Two youths drown during picnic
Two youths drowned in separate incidents in Burdwan and Durgapur on New Year’s Day, Thursday.
Two youths drowned in separate incidents in Burdwan and Durgapur on New Year’s Day, Thursday.
To combat the recurring problem of contractors supplying substandard materials for road construction in panchayat areas, the East Burdwan Zilla Parishad today introduced a new facility termed a civil laboratory to enable on-the-spot scrutiny of construction ingredients.
The body of a missing tribal girl was fished out of an irrigation canal in Memari near here on Tuesday morning.
A pioneering initiative has been launched at Ikrah Free Primary School in Jamuria, West Burdwan district, where the first-ever smart classroom in a state government-run primary school has been inaugurated.
Yet another structure of Mohantasthal — a monastery dating back to the Raj era — caved in this morning in Burdwan town.
A number of courts both in Durgapur and Burdwan are lying vacant due to shortage of judges, causing delay in judicial proceedings.
Following the 300-year-old tradition of the Burdwan Raj, the district town of Burdwan, unlike other places, observed Holi today, a day after the traditional Holi observed in the rest of India.
A male crocodile in a fight against three other male partners died inside the Burdwan Zoological Park enclosure today.
Five tourists from Burdwan were killed in a road accident in Gujarat yesterday evening.
Under the aegis of the Indian Army’s Eastern Command, Brahmastra Corps organised the Brahmastra Veterans Meet on Sunday at Panagarh Military Station.
