THE VANGUARD REPORT
KOLKATA/WEST BENGAL

BENGAL’S CLASSROOMS PREPARE FOR AN ANCIENT KNOWLEDGE REVIVAL: VEDIC MATHEMATICS AND CHANAKYA NITI PROPOSED FOR HIGHER EDUCATION 

BENGAL SEEKS TO BRING MIGRANT WORKERS HOME: SUVENDU ADHIKARI PROMISES ₹34,500 ANNUAL INCOME UNDER RURAL EMPLOYMENT SCHEME 

FALSE BADGE, FABRICATED ARREST AND A LIFETIME’S SAVINGS LOST: BEHRAMPORE COUPLE CHEATED OF ₹46 LAKH 

YEARS OF WAITING, THOUSANDS OF VACANCIES AND NO APPOINTMENTS: TEACHER ASPIRANTS TAKE THEIR FIGHT TO BIKASH BHAVAN 

POLITICAL POSTER WAR REACHES SALT LAKE AS RAHUL GANDHI’S PARLIAMENTARY IMAGE BECOMES TARGET OF CONTROVERSY 

META’S DIGITAL BAN ON BENGAL CONGRESS TRIGGERS DICTATORSHIP CHARGE, PARTY CONSIDERS LEGAL ACTION 

BENGAL INDUSTRY SEEKS FASTER CLEARANCES, TRANSPARENT LAND POLICY AND JOB-LINKED INCENTIVES AHEAD OF NOVEMBER 5 INDUSTRIAL POLICY LAUNCH 

DIWALI RELIEF FOR NORTH BENGAL’S TEA WORKERS: SUVEN​DU GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES ₹5,000 DIRECT CASH ASSISTANCE 

KOLKATA POLICE ISSUE STRICT KALI PUJA SAFETY GUIDELINES, PANDALS BARRED FROM SERVING AS RAIN SHELTERS 

LEFT STUDENT GROUPS PROTEST AGAINST ABVP’S ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH PRESENCE AT PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY 

DR JACK PREGER, BRITISH DOCTOR WHO DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO KOLKATA'S POOR, DIES AT 96 

SACKED BENGAL TEACHERS ANNOUNCE NOVEMBER 30 ASSEMBLY MARCH, DEMAND FULFILMENT OF SUVENDU'S JOB ASSURANCE 

DURGA PUJA PASS SCAM PROBE WIDENS AS KOLKATA POLICE SUMMON FORMER BENGAL MINISTER'S DAUGHTER 

BJP LAUNCHES COUNTER-MARCH IN BENGAL AFTER INDIA BLOC RALLY, OPPOSITION ALLEGES POLITICAL PANIC 

ATTACK ON NEWLY ESTABLISHED PROTESTANT CHURCH IN SOUTH 24-PARGANAS LEAVES PRIESTS ASSAULTED 

BJP PRESIDENT NITIN NABIN ACCUSES RAHUL GANDHI OF WORKING IN FAVOUR OF FOREIGN INTERESTS TO DESTABILISE INDIA 

FIRE ERUPTS AT MULTI-STOREY LIONS RANGE BUILDING NEAR KOLKATA’S WRITERS’ BUILDINGS, TEN FIRE ENGINES DEPLOYED 

MYSTERY DEEPENS AFTER CANTEEN WORKER FOUND DEAD INSIDE WEST BENGAL ASSEMBLY 

KOLKATA POLICE ISSUE DURGA PUJA SAFETY GUIDELINES TO PREVENT CROWD-RELATED MISHAPS 

LORETO SEALDAH TO OPEN SENIOR SECONDARY ADMISSIONS TO BOYS FROM 2028, ENDING 170-YEAR ALL-GIRLS TRADITION 

RG KAR VICTIM’S MOTHER QUESTIONS CBI PROBE, ALLEGES CORRUPTION CONTINUES IN BENGAL’S MEDICAL COLLEGES 

TOLLYGUNGE GUILD ELECTIONS ATTRACT 3,500 NEW VOTERS, SIGNAL SHIFT IN BENGAL’S ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY 

JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY BARS STAFF MEMBER FROM CAMPUS AFTER FIRST-YEAR STUDENT ALLEGES SEXUAL HARASSMENT 

WOMAN ALLEGEDLY GANG-RAPED AT KNIFEPOINT IN SONARPUR; HUSBAND ASSAULTED, ONE ACCUSED ARRESTED 

DELETED FROM THE VOTERS’ LIST: KOLKATA MAN TAKES HIS FIGHT FOR DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS TO DELHI 

SUVENDU ADHIKARI TARGETS MAMATA OVER CAA AT MATUA COMMUNITY CONVENTION 

RUNWAY CONTACT INCIDENT AT KOLKATA AIRPORT: AKASA AIR BOEING 737 MAX 8 GROUNDED AFTER TAIL STRIKE 

DURGA PUJA PREVIEW ROW DEEPENS AS ORGANISERS QUESTION MASSART’S REVENUE-SHARING MODEL 

BENGAL'S POLITICAL BATTLE INTENSIFIES AS SUVENDU ADHIKARI ALLEGES TMC–CPI(M) UNDERSTANDING 

BOOKS BECOME THE BANNER OF RESISTANCE AS HUNDREDS MARCH THROUGH KOLKATA AGAINST BOOKSTALL ATTACKS 

BENGAL CABINET CLEARS GOVERNMENT JOBS FOR FAMILIES OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE VICTIMS OVER 25 YEARS 

BENGAL HEALTH MINISTER ALLEGES ₹30-CRORE IRREGULARITIES IN SWASTHYA SATHI; FORENSIC AUDIT ORDERED 

MORE THAN A FORTNIGHT AFTER ALLEGED RAPE OF 10-YEAR-OLD GIRL, NO ARREST IN SOUTH 24-PARGANAS 

BENGAL INQUIRY COMMISSION SEEKS A DECADE OF CULTURAL EVENT RECORDS AS INDRA­NIL SEN FACES FRESH SCRUTINY 

NABANNA EXTENDS HEALTH-CARD SURRENDER DEADLINE: WBHS EMPLOYEES AND PENSIONERS GET ANOTHER MONTH 

RG KAR SCAM PROBE TAKES NEW TURN AS SUPPLIER SUMAN HAZRA WALKS OUT ON BAIL AFTER SANDIP GHOSH 

WEST BENGAL MAY SAVE UP TO ₹25,000 CRORE AS LAKHS OF WELFARE BENEFICIARIES REMAIN UNTRACEABLE 

INDIGO MAY HIKE AIRFARES AS FUEL EXPENSES SURGE; AIRLINE REPORTS ₹1,879-CRORE QUARTERLY LOSS 

SURVIVING A STROKE IS ONLY THE BEGINNING: DOCTORS STRESS REHABILITATION FOR RECOVERY AND INDEPENDENCE 

SUVENDU ADHIKARI WARNS AGAINST ‘INFILTRATORS’, PROMISES CAA CITIZENSHIP FOR HINDU REFUGEES 

FORMER BENGAL MINISTER INDRANIL SEN SENT TO POLICE CUSTODY UNTIL NOVEMBER 10 IN DURGA PUJA GRAFT CASE 

NORTH BENGAL’S HEALTHCARE AMBITIONS: AIIMS PROPOSAL FOR RAIGANJ, CANCER HOSPITAL PLANNED IN JALPAIGURI 

BENGAL CM SUVEN​DU ADHIKARI BACKS TOUGH POLICE ACTION AGAINST CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN AFTER TWO ACCUSED DIE IN ENCOUNTERS 

