3 Cong candidates in West Burdwan pedal their way to file nominations
In an unusual move, Congress candidates in West Burdwan district cycled to submit their nomination papers, staging a symbolic protest against rising fuel prices.
In an unusual move, Congress candidates in West Burdwan district cycled to submit their nomination papers, staging a symbolic protest against rising fuel prices.
As Iran navigates war and people are losing lives, a shadow of grief has fallen over Iranipara in Pandaveswar, West Burdwan, popularly known as ‘Little Iran’.
Over 350 Iranians settled in Pandaveswar for generations, some for over a century, are now watching their ancestral homeland burn, with black flags lining streets where Eid lights once shone.
Bodies of a mother-son duo was recovered from a house in Kulti in West Burdwan today, in what locals suspect to be a case of murder followed by suicide.
A high-level administrative meeting was held today at the office of District Magistrate (DM) of West Burdwan with school authorities by the civil, police and transport authorities in connection with transportation of children through school buses and pool cars.
The body of a nurse employed at a private medical college hospital in Malandighi, Kanksha, in West Burdwan district was found lying in a pool of blood in front of a multi-storey building last night.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has made its first arrests in connection with illegal sand mining along the banks of the Damodar and Ajay rivers in West Burdwan district.
The district electoral department has proposed the bifurcation of polling stations with more than 1,200 voters across all nine Assembly constituencies of the district, based on the draft electoral roll published on 16 December last year.
The District Magistrate of West Burdwan, S. Ponnabalam, held a meeting at the District Magistrate’s office in Asansol district headquartersregarding the state government’s “Pathashree” project and said that Rs.206 crores will be invested on 360 road projects.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has issued notices to 1,45,620 unmapped voters in West Burdwan district and will begin hearings from 27 December.
