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'U-Turn' ahead: Cops tackle thrill-seeking bikers with new initiative

Kolkata, Oct. 13 -- With bikers increasingly performing risky stunts-lifting front or rear wheels, executing abrupt U-turns and harsh disc braking-the Barrackpore Police Commissionerate has rolled out... Read More


State to set up 775 onion storage units to curb price fluctuations

Kolkata, Oct. 13 -- The state government will set up 775 onion preservation units across West Bengal, each with a capacity of 25 metric tonnes, to prevent sharp fluctuations in onion prices. "Onion c... Read More


KMDA mulls installation of solar panels at Rabindra Sarobar

Kolkata, Oct. 13 -- In a significant stride towards further reducing carbon footprints, the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) will explore options for installing solar panels wherever ... Read More


Park Institution to start English-Medium section

Kolkata, Oct. 13 -- The Park Institution, a century-old state-run Bengali-medium school in north Kolkata, will introduce an English-medium section from the next academic session, marking a major miles... Read More


Mamata promises High School for forest-encircled Kherkata Village

Jalpaiguri, Oct. 13 -- Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited flood-hit Tondu and Bamandanga on Monday, met residents and promised a secondary school in Kherkata village, where children now cross dens... Read More


'Second edition of 'Sebaashray' Health camp from December'

Kolkata, Oct. 13 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee on Monday told his party leaders and activists that the second edition of 'Sebaashray' Health camp will resume in Dece... Read More


BJP Panchayat member from South 24-Parganas joins TMC

Kolkata, Oct. 13 -- Bengal BJP seems to be facing "bigger" obstacles in the 2026 Assembly elections in the state for more reasons than one. An acute organisational deficiency and "unhappiness" of a s... Read More


Durgapur medical student 'rape' case: 2 more arrested, total arrests reach five

Kolkata, Oct. 13 -- Two more persons were apprehended on Monday by cops of Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate in connection with the alleged gang rape of a 23-year-old medical student in Durgapur... Read More


Southwest monsoon 'completely withdraws from Bengal'

Kolkata, Oct. 13 -- The southwest monsoon has completely withdrawn from Bengal, marking the official end of the rainy season in the state, said the Regional Meteorological Centre in Alipore on Monday.... Read More


CJI pulls up CBI over delay in Rajeev Kumar case

Kolkata, Oct. 13 -- "Why should we keep this matter pending? You have done nothing during all these years," Chief Justice of India B R Gavai reportedly told the Central Bureau of Investigation on Mond... Read More