Renneissance Township, East Burdwan Burdwan: Fear and concern over security gripped residents of Renaissance Township after STF arrested Md Hamim Mondal on Friday on suspicion of terror links.On Sunday, the Renaissance Central Welfare Society met to discuss security and communal harmony. Member Bapi Sarkar said, “We met with the objective of ensuring a safe and…
The accused in police custody Dumka: A 21-year-old college student from Sahibganj district was arrested by the special task force (STF) of Kolkata Police late on Friday for her alleged links to a suspected Pakistan-backed terror network and a purported plot to track Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari’s movements.Arpita Sarkar, a resident of Gwalkhor village…
Two journalists from The Times of India won Press Club Kolkata’s ‘Sangbad Prabhakar Shera Sangbadikata Puraskar 2026’. The awards were given away on Wednesday.Pinak Priya Bhattacharya, who reports from Jalpaiguri, won the first prize in the ‘English Print Media’ category for his story on 16-year-old Sumita Oraon, a girl from Budhuram village in Jalpaiguri’s Gorumara…
The exercise is designed to map owl diversity, abundance and distribution across both protected forests and human-dominated landscapes Kolkata: West Bengal’s first comprehensive statewide owl survey — the first initiative of its kind in India — has documented 11 owl species during the first four months of fieldwork, providing the most extensive baseline yet on…
Kolkata: A fortnight after CM Suvendu Adhikari launched the free cervical cancer vaccination programme for the girls between the age of 14 and 15 years targeting around 7.6 lakh girls by Aug, 12% of the girls had been covered in the drive. East Burdwan district is the top performer, while Kolkata and Kalimpong are the…
Rainy weather in Kolkata on Saturday photo by Sayantan Chakraborty Kolkata: The city woke up to a grey sky and a spell of showers that was heavier in the northern and eastern parts of the city than the south, that received a steady drizzle for more than an hour from 11 am. Even though a…
