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 StatesmanA 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 StatesmanWest 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 StatesmanAROICON (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 StatesmanWith 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 StatesmanThe 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 StatesmanTo 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 StatesmanMurshidabad 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 StatesmanGovernor 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 StatesmanAn 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 StatesmanState 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 StatesmanThe 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 StatesmanThe 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 StatesmanSwami 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 StatesmanPrashant 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 StatesmanMore 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 StatesmanA 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 StatesmanA 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 StatesmanWith 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 StatesmanA 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 StatesmanFresh 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 StatesmanWest 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 StatesmanThe 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 StatesmanEastern 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 StatesmanBirik 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 StatesmanThe 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 StatesmanThe 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 StatesmanA man carrying Rs 24 lakh in cash was detained at Kolkata airport on Wednesday afternoon, triggering fresh concerns over the frequent movement of unaccounted money and counterfeit currency across the state.CISF personnel, during routine surveillance at Netaji Subhas ...
28 November 2025 The StatesmanThe state government today appointed Ekam J. Singh, a 2020 batch IAS officer, as the Commissioner of Asansol Municipal Corporation. The Chief Executive Officer of Asansol Durgapur Development Authority (ADDA) Aditi Choudhury (2014 IAS batch) had been holding dual ...
28 November 2025 The StatesmanA Bangladeshi national, identified as Nadeem Sardar living for 15 years in the industrial town of Dankuni in Hooghly district, was arrested after his abortive attempt to fill up the enumeration form (SIR) in the name of a dead ...
28 November 2025 The StatesmanUnion minister and former West Bengal BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar faced “go back” slogans and a brief blockade of his convoy in Diamond Harbour, South 24-Parganas, triggering a fresh political confrontation between the BJP and the ruling Trinamul Congress ...
28 November 2025 The StatesmanSebaashray 2, an initiative to provide health care to the residents who stay in the areas under Diamond Harbour Lok Sabha seat will start from 1 December.Taking cue from the success of Sebaashray, which was launched in the areas ...
28 November 2025 The StatesmanThe agricultural marketing department at Khadya Bhawan has issued a notification regarding the extension of the potato storage period in the state’s cold storages.As per the notification, the statutory period for storing potatoes in cold storages under Rule 4(n), ...
28 November 2025 The StatesmanChief Minister Mamata Banerjee is scheduled to address a political public meeting at Gazole in Malda district tentatively on 3 December, amid the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.This comes at a time when the BJP leadership ...
28 November 2025 The StatesmanNames of the electorate in the Assembly constituencies in and around Kolkata are not matching with the voter list of 2002, sources in the office of Chief Electoral Officer Manoj Kumar Agarwal said.Currently, digitisation of the enumeration forms for ...
28 November 2025 The StatesmanA complaint has been lodged against actor and BJP leader Rudranil Ghosh at Barasat police station, accusing him of obstructing government work, trespassing and issuing threats inside Barasat Government Medical College and Hospital.Acting on the written complaint submitted by ...
27 November 2025 The StatesmanDarjeeling MP Raju Bista convened a multi-agency review meeting in Kalimpong on Wednesday with senior officials from the National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation (NHIDCL) responsible for national highway 717A and NH-10, the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC), and ...
27 November 2025 The StatesmanTension flared up in Barasat on Tuesday after the family of a 34-year-old accident victim alleged that his eyes had been removed at Barasat Medical College and Hospital.The protest intensified to the extent that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s convoy ...
27 November 2025 The StatesmanThe District Magistrate of Purulia, Sudhir Kontham, has directed the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) of Purulia Sadar, Tapan Kumar Ghosh, to investigate the alleged irregularities raised by a section of local residents regarding civic amenities provided by Purulia Municipality, and ...
27 November 2025 The StatesmanThe Mayor of Asansol Municipal Corporation (AMC), Bidhan Upadhyay, has laid the foundation stone for a new drinking water pipeline project under the AMRUT Scheme Phase III, at a cost of Rs 9 crore in Burnpur.The total length of ...
27 November 2025 The StatesmanThe Amader Para, Amader Samadhan (APAS) scheme is a flagship campaign launched by the West Bengal government.The APAS camps were held across various blocks of Hooghly district. Government officials, acting as facilitators rather than instructors, set a warm and ...
27 November 2025 The StatesmanWith the state government recently handing over a plot of land in Matigara, Siliguri, to a newly-formed trust for the construction of a Mahakal mandir, the Darjeeling District CPI-M has announced plans to launch a major public agitation ahead ...
27 November 2025 The StatesmanPrimary construction work for a coal museum, the first of its kind in eastern India, has begun in the Raniganj coalfields area, the mother region for coal mining in the country. The museum, according to Eastern Coalfields Limited authorities, ...
