West Bengal - The Purbottar

07 Dec

A man with 150-year-old trident stuck around his neck walks 65 km for surgery

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsWest BengalINDIA, west bengal

An amazing video of a man walking with a Trishul around his neck in West Bengal has gone viral on social media. The man, identified as Bhaskar Ram, walked 65 km from Kalyani in Kolkata to NRS Medical College with a 150-year-old trident around his neck. After Ram reached the emergency department, doctors were shocked to find a trident about 30 cm long around his neck. Doctors said he felt no pain, was able to speak normally and was calm before the surgery. According to a CNBC report, an expert team of doctors led by Associate Professor Dr. Pranavash Banerjee,…

30 Nov

The West Bengal government has extended the ‘Duare Sarkar’ program till December 5

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsPolitical, West BengalHealth, Mamata Banerjee, west bengal

The West Bengal government on Wednesday announced the extension of 'Duare Sarkar', its social outreach camp on various schemes till December 5. As per the earlier notification issued in September, the Duare Sarkar Camp was held from November 1 to November 30. Chief Secretary HK Dwivedi said in a release on Wednesday "The state government is pleased to announce that the schedule of the outreach camp has now been extended and will continue till December 5, 2022." The state had notified on September 26 that Duare Sarkar and camps would be held at the "residential level" (in local areas) from…

24 Nov

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee to attend PM Modi’s G20 meet on Dec 5

Business Correspondent0 CommentsPolitical, West BengalMamata Banerjee, PM Modi

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee is scheduled to meet PM Modi’s G20 meeting on December 5 in the Delhi. A meeting has been convened by Narendra Modi with CM's of all states to discuss the preparatory process for the country hosting the G20 Summit in 2023. Four events of the G20 are scheduled to held in the state of West Bengal. After the meeting, the Mamata Banerjee is likely to visit Ajmer Sharif in Rajasthan. On December 5, PM Modi has called for a meeting with presidents of all political parties in the national capital in order to discuss and…

22 Nov

Cooch Behar Municipality is trying to get UNESCO recognition for Rasmela

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsArt & Culture, North Bengalcoochbehar, INDIA, west bengal

Cooch Behar's Rash Mela is the largest fair in North East India. This year, this fair entered 210 years. In other words, this Rash Mela of Cooch Behar is one of the many ancient fairs. Cooch Behar Municipality has taken a big step with this Ras Mela. Under the leadership of State Eco Tourism Department Chairman Raj Basu, the initial phase of work has started to get Cooch Behar Rasmela recognized by UNESCO. They held a press conference on this matter. Yesterday mayor Rabindra Nath Ghosh was present at this conference. By 2023, the team is aiming for UNESCO's recognition…

20 Nov

Houses gutted in fire after gas cylinders blast in West Bengal’s Siliguri

Business Correspondent0 CommentsWest Bengalfire, SILIGURI

A huge fire broke out in West Bengal's Siliguri, affecting several houses in the congested area. The blaze turned into danger in ward number 18 under the city's Municipal Corporation. According to sources, the fire affected adjacent residences after gas cylinders burst. 6 fire tenders have arrived at the spot and attempts to control the fire are in process. The sources said, "The area is crowded and the fire officials are facing problems to extinguish the fire."

19 Nov

Calcutta High Court Appoints New Head To Probe West Bengal Teachers’ Job Scam

Business Correspondent0 CommentsPolitical, West BengalCalcutta High Court

Calcutta High Court has appointed senior police officer Ashwin Shenvi as the head of the SIT, investigating the alleged teachers' job scam in the state of West Bengal. Mr Shenvi is a 2006-batch IPS officer from the Haryana cadre. He had joined the Central Bureau of Investigation in the year 2020 and was the SP at Jind, Haryana. "CBI has referred the names of Sudhanshu Khare, Michaelraj S and Ashwin Shenvi. Out of these three names, I select Mr Ashwin Shenvi, who is DIG ACB in CBI Chandigarh, that has vast experience in investigation of corruption cases," the single judge…

19 Nov

Using Urdu language to break barriers and to build bridges

Business Correspondent0 CommentsEducation, West Bengal

As far as age goes, Sukti Sarkar, a retired banker who is only 14 years old and Bibhabori Bhattacharyya , are 50 years apart but what binds these two people is their fondness for Urdu and the fact that they both learned the language only recently. They are among the nearly 500 people who got benefit or are in the process of getting it from the online courses being conducted by Know Your Neighbour, a social experiment being run in West Bengal to encourage communal harmony, is collaboration with Kolkata’s Maulana Azad College. The classes started as soon as the…

18 Nov

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari falls ill on stage in Siliguri

Business Correspondent0 CommentsHealth, West BengalSILIGURI

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari fell sick on a visit to North Bengal. He felt ill after stepping down from the stage. A doctor had been brought to diagnose him, through the green corridor. He had come to lay the foundation stone of a long road from Shiv Mandir in Siliguri to Sevak's Cantonment on Thursday. The ceremony was carried out at Dagapur ground near Darjeeling Junction. Nitin Gadkari was not feeling well on stage. So the ceremony was hurriedly stopped . He was taken the green room for rest. But relaxing in the green room made him feel even sicker.…

16 Nov

Five people from West Bengal died in Mizoram mine collapse

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsIndia, Latest, West BengalINDIA, west bengal

Five people from Bengal were among those killed in a stone quarry collapse in South Mizoram's Hanthial on Monday. 12 people are expected to die in this incident. BSF has recovered eight bodies so far. One victim is a resident of Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas, while the others are from Tehatta in Nadia. The Tehatta victims - Madan Das (26)of Pipragachi in Chapra, Mintu Mondal (22), Rakesh Biswas (21) and Buddhadev Mondal (25) of Kalitlapara in Tehatta - had gone to work as laborers in Mizoram through a private agency about eight days ago. The name of the fifth…

10 Nov

Long risky journey through Baghpool

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsNorth Bengal, West BengalINDIA, Sevoke Bridge

Three years have passed since the process of construction of an alternative bridge for Sevoke's Coronation Bridge began. But till now the Detailed Project Report (DPR) of this project has not been ready. It is noteworthy that from the year 2019, the paper process of constructing an alternative bridge for the servant started. There are frequent delays in inviting tenders from agencies for the preparation of 'DPR'. The leaders of the Sevoke bridge movement are saying that in this way the danger of Sevak's Baghpool is increasing. According to engineers of the State Public Works Department, if an agency starts…