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Adhir writes to railway minister for special trains during Eid

Senior Congress leader and erstwhile Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, has urged today railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to introduce special trains on the Malda, Murshidabad, and Dinajpur (North and South) routes ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr to accommodate the surge in passenger traffic during the festive season.

HC directs police to register FIR on plaint filed by JU student

Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed Kolkata Police to register an FIR based on the complaint filed by Indranuj Roy, the student of Jadavpur University (JU) during the ruckus within the university campus on 1 March after being hit allegedly by the vehicle of education minister Bratya Basu.

Fire at Farakka Barrage causes traffic snarls

South Bengal and north Bengal transport operation was halted for several hours today following an incident of fire on a goods-laden truck near Gate 48 of the Farakka Barrage in Murshidabad, today

Doctors demand respect while on VVIP duty

After the announcement of dates for the Lok Sabha (Assembly by-election at a few), government doctors in West Bengal await a harrowing time for two months in the scorching summer as many of them are on duty during VVIP political leaders’ election rallies across districts.

A deserving candidate’s plea to resume salary

After the recent verdict by the Calcutta High Court on the cancellation of appointments of candidates empanelled in 2016 in various categories, many deserving candidates have also been caught in the mesh.