The Monsoon Session of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly will start from Monday.The day will start with obituary references and the Session will begin from Tuesday. To avoid controversy, a letter has been sent to the Governor regarding the ...
18 July 2024 The StatesmanThe BJP has faced a virtual debacle in the Lok Sabha election and the blame game has begun regarding the BJP’s debacle in the election.Discussions are on regarding who and what led to the results and if individuals are ...
18 July 2024 The StatesmanA youth from Uttarpara has chosen to scale the most difficult terrain, the northern side of Mount Elbrus in Russia. Previously, no other mountaineer from India ever chose to scale the northern side the most difficult terrain to reach ...
18 July 2024 The StatesmanSouthern Bengal is facing a severe agricultural crisis as a significant rainfall deficit continues to paralyse the region. Farmers, particularly those cultivating paddy and jute, are in dire straits as insufficient monsoon rains fail to replenish the parched land. ...
18 July 2024 The StatesmanThe body of Captain Brijesh Thapa, who died in a gun battle with terrorists in Jammu & Kashmir’s Doda, was finally brought to Bengdubi Army Camp this afternoon.The arrival of his remains was met with shock as army personnel ...
18 July 2024 The StatesmanAn 80-year-old former minister of Sikkim’s inaugural state government, Ram Chandra Poudyal, who was known for his activism, was found dead on an island in the Teesta river in Bangladesh yesterday. Poudyal had departed from his residence in Chhota ...
18 July 2024 The StatesmanAfter a letter from the Assembly secretariat, entailing details seeking nod of the Governor for smooth conduct of administering oath to the four legislators had been sent to Raj Bhavan, a couple of days ago, sources said another letter ...
18 July 2024 The StatesmanLaw minister Moloy Ghatak inaugurated the Karma Sangbad portal of West Burdwan district at Shramik Bhavan in Asansol today.State INTTUC president Ritabrata Bhattacharya and joint and additional labour commissioner Tirthankar Sengupta were also present on the occasion.During the inauguration ...
18 July 2024 The StatesmanTrinamul Congress national general secretary Abhishsk Banerjee is likely to address the Martyrs’ Day rally on 21 July, virtually, following medical advice.This is for the first time Mr Banerjee is not going to attend the rally, physically. In the ...
18 July 2024 The StatesmanChief minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to preside over a meeting of Puja organisers, next week. If all goes well, she is most likely to convene a meeting of Puja organisers on Tuesday, sources close to the chief minister ...
18 July 2024 The StatesmanBody of a resident of Andaman and Nicobar was found from a hotel near Kolkata airport last night. Police said that after repeatedly knocking and getting no response, the hotel staff informed the police. Police had to break open ...
18 July 2024 The StatesmanEven though winter is still far away, the Tea Board of India has already revealed the official dates for harvesting and preparing tea in 2024.This notification was issued well in advance to give tea gardens and factories enough time ...
18 July 2024 The StatesmanRajeev Kumar, the state DGP, who officially assumed charge today after being reinstated on Monday, said there is “zero tolerance” on cases of lynching and advised people to observe Muharram peacefully, stressing on utmost care against using any provocation ...
18 July 2024 The StatesmanCitizens in parts of Kolkata were enthralled to witness a spectacular phenomenon of a perfect rainbow ring or ‘halo’ this morning.The phenomenon occurred at around 10.30 am after the city was lashed by a morning downpour. Several citizens in ...
18 July 2024 The StatesmanA woman was allegedly called to a shalishi (arbitration) meeting and tortured over a family dispute in Sonarpur. The woman claimed she was chained. She also alleged she was beaten and verbally abused.The arbitration sessions are illegal but are ...
18 July 2024 The StatesmanTransport minister Snehasish Chakraborty has informed that after Kolkata, the Yatri Sathi app will be launched in important towns of Asansol and Siliguri too.The Yatri Sathi app, which is a brainchild of state chief minister Mamata Banerjee has become ...
18 July 2024 The StatesmanIn an ideal situation, parents are resource points and emotional pillars, to be utilised to develop the scaffolding of a child’s personality. But in cases, parents with emotionally damaged mindset, could lead adverse results particularly at the backdrop against ...
