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India's forest health declining despite increase in green cover: IIT study

India, Sept. 17 -- India's green cover may be rising due to afforestation programs across the country but the health of our forests is declining as trees are not being able to properly carry out photo... Read More


Amid buzz about Oct launch, Election Commission trains Bengal poll officials on SIR

India, Sept. 16 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday held a training session for district-level election officers in West Bengal amid speculation that the poll watchdog may begin a Spe... Read More


TMC, BJP take football to win heart of Bengal's youth ahead of 2026 polls

India, Sept. 13 -- Ahead of the 2026 assembly elections in West Bengal, both the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and its arch rival the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are taking football to reach out to... Read More


Kolkata metro: Displaced families' long wait continues

India, Sept. 13 -- Piyali Sen, 35, a former resident of Sakharipara Lane in central Kolkata, still shudders when she remembers the day she helplessly stood and watched portions of her century-old ance... Read More


Body of female student found in pond inside Jadavpur University campus

India, Sept. 12 -- The body of a third-year female student of Jadavpur University (JU) was found in a pond inside the campus late on Thursday night. The victim, Anamika Mondal, 21, was a student of B... Read More


Human trafficking racket busted in Kolkata; nine minor girls, two women rescued

India, Sept. 11 -- The Kolkata Police on Wednesday night busted a human trafficking racket, and rescued nine girls and two women from a house in north Kolkata, where they were allegedly forced into th... Read More


Tourists from Bengal stranded in Nepal will be rescued soon: Mamata Banerjee

India, Sept. 10 -- West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said on Wednesday that tourists from the state stranded in Nepal amid widespread protests would be rescued within a day or two. "Many tou... Read More


Bengal recruitment case: 3.19 lakh candidates to take fresh exam on Sunday

India, Sept. 6 -- Around 3.19 lakh candidates are likely to take the fresh teacher recruitment exam on Sunday, which is being held on the orders of the Supreme Court. Teacher recruitment exam was last... Read More


Bengal minister surrenders before court in recruitment case; granted bail

India, Sept. 6 -- West Bengal correctional services minister Chandranath Sinha surrendered before a court in Kolkata on Saturday in connection with the multi-crore recruitment case in the state. The ... Read More


Bengal: Couple lynched over suspicion of murdering neighbor's son in Nadia

India, Sept. 6 -- A couple was lynched in West Bengal's Nadia district over suspicion of abducting and murdering a neighbor's eight-year-old son on Saturday morning, police said. The child, a student... Read More