Assembly elections: one third winners face criminal cases
2016-05-20
Kerala tops the list of MLAs with criminal recordsContinue Reading
West Bengal’s tribal belt faces culture clash
2016-04-08
West Midnapore: Class began with a prayer. Thirty-odd children, sitting cross-legged on the courtyard outside Jamboni village’s sole clubhouse, chanted Saraswati Vandana. A picture of the goddess and two lit incense sticks sat on a chair in front of them. This is just one of the 50,000-odd schools being run byContinue Reading
850 villagers boycott polls in Bengal’s Purulia District
2016-04-04
Purulia : Protesting against lack of electricity and potable water supply in their village, 850 villagers in from Chiruvita and Pialsol villages in the Purulia District boycotted the assembly elections on Monday. “We will not vote, because despite repeated promise, our village is not yet electrified and we also faceContinue Reading
Flyover collapse: Governor seeks report
2016-03-31
Kolkata: West Bengal Governor KN Tripathi on Thursday sought a report from the Mamata Banerjee-led government over the flyover collapse in the city that so far has claimed 14 lives. A large chunk, including girders, of the under-construction Vivekananda Flyover in the city’s Posta area collapsed crushing people and vehicles.Continue Reading
Salesian builds girl power, brick by brick
2015-11-21
Eleven girls have formed six companies, specialize in building modular kitchens and modern baths in apartment blocks in West BengalContinue Reading
70 rupees a day earner runs an orphanage and a school
2015-10-31
Kolkata : He travels more than 150 kms a day to earn 2,000 rupees per month, working in a social organization. He has almost hit the age of retirement. But for the 58-year-old Abdar Rahman, all this is worth it. The journey and the meagre earnings may break the backContinue Reading
RSS hopes to double number of branches in West Bengal
2015-10-13
Kolkata: As a teenager, Uttam Shaha says he used to watch scornfully from his bedroom window as men in brown shorts performed martial exercises in a car park below. Like many Indians then, he viewed the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as a fringe group. Now 43, Shaha is a recentContinue Reading
Lightning kills 8 in West Bengal
2015-06-03
Rains and thunderstorm have lashed Murshidabad district for the past couple of daysContinue Reading
Rebuilding life with NGO help
2015-04-14
Madhabi rebuilt life with the help of SAHAYContinue Reading
Nuns get threat letters to quit Bengal town
2015-03-25
The letters from unidentified groups have threatened to burn school and churchContinue Reading