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Cold grip returns as winter chill lingers

Kolkata, Feb. 2 -- The winter chill hasn't quite left Bengal yet - Kolkata and its neighbouring areas have once again experienced temperatures below the seasonal average as the new month begins. Acco... Read More


NIA visits Bengal's Beldanga to probe into violence

Kolkata, Feb. 2 -- Two teams of the NIA on Monday visited Beldanga in Murshidabad to probe into the violence that rocked the place for over two consecutive days in January, a senior official said. Th... Read More


Russia, Ukraine share common ground at Kolkata Book Fair

KOLKATA, Feb. 2 -- Books and culture know no borders. You don't need a visa to read a book by a renowned author or poet from another country. Books can connect a soldier and a leader alike; they can b... Read More


Violence at SIR hearing centre in Malda leaves several injured

Malda, Feb. 2 -- Malda continued to witness disturbing developments surrounding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) hearings on Monday, as the hearing centre at Malda Zilla School in English Bazar tu... Read More


Torsa River pollution sparks alarm in Alipurduar's Jaigaon

Alipurduar, Feb. 2 -- The Torsa River, one of North Bengal's major waterways, is facing severe pollution at the very point where it enters India from Bhutan, raising serious environmental and public h... Read More


Shringla flags lack of CGHS facilities in North Bengal and Sikkim, seeks urgent upgradation

Darjeeling, Feb. 2 -- Rajya Sabha member Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Monday raised the long-pending issue of inadequate Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) facilities in the Darjeeling hills, North ... Read More


Cooch Behar-Kolkata flight service suspended after all assurances fall flat

Cooch Behar, Feb. 2 -- After a series of unfulfilled assurances, the Cooch Behar-Kolkata flight service has been suspended, dealing a blow to air connectivity in North Bengal. Indian One Air, the oper... Read More


Malda cops foil dacoity, seize fake currency

Malda, Feb. 2 -- Malda district police scored a major success in two separate operations, arresting a man with fake currency with a face value of Rs 5 lakh and foiling a planned dacoity by apprehendin... Read More


Darjeeling Hills: Heaters bring comfort to exam centres

Darjeeling, Feb. 2 -- Heaters brought much-needed relief to candidates appearing for the Madhyamik examinations across the Darjeeling Hills as minimum temperatures hovered around 4degC. Every year, d... Read More


Cooch Behar: Panic at Madhyamik exam centre after gas cylinder blast

Cooch Behar, Feb. 2 -- A gas cylinder explosion triggered panic on the first day of the Madhyamik examinations at Nakkatigach High School under the Tufanganj subdivision of Cooch Behar district on Mon... Read More