27 November 2025 The StatesmanOn the basis of a specific tip-off, the by Field ‘G’ Team of BSF at Kishanganj apprehended an Indian national, Ratan Bishra, (23), a resident of Goalpokher post station in North Dinajpur, at IBBF gate while he was returning ...
27 November 2025 The StatesmanElection Commission of India (ECI) has written to the city Commissioner of Police, Manoj Verma, asking for the action taken report (ATR) after a section of booth level officers (BLOs) protested in front of the Chief Electoral officer’s (CEO) ...
27 November 2025 The StatesmanOn the occasion of Constitution Day, West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee has called for a sustained struggle against “endangered and bulldozed” democracy, secularism, and federalism in the country.“Now, when democracy is at stake, when ...
27 November 2025 The StatesmanThe Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested Duronto Molla, a close associate of jailed Sheikh Shahjahan, in connection with an alleged assault on Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials during a raid in Sarberia, located in South 24 Parganas’ Sandeshkhali ...
27 November 2025 The StatesmanThe Election Commission of India on Wednesday wrote a letter to the Kolkata Police Commissioner, citing the law and order situation, and safety and security of its officers and staff in West Bengal.The letter, written on behalf of the ...
27 November 2025 The StatesmanChief Minister Mamata Banerjee congratulated the state government officials and tourism stakeholders after Bengal emerged as one of the most favoured international tourist destinations in the country, according to the India Tourism Data Compendium 2025 published by the ministry ...
27 November 2025 The StatesmanDays after being released on bail, former education minister Partha Chatterjee has written to Speaker Biman Banerjee expressing his desire to attend the upcoming Winter Session of the Assembly.The suspended Trinamul Congress MLA from Behala West has formally communicated ...
27 November 2025 The StatesmanEastern Railway observed Constitution Day throughout its jurisdiction today. Officers and staff at Eastern Railway headquarters, led by Sheelendra Pratap Singh, Additional General Manager, Eastern Railway read the Preamble to the Constitution on this occasion. Officers and staff at ...
27 November 2025 The StatesmanThree weeks into West Bengal’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR), the Election Commission of India is preparing for one of the state’s largest voter-roll clean-ups in over two decades.Preliminary data indicates that at least 10 lakh names, reflecting years of ...
26 November 2025 The StatesmanWith the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) nearing completion, the Trinamul Congress in Cooch Behar has intensified its public outreach. However, deep factionalism within the party has become increasingly visible, as two rival groups are conducting parallel campaigns—one through political ...
26 November 2025 The StatesmanIf you want to get medical advice from the best doctors in the city by paying just Rs 350 as consultation fee, avail the opportunity offered by the SSKM hospital at its newly-built Ananyo.Ananyo is called Woodburn II and ...
26 November 2025 The StatesmanAmid growing concerns over the deteriorating condition of India’s rivers, a day-long workshop at Raja Narendralal Khan Women’s College (Autonomous) in Midnapore on Monday brought together experts, students, and community representatives to emphasise the critical intersection of science, ecology, ...
26 November 2025 The StatesmanThe railway protection force of Sealdah Division under the Eastern Railway recovered 28.791 kg of a narcotic substance suspected to be ganja valued at approximately Rs 14,39,550.The recovery took place yesterday when officials of the Crime Intelligence Branch (CIB)/Sealdah, ...
26 November 2025 The StatesmanIn a major breakthrough against the rising menace of “digital arrest” cases, the Bidhannagar Commissionerate has arrested two persons from Karnataka for allegedly extorting nearly Rs 1.47 crore from a Rajarhat resident after posing as police officials and threatening ...
26 November 2025 The StatesmanAfter successful experimentation at Sealdah station, the divisional railway authorities have now decided to fix platforms at Bidhannagar and Dum Dum stations for effective handling of crowds.A few months back, the authorities fixed stations for local EMUs and long ...
26 November 2025 The StatesmanTransport minister Snehashish Chakraborty does not suspect any conspiracy behind the insurance lapse of the helicopter that was scheduled to fly Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to her Bongaon rally venue in North 24-Parganas this afternoon. “We will penalise the ...
26 November 2025 The StatesmanThe Chief Election Commission (CEC) of India has agreed to meet leaders of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on November 28 at 11 AM, signalling a crucial dialogue amid mounting tension over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls ...
26 November 2025 The StatesmanLeader of Opposition in Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari has lodged a formal complaint with the Election Commission of India alleging that a state-level conference of women police personnel in Digha turned into a platform for political propaganda for ...