NHRC SEEKS EXPLANATION FROM KOLKATA POLICE OVER PARADE OF THREE SEMI-CLAD MEN DURING CASE RECONSTRUCTION 

19 DEAD, QUESTIONS UNANSWERED: ABHISHEK BANERJEE DEMANDS ACCOUNTABILITY OVER ALLEGED POLICE INACTION AFTER KOLKATA STAMPEDE 

FESTIVE LIGHTS, NOT TOXIC FUMES: BENGAL WARNS OF STRICT ACTION AGAINST FIRECRACKER VIOLATIONS 

BENGAL RETAINS POST-POLL VIOLENCE TRIALS AS CBI WITHDRAWS BID FOR OUT-OF-STATE HEARINGS 

REJINAGAR’S LANDSLIDE BECOMES BJP’S MINORITY-SUPPORT CLAIM AS OPPOSITION CHALLENGES POLL CREDIBILITY 

BENGAL DRAWS A NEW LINE BETWEEN THE CLASSROOM AND THE BALLOT BOX AS FUTURE TEACHERS FACE POLITICAL BAN 

SUPREME COURT KEEPS BENGAL’S VOTER-SCRUTINY CONTROVERSY OPEN, SAYS SIR LEGALITY NOT FINALLY SETTLED 

RG KAR CASE REOPENS OLD QUESTIONS: CBI SECURES CUSTODY OF FORMER PANIHATI CIVIC CHIEF OVER ALLEGED CREMATION IRREGULARITIES 

19 LIVES LOST AT CHOREBAGAN: BENGAL GOVERNMENT SETS THREE-MONTH DEADLINE FOR STAMPEDE PROBE 

THE ₹2-CRORE MURDER QUESTION: SUVENDU ADHIKARI CHALLENGES TMC OVER UNRESOLVED LINKS IN CHANDRANATH RATH CASE 

A MOTHER’S DEMAND FOR JUSTICE AFTER GAIGHATA SHOOTING: QUESTIONS OVER A SUSPECT’S DEATH IN POLICE CUSTODY 

POLICE ENTER SRFTI AFTER STUDENTS’ TORCH MARCH: SECURITY FEARS, CAMPUS SHUTDOWN AND A DEEPENING CONFRONTATION 

DURGA PUJA PASS SCANDAL: FORMER BENGAL MINISTER INDRANIL SEN ARRESTED AS ₹60-CRORE PROBE DEEPENS 

ONE ALLEGED CRIME, TWO QUESTIONS OF HUMAN DIGNITY: RETIRED SUPREME COURT JUDGE CONDEMNS POLICE PARADE IN KOLKATA’S SARSUNA CASE 

TWO DEAD IN TWO POLICE SHOOTINGS, ONE QUESTION FOR THE STATE: IS BENGAL IMPORTING EXTRAJUDICIAL JUSTICE? 

FIFTEEN MINUTES TO DISASTER: CCTV INVESTIGATION SEEKS ANSWERS TO KOLKATA’S CHOREBAGAN STAMPEDE 

BENGAL’S CIVIC POLLS ON THE BRINK OF UNCERTAINTY: SIR DISPUTE PUTS VOTING RIGHTS AND NOVEMBER ELECTION PLANS UNDER PRESSURE 

BENGAL POLICE PROBE ALLEGED ABDUCTION AND GANG RAPE OF 13-YEAR-OLD AS FAMILY FACES EXTORTION THREATS 

BENGAL’S DEADLY POLICE ENCOUNTERS SPARK A FIERCE DEBATE OVER JUSTICE AND THE RULE OF LAW 

CYCLONE ARNAB’S DISTANT FURY BRINGS RAIN TO BENGAL AS ANDHRA COAST BRACES FOR POWERFUL LANDFALL 

FROM VIGILANTE HUMILIATION TO POLICE PARADE: KOLKATA’S SARSUNA CASE SPARKS A NEW DEBATE OVER JUSTICE AND HUMAN DIGNITY 

CHOREBAGAN TRAGEDY PROMPTS BENGAL CROWD-SAFETY REVIEW AHEAD OF KALI PUJA AND CHHATH 

BENGAL HEALTHCARE UNDER SCRUTINY AS MINISTER ALLEGES CASH-FOR-DUTY SWAPS DURING DURGA PUJA 

CALCUTTA HIGH COURT ORDERS REMOVAL OF MODI–ADANI DOCUMENTARY, SETS JANUARY DEADLINE FOR BAN 

SECOND FATAL POLICE ENCOUNTER IN THREE MONTHS ROCKS BENGAL AS RAPE-MURDER ACCUSED IS SHOT DEAD DURING CRIME RECONSTRUCTION 

TRINAMOOL’S WAR FOR ITS NAME AND SYMBOL TAKES A NEW TURN AS RITABRATA BANERJEE ALLEGES BID TO SEIZE AFFIDAVIT TRUCK 

BENGAL’S PUBLIC HOSPITALS UNDER FIRE AS DOCTORS WARN OF FAILURES IN CRITICAL CARE 

SUPREME COURT GIVES RIVAL TRINAMOOL FACTIONS 20 DAYS TO BUILD THEIR CASE AS BATTLE FOR PARTY NAME AND SYMBOL INTENSIFIES 

KOLKATA’S 65-WARD EXPANSION FACES A COURTROOM TEST AS RESIDENT CHALLENGES THE SCIENTIFIC BASIS OF DELIMITATION 

SUVENDU ADHIKARI ESCALATES WAR OF WORDS OVER SIR, URGES BENGAL TO STAND WITH MODI 

LOVE, VIOLENCE AND PUBLIC HUMILIATION: THREE ARRESTED AFTER FATHER AND SON ALLEGEDLY PARADED NAKED IN KOLKATA 

GAIGHATA HORROR: CLASS XI STUDENT FOUND DEAD AFTER NIGHT OUT, ARREST FOLLOWS ALLEGATIONS OF PROLONGED HARASSMENT 

BORDER TENSIONS FLARE IN COOCH BEHAR AS BSF USES STUN GRENADES TO HALT ALLEGED ILLEGAL RIVERBED MINING 

A FESTIVAL VISIT, A POLITICAL SIGNAL? SUVENDU ADHIKARI’S LAKSHMI PUJA APPEARANCE AT SUDIP BANDOPADHYAY’S HOME SETS OFF BENGAL’S POLITICAL RUMOUR MILL 

