The twin Burdwan districts have recorded investment proposals worth Rs 4,650 crore in the MSME sector, which, according to state MSME Minister Chandranath Sinha, is estimated to reach Rs 10,000 crore in the coming years.
The child development project officers (CDPO) have been engaged to prevent child marriages across Bengal and the state rolled out a training programme that was flagged off in Burdwan town on Friday.
The district magistrate of East Burdwan, Ayesha Rani has ordered an investigation against the illegal filling up of Shashank Bill, a vast waterbody, is spread over 300 bighas and known as the kidney of Burdwan town.
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.
A police team from Burdwan, with assistance from Siliguri Metropolitan Police, arrested a suspect in connection with the ongoing tablet scam. The accused, identified as Rabindra Prasad Singh, was apprehended in Debidanga under Pradhan Nagar police station area.
In the midst of continuing raids at retail vegetable markets, the East Burdwan zilla parishad yesterday floated a subsidized vending counter in an attempt to stand beside the poor and middle class in Burdwan town.
For over a fortnight, an elderly couple and their son, thrashed allegedly at the whims of a local leader have fled their Jamalpur place fearing further attacks.
Twelve persons were killed by lightning in different locations in East Burdwan and Bankura in the last two days.
The TMC candidate, Dr Sharmila Sarkar arrived at Kobla village in Purbasthali PS area in Kalna this morning and supervised rescue and relief operations after several houses were gutted in a devastating fire
Two teenage girls, kidnapped from two different locations in East Burdwan, were rescued by the police from Kerala and Bihar and they were handed over to their respective families.
