year-old Anamika Mondal of ...
13 September 2025 The StatesmanTraffic regulation kicks off at Sealdah to manage increasing crowd at circulating area
Maintaining resonance with the increasing passenger count following the commencement of revenue services in the entire Green Line, the Sealdah Division has chalked out a traffic regulation plan to enhance the circulating area around the canopy outside the main ...
13 September 2025 The StatesmanStudent stabbed inside metro station, dies
What began as a clash between two groups of students snowballed into an alleged murder at the busy Dakshineswar Metro station this afternoon. Reports claim that one student fatally stabbed another with a sharp weapon inside the station, ...
13 September 2025 The StatesmanCommercial services between Kolkata-Aizawl from 16 Sept
Rail journeys in eastern India will take on a new dimension when Aizawl in Mizoram will be connected with the rest of the country tomorrow. With the inauguration of the final 51.38-km Bairabi to Sairang stretch by Prime Minister ...
13 September 2025 The Statesman8 cyber criminals nabbed for Rs 4 lakh fraud
The Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate (ADPC) has unearthed a major digital crime racket and arrested eight members involved, including its kingpin, who is on the wanted list of several cyber crime police stations across the country.Explaining the modus operandi ...
13 September 2025 The StatesmanBJP minister should apologise for disrespect to Tagore, Bankim: TMC
Trinamul Congress has demanded unconditional apology from Sukanta Majumdar, Union minister of state for education after it was found out that photographs of Rabindranath Tagore and Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay were placed on the base of the dais, while the ...
13 September 2025 The StatesmanBhabhadighi railway project at Goghat begins after 12-year delay
The Bhabhadighi rail project, part of the stalled Tarakeswar–Bishnupur railway line in Goghat finally commenced today.It has been held up for the past twelve years.AdvertisementA section of locals, under the banner of the Bhabhadighi Bachao Committee, had been protesting ...
13 September 2025 The StatesmanProtests erupt over BJP MPs presence at event in Howrah’s
A protest over months of unpaid wages at Arati Cotton Mill in Howrah on Thursday disrupted a programme attended by West Bengal BJP state president and Lok Sabha MP Shamik Bhattacharya, with workers surrounding his vehicle in Dasnagar and ...
13 September 2025 The StatesmanTET qualified candidates protest, demand job letters
Hundreds of candidates, who qualified the Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) held in 2022 for Classes I to V on Thursday afternoon, brought out a protest march in the heart of the city demanding their appointment letters as teachers.The agitating ...
12 September 2025 The StatesmanGuv leaves for Delhi, CM returns to city after monitoring border situation
West Bengal Governor Dr C V Ananda Bose and chief minister Mamata Banerjee left Siliguri on Wednesday after reviewing the situation along the Indo-Nepal border in the wake of recent unrest in Nepal.While Miss Banerjee flew to Kolkata from ...
12 September 2025 The StatesmanMetro to get more loco pilots to tide over manpower crunch
The city Metro railway, presently struggling to stay onboard amid manpower shortage, is set to mitigate the situation soon. Loco pilots from Eastern Railway and South Eastern Railway are to join the Kolkata Metro Railway this week.According to sources ...
12 September 2025 The StatesmanActor Rituparna’s poems now to get translated in French
For a creative person like Rituparna Sengupta, expression can be in any form, any medium. She has donned many hats, of an actor, director and philanthropist, she now has turned author.Her book on poetry, My Balcony Sea and Other ...
12 September 2025 The StatesmanECI rejects Bengal govt’s plea for inclusion of Swastha Sathi, ration cards as documents for SIR exercise
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday rejected the plea from the West Bengal government for inclusion of Swastha Sathi and ration or PDS cards in the list of the documentary cards in case of the commission-proposed special ...
12 September 2025 The StatesmanBengal school jobs case: Charges framed against 21 including ex-minister Partha Chatterjee
The process of framing charges against a total of 21 accused individuals in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)-registered cases in the alleged multi-crore West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) scam, was completed at a special CBI court here ...