CHOREBAGAN STAMPEDE PROBE ENTERS CRUCIAL PHASE AS INVESTIGATORS RECONSTRUCT DEADLY NIGHT 

THE LINES FALL SILENT, THE LEGACY ENDURES: INDIAN ART LOSES JOGEN CHOWDHURY 

NINETEEN LIVES LOST, OFFICIALS UNDER SCRUTINY: KOLKATA POLICE PREPARE TO QUESTION PERSONNEL OVER CHORBAGAN STAMPEDE 

BENGAL SETS JANUARY EMPLOYMENT TARGET: STATE AIMS FOR 10 LAKH MAN-DAYS UNDER VB-G RAM G RURAL JOBS SCHEME 

CAA CERTIFICATES ON A GANGASAGAR CLOCK: SUVENDU ADHIKARI SETS JANUARY 10 DEADLINE FOR OFFICIALS TO COMPLETE THE TASK 

SILENCE REPLACES CELEBRATION AT CHORBAGAN AS DURGA IDOL IS IMMERSED UNDER POLICE WATCH AFTER DEADLY STAMPEDE 

NO ROOM FOR DESPAIR, NO RETREAT FROM JUSTICE: RG KAR VICTIM’S PARENTS CHALLENGE SANDIP GHOSH’S BAIL AS CITIZENS PREPARE MARCH TO CBI OFFICE 

BJP OPENS KOLKATA–HOWRAH TICKET RACE, PUTS PUBLIC CREDIBILITY AT THE HEART OF CIVIC CANDIDATE SELECTION 

BJP DRAWS A HARD LINE ON CIVIC ALLIANCES, RAHUL SINHA DECLARES SOLO CONTEST IN KOLKATA AND HOWRAH 

CHOREBAGAN STAMPEDE PROBE DEEPENS AS POLICE MAKE MORE ARRESTS, KEY PUJA COMMITTEE FIGURES REMAIN UNTOUCHED 

SUNDARBANS DEVELOPMENT RESET: SUVENDU ADHIKARI ANNOUNCES ₹1,200-CRORE PUSH, LEVELS FUND DIVERSION CHARGES AGAINST TMC 

AFTER THE FESTIVAL LIGHTS, A WAVE OF FEVER: KOLKATA DOCTORS WARN OF RISING VIRAL AND MOSQUITO-BORNE INFECTIONS 

THE ELECTORAL CREDENTIALS QUESTION: BENGAL LEADS INDIA IN LAWMAKERS DECLARING CASES INVOLVING CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN 

CHORBAGAN STAMPEDE PROBE: SUVENDU ADHIKARI POINTS TO HUMAN ERROR, PROMISES PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF FINDINGS 

