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  • AIIMS convocation: Prez urges young doctors to lead with compassion, integrity

    In her address to young doctors, President Droupadi Murmu today asked them to uphold the highest ideals of service and lead the nation’s healthcare transformation with humility, dedication, and lifelong learning.Speaking at the first convocation ceremony of AIIMS Kalyani, ...

    31 July 2025 The Statesman
    Metro’s repair & reconstruct of affected areas of Kavi Subhash station

    The Kolkata Metro Railway is considering plans to repair and reconstruct the affected parts of Kavi Subhash Metro station at a cost of around Rs 9 crore.The city Metro is said to have floated an e-tender for the work ...

    31 July 2025 The Statesman
    TMC highlights resident certificate to a tractor in Bihar

    Strange things are happening in Bihar where the Assembly election will be held later this year.After a dog, now a tractor has been issued a residential certificate.AdvertisementTrinamul Congress leadership in the party’s X handle wrote: “These very certificates ...

    31 July 2025 The Statesman
    Commuters face traffic disruptions over Murmu’s visit

    President Droupadi Murmu’s two-day visit to Kolkata has brought large parts of the city to a standstill, with widespread traffic restrictions and road closures causing severe inconvenience to commuters, particularly air passengers.Several travellers missed or nearly missed flights on ...

    31 July 2025 The Statesman
    Monsoon intensifies in city, heavy rains likely in south Bengal

    The monsoon regained momentum in Kolkata with the city recording 69.3 millimetres of rainfall between Monday and Tuesday morning, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD).Skies are expected to remain mostly overcast over the next 24 hours, with the ...

    30 July 2025 The Statesman
    Jhalda martyr’s family finds closure after terrorists killed in Kashmir

    The family of Intelligence Branch (IB) officer Manish Ranjan Mishra (33), who was martyred in the Pahalgam terror attack, expressed relief and a sense of justice after assailants reportedly linked to the incident were gunned down by security forces ...

    30 July 2025 The Statesman
    Anubrata appointed convenor of TMC’s Birbhum core committee

    Following a meeting with Trinamul Congress (TMC) chairperson Mamata Banerjee at Ranga Bitan Guest House in Bolpur, Anubrata Mondal, former Birbhum district president of the party, has been appointed convenor of the district’s core committee.The post had previously been ...

    30 July 2025 The Statesman
    BJP MP urges Delhi police to probe assault claim on Bengali-speaking woman

    BJP MP Soumendu Adhikari has lodged a police complaint in Delhi against West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, alleging the dissemination of fabricated and communally provocative content through social media.Mr Adhikari urged the Delhi Police to register an FIR ...

    30 July 2025 The Statesman
    Suvendu alleges massive voter list manipulation, writes to EC

    Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari today alleged that I-PAC, the consultancy firm working with the Trinamul Congress (TMC), has inserted numerous fake names into the electoral rolls of every Assembly constituency in West Bengal.According to him, these voters do ...

    30 July 2025 The Statesman
    New devices on highways to check over speeding

    In a bid to control the speed of vehicles and avert accidents along the Kalyani Expressway, the Barrackpore Commissionerate today installed speed laser guns, a device that can detect speed of vehicles instantly.Stern action against the errant drivers and ...

    30 July 2025 The Statesman
    CM lays foundation stone, opens projects worth Rs 1,142 cr

    Chief minister Mamata Banerjee has laid foundation stones of over 1,000 projects virtually throughout the state worth Rs 1,142 crore from her meeting in Birbhum district today afternoon.Bridges, roads, water projects, primary health unit, community hall, boundary wall of ...

    30 July 2025 The Statesman
    Officials meet over proposed export hub

    A proposal to establish an export hub for the twin districts of East and West Burdwan was discussed at a preliminary meeting held here today.Chief minister Mamata Banerjee recently announced that four such hubs would be set up across ...

