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Saugata Roy, a veteran lawmaker tasked by the TMC top brass to hold parleys with Adhikari over his grievances, expressed hope that the party leadership will hold talks with the strongman.

Kolkata's Uttam Saha travelled the world for Diego Maradona and got the chance to meet his idol in the City of Joy.

Alleging that a section of people is trying to take the country towards destruction using religion, Pasha said those who are eyeing Bengal at present, whether "wearing saffron or green", should know that there is no place for such division in this state.

The CPI(M), however, may be wary of such an assertion. In fact, given the track record of the alliance, the Congress' push for Chowdhury to represent the gathbandhan may very well jeopardise the deal.

Since 2012, Upen Biswas and his team have worked extensively and trained 27,800 scheduled caste and tribal women selected from nearly 30,000 villages in West Bengal in beauty care.

More than 70 per cent Muslims voted for the ruling TMC in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and this is why the state BJP on Tuesday arranged a brainstorming session to address this challenge ahead of the elections.

Earlier in the day, more than 20 huts were gutted when a fire broke out at Kailashpur village under Kankuria gram panchayat, officials in Purba Bardhaman district said. Two fire tenders were pressed into service to douse the blaze, which originated from t...

Ghosh told reporters that the TMC has now joined hands with forces it had once labelled as "anti-national", with an eye on three assembly seats in the Hills.

JMM's Basant Soren won the Dumka seat, defeating the BJP's Louis Marandi, while the Congress held on to the Bermo seat as party candidate Kumar Jaimangal defeated the BJP's Yogeshwar Mahto (Batul).

Looking ahead to the upcoming I-League season, Akram felt that though the prospect of staying inside the Covid-safety bubble for a few months may be a 'challenging' prospect, the returns of winning the tournament are also high.

Acting on a tip-off, a team intercepted the vehicle on Friday night and seized heroin weighing 4.20 kg, worth around Rs 20 crore in the international market, a senior police officer said.

A restaurant in Kolkata has taken the coronavirus safety guidelines a notch higher by offering zipped-face masks to its customers.

In the latest coronavirus-inspired Durga Puja pandal, the goddess has been depicted as a doctor with a vaccine, fighting Mahishasur who has been depicted as coronavirus.

Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar, Shiromani Akali Dal president Sukhbir Singh Badal, former Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh, and Akal Takht jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh too condemned the incident.

The demand for the women dhakis had gone down initially during the pandemic. But after CM Mamata Banerjee announced Rs 50,000 for each Durga Puja committee in the state, they started receiving bookings.

Among others, the saffron party's youth wing state president Soumitra Khan and Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Dasgupta also submitted a memorandum to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in New Delhi, protesting against "police excesses" during last week's...