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  • Bengal LoP accuses police of illegally entering Bankura BJP office in the night

    The Leader of Opposition (LoP) in West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Sunday accused the state police of sneaking into the BJP’s party office in Bankura district like “thieves and dacoits” and attempting “to break the gate and barge ...

    16 June 2025 The Statesman
    Only Mamata Banerjee’s photos to be used at TMC’s Martyrs’ Day programme this year

    Trinamool Congress leadership, on Saturday, gave clear instructions to the leaders in all ranks to refrain from using pictures of any party leader other than West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the programme on the party’s annual Martyrs’ ...

    16 June 2025 The Statesman
    CV beaten assaulted in Amta

    Hardly two weeks after the Trinamul Congress leader Anubrata Mondal abused Liton Halder, inspector-in-charge of Bolpur police station (PS) in Birbhum district, and his family members verbally over phone during the end of May, a group of workers allegedly ...

    15 June 2025 The Statesman
    City meet sets agenda for TMC’s 21 July rally

    Trinamul Congress will start campaigning for the 2026 Assembly election from the Martyrs’ Day rally on 21 July.A high-level meeting on the preparedness for the rally was held today. It was presided over by Sudip Bandyopadhyay, party’s senior leader ...

    15 June 2025 The Statesman
    Rare Tree blooms after 17 years, Balagarh college celebrates

    The National Service Scheme (NSS) unit of Balagarh Bijoy Krishna Mahavidyalaya has been planting rare species of trees on its campus since its inception. In 2007, professor Dilip Kumar Chatterjee, programme officer of the NSS, planted a sapling of ...

    15 June 2025 The Statesman
    Kaliganj by-poll heats up: 62 ‘danger booths’ under scanner as central forces move in

    The sleepy lanes of Kaliganj are bracing for a high-stakes showdown. Once considered a low-profile seat with little history of poll-related unrest, this quiet Assembly segment in Nadia district has now turned into an electoral pressure cooker — with ...

    15 June 2025 The Statesman
    Housewife rescued from organ traffickers hangs self

    A housewife rescued from the clutches of an organ transplant racket hanged herself at her husband’s house within 24 hours this morning. Saraswati Mondal Sen (27) of Tamaghata in Purbasthali PS area had fallen victim of a facebook love ...

    15 June 2025 The Statesman
    Asansol MP seeks high-level probe into plane crash

    Asansol MP Shatrughan Sinha has urged for a detailed high-level investigation in the Air India Ahmedabad – Gatwick Boeing plane crash on Thursday.Speaking at a programme in steel township of Burnpur, Shatrughan Sinha said that it is a matter ...

    15 June 2025 The Statesman
    Two industrial plants gutted in fire

    A devastating fire broke out at two separate locations in East Burdwan last night. In one incident, four individuals, including the owner, sustained burn injuries and were rushed to hospital.At a confectionery outlet in Seharabazar, Khandaghosh, a fire erupted ...

    15 June 2025 The Statesman
    6 nabbed for injuring minister’s husband in Bankura

    Khatra police station in Bankura district has arrested six BJP supporters for allegedly assaulting Tuhin Mandi, husband of Jyotsna Mandi, the state food and supplies minister.The incident occurred yesterday evening when Mr Mandi had gone to Khatra Bazar for ...

    15 June 2025 The Statesman
    83 male passengers in ladies special train detained

    A total of 83 unauthorised male passengers found travelling in the ladies special train and coaches reserved for women passengers were apprehended by the Eastern Railway security personnel on a single day by the Eastern Railway security personnel.The detection ...

    15 June 2025 The Statesman
    Petitioners get HC nod to take part in recruitment process

    Calcutta High Court today granted permission to about 150 petitioners to take part in the recruitment process for about 11, 000 vacant posts up for grabs for primary teachers for 2022 TET.The single Bench of Justice Sougata Bhattacharya, granted ...

    15 June 2025 The Statesman
    Engine failure most likely cause: Senior flight instructor

    As the aviation experts try to speculate the reason for the unfortunate Dreamliner air disaster and the technicians decipher the black box details, a pilot, who had trained in USA and worked there as a flight instructor before taking ...

