Much acclaimed Rastar Master (teacher on the streets) Deep Narayan Nayak from Jamuria in West Burdwan connected rural Bengal with Finland when he presented his much acclaimed 'Three Generations Learning Model (3GLM)' at an international summit in Helsinki last week.
One of the renowned poets of Bengal, Arun Chakraborty, the composer of the famous poetic presentation Lal Pharir Deshe, suffered a cardiac arrest and passed away at his Chinsurah farm side road house.
After having the state's first blue road, East Burdwan now has a green road, a pioneering effort in Bengal, which is now set to be opened for public use.
Persons who are efficient and have a good public image will be brought in the leadership role by the Trinamul Congress (TMC) and the ones tainted will be dropped, sources said close to the ruling party in Bengal.
In a first-of-its-kind initiative, Bangladesh has returned smuggled cattle to India, marking a significant step toward fostering stronger bilateral ties and addressing border crimes along the north Bengal frontier.
Two ISF personnel and a villager were killed following a clash that broke out between the police and ISF supporters at Kanthalia near Bhangar in South 24-Parganas last night. Another youth was also killed on Tuesday night at the same village.
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday expressed displeasure over the West Bengal State Election Commission's (WBSEC) report on the action taken to control the widespread violence in the recently-held panchayat polls in the state.
The chief minister spoke for the first time after the results were declared
The leader of the opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday filed a petition at the Calcutta High Court demanding a CBI probe in the poll-related violence during the panchayat elections.
Following re-polling at 696 panchayat booths, after the voting on July 8 was declared void in light of alleged rigging, booth capturing and multiple reports of electoral malfeasance and voter intimidation
