West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion of his birth anniversary saying that his ideals of "inclusivity, social justice and equality" have remained "relevant even today".She urged the people to ...
3 October 2023 TelegraphAll geared up for a two-day protest programme in the heart of the national capital in demand for the state’s pending dues allegedly withheld by the Centre, Trinamul Congress leaders, workers and deprived beneficiaries are camped in Delhi since ...
3 October 2023 TelegraphTwo artists from the Netherlands have teamed up with a local craftsman of Kolkata to give shape to this year’s theme of a popular community Durga Puja, in an effort to showcase West Bengal's biggest festival to the global ...
3 October 2023 TelegraphThe West Bengal government on Monday said that there is a high possibility of flood in seven districts of the state due to continued incessant rainfall in the upper catchment areas of neighbouring Jharkhand.Chief Secretary H K Dwivedi on ...
3 October 2023 TelegraphTrinamul Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee along with party workers and leaders sat on a dharna at the Rajghat here on Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary on Monday demanding the release of funds for West Bengal by the Centre. The Lok ...
3 October 2023 TelegraphThe BJP on Monday slammed the Trinamool Congress' protest here seeking the release of central funds under some schemes to West Bengal as a "circus" and "drama", and accused the state government of "theft" of money and not taking ...
3 October 2023 TelegraphBrazilian World Cup winner Ronaldinho has confirmed his visit to the city ahead of the Durga Puja festival. For the three-time Ballon d'Or winner, this will be the maiden visit to the football-crazy city that has hosted many legends ...
3 October 2023 TelegraphAround the time when supporters of Trinamul Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee clashed with the Delhi Police in and around Raj Ghat turning the region into a virtual war zone, Union rural development minister Giriraj Singh announced his intention to ...
3 October 2023 TelegraphAt least 10 people were injured on Monday when a bus with passengers on board overturned after being hit by another in Salt Lake area on the eastern fringes of Kolkata in West Bengal, police said.The accident took place ...
3 October 2023 TelegraphThe West Bengal government on Monday said that there is a high possibility of flood in seven districts of the state due to continued incessant rainfall in the upper catchment areas of neighbouring Jharkhand.Chief Secretary H K Dwivedi on ...
3 October 2023 TelegraphWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion of his birth anniversary saying that his ideals of "inclusivity, social justice and equality" have remained "relevant even today".She urged the people to ...
3 October 2023 TelegraphTwo artists from the Netherlands have teamed up with a local craftsman of Kolkata to give shape to this year’s theme of a popular community Durga Puja, in an effort to showcase West Bengal's biggest festival to the global ...
3 October 2023 TelegraphTrinamul Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee along with party workers and leaders sat on a dharna at the Rajghat here on Mahatma Gandhi's birth anniversary on Monday demanding the release of funds for West Bengal by the Centre. The Lok ...
3 October 2023 TelegraphThe BJP on Monday slammed the Trinamool Congress' protest here seeking the release of central funds under some schemes to West Bengal as a "circus" and "drama", and accused the state government of "theft" of money and not taking ...
3 October 2023 TelegraphDeep Narayan Nayak, a primary school teacher from West Bengal, and Hari Krishna Patacharu, an English teacher from Andhra Pradesh, have made it to the top 50 shortlist for the 2023 Global Teacher Prize unveiled here recently. The shortlist ...
2 October 2023 TelegraphThe BJP’s attempt to begin the process of consolidation of its support base in Bengal’s brew belt with a rally on Sunday did not yield the desired result as some of the claims made by the party’s leaders at ...
2 October 2023 TelegraphA 61-year-old woman from the outskirts of Calcutta who was on a trip to the Dooars with her family, died in a road accident in Jalpaiguri on Sunday.Sources said that an SUV carrying four tourists on a jungle safari ...
2 October 2023 TelegraphAbhishek Banerjee tore into the BJP yet again on Sunday over the frozen central funds due to Bengal, accusing the saffron regime of attempting to force the state’s masses into starvation after losing the 2021 Assembly elections.On his way ...
2 October 2023 TelegraphFour persons, including a child, were killed as mud walls, weakened by steady rain in four south Bengal districts, collapsed within a day of three children in Bankura’s Bishnupur dying in a similar accident.The kin of all four victims ...
2 October 2023 TelegraphThe keen eyes of a physician have detected that Darjeeling and Siliguri, the two most important places of the region, were absent from maps till 1816 while Jalpaiguri and other relatively lesser-known places were distinctly present.Sonam B. Wangyal, a ...
