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.
The Hooghly district health department has sounded alert on the increasing number of acute respiratory infections among children.
The deceased trio has been identified as Mrinalini Chowdhury, 61, and her daughters Bandana Chowdhury, 40, and Sanghamitra Chowdhury, 32.
Trouble began when a section of cadres started dismantling the Biswa Bangla symbol placed in front of Curzon Gate and destroyed a public assistance booth of the MLA, Bardhaman (Dakshin).
The leaders resolved that they would tender mass resignation from the party if Konar is declared as the block president.
In December, 2010, a female crocodile had died at Ramnabagan zoo due to liver cirrhosis, incidentally.
