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Over 1K teachers stage sit in for recruitment

Kolkata, Sept. 7 -- Over 1,000 teachers who lost jobs following court rulings staged a sit-in outside Bikash Bhavan on Monday, demanding faster recruitment. Members of the Deserving Teachers' Forum m... Read More


HC quashes arrest warrant against Mahua Moitra

Kolkata, Sept. 7 -- The Calcutta High Court on Monday set aside an arrest warrant issued against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra by a Krishnanagar court and ordered that the proceedings be placed b... Read More


Cabinet clears pay hikes for 1L-plus staff

Kolkata, Sept. 7 -- The Bengal Cabinet on Monday decided to augment the salaries of 14 groups of employees of different departments and thus over a lakh employees would benefit, said CM Suvendu Adhika... Read More


Bengal records high number of teenage deliveries, says Suvendu

Kolkata, Sept. 7 -- West Bengal's under-18 marriage and delivery figures of pregnant teen mothers is alarmingly high, said Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari and added that in the past six months, betwee... Read More


Writers' Buildings: Adani in talks for Rs 100-cr revamp

Kolkata, Sept. 7 -- The West Bengal government is in talks with the Adani Group for the renovation and redesign of Writers' Buildings, including a proposal to set up a museum dedicated to freedom figh... Read More


CM Suvendu to hold administrative review meetings in Kalimpong-Siliguri

Siliguri, Sept. 7 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari is scheduled to hold an administrative review meeting in Kalimpong on September 8 to assess the flood and landslide situation in the hi... Read More


Floods worsen in Bhutni, over 59 villages inundated

Malda, Sept. 7 -- The flood situation in Bhutni, in Malda's Manikchak block, deteriorated on Monday, with more than 59 villages inundated and thousands of families affected. The administration warned ... Read More


Massive drug haul in Malda, 4 arrested

Malda, Sept. 7 -- Police and the Special Task Force (STF) made two separate drug seizures in Malda, arresting four persons and recovering more than 5 kg of suspected brown sugar and 499 grams of MDMA.... Read More


Buxa to get 'virtual triangle' for tiger surveillance

Alipurduar, Sept. 7 -- The Forest Department is set to deploy a technology-driven "virtual triangle" for round-the-clock surveillance of tigers being brought to Buxa Tiger Reserve from another state u... Read More


Migratory bird census concludes at Kulik Bird Sanctuary

Raiganj, Sept. 7 -- The two-day annual migratory bird census at the Kulick Bird Sanctuary in Raiganj, North Dinajpur, concluded on Sunday, with forest officials and wildlife organisations expecting th... Read More