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Bengal allows case-by-case extension of rejoining deadline

Kolkata, Dec. 29 -- The state School Education Department on Monday advised education boards and district authorities to allow extensions of the rejoining deadline for untainted teachers returning to ... Read More


Blue Line: Metro to run 8 add'l services on New Year's Eve

Kolkata, Dec. 29 -- Metro Railway will run eight additional Blue Line services on New Year's Eve, with special late-night trains operating after 9.40 pm between Dakshineswar and Shahid Khudiram on Wed... Read More


TMC dubs BJP's 'civilisational battle' claim divisive politics

Kolkata, Dec. 29 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Monday criticised BJP national general secretary BL Santosh's remark calling the 2026 Assembly elections a "civilisational battle," terming it divisive ... Read More


South 24-Pgns: Electoral roll observer's car attacked during protest

Kolkata, Dec. 29 -- The vehicle of Election Commission of India (ECI) electoral roll observer C Murugan was damaged by an agitating crowd during his visit to a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearing... Read More


City records one of season's lowest temp

Kolkata, Dec. 29 -- A strong cold spell continues to grip large parts of West Bengal, including Kolkata, with mercury levels dropping significantly and northern winds making the chill more intense. A... Read More


Civil suit cannot block repair of unsafe building: Cal HC

Kolkata, Dec. 29 -- The Calcutta High Court has held that safety-related directions issued by civic authorities for a dilapidated building cannot be stalled by a civil property dispute, and upheld the... Read More


Ayushman Bharat row: TMC rebuts BJP, calls scheme a 'scam-riddled poison pill'

Kolkata, Dec. 29 -- Soon after the BJP took a pot shot at the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government for not implementing Ayushman Bharat claiming that "because of ego of one person", the people of Benga... Read More


Malda: Elderly, disabled voters, face harassment at SIR hearing

Malda, Dec. 29 -- Allegations of harassment and apathy surfaced at the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearing in Malda after visuals emerged showing elderly and physically challenged voters being co... Read More


GNLF(S) launched to 'push 6th Schedule status for Darj Hills'

Darjeeling, Dec. 29 -- Spurred by delisting of the Gorkha National Liberation Front (GNLF) by the Election Commission of India (ECI) and with the aim to continue towing the 6th Schedule status for the... Read More


Awareness drives: Jumbo attack fatalities decline sharply in Kurseong Forest Div

Siliguri, Dec. 29 -- Fatalities caused by elephant attacks in the Kurseong Forest Division have declined significantly this year, reflecting the impact of sustained efforts by the forest department to... Read More