26 November 2025 The StatesmanThe Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India has agreed to meet leaders of the Trinamul Congress (TMC) on 28 November at 11 a.m, signalling a crucial dialogue amid mounting tensions over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls ...
26 November 2025 The StatesmanFresh from the Bihar victory, the BJP has now turned its focus on the next set of important poll-bound states ~ West Bengal, Assam, and Tamil Nadu ~ and it in this connection that BJP president JP Nadda’s dinner ...
26 November 2025 The StatesmanAmong the twelve months of the Hindu calendar in India, Agrahāyaṇa holds a special place. The Sanskrit word Agrahāyaṇa literally means “the first month or season of the year.” During this month, the Hemanta (early winter) season begins, and ...
25 November 2025 The StatesmanAmid rising political friction over alleged cross-border intrusion and unrest linked to the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Monday visited the Hakimpur border in North 24-Parganas to take stock ...
25 November 2025 The StatesmanActress, former Rajya Sabha MP and member of the BJP’s national executive committee, Rupa Ganguly on Monday alleged that several artistes and technicians who had spoken out against the rape and murder of a PGT trainee doctor at RG ...
25 November 2025 The StatesmanAfter serving 14 years in a correctional home and being released early for good conduct, Shakuntala Lamchani (now 42) spent another year shuffling from one jail to another as she had no home or relatives in the outside world ...
25 November 2025 The StatesmanThe Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in West Bengal, conducted by the Election Commission of India (ECI), has fanned the flames of intense political controversy recently. Misinformation and distorted particulars have filled the minds of people with fear of the ...
25 November 2025 The StatesmanNinety three per cent of the trees, which had been translocated at Deocha Pachami in Birbhum, are alive, creating a world record.The district administration at Birbhum decided to translocate 992 trees from the site of Deocha Pachami, venue of ...
25 November 2025 The StatesmanThe state Cabinet, under the stewardship of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today cleared, in principle, a series of proposals ranging from clearance of lands required for setting up a Mahakal temple at Darjeeling. Furthermore, north Bengal would also get ...
25 November 2025 The StatesmanTrinamul Congress will intensify the movement to put pressure on the Centre to release the dues of the state government, Abhishek Banerjee, party’s national general secretary said today.Mr Banerjee today held a virtual meeting with functionaries of the party.AdvertisementThe ...
25 November 2025 The StatesmanGovernor CV Ananda Bose said on Monday that he will send reports to the ministry of home affairs (MHA) on the situation arising at the international borders in the state with neighbouring Bangladesh where thousands of illegal Bangladeshi migrants ...
25 November 2025 The StatesmanTrinamul Congress will intensify the movement against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in the coming days and the vote raksha shivirs, camps and war rooms will continue till the 31 January. The call was to be “battle ready”, said ...
25 November 2025 The StatesmanThe Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal on Monday will hold a meeting with telecom operators following complaints from Booth Level Officers (BLOs) of having network issues while scanning QR codes and uploading enumeration forms as part of ...
25 November 2025 The StatesmanBuoyed by its decisive victory in the recent Bihar Assembly elections, the BJP’s central leadership is gearing up for an aggressive, high-profile campaign in West Bengal from next month ahead of the 2026 Assembly polls, featuring both Prime Minister ...
25 November 2025 The StatesmanInspired by the landslide electoral success in the recently concluded Bihar Assembly polls, the BJP’s Central leadership is planning to start a high-profile campaign involving both the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah for the ...
24 November 2025 The StatesmanThe Kolkata Police on Sunday arrested two persons in connection with the recovery of a body from a hotel in the Kasba area of south Kolkata on November 22. The arrested individuals have been identified as Dhruv Mitra and ...
24 November 2025 The StatesmanThe districts in West Bengal that have international borders with neighbouring Bangladesh witnessed maximum increase in the number of voters since 2002, the last time when the Special Intensive Revision was carried out in the state, the BJP claimed ...
24 November 2025 The StatesmanThe Election Commission of India (ECI) has received several complaints against the authorities of several state-run schools in West Bengal for not excusing their teachers from regular teaching duties to perform as booth-level officers (BLOs) for the Special Intensive ...
24 November 2025 The StatesmanThe weather system over the Strait of Malacca and the adjoining South Andaman Sea is expected to move west-northwest and intensify into a depression by November 24. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), it is likely to strengthen ...
24 November 2025 The StatesmanEnforcement Directorate personnel conducted raids at 44 locations in Bengal and Jharkhand on Friday and Saturday and recovered unaccounted cash totalling Rs 14 crores and substantial quantities of gold jewellery, along with 120 property deeds from offices and premises ...
