Four hurt as speeding car jumps divider on Kolkata’s Maa flyover; minister seeks tough charges
The car crossed into oncoming traffic on Saturday morning. Minister Agnimitra Paul says it should be treated as attempted murder.
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NITI Aayog’s Lahiri expects ‘definite improvements’ in Bengal’s business rules
The vice chairman says five months is too soon to judge the Adhikari government but he is hopeful it will deliver.
BJP worker critically hurt as party factions clash in Titagarh after Arjun Singh event
Police used batons to break up the fight after a Vijaya Sammilani. It follows a public row between Barrackpore MLA Kaustav Bagchi and Transport Minister Arjun Singh over the 2020 Manish Shukla murder case.
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Bengal clears government jobs for families of those killed in political violence
The scheme covers deaths in election-related violence over the past 25 years, across parties. The BJP calls it overdue justice; the CPI(M) calls it a backdoor for party workers.
West Bengal will offer a state government job to one member of each family that lost someone to political or election-related violence over the past 25 years, Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari announced on Friday, October 30.
The state cabinet has approved the scheme, a government official told the news agency IANS. A formal notification setting out who qualifies, and for which posts, has not yet been published.
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ED searches Bengal premises in Rs 290-crore Jharkhand power plant loan fraud case
Enforcement Directorate teams searched sites in Kolkata and several districts on Friday over a bank loan for a 66 MW plant that…
Bhutan glacial lake burst: Sankosh surge passes north Bengal without major flooding
About 12,000 people were moved from the Sankosh banks in Alipurduar as the river rose on Friday. Officials say the situation is…
Buxa's new tigress crosses into Assam; Bengal works to bring her back
The three-year-old tigress, released into Buxa Tiger Reserve on October 2, swam across the Sankosh into Assam's Raimona National Park a week ago.