A CITY IN MOURNING, A FESTIVAL IN RESTRAINT: CHOREBAGAN STAMPEDE DIMS KOLKATA’S IMMERSION CELEBRATIONS 

NOVEMBER 3 DEADLINE LOOMS OVER 20 REBEL TMC MPs AS OM BIRLA SIGNALS NO MORE EXTENSIONS 

BJP KEEPS KMC TICKET SPECULATION AT BAY: SAMIK BHATTACHARYA DISMISSES TALK OF EX-TMC COUNCILLORS JOINING THE RACE 

FEAR AND COERCION ALLEGED IN PASCHIM MEDINIPUR AS THREE CHRISTIAN FAMILIES REPORT PRESSURE TO ABANDON THEIR FAITH 

CHOREBAGAN STAMPEDE PROBE: KEY PUJA COMMITTEE TREASURER ARRESTED OVER ALLEGEDLY MISLEADING COLLAPSE WARNING 

CHOREBAGAN STAMPEDE: SUVENDU ADHIKARI MEETS GRIEVING FAMILIES, ANNOUNCES ₹25 LAKH ASSISTANCE 

CHOREBAGAN STAMPEDE INQUIRY FACES A RACE AGAINST TIME AS SIT CHIEF QUESTIONS THREE-MONTH DEADLINE 

BOOKS UNDER ATTACK, LEFT WORKERS ASSAULTED: CPI(M) ALLEGES GROWING CAMPAIGN OF INTIMIDATION ACROSS BENGAL 

CHOREBAGAN STAMPEDE: RETIRED HIGH COURT JUDGE TO LEAD THREE-MONTH PROBE INTO 19 DEATHS AND ALLEGED SAFETY FAILURES 

AFTER DEADLY CHOREBAGAN STAMPEDE, BENGAL DEPLOYS 18 IPS OFFICERS TO TIGHTEN DURGA IDOL IMMERSION SECURITY 

SUVENDU ADHIKARI ORDERS RELIGIOUS SCREENING FOR DURGA IDOL IMMERSION, TIGHTENS SECURITY AFTER CHOREBAGAN TRAGEDY 

CHOREBAGAN STAMPEDE PROBE: CALCUTTA HIGH COURT TURNS DOWN DEMAND FOR SITTING JUDGE TO LEAD INQUIRY 

SUVENDU ADHIKARI TAKES ₹25-LAKH RELIEF TO CHOREBAGAN STAMPEDE VICTIMS’ FAMILIES, PROMISES ACCOUNTABILITY 

BENGAL CM SUVENDU ADHIKARI HANDS ₹25 LAKH TO FAMILY OF MOTHER AND SON KILLED IN DURGA PUJA STAMPEDE 

CHORBAGAN STAMPEDE: SUVENDU ADHIKARI WARNS OF ARRESTS OVER FAKE ONLINE POSTS ALLEGEDLY TRACED TO BANGLADESH 

GUJARAT’S LAND CONCESSION TO YUSUF PATHAN RAISES QUESTIONS AFTER HIS POLITICAL REALIGNMENT 

CALCUTTA HIGH COURT ORDERS RETIRED JUDGE-LED PROBE INTO CHORBAGAN STAMPEDE 

CHOREBAGAN STAMPEDE VICTIMS’ FAMILIES DEMAND ANSWERS, SAY FINANCIAL COMPENSATION CANNOT REPLACE LOST LIVES 

KOLKATA PANDALS SCRAP VIP CORRIDORS AND OPEN UP EXITS AFTER DEADLY CHOREBAGAN STAMPEDE 

SUVENDU ADHIKARI’S ‘COCKROACHES’ JIBE AGAINST COMMUNISTS FUELS ROW OVER ATTACKS ON LEFT BOOKSTALLS 

FIRE ERUPTS AT BAGHA JATIN MARKET IN SOUTH KOLKATA, NO CASUALTIES REPORTED 

CHOREBAGAN STAMPEDE TRAGEDY PROMPTS EMERGENCY MEDICAL DEPLOYMENT AT FIVE MAJOR KOLKATA PUJA PANDALS 

BOOKSTALL VANDALISM DRAWS CONDEMNATION FROM SWAPAN DASGUPTA, SPARKS DEBATE OVER POLITICAL TOLERANCE IN BENGAL 

TECHNICAL FAILURE DISRUPTS KOLKATA METRO AT PEAK ASHTAMI RUSH, BLUE LINE RESTORED AFTER AN HOUR 

RSS LEADER DEFENDS LEFT’S RIGHT TO SELL BOOKS AS BENGAL’S POLITICAL WAR OF WORDS INTENSIFIES 

POST-TRAGEDY SAFETY SCRUTINY: BENGAL FIRE SERVICES SERVES NOTICES ON THREE KOLKATA DURGA PUJA COMMITTEES 

CPM TAKES BOOKSTALL BATTLE TO CALCUTTA HIGH COURT AMID JADAVPUR STANDOFF 

RAIN, CRUSHED BARRIERS AND A PANIC-STRICKEN EXIT: HOW KOLKATA’S CHOREBAGAN PUJA TURNED DEADLY 

CHOREBAGAN STAMPEDE EXPOSES HOSPITAL GAPS AS JUNIOR DOCTORS QUESTION MEDICAL COLLEGE’S EMERGENCY READINESS 

AFTER PUJA STAMPEDE, BENGAL RECALLS NINE IPS OFFICERS TO REINFORCE CROWD-MANAGEMENT SECURITY 

CHOREBAGAN STAMPEDE PUTS KOLKATA POLICING UNDER SCRUTINY AS CROWD CONTROL RETURNS TO POLICE COMMAND 

CHORBAGAN TRAGEDY FORCES KOLKATA TO CONFRONT THE COST OF CROWD-MANAGEMENT FAILURES 

KOLKATA STAMPEDE TRIGGERS CALL FOR JUDICIAL SCRUTINY AS BENGAL MOVES TO END VIP QUEUES 

WHEN DEVOTION COLLIDED WITH DISASTER: CHORBAGAN STAMPEDE EXPOSES KOLKATA’S CROWD-SAFETY CRISIS 

“THE PANDAL WILL COLLAPSE”: MISLEADING LOUDSPEAKER WARNING UNDER SCRUTINY AFTER KOLKATA STAMPEDE KILLS 19 

A SON’S HELPLESS WITNESS TO DEATH: CHORBAGAN STAMPEDE TURNS DURGA PUJA INTO A FAMILY’S WORST NIGHTMARE 

HUMAN CHAIN HALTS DEMOLITION DRIVE AGAINST CPM BOOKSTALL IN JADAVPUR 

BENGAL BJP DEMANDS A FRESH ELECTORAL ROLL OVERHAUL, CITING VIOLENCE DURING PREVIOUS SIR 

KOLKATA’S FESTIVE NIGHT TURNS FATAL: 19 DEAD IN CHORBAGAN CROWD CRUSH AS CM DEMANDS SAFETY OVERHAUL 

CHORBAGAN STAMPEDE TRIGGERS BENGAL-WIDE SAFETY OVERHAUL AS 12 ARE DETAINED AND JUDICIAL PROBE BEGINS 

SEVEN ARRESTED AS CHORBAGAN STAMPEDE PROBE EXPOSES ALLEGED CROWD-MANAGEMENT FAILURES 

DURGA PUJA TRAGEDY IN NORTH KOLKATA: RAIN-TRIGGERED CROWD SURGE AT CHORBAGAN LEAVES 17 REPORTED DEAD 

BAIL IS NOT EXONERATION: BENGAL BJP CHIEF WARNS AGAINST EQUATING COURT RELIEF WITH INNOCENCE IN RG KAR CASE 

FROM PLATFORM WAITING TO POD-SIDE REST: MALDA TOWN STATION ADDS A NEW DIMENSION TO RAILWAY PASSENGER COMFORT 

FLAMES ENGULF CPI(M) BOOKSTALL IN BENGAL AS DURGA PUJA STALL DISPUTE TURNS VOLATILE 

CAMPUS SHUTDOWN, HOSTEL EVICTION: SRFTI SUSPENDS CLASSES UNTIL NOVEMBER 13 AMID STUDENT PROTEST CRISIS 

AMIT SHAH’S BELUR MATH VISIT SET FOR SUNDAY WITH SUVENDU ADHIKARI AND SAMIK BHATTACHARYA 

SUVENDU ADHIKARI PITCHES ₹15,000 MONTHLY SUPPORT FOR POOR FAMILIES, SETS SIGHTS ON ONE LAKH JOBS 

KOLKATA’S RAINBOW FLYOVER ROW HITS A ROADBLOCK: POLICE CHIEF WITHHOLDS BLAME AS RAIN-SOAKED SKIDS TRIGGER SAFETY CRISIS 

SUVENDU ADHIKARI EYES ENEMY PROPERTY REVENUES TO FINANCE BENGAL’S DEVELOPMENT 

CALCUTTA HIGH COURT WARNS AGAINST POLITICAL SILENCING: JUDGE CHALLENGES POLICE OVER CPM’S DENIED DURGA PUJA BOOK STALL 

BENGAL’S SOLAR AMBITION GETS A ₹2,500-CRORE TEST: TATA POWER SEEKS STATE SUBSIDY TO BRING CLEAN ENERGY WITHIN REACH 

VIVEKANANDA’S DEFACED PORTRAIT IGNITES CAMPUS CONFRONTATION: ABVP TARGETS SFI, LEFT STUDENT BODY COUNTERS WITH DENIAL 

BENGAL UNVEILS A MASSIVE GOVERNMENT RECRUITMENT DRIVE: 45,185 VACANCIES CLEARED, WITH 33,199 SCHOOL TEACHING POSTS IN FOCUS 

FROM PAPER FILES TO DIGITAL ACCOUNTABILITY: BENGAL’S HEALTH REGULATOR PLANS ONLINE COMPLAINT SYSTEM AND STRONGER ACTION AGAINST HOSPITAL IRREGULARITIES 

KOLKATA POLICE DISMISSES KNIFE-ATTACK CHARGE OUTSIDE MAMATA’S HOME, SAYS WOMAN CAME TO MEET FORMER CHIEF MINISTER 

KOLKATA PUTS PANDAL-HOPPING ON A TRAFFIC BLUEPRINT AS POLICE UNVEIL FESTIVAL GUIDE AND MOBILISE 12,000 PERSONNEL 

FROM BELUR MATH’S SPIRITUAL SANCTUM TO SOVABAZAR’S ROYAL TRADITION: AMIT SHAH’S TWO-DAY DURGA PUJA TOUR PUTS BENGAL’S CULTURAL LANDSCAPE IN THE SPOTLIGHT 