    15 June 2025 The Statesman
    After CRPF, CISF DIG visits closed Hindustan Cables

    Following the visit of a DIG-rank officer from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), a deputy inspector general of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has now inspected the closed factory of Hindustan Cables Limited (HCL) in Rupnarayanpur, located in ...

    14 June 2025 The Statesman
    BJP demands central forces for Kaliganj bypoll, slams state police

    The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday, urged the West Bengal State Election Commission to bar deployment of state police during the upcoming Kaliganj Assembly bypoll scheduled for 19 June, alleging political bias and voter intimidation by the forces. ...

    14 June 2025 The Statesman
    Children of brick kiln workers get better lives

    The volunteers of National Service Scheme (NSS) at Balagarh Bijoy Krishna Mahavidyalaya, under the leadership of programme officer professor Partha Chatterjee, have been working relentlessly since 2021 for the upliftment of children belonging to migratory brick kiln workers. Their ...

    14 June 2025 The Statesman
    Overcast skies and light rain likely in city

    A mostly cloudy sky is expected to hover over Kolkata and its adjoining suburban areas today, according to the latest weather bulletin from the Alipore Meteorological Department. The forecast indicates the possibility of light to moderate rain, accompanied by ...

    14 June 2025 The Statesman
    HC reserves verdict on petition challenging govt stipend for non-teaching staff

    The Calcutta High Court on Friday concluded the hearing on a petition challenging the West Bengal government notification for a monthly stipend to be paid to non-teaching staff, under group-C and group-D categories, who lost their jobs in state-run ...

    14 June 2025 The Statesman
    BJP using central agencies as pawns: Ex-MP Abhijit Mukherjee

    Under the blistering sun, riding an open jeep through dusty village roads, Abhijit Mukherjee, son of former President Pranab Mukherjee, unleashed a political broadside that sliced through party lines and raised eyebrows across the spectrum. Campaigning for the Congress ...

    14 June 2025 The Statesman
    Asansol div ensures safe travel for passengers, ladies in coaches

    The Asansol Division of Eastern Railway has stepped up its efforts to curb unauthorised travel in ladies and divyangjan coaches, reinforcing its aim to ensure a safe, dignified, and inclusive travel environment.These coaches, reserved exclusively for women and divyangjan ...

    14 June 2025 The Statesman
    Man fatally stabbed in central Kolkata, attacker on the run

    A man was fatally stabbed and a teenager critically injured in a knife attack in Kolkata’s Beninandan Street area under Kalighat police station on Friday afternoon.Police suspect it to be a fallout of a heated altercation involving a local ...

    14 June 2025 The Statesman
    All flights between Kolkata and Ahmedabad cancelled

    An Ahmedabad-bound flight from Kolkata was forced to return mid-air on Wednesday afternoon after the runway at Ahmedabad airport was abruptly closed following an Air India aircraft incident, airport officials confirmed. IndiGo flight 6E 318, operated by an Airbus ...

    14 June 2025 The Statesman
    Porn racket kingpin attacked during court appearance

    Shweta Khan, the alleged mastermind behind a pornography and sex trafficking racket, faced public fury when she was produced before the Howrah court on Thursday. In a dramatic turn of events, few women from the crowd slapped Khan and ...

    14 June 2025 The Statesman
    Mamata writes to Modi to take up destruction at Tagore’s house in B’desh

    Chief minister Mamata Banerjee has expressed her “deepest anguish” over the incident of vandalisation involving Rabindranath Tagore’s house in Sirajganj, Bangladesh.She has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to take up the matter “very strongly” ...

    14 June 2025 The Statesman
    Landslide in N Sikkim: Army recovers mortal remains of sepoy Sunilal Muchahary

    After nine days of relentless search operations in treacherous terrain and adverse weather conditions, the Indian Army recovered the mortal remains of Sepoy Sunilal Muchahary of The Madras Regiment, who made the supreme sacrifice during the catastrophic landslide at ...

