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State utility to hike power rates after panchayat polls

Shocker: People in the entire state, except Kolkata and Howrah, to be hit

Don’t lodge rape complaint, police tells victim’s relatives

Murshidabad SP Kabir says this was done to protect dignity of girl

Pro-naxalite bodies add fuel to Barasat rape agitation

Nine days after a 20-year-old college girl was brutally raped and killed bringing Barasat out on the streets, several bodies, all known to have strong Maoist leanings, reached the spot yesterday, held demonstrations and pledged support to villagers in their future agitations.

No place to dump waste, KMC to turn it into energy

After failing to procure land for new dump yard, KMC to set up waste-to-energy plants

Steel giant takes to organic farming

In a one-of-its-kind initiative, iron and steel giant Shyam Group has started organic farming in its plant at Jamuria in Burdwan district to cater to the kitchen requirements of around 3,000 staff who work in the plant.

Laboratory for research on radioactive ion beams soon

How stars are formed, how does the galaxy look like — now all these mysteries of the stellar family will be unfurled in the city.

Fisheries have turned hubs of crime, say locals

Traumatised by the brutal rape and murder of the 20-year-old college student on June 7, Barasat locals are demanding that the police keep a strict vigil on fisheries that have become hubs of crime and criminals.

Woman who sold EM Bypass plot to 50 people arrested

The woman has cheated 50 people and duped them of around Rs. 3 crore in the last five months, a police officer said.

School teacher beaten up for attempting rape on teen

A school teacher from Balurghat in South Dinajpur was beaten up and handed over to the police yesterday morning for allegedly attempting rape on a Class 9 student at his residence.

Death scare in the air from Middle East

If you thought the severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS as it is commonly known, was scary, get prepared for an even more virulent virus that has all the making of a Hollywood horror movie, the Middle East respiratory syndrome, or MERS, which has already claimed 33 lives across the world.

WB: headmaster arrested for molesting 3 minor girls

A few days after West Bengal topped the league of Indian states in crimes against women, a headmaster of a private school was arrested on charges of molesting three girls, aged six, eight and 10 years, in Sonarpur, South 24 Parganas district of the state.

Purulia baby deaths: Central team set to conduct inquiry

Following the death of 15 infants, including a few newborns, in the state-run Deben Mahato Hospital here, a concerned Union health ministry has decided to send a team of experts to ascertain what happened.

Maoist posters ask people not to vote for Trinamool

Friend-turned-foe Naxals threaten Purulia leaders with dire consequence

Blamed for spate of accidents, commission system to end soon

State transport minister Madan Mitra is working on a plan to come up with an alternative to the present commission system for drivers and conductors of private buses.

Staff crunch hits BPL lists revision

It’s been nearly four months since the Manmohan Singh government asked the state to carry out an overall revision of the below poverty line (BPL) lists in Kolkata.
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