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State nod to 140 new WBCS posts

Kolkata, Jan. 21 -- The state government has sanctioned 140 new posts for WBCS (Exe) officers in the state. A notification from the state Personnel and Administrative Reforms (PAR) department that wa... Read More


CAT orders state to resume DGP selection

Kolkata, Jan. 21 -- The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) has directed the West Bengal government to immediately restart the stalled process for the appointment of the Director General of Police (... Read More


TMC intensifies its digital campaign ahead of 2026 polls

Kolkata, Jan. 21 -- To strengthen its digital presence ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections and also to counter the propaganda carried out by opposition parties on social media platforms, the Trinamoo... Read More


ED director to arrive in city today for a 3-day visit

Kolkata, Jan. 21 -- ED director Rahul Navin is likely to arrive here on a three-day visit starting Thursday, amidst legal battle over searches conducted at the office of political consultancy firm I-P... Read More


Q4 2025: Hypermarkets, jewellery brands drive retail leasing in Kolkata

Kolkata, Jan. 21 -- Retail leasing activity in Kolkata stood at around 52,000 square feet during the fourth quarter of 2025, registering an 8% year-on-year decline, according to a report by Cushman & ... Read More


ASHA workers' protest throws traffic out of gear in city

Kolkata, Jan. 21 -- Several Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) workers blocked key thoroughfares in Esplanade and Salt Lake on Wednesday, after police stopped their march to the Health departme... Read More


Elderly dies in Haroa amid SIR panic

Kolkata, Jan. 21 -- A 67-year-old elderly man died in Haroa in North 24-Parganas after allegedly slipping into extreme anxiety following the receipt of a SIR hearing notice. The deceased, Sahar Ali M... Read More


Queues, confusion, anxiety: Bengal voters reel under SIR

KOLKATA, Jan. 21 -- Sixty-seven-year-old Aniruddha Ghosh Majumdar stood in a slow-moving queue, not for himself, but for his two daughters, aged 27 and 22. Both had received notices from the Election ... Read More


'Mamata's welfare, grassroots edge may outweigh BJP in 2026 polls'

Kolkata, Jan. 21 -- Though the BJP's 2026 Bengal strategy zeroes in on grassroots mobilisation, state unit unity, and taking on the Trinamool Congress (TMC), the ultimate verdict may well be shaped by... Read More


Cal HC upholds life term in 2012 Kalyani Expressway murder

Kolkata, Jan. 21 -- The Calcutta High Court has upheld the life sentence of a man convicted of murdering a woman whose body was recovered from a water body near the Kalyani Expressway in North 24-Parg... Read More