A repeated chase for Rs 2,400 power bill payment by the landlords provoked murder of a woman by their former tenants in Jamalpur, East Burdwan.
Thirty three passengers suffered injuries and one died after a speeding bus suddenly toppled on Kalna - Pandua road this morning while trying to give passage to an electric rickshaw.
Curious hospital staff and family members of other patients gathered around the elaborately adorned vehicle, eager to witness the unusual but heartwarming moment.
The Swaspur Sisu Siksha Kendra in Kalna that had suspended operation after its lone teacher superannuated on 28 February, resumed classes yesterday.
A youth was stabbed to death by a woman on a busy road in broad daylight in Kalna town of East Burdwan today.
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.
The East Burdwan district administration has woken up to the fact on how a passenger route was allowed to continue even though the route owner had died eight months ago.
Just a language barrier caused the death of a wage labourer in East Burdwan today and a lorry driver from Andhra Pradesh had to surrender to the police, as a result.
A bus route in East Burdwan is active, for which the permit is in the name of a dead woman. According to the Motor Vehicles Act this is illegal.
Two civic towns of East Burdwan, Katwa and Dainhat gears up for Kartik Lorai (duel) with all devotion and excitement as these are remnants of two key religious and cultural events over centuries here.
