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Over 3,200 century-old schools across state renovated in 2024-25 fiscal: Min

Kolkata, Sept. 2 -- State Education minister Bratya Basu on Tuesday emphasised the need for restoration and preservation of the schools in the state that are over a hundred years old. Responding to a... Read More


HC dismisses plea challenging tainted candidates' list

Kolkata, Sept. 2 -- The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday dismissed a batch of petitions filed by candidates challenging the publication of a list of tainted teachers and non-teaching staff whose appoint... Read More


'It's not police vs Army': Case registered for 'rash driving' after Army truck nearly hits CP's car

Kolkata, Sept. 2 -- Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Kumar Verma's car narrowly avoided a serious accident on Tuesday morning after an Indian Army truck veered dangerously, violating traffic rules in... Read More


Primary recruitment case: HC flags uncertainty in probe

Kolkata, Sept. 2 -- The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday observed that the ongoing probe into the alleged corruption in primary teacher recruitment cannot continue indefinitely, stressing that the lives... Read More


TMC holds protest at Dorina Crossing

Kolkata, Sept. 2 -- Following Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chairperson Mamata Banerjee's instructions, the party on Tuesday shifted its protest venue against the "humiliation of Bengali... Read More


Abhishek puts people outreach at core of 2026 poll campaign

Kolkata, Sept. 2 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee who has already kicked off 2026 poll pitch from the Trinamool Congress Chhatra Parishad's (TMCP) foundation da... Read More


High Court upholds life term of 4 in 2008 Kanakpur killing

Kolkata, Sept. 2 -- The Calcutta High Court has upheld the conviction and life sentences of four men found guilty of murdering a villager in Murshidabad's Kanakpur during a violent mob attack in April... Read More


Squall front to bring heavy showers across South Bengal for 3 days

Kolkata, Sept. 2 -- A squall front, formed by the collision of easterly and westerly winds, that has created massive cumulonimbus clouds aligned in a linear pattern will bring showers accompanied by t... Read More


BJP MLAs found 'guilty' let off with warning

Kolkata, Sept. 2 -- Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari and several BJP MLAs have been found guilty of vandalism, allegedly assaulting Assembly marshals and staff and damaging government property in... Read More


Body of farmer found hanging inside border fencing in Hemtabad

Raiganj, Sept. 2 -- The body of a farmer, identified as Safallya Barman (45), was found hanging in a bamboo grove inside the border fencing near India-Bangladesh border at Makarhaat Border Outpost und... Read More