    13 June 2025 The Statesman
    40 held in Maheshtala incident, cops recover 10kg bomb-making material

    The police arrested Nabin Chandra Roy, an active BJP- RSS worker along with four others, who were carrying bomb making ingredients last night.The police said they had intercepted three motorcycles and caught the youths travelling on them. The youths ...

    13 June 2025 The Statesman
    College hosts seminar on frontiers in astrophysics and cosmology

    St. Joseph’s College organised a one-day seminar on frontiers in astrophysics and cosmology today, bringing together renowned scholars and young researchers to explore cutting-edge developments in the field.The first session featured distinguished talks by professor Naresh Dadhich and professor ...

    13 June 2025 The Statesman
    WBPDCL chairman inspects Deucha Pachami ahead of CM’s visit

    P B Salim, chairman of the West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited (WBPDCL), visited the Deucha Pachami coal mining project in Birbhum district on Wednesday to inspect the ongoing excavation work.Sources indicated that chief minister Mamata Banerjee is expected ...

    13 June 2025 The Statesman
    Turning sewage into a solution: IIT Kharagpur team wins national honour

    In a world racing against water scarcity, a team of young minds from IIT Kharagpur has turned a waste problem into a game-changing solution, and captured the nation’s attention. With an audacious idea that transforms raw sewage into a ...

    13 June 2025 The Statesman
    TMC condemns Tagore’s house ransacking in B’desh

    Trinamul Congress has urged the Centre to immediately take up the matter with the Bangladesh government and arrest those who are involved with the ransacking of Rabindranath Tagore’s house in Sirajganj.Some unknown person had vandalised Tagore’s house last night. ...

    13 June 2025 The Statesman
    Structures, objects pose threat to flight ops at Kolkata airport

    Hours after the Air India flight bound for London’s Gatwick airport with 242 passengers onboard crashed shortly after take-off from Ahmedabad on Thursday afternoon, questions in connection with safety and security, mainly during take-off and landing of flights at ...

    13 June 2025 The Statesman
    KNI Airport: ADDA restricts high-rise buildings after DGCA ban

    In light of increasing urbanisation on farmlands surrounding the Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport, the West Burdwan district authorities, in collaboration with the country’s pioneering Aerotropolis project, have initiated a month-wise survey to identify and address potentially hazardous constructions that ...

    13 June 2025 The Statesman
    Kailash Mansarovar Yatra via Nathu La set to resume from 15 June

    The sacred Kailash Mansarovar Yatra through the Nathu La route in Sikkim is set to resume, with the first batch of 50 pilgrims scheduled to arrive in Gangtok on 15 June. This marks the revival of one of the ...

    13 June 2025 The Statesman
    City to get 200 clean-fuel AC CNG buses of Durga Puja

    Kolkata for the first time is all set to get around 200 clean-fuel AC CNG buses ahead of the Durga Puja in September.Three automobile manufacturing giants – Tata Motors, Ashok Leyland and Eicher – have been selected through a ...

    13 June 2025 The Statesman
    TMC attacks centre on rail arrangements for BSF troops

    The Trinamul Congress strongly criticised the BJP government on Wednesday over its failure to provide basic transport infrastructure to security personnel deployed for the Amarnath Yatra. The party highlighted how over 1,200 Border Security Force (BSF) jawans were forced ...

    13 June 2025 The Statesman
    NIT, IIT Roorkee sign MoU to boost cyber-physical systems innovation

    In a significant step towards fostering innovation and entrepreneurship in cyber-physical systems (CPS), the National Institute of Technology Durgapur (NIT Durgapur) and iHUB DivyaSampark, Technology Innovation Hub, IIT Roorkee, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to formalise collaboration on ...

    12 June 2025 The Statesman
    Cuffs on Bongaon resident for running fake clinics

    Pradip Paul, a resident of Bongaon, has been arrested by Kolkata Police yesterday for operating multiple fake clinics falsely claiming association with the late Dr Prasanta Banerji and Dr Pratip Banerji, pioneers of modern homeopathy.Paul, who allegedly has no ...

