Doctors at JGMC&H said a number of victims were shifted to the Intensive Care Unit owing to the severity of their injuries. Medical teams are closely monitoring the condition of the critically injured passengers.
The decision to rename the major arterial road conneting the Park Circus 7-Point Crossing to the Don Bosco Circle, was taken on Saturday on the occassion of Paschimbanga Divas.
As many as 150 TMC members from different villages in Bidbihar Gram Panchayat in the Kanksa block of Paschim Bardhaman sided with the Congress in the presence of party's district president Debesh Chakraborty on Sunday.
TMC MP Mahua Moitra claimed that the 20 parliamentarians switched sides in lieu of payouts worth Rs 40 crore, payable in Rs 4 crore up front and Rs 1 crore a month over a span of 36 months.
Currently, a 800 metre bamboo or wooden structure connecting Burnpur with the Biharinath Hill of Bankura, which remains inaccessible during the monsoon season.
The transfer spree by the Election Commission of India continues as the poll panel has replaced 14 Returning Officers (ROs) in several constituencies across West Bengal.
Escalating the political battle ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections, Trinamul Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Friday launched a blistering attack on the BJP from a packed rally in Binpur, daring the saffron party to replicate West Bengal’s welfare schemes in any BJP-ruled state while asserting that the ruling party’s return to power was “inevitable.”
Union home minister Amit Shah, the BJP’s chief strategist for the West Bengal Assembly elections, will return to the state on Saturday to release a “charge sheet” against the government led by Mamata Banerjee.
The National Restaurant Association of India (NRAI), Kolkata Chapter has initiated discussions with Bengal Gas Company Limited (BGCL) to assess the feasibility of Piped Natural Gas (PNG) as an alternative fuel for the city’s restaurant sector, amid ongoing challenges around commercial LPG availability.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday levelled serious allegations against the ruling Trinamul Congress (TMC), accusing it of deploying criminals and “outsiders” to create an atmosphere of fear ahead of the forthcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal.
