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Kolkata: Two veterinary doctors from the city have made an international breakthrough in the field of veterinary molecular diagnostics and pathogen research, as National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), USA, has accepted their gene sequencing research for treatment of Babesia Gibsoni, a dangerous blood parasite that affects dogs and becomes life-threatening if not diagnosed early.Babesia…

Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday declared the era of “goonda raj” and appeasement over, promised to attract investment and jobs for educated youth, and said national security would now be the state’s top priority.Speaking at a programme in Alipore, Adhikari said the police — whom he alleged had earlier functioned as party cadre —…

Jalpaiguri: Ten Bangladeshi nationals turned up voluntarily at a holding centre at Changrabandha in Cooch Behar’s Mekhliganj on Saturday, requesting the authorities to deport them to their homeland.Sources said these individuals had entered India illegally almost a decade ago and lived in different states, working as daily wage labourers and domestic helps. All of them…

Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari has ordered the reopening of all cases related to the 2019 CAA protests across Bengal’s railway network and directed that financial compensation be extracted directly from those responsible for the damage.The directive came during a meeting at Nabanna on Saturday with Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and senior officials, where Adhikari…

Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday met Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) managing director Jayen Mehta, and Amit Vyas, the head of Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers’ Union, also known as Amul Dairy, at the state secretariat.In a Facebook post, Adhikari said, “In the coming days, the investment and business expansion of a large,…

Kolkata: A large cache of firearms and ammunition was recovered from a pond near an under-construction building in Sandeshkhali on Saturday. The area was once considered a stronghold of jailed former Trinamool functionary Sheikh Shahjahan. The arms seizure was the result of a joint operation by the West Bengal Police Special Task Force (STF) and…

Kolkata: The Suvendu Adhikari-led Bengal govt has started a review of all madrasas in the state and dire- cted DMs to send compre-hensive repo- rts on institutions in their respective districts to state secretariat Nabanna by July 5.The West Bengal Minority Affairs and Madrasah Education Department issued a notification, saying the review was a “routine…

Kolkata: Former Trinamool MLA Saokat Molla was remanded in NIA custody for 14 days on Saturday, a day after he was arrested from Kamalgazi in connection with a pre-poll blast case in Bhangar that claimed one life.Molla was produced before city sessions court chief judge Sudipta Kumar De amid tight security after being taken from…

Bagnan: Two people were arrested on Saturday after a group of miscreants burnt down a local BJP worker’s cyber cafe in the Nuntia Crossing area under the Bagnan police station. Following the arson, locals, including Howrah BJP secretary and advocate Omprakash Singh, staged a protest demanding the arrest of the culprits. A Trinamool party office…

Jalpaiguri: A high-stakes standoff between BSF and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) at four points along the India-Bangladesh border in Bengal ended abruptly overnight, with all 40-odd Bangladeshi nationals who had been stranded at zero points since Friday disappearing by Saturday morning.The most tense confrontation unfolded at Pillar No. 134 in Panishala, Mekhliganj, Cooch Behar, where…