    12 June 2025 The Statesman
    New ray of hope for bus owners & operators

    With around 1,200 buses awaiting a decision on their fate, transport owners and operators are seeing a new ray of hope amid clouds of uncertainty.The bus owners’ and operators bodies named City Suburban Bus Service, All Bengal Bus MiniBus ...

    12 June 2025 The Statesman
    Girl abuse case: NCW demands stern action from DGP

    National Commission for Women (NCW) has issued a formal notice to West Bengal’s director general of police (DGP) Rajeev Kumar, demanding an “Action Taken Report” within three days in connection with the alleged abduction and brutal abuse of a ...

    12 June 2025 The Statesman
    Professor arrested after molest allegation by female doc

    The Bankura Government Railway Police (GRP) arrested Professor Suman Pal, an assistant professor in the department of geography at Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, on charges of allegedly molesting a woman doctor aboard a moving train on the night of 26 May.The ...

    12 June 2025 The Statesman
    Porn racket & assault case: Shweta’s son, daughter arrested

    West Bengal police on Wednesday arrested Shweta’s son Aryan in porn racket and Howrah woman assault case. Police also detained the mother of Shweta Khan, the prime accused in the same case. Five days after he went missing, Aryan ...

    12 June 2025 The Statesman
    Mamata’s pat to students for success in PLANCKS

    Chief minister Mamata Banerjee has congratulated undergrad students who have achieved success at the prestigious physics competition in Barcelona, Spain.She wrote in X handle: “Congratulations to the young Indians/Bengalis who have made us proud in the world forum by ...

    12 June 2025 The Statesman
    Bikes torched, policemen hurt in clashes at Maheshtala

    Violent clashes erupted in the city’s south outskirt Maheshtala on Wednesday as two local groups came to blows over setting up roadside shops, turning the Rabindranagar area into a virtual war zone. Several houses were vandalised, and a motorbike ...

    12 June 2025 The Statesman
    74-year-old man dies of Covid-related symptoms

    There is one more death in the state related to Covid-19 on Tuesday, shooting the death toll to three this year since January in West Bengal.The health department is yet to release official figures of the Covid-19 affected patients ...

    12 June 2025 The Statesman
    Centre pushes for border fencing in Nadia but delays fuel infiltration

    After nearly a decade of delay, the Centre has finally stepped in to fast-track the long-overdue fencing along the highly vulnerable stretches of the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal’s Nadia district. Despite land acquisitions beginning as far back as ...

    11 June 2025 The Statesman
    Thieves decamp with cash, ornaments worth Rs 1.25 cr

    Thieves looted cash, gold and diamond ornaments amounting around Rs 1.25 crore from a house, hardly 300 metres away from the Ultadanga police station area on Tuesday.The police are yet to trace the criminals or recover the cash and ...

    11 June 2025 The Statesman
    Historic Nemai Tirtha Ghat to be renovated before Shravani Mela

    Lakhs of devotees from across West Bengal and neighbouring states participate in the annual Shravani Mela, collecting holy Ganga water from 14 river ghats in Baidyabati. They then walk over 30 kilometres on foot to the Tarkeswar Shiva temple ...

    11 June 2025 The Statesman
    Union minister Bhupender slams TMC’s governance in Bengal

    Union minister for environment, forest and climate change, Bhupender Yadav criticised West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee government on Tuesday, saying the state’s situation is dire, with rampant poverty and poor infrastructure.Mr Yadav mentioned that the Sandeshekhali incident will ...

    11 June 2025 The Statesman
    Digha Jagannath temple prepares for grand ‘snan yatra’

    The coastal town of Digha in West Bengal is abuzz with religious fervour as preparations are underway for the grand Snan Yatra of Lord Jagannath on Wednesday, 11 June. The event, which marks the ceremonial bathing of Lord Jagannath, ...

    11 June 2025 The Statesman
    National recognition for Narendrapur school

    Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya Narendrapur has been awarded Eat Right School by the Food Safety and Standard Authority of India, under the ministry of health and family welfare.The certificate is valid from November 2024 to November 2026.AdvertisementThe award has been ...

