Kolkata, Aug 28 (UNI) Death toll in West Bengal’s illegal firecracker factory blast in North 24 Parganas district rose to nine, with two more deaths who were admitted into a government hospital, official sources said on Monday. Keramat Ali, one of the accused of running the factory at the residential area of Duttapukur, and Samsul…
Kolkata, Aug 27 (UNI) At least seven people were burnt to death and some others sustained burn wounds at an explosion in an illegal firecracker factory in West Bengal on Sunday, official sources said. The blast occurred at Duttapukur in North 24 Parganas district, The injured have been taken to the Barasat hospital. Unconfirmed sources…
Kolkata, Aug 24 (UNI) West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday slammed the Central government after the wrestling world body, the United World Wrestling, has indefinitely suspended membership of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) over the failure to hold elections in time. The WFI had to postpone elections due to various controversies for a…
Kolkata, Aug 24 (UNI) Famed search engine Google on Thursday came up with a doodle celebrating India’s historic achievement of becoming the first country to touch down a spacecraft (Chandrayaan-3) in the south pole of the moon. “Today’s Doodle celebrates the first ever landing on the moon’s south pole!… Congratulations to the Chandrayaan-3 space mission!…
Kolkata, Aug 24 (UNI) The CBI is probing the alleged recruitment scam in several municipalities, summoning West Bengal Fire brigade minister Sujit Bose to appear before the investigation officials at its city office, Nizam Palace, at 11 a.m. on August 31, official sources said on Thursday. The summons happened after the anti-corruption wing of the…
Kolkata, Aug 22 (UNI) Lauding ISRO team of Scientists as the Chandraayan-3 inching closer to land on the Moon’s South Pole, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday that ” We must all stand together and cheer for its successful soft landing”. The @isro team belongs to India. Their hard work is a…
Kolkata, Aug 18 (UNI) West Bengal Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Friday alleged that he was suddenly attacked by a group of unknown assailants when he visited Jadavpur University on Thursday to attend an event organised by the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha. Adhikari said, ” Yesterday, I visited Jadavpur to attend an event organized…
Kolkata, Aug 17 (UNI) President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday said drug abuse is a matter of concern for the society and the country, which is very worrying and stressed the need for working on all fronts in this matter. She said this while launching the ‘Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan’, organized by Brahma Kumaris at Raj…
Kolkata, Aug 17 (UNI) President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday said drug abuse is a matter of concern for society and the country. Launching ‘My Bengal, Addiction Free Bengal’ Campaign under the ‘Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan’, organised by Brahma Kumaris at Raj Bhavan here, she said, ” Due to these addictions, youth are not able to…
Kolkata, Aug 16 (UNI) President Droupadi Murmu is scheduled to name and launch the GRSE (Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineering Ltd) indigenously built the 3rd Warship ( a stealth frigate for the Indian Navy) here on August 17, an official said on Wednesday. The launching ceremony of the warship will be held at the GRSE’s…
