Wires wrapped around roadside poles pose a risk to commuters across Salt Lake. On Sunday, The Telegraph spotted open junction boxes at several places in Sectors I, II and III that had cables sticking...

A spokesperson for the power utility said their job was to maintain the supply lines and ensure electricity reached the posts. “The BMC is in charge of maintaining the lights, posts and the jun...

“The Left did nothing in 34 and Trinamul too was indifferent towards bringing electricity to Namo Jamdoba. I was surprised to know during my election campaign during last year’s Assembly p...

Two Kolkatans lost around Rs 7.7 lakh on Friday and Saturday after responding to text messages threatening to disconnect power supplies to their homes if they did not pay Rs 11. Senior officers of Ko...

The West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (WBSEDCL) has launched a campaign to alert its consumers about fraudulent text messages that threaten to disconnect power supply for not ...

Driving and even walking through Salt Lake’s roads after sundown is turning out to be risky as most plunge into darkness because of faulty street lights. Lamp posts are installed at an interval...

The Bengal board’s higher secondary examinations began on April 2. After a break because of the byelections to the Ballygunge Assembly seat and the Asansol parliamentary constituency, the exams ...

Recorded notes of a bipartite meeting held between state officials and leaders of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leaders in 2013 suggest that the state government had then told the hill leaders that...

A network of NGOs in Kalimpong has decided to lead the efforts in resolving the issue of outstanding electricity bills after the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, which had issued the no-payment diktat, and oth...

Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation will start next week a survey to find out the number of non-functional street lights. Most roads in the township have been plunging into darkness after sundown over ...