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CM: Support GST waiver on Health insurance to help people 'despite Rs 900 cr loss'

Kolkata, Aug. 26 -- Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said the proposed waiver of GST on Health insurance premiums, if implemented, would cost Bengal around Rs 900 crore annually, but she back... Read More


'Strengthening presence': Reshuffle in TMC's frontal wings in 3 North Bengal districts

Kolkata, Aug. 26 -- Ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections, Trinamool Congress(TMC) on Tuesday reshuffled the party's block or town presidents of various frontal wings like Women Trinamool Congress, You... Read More


ASI suspended for misbehaviour in East Burdwan ahead of CM's rally

Kolkata, Aug. 26 -- A police officer was closed at the police lines for allegedly misbehaving with media persons in East Burdwan while they were covering the District Magistrate (DM) and Superintenden... Read More


Anandapur: Woman dies under mysterious circumstances

Kolkata, Aug. 26 -- In a mysterious circumstance, a bar dancer from Punjab died at a guest house in Anandapur area on Monday. According to police, the woman identified as Shreya Verma (27) of Ludhiana... Read More


SC issues notices on Bengal teachers' recruitment rules

Kolkata, Aug. 26 -- The Supreme Court has reportedly issued notices to the West Bengal government, the West Bengal School Service Commission, and other concerned authorities following a petition by a ... Read More


'No poor family to be left behind': State steps in over Khadya Sathi access issues

Kolkata, Aug. 26 -- The state Food and Supplies department is taking every possible measure to ensure that a genuine poor beneficiary is not left out from the benefits of food grains under Khadya Sath... Read More


'Ignored' at PM's rally, Locket complains to Delhi leaders

Kolkata, Aug. 26 -- Amid escalating infighting, turmoil continues within the Bengal BJP, with state BJP leader Locket Chatterjee reportedly lodging a complaint with the party's Delhi leadership, alleg... Read More


Dual identity row: Man arrested in Kumarganj for holding 2 voter cards

BALURGHAT, Aug. 26 -- Police have arrested a 45-year-old man, Rajjak Sarkar, for allegedly holding voter identity cards of both India and Bangladesh, triggering a major controversy in the border distr... Read More


NBSTC staff under scanner for 'cannabis smuggling'; 6 suspended, 7 transferred

Cooch Behar, Aug. 26 -- Allegations of cannabis smuggling involving employees of the North Bengal State Transport Corporation (NBSTC) have triggered a major controversy. Authorities have already suspe... Read More


Infant's mysterious death sparks outrage in Siliguri

Darjeeling, Aug. 26 -- The mysterious death of a three-and-a-half-month-old baby girl in Prakashnagar, Ward 43 has sent shockwaves across Siliguri. Allegations have surfaced that the infant's father, ... Read More