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State orders special inspection drives to verify PDS distributors

Kolkata, Jan. 2 -- The Food and Supplies Department has ordered special or verification inspections to ensure uniform and comprehensive coverage of all distributors under the public distribution syste... Read More


Biswa Bangla Mela Prangan: State plans EV charging stn with parking

Kolkata, Jan. 2 -- The West Bengal government has moved to set up an electric vehicle (EV) charging station with exclusive EV parking at the Biswa Bangla Mela Prangan (BBMP) opposite Science City, mar... Read More


Complaint submitted: Tollywood knocks on Lalbazar's doors over trolling & death threats

Kolkata, Jan. 2 -- Anyone in the business of entertainment have long been targets of online trolling, cutting across languages and industries. Many celebrities in Bengal and Bollywood have spoken abou... Read More


Dilip Ghosh's wife files cyber plaint over online harassment

Kolkata, Jan. 2 -- Rinku Majumdar, wife of senior BJP leader and former MP Dilip Ghosh, has filed a complaint with the Cyber Crime Police Station, Bidhannagar, alleging a sustained campaign of charact... Read More


Spl trains, platform Segregation as Sealdah div gears up for Gangasagar Mela

Kolkata, Jan. 2 -- Eastern Railway's Sealdah Division has finalised an expanded train operations and crowd management blueprint for the Gangasagar Mela 2026, scheduled from January 10 to 16, with the ... Read More


HC moved over deletion of lawyers' names in draft list

Kolkata, Jan. 2 -- Concerns over the alleged large-scale deletion of lawyers' names - including those of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and state cabinet minister Chandrima Bhattacharya - from the dra... Read More


Policy gaps pushed raw jute sector into crisis: TMC MP

Kolkata, Jan. 2 -- Amid a deepening raw jute crisis, Trinamool Congress (TMC) Rajya Sabha MP Ritabrata Banerjee has written to Union Textiles minister Giriraj Singh, warning that the sector is slippin... Read More


Textbook mix-up: Class IX pages found in Class X Bengali book

Kolkata, Jan. 2 -- Pages from the Class IX syllabus were found bound into several copies of the Class X Bengali textbook Sahitya Sanchayan, an error detected after textbooks were distributed in school... Read More


KMC property tax collection rises 3.22% post Q3 FY 26

Kolkata, Jan. 2 -- Property tax collection by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has recorded a rise of over 3.22 per cent after the third quarter of the 2025-26 financial year compared with the ... Read More


SIR hearings draw fire as pregnant woman, bedridden elderly summoned

Kolkata, Jan. 2 -- The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal has triggered widespread concern and criticism after several vulnerable citizens, including a heavily pregnant... Read More