Addressing a programme organised by the Calcutta Chamber of Commerce in Kolkata, Manmoj Sinha said, “The security situation in Jammu and Kashmir has improved to a large extent than what it was earlier, after the abrogation of Article 370."

The last film to be screened at Roxy was Bhoot Part One: The Haunted Ship.

Mamata Banerjee says open to an alliance with Congress and CPI(M) but the leaders of TMC’s rivals dismiss it as political posturing.

The chief minister says her government has decided to increase the DA despite the scarcity of funds.

The West Bengal Health Department, along with its counterparts from other states, will participate in a Covid-19 review meeting with the Union Health Ministry on Wednesday, the official said.

The city police on Tuesday organised an awareness programme on cybercrime to sensitise more than 20,000 Pronam members (all senior citizens) at P TS Auditorium.

BJP leader Samik Bhattacharya said, "Kunal Ghosh said nothing new. In a party like TMC, Abhishek Banerjee would be the next supremo. Now, Kunal first tell us whether TMC will remain intact after 2025, then we will talk about whether TMC will be in power till 2036 or not."

Uttar Pradesh with 25 victims in 23 incidents and one incident of attempt to acid attack is second on the list, and Madhya Pradesh with 11 victims in seven incidents third.

President Droupadi Murmu congratulated over 3,200 students who received their degrees at the convocation and hoped for better participation of women in the field of science and technology.

With minimum temperatures across the state dipping even lower than 15 degrees Celsius, the condition is ideal for the arrival of such birds in the state in huge numbers, they added.

Ruling party points finger at BJP, CPM

The chief minister made the remarks while talking to media persons at the Netaji Subhash Chandra International Airport in Kolkata, ahead of embarking on a three-day trip to the national capital.

While interacting with reporters at the event, the Governor was also asked about a recent incident where black flags were waved at his convoy by members of the Trinamool Students' Council when he was entering Burdwan University.

On December 12, the families of the three girls approached the local police station, saying they suspect that the girls may have been kidnapped while on their way to school on December 11 morning.

JUTA general secretary Partha Pratim Roy, in a letter to Education Minister Bratya Basu and Governor C V Ananda Bose, said that convocation remains an integral part of a long and glorious tradition of JU and one of the “most cherished” events of students.

A four-member committee has been formed for each of the 47 subjects taught in the higher secondary and whose syllabus will be revised. The Council however felt that apart from these 47 subjects, the vocational subjects need no modification in the syllabus at present.

The Trinamool Congress  however, dismissed the allegation. It again targeted Home Amit Shah over the “security lapse”.

BRIG AJIT Apte (Retd) was speaking during a special programme organised by the Army's Eastern Command in Kolkata on Friday that was attended by delegates from Bangladesh as part of Vijay Diwas celebrations.

Addressing the media in Kolkata, state Cabinet minister Shashi Panja and party spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said the Prime Minister and his government should take responsibility for the incident.

The police also recorded the statement from Lalit’s NGO partner based in Halisahar in North 24 Parganas, with whom he had shared a video of the Parliament security breach, officials said.

Anuj Agarwal, who lives on the fourth floor of the dilapidated Burrabazar building that houses the locked one-room quarters where Jha lived, said, “I knew that he was a tutor but never had any close interaction with him. He used to teach all subjects to children.

In a meeting on Tuesday, the transport department held a meeting with all stakeholders to discuss the modified guidelines for school buses and carpooling services.

While Banerjee hit out at the BJP-led Centre for withholding Bengal's dues, Adhikari asserted that the hill districts would be supporting BJP again the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. 

ED files first chargesheet in case over a month after minister Jyoti Priya Mallick's arrest,