Chief minister Mamata Banerjee, today apologised to the residents of Khadikul village for a fatal explosion that occurred at an illegal firecracker factory in the village, located within Egra police station limits in East Midnapore earlier this month. The ...
28 May 2023 StatesmanChief Minister Mamata Banerjee, today, accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of attempting to replicate the ethnic violence witnessed in Manipur within her state. She condemned the attack on state minister Birbaha Hansda’s vehicle and asserted that it was ...
28 May 2023 StatesmanThe two men arrested in connection with the robbery carried out at a jewellery store in Barrackpore that left one person dead had planned to pull another heist at a jewellery store in Kadamtola, Howrah, but changed their minds, ...
28 May 2023 StatesmanThe state-owned South Bengal State Transport Corporation (SBSTC) plans to set up three CNG fuelling stations of its own in Asansol, Durgapur and Arambagh in the coming months. Today at a function in Asansol bus stand, law, judiciary and ...
28 May 2023 StatesmanA blue road on the red soil of the South Damodar region passing through the green farmlands of East Burdwan has drawn the attention of Bengal’s infrastructure engineering experts as the short road stretch is the state’s pioneering experiment ...
28 May 2023 StatesmanFour persons have been arrested in connection with the attack on the convoy of Trinamool Congress’ national general secretary and MP Abhishek Banerjee, allegedly by a group of protesters from the Kurmi community who are agitating to press for ...
28 May 2023 StatesmanTrinamul Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee urged leaders of Jhargram to go to the people and tell them how the Centre has blocked the dues worth Rs 1.15 lakh crore. Mr Banerjee met the district leaders and took ...
28 May 2023 StatesmanThere will be no representation from West Bengal at the Niti Aayog meeting scheduled to be held on 27 May in New Delhi, after the Central government rejected the state"s proposal to depute Mrs Chandrima Bhattacharya, minister of state ...
28 May 2023 StatesmanIn order to bolster the tourism prospects of the Joy Chandi Hills further, the Mamata Banerjee-led government has undertaken a host of projects for upgradation of the existing infrastructure. A Rs 88 lakh concrete road from the railway level ...
28 May 2023 StatesmanMayor Firhad Hakim urged the organizers of Education Interface 2023 to provide counselling at the school level to help students, particularly those who are meritorious but come from economically-challenged families, to select the course that is best suited for ...
28 May 2023 StatesmanThe nor"wester, which hit Arambagh on Thursday evening has completely ruined an aged person, who is now homeless. Poritosh Mondal is undergoing treatment at Arambagh hospital. The 72-year-old Poritosh, a resident of Manshatala in Ward 2 of Arambagh Municipality ...
28 May 2023 StatesmanThe total pass percentage of the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations (WBJEE) witnessed a rise this year, registering a brilliant 99.37 per cent against last year"s 98.5 per cent. Two students of Delhi Public School Ruby Park, Md Sahil ...
28 May 2023 StatesmanAfter setting a benchmark in power generation, West Bengal reached yet another milestone in the sector last month. On 18 April, the state pick up to more than 11,500 MW, which is the highest since inception, informed state power ...
28 May 2023 StatesmanTata Steel has donated Rs 1.73 crore to Tata medical Centre in New Town for the latter"s continuous effort to serve cancer patients. The contribution was made possible through the auction of the first 4 coils (62 MT) of ...
28 May 2023 StatesmanChief minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to make a whistlestop visit to take stock of the situation at blast-hit Khadikul village in Egra, East Midnapore and Salboni, West Midnapore respectively, on Saturday. She would also attend a rally as ...
27 May 2023 StatesmanInclement weather and central investigating agencies have not been able to stop almost month-old Jono Sanjog Yatra and a large turnout could be seen at his public meeting in Purulia today to listen to Trinamul national general secretary. He ...
27 May 2023 StatesmanKalyani University and the UNESCO Chair Global Adult Education of Malta University successfully organized an international web fest centered around the themes of equality, democracy, and people’s enlightenment. The collaborative event, aimed to explore and celebrate the ideas of ...
27 May 2023 StatesmanThe state animal resources department has instructed all senior officials across the state to ensure that no pig farms use restrictive crates. A circular in the matter, issued by the director of animal husbandry and veterinary services, has been ...
27 May 2023 StatesmanThe commission has also fixed rates like Rs 25 per kilometer for an air-conditioned ambulance and Rs 20 per kilometer for a non-AC ambulance. Oxygen service can be charged at Rs 300 per hour The West Bengal Clinical Establishment ...
27 May 2023 StatesmanThe revelation that his nephews were selling Bengal’s rebel poet Kazi Nazrul Islam’s fame for money over the years by using the official seals and letterheads of a governmentowned body, without permission, has shocked state ministers, senior administrators of ...
