Each village panchayat has 20 to 22 cluster groups or self-help groups. Each group has 8 to 10 women. They apply for loans from the banks and procure the material for production. The processed produce...

Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University in Purulia has waived fees in the current semester of the students from Covid-affected families. An official of the university said the decision was taken after a signif...

Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University in Purulia will give its students “internet subsidy” so they can attend classes on digital platforms. Students will get Rs 500 each to meet their internet ex...

Two unknown men set on fire a car on duty for elections after they asked its driver to get off in Purulia’s Bandwan on Friday night. Police have started a probe to find out if Maoists were invo...

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The inspector in charge of Raghunathpur police station here had to be hospitalised after some BJP workers allegedly manhandled him when the police stopped the party’s road show on Thursday. Pol...

Trinamul Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday alleged that the Centre is selling off government concerns and only Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "factory of lies" will remain. Ma...

Around a hundred youths from Purulia have come together to douse fire raging on Ayodhya hills “without water” since the past few days after the district administration and forest departmen...

The weighty responsibility, the Ulyssian run through new terrains, all of it yielded a philosophical dividend once upon a time. Dutta talks about runner and poet Gagan Harkara whom the legendary Lalon...

Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday assured a top leader of the Kurmi community that her government would send to the Centre a proposal for the re-inclusion of the community in the Scheduled Tribe category. ...