Sources said that despite bumper jute production this year, the retting process of plants has been held back largely owing to the lack of rainfall ...

Incident occurred on the Jangipur-bound flank of the highway in Ahiran...

Tragedy brought to light how rural poor don’t easily get loans from banks and instead get trapped in loans with astronomical interest from local lenders...

Seven villagers, mostly farmers, and seven cops were injured in the incident ...

Ramkumar Singh, 48, was from Baroani village in Bihar’s Begusarai...

The twin approach, a source in the party said, was part of an attempt to strike a balance between political activism and administrative responsibility...

The decision was taken on the basis of an intelligence input of possible violence in the district...

In the final order, the bench asked the government to take the army’s help if the situation demanded so...

ADGP(law and order) Jawed Shamim stressed that the administration had acted tough to control the situation in Howrah, Murshidabad and Nadia...

Subsequent events, including the spreading unrest in Howrah district and incidents in Murshidabad, point to the sagacity of the chief minister’s early warning...