    29 July 2025 The Statesman
    Metro completes first phase of replacement in Blue Line

    The city Metro achieved a milestone last Saturday with the completion of the phase of replacement of the 38-year-old steel third rail with aluminium in the Blue Line.The change is anticipated to reduce 84 per cent energy loss amounting ...

    29 July 2025 The Statesman
    Commission helping BJP to win elections: Mamata

    Mamata Banerjee, Trinamul Congress chairperson, coming down heavily on the Election Commission of India (ECI) for training of BLOs (booth level officers), in New Delhi, without intimating her, said: “The Commission is helping the BJP to win the election. ...

    29 July 2025 The Statesman
    Abhishek points out discrepancies in Bihar SIR

    Coming down heavily on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) by the Election Commission of India (ECI), Abhishek Banerjee, national general secretary of Trinamul Congress said a dog has been included in the voters’ list in Bihar at the cost ...

    29 July 2025 The Statesman
    Defence ministry confirms defence land and encroachment in Bengal

    The state BJP today expressed grave concern over the encroachment of the defence land in several parts of Bengal. BJP state president and Rajya Sabha MP Shamik Bhattacharya said that the defence ministry today confirmed that more than 1,500 ...

    29 July 2025 The Statesman
    Protest over sale of waqf land in Burdwan

    Around 3.59 acres of Waqf property, situated beside the old Grand Trunk Road in Burdwan town, have allegedly been illegally sold to private individuals, leading to the construction of various commercial establishments, the All Bengal Save Waqf Committee claimed ...

    29 July 2025 The Statesman
    TMC MP questions govt on security breach in Pahalgam

    Abhishek Banerjee, national general secretary of Trinamul Congress again posted his pointers over the Pahalgam terror attack. He wrote this on the day when a couple of terrorists falling to security forces’ bullets. He posed on X: “It has ...

    29 July 2025 The Statesman
    IIM-C allows rape-accused student to resume classes

    The Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM-C) has allowed a second-year student, who was arrested earlier this month on charges of rape and is currently out on bail, to resume attending classes from Monday, an institute official said.The decision ...

    29 July 2025 The Statesman
    City to get heavy rains in next few days: Met

    The Regional Meteorological Centre in Alipore has forecast continued rainfall across Kolkata and parts of south Bengal due to a well-marked low-pressure area over central India and associated weather systems.The system will bring in rains in the city till ...

    29 July 2025 The Statesman
    Cracks on Metro station platform columns

    The city Metro decided to withdraw services after few cracks were observed in some columns on the UP platform of Kavi Subhash Metro station today. According to Kolkata Metro Railway, the cracks are suspected to have resulted from uneven ...

    29 July 2025 The Statesman
    EC helping BJP to win elections: Mamata

    Mamata Banerjee, Trinamul Congress chairperson, coming down heavily on the Election Commission of India (ECI) for training of BLOs (booth level officers), in New Delhi, without intimating her, said: “The Commission is helping the BJP to win the election. ...

    29 July 2025 The Statesman
    Mamata Banerjee targets BJP over ‘attack’ on Bengali migrant family in Delhi

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Sunday, launched a fresh attack against the BJP, accusing a state administration run by it of harassing and torturing a Bengali-speaking migrant family there.Her fresh target is the BJP-run Delhi government and ...

    28 July 2025 The Statesman
    Fresh drive to free Kolkata footpaths of vagrants

    The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has decided to launch a fresh drive to free Kolkata’s roads, passenger waiting areas, and footpaths of vagrants.A source at the KMC said on Sunday that the drive will be held in three phases ...

    28 July 2025 The Statesman
    CM Mamata Banerjee to start ‘Bhasha Andolan’ from Birbhum on Monday

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will on Monday kick off her “weekly protest movement” against the alleged harassment of Bengali-speaking people in BJP-ruled states.She will lead a protest rally there in Birbhum district. The reason for choosing Birbhum ...