    11 June 2025 The Statesman
    Mamata to pull chariot at Digha’s Rath Yatra

    Chief minister Mamata Banerjee will be present at the Rath Yatra festival at Jagannath temple in Digha on 27 June.She will not take part in Rath Yatra on 5 July.AdvertisementSnan Yatra will start tomorrow on 11 June. The devotees ...

    11 June 2025 The Statesman
    Monsoon stalled: South Bengal awaits rains

    While monsoon rains have already made a premature entry into several parts of India, South Bengal continues to wait for its share of seasonal showers. Weather scientists anticipate thunderstorms and isolated rain over Gangetic West Bengal from Wednesday to ...

    11 June 2025 The Statesman
    Sabyasachi Dutta gets new responsibility in Barasat

    Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation chairman Sabyasachi Dutta was made Trinamul Congress’ Barasat organisational district chairperson on Monday.The Ward 31 councillor, who is also the party’s West Bengal secretary, has to travel across districts for party work. It probably explains the ...

    11 June 2025 The Statesman
    Two miscreants arrested for brawl at night

    Coke Oven police station, under Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate (ADPC) of West Burdwan district has arrested two persons for antisocial activities inside a park at night.Subir Sarkar, a resident of ward 41 of DMC in Mahananda Pally has alleged ...

    11 June 2025 The Statesman
    Doctor & protest leader found dead at Kolkata home

    A prominent paediatrician and activist, who led protests following the 2019 RG Kar Medical College incident, was found dead at his residence in the Behala area of south Kolkata on Sunday night, police said.Dr Pralay Basu, 49, a senior ...

    11 June 2025 The Statesman
    Dumper loaded with coal vanishes, reappears with stone

    Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) has lodged a First Information Report (FIR) at Sripur police outpost under Jamuria police station, alleging that a dumper truck loaded with coal went missing and was later found carrying stone. The incident at the ...

    11 June 2025 The Statesman
    Blast at iron factory kills one, 11 hurt

    A truck driver was burnt to death and eleven labourers sustained severe burn injuries after a boiler exploded at a privately-owned sponge iron factory in an industrial park near Burdwan town this afternoon.The injured workers were immediately taken to ...

    11 June 2025 The Statesman
    TMC MP Saket Gokhale issues public apology to former diplomat Lakshmi Puri over defamatory tweets

    Trinamool Congress MP Saket Gokhale on Tuesday issued a public apology to former diplomat Lakshmi Puri, wife of Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, for making defamatory tweets about her purchase of property abroad in 2021.Gokhale’s tweets were deemed “unverified ...

    11 June 2025 The Statesman
    Griffins school hosts FIDE rated rapid chess championship

    Griffins International School, Kharagpur, proudly hosted the prestigious FIDE Rated Rapid Chess Championship 2025 on the 7-8 June, setting a remarkable milestone in the chess circuit of West Bengal. With an overwhelming participation of 493 players from various schools ...

    10 June 2025 The Statesman
    Hot & sultry, city awaits monsoons expected around 12 June

    A brief spell of scattered rainfall on Sunday brought temporary relief to parts of coastal south Bengal, but the respite was short-lived. Temperatures are set to rise again across the region, accompanied by oppressive humidity in coastal and adjacent ...

    10 June 2025 The Statesman
    Privilege medical card for senior citizens

    The HP Ghosh Hospital, a multi-speciality hospital at Salt Lake, today launched a unique scheme involving doctors at doorstep through a health card named, “Snehobondhon” for the senior citizens of the city.Commenting on the significance of the card and ...

    10 June 2025 The Statesman
    Lookout for actor to play Jyoti Basu in ex-CM’s biopic

    In a bid to celebrate 60 years of formation of the party, CPI-M is going to produce a biopic on former chief minister Jyoti Basu.The party was set up in 1964 with nine politburo members. P Sundarayya was the ...

