A dusty bust of an elderly bespectacled person welcomed this correspondent to Sagar Kutir — a shabby tin-roofed hut surrounded by a weedy courtyard in Baradongal village, located 13km north of Hooghly’s Arambagh town. “He is our Gandhi... Arambagh’s Gandhi,” ...
21 May 2024 TelegraphAn oar as her only weapon, Sunderbans resident Rina Sarkar fought the magnificent yellow-and-black striped beast to save her husband from its jaws, and lost. Rina, now 46, recounted how she helplessly watched the Royal Bengal Tiger drag her husband ...
24 April 2024 TelegraphWest Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose has appointed senior professor Bhaskar Gupta as the new Vice Chancellor of the prestigious state-run Jadavpur University. Gupta's appointment as VC was recommended by the state government which had submitted a list of ...
23 April 2024 TelegraphPushed to a corner after the damning declaration of the Calcutta High Court that ruled as "null and void" appointments of over 25,000 teachers in Bengal, chief minister Mamata Banerjee tried her best to put up a brave front ...
22 April 2024 TelegraphSenior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Monday welcomed the Calcutta High Court order cancelling all appointments made through a 2016 recruitment process for West Bengal government-sponsored and aided schools, and said the verdict proves that the "TMC government was ...
22 April 2024 TelegraphIf you grew up in the 1980s Calcutta like me, you would be quite familiar with the slogan – “Cholchhe Cholbe” (It is running, it will run – rough translation). No rally by the Left parties was complete without ...
20 April 2024 TelegraphActor Ankush Hazra shares with us the challenges of becoming a film producer and choosing a gangster action drama, Mirza, as the maiden project. You have turned film producer for Mirza. What has been the experience like? Ankush Hazra: The experience ...
21 April 2024 TelegraphA TMC councillor, who had been on a hunger strike for six days alleging that a local leader was not allowing her to work freely, ended her stir on Saturday following assurances from the party leadership. Monalisa Banerjee, the Kolkata ...
21 April 2024 TelegraphFormer Indian cricketer-turned-politician Yusuf Pathan, the TMC’s face against Congress heavyweight Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in Baharampur, says he is here to stay in politics and remain connected to people of the city, who have already “accepted him as one ...
21 April 2024 TelegraphChief minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew and Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee both endorsed on Saturday that the party would win all three seats in north Bengal where elections were held on Friday, the approach making it clear that ...
21 April 2024 TelegraphDynastic politics has been a prominent feature of Indian democracy, but its increased presence in Bengal this Lok Sabha election marks a significant departure from the state's tradition of cultivating leaders from grassroots politics. Out of the 42 Lok Sabha ...
21 April 2024 TelegraphA mango lover in Calcutta is spoilt for choice these days. He or she gets to savour the king of fruits — apart from its pristine form – in a hundred assortments of experiments. Be it mango puddings, mango ...
21 April 2024 TelegraphAwestruck, I enter the hallowed precincts of New Theatres in Tollygunge, set up in 1930 by B.N. Sircar, a qualified civil engineer. I can’t take my eyes off the tall, barn-like structures where iconic films such as Devdas, Chandidas, Desher ...
21 April 2024 TelegraphWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday alleged that the BJP is targeting her and her nephew and TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and they do not feel safe. Her allegation came a day after the Leader of ...
21 April 2024 TelegraphKarn Sharma's scarcely believable last-over assault on Mitchell Starc gave Royal Challengers Bengaluru a glimmer of hope but the Kolkata Knight Riders kept their nerves to eke out a dramatic one-run win off the last ball in their IPL ...
21 April 2024 TelegraphStudents with four-year undergraduate degrees can now directly appear for NET and pursue PhD, according to University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairman Jagadesh Kumar. To pursue a PhD with or without a Junior Research Fellowship (JRF), the candidates will require a ...
