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Amid SIR slugfest, Mamata set to hold BLAs' meet on December 22

Kolkata, Dec. 17 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is set to hold a major meeting with booth-level agents (BLAs) of the Trinamool Congress at the Netaji Indoor Stadium in Kolkata on Monday... Read More


Abhishek likely to meet Sunali Khatun on Dec 19

Kolkata, Dec. 17 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee is likely to meet Sunali Khatun on December 19. She was brought back from Bangladesh earlier this month. Afte... Read More


Hill edu hit as HC cancels 313 GTA teacher approvals, protests mount

Darjeeling, Dec. 17 -- A Calcutta High Court verdict has quashed the regularisation and state approval of 313 volunteer teachers appointed under the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA), declar... Read More


Draft voter roll sparks uproar as living electors marked deceased

Cooch Behar/Siliguri, Dec. 17 -- The publication of the draft electoral roll under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) has triggered political controversy and public anxiety in parts of North Bengal,... Read More


Two-year-old child found dead in pond

Malda, Dec. 17 -- Malda was gripped by shock and grief on Wednesday after the body of a missing toddler was recovered from a pond in the Gangaprasad area under Mothabari Police Station. The deceased c... Read More


After weeks of disruption, Old Malda and Dalkhola municipalities get new chairmen

Malda/Raiganj, Dec. 17 -- The leadership vacuum in two municipalities of North Bengal ended on Wednesday with the election of new chairmen at Old Malda and Dalkhola, restoring administrative stability... Read More


Eligible former enclave voters included in draft list, easing concerns

Cooch Behar, Dec. 17 -- Residents of the former enclaves, who had been gripped by anxiety since the launch of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, have finally breathed a sigh of r... Read More


Bharnobari Tea Estate suspends work citing unrest, leaving 2,145 workers uncertain ahead of Christmas

Alipurduar, Dec. 17 -- Citing labour unrest, the management of Bharnobari Tea Estate in the Kalchini block under Jaigaon Police Station issued a 'suspension of work' notice, throwing the livelihoods o... Read More


Four B'deshi nationals arrested in Goalpokhar

Raiganj, Dec. 17 -- Police arrested four Bangladeshi nationals from the road at Lodhan in North Dinajpur district on Tuesday night. The arrested persons were identified as Md Sajiv, Md Abu Bakkar, Md ... Read More


Soil health, air quality at risk as stubble burning continues

BALURGHAT, Dec. 17 -- Even as the harvest of Aman paddy has been completed across large tracts of farmland, allegations of rampant stubble burning have surfaced in several blocks of South Dinajpur dis... Read More