2 October 2023 TelegraphThe Northeast Frontier Railway introduced Linke-Hofmann-Busch (LHB) coaches to the Guwahati-Bikaner Express on Saturday, around a year and nine months after the train met with an accident in Jalpaiguri district.On Saturday, a minister of the Assam government flagged off ...
2 October 2023 TelegraphDescribing the situation in Manipur as “tragic”, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s grand-nephew Prof Sugata Bose called for working out a “just power-sharing arrangement” in the northeastern state in order to bring all three communities -- Meiteis, Kukis and Nagas ...
2 October 2023 TelegraphWest Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Sunday appointed interim vice-chancellors for six state-run universities, an official said.Bose is the Chancellor of state-run universities in West Bengal.The governor named Professor Achintya Saha as the interim VC of Murshidabad ...
2 October 2023 TelegraphSeveral Trinamul Congress workers were injured when one of the 49 buses taking them from West Bengal to Delhi to take part in a protest programme met with an accident in Jharkhand on Sunday.The bus careened and went down ...
2 October 2023 TelegraphSenior Trinamul Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday asserted that agitation demanding the "rightful dues" of the people of West Bengal will continue till funds are released by the central government.Speaking to reporters at the NSCBI Airport here before ...
2 October 2023 TelegraphTrinamul leader Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday said the party had decided to go ahead with its planned programmes and protests in Delhi over the next few days, irrespective of whether police in the capital grant permission for the events.Around ...
2 October 2023 TelegraphAround 3,500 job card-holders under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) from Bengal set out for Delhi on Saturday in 50-odd buses to take part in a protest rally in the national capital on October 3. ...
2 October 2023 TelegraphWest Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose in a veiled attack on the TMC government said Saturday there is "violence outside" and "lens" inside the Raj Bhavan.Bose was speaking at a function to swear-in the newly elected TMC MLA from ...
1 October 2023 TelegraphIn less than 24 hours after the Trinamul Congress’s request for a special train to transport its workers to Delhi was turned down by the Indian Railways, the party raised a fresh hue and cry on Saturday evening about ...
1 October 2023 TelegraphThe Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), the RSS-backed trade union, and the BJP Kurseong MLA, B.P. Sharma, have decided to stay away from the party’s tea workers’ meeting in Siliguri on Sunday.The event at Dagapur on the northern outskirts of ...
1 October 2023 TelegraphVisva Bharati Vice Chancellor Bidyut Chakraborty has sent another letter to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, urging her to consider the central university's request for the return of a road lined by heritage buildings on the campus to ...
1 October 2023 TelegraphAround 3,500 job card-holders under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) from Bengal set out for Delhi on Saturday in 50-odd buses to take part in a protest rally in the national capital on October 3. ...
1 October 2023 TelegraphTrinamul leader Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday said the party had decided to go ahead with its planned programmes and protests in Delhi over the next few days, irrespective of whether police in the capital grant permission for the events.Around ...
1 October 2023 TelegraphThree tribal children aged between three and five years in Bankura's Bishnupur were killed on Saturday morning when a part of the wall of their mud house collapsed on them following incessant rain since Friday night. The tragedy ...
1 October 2023 TelegraphA Trinamul rural leader and six party workers have been arrested between Wednesday and Friday for the alleged lynching of a 13-year-old tribal boy of the Lodha Shabar community on Tuesday night over alleged theft at a village in ...
1 October 2023 TelegraphIn less than 24 hours after the Trinamul Congress’s request for a special train to transport its workers to Delhi was turned down by the Indian Railways, the party raised a fresh hue and cry on Saturday evening about ...
1 October 2023 TelegraphVisva Bharati Vice Chancellor Bidyut Chakraborty has sent another letter to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, urging her to consider the central university's request for the return of a road lined by heritage buildings on the campus to ...
1 October 2023 TelegraphA Trinamul rural leader and six party workers have been arrested between Wednesday and Friday for the alleged lynching of a 13-year-old tribal boy of the Lodha Shabar community on Tuesday night over alleged theft at a village in ...
1 October 2023 TelegraphThe keen eyes of a physician have detected that Darjeeling and Siliguri, the two most important places of the region, were absent from maps till 1816 while Jalpaiguri and other relatively lesser-known places were distinctly present.Sonam B. Wangyal, a ...
1 October 2023 TelegraphThe Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), the RSS-backed trade union, and the BJP Kurseong MLA, B.P. Sharma, have decided to stay away from the party’s tea workers’ meeting in Siliguri on Sunday.The event at Dagapur on the northern outskirts of ...
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