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'Fix battered roads first': Samik flags potholes, hoardings ahead of Puja, backs Padma award for CEC Gyanesh Kumar

New Delhi, Oct. 3 -- BJP state president and Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya raised concerns regarding the poor condition of Kolkata's roads and the overwhelming proliferation of commercial hoarding... Read More


Bengal must reclaim role as source of Indian knowledge: Higher Edu Min

New Delhi, Oct. 3 -- West Bengal Higher Education minister Jagannath Chattopadhyay on Saturday said Bengal must reclaim its historic role as a source of Indian knowledge and called upon higher educati... Read More


'Bandage doesn't mean broken bone': Kunal flays Suvendu

New Delhi, Oct. 3 -- Beliaghata MLA Kunal Ghosh on Saturday tore into Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari over his remarks on former CM Mamata Banerjee's leg injury during the 2021 Assembly campaign. Def... Read More


CJP plans Kolkata protest demanding CEC's resignation

New Delhi, Oct. 3 -- The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) may extend its nationwide agitation to Kolkata as part of its ongoing campaign demanding Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar's resignat... Read More


West Bengal Assembly Speaker hospitalised after severe chest pain

New Delhi, Oct. 3 -- The Speaker of the West Bengal Assembly, Rathindra Bose, was hospitalised on Friday night after he complained of severe chest pain. He is currently undergoing treatment at a priv... Read More


Cattle theft suspicion leaves 2 dead in mob attacks

New Delhi, Oct. 3 -- A suspected cattle-theft incident turned fatal in Matigara near Siliguri early Saturday, with two men allegedly beaten to death by mobs. Pickup van driver Shahid Akhtar was allege... Read More


Sealdah Rly Stn makeover: Multiplex, game zone, food court & sleeping pods planned

New Delhi, Oct. 3 -- Sealdah Railway Station is set to get a recreation zone with a multiplex, game zone, food court, retail outlets and sleeping pods, with Eastern Railway awarding a contract for the... Read More


PM Modi to skip Mahalaya celebration at Eden, Shah to attend

New Delhi, Oct. 3 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will skip the grand Mahalaya celebration at Eden Gardens, with Union Home minister Amit Shah set to attend the October 10 event in Kolkata. Shah is l... Read More


1 kg hair mass removed from girl's stomach, small intestine at private hospital in Keralam

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct. 3 -- A one-kg mass of hair was removed from the stomach and small intestine of a nine-year-old girl in a rare surgery at a private hospital here, authorities said on Saturday.... Read More


CM lays foundation stone for waste processing plants, says 217 lakh tonnes of landfill waste cleared

New Delhi, Oct. 3 -- Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday said 217.17 lakh metric tonnes of waste had been disposed of from the Okhla, Bhalswa and Ghazipur landfill sites in the last 18 months, recl... Read More