West Bengal Transport Secretary Saumitra Mohan invited views of the participants and representatives from different organisations for checking and stopping the present practice.

The victim was initially reluctant to utter the abusive language but was forced to do so several times as an extra punishment, the committee reported.

Different university teachers' associations have expressed displeasure at the way the meeting has been convened.

OUTSIDE THE iconic Upasana Griha (prayer hall) on the Visva-Bharati University (VBU) campus in Santiniketan; students, teachers and staff members in traditional white attire took part in a grand procession on Wednesday, a day after the university town in Birbhum district was inscribed on the UNESCO’s World Heritage List. Among those celebrating was Sangit Bhavana […]

Depending on its size and the art work required, a Durga idol with the goddess’s four children and Mahishasura (the bovine demon) can take around two months to complete and is priced between Rs 10,000-2 lakh.

“Suvendu Adhikari was seen taking cash on camera in Narada sting operation. But so far he has not been questioned. No judge gave an order to summon him for questioning,” the Diamond Harbour MP said.

A high-level emergency meeting on the prevailing dengue situation in West Bengal was held at Nabanna, the state secretariat, on Sunday. This comes after a 28-year-old doctor, who was diagnosed with dengue, died in Kolkata on Friday. The meeting, which was held through video conferencing, was attended by senior officials from the state Health Department, […]

The BJP hit out at the TMC-led state government and said it first needs to establish a democratic environment in the state.

According to reports, after Opposition councillors didn't put forward a proposal or question during the session, KMC Mala Roy questioned BJP leaders over their silence.

Meanwhile, a day after former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly shared an update about setting up his third steel plant in Bengal, the state BJP reacted critically about the way “he was pitched to announce” the industrial project abroad, while Ganguly shared dais with the Chief Minister.

Sanket Jain, an independent journalist and documentary photographer from Kolhapur district in Maharashtra, won the second prize in the rural reporting category.

The CID has been investigating the case for three years and arrested five people. However, it could not be found where the deposited money had gone.

Senior TMC leader and West Bengal minister Partha Bhowmik told reporters that the trader was thrashed allegedly by local BJP leaders and workers as he refused to pay for the expenses of Adhikari's meeting in the area.

A team from Bahrain is likely to arrive by September-end to oversee the production and processing of various types of meat in the state, he said.

Chatterjee was a resident of Shaheed Nagar. After he developed fever, he was initially treated at home for around four days, sources said. However, he was subsequently admitted to a private hospital due to low platelet count.

After knowing the names of the members, a search committee of three members will be formed with an equal number of members from each side.

Debmalya Bagchi and one Basanti Das — a local woman from Sanjoal who has been protesting against hooch trade — were arrested on September 6 based on a complaint filed on August 28 evening by a tribal woman.

The remarks by Pradhan come in the wake of an escalating confrontation between the TMC government and the Raj Bhavan over the appointment of vice-chancellors at eight state universities.

In the notice, the former vice-chancellors demanded that the Governor should tender a public apology within 15 days or he would face a legal case. They also sought damage of Rs 50 lakh from him for each of them.

"The BJP has been using CBI and ED to serve its political interests. But they can't force us to surrender before them using central agencies. We have faith in the people.

This is Banerjee's first foreign visit after a gap of five years.

Abhishek, 35, who skipped the coordination committee meeting of the Opposition INDIA bloc in New Delhi, reached the ED's Kolkata office in Salt Lake around 11.30 am. Sources said that ED officials began his questioning at 12.10 and continued close to 9 pm.

After receiving the summons, Samuel issued a video message stating that he would only be able to appear before the CBI if the probe agency arranged for his airfare and accommodation in Kolkata.

This comes a day after two deputy election commissioners held a meeting with all the district magistrates of the state and instructed them on electoral roll revision process, which will commence across the country from November 1.