“Every such story state baseless facts involving Akbar, Jahangir, Jodhabai and Man Singh. Some even tried to add a hint of romance between Jodhabai and Shankar following Jodhabai’s intenti...

Two boards with the name of the mosque stuck to its walls also have the three words written on them — “Prabhuke pranam koro (Pray to the Lord)”. “Prabhu is usually used in a c...

Around 1,500 dead and live turtles, stacked in jute sacks and being ferried with onions, were seized from a pickup van in Barasat in North 24Parganas on Wednesday morning. Six men have been arrested. ...

One of the two fugitives, who had escaped from Midnapore district correctional home on Monday night, was arrested by Bijpur police from a hideout located on the Kampa-Baro Jagulia road in North 24-Par...

There will be “complete lockdown” in Barasat for seven days from Saturday to reduce the chances of spread of the coronavirus. Except for emergency services, all shops and markets across t...

Standalone shops and markets across parts of Barasat saw people in droves  with scant respect for distancing rules as the local administration began enforcing a “seven-day strict lockdown&r...

The state government on Tuesday announced stricter enforcement of lockdown norms in the entire Barasat town in North 24-Parganas because of a rise in Covid-19 cases. Places where people gather in lar...

A company of a Border Security Force is set to arrive in Calcutta on Friday to identify “vulnerable” pockets in the city and its adjoining areas ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, police officers s...

A road winding through green fields, trees swaying in the mid-afternoon breeze, women carrying home buckets filled from deep tube-wells, ducklings floating in ponds — Paschim Changdyanga in Deganga,...

BJPMrinal Kanti DebnathResident of: Kajiyal Para, Chinar Park, RajarhatVoter of: Rajarhat New Town Assembly constituencyAge: 68Educational qualification: MBBS from National Medical College (1977), dip...