I was born in Berhampore, 200 kilometres from Calcutta, and studied in Krishnath College School. After studying science in high school, I wanted to pursue something interdisciplinary. I got a partial ...
Congress leader Adhir Chowdhury on Tuesday advised Mamata Banerjee to meet the President and complain about the “partisan role” governor Jagdeep Dhankhar had been playing. “A governor is appoint...
Eleven migrant workers from Murshidabad district are holed up at a rented house in Ghonda Chowk, a violence-hit locality in north-east Delhi, with only a few packets of biscuits for survival.The labou...
By Snehamoy Chakraborty and Alamgir Hossain
in Bolpur(Birbhum)
The Birbhum administration has decided to halt all government surveys in Nalhati and adjoining areas after residents gheraoed a block development on Monday over suspicion that data were being collecti...
By Snehamoy Chakraborty and Alamgir Hossain
in Bolpur(Birbhum)
A clerk at the Behrampore municipality had always aspired to become a teacher, but he seeks to fulfil the dream by taking coaching for youngsters who prepare for the School Service Commission exam. Fa...
Distribution of rations continued to pose problems for the Bengal government on Saturday as people turned violent at two places in Murshidabad, while beneficiaries protested against a couple of ration...
By Alamgir Hossain and Snehamoy Chakraborty
in Burdwan
All political roads continue to lead to Jiaganj despite investigations suggesting the October 8 triple murder was not political and the family appealing against the politicisation of a “personal tra...
By Alamgir Hossain and Snehamoy Chakraborty
in Rampurhat
Coronavirus has prompted a migrant worker’s return from Kerala and purchase of a lottery ticket with Rs 1-crore first prize upon his arrival in Murshidabad’s Beldanga and his subsequent refuge at ...
Farmers are forced to sell their produces at half the market rate as road and rail connectivity was disrupted in the violent protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.The vegetables include cab...
By Alamgir Hossain and Snehamoy Chakraborty
in Burdwan
The Election Commission will deploy central forces in quick-response teams — which so far had only state police personnel — to tackle trouble outside polling centres in the fourth phase of voting ...