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About 400 students honoured as scholars, awardees

Kolkata, Jan. 25 -- Around 400 students from across Bengal were felicitated as scholars and awardees for 2025 at the 66th Annual Awards Ceremony of the Jagadis Bose National Science Talent Search (JBN... Read More


Alipore Zoo plans adoption for off-display animals

Kolkata, Jan. 25 -- Buoyed by the success of its animal adoption scheme, the Alipore Zoological Garden is actively considering extending the programme to animals that are currently off display after b... Read More


CU mandates graded penalties for examination misconduct

Kolkata, Jan. 25 -- Calcutta University has notified a graded framework of penalties for breaches of discipline during university examinations, linking the severity of punishment to the nature of the ... Read More


Minister Shashi Panja alleges 'harassment' during SIR hearing

Kolkata, Jan. 25 -- State Women and Child Development and Social Welfare minister and senior TMC leader Shashi Panja, alleging harassment, said she was summoned to SIR hearing despite appearing on the... Read More


Kargil war veteran summoned for SIR hearing, TMC calls ECI 'anti-India'

Kolkata, Jan. 25 -- TMC on Sunday called the BJP-led Centre and the ECI "anti-India" after a Kargil war veteran was summoned for SIR hearing. The ruling party in Bengal has strongly condemned the inci... Read More


TMC accuses BJP of stealing idol of Goddess Saraswati

Kolkata, Jan. 25 -- After a local youth, whom the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) claimed to be a BJP worker, allegedly stole an idol of Goddess Saraswati in the dead of night from a pandal. TMC trai... Read More


Nandigram Co-op polls: Big win for TMC at Suvendu's turf

Kolkata, Jan. 25 -- After Trinamool Congress (TMC) on January 18 swept all 12 seats in the election to the Amdabad Samabay Krishi Unnayan Samity Ltd under Ambadab 1 Gram Panchayat, dealing a clean def... Read More


Voters' Day marked by TMC protest over SIR in Bengal

Kolkata, Jan. 25 -- The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Sunday held protests across several districts of West Bengal on National Voters' Day, alleging large-scale exclusion of eligible voters during the o... Read More


Gorkhaland, UT demands resurface in Darjeeling amid Interlocutor's visit

Darjeeling, Jan. 25 -- With the Interlocutor for the Gorkha impasse finally arriving in Darjeeling, various political parties raised demands for a separate Gorkhaland state or Union Territory status f... Read More


Kumarganj: Micro-observer attacked at SIR hearing camp

BALURGHAT, Jan. 25 -- Tension flared up at the Kumarganj Block office premises in South Dinajpur on Saturday evening following an alleged attack on a micro-observer at an SIR hearing camp. According ... Read More