Kolkata
Mamata Banerjee increases Durga Puja grant to Rs 1.10 Lakh along with 80 percent concession on electricity charges
West Bengal Chief Minister has increased Durga Puja grants by 25 thousand rupees. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced that organisers will be given a...
BrahMos-Armed Warship ‘Himgiri’ Delivered to Navy, GRSE’s 801st Vessel
In a landmark achievement for India’s naval defence and indigenous shipbuilding capability, Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Ltd on Monday delivered ‘Himgiri’, an...
Kolkata-based Scientist Subhradip Ghosh, A Quiet Force Behind NISAR’s Launch
Subhradip Ghosh, a Kolkata-based scientist with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), has played a crucial, yet quiet, role in the upcoming NASA-ISRO Synthetic...
Fire breaks out in Kolkata’s Dhapa area, several shanties burnt to ashes
A fire broke out in Kolkata’s Dhapa area near Basanti Highway on Wednesday afternoon. The fire broke out in a warehouse of a plastic...
Kolkata Hosts Insightful International Tiger Day Celebration
The Asiatic Society recently marked International Tiger Day with an illuminating exhibition and seminar, underscoring the profound historical, ecological, and cultural significance of the...
NH-717 widening project threatens hundreds of trees in North Bengal’s Gorumara National Park
A wave of anxiety has swept through environmental groups and local communities over the proposed widening of National Highway 717, which runs through ecologically...
International Tiger Day: Royal Bengal Tigers from India may cross borders as Sunderbans nears big cat saturation
Bangladesh may soon witness a new kind of “infiltration” across its eastern border-not by people, but by Royal Bengal Tigers from the Indian Sunderbans....
Trafficking bid foiled; thirty-four women rescued at North Bengal’s Siliguri bus terminus
In a chilling repeat of a recent trafficking case, police from the Pradhannagar Police Station under the Siliguri Police Commissionerate rescued 34 young...
Special training camp for BLOs underway in West Bengal amid SIR speculation
A five-day special training camp for Booth Level Officers (BLOs) is currently underway in West Bengal, fueling speculation of a possible Special Intensive Revision...
CSR News: West Bengal Govt, UNICEF and Corporates to collaborate for welfare of children in the state
West Bengal government, several corporate houses, and UNICEF have decided to collaborate for the development of children in the state. The aim is to...
Aparajita Bill Returned to West Bengal Due to “Overly Harsh” Provisions: Centre
The Aparajita Bill, which proposes stricter penalties for rape cases, has been returned to the West Bengal state government by Governor C.V. Ananda Bose....
Citizenship Camp in West Bengal Ignites Fierce Political Spat
A special camp organized by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Bagda region of North 24 Parganas district to facilitate applications under the...