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Trinamool 's absence fuels Nandigram bypoll speculation

Kolkata, Sept. 8 -- With the Election Commission announcing the schedule for the Nandigram Assembly bypoll, political activity has intensified in East Midnapore. The polling is scheduled for October 6... Read More


KMC election: BJP sounds civic poll bugle with strategy meet

Kolkata, Sept. 8 -- Bengal BJP has started preparations for the forthcoming KMC elections with senior BJP leader and Union minister Sukanta Majumdar holding a strategy meeting at Beliaghata. The stra... Read More


ED flags Rs 60cr irregularities linked to Nadimul Haque

Kolkata, Sept. 8 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has detected alleged financial irregularities of around Rs 60 crore following a 24-hour search operation at multiple properties linked to TMC Rajya... Read More


English Bazar civic body chief likely to resign over funds crisis

Malda, Sept. 8 -- English Bazar Municipality Chairman Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury is likely to resign from his post on September 9, citing the civic body's worsening financial condition and difficult... Read More


Rabindra Bhavan in Gangarampur soon to get Rs 10-crore revamp

Balurghat, Sept. 8 -- Gangarampur's Rabindra Bhavan auditorium in South Dinajpur district, which has remained in a dilapidated condition for years, is set for a major facelift following the Chief Mini... Read More


Small tea growers of Jalpaiguri seek leaf plucking till December 31

Alipurduar, Sept. 8 -- The Jalpaiguri District Small Tea Growers' Association has opposed any blanket winter "lean period" and urged the Tea Board of India to allow green-leaf plucking until December ... Read More


Kharif paddy sowing area lags 3.7% amid dip in Karnataka, Telangana

New Delhi, Sept. 8 -- Total area sown under paddy is running 3.71 per cent lower at 421.82 lakh hectares (ha) so far in the ongoing 2026 kharif season, against 438.19 lakh ha a year ago, mainly on acc... Read More


Modi exhorts fintech sector to expand UPI's global reach

Mumbai, Sept. 8 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday urged the fintech ecosystem to expand the global reach of the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), connect it with local systems in other countr... Read More


Outsiders can't decide what Bengalis will eat: Bengal BJP chief

Kolkata, Sept. 7 -- "Bengalis will eat what they have traditionally eaten. No one from outside can decide what someone in Bengal should eat or should not eat," West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattach... Read More


Dry Ashtami, no carnival: CM's Puja reset

Kolkata, Sept. 7 -- With Durga Puja preparations gathering pace, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday announced a set of new directives, including a complete ban on liquor sales on Maha Ashtami a... Read More