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'No school selected for PPP model yet'

Kolkata, Sept. 21 -- No school has been identified for conversion under the public-private partnership (PPP) model and the West Bengal government has taken no decision to implement it, School Educatio... Read More


AJUP worker Haidar Sheikh held, Humayun Kabir moves ECI

Kolkata, Sept. 21 -- Another worker of the Aam Janata Unnayan Party (AJUP), led by Nowda MLA Humayun Kabir, was arrested on Monday. Haidar Sheikh was arrested over allegations of indecent behaviour in... Read More


HS Sem III 1st day passes off smoothly

Kolkata, Sept. 21 -- The first day of the Higher Secondary Semester III examinations passed off smoothly across West Bengal on Monday, with one student caught carrying a mobile phone at an examination... Read More


'Not yet sure when CM will shift to Writers' Buildings'

Kolkata, Sept. 21 -- State Irrigation and Waterways minister Arup Kumar Das said that he has already started operating from the Writers Building. The work which is underway at the Writers' Building is... Read More


BJP's Sayantan Basu faces protests from SFI, ISF at Bhangar College

Kolkata, Sept. 21 -- Tension broke out at Bhangar Mahavidyalaya on Monday after BJP leader and newly appointed president of the college governing body, Sayantan Basu faced protests during his first vi... Read More


CM heads to Mumbai, Ambani meet on Bengal biz push on itinerary

Kolkata, Sept. 21 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari will meet the Ambanis on Tuesday after being invited to Mumbai to attend the Ganesh Utsav at their residence. However, his flight to M... Read More


Centre backs Bengal's fisheries push, Rs 9 cr for 6 Amrit Sarovar projects

Kolkata, Sept. 21 -- Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday sought stronger Centre-State cooperation to expand Bengal's fisheries sector, while Union Fisheries minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh assured a... Read More


Arrested Cong candidate's wife seeks people's support

Kolkata, Sept. 21 -- With Congress candidate Milan Pradhan in jail ahead of the October 6 Nandigram bypoll, his wife Arpita Pradhan has appealed to voters to support him, while questioning the timing ... Read More


Mamata faction unveils new logo

Kolkata, Sept. 21 -- Mamata All India Trinamool Congress (MAITC) unveiled its new logo featuring its recently allotted footballer symbol ahead of the October 6 bypolls, after the ECI froze its twin-fl... Read More


Mamata seeks urgent hearing in SC over ECI symbol freeze

Kolkata, Sept. 21 -- The now Mamata All India Trinamool Congress (MAITC) leader Mamata Banerjee on Monday sought an urgent hearing in the Supreme Court against the Election Commission's interim decisi... Read More