KNIFE-ATTACK ALLEGATION OUTSIDE KALIGHAT RESIDENCE SPARKS SECURITY ALARM, TRINAMOOL QUESTIONS HOW WOMAN REACHED MAMATA BANERJEE 

BARRICADES BEFORE THE FIRST STEP: SUVENDU ADHIKARI’S ORDER STOPS MAMATA’S PROTEST MARCH IN KOLKATA 

SUVENDU ADHIKARI SEEKS BJP SWEEP IN KOLKATA AND HOWRAH, PITCHES ‘TRIPLE-ENGINE’ GOVERNANCE 

KOLKATA POLICE PUTS TMC’S PROTEST MARCH ON NOTICE, SAYS NO FORMAL REQUEST HAS BEEN RECEIVED 

BIRBHUM’S STONE BELT GENERATES ₹3.44 CRORE, SUVENDU ADHIKARI HAILS RECORD REVENUE COLLECTION 

BENGAL’S VANISHING WATER BODIES: SUVENDU ADHIKARI ACCUSES TRINAMOOL GOVERNMENT OF FILLING UP 5,000 PONDS 

BENGAL OPENS A FRESH ROUTE BACK TO THE VOTERS’ LIST AS ELECTION OFFICIALS BEGIN STATEWIDE RE-ENROLMENT DRIVE AFTER SIR 

CALCUTTA HIGH COURT PUTS KUNAL GHOSH’S SAFETY UNDER JUDICIAL WATCH AS ROW ERUPTS OVER SHRINKING SECURITY COVER 

FIVE DECADES OF BOOKSTALL TRADITION MEETS A LEGAL ROADBLOCK AS CALCUTTA HIGH COURT SUGGESTS KALI PUJA ALTERNATIVE FOR CPI(M) 

BENGAL’S POLICE FORCE SET FOR A MASSIVE EXPANSION AS SUVENDU ADHIKARI HANDS JOB LETTERS TO 11,000 RECRUITS, PROMISES 13,000 MORE POSTS. 

BJP BETS ON A SOLO CIVIC TAKEOVER OF KOLKATA, INVITES PROFESSIONALS AND WITHHOLDS MAYORAL PICK 

SUVENDU DRAWS A PATRIOTIC LINE IN BENGAL: ‘VANDE MATARAM’ MADE COMPULSORY AS CM VOWS ZERO TOLERANCE FOR SEPARATIST SLOGANS 

EAST MIDNAPORE STUDENT MARCH DESCENDS INTO VIOLENCE, LEAVING 40 AIDSO ACTIVISTS INJURED 

CAMAC STREET BILLBOARD CLASH RETURNS TO SPOTLIGHT AS POLICE RENEW SUMMONS FOR ABHISHEK BANERJEE 

DIGITAL TRAILS UNDER TERROR SCANNER: NIA ARRESTS ANOTHER SUSPECT IN ALLEGED JMB-OFFSHOOT CONSPIRACY 

KOLKATA ACTIVATES A 10,000-PERSONNEL SECURITY GRID AS DURGA PUJA CROWDS BEGIN TO SWELL 

BENGAL’S VOTER-ROLL JUSTICE SYSTEM GRINDS TO A HALT AS 38 LAKH APPEALS SWAMP UNDERSTAFFED TRIBUNALS 

BENGAL’S DURGA PUJA SEASON OPENS WITH A GRAND EDEN SPECTACLE AS SUVENDU ADHIKARI CHAMPIONS RELIGIOUS TRADITION 

BENGAL WIDENS DURGA PUJA SUPPORT WITH 12,400 NEW GRANTS AS SUVENDU ADHIKARI PUTS TRADITION AT THE HEART OF FESTIVITIES 

BENGAL REBUILDS ITS EMERGENCY POLICING NETWORK AS SUVENDU DISMISSES DIAL-100 AS A FAILED SYSTEM 

NANDIGRAM’S BYPOLL UPSET BECOMES BJP’S LANDSLIDE AS OPPOSITION CRIES FOUL 

DELHI’S PROTEST SECURITY MEASURES DERAIL PASSENGERS’ PLANS AS TWO KOLKATA RAJDHANIS ARE CANCELLED 

BENGAL LAUNCHES 900 EMERGENCY VEHICLES AS SUVENDU ADHIKARI TARGETS A RADICAL REDUCTION IN POLICE RESPONSE TIMES 

NINE-MONTH MANHUNT ENDS IN BIHAR AS NIA TRACKS DOWN SUSPECTED TERROR OUTFIT ASSOCIATE 

REJINAGAR’S POLITICAL EARTHQUAKE: BJP VOTE COUNT DOUBLES AS OPPOSITION QUESTIONS EXTRAORDINARY BYPOLL RESULT. 

