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WBCHSE to open book mart for pupils at Salt Lake HQ

Kolkata, Aug. 13 -- The West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) is setting up a modern book mart at its head office, Vidyasagar Bhavan in Salt Lake, to ensure easy availability of b... Read More


Preserve Khudiram Bose's death sentence document, says Mamata

Kolkata, Aug. 13 -- Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has called for the preservation of the historic document recording the death sentence awarded to Khudiram Bose, to be kept in the Kolkata Police Muse... Read More


Police makes first arrest in Nabanna Abhijan violence

Kolkata, Aug. 13 -- The Kolkata Police has made its first arrest in connection with the August 9 violence during the Nabanna Abhijan, in which police personnel were attacked and a Calcutta High Court ... Read More


In BJP's 'double engine' rule, women's screams vanish into silence: Trinamool

Kolkata, Aug. 13 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Wednesday criticised the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government over women's safety, following the alleged kidnapping and rape of a 21-year-old sp... Read More


Abhishek again demands dissolution of Lok Sabha if EC goes ahead with SIR

Kolkata, Aug. 13 -- Continuing his criticism against the Election Commission's (EC) move for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Abhishek Ba... Read More


TMC to intensify organisational strengthening at booth level

Kolkata, Aug. 13 -- The Trinamool Congress (TMC) has drawn up a strategy to intensify organisational strengthening at the booth level, with particular emphasis on booths where it fell behind in previo... Read More


Veteran Bengali actress Basanti Chattopadhyay passes away

KOLKATA, Aug. 13 -- The Bengali entertainment industry has bid farewell to veteran actress Basanti Chattopadhyay, who passed away on Tuesday at the age of 88. Her final on-screen appearance was in the... Read More


State orders daily prime time screening of Bengali movies in all theatres

KOLKATA, Aug. 13 -- Just ahead of Independence Day, the Bengali film industry has received one of its most prized gifts from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. A long-time champion of Tollywood, the CM h... Read More


Heavy rain wreaks havoc in North Bengal

New Delhi, Aug. 13 -- Continuous overnight downpour has brought large parts of Jalpaiguri, Alipurduar and Cooch Behar districts to a standstill. Rising river levels have submerged municipal areas, flo... Read More


Row in Maha as allies BJP, NCP divided over meat sale ban on Aug 15

Mumbai, Aug. 13 -- Ruling allies BJP and NCP spoke in different voices after nearly half-a-dozen civic bodies in Maharashtra ordered closure of meat shops and abattoirs on Independence Day, while Chie... Read More