West Bengal

06 Jun

Siliguri’s Iskcon Mandir make arrangements for Rath Yatra in full swing

editorWest BengalSiliguri

The Iskcon Mandir of Siliguri is making ready in full swing for the Rath Yatra which will be held on 01st July. The temple authorities inspected the wheel of the chariot and different equipments used in the procession. The chariot is being cleaned and painted to give it a sparkling look. Meanwhile, this year's celebration is anticipated to be grand as the rath yatra should not be held the previous two years due to the pandemic. On behalf of the temple, Namkrishna Das mentioned that three chariots of Sri Jagannath, Sri Baladeva and Sri Subhadra respectively will be taken out…

06 Jun

“Jalpaiguri Town Station has turned into a ‘Maha Shamshan,” says TMYC in Jalpaiguri

editorWest Bengal

In guide of more than a few demands, District Trinamool Youth Congress President Saikat Chatterjee alongside with party's individuals protested in the front of Jalpaiguri Town Railway Station, on Monday. Chatterjee cited that the coaches of Darjeeling Mail and Teesta Torsha have been removed from the station even although Mithali Express is no longer serviceable. Further taking a jibe, the TMYC leader alleged that the ancient Jalpaiguri Town Railway Station has now been converted into a 'Maha Shamshan' ground. In response to this, station supervisor Nitai Das noted that the TMYC has raised quite a number demands concerning Darjeeling Mail…

30 May

Pepperfry strengthens its Omnichannel Presence in Eastern India

Business CorrespondentBusiness, India, West BengalPepperfry, Sodepur

The e-commerce furniture and home goods company Pepperfry announced the launch of its 1st Studio in Sodepur, West Bengal. The new studio launched in partnership with Cloud9 Interiors, aims at providing a personalized shopping experience tailored to the unique needs of home and living customers in West Bengal. The new studio offers customers a first-hand experience of a large catalogue of furniture and home products carefully selected from a differentiated portfolio of 1 lakh plus products available on Pepperfry website. Customers will get specialized design advice from the company’s interior design consultants. Launched in 2017, Pepperfry franchise business model offers…

20 May

Poll Strategist Prashant Kishor predicts electoral rout for Congress in Gujarat, Himachal

editorPolitical, West Bengal

Poll strategist Prashant Kishor has made but any other stinging criticism about the ballot potentialities of the Congress, a birthday celebration which he used to be keen to be a part of until last month. On Friday, the ballot strategist, while tweeting his views on the three-day Congress Chintan Shivir, predicted electoral rout for the grand historical celebration in the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh meeting elections.The two BJP-ruled states will go to polls later this year. Sharing his views on the just-concluded Congress Chintan Shivir, which mentioned the way forward for the grand ancient birthday party after a string of…

20 May

Calcutta High Court orders CBI to seal SSC database room in Salt Lake

editorWest Bengalschool service commission

The high court asked the CBI to seal the database room in the school service commission’s office in Salt Lake, where documents related to the appointments under the scanner are stored. Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay, while passing the order, allowed only a few officials of the commission to access the SSC office and said CRPF personnel would be posted there at least till Friday. “CRPF will continue to protect the SSC office building at least till Friday. The CBI is directed to put a lock on the main door of the database room at the SSC office building in the presence…

16 May

Gautam Deb inaugurates the North Bengal Edition of Sanmarg Business Awards

Business CorrespondentBusiness, India, North BengalGautam Deb, North Bengal, Sanmarg Business Awards

The first edition of the Imperial Inn presents Sanmarg Business Awards- North Bengal Edition was held successfully. It was a huge success. The programme, powered by Norisys, was warmly welcomed by the entire business fraternity. The event was organized at The Courtyard by Marriot Siliguri on 30 April. It was inaugurated by the Mayor of Siliguri, Shri Gautam Deb and attended by prominent business leaders including Miss Ruchi Chetri (finalist in Miss Universe India 2021 representing Darjeeling in Mumbai), a model and a national level athlete. Businesses from varied industries ranging from tea and real estate to healthcare and hospitality and more…

15 May

West Bengal: 2 arrested for hiring killer to murder brother over property dispute

editorWest Bengal

Two persons were arrested in West Bengal's Hooghly district on Saturday for hiring a hitman to kill a brother over a property dispute. The murderer strangled the brother and threw the body in the pond. The police recovered the useless body. A police announcement issued through the Srirampur police station said, “The Srirampur police station received a complaint filed on May 12 by Utpal Das that his brother Gautam Das was scheduled at a pond in Bhattacharya Garden. On receiving the information, the police went to the spot and recovered his body. He was sent to Srirampur Walsh (SD) Health…

14 May

SSC Recruitment Scam: Massive irregularities in Bengal school recruitment

editorEducation, West Bengal

A committee headed by a retired Calcutta High Court judge on Friday submitted a file in the High Court highlighting irregularities in the recruitment of Group C batch of school staff using the West Bengal School Service Commission.The document was submitted to the Calcutta High Court's division bench of Justice Subrata Talukder and Justice Anand Kumar Mukherjee. Justice (Retd.) R.K. Bag was asked to appear in court on charges of irregularities in the recruitment of C group workers by the commission. Arunava Bandyopadhyay, an attorney acting for the Justice Bagh Committee, said the investigation had found major irregularities where 381…

14 May

West Bengal teen dies in tiffin bomb explosion

editorWest Bengal

A 17-year-old boy died in a steel tiffin box explosion near Kolkata on Saturday. Sheikh Sahil was seriously injured in an explosion when he was trying to open a tiffin field that his grandfather, a rag-picker, had collected from Rahara police station area of North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. He was taken to a government medical facility in Barrackpore, about 30 km from Kolkata. However, he died on impact. Abdul Hamid, Sahil's grandfather, said he picked up the metal tiffin pot and added it inside their house. He also proved that he informed his grandson Sahil to open…

13 May

West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee bats for creation of more districts in state

editorPolitical, West BengalMamata Banerjee

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday stated there is a want to create more districts in the state for expediting development work, but it has been constrained by using lack of manpower and infrastructure. Speaking at a assembly with West Bengal Civil Service officers at the renovated Town Hall here, she said the area of the present 23 districts in the state is vast, so there is a need to divide them and amplify the number. The nation wants more manpower and infrastructure for this purpose. "We need to divide the districts as these are very large. The…