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Nearly 60K applications for Primary Teachers recruitment

Kolkata, Dec. 10 -- Nearly 60,000 applications have been submitted for the recruitment of 13,421 assistant teachers in government-aided and government-sponsored primary and junior basic schools across... Read More


Miscreants hurl bricks at Khardaha BLO's residence

Kolkata, Dec. 10 -- As the date of publishing the draft voters list is nearing, Khardaha witnessed tension late on Tuesday night after miscreants allegedly attacked the residence Booth Level Officer o... Read More


'BJP's trademark ignorance': TMC mocks Thakur over national song gaffe

Kolkata, Dec. 10 -- The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Wednesday attacked BJP MP Anurag Thakur after he referred to the national song "Vande Mataram" as "Vande Bharat" during his speech in Parliament. Th... Read More


SIR not the problem, implementation is: TMC

Kolkata, Dec. 10 -- In a sharp response to Amit Shah's speech in the Lok Sabha, Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien has argued that the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is b... Read More


Humayun Kabir's 'foreign imams' identified as Bengal residents

Kolkata, Dec. 10 -- A fresh controversy erupted after two "foreign imams" who were spotted at the foundation stone laying ceremony of the Babri Masjid-like mosque in Beldanga under the initiative of s... Read More


ECI orders final verification of 13.7L ASD electors in state

Kolkata, Dec. 10 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) has directed the office of the Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) to finalise booth-wise lists of electors categorised as Absent, Shifted o... Read More


Forest dept trials nylon net to stop leopard intrusions

Alipurduar, Dec. 10 -- In a shift from traditional trapping methods, the Forest department has introduced Sunderbans-style nylon-net fencing in North Bengal to prevent leopards from straying into huma... Read More


Congress, BJP push their views in LS over CJI being on panel to select CEC

New Delhi, Dec. 10 -- Two senior leaders of the ruling BJP and Congress on Wednesday debated in the Lok Sabha whether the panel to select the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and Election Commissione... Read More


Priyanka defends Rahul's visit to Germany, trains guns at Modi

New Delhi, Dec. 10 -- Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday hit back at the BJP for its criticism of Rahul Gandhi over his visit to Germany next week, asking why they are raising questions on... Read More


'Real makers of Make in India': Rahul raises artisans' concerns

New Delhi, Dec. 10 -- Speaking in the Parliament, Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi raised concerns over the deepening crisis faced by Banarasi saree and embroidery artisans, asserting that unemployment ... Read More