12 September 2025 The StatesmanKMC makes it must for shops to have Bengali signage in prominence
Amid the controversy around Bengali language, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation has made it mandatory for shop owners and traders to equalise Bengali fonts with other languages on sign boards.Earlier last week, the civic body had issued a notification instructing ...
12 September 2025 The StatesmanEC ‘kills’ live voter, complaint lodged
At a time when many dead persons are coming alive on the voters’ lists, a living voter in Kalna has been declared ‘dead’ and his name has been deleted from the electoral rolls, much to everyone’s surprise.Seventy-year-old Khokon Das ...
12 September 2025 The StatesmanNSS supports migrant workers in Bengal
In recent times, it has made headlines that in the name of SIR, a large number of Bengali workers engaged in jobs across different states of India are being questioned, detained, and harassed by the police on suspicion of ...
12 September 2025 The StatesmanAdhir Chowdhury meets President Murmu; seeks her intervention to stop harassment against Bengali workers
Senior Congress leader and former MP Adhir Chowdhury met President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday and raised his voice against the harassment of Bengali migrant workers in other states.Seeking her intervention to stop such incidents, Chowdhury alleged that Bengalis are ...
12 September 2025 The StatesmanBSF arrests smuggler along India-B’desh border, seizes gold valued at over Rs 55 lakh
The Border Security Force (BSF) arrested a man and seized gold biscuits valued at over Rs 55 lakh from his possession along the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal’s North 24-Parganas district, an official said on Wednesday.This is the second ...
12 September 2025 The StatesmanMet office forecast rains over south Bengal for next three days
The Met office on Wednesday predicted light to moderate rain over south Bengal districts and Kolkata for the next three days, bringing relief as several districts there have been reeling under sweltering weather for the last few days.An official ...
12 September 2025 The StatesmanCalcutta HC orders Deputy Commissioner-rank probe into ‘attack’ on RG Kar victim’s mother
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Kumar Verma to appoint an officer of the rank of Deputy Commissioner to investigate the alleged police attack on the RG Kar victim’s mother during Nabanna Abhijan.Justice Tirthankar ...
12 September 2025 The StatesmanED moves Calcutta HC seeking cancellation of ex-Bengal minister Jyoti Priya Mallick’s bail
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has once again moved Calcutta High Court to cancel the bail of former state minister Jyoti Priya Mallick and his close aide Anisur Rahman, accused in the ration distribution irregularities case.The ED approached the High ...
12 September 2025 The StatesmanCM Mamata asks officials to arrange AADHAAR cards for people lacking them
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday directed the state administration to immediately arrange Aadhaar cards for those lacking the documentary identity evidence.She gave the direction considering the Supreme Court’s recent directive to include AADHAAR as documentary identity ...
12 September 2025 The StatesmanBengal sand smuggling scam: Two kingpins had meteoric rise in financial fortune
Two kingpins of the multi-crore sand smuggling rackets in West Bengal, which the officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) identified during their probe, experienced a meteoric rise in their financial fortunes within a very short period of time since ...
12 September 2025 The StatesmanBengal cannot be run by remote control from New Delhi: Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday claimed that the BJP and the Union government were trying to take indirect control of the state’s affairs from New Delhi, but asserted that their ploy will not work.At the same ...
11 September 2025 The StatesmanVoter list ‘tampering’: Bengal govt didn’t fully implement ECI’s order, Calcutta HC told
The West Bengal government has not fully implemented the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) order, and if the court wants information about the tampering of the voter list, let it be sought from the state government, the Election Commission ...
11 September 2025 The StatesmanTMC MP Derek O’Brien offers 8 suggestions to VP-elect CP Radhakrishnan
Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Derek O’Brien Wednesday extended his good wishes to CP Radhakrishnan, the newly elected Vice President of India, and offered eight suggestions to improve the functioning of the Rajya Sabha, where Radhakrishnan will also serve as ...
11 September 2025 The StatesmanProperty of individual extorting businessmen, faking as ED official confiscated
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) said on Tuesday that the officials of its Kolkata office have provisionally attached movable and immovable properties worth Rs 2.2 crore linked to one Sheikh Jinnar Ali, who had been accused of extorting businessmen posing ...
