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Devotees carrying a Durga idol for immersion in Kolkata. Elaborate arrangements were made at the 21 ghats in the city, where hundreds of idols were immersed in the river Hooghly.

Low-key immersion marks end of Durga Puja festival in West Bengal

Shiv Sahay Singh

Elaborate arrangements were made at the 21 ghats in Kolkata, where hundreds of idols were immersed in the river Hooghly

BSF jawans patrolling along Indo-Bangla international border. File Photo.

BSF hands over eight Bangladeshis to BGB as goodwill gesture

Representative Image.

Post-COVID, loss of income acute among trafficking survivors: study

A deserted pandal barricaded with chairs and a notice restricting entry inside during Durga Puja, the biggest festival of the region, in Kolkata on Oct. 25, 2020.

In Kolkata, empty pandals and roads mark Durga Puja

Health workers in protective suits outside the emergency ward of a hospital in Kolkata. Photo used for representation purpose only. File

Coronavirus | Include disabilities in comorbidity survey, activists urge Kolkata Municipality Corporation

Google Maps image locates the Kamarhati area of Kolkata.

Low intensity blast rocks pharmacy in Kamarhati area

Soumitra Chatterjee. File

Soumitra Chatterjee’s condition deteriorates to ‘very critical’: doctors

COVID-19

WB adds 4,069 new COVID-19 cases, 64 deaths Special Correspondent

West Bengal on Wednesday reported 4,069 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total infections in the State to 3, 33,126. As many as 64 deaths pushed the

Kolkata thumbs nose at COVID-19 safety protocols as crowds throng Puja pandals

Coronavirus | No visitors allowed inside Durga Puja pandals across West Bengal: Calcutta High Court

COVID-19 deaths exceed 6,000 in Bengal as puja preparations gather pace

Coronavirus | Doctors asked not to leave Kolkata during Durga Puja

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Bayaad-e-Ghalib: nearly 190 years after the poet visited Kolkata, the city pays rich tributes

Tribute to Pulwama martyrs at Kolkata’s Shaheen Bagh; protest enters 45th day

Left groups win in Jadavpur varisty student poll, ABVP makes a mark

Poor living standards, social variations prevail among Adivasis of Bengal, says report by Amartya Sen’s Partichi Trust

‘Odisha not taking advantage of Central schemes’

JU students’ union polls peaceful

Mamata Banerjee blames political vendetta for Tapas Paul’s death

She says the actor was “mentally devastated” after his arrest

Yogi woos youth with jobs

Number of ‘registered jobless’ rose by 16 lakh since Nov. 2017

ABVP to fight JU students’ union polls

Jadavpur University is all set for an interesting contest for the students’ union elections as for the first time in the university’s history, the

Family carries body on rickshaw from hospital

A poor family carried the body of an 80-year-old woman on a tricycle trolley rickshaw (used for goods’ transportation) in Odisha’s Berhampur on

Odisha budget focuses on infrastructure, healthcare

Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari presents ₹1.5 lakh crore budget for 2020-21

Tapas Paul, Bengali actor and former Trinamool MP, passes away

Tapas Paul had been suffering from heart ailments for the past few years; his characters went well with Left’s narrative of nurturing the countryside

Drinking water in Bengal basin contains high amounts of toxins, says study

For the first time in India, a whole region has recorded the presence of pesticides and PAH in its natural sources of water and surface sediments

Sand sculpture celebrates gender diversity

Internationally acclaimed sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik paid tributes to the woman workforce at Puri beach by creating a sand sculpture on Hindustan

JU V-C calls for peaceful students’ polls

Jadavpur University Vice-Chancellor Suranjan Das has appealed to all stakeholders of the institute to “remain calm and maintain peace” during

‘Revenue loss due to GST may go on after 5 years’

It is due to structural changes, says latest Odisha Economic Survey

Land revenue receipt, PAN not proof of citizenship: Gauhati HC

Land revenue-paying receipt, permanent account number (PAN) card and bank documents do not prove the citizenship of a person, the Gauhati High Court

