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Mamata Trinamool revives EC software concerns after news report

Kolkata, Sept. 23 -- Months before an Indian Express report raised questions over the Election Commission's electoral-roll software and the role of its Director General (IT) Seema Khanna, MAITC said i... Read More


CM Suvendu hands land documents to 33 investors

Kolkata, Sept. 23 -- A day before CM Suvendu Adhikari's meeting with Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani, the CM on Wednesday handed over land documents to 33 investors and announced plans to develop We... Read More


Sharadwat, Pijush Kanoria spar over syndicate allegations

Kolkata, Sept. 23 -- Senior BJP leader and state Health minister Dr Sharadwat Mukherjee was involved in a verbal exchange with fellow party MLA Pijush Kanoria during a 'Bidhaoyekar Darbar' (MLAs' Darb... Read More


Fire services to get 4,000 new staff: CM

Kolkata, Sept. 23 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announced the phased recruitment of 4,000 personnel to upgrade and modernise the state's fire service department. On Wednesday, he ina... Read More


Mukundapur: Mamata-Trinamool alleges police inaction, fresh attack

Kolkata, Sept. 23 -- A day after clashes in Mukundapur, the Mamata All India Trinamool Congress on Wednesday alleged police non-cooperation in dealing with the violence, claiming that no arrests had b... Read More


State approves recruitment drive, closure of 150 madrasas

Kolkata, Sept. 23 -- The state cabinet on Wednesday approved a major recruitment drive to fill 1.5 lakh vacant posts across state government departments, with appointments to be completed during the ... Read More


'Bhoy out, Bhorsha in'? 'BJP-backed mob' disrupts BB Block poll

Kolkata, Sept. 23 -- The BJP's Assembly poll slogan, "Bhoy out, Bhorsha in", appeared a cruel contrast for residents of Salt Lake's BB Block on Sunday as a housing association election turned violent,... Read More


Mamata calls for repolling, demands arrest of CEC Gyanesh Kumar

Kolkata, Sept. 23 -- After an Indian Express report raised questions over the functioning of the Election Commission's electoral-roll software and internal differences within the poll panel, former We... Read More


Suvendu destroys 3.1 lakh bottles of banned cough syrup worth Rs 31 cr

Kolkata, Sept. 23 -- In a massive push towards creating a drug-free state, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday destroyed about 3.10 lakh bottles of banned, codeine-based cough syrup, valued a... Read More


Centre-owned tea gardens under EPFO scanner for Rs 3 cr PF dues

Jalpaiguri, Sept. 23 -- A Central government-owned tea company under the Ministry of Heavy Industries has come under the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO)'s scanner over allegations of non... Read More