RG KAR VANDALISM RETURNS TO BENGAL’S POLITICAL FLASHPOINT AS SUVENDU TARGETS MAMATA AND ATIN GHOSH 

BJP’S BYPOLL DOMINANCE TRIGGERS ‘VOTE LOOT’ CHARGES AS SUVENDU CLAIMS MUSLIM VOTERS ARE SHIFTING SIDES 

FROM RED ROAD TO EDEN GARDENS, BENGAL UNVEILS A NEW SPECTACLE TO OPEN DURGA PUJA SEASON 

BENGAL REWRITES ITS INDUSTRIAL PLAYBOOK: BIGGER INCENTIVES FOR BUSINESSES THAT DELIVER MORE JOBS 

SHUT TEA GARDEN, UNPAID AID: MADHU ESTATE WORKERS BLOCK HIGHWAY AS LIVELIHOOD CRISIS DEEPENS 

SUPREME COURT REOPENS THE VOTING RIGHTS QUESTION AS EXCLUDED BENGAL ELECTORS AWAIT CIVIC POLLS 

MALDA FLOOD SURVIVORS RECEIVE ₹242 CRORE RELIEF AS BENGAL PLEDGES LONG-TERM DEFENCE AGAINST GANGA EROSION 

REBEL TMC MPs SEEK LAST-MINUTE EXTENSION AS ANTI-DEFECTION DEADLINE EXPIRES 

BJP LEADER ARRESTED AFTER COURTROOM EGG ATTACK SPARKS LAWYERS’ UPRISING IN KOLKATA 

CALCUTTA HIGH COURT CHALLENGES ‘SUSPICION-BASED’ DEPORTATIONS, DEMANDS FAIR CHANCE TO PROVE CITIZENSHIP 

KOLKATA OPENS A PROPERTY TAX RELIEF WINDOW, WIPES OUT INTEREST AND PENALTIES FOR RESIDENTIAL OWNERS 

TMC DEMANDS SPECIAL BENGAL ASSEMBLY SESSION OVER 2,454 RAPE CASES RECORDED IN FIVE MONTHS 

TASLIMA NASRIN RETURNS TO CALCUTTA, DEMANDS GOVERNMENT ACTION AGAINST BANGLADESH FUNDAMENTALISTS 

BENGAL MOVES TO END SEPARATE MADRASAH RECRUITMENT SYSTEM, BRING TEACHERS UNDER SSC 

SEALDAH RAILWAY UNLEASHES 51 PUJA SPECIALS TO TACKLE MASSIVE FESTIVE RUSH 

INDRANIL SEN RETURNS TO ED GRILLING AS DURGA PUJA CASE ENTERS ANOTHER INVESTIGATIVE PHASE 

MITHUN CHAKRABORTY GETS CABINET-RANK CULTURAL ROLE IN BENGAL GOVERNMENT 

SUVENDU ADHIKARI SETS BJP’S BENGAL 2029 AMBITION: SWEEP EVERY LOK SABHA SEAT 

NANDIGRAM POLITICAL TENSIONS FLARE AS LAND MOVEMENT LEADER’S SHOP IS TORCHED 

DETENTION FAILS TO DETER GEN Z PROTESTERS AS YOUNG MOVEMENT CLAIMS FEAR NO LONGER HOLDS POWER 

CALCUTTA HIGH COURT PUTS BENGAL’S ABHISHEK SECURITY DOWNGRADE UNDER JUDICIAL SCRUTINY 

OPPOSITION ALLEGES ELECTORAL MANIPULATION IN BENGAL BYPOLLS, ACCUSES POLL AUTHORITIES OF BIAS 

FORMER BENGAL POLL CHIEFS WARN OF SIR RISKS, RAISE CONCERNS OVER VOTER-ROLL REVISION 

REJINAGAR BYPOLL TURNS TENSE AS HUMAYUN KABIR DETAINED AFTER CLASH WITH POLICE 

NADIGRAM VOTE PASSES UNDER POLITICAL SHADOW AS SUKANTA MAJUMDAR AND CM SUVENDU ADHIKARI CALLS POLLING PEACEFUL 

NADIGRAM POLL BATTLE TIGHTENS AS ELECTION PANEL REMOVES POLICE OFFICER BEFORE VOTING 

NEHA BORA CALLS FOR A CAMPUS RESISTANCE AS BENGAL’S POLITICAL BATTLE SHARPENS 

BENGAL MOVES TOWARDS A NEW IDENTITY AS ‘PASCHIM BANGA’ NAME PLAN RETURNS TO ASSEMBLY 

SRFTI WALLS SCRUBBED CLEAN AS STUDENTS RAISE ALARM OVER CAMPUS SAFETY 

WEST BENGAL SET FOR FOUR NEW AIRPORTS AS UDAN EXPANSION TAKES FLIGHT 

CAMPUS CLASH DEEPENS AS NEHA BORA WARNS OF GROWING RIGHT-WING PRESSURE IN BENGAL 

SIKKIM MOVES TO BUILD EARLY-WARNING NETWORK AGAINST GLACIAL FLOOD DISASTERS 

MAMATA BANERJEE’S LAWYER CHALLENGES SSKM OVER DISCLOSURE OF MEDICAL RECORDS 

BRAZIL TEAM HOTEL IN KOLKATA SEES ARREST AFTER WOMAN ALLEGES MOLESTATION 

KOEL MALLICK’S POLITICAL SWITCHBACK PUTS HER IN BJP’S RAJYA SABHA FRAME 

CALCUTTA ERUPTS IN FESTIVE FEVER AS SHOPPING, FOOD AND PUJA PREPARATIONS PEAK 

SRFTI CAMPUS TURNS VIOLENT AS OUTSIDE GROUP TARGETS STUDENTS WITH BOTTLES AND STONES 

SUVENDU ADHIKARI VOWS ‘LOVE JIHAD’ AND ‘LAND JIHAD’ LAWS, PUTS UCC ON BENGAL AGENDA 

SRFTI CAMPUS SECURITY ROW ERUPTS AS STUDENTS DEMAND TOP OFFICIALS STEP DOWN 

WBSSC SETS TEACHER INTERVIEW DATES AS OBC QUOTA UNCERTAINTY HANGS OVER ASPIRANTS 

JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY TO HOST NEHA BORA AS DEBATE OVER SIR AND ISI BILL INTENSIFIES 

PARLIAMENTARY PANEL RESET REDUCES TRINAMOOL’S SHARE OF KEY COMMITTEE POSITIONS 

FIRE AT MURSHIDABAD HOME LEAVES MLA BAYRON BISWAS INJURED, INVESTIGATION LAUNCHED 

HOSPITALS UNDER THE MICROSCOPE AS KOLKATA TURNS FIRE SAFETY INTO AN EMERGENCY TEST 

2021 NANDIGRAM INJURY ROW REOPENS AS BENGAL GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES FRESH INVESTIGATION 

MAMATA SHARPENS ATTACK ON ELECTION CHIEF, RAISES FRESH CONCERNS OVER BENGAL POST-POLL VIOLENCE 

KOLKATA BRACES FOR FOOTBALL SPECTACLE AS BRAZIL–INDIA CLASH TRIGGERS MASSIVE SECURITY OPERATION 

RG KAR CREMATION PROBE MOVES TO CBI AS HIGH COURT BLOCKS PARALLEL INVESTIGATION 

RELIANCE EYES MASSIVE NUCLEAR POWER BET IN BENGAL AS HARIPUR RETURNS TO SPOTLIGHT 

KOLKATA TIGHTENS STADIUM SECURITY AS BRAZIL’S FOOTBALL GIANTS ARRIVE FOR HISTORIC CLASH 

₹61,500-CRORE HIGHWAY VISION PUTS SILIGURI AT THE HEART OF NORTHEAST INDIA’S CONNECTIVITY PUSH 