18 July 2024 The StatesmanBangladesh government has started the renovation work of Museum and Bangladesh Bhavan of Visva-Bharati University in Santiniketan, Birbhum.A four-member high-level delegation from Bangladesh, lead by deputy secretary of ministry of culture, Mohamed Saiful Islam, visited and inspected the museum ...
18 July 2024 The StatesmanPotato items with a plate of rice is considered as a frugal meal in Bengal but in recent times the abnormal hike in the prices of potatoes have made it dearer. Potatoes, which were usually available within Rs 26 ...
18 July 2024 The StatesmanCaptain Brijesh Thapa (27) lost his life during an encounter with terrorists in the mountainous regions of Doda district in Jammu and Kashmir last evening.When this news was broadcasted, residents of Siliguri, Darjeeling, and nearby regions were filled with ...
18 July 2024 The StatesmanWith a view to resolve border issues in a friendly manner, sector commander level meetings between Border Security Force (BSF) and Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) are carried out on a regular basis in the North Bengal Frontier of BSF.Both ...
17 July 2024 The StatesmanA young girl’s body was recovered in the Jaypur police station area of Howrah yesterday. The incident caused a stir after she went missing while watching idol immersion.The family has accused a neighbour of kidnapping, raping, and murdering the ...
17 July 2024 The StatesmanThe diabetes clinic for children set up in state-run hospitals gets national recognition with the ministry of health and family welfare proposes to implement the plan nationally.The TMC in its X-handle wrote: “What Bengal thinks today India thinks tomorrow. ...
16 July 2024 The StatesmanMore and more lightning detectors, lightning arrestors and the extensive use of Damini app only can help reduce lightning fatalities in Bengal, weather scientists and professors of physics with the Burdwan University have prescribed today.East Burdwan, an agricultural district, ...
16 July 2024 The StatesmanPatients with cancer are facing difficulties with their treatment, particularly those who require urgent radiation at North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMC&H). This is due to the unavailability of radioisotopes for several days.It has been brought to attention, ...
16 July 2024 The StatesmanFinally, Arnab Dam, the former Maoist cadre, was included into his ambitious PhD programme for history after his counselling process was completed at the Burdwan University this afternoon.Dam, while getting back into the prison van in front of the ...
16 July 2024 The StatesmanCalcutta Heart Clinic & Hospital has organized a commemorative meeting recently to pay homage and tribute to Dr Kanti Bhusan Baksi, who had passed away last month.Dr Baksi was an eminent personality in the field of cardiology in India. ...
16 July 2024 The StatesmanThe Confederation of Indian Small Tea Growers’ Association (CISTA) has voiced strong opposition to the suggested price sharing formula (PSF) for determining the rate of Green Tea Leaves (GTL).In a letter addressed to Amarendra Singh Bhatia, chairman of the ...
16 July 2024 The StatesmanTrinamul Congress today organized a puja at the site opposite the CESC building on Chittaranjan Avenue where the stage for the Martyrs’ Day meeting scheduled to be held for 21 July will be set up.Police had gunned down 13 ...
16 July 2024 The StatesmanDum Dum MP Saugata Roy today asked party leaders and workers to maintain distance from anti-socials and promoters. Following a nearly 90-minute meeting with local Kamarhati MLA Madan Mitra and Kamarhati chairman Gopal Saha, Roy addressed the media, distancing ...
16 July 2024 The StatesmanUnder Road Safety Week, the rural police and Singur police station today jointly organized a free eye check-up camp, specially for drivers, the traffic police personnel.During the week-long programme, under the banner of Safe Drive Save Life, numerous awareness ...
16 July 2024 The StatesmanThe Kolkata Municipal Corporation has completed the first round of survey on hawkers at various zones in the city. The civic body has been conducting surveys of hawkers at various hawking hubs in different city markets since the past ...
16 July 2024 The StatesmanMembers of Krishi Jomi Jiban Jibika Raksha Committee started an agitation against forcible land grabbing by the land mafia and have set on fire a makeshift thatched office of the land syndicate at Dakshinkhanda in Andal Police Station area ...
15 July 2024 The StatesmanThe day of Rath Yatra is considered auspicious. This day also heralds the beginning of Durga Puja as many organisers indulge in Khunti Puja, planting the first pole for the puja pandal. This year was no different as two ...
