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Policy gaps pushed raw jute sector into crisis: TMC MP

Kolkata, Jan. 2 -- Amid a deepening raw jute crisis, Trinamool Congress (TMC) Rajya Sabha MP Ritabrata Banerjee has written to Union Textiles minister Giriraj Singh, warning that the sector is slippin... Read More


Textbook mix-up: Class IX pages found in Class X Bengali book

Kolkata, Jan. 2 -- Pages from the Class IX syllabus were found bound into several copies of the Class X Bengali textbook Sahitya Sanchayan, an error detected after textbooks were distributed in school... Read More


Voter list manipulation: EC orders FIRs against five poll officials

Kolkata, Jan. 2 -- The Election Commission of India on Friday directed the concerned District Electoral Officers (DEOs) to lodge FIRs against five election-linked personnel-two Electoral Registration ... Read More


Aniket Mahato quits WBJDF trust board over 'non-transparent functioning'

Kolkata, Jan. 2 -- Junior doctor Aniket Mahato, one of the prominent faces of the movement seeking justice for the RG Kar Medical College incident, has resigned from the Board of Trustees of the West ... Read More


ED attaches Rs 3.6 cr worth of properties of Chandranath Sinha, family

Kolkata, Jan. 2 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) attached properties of the state Correctional Services minister Chandranath Sinha and his family in connection with the teachers' recruitment corrup... Read More


Alipurduar: Abhishek to interact with about 61 tea garden workers

Alipurduar, Jan. 2 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee will visit Alipurduar on Saturday to participate in the party's "Abar Jitbe Bangla" programme. As part of th... Read More


Indo-Bangla border: 9 B'deshi nat'ls, including minor, detained

BALURGHAT, Jan. 2 -- The Border Security Force (BSF) detained nine Bangladeshi nationals, including five women and a minor girl, near the Indo-Bangladesh border in South Dinajpur district on Thursday,... Read More


Youth held for impersonating Army personnel gets bail

Siliguri, Jan. 2 -- The youth, Bhavesh Ghatani, who was arrested for impersonating army personnel, from a shopping mall in Matigara has been granted bail. No incriminating information was recovered fr... Read More


Sustained commitment: 'State govt boosts funding for book fairs'

Raiganj, Jan. 2 -- Highlighting the West Bengal government's sustained financial commitment to promoting reading culture, State Minister for Mass Education Extension zand Library Services Siddiqullah ... Read More


India's mfg sector activity falls to 2-yr low in December: PMI

New Delhi, Jan. 2 -- India's manufacturing sector activity witnessed the weakest improvement in the sector in two years in December on account of softer expansions in new orders, prompting firms to li... Read More