Bengal BJP leader wants madrasas, Christian schools monitored
2017-03-10
The government has sent show cause notice to schools managed by RSSContinue Reading
Kalimpong becomes West Bengal’s 21st district
2017-02-15
Kolkata: A long cherished dream came true when Kalimpong became West Bengal’s 21st district on Tuesday. Carved out of Bengal’s northernmost hill district of Darjeeling, Kalimpong district is spread over 1,056 square kilometers and with a population of just under 50,000, is also densely populated Bengal’s least populated district. TheContinue Reading
Death sentence to Kashmiri evokes condemnation, protests
2017-01-24
By Raqib Hameed Naik, West Bengal: A day after a local court in West Bengal sentenced Muzaffar Ahmed Rather, a youth from Anantnag to death, the verdict has been severely criticised by the people in the valley. As per the police, Muzaffar along with two other persons from Pakistan wasContinue Reading
Bengal to pay pensioners directly
2017-01-09
The change comes into effect from March 1Continue Reading
Mahasweta Devi, eminent writer and social activist, dies
2016-07-29
KOLKATA: Eminent author and social activist Mahasweta Devi+ , whose writings focused on the marginalised communities in the country and served as the voice of the oppressed, died here today after a multi-organ failure. She was 91. P. Tandon, CEO of Belle Vue nursing home, where she was admitted sinceContinue Reading
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