Seven jumbo calves,  among the herd of 49 elephants roaming East Burdwan’s Ausgram since the past couple of days, can’t keep pace with elders of the group, a challenge for foresters t...

At least 100 personnel of the forest department have been unable to drive away a herd of 49 elephants, including seven calves, from East Burdwan’s Ausgram as local villagers have not allowed the...

 A herd of 49 elephants, including calves, ravaged paddy farms in parts of East Burdwan on Thursday.  Forest officials said the herd had charted an “unorthodox” route compared to...

Still, stubble burning is not that rampant in Bengal as it is in the country’s northern states. ...

Friends, classmates and villagers of Napara in  Purbasthali, East Burdwan, came together on Friday morning at the ancestral home of Subrata Mukherjee to pay tribute to the minister who died in Ca...

The Burdwan Development Authority (BDA) on Tuesday kicked off a six-month long open-air exhibition on legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray to celebrate his birth centenary this year. Sandip Ray (centre i...

Traffic between Nadia and East Burdwan district was affected since Wednesday morning as the state public works department suspended movement of heavy vehicles on Gouranga Setu over Bhagirathi river in...

Secular forces in Bangladesh putting up a concerted protest against divisive violence during Durga Puja in their country can take heart from a village across the border, some 100km from Calcutta. Aro...

Two factions of Trinamul clashed with iron rods and bamboo sticks in West Burdwan’s Laodoha block on Saturday night reportedly over the party’s clothes-distribution drive ahead of Durga Pu...

Over 1 lakh residents of a dozen municipal areas and adjoining villages in West Burdwan’s Jamuria are grappling with severe water crisis for over a week now, because the water treatment plant in...