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Suicide attempt disrupts Kolkata Metro blue line

Kolkata, April 6 -- Services on the Blue Line (Dakshineswar-Shahid Khudiram) of Kolkata Metro were disrupted on Monday morning following a suicide attempt at M G Road Metro station, the second such in... Read More


CP Ajay Nand inspects nomination centres, reviews security arrangements

Kolkata, April 6 -- The Commissioner of Police (CP), Kolkata, Ajay Nand, along with a few other senior officers, visited the Jessop Building and Alipore Survey Building, which are designated as nomina... Read More


Bengal to keep air ambulance helicopter ready for Assembly polls

Kolkata, April 6 -- The West Bengal government will keep an air ambulance helicopter ready for emergency evacuation and relief operations during the 2026 Assembly elections, with deployment planned fo... Read More


No blanket bar on GUI design protection: Cal HC

Kolkata, April 6 -- In a ruling that could reshape how digital designs are treated in India, the Calcutta High Court has held that graphical user interfaces (GUIs) - the visual layouts seen on screens... Read More


Massive fire at illegal fuel godown in Nandakumar

Kolkata, April 6 -- Tension gripped the Bakhrabad area in Nandakumar of East Midnapore after a major fire broke out at a godown allegedly storing illegal fuel on Monday morning. According to sources... Read More


'Will avenge Pak's threat when INDIA bloc comes to power in Centre'

Siliguri, April 6 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, on Tuesday, condemned PM Modi's silence on Pakistan's threat to Kolkata, stating that the day the INDIA bloc... Read More


Bus operators seek postal ballot clarity for poll-duty crew

Kolkata, April 6 -- Bus operators have written to the state Transport Department, urging it to take up the issue with the Election Commission and frame clear guidelines on postal ballot facilities for... Read More


Bengal Assembly polls: Panihati no longer one-sided, set for triangular contest?

Kolkata, April 6 -- A calm suburb on the banks of the Ganges, Panihati has often contributed to the chapters of history. However, the political attention towards this Constituency is something to be c... Read More


Bengal polls: EC to deploy 3K more armed personnel

Kolkata, April 6 -- To ensure peaceful polling in Bengal, the EC has decided to deploy 3,000 armed police personnel from other states, mostly from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, supplementin... Read More


TMC's Shashi Panja, Kunal Ghosh file papers, predict big wins

Kolkata, April 6 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidates from Shyampukur, Shashi Panja, and Kunal Ghosh from Beliaghata took out colourful rallies as they filed their nominations for the 2026 Bengal As... Read More