15 July 2024 The StatesmanLast Saturday evening, the Serampore MP Mr Kalyan Banerjee inaugurated the newly set up modular operation theater at Mahamaya Shishu o Matri Mangal hospital, a Uttarpara-Kotrung Municipality-run hospital. On the occasion were present the Uttarpara-Kotrung Municipality chairman Mr Dilip ...
15 July 2024 The StatesmanThe BJP is going to observe 21 July as ‘democracy murder day’, Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, announced from his protest stage near Raj Bhavan on Sunday. Under the leadership of party chairperson Mamata ...
15 July 2024 The StatesmanAiming to curb illegal constructions in the city, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation has now shifted its lens towards smaller plots. The civic body is working on plans to allow sanction to buildings of smaller sizes while making norms for ...
15 July 2024 The StatesmanThe body of a fisherman, who went missing while fishing for hilsa was recovered from Jambudwip in South 24-Parganas yesterday. Police said that he had gone out to sea to fish for hilsa. It was there that the accident ...
15 July 2024 The StatesmanIT giant Infosys has started functioning from its offices in New Town from Wednesday. This was announced by the state IT minister, Babul Supriyo. He has congratulated Infosys on the occasion and mentioned that it will fulfil the dream ...
15 July 2024 The StatesmanTaking steps to ensure the safety and security of jewellers and merchants in the iconic Burra Bazar area, the Burra Bazar Jewellers’ Association is launching a comprehensive CCTV surveillance project. Sponsored by KNC Services, a renowned exhibition organiser, this ...
15 July 2024 The StatesmanWest Bengal is headed for an eventful day on July 21 as Trinamool Congress will observe it as ‘Martyrs’ Day’ while the BJP has said they will observe the day as ‘Democracy Slaughter Day’.Trinamool will organise its annual ‘Martyrs’ ...
15 July 2024 The StatesmanThe Border Security Force (BSF) foiled a major infiltration attempt across the India-Bangladesh border, close to the Amudiya border outpost in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Saturday night, an official said on Sunday.A BSF trooper on duty ...
15 July 2024 The StatesmanThe locked room of Matua Thakurbari’s Boro Ma, Binapani Devi has been allegedly broken by the followers of Trinamul Congress Assembly candidate and daughter of Mamata Bala Thakur, Madhuparna Thakur.Her supporters allegedly broke into Boro Ma’s room by breaking ...
14 July 2024 The StatesmanThe Serampore SDO Shambudeep Sarkar, the civic body chairman Giridhari Shaw, the police administration and other concerned officials on Friday conducted a drive against sale and use of single-use plastic items and thermocol.The use of single-use plastic, below 120 ...
14 July 2024 The StatesmanRuling Trinamul Congress won bypolls for all four Assembly seats – Raiganj, Ranaghat Dakshin, Bagdah and Maniktala – on Saturday, making the main opposition BJP weaker again in West Bengal, hardly 38 days after the results of general election ...
14 July 2024 The StatesmanThe Railway Protection Force (RPF) and the Government Railway Police (GRP) arrested Sheikh Laden in connection with the passenger agitation and stone pelting incident at Chinpai station yesterday, under the Asansol division of Eastern Railway.03579 Andal-Saithia MEMU was detained ...
14 July 2024 The StatesmanStudents will soon explore the mystery of amateur radio, courtesy the Ramkrishna Mission that has proposed such a pioneering move.Swami Kamalasthananda, principal, RK Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara stated in a communication to the Indian Academy of Communication and ...
14 July 2024 The StatesmanThe bypoll results today in West Bengal are a clear signal that the ruling party’s efforts to win people’s hearts are bearing fruit.In the 2021 Assembly elections in the state, the saffron party had won 77 seats including the ...
14 July 2024 The StatesmanMany people, including politicians, in the Siliguri, Darjeeling, Kalimpong, and Sikkim region celebrated the 210th Bhanu Jayanti with great enthusiasm.Bhanubhakta Acharya was a highly talented poet during his era. His efforts were instrumental in bringing Nepali literature out of ...
