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Cal HC seeks response on road access to two Schools

Kolkata, Sept. 14 -- The Calcutta High Court has directed the West Bengal government to file an affidavit on the lack of an access road to two schools in South 24-Parganas, after taking note of studen... Read More


Bidhannagar Police warns hotels against illegal activities

Kolkata, Sept. 14 -- Bidhannagar Police on Monday warned hotel and lodge operators against allowing illegal activities such as prostitution and unauthorised call centre operations on their premises, d... Read More


No classes at Surendranath Law College, V-P Tarannum stays away

Kolkata, Sept. 14 -- The deadlock at Surendranath Law College over attendance requirements for the end-semester examinations continued on Monday, with no classes being held despite the administration'... Read More


HC transfers 2017 missing woman's case to CBI

Kolkata, Sept. 14 -- The Calcutta High Court has handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) the probe into the disappearance of a woman in 2017, noting that the state police had failed t... Read More


Rekha Patra threatens to resign

Kolkata, Sept. 14 -- BJP MLA from Hingalganj, Rekha Patra, a prominent face of the Sandeshkhali protests, has threatened to resign over the police's role in a land dispute involving her family. Patra... Read More


Left bookstalls to offer Marx, Tagore, Vivekananda works

Kolkata, Sept. 14 -- Countering the BJP's allegation that CPI(M) book stalls promote "foreign culture", a wide range of political, literary and philosophical works will be available at Left bookstalls... Read More


Akshaya Patra's mid-day meal approval halted

Kolkata, Sept. 14 -- The Bengal government has withdrawn its approval for the Akshaya Patra Foundation to supply cooked mid-day meals to state-run schools in four districts, putting on hold the planne... Read More


Trade flow reverses: India exports 500 tonnes of Hilsa to Bangladesh

Kolkata, Sept. 14 -- India has exported around 500 tonnes of hilsa to Bangladesh over the past two months, reversing the traditional trade flow of the prized fish between the neighbouring countries, a... Read More


DRDO Junput proj cleared, Bengal set for industrial growth: Samik

Kolkata, Sept. 14 -- State BJP President and Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya strongly criticised the previous Mamata Banerjee government accusing it of intentionally stalling the national defence pr... Read More


BJP rejig brings back Pranoy Roy, Sayantan Bose as spokespersons

Kolkata, Sept. 14 -- Ahead of upcoming municipal elections, the state BJP has made its organisational appointments, bringing back two familiar faces - former state general secretary Sayantan Bose and ... Read More