Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on his way to Mejia in Bankura yesterday had met with the local MLAs of West Burdwan district at Andal and called all the nine legislatures to Kolkata on 22 July for an urgent meeting.
West Burdwan District Magistrate has already shortlisted three to four possible sites for the proposed 100-seat medical college in Asansol, the district headquarters of the district.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), under Asansol organisation district of Rahr Bangla, has officially unveiled two new, futuristic state-of-the-art party offices in Durgapur city in West Burdwan district on Thursday named as ‘Janatar Karyalay’.
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’.
Kalyan Chattopadhyay, a resident of J K Nagar in Raniganj, West Burdwan district, has been declared joint first in the country in the NEET (UG) examinations following a review of his results.
The approval was granted during a recent cabinet meeting of the West Bengal government, chaired by chief minister Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata.
A major subsidence occurred in Jemari village under Raniganj in West Burdwan district. The affected area is barely 200 metres away from the railway line.
Four people from West Burdwan district were killed in a road accident at Belda near Kharagpur while on their way to Digha after their SUV collided head on with a truck in the wee hours today.
In light of increasing urbanisation on farmlands surrounding the Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport, the West Burdwan district authorities, in collaboration with the country's pioneering Aerotropolis project, have initiated a month-wise survey to identify and address potentially hazardous constructions that violate height restrictions laid down by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation
