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June 12, 2026, 03:01 PM - 4 min read
Announcing the project, state Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Ajay Poddar said the initiative aims to establish seamless connectivity between the two regions and boost economic integration.
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June 12, 2026, 12:05 PM - 2 min read
The camps will function as a one-stop platform, offering access to a wide range of state and central government schemes. Citizens will be able to register afresh for key welfare programmes, including the Annapurna Yojana, Yubashakti Prakalpa, widow pension schemes, the PM Kisan Yojana, and old-age pensions.
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June 3, 2026, 09:45 PM - 3 min read
ED officials reached TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee’s Kolkata residences to serve summons in the teacher recruitment case amid a day of political turbulence in West Bengal, where legislative chaos and internal party rifts added to the pressure on the Diamond Harbour MP.
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May 22, 2026, 07:09 PM - 3 min read
A total of nine premises, including those in Kasba, Chakraberia and Royd Street areas in Kolkata and the ancestral residence of Biswas in Murshidabad's Kandi, are raided
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May 20, 2026, 02:18 PM - 3 min read
The arrest follows closely on the heels of another key development in the case, when a suspected sharpshooter, Rajkumar Singh alias Raj Singh, was taken into custody from Muzaffarnagar on Monday.
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May 13, 2026, 12:25 PM - 2 min read
The victims — Sujal Ghosh, his wife Chhaya Ghosh, and their five-year-old son — were residents of Phuliapara in the Nimtala area, under the Phulia-Belgharia No. 1 Gram Panchayat within the jurisdiction of Shantipur Police Station.
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May 13, 2026, 12:19 PM - 3 min read
The move follows clear instructions from the Calcutta High Court and the Supreme Court of India, both of which ruled that tainted candidates must return the salaries they received, along with applicable interest.
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March 23, 2026, 03:33 PM - 3 min read
A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi slammed the State for challenging a Calcutta High Court order which had ordered traffic blockades on two consecutive weekend nights to enable construction of a 366 metre stretch at Chingrighata.
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February 20, 2026, 03:55 PM - 5 min read
The Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, Justice Joymalya Bagchi and Justice Vipin Pancholi said there was a clear lack of cooperation between the State government and the Election Commission of India (ECI)
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February 5, 2026, 06:19 PM - 4 min read
Ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections, the Mamata Banerjee government has announced a Rs 1,500 monthly allowance for unemployed youth and enhanced benefits for women and frontline workers in its vote-on-account budget, sharpening its welfare-driven poll pitch.
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December 19, 2025, 06:04 PM - 3 min read
‘Untainted’ teachers appointed through West Bengal’s 2016 SLST will continue working till August 31 next year after the Supreme Court extended the deadline for fresh recruitment, the WBBSE said, calling the move a relief for students and schools.
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November 29, 2025, 09:55 PM - 3 min read
Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday accused the West Bengal administration of manipulating electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision, alleging direct intervention by senior officials to retain ineligible names. He welcomed the EC’s decision to appoint observers but said the process required swifter action.
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