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One Krishak Bandhu beneficiary per family: Min

Kolkata, Sept. 28 -- West Bengal Agriculture minister Dudh Kumar Mondal on Monday announced changes to the new Krishak Bandhu scheme, restricting benefits to one beneficiary per family and ending the ... Read More


SIR: SC declines urgent hearing before bypolls

Kolkata, Sept. 28 -- The Supreme Court on Monday declined to advance the hearing of a challenge concerning West Bengal's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, despite a request for cons... Read More


Supreme Court asks Bengal Speaker to decide disqualification pleas

Kolkata, Sept. 28 -- The Supreme Court on Monday asked the West Bengal Assembly Speaker to decide within three months on a set of petitions seeking disqualification of 10 rebel Trinamool MLAs under th... Read More


ACB arrests BCW&TD inspector over 'fund diversion'

Kolkata, Sept. 28 -- The Anti-Corruption Branch has arrested an Inspector of Backward Class Welfare and Tribal Development (BCW & TD) department for alleged diversion and misappropriation of governmen... Read More


'Decide Hajj pilgrims' SIR pleas in 2 weeks'

Kolkata, Sept. 28 -- The Calcutta High Court on Monday asked the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) appellate tribunal to decide within two weeks four appeals filed by Hajj pilgrims whose names were rem... Read More


SC orders EC to resolve TMC symbol row in 3 months

Kolkata, Sept. 28 -- The Supreme Court reportedly directed the Election Commission on Monday to settle the dispute over the Trinamool Congress's name and election symbol between rival factions led by ... Read More


Malda: 3 held in two separate drug seizures

Malda, Sept. 28 -- In two separate operations, police seized over 2.8 kg of suspected narcotics and arrested three alleged drug traffickers in Malda on Sunday night. The estimated value of the haul in... Read More


Water supply to remain disrupted in Balurghat

Balurghat, Sept. 28 -- Door-to-door drinking water supply in Balurghat will remain disrupted on Tuesday and Wednesday due to emergency repair work, municipal sources said. A major crack has developed ... Read More


Student threatens self-immolation

Jalpaiguri, Sept. 28 -- Tension gripped Ananda Chandra College in Jalpaiguri on Monday after a first-year student, known to be an SFI activist, poured kerosene over himself inside a classroom and thre... Read More


Buxa shuts for tourists 4 days ahead of tiger reintroduction

Alipurduar, Sept. 28 -- With preparations underway to bring a Royal Bengal Tiger from Bihar's Valmiki Tiger Reserve to Buxa, the Forest Department has announced a four-day closure of the reserve from ... Read More