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  • Chhattisgarh BJP MP flags deteriorating law and order in letter to CM

    In a move that has stirred political circles, Raipur BJP MP Brijmohan Agrawal has penned a strongly worded letter to Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai, voicing grave concerns over the deteriorating law and order situation in the state ...

    15 April 2025 The Statesman
    BSF seizes country-made pistol, ganja along India-Bangladesh border

    The Border Security Force (BSF) foiled attempts to smuggle a single-shotter country-made pistol and 22 kg of Ganja across the Indo-Bangladesh Border (IBB) in separate incidents in the North 24-Parganas and Nadia districts of West Bengal on Saturday.“Troops of ...

    14 April 2025 The Statesman
    Bihar youth reunited with mother after 15 years

    A 21-year-old youth, missing from Bhagalpur district of Bihar for over 15 years now, was reunited with his mother by authorities in West Bengal through the efforts of amateur radio operators.In 2019, the police rescued an injured youth from ...

    14 April 2025 The Statesman
    Bengal Governor sends communique to Centre on Murshidabad situation

    West Bengal Governor C. V. Ananda Bose has sent a communique to the Ministry of Home Affairs giving updates on the current situation in Murshidabad, which has been on the boil for the last few days after protests against ...

    14 April 2025 The Statesman
    Two Bengal BJP MPs write to Amit Shah seeking intervention in Murshidabad situation

    Two BJP Lok Sabha members from West Bengal, on Sunday, wrote separate letters to Union Home Minister Amit Shah seeking intervention in the prevailing tension in Murshidabad district which has been on the boil for the last few days ...

    14 April 2025 The Statesman
    Communal violence perpetrators in Murshidabad mainly outsiders, says Trinamool MP

    Trinamool Congress MP Khalilur Rahaman from the Jangipur constituency said on Sunday that initial findings indicate the perpetrators of communal violence in certain areas of the minority-dominated Murshidabad district of West Bengal, which has been tense in recent days ...

    14 April 2025 The Statesman
    Bengal govt’s measures to control unrest in Murshidabad not adequate: Calcutta HC

    The measures, taken by the West Bengal government to control communal unrest in Murshidabad district during the last few days over protests against the newly promulgated Waqf (Amendment) Act turning violent, were not adequate, observed a special division bench ...

    14 April 2025 The Statesman
    Governor Bose warns against violence

    Governor C V Ananda Bose on Friday issued a stern warning against violence erupting across several districts of the state during protests against the recently-implemented Waqf Amendment Act. “Protests are acceptable in a democracy, but violence and lawlessness are ...

    13 April 2025 The Statesman
    ER prepares DPR for coal movement

    Eastern Railway has taken a major step forward in facilitating coal movement for the upcoming expansion of the Sagardighi Thermal Power Station (SgTPS) by The West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited (WBPDCL). The zonal railway has prepared a detailed ...

    13 April 2025 The Statesman
    Education dept top officials get contempt notice

    Several petitioners in the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) recruitment scam sent contempt notice to top brasses of the state education department, including its principal secretary Vinod Kumar, commissioner Arup Sengupta, WBSSC chairman Siddhartha Majumder, West Bengal Board ...

    13 April 2025 The Statesman
    3 dead in separate incidents

    At least three people have lost their lives in separate incidents across the district since Friday. In Shamsherganj, a father and son duo, identified as Hargobind Das and Chandan Das, were brutally murdered at their residence, local sources said. ...

    13 April 2025 The Statesman
    Minister convenes meeting to resolve minimum wages for tea workers

    In a renewed effort to address the long-pending issue of minimum wages for tea plantation workers, labour minister Moloy Ghatak convened a crucial meeting on Saturday.The demand for minimum wages, pending for over a decade, has gained fresh momentum ...

    13 April 2025 The Statesman
    Darjeeling MP visits Khoribari accusing police of inaction

    At a time when communal tensions have been rising in the region—before Eid, during Ram Navami, and amid protests against the amended Waqf Act —Darjeeling MP Raju Bista, along with BJP MLAs from Siliguri and Dabgram-Fulbari, visited the Khoribari ...