21 April 2024 TelegraphHeatwave conditions will continue to prevail over many parts of Gangetic West Bengal, with severe heatwave in isolated pockets, the Meteorological department said in its five-day forecast as large areas in the region sizzled under the scorching sun on ...
21 April 2024 TelegraphThe eldest CPM leader and the most important Congress leader in Bengal together made a public appearance on Sunday afternoon but not amidst voters. The joint appearance, at a press conference, of Left Front chairman Biman Bose and Pradesh Congress ...
21 April 2024 TelegraphThe Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Thursday condemned an incident of violence during Ram Navami celebrations in West Bengal and demanded a probe into it by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). According to the West Bengal Police, a woman was ...
19 April 2024 TelegraphAmid allegations of rampant illegal constructions in Calcutta's Garden Reach area, where a tragic under-construction building collapse claimed at least four lives and left several injured, the Calcutta High Court is set to hear two Public Interest Litigations (PILs) ...
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19 March 2024 TelegraphAt least seven people, including two women, were killed and several others injured after an under-construction five-storey building collapsed in the Garden Reach area of Kolkata, police said on Monday.The toll could go up since at least four people ...
19 March 2024 TelegraphThe death of five persons in the collapse of an under-construction building here has triggered a political duel between the TMC and the opposition in poll-bound Bengal with the saffron camp dubbing it as a "TMC-made disaster" and the ...
19 March 2024 TelegraphCriticising the removal of West Bengal DGP Rajeev Kumar, the Trinamul Congress on Monday claimed it was a glaring example of BJP's "control" over the Election Commission (EC).Addressing a press conference, TMC general secretary Kunal Ghosh claimed that BJP ...
19 March 2024 TelegraphClaiming that the collapsed under-construction building at Garden Reach was coming up during the last couple of years only, CPI(M) Rajya Sabha member and former Calcutta mayor Bikash Bhattacharya on Monday accused the ruling Trinamul Congress of blaming the ...
19 March 2024 TelegraphFollowing the instruction of the Election Commission of India (ECI), the West Bengal government on Monday appointed Vivek Sahay as the new DGP of the state, according to sources.The appointment was made within hours after the poll panel removed ...
19 March 2024 TelegraphTrinamul Congress MP Saket Gokhale on Monday filed a complaint against Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleging that he violated the poll code by using an Indian Air Force helicopter to attend an election rally in Andhra Pradesh. ...
19 March 2024 TelegraphThe state government has released funds worth Rs 29 crore, sent by the Centre, to the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) for hill panchayats.A letter dated March 12 from the office of the special secretary of the panchayat and rural ...
19 March 2024 TelegraphVisva-Bharati’s festival of colours, Basanta Utsav, which coincides with Holi, is not likely to take place this month for the fifth consecutive year as varsity authorities are wary of any damage to the campus, which is a Unesco-recognised world ...
19 March 2024 TelegraphTrinamul Congress on Sunday strongly criticised veteran BJP leader and former Meghalaya governor Tathagata Roy for his controversial remarks about determining one's religion and grant citizenship accordingly.In a post on X, the party condemned Roy's remarks, stating that he ...
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19 March 2024 TelegraphAmid allegations of rampant illegal constructions in Calcutta's Garden Reach area, where a tragic under-construction building collapse claimed at least four lives and left several injured, the Calcutta High Court is set to hear two Public Interest Litigations (PILs) ...
19 March 2024 TelegraphAt least seven people, including two women, were killed and several others injured after an under-construction five-storey building collapsed in the Garden Reach area of Kolkata, police said on Monday.The toll could go up since at least four people ...
19 March 2024 TelegraphWithin 24 hours of the announcement of poll dates for general elections, West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Sunday launched a portal 'Log Sabha' to listen to the grievances of voters and directly connect with them during the ...
18 March 2024 TelegraphThe CPM conceded to ally RSP’s demand for the Alipurduar Lok Sabha constituency on Sunday, for which the name of Mili Oraon was announced, after hectic parleys through the day.At the bipartite meetings between the CPM and the other ...
