A 14-year-old Bangladeshi girl was rescued from an Indo-Bangladesh border village Kolkata: A 14-year-old Bangladeshi girl was rescued from an Indo-Bangladesh border village in Swarupnagar, North 24 Parganas after she was allegedly trafficked into India by a human trafficking racket. Police said the girl was drugged with sedatives mixed in drinking water before being brought…
. CM Subhendu Adhikari doing his census self enumeration in the program of inauguration of Census 2026 Kolkata: Launching the 2027 Census in Bengal on Saturday, CM Suvendu Adhikari said the status of those excluded from the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls remain under consideration, saying the guidelines were clear but stopping short…
. Author and poet Taslima Nasrin at an event at Rabindra Sadan —— Subhojyoti Kanjilal Kolkata: A commotion broke out at Rabindra Sadan on Saturday during an event marking exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasrin’s return to the city after nearly two decades, when she invited noted Bengali poet Joy Goswami to join her on stage….
West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya (file picture) Kolkata: Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya said on Saturday that despite the party’s efforts a section of party members is indulging in extortion. The state BJP chief and CM Suvendu Adhikari have both repeatedly cautioned against extortion rackets.“It will be wrong for me to say we have…
Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari handed over citizenship certificates to beneficiaries from North 24 Parganas at New Town Convention Centre on Saturday Kolkata: BJP govt in Bengal has given citizenship certificates to 5,966 persons under CAA, and pending applications will be cleared within six months, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari said on Saturday.After handing over citizenship…
Kolkata: The plot to assassinate Chandranath Rath, the personal assistant to Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari, was put into motion in Dec 2025, when cash movement began for the operation.Investigators claimed to have established the timeline and operational outline of the conspiracy after seizing crucial documents and mobile phones from two brothers, who were arrested in…
KOLKATA: The alleged Jaish-e-Mohammed operative arrested by the West Bengal STF had planned to target chief minister Suvendu Adhikari and disrupt the recent students’ protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar by disguising himself in a police uniform, a senior STF officer said on Saturday.The accused, identified as Hamim Mondal, was arrested from Purba Bardhaman district on…
Kolkata: Centre on Saturday released Rs 7,866 crore to Bengal as an additional instalment of tax devolution, part of a broader Rs 1,09,019 crore release to state govts on August 1 — ahead of the normal monthly devolution due on August 10.The Union finance ministry said the release was in line with the govt’s commitment…
AI Image Used For Representational Purpose Only CHENNAI:/KOLKATA: The first phase of Census 2027 began on Saturday in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, with lakhs of enumerators beginning the houselisting and housing exercise. While around 1.15 lakh enumerators will conduct a month-long door-to-door survey across Tamil Nadu, West Bengal has launched its optional online self-enumeration…
On Friday, when Taslima Nasrin (at the airport on Friday in pic left) returned to Kolkata after 19 years, it was business as usual at city pockets around Ripon Street, AJC Bose Road, Beniapukur, Darga Road and adjoining neighbourhoods that saw widespread protests back in 2007 On Friday, when Taslima Nasrin (at the airport on…