    28 July 2025 The Statesman
    Depression moves out of West Bengal but more rain on the radar, says Met office

    The depression that triggered widespread rain in Kolkata and south Bengal districts moved past Jharkhand and was over Chhattisgarh.However, the Met Office on Sunday said that scattered rain will continue to occur in Kolkata and its adjoining areas, and ...

    28 July 2025 The Statesman
    Bengal LoP accuses Mamata govt of appointing temporary employees as BLOs

    The Leader of the Opposition in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Sunday, alleged that the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government appointed undeserving candidates as booth-level officers (BLOs).Speaking to media persons on Sunday, Adhikari claimed that despite having permanent ...

    28 July 2025 The Statesman
    Kolkata Police arrest four in cyber fraud case, recover items worth Rs 17 lakh

    Four persons were arrested and items worth Rs 17 lakh recovered following multiple raids in the city, said Kolkata Police on Sunday. The raids were carried out as part of the police investigation into a cyber-fraud case, which was ...

    28 July 2025 The Statesman
    Amit Malviya’s 8 reasons why Mamata Banerjee is backing illegal infiltration

    BJP leader Amit Malviya, on Sunday, gave eight reasons why he feels that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is the “biggest patron of illegal infiltrators, Bangladeshi nationals, and Rohingyas” and also “an ardent admirer of the Urdu language”.In ...

    28 July 2025 The Statesman
    CPI(M), Cong gasp for alternative narrative on rising political heat on ‘Bengali Pride’

    Amid the rising political heat in West Bengal over the issues of ‘Bengali Pride’ and ‘Bengalis in Danger’ with both Trinamool Congress and BJP weaponising their narratives and counter-narratives, the other two political forces in the state, namely CPI(M)-led ...

    28 July 2025 The Statesman
    Govt departments putting up ads need NOC from KMC: Mayor

    State and central government departments putting up advertisements hoardings will now have to mandatorily obtain no-objection certificate from Kolkata Municipal Corporation, informed mayor Firahd Hakim.The norm is to be henceforth strictly followed after the state government gave a nod ...

    28 July 2025 The Statesman
    Law college to deploy ex-Army personnel

    The governing body of the law college in Kolkata, where a student was allegedly gang-raped last month, has announced a major overhaul of its campus security, including the deployment of retired Army personnel in place of private security guards, ...

    27 July 2025 The Statesman
    Transovarial transmission lead to rise in dengue cases

    Dengue cases have been on the rise in parts of East Burdwan over the past week, affecting both urban and rural areas—particularly in the Purbasthali-II block.Health officials have identified transovarial transmission as a key factor contributing to the surge.AdvertisementAs ...

    27 July 2025 The Statesman
    TMC MP alleges Union minister is misleading Parl

    Rajya Sabha MP Ritabrata Banerjee on Saturday accused minister of state for heavy industries, Bhupathiraju Srinivas Varma, of making misleading statements in Parliament regarding the status of crèche facilities in Andrew Yule-run tea gardens in the Dooars.Mr Banerjee had ...

    27 July 2025 The Statesman
    Rs 2 lakh compensation for lightning death victims’ kin

    The East Burdwan administration today provided cash relief to six families of victims, who died in Thursday’s lightning.The dependents of the deceased were handed over Rs 2 lakh each. Most of the lightning victims were marginal farmers and farmland ...

    27 July 2025 The Statesman
    75-yr-old man served NRC notice, seeks CM’s help

    A 75-year-old resident of Mathabhanga II block in Cooch Behar, Nishikanta Das, has sought the intervention of chief minister Mamata Banerjee after receiving a notice from the Foreigners Tribunal in Kamrup, Assam, in connection with the National Register of ...

    27 July 2025 The Statesman
    Innovators, investors get together for start-up missions

    Bengal E-Summit 2025, the second edition of the IEM-UEM Group’s flagship entrepreneurial event, unfolded on 26-27 July, bringing together innovators, start-ups, investors, and thought leaders from across the country.Spearheading the inauguration was Dr Bandanna Sen, director general at DGCIS, ...