18 March 2024 TelegraphRehena Bewa of Subhrajpur village in Thanarpara, Nadia, broke down on Friday morning when she heard that her “sister” Manjushree Mandal had died at a hospital.The 61-year-old Bewa rushed to the Mandal home — the lone Hindu household in ...
18 March 2024 TelegraphThe All India Matua Mahasangha has decided to advise community members not to submit citizenship applications till a new government is formed and simplifies the process.The decision by the community’s apex organisation comes at a time many Matuas’ attempts ...
18 March 2024 TelegraphTwo persons died and seven others were injured as an under-construction five-storeyed building collapsed in the Garden Reach area of Kolkata, city mayor Firhad Hakim said on Monday.Hakim apprehended that some more people might still be trapped under the ...
18 March 2024 TelegraphThe state government has released funds worth Rs 29 crore, sent by the Centre, to the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) for hill panchayats.A letter dated March 12 from the office of the special secretary of the panchayat and rural ...
18 March 2024 TelegraphVisva-Bharati’s festival of colours, Basanta Utsav, which coincides with Holi, is not likely to take place this month for the fifth consecutive year as varsity authorities are wary of any damage to the campus, which is a Unesco-recognised world ...
18 March 2024 TelegraphBimal Gurung, who once lorded over Darjeeling hills, has started an outreach ahead of the Lok Sabha polls after lying low for years.Gurung's outreach comes at a time when the United Front for Smaller States (UFSS) — a forum ...
18 March 2024 TelegraphBengal, along with Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, will vote in every leg of the seven-phase Lok Sabha polls that will begin on April 19 and continue till June 1, the longest stretch of parliamentary polls that the state has ...
18 March 2024 TelegraphWest Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose has constituted a team of experts to conduct a study of the lands in Sandeshkhali that were illegally grabbed from villagers and turned into fish farms, and suggest ways to utilise them, an ...
18 March 2024 TelegraphBimal Gurung, who once lorded over Darjeeling hills, has started an outreach ahead of the Lok Sabha polls after lying low for years.Gurung's outreach comes at a time when the United Front for Smaller States (UFSS) — a forum ...
18 March 2024 TelegraphThe CBI on Saturday arrested Sheikh Alamgir, brother of recently arrested Sandehskhali strongman Sheikh Shahjahan, and two others for allegedly spearheading an attack on the visiting ED team on January 5.Alamgir evaded questions and tried to mislead investigators, central ...
18 March 2024 TelegraphElections to the Sikkim Assembly and Lok Sabha will be held on April 19, the first of the seven phases of the 2024 general elections."The president of Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) and also the chief minister of Sikkim is ...
18 March 2024 TelegraphGopal Lama, the Darjeeling Trinamul Congress candidate from its hill ally, the Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha (BGPM), kick-started his campaign from the Terai region of the constituency with “development” on his lips. Trinamul has never won the Darjeeling Lok ...
18 March 2024 TelegraphWest Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose has constituted a team of experts to conduct a study of the lands in Sandeshkhali that were illegally grabbed from villagers and turned into fish farms, and suggest ways to utilise them, an ...
18 March 2024 TelegraphEstablished in 1774 by the then Governor General of Bengal, Warren Hastings, Kolkata GPO holds the distinction of being India's first general post office. Over its 250-year history, it has served as a testament to the evolution of postal ...
18 March 2024 TelegraphMembers of about a dozen civil society groups on Saturday decided to reach out to the Matua community in Bengal to explain why they should not apply for citizenship under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which came into effect ...
18 March 2024 TelegraphElections to the Sikkim Assembly and Lok Sabha will be held on April 19, the first of the seven phases of the 2024 general elections."The president of Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) and also the chief minister of Sikkim is ...
18 March 2024 TelegraphThe CBI on Saturday arrested Sheikh Alamgir, brother of recently arrested Sandehskhali strongman Sheikh Shahjahan, and two others for allegedly spearheading an attack on the visiting ED team on January 5.Alamgir evaded questions and tried to mislead investigators, central ...