BENGAL OBC CERTIFICATE DISPUTE REACHES APEX COURT AS RECRUITMENTS GET CONDITIONAL GREEN LIGHT 

ED FLAGS ₹30 LAKH TRANSFER TO MAMATA BANERJEE IN DURGA PUJA MONEY-LAUNDERING PROBE 

BENGAL REDRAWS LIQUOR LICENSING MAP WITH EXPANDED BUFFER ZONES AROUND SCHOOLS AND RELIGIOUS SITES 

MAHUA MOITRA ALLEGES OBSTRUCTION OF MP DUTIES AS SUPREME COURT SEEKS CENTRE AND BENGAL RESPONSES 

KOLKATA CLASSROOM ATTACK LEAVES CLASS IX STUDENT INJURED AFTER BOOK DISPUTE 

APEX COURT DECLINES TMC PLEA TO UNLOCK FOUR FROZEN BANK ACCOUNTS 

BENGAL RECASTS HISTORY TEXTBOOKS, ADDING MOOKERJEE’S LEGACY WHILE REDUCING MUGHAL CONTENT 

GHATAL FLOOD BATTLE GETS ₹1,200-CRORE BOOST AS CENTRE SET TO SHARE PROJECT COST 

ANUBRATA MONDAL CONFRONTED AT BIRBHUM PARTY OFFICE AS LOCAL ANGER ERUPTS 

RELIANCE EYES SIX INDUSTRIAL FRONTIERS AS BENGAL STEPS UP BID FOR MAJOR INVESTMENTS 

BENGAL SETS UP SPECIAL INVESTIGATION TEAM TO UNCOVER CAUSES OF SRFTI CAMPUS CLASH 

FIVE-DECADE FLOOD PROJECT GETS FRESH ₹1,200-CRORE PUSH WITH JUNE 2027 DEADLINE 

MILAN PRADHAN BAIL ROW MOVES TO SUPREME COURT AHEAD OF NANDIGRAM POLL 

JADAVPUR FACULTY MOBILISES AGAINST BENGAL’S UNIVERSITY TRANSFER PLAN 

BENGAL RECONSIDERS STUDENT PHONE AID, EYES EDUCATION-FOCUSED TABLETS 

HIGH COURT LEAVES ISF WITH ALMIRAH SYMBOL AS POLL PROCESS MOVES AHEAD 

H1N1 SPREADS THROUGH KOLKATA HOUSEHOLDS AS VIRAL INFECTIONS RISE 

DURGA PUJA FUND ALLEGATIONS TRIGGER ED SEARCHES AT FORMER BENGAL MINISTER’S PROPERTIES 

KOLKATA DOCTORS PROTEST OVER REGISTRATION IRREGULARITIES AS FAKE DOCTOR CASES SPARK SCRUTINY 

NIA CRACKS DOWN ON SUSPECTED JMB NETWORK, 13 ARRESTED ACROSS THREE STATES 

TCS AND IEM KOLKATA JOIN HANDS TO ADVANCE AI RESEARCH AND INDUSTRY-BASED LEARNING 

WEST BENGAL RENAMES SABUJ SATHI AS SARATHI, 12.59 LAKH STUDENTS TO RECEIVE BICYCLES 

MILAN PRADHAN GRANTED INTERIM BAIL BY CALCUTTA HIGH COURT 

KOLKATA CIVIC BODY STARTS FINAL ROAD REPAIR DRIVE AHEAD OF DURGA PUJA 

NO ARRESTS AFTER SRFTI CLASH AS SEVERAL STUDENTS SUFFER INJURIES 

OVER 27 LAKH BENGAL VOTERS DELETED AFTER SIR ADJUDICATION, APPEALS REMAIN ROUTE TO RESTORATION 

NITIN NABIN URGES BENGAL GOVERNMENT TO EXPAND YOUTH POLICY AND NURTURE YOUNG TALENT 

CID, STF JOIN PROBE INTO BJP BOOTH PRESIDENT’S KILLING IN BOLPUR 

SUPREME COURT EXPECTS BENGAL SPEAKER TO DECIDE MLA DISQUALIFICATION PLEAS BY OCTOBER 8 

INDIA’S COMBINED FUEL STORAGE CAPACITY EXCEEDS 80 DAYS, SAYS PURI 

SUPREME COURT SETS THREE-MONTH DEADLINE FOR EC TO RESOLVE TMC NAME AND SYMBOL DISPUTE 

CALCUTTA HIGH COURT QUESTIONS EC OVER ISF SYMBOL REASSIGNMENT 

WOMAN ALLEGES ASSAULT AT EM BYPASS NIGHTCLUB, ONE ARRESTED 

SUVENDU ADHIKARI DEFENDS CEC GYANESH KUMAR AMID SIR CONTROVERSY 

CLASH ERUPTS AT SRFTI OVER CAMPUS EVENT AS KOLKATA’S UNIVERSITY TENSIONS SPREAD 

CBI SEEKS DETAILS OF 42 ALLEGEDLY UNAUTHORISED BUILDINGS IN CENTRAL KOLKATA 

KUNAL GHOSH REPORTS SECOND ATTACK ON HIS CAR IN KOLKATA WITHIN TWO DAYS 

HUMAYUN KABIR’S REMARKS ON SUVENDU ADHIKARI’S DEATH DRAW BJP CONDEMNATION 

SUVENDU SAYS HE PLANNED TO SEND ELDERLY PARENTS TO ODISHA AMID ELECTION FEARS 

CPM SEEKS JOINT OPPOSITION ACTION OVER ELECTION COMMISSION CREDIBILITY 

VANDЕ MATARAM MADE MANDATORY IN REGISTERED MADRASAS IN WEST BENGAL 

MAMATA TO JOIN INDIA BLOC MEET AS OPPOSITION COORDINATES RESPONSE TO SIR CONTROVERSY 

KOLKATA’S CULTURAL CHRONICLER BUNNY GUPTA DIES AT 90 

SSC REVISES HIGHER SECONDARY TEACHER VACANCY MATRIX FOR GOVERNMENT-AIDED SCHOOLS 

CHRISTIAN GROUP REPORTS 36 CASES OF ASSAULT AND VANDALISM IN BENGAL OVER THREE MONTHS 

MAMATA RENEWS OPPOSITION UNITY CALL AMID SIR ROW, WARNS BJP AND EC 

CALCUTTA HIGH COURT TAKES SUO MOTU COGNISANCE OF EGG ATTACK ON LAWYER 

KUNAL GHOSH’S CAR ATTACKED WITH EGGS, BRICKS AND LATHIS IN HOOGHLY 

BENGAL PLANS INDUSTRY-SPECIFIC PARKS ON GOVERNMENT LAND PARCELS 

BENGAL ANNOUNCES POWER SUBSIDY AND HIGHER PADDY PROCUREMENT PRICE FOR FARMERS 

BENGAL TEACHER RECRUITMENT TARGETED FOR MARCH AMID OBC QUOTA LITIGATION 

BAKERY MANAGER KILLED DURING SUSPECTED ROBBERY IN JALPAIGURI 

CAMPUS FLAG DISPUTE SPARKS SFI-ABVP CLASH AT SOUTH CALCUTTA LAW COLLEGE 

‘NAMO SEVA’ PLAY ROW ESCALATES AS SCOTTISH CHURCH COLLEGE STUDENTS ALLEGE THREATS 

BENGAL BJP CHIEF SAYS CEC GYANESH KUMAR DESERVES PADMA BHUSHAN 

MURMU RETURNS BENGAL ANTI-GOONDA BILL OVER NDPS LAW OVERLAP 

WEST BENGAL ANNOUNCES ₹2-PER-UNIT POWER SUBSIDY FOR NEARLY FOUR LAKH FARMERS 

JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY SUBMITS THREE YEARS OF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL RECORDS TO BENGAL GOVERNMENT 