14 July 2024 The StatesmanTwo women drowned while making reels on a riverbank in Andal of West Burdwan district today. One of them was rescued in an unconscious state, another one is still missing.The two women went to Baska Filter House, besides the ...
14 July 2024 The StatesmanHazra Park Durgotsab held their Khuti Puja today on the auspicious Eve of Ulta Rath Yatra to mark the start of Durga Puja proceedings this year at Jatin Das Park (Hazra crossing). Hazra Park Durgotsab is one of the ...
14 July 2024 The StatesmanFrom family disputes to election battles, Madhurparna, a member of the Thakur family and daughter of Trinamul Congress Rajya Sabha MP Mamata Bala Thakur, hit bull’s eye in her first political innings today by securing her win from Bagdah ...
14 July 2024 The StatesmanThe rainy season has always been a time of anticipation and activity in the sal forests of Junglemahal, where the wild edible mushroom Astraeus hygrometricus, locally known as Kurkur Chhattu, flourishes. These mushrooms, thriving in the red laterite regions ...
13 July 2024 The StatesmanIn the past two weeks, about 18 people in West Burdwan district have been infected with dengue, including 12 in Asansol Municipal Corporation area and three in Durgapur Municipal Corporation area.Three other cases are reported from Salanpur, Kanksha and ...
13 July 2024 The StatesmanHave you met or heard about the Mango Seed Man? If you haven’t, it’s time you do.The man, a motivational and business coach, is on a mission to grow mango trees, not by dozens or hundreds, but by crores.Meet ...
13 July 2024 The StatesmanBody of a youth was found lying inside a room on Bright Street in the Karaya police station area on Friday.According to police, the body of one Samser Ali, a resident of Kashiabagan Math in the Karaya area was ...
13 July 2024 The StatesmanA devastating fire broke out in a vest factory on Jessore Road near Nagerbazar in Dum Dum today. Twenty fire engines were pressed into service. The entire area was covered in smoke. According to fire department sources, no workers ...
13 July 2024 The StatesmanThe National Restaurant Association of India released its long-awaited India Food Services Report 2024 (NRAI IFSR 2024) on Thursday in Kolkata. The report along with a special booklet on the food services sector in Kolkata was launched by state’s ...
13 July 2024 The StatesmanKarnataka Tourism recently hosted a highly successful roadshow in the city aiming to engage travel trade professionals from the region.The roadshow served as an excellent platform for Karnataka Tourism to connect with travel agents, tour operators, and other industry ...
13 July 2024 The StatesmanTrinamul Congress leaders are pumping in full effort to make the Martyrs’ Day rally on 21 July a grand success.The police had opened fire to kill youth Congress supporters, who had assembled under Mamata Banerjee, then a youth Congress ...
13 July 2024 The StatesmanThe Tea Board of India has formed a working group to investigate the details of a weather-based crop insurance plan, proposed under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) by the department of agriculture and farmers’ welfare.According to the ...
13 July 2024 The StatesmanSiliguri mayor Goutam Deb has urged the Darjeeling district magistrate to closely monitor the inflated prices of vegetables and other goods in various markets across Siliguri.In a statement to the media, mayor Deb today expressed concern over the artificial ...
13 July 2024 The StatesmanChief minister Mamata Banerjee’s chief adviser Alapan Banerjee today told newspersons that the police had been advised to be more agile and alert in view of the incidents like Ariadaha, North 24-Parganas, which happened in 2021.The mastermind of the ...
13 July 2024 The StatesmanFacing the wrath of the occupants, residents or even outsiders allegedly, the engineers of Kolkata Municipal Corporation have decided to boycott the demolition duties assigned to them by the civic body.The engineers have given a unanimous call for providing ...
13 July 2024 The StatesmanState transport minister Snehasish Chakraborty has stressed upon road safety, increase in tax collection and bringing in transparency in operations of all the check-posts at a high-level meeting with the transport department and other top officials of five south ...
13 July 2024 The StatesmanVeteran Trinamul Congress MP from Dum Dum Saugata Roy received a phone call in which the caller threatened to kill him if the arrested party leader Jayant Singh was not released as soon as possible.Mr Roy has lodged a ...
