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.
Party sources claim that a significant portion of this sum was spent for party general secretary Abhishek Banerjee's air travel to various places.
The bodies of the three students who drowned in the Dwarakeswar river yesterday were recovered today by divers from the Disaster Management team in two phases.
After visits by the CRPF and CISF, a delegation from the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) has now inspected the premises of the closed Hindustan Cables Limited (HCL) unit at Rupnarayanpur in West Burdwan.
In a sign of rising political temperatures ahead of the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, a new cultural-religious game of one-upmanship has started between the ruling Trinamul Congress and the opposition, Bharatiya Janata Party — over the sacred prasad of Lord Jagannath.
Tucked away in a narrow bylane of Serampore, a modest room, barely spacious enough for two to stand, an entire railway world comes to life, albeit a miniature one.
Why two separate kitchens are there at a government run primary school for the students from two different communities, the SDM, Kalna, angry at the findings, ordered an inquiry on Tuesday.
