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Bengal SIR: 1.14L voter docus pending upload; TMC seeks portal reopen

19 Feb 2026 1:03 AM IST
Kolkata: Fresh complications have surfaced in West Bengal’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, with 1,14,772 voter documents still pending for...

ED ‘weaponised’ by Centre, Bengal tells SC in I-PAC raid case

19 Feb 2026 1:02 AM IST
Kolkata: A war of words broke out in the Supreme Court of India on Wednesday as the West Bengal government reportedly accused the Centre of...

Election Commission disregarding SC, alleges Abhishek; warns of legal action

19 Feb 2026 12:56 AM IST
Kolkata: Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) of circulating electoral instructions via WhatsApp instead of...

‘Matir Srishti’: UN-FAO recognises Bengal’s aromatic rice varieties

19 Feb 2026 12:55 AM IST
Kolkata: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced that the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has recognised...

KMC detects 11,452 TB cases, screens 11.9L slum dwellers

19 Feb 2026 12:06 AM IST
Kolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has reported significant gains in tuberculosis (TB) control under the National Tuberculosis...

Cal HC upholds life term in 2010 Thakurpukur murder

19 Feb 2026 12:06 AM IST
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court has upheld the life sentence of a man convicted of murdering a woman by strangulation at a house in Thakurpukur,...

Kolkata Port to execute Rs 117.54 cr renovation of Bascule Bridge

19 Feb 2026 12:06 AM IST
Kolkata: Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata (SMPK) has launched a major renovation of the historic Bascule Bridge at the Kolkata Dock System,...

Portal launched to fast-track approval of new subjects in colleges

19 Feb 2026 12:05 AM IST
Kolkata: The West Bengal State Council of Higher Education on Wednesday launched an online portal to streamline the approval process for introducing...

St. Xavier’s University to hold 7th convocation on Feb 21

19 Feb 2026 12:05 AM IST
Kolkata: St. Xavier’s University, Kolkata (SXUK) will hold its 7th Convocation ceremony on February 21, 2026, at 3 pm. at the Biswa Bangla Convention...

More students turn to vocational subjects in Higher Secondary

19 Feb 2026 12:05 AM IST
Kolkata: Over 60,000 candidates appeared for vocational subjects in this year’s Higher Secondary examinations, indicating a rise in enrolment in the...

Four minors sustain injuries in explosion at Bhangar

19 Feb 2026 12:05 AM IST
Kolkata: Four minor boys aged between 8 and 10 years sustained critical injuries after an explosion took place in the Bodra area of Bhangar on Tuesday...

Bhasha Utsav pays tribute to Jibanananda Das

19 Feb 2026 12:04 AM IST
KOLKATA: While some called him a loner and even a failure during his lifetime, others describe his poetry as politically relevant even 72 years after...
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