    10 June 2025 The Statesman
    Clean and green initiative at Ballygunge station

    Ballygunge railway station, a vital transit hub in Kolkata, has undergone a significant transformation into a clean and green area at its second entry point near the new booking office side which was previously littered and encroached. According to ...

    10 June 2025 The Statesman
    KMC doctors profess prevention against malaria, dengue

    With fears of Covid resurgence and the southwest monsoons knocking at the door, health experts at Kolkata Municipal Corporation are asserting strict dengue-malaria preventive measures to be followed by the citizens in the prevailing situation.The state health department is ...

    10 June 2025 The Statesman
    Murali Dhar appointed Barrackpore top cop

    In a swift reshuffle, Murali Dhar, former chief of Kolkata Police’s detective department, has been appointed the new police commissioner of Barrackpore, replacing Ajay Thakur. This is the seventh change in the post since 2019, reflecting continued administrative flux ...

    10 June 2025 The Statesman
    Body of missing Army soldier recovered eight days after landslide

    After eight relentless days of search and rescue operations, the body of Sepoy Sainudheen PK, one of six Army personnel reported missing in a massive landslide, was recovered from the debris in Chaten, North Sikkim.The tragic incident occurred on ...

    10 June 2025 The Statesman
    Traders protest against drug menace, citizen outreach measures by cops

    Traders in Debidanga, under the Siliguri Police Commissionerate, observed a complete bandh today in protest against the growing drug menace and the illegal narcotics trade in the area. The shutdown followed a violent incident on Sunday night when a ...

    10 June 2025 The Statesman
    TMC women leaders criticise Suvendu for offending women

    Trinamul Congress women leaders demanded resignation and unconditional apology by Suvendu Adhikari, leader for making derogatory statements against the women of the state.Adhikari during his speech delivered at Sandeshkhali on Sunday urged the women not sell their sankha and ...

    10 June 2025 The Statesman
    Adhikari seeks NIA action against TMC MLA over remarks on Pahalgam terror attack

    Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly Suvendu Adhikari, has demanded today that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) must inquire Trinamul Congress (TMC) legislator Narendranath Chakraborty over his recent remarks concerning the 22 April Pahalgam terror attack. ...

    10 June 2025 The Statesman
    Scattered thunderstorms in south Bengal, no respite from heat soon: Met

    Scattered thunderstorms, accompanied by lightning and gusty winds are expected across Kolkata and other parts of south Bengal on Saturday, the regional weather office in Alipore said. However, despite brief spells of rain, temperatures are set to rise by ...

    10 June 2025 The Statesman
    Entry ban on tourists in Sundarbans tiger reserve for 3 months

    The forest department has imposed a complete ban on tourists into the Sundarbans Tiger Reserve area from 15 June to 15 September for the third consecutive year, citing wildlife breeding concerns.Officials said the prohibition coincides with the peak mating ...

    10 June 2025 The Statesman
    BJP irked over Operation Sindoor’s omission in draft motion to be placed in Bengal Assembly

    The West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unit, on Sunday, criticised the omission of the term ‘Operation Sindoor’ in the draft motion to be moved for discussion in the Assembly this week “to condemn the killing of 26 tourists ...

    9 June 2025 The Statesman
    Security in 7 Bengal districts on high alert over Bangladesh-based JMB’s plans for modules

    Security and intelligence networks, both by Central and state agencies, are on high alert following intelligence inputs about plans of Bangladesh-based fundamentalist group Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to set up modules in minority-dominated pockets in seven districts of West Bengal.Sources ...

    9 June 2025 The Statesman
    Bengal govt directs DMs to complete process of land handover to BSF at earliest

    Amid the continuing border crisis with Bangladesh, the West Bengal government has started the process of handover 356 acres of land to the Border Security Force (BSF) at the earliest so that the border guarding force can immediately start ...

    9 June 2025 The Statesman
    Air evacuation from Chaten concludes, relief efforts continue

    The coordinated air evacuation operation from Chaten concluded on Saturday morning with the final sortie of MI-17 helicopters transporting army personnel to Pakyong Greenfield Airport, officials from the information and public relations (IPR) department confirmed.A total of 76 army ...

