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Five-year-old boy drowns, search ongoing for sister and cousin in Sandakan

SANDAKAN, March 31 -- A five-year-old boy drowned while his six-year-old sister and a 22-year-old man remain missing after being swept out to sea yesterday in Sandakan. The victims were part of a gro... Read More


18th chapter of 'Nexus of Good' launched

Kolkata, March 31 -- 'Nexus of Good' is a movement to bring around good people to identify, understand, replicate and scale good work that is being done in society as a whole. The idea is to evolve a... Read More


'Unsuccessful HS examinees can switch to semester sys'

Kolkata, March 31 -- In a significant move, the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) has decided to offer students failing to qualify in this year's Higher Secondary (HS) examina... Read More


Uniform question papers to be prepared for primary schools

Kolkata, March 31 -- To standardise primary education and assessment, the West Bengal Board of Primary Education (WBBPE) has decided to prepare uniform question papers for the second and third summati... Read More


CAC 40 Down 1.7% As Stocks Fall On Tariff Jitters

India, March 31 -- The French stock market is down sharply a little past noon on Monday with investors pressing sales almost across the board amid rising fears of a global trade war following the U.S.... Read More


Outsiders trying to divide Bengal will be crushed by people: Abhishek

Kolkata, March 31 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary and Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee on Monday asserted that those who will come to Bengal to divide the people along relig... Read More


Mamata pays tribute to Rizwanur Rahman, interacts with family

Kolkata, March 31 -- Accompanied by her party's national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Trinamool Congress supremo on Saturday paid a visit to the residence of... Read More


Boat sinks in Hooghly due to high tide

Kolkata, March 31 -- A fishermens' boat on Monday sank in the Hooghly River in Uluberia of Howrah during a sudden high tide. The four occupants of the boat were rescued by the other fishermen and boa... Read More


CM disburses Rs 1.72 billion to Nanda Gaura Yojana beneficiaries

Dehradun, March 31 -- Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami disbursed a total amount of Rs 1.72 billion to 40,504 beneficiaries of the Nanda Gaura Yojana here today through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) ... Read More


'I'm Fran Drescher. What do you think?!' Star of 'Nanny' reveals rotation of friends with benefits

NEW YORK, March 31 -- Actress Fran Drescher, 67, revealed that she has a "rotation" of friends with benefits. Speaking at the Cinema Society screening of "The Friend" earlier this week, she told Page... Read More