Uncertainty over Prabhat Patnaik’s lecture at Visva-Bharati

University authorities not in favour of inviting the noted economist; lecture likely to be called off

ED seizes gold, silver and currency worth crores of rupees

Operation carried out under Foreign Exchange Management Act in Jaipur, Kolkata and Chennai

New species of urban lizard found in Guwahati

The bent-toed gecko, named Cyrtodactylus urbanus, was earlier thought to be same as the Khasi Hills lizard

Policeman courts controversy in Bengal

A uniformed police officer courted controversy by trying to touch the feet of a West Bengal Minister after felicitating him at an event in Rampurhat

Two killed, seven injured as girder of bridge falls

More workers are feared to be trapped under the debris

One killed, eight injured as bus rams truck

A man died and several others were injured after a bus rammed a truck in West Bengal’s Howrah district on Sunday early morning, police said. The

Accord drives divide in Assam’s Bodo domain

Political ambitions of ABSU, NDFB leaders have rubbed the BPF the wrong way

U.P. woman gang-raped by two policemen

Two unidentified policemen allegedly raped a 20-year-old woman in a hotel room near a railway station here. The incident took place on Thursday after

PWD to stabilise sinking Ridge in Shimla

Reinforced concrete structure to be constructed in phase I of project

College student alleges gang rape

Meerut university students block road, demand action

Notorious gangster arrested

Notorious gangster Raj Kumar alias Raju Basaudi, wanted in over two dozen murder cases, was arrested from the IGI airport in Delhi after he was

Minor in ‘guilty’ list for destroying property during anti-CAA protest

Lawyer Mannan Baliyan, representing some of the guilty, says he would approach HC

The Centre’s plans to promote Kolkata’s heritage buildings are part of a political game, but promise much cultural gains

But no mention was made of the invaluable collection perishing at Gurusaday Museum

Denial of permission to Aishe questioned in Bengal Assembly

After JNU Students’ Union president and SFI leader Aishe Ghosh was denied permission to speak at Calcutta University here on Thursday and was not

Mamata hurt at not being invited to East-West metro inauguration

Other TMC leaders boycotted event over the issue

Rumblings in Bengal BJP over party’s line before 2021 Assembly elections

State unit vice-president asks central leadership to devise Bengal-centric road map

SC lifts Delhi-NCR construction ban

The restrictions were partially eased by the court in Dec.

Mamata Banerjee leads list of artists using canvas to protest against CAA, NRC

One of the works exhibited outside the Esplanade metro station in Kolkata is the creation of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who usually prefers the mike over the brush to express her anger.

Governor issues notice to Cooch Behar varsity V-C

Dhankar asks why he has not received any intimation for holding the convocation

JNUSU president denied permission to enter CU campus

Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) president Aishe Ghosh was denied permission by Calcutta University authorities to enter the campus

Centre-State tussle mars East-West Metro project inauguration in Kolkata

Mamata skips the event as her name wasn’t mentioned in the invitation card

Indian crew on cruise ship quarantined off Japan long to return home

‘The situation is turning worse with every passing day’

IIT Kharagpur club cancels permission for discussion on citizenship

Permission was given initially but withdrawn later

Rohingya can’t be kept in jail after serving term: HC

The refugees will have to be taken to a safe place and continue to be monitored, says Bench

9 temples make way for hospital

Club houses on govt. land to be pulled down in Cuttack

Calcutta HC permits live streaming of hearing involving Parsi community

The proceedings involving religious rights would have ramifications for the community across the country, the court said

Odisha sets up panel for backward classes

Former Orissa HC judge to head the five-member commission

Banks, post offices being used to collect CAA-NRC data: Mamata

‘Surveys are being done without State govt.’s permission’

BJD member attempts to take her life over son’s arrest

The woman claims the youth was nabbed on false charges

Aishe Ghosh to campaign against CAA in Bengal

She will participate in roadshows and campaign for SFI in Jadavpur University students’ union polls

West Bengal FM Amit Mitra writes to RBI over ‘discriminatory’ hiring

The All India Reserve Bank Employees’ Association claimed that the Kolkata zone has just 11 vacancies out of 926 openings for the post of “assistants” in the country.

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