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Microplastics found in air above pristine Sunderbans island, says IISER study

Kolkata, Oct. 29 -- A recent study conducted by the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata, discovered airborne microplastics drifting above the protected mangrove forests ... Read More


Elderly attempts suicide in Cooch Behar amid panic over SIR process

Cooch Behar, Oct. 29 -- Panic over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process by the Election Commission (EC) allegedly drove an elderly man to attempt suicide in the Dinhata subdivision of Cooch Be... Read More


About 500 names deleted from voter list in Khapaidanga area

Cooch Behar, Oct. 29 -- Panic and anger spread through the Khapaidanga area under the Cooch Behar North Assembly Constituency after around 500 names were reportedly missing from the voter list at Boot... Read More


Apex Court allows SSC to publish results, to hear objections later

Kolkata, Oct. 29 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) to go ahead with the publication of results for the recently held recruitment examinations,... Read More


Municipal recruitment scam: ED seizes over Rs 1 cr, gold in fresh raids

Kolkata, Oct. 29 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday carried out fresh raids in connection with the alleged municipal recruitment corruption case, seizing over Rs one crore in cash and go... Read More


WBSSC to give recommendation letters to teachers

Kolkata, Oct. 29 -- The West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) is expected to start issuing recommendation letters from November 1, to eligible teachers for reinstatement to their previous post... Read More


Park Street hotel murder: Two held from Odisha

Kolkata, Oct. 29 -- The Detective Department (DD) of Kolkata Police has arrested two men from Cuttack in Odisha in connection with the murder of a youth whose body was discovered hidden inside a hotel... Read More


Baharampur: Migrant worker dies after 'harassment' in Delhi

Kolkata, Oct. 29 -- At Dayanagar in Baharampur, a 55-year-old migrant worker, Santosh Das, died of a suspected heart attack just days after returning home from Delhi, where he had been working for the... Read More


Anxiety grips Panihati neighbourhood as SIR sparks fear after 57-yr-old's suicide

Kolkata, Oct. 29 -- Sadhan Das, 63, who runs a small grocery shop near Agarpara station, found himself at the centre of ridicule from a group of daily customers recently. The jokes revolved around th... Read More


Jharkhand-based 'Rangdar' gang terrorise fishermen on the Ganga

Malda, Oct. 29 -- A wave of fear has gripped fishermen along the Ganga in Malda's Manikchak and Bhutni areas. Fishermen claim that armed gangs from the Jharkhand side-calling themselves "Rangdars"-hav... Read More