    13 April 2025 The Statesman
    Some people want set Bengal to burn: Abhishek on violence

    After failing to fight us politically on the issue of development, many are trying to spread unrest in Bengal by sowing divisions in the name of religion. I appeal to all today to maintain peace and uphold Bengal’s legacy ...

    13 April 2025 The Statesman
    HC orders central forces to assist state police in Murshidabad

    Calcutta High Court today in a ruling asked the state government to deploy central forces in violent-hit Murshidabad with immediate effect.A special division Bench of justice Soumen Sen and Justice Raja Basu Chowdhury of Calcutta High Court, which was ...

    13 April 2025 The Statesman
    TMC blames opposition for violence

    The Trinamul Congress in its X-handle wrote: “@WBPolice has made it unequivocally clear that no miscreant will be spared. The State Police is committed to taking the strongest possible action against anyone indulging in violence. Those attempting to exploit ...

    13 April 2025 The Statesman
    Man gets life for murdering neighbour

    A fast track court in Asansol has sentenced a person to life imprisonment in a murder case of his neighbour in presence of his mother about three years ago.On 18 January 2022, one Fajal Imam of Charbi Mohalla in ...

    13 April 2025 The Statesman
    Kolkata Fatafat April 12 results OUT! Check your numbers HERE

    The curiosity is reaching a new high as the Kolkata Fatafat results continue to perplex the people of the city. As players try their luck with their strategy and intuition, the results of April 12 have started to come ...

    13 April 2025 The Statesman
    Now Sourav Ganguly’s AI digital avatar to greet people

    AI-driven digital experiences provider Ikonz has announced the launch of AI digital avatar of cricket legend Sourav ‘Dada’ Ganguly on the holographic extended reality (HXR) device, marking a new era in digital representation and intellectual property management.Hyderabad-based Ikonz said ...

    12 April 2025 The Statesman
    Controversial SI seen kicking on camera removed from probe duty

    The controversial sub-inspector (SI) Ritan Das, who was seen reportedly kicking a jobless teacher Amit Ranjan Bhuniya of a high school in South 24-Parganas district on Wednesday, was removed on Friday as an investigating officer (IO) probing the Kasba ...

    12 April 2025 The Statesman
    Teachers attacked police first: CP

    Showing solidarity with his force, Kolkata Police (KP) commissioner Manoj Verma on Friday claimed that it was the teachers who attacked cops first during the vandalism at the district inspector (DI) of schools office at Kasba on Wednesday.While speaking ...

    12 April 2025 The Statesman
    TMC red flags BJP MLA’s call to stock weapons

    A shocking video has come to fore today where BJP MLA Dibakar Gharami can be seen instigating people to keep weapons at home and spark violence on the ground. Showing scant regard towards law and order along with provoking ...

    12 April 2025 The Statesman
    Mamata wishes success to yoga and naturopathy examinees

    Ahead of the yoga and naturopathy examinations scheduled to begin on 13 April across the state, chief minister Mamata Banerjee extended her best wishes to all examinees. In a message of encouragement, the chief minister expressed hope that the ...

    12 April 2025 The Statesman
    BJP trains guns on TMC in Malda after Mothabari violence

    The Bharatiya Janata Party leadership on Friday launched a multi-pronged campaign in Malda against the ruling Trinamul Congress, focusing on issues ranging from communal unrest to corruption.In a show of strength, senior BJP leaders Dilip Ghosh and Suvendu Adhikari ...

    12 April 2025 The Statesman
    Protests across state over Waqf Amendment Act

    Protests against the Waqf Amendment Act continued across various parts of West Bengal on Friday. In Kolkata, large crowds gathered at Park Circus and Esplanade to voice their dissent. Similar scenes of agitation were witnessed in several locations in ...