18 March 2024 TelegraphThe BJP is facing a bizarre situation in Darjeeling with two of its MLAs threatening to contest as Independents in this Lok Sabha election for contrasting reasons.Neeraj Zimba, the two-time Darjeeling MLA on a BJP ticket, on Saturday said ...
18 March 2024 TelegraphAbhishek Banerjee, Trinamul’s national general secretary, at Belda, West Midnapore, on Saturday, came down heavily on the BJP-led centre for not releasing MGNREGS wages in Bengal, making it clear that the Centre's funds freeze was a major Trinamul poll ...
18 March 2024 TelegraphThe Trinamul Congress on Saturday said the seven-phase polls in Bengal would work to the advantage of the BJP which got more financial resources and slammed the Election Commission of India (ECI) for not considering its demand for the ...
18 March 2024 TelegraphThe Howrah Maidan-Esplanade metro section, which passes below the Hooghly river through the country's first under-water transportation tunnel, carried more than 70,000 passengers on the first day of its operation, an official said on Saturday.Commercial operation on the stretch ...
17 March 2024 TelegraphBengal, along with Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, will vote in every leg of the seven-phase Lok Sabha polls that will begin on April 19 and continue till June 1, the longest stretch of parliamentary polls that the state has ...
17 March 2024 TelegraphAbhishek Banerjee, Trinamul’s national general secretary, at Belda, West Midnapore, on Saturday, came down heavily on the BJP-led centre for not releasing MGNREGS wages in Bengal, making it clear that the Centre's funds freeze was a major Trinamul poll ...
17 March 2024 TelegraphThe Trinamul Congress on Saturday said the seven-phase polls in Bengal would work to the advantage of the BJP which got more financial resources and slammed the Election Commission of India (ECI) for not considering its demand for the ...
17 March 2024 TelegraphThe BJP is facing a bizarre situation in Darjeeling with two of its MLAs threatening to contest as Independents in this Lok Sabha election for contrasting reasons.Neeraj Zimba, the two-time Darjeeling MLA on a BJP ticket, on Saturday said ...
17 March 2024 TelegraphMembers of about a dozen civil society groups on Saturday decided to reach out to the Matua community in Bengal to explain why they should not apply for citizenship under the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which came into effect ...
17 March 2024 TelegraphMembers of the Kishan community in Malda district have expressed disgruntlement with the Trinamul Congress for not meeting their longstanding demand for the Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.On Friday, representatives of the Malda Jela Kishan Janajati Seba Samity, which represents ...
17 March 2024 TelegraphBJP leaders in at least four north Bengal districts have decided to seek voters’ suggestions which can be included in the party’s manifesto for the coming Lok Sabha election. In Alipurduar district, suggestion boxes were placed in front of ...
17 March 2024 TelegraphWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's health condition is "fine", doctors treating her, said on Saturday morning.The 69-year-old is recovering well, they said."The chief minister is fine and stable. She is recovering well. The pain due to the injuries ...
17 March 2024 TelegraphWest Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Saturday expressed his commitment to actively engage in the upcoming general elections, pledging to put an end to violence and corruption in the state.He declared his intention to be present in the ...
17 March 2024 TelegraphBengal went into poll mode on Saturday afternoon and will remain so for from March till June with the announcement of the schedule for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls by the Election Commission of India in New Delhi. Bengal, ...
17 March 2024 TelegraphThe CPI(M) on Saturday said the Election Commission must ensure that people in West Bengal can cast their votes on their own in the Lok Sabha polls.With the EC announcing seven-phase polling for the 42 seats in the state, ...
17 March 2024 TelegraphWelcoming the Election Commission's decision to conduct the general elections in West Bengal in seven phases, Pradesh Congress Committee president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Saturday expressed satisfaction with the move, saying it was necessary to ensure a peaceful electoral ...
