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Fourth student suicide this year at campus triggers alarm

Kolkata, July 18 -- A fourth-year student of IIT Kharagpur was found dead in his hostel room on Friday, triggering widespread concern as this marks the fourth such incident on the campus this year. T... Read More


Mayor assures repairs of crumbling roads in next five-day dry spell

Kolkata, July 18 -- Following the Calcutta High Court order directing repair of crumbling roads in Kolkata and the suburbs, Kolkata Mayor and minister of Urban Development and municipal affairs, Firha... Read More


Landslide & rockfall at Birik Danra shuts down traffic on NH-10

Darjeeling, July 18 -- Continuous landslides and rockfalls since 11 am on Friday at Km 11.2 (Birik Danra) halted vehicular movement along National Highway 10, the lifeline to Sikkim. According to an ... Read More


Speculations rife as Dilip Ghosh skips PM's Durgapur meeting

Kolkata, July 18 -- Former BJP state president Dilip Ghosh did not attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally in Durgapur on Friday triggering a fresh speculation over Ghosh's political future. Inste... Read More


PM lays foundation stones, launches projects worth over Rs 5K cr in Bengal

Kolkata, July 18 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday laid the foundation stones of several projects in Bengal and also inaugurated multiple development projects worth over Rs 5,000 crore from a ... Read More


Malda: Accused in TMC leader Dulal Sarkar's murder case surrenders

Malda, July 18 -- Nearly seven months after the broad daylight murder of Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Dulal alias Babla Sarkar, the prime accused, Bablu Yadav, finally surrendered before the Malda ... Read More


Siliguri couple duped of Rs 85L in jewellery investment scam

Siliguri, July 18 -- A couple from Siliguri has reportedly been defrauded of Rs 85 lakh by a group of jewellery traders under the pretext of an investment scheme. A written complaint has been lodged a... Read More


Youth from Bihar brutally murdered near Malda-Bihar border; probe on

Malda, July 18 -- A gruesome murder has once again rocked Malda. On Thursday night, the mutilated body of a 35-year-old youth from Bihar was found near the Nakkatti Bridge area, connecting Bengal and ... Read More


Elephant found dead in Jaldhaka riverbed

Jalpaiguri, July 18 -- An adult female elephant was found dead on the sandbank of the Jaldhaka River in Ramsai under the Maynaguri block of Jalpaiguri district on Friday morning. The carcass was disco... Read More


Teen's corpse recovered from jute field

Jalpaiguri, July 18 -- Police recovered the body of a teenage girl, a Class 8 student, from a jute field in the Shalbari Payejam Para area of Bidhan Nagar Gram Panchayat under Matiali Block in Jalpaig... Read More