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JU installs plant to address arsenic issue

Kolkata, June 8 -- Jadavpur University (JU) has installed a Composite Ceramic Membrane-based Groundwater Treatment Plant at the Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya, Narendrapur to address the issue of arsen... Read More


Land acquisition for border fencing underway in Hili to curb smuggling

BALURGHAT, June 8 -- The department of Land and Land Reforms has initiated land acquisition in the unfenced areas of the India-Bangladesh border in Hili, South Dinajpur. The primary aim of the project... Read More


Ration dealers to deliver Digha Dham 'mahaprasad' without any charges; distribution set to begin on June 17

Kolkata, June 8 -- Ration dealers have refused to accept any charges, including the proposed Rs 1 per packet subsidy, to deliver the 'mahaprasad' (divine offerings) of Digha Jagannath Dham to every ho... Read More


State calls fresh e-auction for 5.97 acres New Town land

Kolkata, June 8 -- The state government has called for a fresh e-auction to allot 5.97 acres of land on freehold basis in New Town's Action Area III for the purposes of setting up an educational insti... Read More


'Drunkard' man attacks 2 police personnel in North Port area

Kolkata, June 8 -- Two cops were attacked by a drunkard in the North Port area on Saturday night. One of the police personnel attacked was admitted to a hospital with critical stab injuries while the ... Read More


WBBPE warns D.El.Ed. institutes: 'Obtain cert for renewal of affiliation by June 30'

Kolkata, June 8 -- The West Bengal Board of Primary Education (WBBPE) has issued a strict directive to all Diploma in Elementary Education (D.El.Ed) institutions in the state to obtain the certificate... Read More


Monsoon likely to enter South Bengal after June 12, says MeT

Kolkata, June 8 -- Mercury in south Bengal districts is expected to go up by 4 degrees Celsius in South Bengal in the next few days. Temperature may go up in North Bengal districts as well. The Regio... Read More


Students turn puppeteers to highlight social issues & science through art, voicing powerful social messages

Kolkata, June 8 -- School students in Kolkata have taken up puppetry, an age-old art form once widely practised in rural Bengal, to voice powerful social messages and explore science in engaging ways.... Read More


Islampur minor remains untraceable even after 9 days

Raiganj, June 8 -- News reports are that the CID has been roped in for the missing case of 14-year-old boy of Chogoria Village in Islampur from a garment factory at Maheshtala in Kolkata. The teenager... Read More


Fresh erosion cuts off entire village as Sankosh River swells in East Folimari

Cooch Behar, June 8 -- Even before the onset of the monsoon, fresh riverbank erosion caused by the swelling Sankosh River has once again cut off East Folimari village from the rest of the Folimari Gra... Read More