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Sky watchers witness total lunar eclipse in Balurghat

BALURGHAT, Sept. 8 -- The much-awaited total lunar eclipse on Sunday night created waves of excitement among sky-watchers in Balurghat. To mark the rare celestial event, the newly-formed Balurghat Sky... Read More


Samuktala athlete qualifies for prestigious Boston marathon

Alipurduar, Sept. 8 -- Samuktala's own Dipankar Nath Roy, an accomplished athlete and mathematics teacher at Mahakal Guri Mission High School, has achieved a remarkable milestone by qualifying for the... Read More


Construction of community hall, concrete road in tribal locality begins

Raiganj, Sept. 8 -- In a major boost for the development of tribal areas, the construction of a community hall and a concrete road has commenced in the Karandighi region of North Dinajpur district, at... Read More


Oppn MPs meet to display unity, solidarity on eve of VP election

New Delhi, Sept. 8 -- Leaders of the Opposition INDIA Bloc held a meeting in the Parliament complex on Monday in a show of unity on the eve of the vice presidential election, and urged MPs to listen t... Read More


PM Modi asks NDA MPs to organise 'Swadeshi Mela'

New Delhi, Sept. 8 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday asked the ruling NDA MPs to organise 'Swadeshi Mela' to promote indigenous products and make it a mass movement, stressing that self-relian... Read More


About 3 ex-MLAs from Assam join Congress

New Delhi, Sept. 8 -- Three former MLAs of Assam joined the Congress on Monday as the party expressed confidence that the state is going to witness a "major change" in the Assembly elections in 2026. ... Read More


Cal HC orders compensation, probe in Excise custody death

Kolkata, Sept. 8 -- The Calcutta High Court has directed the Bengal government to pay interim compensation to the family of a man who died in the custody of the Excise department, holding the state ac... Read More


'Enforce GR, start giving Kunbi certificates to Marathas before Sep 17'

New Delhi, Sept. 8 -- Quota activist Manoj Jarange on Monday demanded that the Maharashtra government implement a GR issued last week for issuing Kunbi caste certificates to Marathas before September ... Read More


Bathymetric survey of Rabindra Sarobar recommends dredging

Kolkata, Sept. 8 -- The first of its kind bathymetric survey of the 72-acre wide Rabindra Sarobar water body has recommended 'succession cutter dredging' at eight odd points where the deposition of se... Read More


EVM an aggregator of votes, can't be used in presidential, vice presidential elections

New Delhi, Sept. 8 -- Electronic voting machines (EVMs), which have so far been used in five Lok Sabha and over 130 Assembly polls, cannot be used in presidential, vice presidential, Rajya Sabha and s... Read More