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About 57 housing complexes set to get polling booths

Kolkata, Feb. 26 -- Ahead of the Assembly elections, the Election Commission of India has approved the setting up of polling stations inside 57 large residential housing complexes across Bengal to imp... Read More


UPSC seeks IPS officers' list for permanent DGP

Kolkata, Feb. 26 -- The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has asked the West Bengal government to send a panel of eligible Indian Police Service (IPS) officers for the appointment of a permanent ... Read More


BJP launches drive to bring back migrant voters ahead of polls

Kolkata, Feb. 26 -- The BJP has initiated a targeted outreach programme to reconnect with migrant and non-resident Bengali voters ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal. As part of t... Read More


Priya Cinema, Star Theatre down shutters as audience turnout falls

Kolkata, Feb. 26 -- At a time when Bengal's leading stars are speaking about taking regional cinema to greater heights, the ground reality tells a different story. Lack of fresh releases and a sharp d... Read More


TMC counters PM's open letter with 'confession' post

Kolkata, Feb. 26 -- Responding to PM Modi's recent open letter to the people of Bengal, Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Thursday released a sharply worded social media post styled mock "confession". In t... Read More


Security stepped up after bomb threats to post offices, passport centres in state

Alipurduar, Feb. 26 -- Fresh panic swept across West Bengal on Thursday after a series of bomb threat e-mails targeted post offices and passport centres across the state, even as authorities were grap... Read More


Fire guts eateries, shops in Darj, Balurghat; one injured

Siliguri/Balurghat, Feb. 26 -- Two separate fire incidents in North Bengal early Thursday caused extensive property damage, destroying eateries in Darjeeling district and gutting several roadside shop... Read More


Night traffic naka checking begins to curb accidents in Siliguri

Siliguri, Feb. 26 -- In a major initiative to prevent rising road accidents in the city, the Traffic Department of the Siliguri Police Commissionerate has started night traffic naka checking across ke... Read More


Malda: Funds sanctioned, new fire station to soon come up in Gazole

Malda, Feb. 26 -- A long-pending demand for a fire station in Gazole of Malda district is finally set to be fulfilled, with funds sanctioned and the tender process completed. The project has been entr... Read More


Cooch Behar: Two photographers killed in head- on collision

Cooch Behar, Feb. 26 -- Two young photographers were killed in a tragic head-on collision between a truck and a motorbike in the Cooch Behar district on Thursday morning. The accident occurred in the ... Read More