    27 July 2025 The Statesman
    Green move: Students labour to germinate, plant Asan tree

    The botany department of the state-aided Banowarilal Bhalotia (BB) College under Kazi Nazrul University (KNU) has come forward to plant about 5,000 saplings of the almost extinct species, Terminalia Elliptica (Asan tree), which were once found in abundance in ...

    27 July 2025 The Statesman
    TMCP sees conspiracy in exam schedule clash with its foundation day

    Trinamul Congress’ student wing, Trinamul Chhatra Parishad (TMCP), on Saturday criticised the University of Calcutta’s decision to hold undergraduate exams on 28 July, the day the students celebrate its foundation day. The university has scheduled BA LLB semester 4 ...

    27 July 2025 The Statesman
    Dilip Ghosh seeks police probe for viral video

    Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Dilip Ghosh, and erstwhile state president of the party, has filed a formal complaint with the cybercrime unit of Kolkata Police, alleging a conspiracy to defame him through the circulation of an alleged ...

    27 July 2025 The Statesman
    CM to hold meeting with community Durga puja committees on 31 July

    Chief minister Mamata Banerjee will meet community Durga Puja committees on 31 July at the Netaji Indoor Stadium (NIS) and announce the amount of the grant to the organisers.The Durga Puja festival is scheduled during the end of September ...

    27 July 2025 The Statesman
    Durgapur engineering college holds HR conclave

    Dr B C Roy Engineering College organised a grand HR Conclave on Friday as a part of their yearlong silver jubilee celebration, bringing together HR professionals from core and software sectors.The theme of the event was “Workforce 2030: Shaping ...

    26 July 2025 The Statesman
    MGNREGA dues: After deprivation, Bengal removed from state-wise list

    Trinamul Congress MPs today came down heavily on the BJP after the concerned central minister refused to mention the pending MGNREGA dues of Bengal.Derek O’Brien, leader of Trinamul Congress in Rajya Sabha, raised a starred question to ...

    26 July 2025 The Statesman
    Overnight rains flood areas near city airport

    Heavy overnight rains triggered by a low-pressure system over the Bay of Bengal have caused waterlogging across several parts of Kolkata, including low-lying areas adjacent to the city’s international airport, officials said on Friday.Water has accumulated on the land ...

    26 July 2025 The Statesman
    City goes under water as low pressure build-up intensifies; red alert in 2 districts

    Heavy rains continued to batter parts of West Bengal on Friday, as a well-marked low-pressure area formed over the northern Bay of Bengal moved closer to the state and Bangladesh coast, triggering widespread alerts and disruptions.The India Meteorological Department ...

    26 July 2025 The Statesman
    ICC hosts Bengal rice conclave

    The Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) hosted the Bengal Rice conclave today. Themed “Enhancing Production, Crop Protection & Smart Irrigation Practices,” the conclave brought together eminent policymakers, agricultural experts, and stakeholders to chart a progressive roadmap for the future ...

    26 July 2025 The Statesman
    Cold storage members voices concerns over potato market price, losses

    The West Bengal Cold Storage Association today held a press conference at the Press Club, Kolkata, to draw the attention of the govt. consumers, and the general public to the large gap in price of potato at the wholesale ...

    26 July 2025 The Statesman
    ZSI finds a new species of wolf spiders at Sagar island

    In a significant discovery, researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) in Kolkata have found a new spider species at Sagar Island in the Sundarbans.The finding, as being anticipated by the researchers could be a source of innumerable ...

    26 July 2025 The Statesman
    ECI set to launch major voter roll overhaul

    The Election Commission of India (ECI) is set to begin a sweeping revision of its electoral rolls in Bengal, part of a planned nationwide exercise that has already triggered a political storm over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) ...

    26 July 2025 The Statesman
    Pipeline, bridge collapse on Damodar triggers water crisis

    A severe drinking water crisis has gripped parts of Asansol and Raniganj after a structural bridge carrying a 40-year-old Public Health Engineering (PHE) pipeline collapsed in Kalajharia over the river Damodar two days ago.Areas affected include Mohishila Colony in ...

