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Bengal

BSF plays Good Samaritan, helps infirm vote

As chief minister Mamata Banerjee has alleged that the Border Security Force (BSF) works for the BJP on poll day, residents living ahead of the Indo-Bangladesh fence in Jalpaiguri today have expressed their satisfaction and happiness over the role of the BSF after casting their votes.

Murshidabad violence planned by BJP: CM

Terming Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a 'great liar', Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said that the violence at Rezinagar in Murshidabad on Wednesday was preplanned by the BJP.

Heatwave: Summer vacation brought forward

With the sun beating down mercilessly, propelling mercury to touch 40 degrees Celsius in some of the districts in south Bengal, the state school education department, taking no chances, has brought forward the summer vacation from the date announced earlier.

PPP model to save heritage structures: Experts

Mr Banerjee stressed the need that heritage structures, which so far witnessed an enrichment of sorts in architectural innovation and major revamp, had been the boon of an interface between hospitality and entrepreneurship.