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.
A youth was arrested on charges of molestation at a village within the Kotulpur PS area in Bankura.
Bengal government's fund assistance meant to equip the students with tablets got routed to West Midnapore schools by mistake, bypassing some East Burdwan pupils.
The East Burdwan district authorities suspended ferry services for the entire 17 terminals on the Bhagirathi and Damodar rivers today.
The Katwa Sub-Divisional Court in East Burdwan district has sent a cleric of Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh to seven days police custody for allegedly raping his disciple.
After nine years of a rape incident, East Burdwan police today arrested a TV mechanic from his workshop in Hooghly on Saturday.