    12 April 2025 The Statesman
    Govt agreed to publish eligible, ineligible candidates’ list: Jobless teachers

    Education minister Bratya Basu on Friday said that the state government would soon file a review petition regarding the dismissed candidates in the SSC recruitment case.He expressed hope that the matter would be resolved within the next 10 days.Advertisement“We ...

    12 April 2025 The Statesman
    Mamata to launch Kalighat skywalk on Poila Boishakh Eve

    The city of joy is set to welcome a new architectural landmark as the much-anticipated Kalighat skywalk is slated to open on 14 April, just a day before Poila Boishakh, the Bengali New Year.The grand inauguration will be led ...

    12 April 2025 The Statesman
    Doctors discuss technological invasion in healthcare

    Technology in health care is unable to replace the empathy of a clinician, said Dr Sunil Chandi, chief medical officer of ITC, India and former director and senior cardiologist, CMC, Vallore on Friday.He was speaking at a seminar organised ...

    12 April 2025 The Statesman
    Kolkata FF Fatafat Lottery Result Today (April 11, 2025): Check all eight round outcomes!

    The buzz around Kolkata Fatafat continues, and today, April 11, 2025, was no different. The much-anticipated results were declared across all rounds, giving regular players a fresh shot at testing their luck in this high-paced lottery game that has ...

    12 April 2025 The Statesman
    Jobless teachers begin relay hunger strike near SSC office

    Jobless teachers and non-teaching staff of government-aided schools across the state intensified their protests on Thursday, a day after they had a skirmish with the police in front of the district Inspector (DI) schools office at Kasba on Wednesday.Today, ...

    11 April 2025 The Statesman
    Bankura blast: NIA seizes 600 kg of Ammonium Nitrate

    The National Investigation Agency while investigating a Bankura blast seized 600 kg Ammonium Nitrate, along with other explosives raiding three locations in Bengal adjacent Dhanbad last evening.The NIA sleuths from Kolkata, based on a tip-off raided three locations in ...

    11 April 2025 The Statesman
    CP ordered inquiry to probe Kasba vandalism

    The Kolkata police commissioner Manoj Verma has ordered an inquiry to probe the incident of vandalism at the district inspector (DI) of schools office premises at Kasba in the southern part of the city on Wednesday.Sources at Lalbazar, city ...

    11 April 2025 The Statesman
    TMC women wing protest hike in prices of cooking gas

    The West Bengal Trinamul Mahila Congress held a rally near the Sri Chaitanya Gaudiya Math on Thursday in Kolkata to protest against the increase in cooking gas prices, a daily necessity for people. The Mahila Congress members said the ...

    11 April 2025 The Statesman
    Coal India launches Lakshya initiative

    Coal India Limited (CIL) has launched the ‘Lakshya’ initiative aimed at empowering girl students from the Scheduled Caste community at the Government Ambedkar Residential School, Gaighat, Patna. This initiative will provide focused coaching, comprehensive study material, and personality development ...

    11 April 2025 The Statesman
    Counselling for frontline staff

    In an effort to enhance Sealdah Division’s operational efficiency, senior divisional commercial manager Jasram Meena conducted a comprehensive counselling session today for frontline staff of the commercial department.The session included checking staff as well as goods and booking clerks, ...

    11 April 2025 The Statesman
    HC directs Bengal Police to submit report on FIR against VHP over Ram Navami procession

    A single judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Thursday, directed the West Bengal Police to submit a detailed report justifying why an FIR was registered against Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) over a Ram Navami procession. The VHP ...

    11 April 2025 The Statesman
    School job losers hunger strike underway in front of WBSSC office

    A hunger strike by a section of the job losers, including teaching and non-teaching staff, in state-run schools in West Bengal is underway in front of the West Bengal School Service Commission’s office at Salt Lake in Kolkata. The ...

    11 April 2025 The Statesman
    Calcutta HC grants Bengal LoP to conduct Hanuman Jayanti rally on April 12

    A single judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Thursday, has given permission to the leader of the opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari to conduct a rally in Kolkata on April 12 on the occasion of ...

    11 April 2025 The Statesman
    Mamata gets contempt of court notice for remarks on SC verdict over school jobs matter

    A Delhi-based advocate, on Thursday, served the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee with contempt of court notice over her recent comments on the verdict of the Supreme Court last week upholding a previous order by Calcutta High Court, ...

    11 April 2025 The Statesman
    Updated salary portal of Bengal govt schools continues showing names of 25,753 job losers

    The salary portal for the teaching and non-teaching staff in West Bengal Government schools continues to show on the payrolls the names of the 25,753 staff members whose jobs were terminated following an order by a Division Bench of ...

    11 April 2025 The Statesman
    Kolkata FF Fatafat Lottery Result Today (April 10, 2025): Check all eight round outcomes!

    The results for the popular Kolkata FF Fatafat lottery draw on April 10, 2025, have been officially declared. Known for its rapid-fire format and daily engagement, the Kolkata FF game continues to draw participation from thousands across the city.With ...

    11 April 2025 The Statesman
    Situation under control in Jangipur: Police

    Parts of Jangipur and adjoining areas in Murshidabad remained tense on Wednesday following violent protests over the amended Waqf Act. Heavy police deployment, suspension of internet services, and imposition of Section 163 BNS until 10 April reflect the administration’s ...

    10 April 2025 The Statesman
    Unrest after job-losers storm DI offices, clash with police

    Tension gripped various districts across West Bengal on Wednesday as large-scale protests erupted over the issue of job losses in the school education sector.Agitated job-seekers, many of whom have been affected by the Supreme Court’s recent ruling on recruitment ...

    10 April 2025 The Statesman
    Deserving teachers urge Suvendu to appeal to President

    The untainted, deserving teachers who lost their jobs following the Supreme Court verdict held a protest rally today. The demonstrators began by blocking the road, then moved to the District Inspector of Schools (DI) office at Pipulpati, Hooghly, where ...

    10 April 2025 The Statesman
    TMC calls out at BJP’s ‘double standard’

    The Trinamul Congress has hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for double standards. The ruling party has exposed how a peon in Madhya Pradesh was checking answer scripts.The Trinamul Congress has come down heavily on the BJP ...

    10 April 2025 The Statesman
    TMC accuses BJP of distorting Mamata’s statement on Waqf

    Trinamul leader Kunal Ghosh has slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for twisting CM Mamata Banerjee’s Comments on Waqf Amendment Bill.“The comments made by CM Mamata Banerjee on Waqf are being distorted by the BJP to create a baseless ...

    10 April 2025 The Statesman
    Illegal to hold up bodies till bills are paid: WBCERC chief

    The West Bengal Clinical Establishment Regulatory Commission (WBCERC), sole body monitoring treatment infrastructure in private hospitals and nursing homes across the state, plans to frame rules to streamline these healthcare facilities allegedly withholding release of dead bodies till relatives ...

    10 April 2025 The Statesman
    Minister, CS ask job losers to be patient, not resort to violence

    The, today urged the dismissed teachers—rendered jobless by the Supreme Court verdict—to exercise restraint and refrain from taking the law into their own hands.“The government is working tirelessly to validate their appointments. It has already moved the Supreme Court ...

    10 April 2025 The Statesman
    BJP pokes fun at TMC’s infighting

    The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has seized on the internal ‘rift’ within the Trinamul Congress (TMC) parliamentary party, sharing alleged WhatsApp screenshots of TMC MPs trading barbs, to launch a fresh political offensive.On Tuesday, BJP IT cell chief Amit ...

    9 April 2025 The Statesman
    BJP MP urges disqualified teachers to intensify protest

    BJP MP and former judge ofp on Tuesday advised the aggrieved teachers, group C and D candidates, whose appointments have been cancelled by the Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday, to intensify their protests against the Mamata Banerjee government otherwise ...

    9 April 2025 The Statesman
    Girl Child: Family welcomes newborn with enthusiasm

    The birth of the first girl child in 50 years in a family led to scenes of joy and celebration, as relatives arrived at Memari Rural Hospital in East Burdwan with a car decorated like one used in a ...