24 November 2025 The StatesmanWest Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Sunday urged everyone to keep patience and avoid emotional reactions after the tragic death of Shanti Muni Ekka, a Booth Level Officer (BLO) who reportedly died by suicide. Her family says she ...
23 November 2025 The StatesmanThe state government has planned to set up a silk hub in Serampore. At an administrative meeting in Tarakeswar, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced the establishment of the hub in Hooghly district to create a major centre for silk ...
23 November 2025 The StatesmanThe Malda Sammilani Calcutta (MSC), an organisation dedicated to supporting people from Malda who require accommodation and assistance in Kolkata, felicitated six achievers from diverse fields at a ceremony held on Friday evening at the Malda College Auditorium.Before the ...
23 November 2025 The StatesmanIn a major development for workers across north Bengal’s tea and cinchona plantations, the Centre on Friday implemented the long-awaited Four Labour Codes, marking the biggest overhaul of India’s labour framework in decades. The move—expected to significantly impact the ...
23 November 2025 The StatesmanThe forest department has finally managed to capture an adult Indian striped hyena from a house in Salanpur after an 18-hour-long chase.Last night, two hyenas entered the house of Nimai Pramanik at around 9 p.m. in Salanpur village under ...
23 November 2025 The StatesmanAt a time when artificial intelligence has opened up a new era in research, data collection and analysis, the growing incidence of cyber security breaches needs urgent scrutiny, especially in matters related to databases connected with business operations, data ...
23 November 2025 The StatesmanUnable to bear the enormous stress of the job, a Block Level Officer in Nadia committed suicide holding the Election Commission responsible for her death. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee condoled the death.AdvertisementRinku Tarafdar from Krishnagar committed suicide by hanging ...
23 November 2025 The StatesmanTapati Biswas, a 60-year-old Booth Level Officer (BLO) from Konnagar and a resident of Konnagar Nabagram, suffered a cerebral attack last Wednesday. As her condition deteriorated, she was shifted from Konnagar Matri Sadan Hospital to Kolkata Medical College and ...
23 November 2025 The StatesmanA 52-year-old Booth Level Officer engaged in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls was found hanging at her residence in Krishnagar on Saturday morning, with a handwritten suicide note that directly blamed the Election Commission of ...
23 November 2025 The StatesmanIn the wake of Delhi recent blast, security at Kolkata’s Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport has been further tightened, with the Airports Authority of India deploying an additional contingent of CISF personnel.From Friday, 69 CISF jawans have been ...
22 November 2025 The StatesmanWest Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Friday welcomed the Supreme Court’s recent opinion that courts cannot prescribe timelines for the President or Governors to grant assent to Bills passed by State legislatures, describing the advisory as a reaffirmation ...
22 November 2025 The StatesmanAs the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls enters a crucial phase in West Bengal, a political storm has erupted with the state BJP accusing the ruling Trinamul Congress of manipulating the process, even as Chief Minister Mamata ...
22 November 2025 The StatesmanThe Trinamul Congress has convened a virtual organisational meeting on Monday to discuss the party’s strategies regarding the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) by the Election Commission of India (ECI) in West Bengal.The meeting will be chaired by Trinamul ...
22 November 2025 The StatesmanIndia’s manufacturing sector stands at an inflection point backed by adoption of emerging technologies and advanced automation techniques, senior industry experts said at the 4th edition of Manufacturing Conclave 2025, organised by Assocham here on Friday.The transformative policies such ...
22 November 2025 The StatesmanGorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) Sabhasad Ajoy Edwards has fired off a letter to the newly-appointed Darjeeling District Magistrate, Manish Mishra, demanding full transparency in the Housing Grant disbursal for victims of the 5 October landslides.In a strongly worded communication, ...
22 November 2025 The StatesmanCommuters in Kolkata are likely to have smoother journeys on Saturdays as the city’s two Metro networks are set to have an increased number of services on Saturdays.To begin with, the Purple Line that did not operate on Saturdays ...
22 November 2025 The StatesmanOne of the most renowned festivals of Bidhannagar and the city, Bidhannagar Fair 2025, will be held at Bidhannagar Book Fair Grounds from 1-21 December. The fair will be inaugurated by Kolkata mayor and urban development minister Firhad Hakim, ...
22 November 2025 The StatesmanWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has once again slammed the SIR exercise in the state, calling it “unplanned, chaotic and dangerous”. Referring to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls underway in West Bengal ahead of the ...
22 November 2025 The StatesmanTremors of 5.7 magnitude shook the city intensely this morning bringing scores of citizens on the streets. The origin of the earthquake, as per the information shared by the India Meteorological Department was Bangladesh having a depth of 10 ...
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