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City-born scholar Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak wins 2025 Holberg Prize

Kolkata, March 17 -- Kolkata-born literary theorist and scholar Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak has been awarded the 2025 Holberg Prize of Norway. Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee congratulated the p... Read More


Modi govt is biased, politicising Railway Budget: Trinamool

Kolkata, March 17 -- The Trinamool Congress (TMC) strongly criticised the Narendra Modi-led Central government for reducing the Railway Budget allocation for non-BJP-ruled states such as Bengal, Keral... Read More


Government says 28,818 insolvency pleas resolved under IBC

New Delhi, March 17 -- As many as 40,943 applications were filed under the the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), of which 28,818 applications involving Rs 10 lakh crore were resolved even before a... Read More


State sets up 3 nodal centres for scrub typhus & leptospirosis testing

Kolkata, March 17 -- To check scrub typhus and leptospirosis, the state Health department has taken a new initiative by introducing three nodal centres in the state - SSKM, Calcutta School of Tropical... Read More


Rape of minor: Three held

Cooch Behar, March 17 -- Police have arrested three individuals in connection with rape of a 16-year-old girl in the Cooch Behar district. The accused have been identified as Ramesh Barman (65), Jhare... Read More


Attack on Siliguri Dy Mayor: 2 more held

Siliguri, March 17 -- The police have arrested two more suspects in connection with the attack on Ranjan Sarkar, the Deputy Mayor of Siliguri. Subhankar Chowdhury and Vishal Nandi, both residents of W... Read More


Rare Himalayan Gray Langur photographed in Buxa Tiger Reserve

Alipurduar, March 17 -- A significant addition to the biodiversity of Buxa Tiger Reserve (BTR) has come to light after a tourist captured an image of the rare Himalayan Gray Langur, also known as the ... Read More


Chief Minister Sai meets Amit Shah

New delhi, March 17 -- Naxalism in Bastar, Chhattisgarh, has reached its final phase, with the government's strict policies and the effective strategies of security forces bringing peace to the affect... Read More


Oppn walks out of RS after discussion on duplicate voter ID disallowed

New Delhi, March 17 -- Opposition parties, including the Congress and the TMC, on Monday walked out of the Rajya Sabha after their demand for a discussion on the Election Commission's alleged lapses i... Read More


BJP TN chief Annamalai, party leaders detained

Chennai, March 17 -- BJP Tamil Nadu president K Annamalai, the party's women's wing national chief Vanathi Srinivasan and senior state leader H Raja were among the party leaders who were detained here... Read More