    26 July 2025 The Statesman
    Protests erupt in Belghoria over proposed merger of two post offices

    A large-scale protest broke out in Kolkata’s Belghoria area on Friday following reports of a proposed merger between the busy East Belghoria post office and the smaller, dilapidated Udaypur post office in nearby Nimta.The unrest prompted a significant deployment ...

    26 July 2025 The Statesman
    BJP protests by swimming in waterlogged Salt Lake streets

    Members of the BJP’s youth wing staged an unusual protest on Friday by swimming through waterlogged streets in Salt Lake, a planned township near Kolkata, to protest against civic failures following overnight rains.Led by local BJP Yuva Morcha leader ...

    26 July 2025 The Statesman
    KMC signs pact for iconic Roxy’s facelift

    The city’s iconic Roxy cinema hall is set to get an overhaul, restoring its glory of the yore.CREDAI Kolkata has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) for the renovation of the iconic Roxy ...

    25 July 2025 The Statesman
    TMC MP raises question in Parl on Tagore’s statue in Jallianwala Bagh memorial

    In a written response to a question raised by Trinamul Congress MP Ritabrata Banerjee the ministry of culture has confirmed that there is no statue of Kobiguru Rabindranath Tagore at the Jallianwala Bagh memorial, and, more disappointingly, that there ...

    25 July 2025 The Statesman
    Burnpur-based ISP adds new European standard profile

    In a major boost to its product portfolio, the Universal Section Mill (USM) of IISCO Steel Plant (ISP), Burnpur, has successfully rolled a new structural profile — UB406X178X67.1 — which meets stringent European specifications.Developed in response to evolving market ...

    25 July 2025 The Statesman
    Police arrest local leader for alleged rape

    Park Street police station has arrested Mujibur Rahaman, a political leader of Birbhum district for allegedly raping a housewife in a hotel in Park Street about a month ago.The National Investigation Agency (NIA) had arrested one person from Birbhum ...

    25 July 2025 The Statesman
    Avoid three US-based universities: NMC to Indian students

    The National Medical Commission (NMC), sole body monitoring medical education across states and Union Territories (UTs) in India, has advised Indian students seeking admission to foreign medical institutes/ universities to strictly avoid admission in undergraduate medical courses in three ...

    25 July 2025 The Statesman
    Low pressure intensifies: IMD

    The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued heavy rainfall and thunderstorm warnings for several districts of southern West Bengal today as a low-pressure area intensifies over the northern Bay of Bengal.Cloudy skies and light rain were reported in Kolkata ...

    25 July 2025 The Statesman
    Railways plan smoother tracks, safer journeys

    In a significant step towards improving speed, safety, and operational efficiency, the engineering department of Eastern Railway’s Howrah Division executed a critical track realignment work between Cheragram Block Hut and Belmuri station on the Down Howrah – Burdwan Chord ...

    25 July 2025 The Statesman
    Bring in more Bengali songs in serials and films: Mamata

    Chief minister Mamata Banerjee urged the directors and producers to use more Bengali songs in films and tele-serials and regretted attacks on Bengali speaking workers in different states. She was addressing a gathering at Dhono Dhanyo Auditorium to pay ...

    25 July 2025 The Statesman
    New OBC list: HC extends stay on publication of final notification

    The Calcutta High Court on Thursday extended till 31 August its interim stay on the West Bengal government issuing the final notification for a fresh Other Backward Class (OBC) list.The matter will come up for hearing again on 5 ...

    25 July 2025 The Statesman
    TMC worker hacked to death in Murshidabad; Family alleges intra-party feud

    A 54-year-old Trinamul Congress (TMC) worker was allegedly hacked to death late Wednesday night in Bharatpur, Murshidabad district of West Bengal, sparking fresh allegations of intra-party rivalry within the ruling party.The victim, identified as Shasthi Ghosh, a resident of ...

