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West Bengal

Waterways to Success

Being a state with a great network of rivers and expansive water bodies, West Bengal boasts of one of the longest navigable waterway networks in the country, with approximately 4,593 kilometers of rivers and canals, of which 97 per cent are navigable.

Two passengers detained by Andal airport for carrying firearms

In a bizarre incident, the security staff of Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport in Andal, during baggage screening seized a firearm and bullets from two passengers of Birbhum district, about to board a Mumbai-bound flight and handed over them to the Andal police station.

Bengal Assembly passes stringent anti-rape Bill

The West Bengal Legislative Assembly unanimously passed the ‘Aparajita Woman and Child Bill (West Bengal Criminal Laws and Amendment) 2024’, providing for a mandatory death penalty for the crime of rape and murder, on Tuesday.