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.
For over a fortnight, an elderly couple and their son, thrashed allegedly at the whims of a local leader have fled their Jamalpur place fearing further attacks.
Twelve persons were killed by lightning in different locations in East Burdwan and Bankura in the last two days.
The TMC candidate, Dr Sharmila Sarkar arrived at Kobla village in Purbasthali PS area in Kalna this morning and supervised rescue and relief operations after several houses were gutted in a devastating fire
Two teenage girls, kidnapped from two different locations in East Burdwan, were rescued by the police from Kerala and Bihar and they were handed over to their respective families.
Badrinath has been staying in West Bengal for the last 35 years. He said, “Initially, we were staying in Basirhat from where I, with my family, shifted to Jamalpur, 11 years ago.”