    25 July 2025 The Statesman
    Cyclonic circulation, low pressure to trigger thunderstorms: IMD

    A cyclonic circulation is expected to form over the northern Bay of Bengal by Wednesday, prompting weather officials to issue heavy rainfall warnings for several districts in southern West Bengal.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast widespread thunderstorms and ...

    25 July 2025 The Statesman
    Dengue cases may rise if people are not cautious: KMC

    The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) authorities have urged people who are suffering from fever to get their blood samples tested as the current hot and humid weather is ideal for the multiplication of dengue-bearing Aedes mosquitoes.Senior civic officials of ...

    24 July 2025 The Statesman
    TMC wants Parl to discuss Bengali migrants’ discrimination, SIR

    Trinamul Congress MPs Wednesday submitted notices in both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, seeking discussions on two key issues including the alleged discrimination against Bengali-speaking migrants in various states and the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.According to ...

    24 July 2025 The Statesman
    Police seize 12 sand-loaded tractors, arrest drivers, helpers

    Asansol South police have seized twelve illegal sand-loaded tractors during overnight raids in Damra, Kalipahari, within the Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate (ADPC) limits.Acting on the directives of Sunil Kumar Chaudhury, commissioner of Police, ADPC, regarding widespread illegal sand mining ...

    24 July 2025 The Statesman
    Metro to save Rs 350 cr by upgrading traction sub-station

    The Kolkata Metro Railway is aiming to save Rs 350 crore for the Blue Line by upgrading the traction substation at Belgachia Metro station.In order to upgrade the power supply network from the existing 11 KV to 33 KV ...

    24 July 2025 The Statesman
    Kanyashree: East Burdwan awaits state honour for scheme’s progress

    Years of sustained progress have secured East Burdwan—a district long plagued by the persistent menace of child marriage—a prominent place in the Kanyashree scheme’s successful implementation.On 14 August, the department of women & child development and social welfare will ...

    24 July 2025 The Statesman
    Med college PGT accused of sexual assault

    A postgraduate trainee with the Burdwan Medical College was accused of forcing physical relations with a girl from Bankura.The victim initially had lodged a complaint with the Chhatna police station in Bankura on 16 July in which she complained ...

    24 July 2025 The Statesman
    Rebel TMC MLA may float new party

    Rebel Trinamul Congress leader Humayun Kabir from Bharatpur constituency in Murshidabad may float a new political party, hardly 10 months ahead of the Assembly polls in West Bengal.Mr Kabir’s new party would contest in around 50 Assembly seats, mostly ...

    24 July 2025 The Statesman
    Trinamul highlights Centre’s economic blockade on Bengal

    Trinamul Congress today came down heavily on the NDA-led Centre for causing economic blockade to Bengal though only two fake job cards were found during investigation as against 58,826 fake cards under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee (MGNREGA ...

    24 July 2025 The Statesman
    Commuter sprays paint on metro door, authorities seek police help

    An unidentified commuter spraying black paint on a Metro door has alerted the city Metro authorities, who have approached the Kolkata Police for help.The incident has been captured in the CCTV camera of one of the coaches of a ...

    24 July 2025 The Statesman
    Police trying to suppress protests: CPI-M

    Tensions flared in the Molandi village of West Bengal’s Kaliganj since Monday night after a police crackdown on individuals allegedly involved in protests demanding a judicial probe into the death of a young girl named Tamanna. The Communist Party ...

    24 July 2025 The Statesman
    Mamata on attack on the Bengalis

    Chief minister Mamata Banerjee today lambasted the Centre after the Haryana government wrote letters to the district magistrates of several districts seeking information of 52 Bengali-speaking migrant workers living there.The letters have been sent to the DMs of Malda, ...

    23 July 2025 The Statesman
    Nandan to screen Uttam retrospective

    A 10-day retrospective of Uttam Kumar films will be held in Nandan to observe the 46th death anniversary of the matinee idol.Uttam Kumar died on 24 July, 1980 at the age of 54 years. The retrospective will be organised ...