    9 April 2025 The Statesman
    Isro to train Memari school’s Class X students

    Two students of a high school in Memari have been offered to undergo a special training programme by ISRO.The Indian Space Research Organization has chosen Class X students of Memari Crystal Model School, Kushari Chakraborty and Saptak Ghosh for ...

    9 April 2025 The Statesman
    Howrah division completes 127 km track renewal in a year

    The Howrah Division of the Eastern Railway completed track Renewal (CTR), tamping and deep screening works on critical routes, ensuring smoother and safer train operations in one year.Over 127 km of track was renewed, 97 km plain track and ...

    9 April 2025 The Statesman
    Cabinet clears way to set up fertilizer factory at Panagarh

    In a fillip to the farming community and farming above all in the state, the state government today cleared in-principle the proposal for setting up a fertiliser factory in the state to make fertiliser cheaper.Informing this, Chandrima Bhattacharya, the ...

    9 April 2025 The Statesman
    Cars set on fire, several injured in Jangipur violence

    Violence broke out in Bengal’s Murshidabad district over the Waqf (Amendment) Act. Chaos erupted in Jangipur as a protest over the passage of the Waqf Bill in Parliament turned violent.The violence purportedly began when the road along the protest ...

    9 April 2025 The Statesman
    1 dead, 33 injured as speeding bus topples

    Thirty three passengers suffered injuries and one died after a speeding bus suddenly toppled on Kalna – Pandua road this morning while trying to give passage to an electric rickshaw.At around 8 a.m. today, the loaded passenger bus heading ...

    9 April 2025 The Statesman
    This shouldn’t have happened: TMC MP on Kalyan-Kirti spat

    A verbal spat between Trinamul Congress (TMC) MPs Kalyan Banerjee and Kirti Azad at the Election Commission of India (ECI) premises has sparked controversy, with the BJP releasing videos and screenshots of the alleged altercation. Reacting to the incident, ...

    9 April 2025 The Statesman
    Trinamul’s disciplinary committee meeting postponed

    The meeting of the internal disciplinary committee of Trinamul Congress, which was scheduled for Tuesday to decide on MLAs not attending Assembly sessions, has been postponed for an indefinite period amid internal rift in the party.The state parliamentary affairs ...

    9 April 2025 The Statesman
    Kolkata Fatafat Lottery Result Today, April 8, 2025: Check all eight round outcomes

    The Kolkata Fatafat lottery results for Tuesday, April 8, 2025, have been released. As with every day, the game unfolded in eight rounds, starting from early morning and continuing until evening. Thousands of participants followed the results closely throughout ...

    9 April 2025 The Statesman
    CM meet: Chaos outside indoor stadium over distribution of passes

    Chaos broke out outside the Netaji Indoor Stadium on Monday morning, just ahead of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s scheduled meeting with sacked government Mamata Banerjee and non-teaching staff.A controversy erupted over the distribution of ‘passes’, which divided ...

    8 April 2025 The Statesman
    WBBSE’s fresh appeal to SC on allowing untainted teachers to continue

    The West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) on Monday made a fresh appeal to the court requesting it to ‘permit’ the untainted teachers and group C and D employees attached with government-aided secondary and higher secondary schools to ...

    8 April 2025 The Statesman
    Road mishap: Director Siddhanta Das sent to police custody

    In a shocking turn of events, Tollywood television director Siddhanta Das, popularly known in the industry as “Victo”, was remanded to 10 days’ police custody by the Alipore court today.Das has been accused of driving under the influence of ...

    8 April 2025 The Statesman
    Deserving, qualified candidates must be given jobs: Suvendu

    West Bengal Assembly Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Monday called for immediate job placements for deserving and qualified candidates who lost their jobs after the Supreme Court upheld the Calcutta High Court’s order to cancel the appointment of ...