17 March 2024 TelegraphHarsh Vardhan Shringla, former foreign secretary and one of the driving forces behind the success of India’s G20 presidency, is making waves in the Darjeeling hills with his multi-pronged outreach initiatives which have intensified speculation about his candidature as ...
17 March 2024 TelegraphAs chief minister Mamata Banerjee recovered from Thursday night’s forehead gash sustained at home, the “push from behind” narrative was given a swift burial and the police registered no complaint.A physician spoke of the possibility of a person having ...
17 March 2024 TelegraphWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's health condition is "fine", doctors treating her, said on Saturday morning.The 69-year-old is recovering well, they said."The chief minister is fine and stable. She is recovering well. The pain due to the injuries ...
17 March 2024 TelegraphTwo Trinamul Congress MPs -- Arjun Singh and Dibyendu Adhikari -- joined the Bharatiya Janata Party here on Friday, saying that they were upset with the Sandeshkhali incidents.Singh represents West Bengal's Barrackpur in the Lok Sabha and Adhikari the ...
16 March 2024 TelegraphAs chief minister Mamata Banerjee recovered from Thursday night’s forehead gash sustained at home, the “push from behind” narrative was given a swift burial and the police registered no complaint.A physician spoke of the possibility of a person having ...
16 March 2024 TelegraphHarsh Vardhan Shringla, former foreign secretary and one of the driving forces behind the success of India’s G20 presidency, is making waves in the Darjeeling hills with his multi-pronged outreach initiatives which have intensified speculation about his candidature as ...
16 March 2024 TelegraphJustice Amrita Sinha of Calcutta High Court, who is dealing with the alleged scam in the primary teachers’ recruitment, observed on Friday that the quantum of money laundered was mindboggling and for the sake of a better probe, she ...
16 March 2024 TelegraphThe BJP’s plan to start an early campaign for the Lok Sabha elections in Bengal has suffered a setback in 23 constituencies, especially in six seats where the party won in 2019, because of a delay in the announcement ...
16 March 2024 TelegraphA six-year-old girl was charred to death in a fire that engulfed her home at Char Krishnapur near Ranitala on Thursday night.Tamanna Khatun was a Class I student. The blaze engulfed the house when the girl's father Abdur Rauf ...
16 March 2024 TelegraphCommercial services of the country's first underwater metro train commenced in Calcutta on Friday with hundreds of passengers erupting into jubilation on their first ride.A train began its journey from the Howrah Maidan station on the East-West metro corridor ...
16 March 2024 TelegraphA day after stating that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had a fall at her Kalighat residence "due to some push from behind" leading to injuries on forehead and nose, state-run SSKM Hospital director Manimoy Bandyopadhyay on Friday ...
16 March 2024 TelegraphA six-year-old girl was charred to death in a fire that engulfed her home at Char Krishnapur near Ranitala on Thursday night.Tamanna Khatun was a Class I student. The blaze engulfed the house when the girl's father Abdur Rauf ...
16 March 2024 TelegraphMembers of the Kishan community in Malda district have expressed disgruntlement with the Trinamul Congress for not meeting their longstanding demand for the Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.On Friday, representatives of the Malda Jela Kishan Janajati Seba Samity, which represents ...
16 March 2024 TelegraphThe BJP’s plan to start an early campaign for the Lok Sabha elections in Bengal has suffered a setback in 23 constituencies, especially in six seats where the party won in 2019, because of a delay in the announcement ...
16 March 2024 TelegraphJustice Amrita Sinha of Calcutta High Court, who is dealing with the alleged scam in the primary teachers’ recruitment, observed on Friday that the quantum of money laundered was mindboggling and for the sake of a better probe, she ...
16 March 2024 TelegraphTrinamul’s second-in-command Abhishek Banerjee, in Jalpaiguri on Thursday, took a dig at the BJP's Lok Sabha poll slogan “Modi Ki Guarantee (Modi’s guarantee)", pitting it against “Didir Guarantee (the guarantee of chief minister and Trinamul chief Mamata Banerjee)".“Modi’s guarantee ...