    23 July 2025 The Statesman
    Metro trial runs continue at E-W corridor

    Citizens looking forward to the opening of the Metro link between Esplanade and Sealdah might have to wait for some more time. The authorities of Kolkata Metro Railway are considering the final commissioning of the remaining leg of the ...

    23 July 2025 The Statesman
    ECI wants autonomy for state CEO office

    The Election Commission of India (ECI) has sent a letter to the chief secretary Manoj Pant seeking autonomous status for the chief electoral officer (CEO) office in the state.The ECI has asked Mr Pant to take necessary initiatives so ...

    23 July 2025 The Statesman
    Belgachia traction sub-station upgraded

    More good news for Metro commuters! An additional drinking water supply facility has been inaugurated today at Mahatma Gandhi Road Metro station of Blue Line. K J Dev Mondal, AXEN/North inaugurated this additional source of supply in presence of ...

    23 July 2025 The Statesman
    AMC to establish 93 health and wellness centres

    Asansol Municipal Corporation (AMC) has received approval to establish 93 health and wellness centres within its jurisdiction. Land has already been identified for 61 of these proposed centres.A high-level meeting was held in Asansol, attended by Biswajeet Bhattacharya, sub-divisional ...

    23 July 2025 The Statesman
    Contract labour killed in mishap

    A contractual labourer fell from 40 feet above and was killed in National institute of Technology (NIT), Durgapur. The incident occurred on Monday, when one Kanai Barua, a contractor labourer who was working in NIT Durgapur fell from a ...

    23 July 2025 The Statesman
    Midnapore rises to defend its revolutionary legacy

    Defying steady rains, a spirited gathering of residents, academicians, lawyers, and civic leaders convened near the historic Midnapore Collegiate School on Sunday, rallying under umbrellas and tarpaulins not just to escape the downpour—but to defend the dignity of their ...

    23 July 2025 The Statesman
    PIL in HC on NRC in Bengal

    Amid mounting controversy over the alleged introduction of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in West Bengal through the backdoor by the ruling Trinamul Congress, a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking the implementation of NRC in the state was ...

    23 July 2025 The Statesman
    Husband kills wife, cooks up story to confuse police

    A man in Nadia’s Nakashipara has been arrested for shooting dead his wife and then staging a story of a miscreant attack to mislead the police — a desperate ploy that collapsed under interrogation.The murder, which occurred on Monday ...

    23 July 2025 The Statesman
    Veteran communist thinker Azizul Haque no more

    Azizul Haque, a prominent leftist intellectual, writer and one of the early leaders of the Naxalite movement in India, died on Monday at a private hospital in Salt Lake after a prolonged illness.He was 85.AdvertisementHaque, best known for his ...

    23 July 2025 The Statesman
    Tarsem Singh Zira takes over as Central Bank of India’s zonal head

    Tarsem Singh Zira assumed the role of zonal head, Kolkata, Central Bank of India on Monday. Prior to this appointment, Mr Zira served as zonal head in Bhopal and also as SLBC convenor in the state of Madhya Pradesh.With ...

    22 July 2025 The Statesman
    Stop harassing Bengali migrant workers: Cong

    Senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging immediate intervention over what he described as growing instances of harassment, detention, and abuse of Bengali-speaking migrant workers in various Indian states, including Odisha and ...

    22 July 2025 The Statesman
    Jobless teachers to move Delhi, meet civil society members

    As West Bengal’s ruling Trinamul Congress took out its annual Martyrs’ Day rally Monday, over 200 jobless school teachers — previously selected through the state’s School Service Commission (SSC) — are supposed to leave for Delhi tonight to protest ...

    22 July 2025 The Statesman
    Inauguration of Dr RKM CoEM at IMU Kolkata campus

    Dr Ravi K Mehrotra Centre of Excellence in Maritime (CoEM) is being established at lMU, Kolkata Campus, as a consequence of an endowment from Dr Ravi K Mehrotra, an alumnus of the lndian Maritime University Kolkata Campus [erstwhile Directorate ...