27 May 2023 StatesmanA book titled Kazi Nazrul Islam"s Journalism A Critiquehas created a flutter in the academic circles, both in the country and Bangladesh before the poet"s birth anniversary which falls tomorrow. The Bengal government has organized a programme to celebrate ...
27 May 2023 StatesmanCops investigating the ghastly killing of a youth and the son of a jewellery trader on Wednesday evening are still clueless and groping in the dark. They are also clueless about the miscreants, though a manhunt had been launched. ...
27 May 2023 StatesmanTwo girls, Mousumi Tudu and Saraswati Baskey, students of Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira Eklavya Model Residential School, Jhargram stood joint first in Santhali first language in Higher Secondary Examination 2023, whose results were announced this afternoon.The school is meant for ...
26 May 2023 StatesmanThe merit list for Higher Secondary exams this year has a maximum number of toppers from Hooghly, 18. A student of Narendrapur Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya (Residential), Narendra Nath Banerjee, a resident of Bhadrakali, Hindmotor secured 493 and ranked 4th ...
26 May 2023 StatesmanGovernor CV Ananda Bose"s apparent silence on the approval to Rajiva Sinha, retired bureaucrat and former chief secretary, as the new commissioner of the West Bengal State Election Commission (WBSEC) has triggered controversy, raising questions whether the former could ...
26 May 2023 StatesmanAccording to the council"s announcements at a press conference today, the topper from West Bengal is Suvranshu Sardar from Narendrapur Ramakrishna Mission School. He scored a total of 496 out of 500. He wants to study Economics in college ...
26 May 2023 StatesmanTwo crucial bridges of the city, serving as links to Kolkata from other adjoining areas for decades, are to undergo an overhaul this year. Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port in Kolkata is gearing up for health audits followed by overall ...
26 May 2023 StatesmanThe University Grants Commission (UGC) has for the first time taken an initiative to bring the industry and other professional into the academic institutions through a new category of positions called "Professor in Practice." This will help to take ...
26 May 2023 StatesmanThe MP of Diamond Harbour Abhishek Banerjee arrived to a rousing welcome in Kalloli Block More in Kashipur of Purulia district today to take part in the Jono Sanjog Yatra programme in the most backward district of the state. ...
26 May 2023 StatesmanAll human beings ~ men and women, young and old, rich and poor, well and unwell, want to be happy, so much so that happiness has been equated with the meaning and essence of life, reason of our existence, ...
25 May 2023 StatesmanWest Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) declared the higher secondary examination 2023 results this afternoon.Suvranshu Sardar with 496 (99.2%) from Narendrapur Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya stood first while Susama Khan with 495 (99%) from Bankura Banga Vidyalaya and ...
25 May 2023 StatesmanWest Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee alleged on Tuesday that the CBI officers, who went to the residence of her nephew and Trinamul Congress’ national General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee last Friday to serve a summon notice for questioning, misbehaved ...
25 May 2023 StatesmanIndia and Bangladesh took another significant step towards enhancing bilateral cooperation in the railways sector as India on Tuesday virtually handed over 20 broad gauge locomotives to Bangladesh. The initiative aims to address the growing passenger and freight demands ...
25 May 2023 StatesmanAs the process of exchange of Rs 2,000 notes started from today, various bank branches saw mixed reactions from the customers. The panic, which was witnessed last time during demonetization, seemed missing this time among customers. While at a ...
25 May 2023 StatesmanThe song has lyrics: "Trinamule Nabo Joar, jitbo ami, jitbe tumi, unnoyan hobe sobar" (New wave in Trinamul, I will win, you will win, there will be development for all). Abhishek Banerjee, Trinamul Congress national general secretary tweeted: "With ...
25 May 2023 StatesmanHundreds of Kurmi community agitators halted Trinamul Congress’s national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee"s rally as he was about to arrive the Khatra sub-divisional town here for his Nabojoar Yatra this afternoon. Banerjee gave a patient hearing to the aggrieved ...
25 May 2023 StatesmanOperators of passenger transport vehicles can heave a sigh of relief. The state transport department has decided to stick to the date of renewal of fitness certificates of vehicles for installation of vehicle location tracking devices (VLTD) and panic ...
25 May 2023 StatesmanServices of the recently-introduced Vande Bharat train between Howrah and Puri were resumed today after a day"s halt. Three days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the train virtually from Puri, the semi-high speed was damaged on 21 ...
25 May 2023 StatesmanBringing relief from the scorching heat, Kolkata, along with adjoining areas experienced squalls, accompanied by lightning and a spell of rain today afternoon. Thunder squalls and hail storms were experienced in the districts of Burdwan, Bankura, Purulia and Malda. ...
25 May 2023 StatesmanWith deaths at repeated illegal fire cracker factories in Egra and Budge Budge, chief minister Mamata Banerjee today spoke at length on dedicated clusters to regularise illegal cracker factories to curb the menace. She expressed her ire in front ...
24 May 2023 Statesman