    9 June 2025 The Statesman
    MLA urges urgent action on rising road mishap cases

    Road accidents in the Arambagh sub-division have become alarmingly frequent, claiming precious lives and leaving many victims bedridden with permanent disabilities.  Khanakul BJP MLA Susanta Ghosh has raised concerns over the increasing number of road mishaps, particularly in the ...

    9 June 2025 The Statesman
    Awareness event on menstrual health

    An NGO, Kindle organised a menstrual health awareness event on Saturday at the Sabuj Sangha Club, Sodepur, Kolkata. The campaign was more than just an awareness drive – it was a movement to motivate underprivileged young girls with the ...

    9 June 2025 The Statesman
    HC asks Kunal Ghosh to appear in person on 16 June

    The Calcutta High Court has served a show-cause notice in connection with a contempt of court case to Trinamul Congress leader Kunal Ghosh.The notice has been handed over to Mr Ghosh through Narkeldanga police station.AdvertisementAccording to sources, the HC ...

    9 June 2025 The Statesman
    Mysterious drowning of expert swimmer

    Surender Sahani (50), a well-known swimmer from Chinsurah Bara Bazar, who had saved many lives from drowning, tragically lost his own life today while bathing at the old launch ghat. He mysteriously drowned in the depths of the river.  ...

    9 June 2025 The Statesman
    Plastic diet: Study reveals mussels in Bengal laced with microplastics

    A silent crisis is unfolding in the rivers of West Bengal—freshwater mussels, once considered a cheap and nutritious protein source for rural communities, are now laced with microplastics. A landmark scientific study has uncovered widespread contamination in lamellidens marginalis, ...

    8 June 2025 The Statesman
    Hooghly college remembers inventor of Kala-Azar medicine

    The authorities of Hooghly Mohsin College organised a national seminar to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Upendranath Brahmachari, the inventor of the Kala-azar medicine Urea Stibamine.  During his student years, Upendranath lived in Thakurgali, Maheshtala, and Chuchura. He ...

    8 June 2025 The Statesman
    Meeting explores renewal energy options

    A high-level meeting on agri voltaics in tea gardens was held in the city.The meeting was presided over by Barun Roy, additional chief secretary, department of non-conventional and renewable energy, sources at Bilakpa Shakti Bhavan in Sector V said.AdvertisementIt ...

    8 June 2025 The Statesman
    Conclave explores defence sector-SAIL collaboration

    SAIL’s Alloy Steels Plant (ASP) in Durgapur organised the ‘Defence Customer Conclave 2025’ Thursday, aiming to strengthen long-term strategic collaboration between SAIL and defence public sector undertakings (DPSUs).  Senior ASP officials stated: “The conclave has been organised to engage ...

    8 June 2025 The Statesman
    Civic volunteer dies after being hit by toto

    A 51-year-old woman civic volunteer (CV) of Kolkata Police (KP) died after being hit by a toto in front of the state secretariat, Nabanna, on Saturday afternoon.Police have arrested the toto driver for rash driving and detained four passengers ...

    8 June 2025 The Statesman
    Panihati woman alleges abduction, assault

    A 23-year-old woman from Panihati in North 24-Parganas, has accused a man of abducting and subjecting her to severe physical and psychological abuse under the false promise of employment in an event management company. Police have registered a case ...

    8 June 2025 The Statesman
    TMC promises Jagannath temple prasad to every household

    The state government will send mahaprasad to every household in the state irrespective of religion, caste or creed, Indranil Sen, state minister for information and cultural affairs said today.He said the distribution process will start soon. It may be ...

    8 June 2025 The Statesman
    Kolkata FF Lottery Results for June 7, 2025: No fatafat draws today, here’s why!

    For regular players of Kolkata FF or Fatafat, today came with a bit of a surprise, there were no games held on Saturday, June 7, 2025.That’s right, the popular fast-paced lottery game took a break, and no results were ...

