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Madhyamik exams: WBBSE seeks change in poll duty roster

Kolkata, Dec. 17 -- The West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) has asked district administrations to plan and phase the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of Electoral Rolls to avoid disrupt... Read More


Third tiger death in 3 months at Alipore Zoo raises concerns

Kolkata, Dec. 17 -- A sub-adult Royal Bengal tigress died at Alipore Zoo on Wednesday morning, marking the third tiger fatality at the facility in just three months. The tigress, who would have compl... Read More


KMC moves to grant heritage tag to Jamini Roy's house

Kolkata, Dec. 17 -- The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) is all set to give final nod to a proposal to preserve one of the city's most important cultural landmarks by adaptively reusing the house o... Read More


More than 86K names of Matuas in Bongaon removed from draft rolls

Kolkata, Dec. 17 -- After the names of over 86,175 people belonging to the Matua community in four Assembly constituencies under Bongaon subdivision were removed from the draft rolls published by the ... Read More


Urban areas drive bulk of voter deletions in draft rolls

Kolkata, Dec. 17 -- Urban and peri-urban areas of West Bengal account for over one-third of the voters' names deleted from the draft electoral rolls published on Tuesday, despite these regions occupyi... Read More


Abhishek flays BJP's 'selective outrage', cites Kumbh deaths amid Messi event row

Kolkata, Dec. 17 -- A day after the state government initiated stern steps following the recent chaos at the Messi event at the Salt Lake Stadium, Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary A... Read More


Top cops, Sports Secy reply to showcause over Messi event

Kolkata, Dec. 17 -- Director General of Police Rajeev Kumar, Bidhannagar Police Commissioner Mukesh and Principal Secretary of the Sports and Youth Affairs department Rajesh Sinha have replied to the ... Read More


BLO apologises after TMC councillor wrongly shown 'dead' in voter list

Kolkata, Dec. 17 -- The concerned Booth Level Officer (BLO) has apologised for the error after a Trinamool Congress councillor from Hooghly district in West Bengal was wrongly shown as "dead" in the d... Read More


Over Rs 2K cr due: TMC team submits memo to Jal Shakti Ministry

Kolkata, Dec. 17 -- A delegation of ten Trinamool Congress (TMC) Members of Parliament on Wednesday met Union Minister for Jal Shakti, Chandrakanta Raghunath Patil, and submitted a memorandum over the... Read More


Bengal readies 18.61 acres in West Midnapore for industry

Kolkata, Dec. 17 -- Ahead of the upcoming Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS), the West Bengal government has initiated a fresh exercise to prepare unallotted land at the Sahachawk Industrial Park in... Read More