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 Scottish Centre of Tagore Studies (ScoTs), in collaboration with the Consulate General of India, Scotland, has organised the unveiling of the Indian Nobel Laureate for Literature (1913) Rabindranath Tagore’s bust in Edinburgh on 3 July, in Sandeman Garden, behind the Scottish Storytelling Centre, off the Royal Mile.
Two people were killed and at least 26 others injured after a passenger bus was hit by a lorry in wet conditions at Library More in Bagnan, Howrah district, on Thursday morning, police said.
Anandamay Barman, BJP MLA from Matigara-Naxalbari, raised serious concerns in the West Bengal Assembly over frequent incidents of wild elephant depredation in villages bordering the Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary.
Aiming to enhance waste management, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation launched a sludge treatment vehicle with advanced technology.
The by-election in Kaliganj Assembly constituency in Nadia passed off peacefully today with the ruling party and Opposition trading charges against each other.
