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State to recruit more than 6,000 healthcare staff to boost rural health infrastructure

Kolkata, Aug. 10 -- In a bid to further boost the health infrastructure in the state, the Health department is set to induct more than 1,200 general duty medical officers (GDMOs) and more than 5,000 n... Read More


BJP-ruled states worst in distribution of land rights to tribal people: TMC

Kolkata, Aug. 10 -- The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Sunday attacked the BJP-ruled states like Gujarat, Assam, MP, Uttar Pradesh etc as these states performed worst in the distribution of pattas of lan... Read More


'More cost-effective': KMC to repair key roads using recycled plastic hot mix

Kolkata, Aug. 10 -- The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will repair several major thoroughfares using recycled plastic hot mix, encouraged by its experience that plastic roads are more resistant t... Read More


TMC opposes BJP's push to rename Sealdah Stn after Syama Prasad Mookerjee

Kolkata, Aug. 10 -- The Trinamool Congress (TMC) and BJP have engaged in verbal duel over renaming of Sealdah Station. Trinamool Congress spokesperson Kunal Ghosh suggested that if Sealdah Station is ... Read More


Eastern India's first fully AC local train between Sealdah & Ranaghat flagged off

Kolkata, Aug. 10 -- The much-anticipated launch of Eastern India's first fully air-conditioned local train between Sealdah and Ranaghat on Sunday was overshadowed by a heated altercation between the T... Read More


Migrant worker from Alipurduar found dead in Kerala's Malappuram

Alipurduar, Aug. 10 -- Only 15 days after travelling to Kerala for work, a 26-year-old painter from Falakata, Alipurduar, was found murdered in Malappuram district. The victim, Abul Hossain, a reside... Read More


Siliguri: Business takes a hit amid encroachment by hawkers

Siliguri, Aug. 10 -- Business at Seth Srilal Market in Siliguri has taken a severe blow with traders reporting a 60 per cent decline in sales due to encroachment by hawkers. According to the Seth Sril... Read More


Cooch Behar: Panchayat Pradhan's son shot dead; no arrests made after over 24 hours

Cooch Behar, Aug. 10 -- Tension prevails in Cooch Behar's Doderhat market area after Amar Ray, son of Dowaguri Gram Panchayat Pradhan Kuntala Ray, was shot dead in a broad daylight on Saturday. More t... Read More


N Bengal to begin experimental cultivation of monsoon onions

Jalpaiguri, Aug. 10 -- To ensure a steady supply of onions in the market throughout the year, the Horticulture department will introduce monsoon onion cultivation in North Bengal for the first time. T... Read More


Within week, 2 Malda migrant workers die

Malda, Aug. 10 -- Mothabari in Malda has plunged into grief with the deaths of two migrant workers within a week in two different incidents in Mumbai. Anup Ghosh, a resident of Mothabari's Bazar Para... Read More