16 March 2024 TelegraphGopal Lama, the candidate of the Trinamul Congress-Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha alliance for the Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat, seems to have made a false start to his campaign by stating there would be no “issues left” if development is ...
16 March 2024 TelegraphThe North Bengal University (NBU), the oldest varsity in the region, has been running without administrative officials, much to the concern of faculty members, employees and students.According to them, the situation will worsen in the next month as the ...
16 March 2024 TelegraphCommercial services of the country's first underwater metro train commenced in Calcutta on Friday with hundreds of passengers erupting into jubilation on their first ride.A train began its journey from the Howrah Maidan station on the East-West metro corridor ...
16 March 2024 TelegraphA day after stating that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had a fall at her Kalighat residence "due to some push from behind" leading to injuries on forehead and nose, state-run SSKM Hospital director Manimoy Bandyopadhyay on Friday ...
16 March 2024 TelegraphTwo sitting parliamentarians from the Trinamul Congress -- Barrackpur MP Arjun Singh and Tamluk MP Dibyendu Adhikari -- joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday. Arjun Singh, who had earlier joined the BJP in 2019 after quitting TMC and ...
16 March 2024 TelegraphGopal Lama, the candidate of the Trinamul Congress-Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha alliance for the Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat, seems to have made a false start to his campaign by stating there would be no “issues left” if development is ...
16 March 2024 TelegraphTrinamul’s second-in-command Abhishek Banerjee, in Jalpaiguri on Thursday, took a dig at the BJP's Lok Sabha poll slogan “Modi Ki Guarantee (Modi’s guarantee)", pitting it against “Didir Guarantee (the guarantee of chief minister and Trinamul chief Mamata Banerjee)".“Modi’s guarantee ...
16 March 2024 TelegraphBarrackpore MP Arjun Singh on Thursday announced his decision to rejoin the BJP but refrained from discussing the possibility of contesting from the same seat as the party's nominee. "I am aligning with the BJP. Today, I am heading ...
16 March 2024 TelegraphA team of seven “victims” from Sandeshkhali will meet President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Friday, to apprise her of crimes against women and land-grab allegedly by local Trinamul leaders and demand central forces in the area.A BJP ...
16 March 2024 TelegraphThe Left Front on Thursday announced its first list of 16 Lok Sabha candidates, leaving the door ajar for seat-sharing with the Congress amid efforts to retain ties with the ISF although Nawsad Siddique's party has laid claim to ...
16 March 2024 TelegraphUnion home minister Amit Shah is likely to hold his first rally in Bengal as part of the Lok Sabha election campaign at the Matua stronghold of Thakurnagar in an apparent bid by the BJP to clear the community’s ...
16 March 2024 TelegraphChief minister Mamata Banerjee was hospitalised on Thursday evening after she injured her forehead apparently after a fall at home. By 9.45 pm, a bandaged Mamata was on her way home after having received multiple stitches. Though the wound ...
15 March 2024 TelegraphChief minister Mamata Banerjee cut her crown after being “pushed from behind” at home on Thursday evening, but returned stitched up and stable from SSKM Hospital a few hours later.Conversations with multiple sources suggested that Mamata, 69, had fallen ...
15 March 2024 TelegraphUnion home minister Amit Shah is likely to hold his first rally in Bengal as part of the Lok Sabha election campaign at the Matua stronghold of Thakurnagar in an apparent bid by the BJP to clear the community’s ...
15 March 2024 TelegraphThe Left Front on Thursday announced its first list of 16 Lok Sabha candidates, leaving the door ajar for seat-sharing with the Congress amid efforts to retain ties with the ISF although Nawsad Siddique's party has laid claim to ...
15 March 2024 TelegraphA team of seven “victims” from Sandeshkhali will meet President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Friday, to apprise her of crimes against women and land-grab allegedly by local Trinamul leaders and demand central forces in the area.A BJP ...
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