BALURGHAT, Sept. 2 -- The long-awaited Balurghat-Hili Rail project is finally gathering momentum after years of delay. Sanctioned with a budget of Rs 1,181 crore, the 29-kilometre Railway stretch is s... Read More
BALURGHAT, Sept. 1 -- A farmer from Chandrapur under Balurghat Block lost Rs 30,000 to fraudsters after being tricked over the phone in the name of receiving gas subsidy. The victim, identified as Sur... Read More
BALURGHAT, Aug. 31 -- An Excise department officer accused of driving away two wives earlier was sentenced to life imprisonment for brutally murdering his third wife. After seven years of trial, the ... Read More
BALURGHAT, Aug. 29 -- Balurghat Municipality has organised a week-long theatre festival in memory of renowned dramatist Harimadhab Mukhopadhyay, coinciding with the civic body's 75th anniversary. Mukh... Read More
BALURGHAT, Aug. 28 -- The Border Security Force (BSF) recently repatriated a 14-year-old Bangladeshi boy who had been living in India illegally for nearly ten months after crossing the international b... Read More
BALURGHAT, Aug. 27 -- A dramatic escape from Balurghat's government-run Shubhayan Home ended in swift police action as three runaway juveniles were rescued from Malda. According to police sources, th... Read More
BALURGHAT, Aug. 26 -- Police have arrested a 45-year-old man, Rajjak Sarkar, for allegedly holding voter identity cards of both India and Bangladesh, triggering a major controversy in the border distr... Read More
BALURGHAT, Aug. 25 -- A 22-year-old migrant worker from South Dinajpur has gone missing in Mumbai after reportedly being detained by police at Dadar Railway Station. The missing youth, identified as ... Read More
BALURGHAT, Aug. 24 -- The Bengal government came to the rescue of a migrant worker and his family who found themselves "stranded" in Gujarat under dire circumstances. Krishna Kumar Barman from Patira... Read More
BALURGHAT, Aug. 22 -- Continuous rainfall over the past two weeks has brought renewed hope for jute cultivators across South Dinajpur, as the crucial jute decomposition process gains momentum in all e... Read More