    8 April 2025 The Statesman
    TMC protest against cancellation of school jobs on Wednesday

    Trinamul Congress (TMC) will protest against the recent order on cancellation of 25,753 school jobs.Trinamool has alleged that CPI-M and the BJP have conspired to ensure the termination of 25,753 teaching and non-teaching jobs in different state-run schools.AdvertisementTrinamul Congress’s ...

    8 April 2025 The Statesman
    “Won’t allow eligible ones lose their job: Mamata to jobless teachers

    Days after decrying the Supreme Court’s verdict on the appointment of 25,000 government school teachers in West Bengal, chief minister Mamata Banerjee today assured the affected candidates that she stands by all those who have lost their jobs. Nearly ...

    8 April 2025 The Statesman
    ‘Kansat’ sweets too vies for GI tagging, set to boost local economy

    The iconic “Kansat” sweets of Malda—renowned for their luscious, creamy texture and deep-rooted legacy—are inching closer to securing a Geographical Indication (GI) tag.The district administration has formally initiated the process under the “Food Stuff” category of the Geographical Indications ...

    8 April 2025 The Statesman
    Former SSC chairman denied entry in college

    Following the recent Supreme Court verdict on the 2016 SSC recruitment panel, which has sent shockwaves across West Bengal, the principal of a Bankura college is now facing mounting pressure as a local citizens’ committee has threatened legal action ...

    8 April 2025 The Statesman
    Eastern Railway organises 127th ZRUCC meeting

    The 127 Zonal Railway Users Consultative Committee (ZRUCC) meeting of Eastern Railway was held under the chairmanship of Milind Deouskar, general manager, Eastern Railway today. About 21 members of ZRUCC were present in the meeting The general manager upheld ...

    8 April 2025 The Statesman
    SSC jobs case: BJYM protests against state govt

    Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) on Monday protested against the West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee-led state government, following the job losses of over 25,000 staff in Bengal schools.On Thursday, the Supreme Court upheld the Calcutta High Court’s decision ...

    8 April 2025 The Statesman
    Ram Navami celebrations peaceful in Bengal, TMC leaders also participate in processions

    Ram Navami celebrations had been peaceful so far in West Bengal, with Trinamool Congress leaders in their own initiatives having organised processions on the auspicious occasion besides the ones already announced by the state BJP leaders as well as ...

    8 April 2025 The Statesman
    Bengal LoP participates in Ram Mandir stone laying ceremony at Bengal’s Nandigram

    The Leader of the Opposition in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Sunday participated in the foundation stone laying ceremony for a Ram Temple in his constituency, Nandigram in East Midnapore district.The temple at Nandigram has been modelled after ...

    8 April 2025 The Statesman
    Bengal witnessed 11.43 pc GST growth: Mamata Banerjee

    West Bengal has witnessed an 11.43 per cent growth in Goods & Services Tax (GST) collection during the financial year 2024-25 over the corresponding figure achieved during the previous financial year of 2023-24, the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claimed ...

    8 April 2025 The Statesman
    Ignoring denial of permission, students celebrate Ram Navami in Bengal’s Jadavpur University

    Ignoring the denial of permission by the authorities, the activists of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), on Sunday, celebrated Ram Navami within the campus of Jadavpur University (JU), which is considered a stronghold of student wings affiliated to the ...

    8 April 2025 The Statesman
    Kolkata Fatafat FF Result Today April 7, 2025: Check the winning numbers now!

    Kolkata, April 7, 2025 — The results for today’s Kolkata Fatafat lottery have been announced as scheduled. As usual, eight rounds of results were released throughout the day, with thousands of participants checking to see if luck favored them.Kolkata ...

    8 April 2025 The Statesman
    Kolkata Fatafat FF Result Today April 6, 2025: Check the winning numbers now!

    Kolkata doesn’t just breathe history and culture—it throbs with the anticipation of luck every single day. And today, April 6, 2025, was no different for Kolkata Fatafat enthusiasts. From the break of dawn, tea stalls near Hatibagan to betting ...

