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'Bengal healthcare Budget up fivefold in 14 years'

Kolkata, Oct. 26 -- The Mamata Banerjee government has completely transformed child healthcare in Bengal in the past 14 years. Overall budgetary allocation for healthcare has increased more than fivef... Read More


Can Nishith Pramanik prove his citizenship: TMC

Cooch Behar/Kolkata, Oct. 26 -- The political temperature in Bengal has risen ahead of the SIR of electoral rolls, with TMC and BJP leaders trading barbs over it. North Bengal Development minister Ud... Read More


Police suspect Park Street hotel murder 'preplanned'

Kolkata, Oct. 26 -- Police suspect that the murder of a man in a Park Street area hotel was pre-planned, as the two suspects-still unidentified and absconding-had allegedly used a forged Aadhaar card ... Read More


TMC questions Centre over appointing tainted Prem Chand Garg to rice export board

Kolkata, Oct. 26 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Sunday launched a vitriolic attack on the BJP-led Central government after a trader prosecuted for forgery, embezzlement, criminal conspiracy, smuggling... Read More


Metro to run reduced services today

Kolkata, Oct. 26 -- Metro Railway will operate a reduced number of services on its Blue and Green Lines on Monday, October 27, in view of Chhath Puja. On the Blue Line (Dakshineswar-Shahid Khudiram),... Read More


Chetla: Two held after man killed with iron rod

Kolkata, Oct. 26 -- A man was murdered after an iron rod was thrust into his throat during a drinking session in Chetla on Saturday night. Police have arrested two persons in connection with the case... Read More


Chandannagar artisans keep Bengal's lighting legacy alive

Kolkata, Oct. 26 -- When night falls and Bengal's streets shimmer with festive lights, one name glows quietly behind the brilliance - Chandannagar. Once a serene town by the Hooghly River, it has evol... Read More


Security tightened at Siliguri Dist Hospital following CM's directive

Siliguri, Oct. 26 -- Following Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's recent directive to enhance security across government medical establishments in the state, the Siliguri District Hospital has stepped u... Read More


Carbide gun explosion leaves 9 youths partially blind in Malda

Malda, Oct. 26 -- After nearly 300 people were injured in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, during Diwali, the alarming trend of carbide gun explosions has now reached Malda, leaving nine young people, includin... Read More


Bangalbari: Locals attack quack doc over sexual assault allegation

Raiganj, Oct. 26 -- Tension flared at Bangalbari of North Dinajpur district on Saturday after locals roughed up a quack doctor Alauddin Ali, for allegedly sexually assaulting a class VIII girl. The en... Read More