Centre seeks 50 acres for Subsidiary Intelligence Bureau along Indo-Bangladesh border
A high-level meeting between officials of the union home ministry and the West Bengal home department has already been held to discuss the proposal.
A high-level meeting between officials of the union home ministry and the West Bengal home department has already been held to discuss the proposal.
The Headmistress of Serampore Girls' High School expressed concern over the thin workforce at her school
The committee has been directed to submit its findings and recommendations to the competent authority within 15 days.
The STF conducted a thorough search of the vehicle taking the help of local cops from the Nishchinda Police Station.
The police station is expected to provide the central anti-terror agency with a dedicated permanent establishment in the state.
As per police reports, authorities are currently investigating whether a sudden physical ailment led to his death or if there was some other underlying cause which triggered the incident.
Durgapur has five industrial estates managed by the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation accommodating many private factories, but no electronics equipment manufacturing plant as yet.
The state government has highlighted in its budget that the existing ports of Haldia and Kolkata suffer from low draft and high turnaround time and hence there is a need to construct a strategic deep-sea port.
In a direction aimed at safeguarding women's safety in West Bengal, the budget has also proposed setting up at least one women police station in every sub-division and Nari Sahayata Desk in every police station.
The announcement assumes significance as the BJP government has repeatedly asserted that dismantling extortion networks and what it calls the prevailing “threat culture” would be one of its principal governance priorities.