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.
The Calcutta High Court today gave a go-ahead for the public meeting of RSS chief Mohan Bhagvat at a sports stadium beside Burdwan town.
The Asansol Durgapur Police Commissionerate intercepted an inter-state drugs consignment in the Dishergarh area, at the Purulia–West Burdwan–Jharkhand border.
A man reportedly killed his wife after she objected to his drinking in Ausgram of East Burdwan.
As a mark of respect for former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and condoling his death, the minister and officials inaugurated the state's Handloom Expo without conventional extravagant shows in Burdwan town on Tuesday.
The twin Burdwan districts have recorded investment proposals worth Rs 4,650 crore in the MSME sector, which, according to state MSME Minister Chandranath Sinha, is estimated to reach Rs 10,000 crore in the coming years.
