Shoals of dead fish float on Mirik’s Sumendu lake, raising serious concerns among residents

 Since Wednesday, residents have spotted the dead fish floating on the lake. They have also informed the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA), the administrative body in the hills, about this development…

Number of students in Madhyamik with scores above 90 per cent surges in all subjects except for two

 Results of state’s Class X board exams, declared on Thursday, show maximum rise has been in mathematics and geography Subhankar Chowdhury, TT, Calcutta, 03.05.24 : The number of students with…

Planters seek government aid for heat effect on tea industry due to mercury surge

M.K. Maitra, the secretary of the Terai Indian Planters’ Association (TIPA), wrote to Bengal labour minister Moloy Ghatak on Thursday, saying the drought-like situation had hit the tea gardens across…

About 850 workers left without jobs as Totapara Tea Garden suspends operations

Assistant Labour Commissioner Subhrajyoti Sarkar, stationed at the Jalpaiguri District Labor Office, disclosed that the Totapara plantation management has been summoned for a meeting scheduled for Monday to address the…

Cash worth about Rs 8L recovered from BJP worker

The cash was being carried to Chanchal from Gazole for election purposes. The BJP worker could not produce any paper in support of his claim. On April 29 in English…

Respite in sight: ‘Mercury likely to dip in next 48 hrs’

Severe heatwave situations will, however, continue in districts like Bankura, Jhargram, West Midnapore, East Burdwan and West Burdwan on Friday MP, 3 May 2024, Kolkata: The Regional Meteorological Centre in…

Over 86% ‘Children with Special Need’ pass Madhyamik

Out of the total number of candidates, 7,65,252 were successful while the results of two were withheld, 46 candidates’ exams were cancelled and 81 were exonerated MP, 3 May 2024,…

Cal HC pained at delay in grant of sanction to prosecute school jobs case accused persons

The court acknowledged the corruption allegations against the accused and the filed chargesheet, emphasizing the automatic nature of the grant. The court held the delay a “violation of orders” and…

Kalimpong students excel in Madhyamik Examination

YOWAN MOTHAY, EOI, KALIMPONG, MAY 2, 2024: In this year’s Madhyamik Examination, the Kalimpong district has achieved the highest pass percentage in the state of West Bengal. The Kalimpong district…

Forest fires in Darjeeling threaten breeding centre for red panda, snow leopards

The forest fire, which started on Thursday morning, was brought under control by the evening with the intervention by the fire operators and officials of the Forest Department, and with…

Raj Bhavan employee files complaint of sexual harassment against Bengal Governor

Refuse to be cowed down by engineered narratives….truth will triumph: Bose  EOI, KOLKATA, MAY 2, 2024 : In a sensational incident that stirred a political furore in the state a…

Report on Rare Adverse Side Effects of Covishield Causes Panic. But Should It?

The risks which are now causing paranoia have been known since 2021 – and experts believe they do not outweigh the benefits the vaccine brought at the height of the…

Modi govt wants country without dalits, backward communities: Mamata Banerjee

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi is lying about the benefits of UCC that it will help everybody. Instead, if UCC is implemented, it will put at stake the existence of SCs,…

PM Narendra Modi on two-day visit to Bengal from Thursday

BJP sources said that Modi is scheduled to address election rallies in support of party candidates in Krishnanagar, Bardhaman Purba and Bolpur Lok Sabha constituencies on Friday Prime Minister Narendra…

Work suspended in Jalpaiguri tea garden, 850 people lose jobs on International Labour Day

 Sources said the management had not been paying provident funds and gratuity for the past few months, much to the disgruntlement of the workforce The factory premises of the Totapara…

Calcutta High Court satisfied at CBI probe progress in Sandeshkhali, allows NHRC to be party in the case

Chief Justice T S Sivagnanam, along with Justice Hiranmy Bhattacharyya, reviewed the CBI’s report and granted the agency’s request to keep the details confidential Calcutta High Court: File PTI, Calcutta, 02.05.24…

EC directs parties to stop registering voters for beneficiary schemes under guise of surveys

 The poll authority noted that some political parties and candidates have been engaging in activities that blur the lines between legitimate surveys and partisan efforts to register individuals for post-election…

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