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Indian, Korean researchers sound alarm on shrinking raptor habitats in Northeast

Kolkata, Oct. 9 -- A new scientific study by a group of researchers from three Indian universities and Pukyong National University (Republic of Korea) has sounded an alarm for raptor conservation in t... Read More


BJP worker 'assaulted by MLA of Purulia AC'

Kolkata, Oct. 9 -- A BJP worker was allegedly assaulted by the MLA of Purulia Assembly Constituency (AC), Sudip Mukherjee within the premises of Purulia Sadar Police Station on Wednesday night. The i... Read More


TMC alleges 'calculated attack' by BJP, lodges plaint in Tripura

Kolkata, Oct. 9 -- The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Thursday lodged an official complaint with the Tripura police against the BJP leaders in that state over the incident of vandalism at its party offic... Read More


Abhishek helps 11 Bengal labourers return from Iraq

Kolkata, Oct. 9 -- Joint efforts by the state administration and the intervention of Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee have paved the way for the return of 11 migrant labourers from South 24-Pargan... Read More


No valid voter will be dropped during SIR in Bengal, says EC

Kolkata, Oct. 9 -- Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Agarwal on Thursday assured that no genuine voter's name will be deleted from the electoral roll during the Special Intensive Revision (SI... Read More


Bengal gets Rs 680.71 cr from Centre

Kolkata, Oct. 9 -- The Union government has released an amount of Rs 680.71 crore as the first instalment of Untied (Basic) Grants under the 15th Finance Commission for Rural Local Bodies (RLBs)/Panch... Read More


BJP's mockery of Birbaha Hansda shows anti-Adiwasi mindset: Trinamool

Kolkata, Oct. 9 -- The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Thursday launched a scathing attack on BJP for allegedly insulting its leader and Bengal minister Birbaha Hansda and making fun of her. The ruling pa... Read More


HC admit pleas seeking NIA & CBI probe into attack on BJP MP Murmu

Kolkata, Oct. 9 -- Two separate petitions were filed before the Calcutta High Court on Thursday seeking probes by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) ... Read More


'Mamata to return to North Bengal on Monday to oversee relief work'

Darjeeling, Oct. 9 -- Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will return to North Bengal on Monday. Though the Chief Minister's itinerary has not been made public yet, reports are that she will be staying in ... Read More


Floods destroy 500 acres, leave 8,000 stranded; calls grow for Jaldhaka Dam

Cooch Behar, Oct. 9 -- Promises of development often remain unfulfilled in the flood-prone villages of North Bengal. In the Daribas and Jari Dharla areas of the Gitaldaha 2 Gram Panchayat, residents a... Read More