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Swasthya Sathi: 'State has spent around Rs 2,091 cr in less than 1 yr'

Kolkata, May 13 -- Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's brainchild 'Swasthya Sathi' scheme that has already emerged as a "lifeline" for the people of Bengal, especially those belonging to unprivileged cat... Read More


TMC lambasts MP BJP Min for calling Col Qureshi 'sister of terrorists'

Kolkata, May 13 -- The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Tuesday lambasted a state minister of BJP in Madhya Pradesh for calling Colonel Sofia Qureshi as the "sister of terrorists" and demanded his immediat... Read More


Apex Court junks plea for SIT probe into Murshidabad violence

Kolkata, May 13 -- Directing the petitioner to instead approach the Calcutta High Court, the Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition seeking a probe by a special investigation team (SIT) into th... Read More


Bomb threat puts Kolkata airport on high alert; one passenger detained

Kolkata, May 13 -- Amid the Indo-Pak tension, the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) Airport in Kolkata was put on high alert on Tuesday afternoon after a passenger claimed there was a b... Read More


Registration of companies for GST reduces by 40% in state

Kolkata, May 13 -- The registration of companies for Goods and Services Tax (GST) reduced by 40 per cent since the state government introduced biometric based Aadhaar verification mandatory for GST re... Read More


Boost in local economy: 'Tourist footfall in Digha surges from 20K to nearly 38K in 10 days'

KOLKATA, May 13 -- With the inauguration of Jagannath Dham in Digha, the local economy has seen a significant boost, bringing renewed hope to vendors in the area. As per data released by the state gov... Read More


Malda: Man strangles wife to death

Malda, May 13 -- A woman was allegedly strangled to death by her husband during a heated argument at Rampur village under the Bhakri Gram Panchayat in Malda's Chanchal police station area late Monday.... Read More


Murder of Bhutanese man in Jaigaon: Alipurduar court sentences convict to life imprisonment

Alipurduar, May 13 -- The Alipurduar District Court on Tuesday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for the murder of a Bhutanese citizen in Jaigaon, a town along the Indo-Bhutan border. District and... Read More


Old Malda Rly Station: Four minors rescued

Malda, May 13 -- Four minor boys from the Madani Bazar area of Saudangi in Siliguri were rescued at Old Malda Railway Station on Tuesday morning by the Railway Police Force (RPF) in coordination with ... Read More


Cattle smuggler held from village along India-B'desh border

Raiganj, May 13 -- Police arrested a notorious cattle smuggler, Ataur Rahaman, from Mahakaldanga near the Indo-Bangladesh border in Chinagar Gram Panchayat under Hemtabad police station, North Dinajpu... Read More