13 July 2024 The StatesmanAfter chief minister Mamata Banerjee had issued strict directives to check the abnormal hike in prices of vegetables, Serampore SDO Sahbhudeep Sarkar with a task force constituted for the purpose, visited the Seoraphuli wholesale market on Wednesday.The SDO ...
13 July 2024 The StatesmanA prominent group of citizens, led by local merchants, in Matigara of Siliguri has demanded that the Union ministry of road transport and highways modify its plans for the current construction of a flyover as part of the proposed ...
13 July 2024 The StatesmanIn the midst of continuing raids at retail vegetable markets, the East Burdwan zilla parishad yesterday floated a subsidized vending counter in an attempt to stand beside the poor and middle class in Burdwan town.The outlet was opened at ...
13 July 2024 The StatesmanMinister of state for defence Sanjay Seth, emphasized the critical role played by the Eastern Command in safeguarding the nation’s borders and ensuring the safety of its citizens.Mr Seth was visiting Fort William, the headquarters of the Eastern Command ...
12 July 2024 The StatesmanThe alleged mastermind of a robbery at a jewellery shop in Domjur, Howrah was a woman, who was arrested today by Howrah city police from Bihar and brought to the city on a transit remand.At least five persons had ...
12 July 2024 The StatesmanNational Highway 717A has suffered significant damage due to landslides caused by heavy rainfall.Darjeeling MP Raju Bista, accompanied by the general manager of National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation and their technical team, visited various vulnerable areas along this ...
12 July 2024 The StatesmanLand owners have threatened to launch a major agitation and movement against the land acquisition of central public sector Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) at Nituria Block of Purulia district for its upcoming open cast coal mines project.Coal behemoth ECL, ...
11 July 2024 The StatesmanBurdwan-Durgapur MP Kirti Azad Jha held a high-level meeting with the top officials of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) at Durgapur regarding the slow progress of the expansion work of the national highways 19 and other issues.The TMC ...
11 July 2024 The StatesmanBharatiya Janata Party candidate from Bagdah Assembly constituency Binay Kumar Biswas was physically assaulted and his car damaged while he went to a booth at Gadpukuria Siddikia Senior Madrasah.Biswas had received information regarding proxy vote and booth jamming. Trinamul ...
11 July 2024 The StatesmanThe by-election to the Ranaghat South Assembly seat in Nadia witnessed a moderate voter turnout, with 65.37 per cent of the 2.3 lakh electorate casting their votes by 5 pm on Wednesday.Polling was slow in the starting but picked ...
11 July 2024 The StatesmanExcept for a few stray incidents and allegations and counter allegations of booth jamming and false voting, the by-election in four Assembly constituencies passed off peacefully today.By-elections were held in Maniktala, Bagdah, Ranaghat South and Raiganj. The results will ...
11 July 2024 The StatesmanBanamahotsav 2024 will be celebrated throughout West Bengal from 14-20 July. State level programmes will be held at Eden Gardens, Kolkata on 14 July.Today, three tableaus were flagged off at Aranya Bhavan, Kolkata by Niraj Singhal, IPS, principal chief ...
11 July 2024 The StatesmanThe Sikkim Assembly is now without any Opposition following the defection of one MLA from the Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) to the Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM).This comes after the SKM, led by Prem Singh Tamang (Golay), emerged victorious in ...
11 July 2024 The StatesmanAiming to free the encroached government lands, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation has decided to conduct drives for maintaining a record of such properties under the limits of the civic body.The civic body issued a circular yesterday announcing the decision. ...
11 July 2024 The StatesmanThe Kolkata Municipal Corporation has declared the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture as a Grade-I heritage structure and put a blue plaque as a mark of recognition.The huge structure at Gol Park was constructed by Martin Burn Company and ...
11 July 2024 The StatesmanSave the Teesta Movement committee, a group of social activists based in Kalimpong, has begun its second phase of communication with authorities to raise awareness about the current crisis caused by ‘mismanagement’ of the river.The committee has previously sent ...
11 July 2024 The StatesmanChief minister Mamata Banerjee has set a deadline of 10 days to bring down prices of vegetables. At a meeting in state secretariat Nabanna, she directed the state administration and the task force constituted by her to check prices ...
