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Polling largely peaceful in Bengal, voter turnout 73%

Kolkata, May 20 -- In the seven Lok Sabha constituencies in Bengal that voted in the fifth phase, a voter turnout of about 73 per cent was recorded till 5 pm on Monday. As many as 88 candidates, incl... Read More


BJP's Sambit Patra's 'Lord Jagannath is devotee of Modi' remark a 'blasphemy of highest order': TMC

Kolkata, May 20 -- The day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, from an election rally in Bengal, attacked Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee over her comment on a monk of a Bharat Sevash... Read More


Malda: 'Nearly 9L households to get purified drinking water by 2024 end'

Malda, May 20 -- Nearly 9 lakh rural households in Malda will be supplied purified drinking water by the end of 2024. Till now, almost 35 per cent of the households have been connected with this servi... Read More


Death of jumbo by electrocution: Legal proceedings against 2 persons

Alipurduar, May 20 -- The Jaldapara Forest department has asserted that clear evidence was found during the autopsy of an elephant carcass found in a betel nut plantation in Madarihat indicates the ca... Read More


Low production, prices hit North Bengal tea plantations

Alipurduar, May 20 -- Tea Planters Associations have written to the state government urging MNREGA jobs in tea gardens. They have requested a subsidy on electric bills also. More than 300 tea plantati... Read More


Main accused in Jalpaiguri child-trafficking case gets bail after 7 yrs

Jalpaiguri, May 20 -- Chandana Chakraborty, the main accused in the Jalpaiguri child-trafficking case, was granted bail after spending almost 7.5 years in jail. On Monday, the Circuit Bench of the Cal... Read More


'RPF torturing hawkers of NJP Railway Station'

Siliguri, May 20 -- The All Bengal Trinamool Railway Hawkers Union (WBTRHU) affiliated to INTTUC has handed over a memorandum to the Railway Protection Force (RPF) officials alleging RPF excesses on h... Read More


North Bengal Med Hosp takes steps to curb brokering racket

Siliguri, May 20 -- The hospital authorities have taken an initiative to make patients and their families aware of fraud by brokers in North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMCH). The hospital a... Read More


N Dinajpur: Several huts damaged in thunderstorm

Raiganj, May 20 -- Numerous huts were damaged in a thunderstorm coupled with heavy rain that lashed out affecting villages, including Chakulia, Balancha, Balabari and Velaguchi under Goalpokhar-II Blo... Read More


Headmaster's negligence deprives girl students of Kanyashree benefits

Cooch Behar, May 20 -- Approximately 100 girl students at Gitaldaha High School have been deprived of the benefits of the state government's Kanyashree scheme due to the negligence of the school headm... Read More