    7 April 2025 The Statesman
    SC verdict: Purulia school loses its lone permanent teacher

    The lone teacher of Ahattore Junior High School in Kashipur block of Purulia has lost his job after the Supreme Court verdict. The school has only two guest teachers.The teacher was the only permanent staff of this school and ...

    6 April 2025 The Statesman
    Security tightened up for Ram Navami in city

    With Ram Navami scheduled for Sunday, security across West Bengal has been significantly ramped up. In Kolkata alone, between 3,500 and 4,000 police personnel will be deployed to maintain law and order, while 29 IPS officers have been assigned ...

    6 April 2025 The Statesman
    After sada bonde, Bishnupur’s motichoor laddu too gets GI tag

    World famous motichoor laddu of Bishnupur in Bankura district of south Bengal has bagged the Geographical Indicator or GI tag along with six other food items from West Bengal.The Bishnupur Mistanya Byabasayi Samiti is elated after getting the news ...

    6 April 2025 The Statesman
    Uncertainty over April salary of 25,752 invalidated teachers, staff

    Uncertainty looms over the salary for the month of April for 26,000 teachers, group C and D staff in government-aided secondary and higher secondary schools, whose appointments have been cancelled by the Supreme Court on Thursday on charge of ...

    6 April 2025 The Statesman
    Retired teachers offer voluntary service at schools

    The Supreme Court in a judgment on Thursday upheld a Calcutta High Court decision cancelling en bloc a “tainted” selection process that saw the appointments of nearly 25,000 teachers and non-teaching staff in government and aided schools across the ...

    6 April 2025 The Statesman
    1 dead, 2 detained after parking dispute in Tangra

    What began as a minor altercation over parking, quickly escalated into a fatal incident in Tangra’s Mathurbabu Lane on Saturday afternoon, triggering widespread tension in the area.A 48-year-old man, Arun Kumar Gupta, died following a scuffle, allegedly with a ...

    6 April 2025 The Statesman
    Religion no bar for celebrations at this Durgapur colony

    Amidst apprehensions, the industrial city reflected the picture of traditional harmony today when the followers of Raheem offered serbat to the disciples of Ram during a Ram Navami procession here in the heart of Durgapur.Braving the hot weather, women ...

    6 April 2025 The Statesman
    TMC raises concern over Centre’s apathy for 4-yr-old chess prodigy

    At just 4 years, Anish Sarkar from Kolkata has made history by becoming the youngest chess player to earn an Elo Rating from the International Chess Federation (FIDE).However, the Centre’s silence and inaction in recognising and promoting such rare ...

    6 April 2025 The Statesman
    Kolkata Fatafat April 5 results! Did your luck shine?

    The anticipation meter is running high as the Kolkata Fatafat results continue to perplex the people of the city. As players try their luck with their strategy and intuition, the results of April 5 are making their way.The numbers ...

    6 April 2025 The Statesman
    Annapurna one of most enchanting forms of Durga

    Lake Kalibari in south Kolkata will be celebrating Annapurna Puja tomorrow.“Annapurna, you are the embodiment of beauty; devoid of food, you are terrifying…” Rabindranath Tagore had once written.AdvertisementTo the poet, she is earth or nature, but to the spiritual ...

    5 April 2025 The Statesman
    Fake medicines spark uproar in Sodepur after child falls ill

    A pharmacy was sealed and its owner arrested after widespread concern over illegal drug trade. A controversy erupted in Sodepur on Thursday night after a woman alleged that her child’s condition deteriorated upon consuming medicine purchased from a local ...

    5 April 2025 The Statesman
    Mystery death of a tourist in Digha hotel room

    The popular seaside town of Digha was rocked by yet another mysterious tourist death on Friday when a young woman was found hanging inside a hotel room.The incident has sparked widespread speculation, as the woman’s companions have gone missing.AdvertisementAccording ...

    5 April 2025 The Statesman
    Kamarpukur sada bonde awarded GI tag

    Swami Lokattaranda Maharaj, the adhyaksha of Kamarpukur Ramakrishna Mission and Math, expressed his delight upon learning that Sada Bonde, a sweet originating in Kamarpukur, has received the prestigious Certificate of Registration of Geographical Indication under Section 16(2).A GI (Geographical ...