10 September 2025 The StatesmanBengal Police bust illegal arms factory, arrest two for making firearms
West Bengal Police on Tuesday said that they have busted an illegal arms factory in South 24 Parganas district and arrested two persons in connection with the incident. A large quantity of firearms manufacturing equipment was recovered from an ...
10 September 2025 The StatesmanCalcutta HC directs state varsity in Bengal to file affidavit against reappointment of tainted registrar
A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Tuesday, directed the authorities of a state university in West Bengal to file an affidavit to the court explaining why re-appointment was given to a former registrar of the same ...
10 September 2025 The StatesmanSecurity heightened at Indo-Nepal border in Bengal; trucks, tourists stranded
Security has been stepped up at the Indo-Nepal border in West Bengal in the wake of the Gen Z movement in the Himalayan country that has claimed 19 lives and injured scores of people. At least 100 Indian truck ...
10 September 2025 The StatesmanNot months, but years required to complete SIR process: Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Tuesday, once again made her stand clear that the special intensive revision (SIR) proposed by the Election Commission of India (ECI) could not be completed in haste, as the commission had been ...
10 September 2025 The StatesmanTop Cong leaders to visit Bengal to overhaul the party, prepare strategy for 2026 Assembly polls
In a bid to accelerate the work of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee (WBPCC) and its organisation, the National President of the Congress’ organisational wing, K.C. Venugopal, Karnataka leader Nasir Hussain and Congress youth organisation leader, Kanhaiya Kumar, ...
10 September 2025 The StatesmanDMs told to send list of Durga Pujas to be inaugurated by VVIPs
District Magistrates (DMs) across West Bengal have been asked to send lists of ‘preferred’ Durga Pujas from their respective districts as soon as possible so that VVIPs like chief minister Mamata Banerjee and other ministers can inaugurate the festival ...
9 September 2025 The StatesmanState attracted nearly Rs 1.25 L cr investment from ’21-22 to ’24-25: Study
Bengal has attracted nearly Rs 1.25 lakh crore between 2021-22 to 2024-25, according to a study conducted by the MSME Export Promotion Council.AdvertisementIt was the second edition of the “Study on investment, development and growth in progressive West ...
9 September 2025 The StatesmanWorld applauds Purulia’s story told by filmmaker Anuparna Roy
The feelings and experiences as she grew up in rural Bengal found reflection in her directorial feature film debut, which in turn has found major international recognition a couple of days back. At 31, Anuparna Roy of little-known Narayanpur ...
9 September 2025 The StatesmanDVC hosts HR meet on employee engagement & productivity
Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) hosted the HR Meet 2025 on 5-6 September Kolkata. The two-day event brought together over 200 HR leaders and practitioners from industry and academia.The meet was inaugurated by chief guest P M Prasad, chairman & ...
9 September 2025 The StatesmanRestriction on vehicular movement over old Benaras ROB
In a bid to complete the approach roads on both ends and construction of an abutment at the Kona end of the Benaras road over bridge, the Eastern Railway has decided to take a complete traffic block of about ...
9 September 2025 The StatesmanMetro comes up with instructions for passengers
As the pre-Puja crowd has started swelling in the city’s lifeline transport, the Kolkata Metro Railway has put up boards carrying instructions of do’s and don’ts for the commuters.The board having a list of what commuters and visitors could ...
9 September 2025 The StatesmanSuvendu slams Bengal Police over alleged Hilsa extortion
Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari today lashed out at the state police, accusing them of extortion and corruption after a viral video appeared to show fish traders in South 24-Parganas protesting against alleged police misconduct.The ...
9 September 2025 The StatesmanCalcutta HC dismisses petition against ‘The Bengal Files’
A single-judge Bench of the Calcutta High Court on Monday dismissed a petition filed against the Vivek Agnihotri–directed movie ‘The Bengal Files’ because the petitioner could not back the claims behind his petition with substantiated information and supporting documents. ...