    22 July 2025 The Statesman
    English Bazaar overcomes water woes with smart makeover

    Not too long ago, residents of English Bazaar town in Malda would brace themselves whenever dark clouds gathered overhead. Even a short spell of rain meant flooded streets, stranded vehicles, and waterlogged homes. But today, that reality has changed ...

    22 July 2025 The Statesman
    Attacks on BJP MLAs: Suvendu plans stir in Cooch Behar on 4 Aug

    Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Monday announced a protest programme in Cooch Behar on 4 August, condemning recent attacks on BJP MLAs in the district.Addressing a political rally at Chunavatti, near Uttarkanya, the ...

    22 July 2025 The Statesman
    BJP launches simultaneous 2026 polls campaign in north Bengal

    Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Monday demanded that a special intensive revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls be conducted in West Bengal, similar to the ongoing process in Bihar.Addressing a rally at Chunavatti ...

    22 July 2025 The Statesman
    Comicverse 2025 at IEM

    On 19-20 July, the Institute of Engineering and Management (IEM), Kolkata set a remarkable precedent by hosting Comicverse 2025 — the first educational institution in Eastern India to launch a comics and cartoon culture, ai based art, creativity, and ...

    22 July 2025 The Statesman
    In 10 months’ we will make them to say ‘Joy Bangla’: Abhishek on BJP

    Abhishek Banerjee, Trinamul Congress national general secretary reiterated that the BJP will not get more than 50 seats in the Assembly election in 2026.“I am not a soothsayer but when I say something I analyse the situation, trust people ...

    22 July 2025 The Statesman
    HC praise for city police for traffic control

    City police today came in for some lavish praise from the Calcutta High Court for its conduct during Martyrs’ Day event in the state capital.The Calcutta High Court judge, Justice Tirthankar Ghosh had asked the Kolkata Police to ensure ...

    22 July 2025 The Statesman
    Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury writes to PM Modi on harassment of migrant workers in Odisha and Maha

    Former state Congress president in West Bengal and former five-time Lok Sabha member Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, on Sunday, asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, expressing concern over harassment, humiliation, and physical torture being allegedly faced by Bengali-speaking migrant workers in ...

    22 July 2025 The Statesman
    Five more accused detained in connection with Bihar gangster’s murder

    A joint team of Patna Police and Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police, on Saturday, detained five more accused in connection with the murder of a gangster at a Patna hospital in Bihar.The detention of these five accused ...

    21 July 2025 The Statesman
    Bengal rape case: Accused gets bail as victim’s non-cooperation continues

    A trial court in Kolkata, on Saturday, granted an interim bail to the accused in connection with the case of rape of a woman within the campus of the Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta (IIM-C) earlier this month.As hinted by ...

    21 July 2025 The Statesman
    NSG conducts counter-hijack exercise at Kolkata Airport

    The National Security Guard (NSG) conducted a full-scale joint counter-hijack and counter-terrorist exercise at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport (NSCBI) in Kolkata.The exercise, conducted on the intervening night of July 18-19, was meticulously planned and coordinated with ...

    21 July 2025 The Statesman
    Patna hospital murder case: Main accused among 4 arrested in Kolkata

    The Patna Police, on Sunday, have shown as arrested four of the ten people, who were detained from two different places in Kolkata in connection with the murder of a gangster, Chandan Mishra, in a Patna hospital recently.The four ...

    21 July 2025 The Statesman
    Bengal: Police announces traffic restrictions for Trinamool’s ‘Martyrs’ Day’ rally

    The Kolkata Police, on Sunday, announced major restrictions on vehicular traffic movements in and around Kolkata amid the Trinamool Congress’s annual Martyrs’ Day rally scheduled for July 21.A traffic advisory notification issued by Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Kumar Verma ...

    21 July 2025 The Statesman
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