    5 April 2025 The Statesman
    Schools offer internship to BEd students for running classes

    Some schools have started offering internship to the students of BEd colleges here to meet the sudden crisis of teaching staffs after the Supreme Court verdict that has scrapped appointment of dozens of teaching faculties across the South Bengal ...

    5 April 2025 The Statesman
    Executive committee meeting of ER promotee officers association held in city

    The executive committee meeting of the Eastern Railway Promotee Officers Association (ERPOA) was held at Fairlie Place in Kolkata today. Milind Deouskar, general manager, Eastern Railway; Sumit Sarkar, additional general manager; Sharat Bhatia, principal financial adviser; Ms Zarina Firdausi, ...

    5 April 2025 The Statesman
    City institute holds international conference in London

    Institute of Engineering and Management (IEM), University of Engineering and Management (UEM) along with Springer Nature organised an international conference IEMTRONICS 2025 (International IOT, Electronics and Mechatronics Conference) from 3rd-5th April, 2025 at the prestigious Imperial College London, United ...

    5 April 2025 The Statesman
    Trinamul urges ECI to suspend EPIC-aadhaar linking

    The Trinamul Congress formally urged the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday to suspend its recently proposed process of linking voter ID cards (EPICs) with aadhaar until the concerns surrounding it are addressed.A memorandum – signed by Derek ...

    5 April 2025 The Statesman
    Mamata praises state’s achievement

    Chief minister Mamata Banerjee today expressed happiness at the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), ministry of power naming Santaldih Thermal Power Plant as the best performing thermal power plant in the country.In a post on X, Miss Banerjee wrote: “The ...

    5 April 2025 The Statesman
    Shah visit likely around Bengali New Year as BJP ups ante over SSC row

    With an eye on the 2026 Assembly election, the BJP’s top brass is strategising how to leverage upcoming religious events — Ram Navami and Hanuman Jayanti — to consolidate its support base.In light of the developments, Union home minister ...

    5 April 2025 The Statesman
    Centre holds talks on Darjeeling issues, state govt absent

    Another round of talks was held in Delhi today to address the issues in the Darjeeling Hills and its adjoining areas. Notably, however, no representative from the West Bengal government attended the meeting.The discussions were chaired by Nityanand Rai, ...

    5 April 2025 The Statesman
    Any non-BJP govt will nullify Waqf (Amendment) Bill: Mamata

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has asserted that any non-BJP government at the Centre in the future would nullify the Waqf (Amendment) Bill proposed by the current central government.Addressing the media here on Thursday, Banerjee said, “We have ...

    5 April 2025 The Statesman
    Bengal youth arrested for leaving motorcycle on the way of train at level crossing

    A 23-year-old youth has been arrested by the Railway Protection Force (RPF) in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district for leaving his motorcycle at a level crossing between the Sonarpur and Champahati stations, leading to a train smashing into ...

    5 April 2025 The Statesman
    2016 recruited teachers, candidates left distraught after verdict

    After the Supreme Court’s ruling on Thursday to cancel jobs of close to 26,000 teachers in the SSC 2016 recruitment case, many of the teachers, along with the candidates are left distraught.Ratan Manna, has been teaching physics at Tiljala ...

    5 April 2025 The Statesman
    Schools face crisis as many Madhyamik, HS examiners lose jobs

    A number of teachers engaged as examiners for Madhyamik papers have been axed after the latest Supreme Court verdict.Besides, a number of secondary schools in both the Burdwan districts like other south Bengal districts have suffered the brunt of ...

    5 April 2025 The Statesman
    Bonus issue: Meet with minister inconclusive

    The meeting convened by labour minister Moloy Ghatak to resolve the bonus issue for tea workers in the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) area ended inconclusively. Today’s meeting was a continuation of discussions held here on 16 November last year ...

    5 April 2025 The Statesman
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