Kolkata: Several major centrally sponsored rural development schemes stalled in Bengal for years are set to resume, state panchayat and rural development minister Dilip Ghosh announced on Thursday. He further announced that there were 11,154 vacant posts across different tiers of the panchayat structure — of which 6,536 will be filled in the first phase.Ghosh…
Siliguri: A complaint was filed against ex-CM Mamata Banerjee over remarks she made during a protest in Kolkata on June 2 at Siliguri Cyber Crime Police Station. Rinki Singh Chatterjee, an advocate, said she will move Calcutta HC on June 8 seeking Banerjee’s immediate arrest.Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Singh alleged Banerjee targeted the EC,…
Malda: Over 150 Bangladeshi illegal immigrants are stationed at a holding centre in Malda’s English Bazaar. Sources said they were picked up from North 24 Parganas and brought to Malda under police vigilance. The holding centre for illegal immigrants in Malda was the first of its kind in the state. Set up on May 24,…
Kolkata: Bengal govt has identified 1,700 acres at Dadanpatrabar — about 10 km from Tajpur — for the long-delayed proposed deep-sea port project in the state. Govt is also exploring the development of minor ports and may consider setting up a dedicated shipping department to strengthen maritime logistics.CM Suvendu Adhikari shared the update on Thursday,…
Kolkata: BJP is ironing out last-minute differences over the allocation of key portfolios, particularly school and higher education, delaying the announcement of ministerial responsibilities in the newly expanded state cabinet by two days. The allocation of portfolios, originally scheduled to be announced on Wednesday, is now expected to be finalised on Friday“BJP netas have been…
Kolkata: The state is set to roll out ‘Ekti Gaachh Maa-er Naam-e’ drive across Bengal on Friday, World Environment Day, with a target of planting 1.1 crore saplings by March 2027. The project is in alignment with the PM’s ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’ national initiative that was launched in 2024.Under the project in Bengal,…
Kolkata: Findings of a recent study released ahead of World Environment Day on June 5 have found how safer livelihood practices have reduced human-tiger conflicts across three fringe forest villages — Deulbari, Maipith and Binodpur — in the fragile ecosystem of the Sundarbans by 46% over seven years.The villages come under Kultali block, one of…
Kolkata: Jadavpur University vice-chancellor Chiranjib Bhattacharjee appeals to all stakeholders of the university to kindly refrain from undertaking any unofficial or independent drive for vaccination, sterilization, identity-tagging, medical treatment concerning campus dogs because “uncoordinated interventions by different stakeholders are leading to confusion and misunderstanding regarding the status, treatment, and management of campus dogs”.Bhattacharjee requested all…
Kolkata: Anik Dutta’s Satyajit Ray centenary tribute, “Aparajito”, will begin screening at Nandan this Friday in honour of the recently deceased director. Despite a written recommendation from the Nandan film selection committee, the movie was originally blocked from the venue following intervention from “higher authorities”. According to the committee, this controversial exclusion inadvertently sparked a…
Kolkata: Anik Dutta’s Satyajit Ray centenary tribute, “Aparajito”, will begin screening at Nandan this Friday in honour of the recently deceased director. Despite a written recommendation from the Nandan film selection committee, the movie was originally blocked from the venue following intervention from “higher authorities”. According to the committee, this controversial exclusion inadvertently sparked a…
