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Diamond Harbour: Rs 1 cr haul after Sumit Roy's interrogation; MAITC alleges frame-up

Kolkata, Nov. 4 -- Diamond Harbour Police District personnel recovered more than Rs 1 crore from a building in the Sarisha area following the interrogation of Sumit Roy, personal assistant to Diamond ... Read More


HC bars KMC poll notification till Nov 6 over delimitation challenge

Kolkata, Nov. 4 -- The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday restrained the West Bengal government from issuing any KMC election notification until November 6, pending a challenge to the proposed increase ... Read More


ED raids four locations in and around Kolkata

Kolkata, Nov. 4 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday launched search operations at four locations in and around Kolkata, in connection with a multi-crore hawala network linked to a transna... Read More


Cinchona workers' minimum daily wage raised to Rs 406

Darjeeling, Nov. 4 -- The Bengal government has increased the minimum daily wage of workers employed in cinchona plantations to Rs 406, providing relief to workers across the cinchona belt. The decis... Read More


'No VIP gates at any pandal during Kali Puja in Siliguri'

Siliguri, Nov. 4 -- After the incident of Chorbagan, Kolkata during Durga Puja, the administration has introduced stricter guidelines for Kali Puja celebrations. No VIP entry gates will be permitted a... Read More


Man beheads wife, found meditating with severed head inside temple

Balurghat, Nov. 4 -- Panic and horror gripped the Narayanpur area of Gangarampur Municipality in South Dinajpur district on Wednesday morning, after a 43-year-old man allegedly decapitated his wife an... Read More


Raiganj highway blocked over missing woman's body

Raiganj, Nov. 4 -- Demanding the recovery of a housewife's body from the Kulik River, relatives and local residents blocked a state highway near Kulik Bird Sanctuary in Raiganj, North Dinajpur distric... Read More


Minister seeks suggestions to develop Kulik Bird Sanctuary

Raiganj, Nov. 4 -- State Tourism minister Shankar Ghosh on Wednesday sought suggestions from experts and local residents for developing infrastructure at Raiganj Kulik Bird Sanctuary to attract more t... Read More


'Excess ferry charges & harassment': Malda villagers build bamboo bridge over Kalindri

Malda, Nov. 4 -- Frustrated over alleged harassment and excess charges by the local ferry operator, villagers have taken matters into their own hands and started constructing a bamboo bridge across th... Read More


Buxa tigress to remain in enclosure until declared fit for release

Alipurduar, Nov. 4 -- The Forest department will not risk releasing BTR TF-1 into the wild until she is declared 'fit to wild'. For now, the nearly three-year-old tigress will remain in the 2.2-hectar... Read More