9 September 2025 The StatesmanPuri Shankaracharya’s visit to NIT Durgapur sparks debate
The Shankaracharya of Puri, Swami Nischalananda Saraswati, is scheduled to visit the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Durgapur for a two-day official programme, which has already stirred significant political debate.Professor Arvind Choubey, Director of NIT Durgapur, confirmed the visit ...
9 September 2025 The StatesmanB’desh’s gift of 1,200 MT of hilsa to Bengal
The interim government in Bangladesh has decided to export 1,200 metric tonnes (MT) hilsa to India ahead of the Durga Puja festival virtually bringing smiles on the faces of fish-loving Bengalis in West Bengal.Last year, Bangladesh had approved 2,420 ...
9 September 2025 The StatesmanED raids at three locations in Bengal in relation to sand smuggling
The officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) are conducting parallel and marathon raid and search operations at three locations in West Bengal since early Monday morning in relation to sand-smuggling rackets running in the state.The three locations where the ...
9 September 2025 The StatesmanKolkata Police to meet Durga Puja committees on Sep 10 to discuss festival preparations
Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Verma has convened a meeting with Durga Puja committees in Kolkata on September 10 to discuss preparations for upcoming Durga Puja festivities. The meeting will be held at Dhano Dhanya Auditorium on Wednesday evening.Kolkata Police ...
8 September 2025 The StatesmanRly Minister urged to install toilets in EMU-MEMU trains on Kolkata-Sealdah-Lalgola route
Senior Congress leader and former Union MoS Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday wrote to Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw demanding toilet facilities in nine EMU–MEMU trains running between Sealdah in Kolkata and Lalgola in Murshidabad district stations.The former Berhampore MP ...
8 September 2025 The StatesmanBengal School Service Commission recruitment exam conducted successfully: Minister
West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu on Sunday expressed satisfaction over the manner in which the first round of the written examination for fresh recruitment for teaching jobs in state-run schools in the state was conducted earlier in the ...
8 September 2025 The StatesmanRound one of State Level Selection Test conducted by WBSSC concludes without hitch
The first round of the State Level Selection Test (SLST), conducted by the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC), concluded on Sunday without a hitch.The candidates submitted their answer sheets by 1.30 p.m. However, the specially-abled candidates have been ...
8 September 2025 The StatesmanIRCTC leads global outreach in international tourism expo in Vietnam
The Prime Minister has announced the year 2025 to be the ASEAN-India Year of tourism and has renewed the commitment of India to enhance its cultural, economic and tourism relations with the ASEAN countries. This bold proclamation outlines the ...
7 September 2025 The StatesmanAsannagar College’s coconut-shell saplings show a greener way
In an age where plastic dominates our everyday lives, even in the smallest of practices, a modest college in rural Bengal has innovatively crafted an alternative. At Asannagar Madanmohan Tarkalankar College in Nadia district, a group of teachers and ...
7 September 2025 The StatesmanBoy’s body found in pond, mob lynch suspect toto driver
A pall of grief and fury descended on Nischintapur Battala in Nadia’s Tehatta on Saturday after the body of a missing nine-year-old boy was recovered from a nearby pond, sparking violent mob reprisal that left two neighbours dead and ...
7 September 2025 The StatesmanInclement weather, rising costs pose challenge for idol makers
With only a few weeks remaining for Goddess Durga to descend from her celestial abode on Mount Kailash to mark Mahalaya—the beginning of Devi Paksha—preparations are in full swing across West Bengal. This annual homecoming is a cherished occasion ...
7 September 2025 The StatesmanMigrant worker Burdwan, daughter killed in Rajasthan building collapse
A jewellery artisan who had recently migrated from East Burdwan, along with his young daughter, died when a four-storey dilapidated residential building collapsed in Jaipur, Rajasthan, late last night.Five individuals were rescued from beneath the debris by Civil Defence ...
7 September 2025 The StatesmanER, SER to run Puja special trains for festive crowd
With an increasing demand by passengers during the upcoming festive season, the Eastern and South Eastern Railways have decided to run Puja Special trains to cater to the huge rush.In the Eastern Railway, the authorities have announced plans to ...
