KOLKATA: Income Tax officials on Friday afternoon left the rice mill of Bharatiya Janata Party legislator Tanmoy Ghosh at Bengal’s Bankura district, nearly 52 hours after they started the searches on November 8. A contengent of central police forces accompanied the income tax department team The income tax officers, who were accompanied by a central armed police contingent, locked the …
At a distance of 47 kilometers from West Bengal's Bankura town, 66- year-old Bhanupada Nandi is the only tant weaver left to continue this tradition. Mritunjay Das, who left weaving seven years ago, says, "I came into farming and managed to earn enough to provide food to my family. Sitting beside Mritunjay Das, Tarani Das -- another weaver who left …
Most houses in Ramnagar are like that of Rani’s – small hutments, with the roof in some, and a wall in others, in need of urgent repairs. They beat us up and didn’t let anyone except TMC contest”, she adds, emphasizing that their panchayat Pradhan is only a “10th pass”. “Two people work under one job card and the money …
Polling for the second phase of West Bengal Assembly polls will be held today for 30 constituencies across four districts — Purba Medinipur, Paschim Medinipur, Bankura and South 24 Parganas. There are a total of 171 candidates in the fray for the 30 seats, including West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee who is up against TMC turncoat and now BJP …
Kolkata: It was around 11.45 pm and there was nip in the air on that fateful night in January 2007. “It’s good to reach Nandigram police station early otherwise we will not be able to reach due to dug up roads and extra vigilant armed guards of Bhumi Uchchhed Pratirodh Committee There is a risk if we travel during daytime.” …