    8 June 2025 The Statesman
    Dead woman referred to govt hospital in Lalbagh, probe launched

    There was anger at a private nursing home in Lalbagh, Murshidabad, on Friday after a deceased woman was allegedly referred to a government hospital along with her newborn, sparking allegations of medical negligence. Police said the woman had delivered ...

    7 June 2025 The Statesman
    Ten-day environmental awareness drive

    Marking World Environment Day, the National Service Scheme (NSS) has launched a ten-day environmental awareness programme, which will continue until 14 June 2025.The programme was formally inaugurated by Biren Biswas, president of the governing body of Bijoy Krishna Mahavidyalaya, ...

    7 June 2025 The Statesman
    Post-renovation Mahesh Jagannath temple tries to its splendour

    More than six-century-old Mahesh Jagannath Temple has undergone renovation and beautification. Additional construction has also been done to provide basic amenities to devotees.The temple’s main sebayet (servitor), Soumen Adhikari, said that centuries ago, the Mahesh Jagannath Temple was adorned ...

    7 June 2025 The Statesman
    3 of family attempt suicide in Chandannagar, 1 dead

    Locals in the Baidyapota area of Chandannagar, noticing something unusual at the Das residence, alerted the police. Upon arrival, police discovered all three members of the family — Akendranath Das (87), Sunita Das (83), and Sarmistha Das (43) — ...

    7 June 2025 The Statesman
    Railways launch green drive on Environment Day

    Eastern Railway and South Eastern Railway observed World Environment Day today. Adding a technological edge to the observance, Mr Milind Deouskar and Mrs Seema Deouskar flagged off a mobile awareness van titled “Dhatri Sathi on Wheels”, developed in collaboration ...

    7 June 2025 The Statesman
    TMC leader Kunal set to debut on silver screen

    Kunal Ghosh, Trinamul Congress leader will soon be acting in a feature film.Ghosh will be acting as one of the main characters. State education minister and theatre personality Bratya Basu and Rituparna Sengupta will also be playing pivotal roles ...

    7 June 2025 The Statesman
    Undocumented Bangladeshis make desperate bid to return home

    As diplomatic tensions simmer between India and Bangladesh following a political shift in Dhaka, a silent exodus has begun from the margins of India’s informal workforce. With mounting pressure from police crackdowns and identity checks, undocumented Bangladeshi nationals — ...

    7 June 2025 The Statesman
    Trinamul Mahila Congress to protest on streets against slander

    Trinamul Mahila Congress will take out rallies all over the city to protest against the canard spread by the BJP, Left parties and Congress against Mamata Banerjee.The date of the rally will be announced soon. The main rally will ...

    7 June 2025 The Statesman
    PM has zero concerns for the victims of Pakistani shelling: TMC

    While the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi is at Jammu, the Trinamul Congress has criticised the PM for not thinking about the tourists, who were gunned down by Pakistan-based terrorists last month.Trinamul MP in the Rajya Sabha Saket Gokhale wrote ...

    7 June 2025 The Statesman
    Senior NBMCH doctor tests Covid positive

    Covid-19 appears to be making a resurgence in North Bengal. A senior doctor from the physiology department of north Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMCH) has tested positive for the virus and has been placed under home quarantine. His ...

    7 June 2025 The Statesman
    With fresh 106 Covid cases Bengal third in India with caseloads

    With reports of fresh 106 Covid-19 positive patients during the past 24 hours, West Bengal on Thursday secured third positions after Kerala and Delhi in terms of novel coronavirus-affected cases across the country.With these new cases, West Bengal recorded ...

    7 June 2025 The Statesman
    Chandrima Bhattacharya talks of plastic menace in cities

    Chandrima Bhattacharya, state minister for finance urged the people to create awareness on the plastic campaign.She took part in a programme to celebrate the World Environment Day at the Biswa Bangla Convention Centre this morning. The programme was organised ...

    7 June 2025 The Statesman
    Board promotes use of jute as natural fibre

    On the eve of World Environment Day, the National Jute Board continues to steadfastly promote the use of jute and jute diversified products for day-to-day use.Jute is a durable natural fibre used in a wide range of applications, from ...

    7 June 2025 The Statesman
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