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ED raids multiple locations over fake passport racket

Kolkata, Nov. 3 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday carried out raids at multiple locations across West Bengal in connection with its probe into a fake passport racket, officials said. Acco... Read More


SIR drive starts, BLOs seek attendance clarity from EC

Kolkata, Nov. 3 -- A section of booth-level officers (BLOs), assigned to conduct door-to-door verification for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of Bengal's electoral rolls beginning Tuesday, voice... Read More


Filling vacant posts, holding convocation top priorities: New JU vice-chancellor

Kolkata, Nov. 3 -- Newly-appointed Jadavpur University (JU) vice-chancellor (V-C) Chiranjib Bhattacharya said his immediate priorities would be to fill vacant administrative posts and ensure that the ... Read More


Swasthya Sathi: '1 cr hospitalisations crossed, over '13 cr cashless aid given'

Kolkata, Nov. 3 -- Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced that the state's flagship scheme "Swasthya Sathi" has achieved a significant milestone of crossing one crore hospitalizations as o... Read More


'Howrah set to draw over Rs 10K cr investment in the next 2-3 years'

Howrah, Nov. 3 -- The Howrah district is likely to attract investments exceeding Rs 10,300 crore in the industrial sector over the next two to three years, with an estimated employment potential of ar... Read More


Sovan Chatterjee returns to Trinamool after 7 years, calls it 'homecoming'

Kolkata, Nov. 3 -- Sovan Chatterjee, once a close aide of Bengal Chief Minister & Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee, and former Kolkata Mayor, returned to the ruling party after a gap o... Read More


Freehold basis: Two firms to get 149 acres of industrial land

Kolkata, Nov. 3 -- The state's standing committee on industry and infrastructure on Monday approved a proposal to allot 149.64 acres of industrial land in Jhargram on a freehold basis to two companies... Read More


Bengal to celebrate 150 years of 'Vande Mataram'

Kolkata, Nov. 3 -- The standing committee on industry and infrastructure on Monday approved the formation of a committee to draft a plan for celebrating the 150th anniversary of the composition of Ind... Read More


'SIR fear' claims another life; TMC dubs it 'cold-blooded murder'

Kolkata, Nov. 3 -- In Hooghly's Dankuni Municipality (Ward 20), shock and fear gripped residents on Monday after 60-year-old Hasina Begum collapsed and died of a heart attack soon after discovering th... Read More


Bengal rejoices as India's women lift first cricket World Cup trophy

KOLKATA, Nov. 3 -- For 12-year-old Anusuya Mitra, watching Harmanpreet Kaur lift India's first-ever Women's World Cup trophy wasn't just a historic moment, it was personal. A student of a cricket acad... Read More