11 July 2024 The StatesmanAfter the central government introduced the Agniveer scheme, there has been considerable debate on the nature of the scheme and the future of the Agniveers, who leave the Indian Army or who die in the line of duty.But the ...
11 July 2024 The StatesmanThe Teesta river, currently swollen from heavy monsoon rains, has begun to engulf large portions of its banks in various areas of Jalpaiguri district since last night.As a result, approximately 36 families in Laltong village in Rajganj block have ...
11 July 2024 The StatesmanRaju Bista, the Member of Parliament from Darjeeling, today visited the Mahanadi area (63 Line) in Kurseong sub-division that was affected by a major landslide on 3 July. This disaster has greatly disrupted the lives of the local residents.MP ...
11 July 2024 The StatesmanAfter the coal scam, Coal India is now perturbed with the desperate pilferage of fund from its exchequer to the tune of several crores in the name of production and dispatch of processed overburden (POB), for which the senior ...
11 July 2024 The StatesmanIn order to improve punctuality by reducing asset failure, the signalling and telecommunications (S&T) department of Eastern Railway has replaced 143 outdated point machines and 60 Kilometre worn-out signalling cables taking the cumulative total to 110 kilometres in June ...
11 July 2024 The StatesmanBuoyed by the Supreme Court order on appointment of vice-chancellors’, members of The Educationists’ Forum in the state today issued a second legal notice to Governor C V Ananda Bose, who is also the chancellor of universities.The legal notice ...
11 July 2024 The StatesmanA motorbike rider was severely beaten up after he tried to take a school girl on his motorcycle at Kathapul in Canning yesterday afternoon. The youth was later handed over to the police. Police said that while returning home ...
10 July 2024 The StatesmanThe National Commission for Women (NCW) today has taken notice of an incident, in which four people were pinning a “woman” down and beating “her”. The video has gone viral. The NCW has demanded an investigation.A report on the ...
10 July 2024 The StatesmanMayor Goutam Deb announced on Tuesday that the Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC) is committed to transforming the town into a zero-waste area.After a meeting with members of the standing committee for solid waste management, mayor Deb revealed that several ...
10 July 2024 The StatesmanHospitals are running out of Factor-VIII and Factor-IX injections required for haemophilia patients.On 28 June, chief medical officer of health (CMOH) of Jhargram district wrote a letter to the state health department at Swasthya Bhaban requesting funds for procurement ...
10 July 2024 The StatesmanWill the BJP be able to retain the three Assembly seats, Ranaghat Dakshin, Bagdah and Raiganj amidst the ruling Trinamul Congress’ electrifying victory, winning 29 out of 42 seats in the recently-held Lok Sabha (LS) polls in West Bengal?Four ...
10 July 2024 The StatesmanChief minister Mamata Banerjee today hit out at the Centre for doing nothing to address the threat of floods in vast areas of north Bengal, which is facing a flood scare due to continuous rains there. In this contest, ...
10 July 2024 The StatesmanThe Bhadreswar Municipality has come up with a positive step to spread awareness on swimming and encourage school children and youth to take up swimming as part of games and sports.The civic body hosted the district age-group swimming championship, ...
10 July 2024 The StatesmanA fully air-conditioned crew lobby, rest rooms, biometric attendance, the crew lobby under the South Eastern Railway at Andul station is equipped with state-of-the-art amenities, claimed the zonal railway officials today.The crew lobbies, as emphasised by the SER ...
10 July 2024 The StatesmanWest Bengal Governor on Monday said that it has sought a report from the office of the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on actions taken by the state government against the Commissioner of Kolkata Police Vineet Kumar Goyal and the ...
10 July 2024 The StatesmanRavi Gandhi, ADG, Border Security Force (BSF), Eastern Command, inspected the progress of construction of a Composite Border Outpost (BOP) at Kakmarichar in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district on Monday.The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has sanctioned the construction of ...
10 July 2024 The StatesmanThe Durga Puja at Serampore RMS Maidan is usually performed under the banner of 5 and 6 Palli Ghosti Babsayi Samity, however Kalyan Banerjee, soon after becoming MP of Serampore extended a helping hand towards the Durga ...
9 July 2024 The Statesman