7 September 2025 The StatesmanYoung members of Bar should familiarise with new laws: Cal HC CJ
“Advocates don’t retire, judges do,” remarked the Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court, Justice T S Sivagnanam, while inaugurating the new court building at City Centre this morning. Reflecting on his career, he added: “I have served the judiciary ...
7 September 2025 The StatesmanMob fury claims two lives after boy’s body found in Tehatta pon
A pall of grief and fury descended on Nishchintapur Battala in Nadia’s Tehatta on Saturday after the body of a missing nine-year-old boy was recovered from a nearby pond, sparking violent mob reprisal that left two neighbours dead and ...
7 September 2025 The StatesmanSSC teacher exams on Sunday after 9 years amid tight security
Nearly nine years after the last recruitment test, the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) is set to conduct the state-level teacher recruitment examinations again, beginning Sunday, with papers for Classes IX and X.SSC chairman Siddhartha Majumdar on Saturday ...
7 September 2025 The StatesmanCentral minister warns of tough laws against Oppositions’ stand on SIR
Union Cabinet minister Giriraj Singh on Friday lashed out at opposition parties for what he described as attempts to politicise the issue of Special Intensive Revision (SIR).During the last day of his two-day visit to West Bengal, Singh warned ...
7 September 2025 The StatesmanBengali film selected for Osaka Asian Film Festival
In a landmark achievement for Bengali cinema, Bijoyer Pore (Autumn Flies) has become the first Indian Bengali film to be officially selected at the prestigious Osaka Asian Film Festival (OAFF) 2025 in Japan. Directed by Abhijit SriDas and produced ...
6 September 2025 The StatesmanBJYM to organise marathons in 75 cities to mark PM Modi’s birthday
The Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), the youth wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has announced a series of nationwide marathons to mark the birthday celebrations of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. According to Darjeeling MP Raju Bista, the ...
6 September 2025 The StatesmanSuspecting witchcraft elderly woman thrashed to death
On suspicion of practising witchcraft, an elderly woman was brutally beaten to death and her throat slit before her body was dumped in a pond at a village in Memari early this morning.Police have booked four youths on charges ...
6 September 2025 The StatesmanStrokes no longer an old-age malady: Doctors
Believe it or not, West Bengal has the highest “disability adjusted life year” for brain stroke in India. It has emerged as one of the leading causes of death and long-term disability. Kolkata bears a particularly heavy burden, worsened ...
6 September 2025 The StatesmanInternational Film festival gets underway in city
The Fest5 International Film Festival (F5IFF’25) opened on Friday with great enthusiasm at the Anthropological Survey of India auditorium. The festival will continue till 8 September. This year, F5IFF received over 550 film submissions from 69 countries, reflecting its ...
6 September 2025 The StatesmanRPF rescues minor boy
The Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Asansol division rescued an 11-year-old boy under the “Nanhe Fariste” operation at Madhupur railway station on Friday.The incident occurred around 9.30 a.m. during a routine patrol, when RPF personnel noticed a young boy ...
6 September 2025 The StatesmanBJP to protest at Dum Dum over minister’s Army remark
The Leader of Opposition in Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, announced today plans to hold a protest march and rally at Dum Dum later this month, accusing state education minister Bratya Basu of making “disparaging” comments about the Indian Army ...
6 September 2025 The StatesmanSSC publishes list for vacant posts
Amidst legal tangles over SSC tainted candidates, the commission today published the list of about 35,726 vacant posts for which examinations are scheduled on 7 and 14 September.According to the commission, the highest number of vacant posts are in ...
6 September 2025 The StatesmanFirst-ever sighting of Fishing Cat in West Burdwan
The first-ever sighting of West Bengal’s state animal, the Fishing Cat, has taken place in West Burdwan, quite by accident. The seemingly historic incident has led to high levels of excitement among nature lovers, wildlife conservationists, forest department officials, ...
6 September 2025 The Statesman