East Burdwan exceeds target in Annapurna Yojana registrations on launch day
East Burdwan has set a benchmark by surpassing its registration target under the Annapurna Yojana on the day of its formal launch.
East Burdwan has set a benchmark by surpassing its registration target under the Annapurna Yojana on the day of its formal launch.
Police on Friday arrested a Trinamul Congress panchayat member for allegedly accepting a bribe to facilitate allotment of houses under the Awas Yojana and later issuing death threats when asked to return the money.
A couple from East Burdwan, who had spent nearly 10 months in jail in Bengaluru along with their infant son on alleged charges of being Bangladeshi infiltrators, are now facing a fresh struggle after their names were omitted from the latest supplementary voter list.
In a notable display of environmental responsibility, Trinamul Congress (TMC) candidate for the Ausgram constituency in East Burdwan, Shyamaprasanna Lohar, halted his election campaign to help extinguish a forest fire in the Ausgram jungles today.
A local BJP leader in Galsi of East Burdwan district on Saturday alleged that despite his name appearing on the list for the West Bengal government's Awas Yojana (Housing Scheme), the funds never reached his bank account.
On a day that witnessed conflicts over SIR hearings and submission of Form 7 between voters, party supporters and BLOs mostly at district administrative offices through the state, chaos erupted in East Burdwan as well when Trinamul Congress and BJP cadres engaged in a scuffle today at the Kalna Sub-Divisional Magistrate's office complex in the presence of the police.
Officials of the state Public Works Department (PWD) have visited and inspected the ancestral home of Sir Rashbehari Ghosh at Ukhrid in East Burdwan district to carry out a survey for the restoration of the heritage structure.
young immigrant from Chattagram in Bangladesh, currently residing in East Burdwan, was granted Indian citizenship by the Ministry of Home Affairs, according to the provisions of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), 2019, on Saturday.
The Indian Secular Front (ISF) may field candidates in at least seven Assembly constituencies in East Burdwan in the 2026 Assembly elections, the party’s reconstituted district committee said today.
An unmarried middle-aged woman, allegedly suffering from panic linked to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process after her form could not be uploaded due to server problems, chose self-immolation at a village in the Bhatar block of East Burdwan last evening.