CALCUTTA HIGH COURT QUESTIONS EC OVER ENVELOPE SYMBOL ALLOTMENT 

HOOGHLY RIVER SWALLOWS A DOZEN HOUSES IN NADIA VILLAGE AFTER SUDDEN BANK EROSION 

COUGH SYRUP AND 48,000 CAPSULES SEIZED IN COOCH BEHAR; TWO ARRESTED 

KOLKATA POLICE LAUNCH HELPLINES TO REPORT FORCED PUJA SUBSCRIPTION COLLECTION 

SYNDICATE LAW INVOKED AGAINST FORMER TMC COUNCILLOR DEBRAJ CHAKRABORTY 

NEW TOWN TO GET ₹4,000-CRORE MEDICAL COMPLEX WITH 2,000-BED HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL COLLEGE BY ADANI GROUP 

RG KAR VICTIM’S MOTHER ALLEGES GUN THREAT OVER MONEY OFFER 

WRITERS’ BUILDINGS RESTORATION TO RECEIVE OVER ₹100 CRORE FROM ADANI GROUP 

ABHISHEK BANERJEE FLAGS WHATSAPP SCREENSHOTS OVER ALLEGED 30-LAKH VOTER DELETION PLAN 

ADANI GROUP PLANS OVER ₹1 LAKH CRORE INVESTMENT IN BENGAL OVER NEXT DECADE 

ADANI GROUP PLANS $10.4 BILLION INVESTMENT IN WEST BENGAL BY 2035 

CALCUTTA HIGH COURT QUESTIONS EC OVER REASSIGNMENT OF ELECTION SYMBOL IN NANDIGRAM BYPOLL 

CALCUTTA HC STAYS ACTION AGAINST MILAN PRADHAN, SAYS HE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO CONTEST 

SUPREME COURT ASKS EC TO SET TIMELINE FOR TMC NAME AND SYMBOL DISPUTE 

BENGAL ALLOTS 256 ACRES IN PURULIA TO JUPITER DEFENCE 

BJP LEADER’S CALL FOR CM PHOTO AT PUJA PANDALS SPARKS PARTY BACKLASH 

CALCUTTA HIGH COURT TRANSFERS ₹2.66 CRORE DIGITAL ARREST CASE TO CBI 

BENGAL FIRE SERVICES GET 226 NEW FIRE TENDERS, 1,400 PERSONNEL TO BE RECRUITED 

MAMATA DEMANDS REPOLL IN BENGAL, ARREST OF CEC GYANESH KUMAR AMID SIR ROW 

NANDIGRAM CONGRESS CANDIDATE MILAN PRADHAN REMANDED UNTIL OCTOBER 7 

SCHOOL HEADS URGE BENGAL GOVERNMENT TO REVIVE 933 ZERO-ENROLMENT SCHOOLS 

NASA SCIENTIST URGES STUDENTS TO SAVE ENERGY AND EXPAND SOLAR POWER USE 

BENGAL GOVERNMENT TELLS CALCUTTA HIGH COURT FIVE OLD CASES AGAINST NANDIGRAM CONGRESS CANDIDATE HAD BEEN WITHDRAWN 

BENGAL BJP TRAINS COLLEGE GOVERNING BODY HEADS, WARNS AGAINST POLITICS AND FINANCIAL IRREGULARITIES 

FORMER IPS OFFICER HUMAYUN KABIR ALLEGES ASSAULT DURING TMC PROTEST IN MUKUNDAPUR 

CALCUTTA HIGH COURT REJECTS TULU MONDAL’S BAIL PLEA, ORDERS IMMEDIATE SURRENDER 

CALCUTTA HIGH COURT DIRECTS THAT MILAN PRADHAN BE PERMITTED TO CONTEST NANDIGRAM BYPOLL IF RELEASED ON BAIL 

ADHIKARI HINTS AT POSSIBLE AMBANI INVESTMENT IN BENGAL; ADANI HOSPITAL TO BREAK GROUND 

CALCUTTA HC REJECTS PLEA TO STOP TMC FROM USING FROZEN ACCOUNTS FOR DAILY EXPENSES 

TEACHERS' GROUP RALLIES IN KOLKATA, SEEKS SPEEDY COMPLETION OF SLST 2025 RECRUITMENT 

COOCH BEHAR FACES SEVERE TORSHA RIVER EROSION AS HOMES ARE SWEPT AWAY AND RESIDENTS DISPLACED 

WEST BENGAL POWER EMPLOYEES STAGE PROTEST SEEKING OPTION TO JOIN PENSION SCHEME 

CONGRESS’S NANDIGRAM BYPOLL CANDIDATE MILAN PRADHAN SENT TO JUDICIAL CUSTODY IN 2007 CASE 

TWO TMC LEADERS ARRESTED SIX YEARS AFTER JP NADDA CONVOY ATTACK 

BENGAL TO CONDUCT MULTI-STAGE VERIFICATION OF BENEFICIARIES UNDER RURAL HOUSING SCHEME 

MAN ABDUCTED FROM IMPHAL AIRPORT RESCUED; DRIVER ARRESTED IN MANIPUR 

SHOPPING RUSH SWEEPS ACROSS KOLKATA MARKETS AND MALLS DESPITE INTERMITTENT RAIN SPELLS 

ABVP OBSERVES BENGALI LANGUAGE DAY IN KOLKATA IN MEMORY OF 2018 DARIVIT PROTEST VICTIMS 

AADHAAR BIOMETRIC VERIFICATION TO BECOME COMPULSORY FOR DOMESTIC LPG SUBSIDY CLAIMS FROM OCTOBER 1 

WEST BENGAL GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES WITHDRAWAL OF CASES AGAINST KURMI COMMUNITY FILED DURING PREVIOUS TMC RULE 

CHARGESHEET FILED IN GARDEN REACH BUILDING COLLAPSE CASE 

WEST BENGAL HOLDS BACK APPROVALS FOR 453 B.ED COLLEGES AS 150 INSTITUTIONS RECEIVE ADMISSION CLEARANCE 

NANDIGRAM BYPOLL: CONGRESS CANDIDATE MILAN PRADHAN SENT TO JUDICIAL CUSTODY TILL OCTOBER 3, OUT OF ELECTION CAMPAIGN 

NANDIGRAM CANDIDATE’S ARREST TRIGGERS OPPOSITION REACTION AS RAHUL GANDHI, KHARGE AND SIBAL CRITICISE BJP AND ELECTION COMMISSION 

MAMATA BANERJEE VOWS TO CHALLENGE ECI DECISION AFTER TMC NAME AND SYMBOL ARE FROZEN 

HIGH DRAMA IN REJINAGAR BYPOLL: MAMATA CAMP CANDIDATE WITHDRAWS NOMINATION, REVERSES DECISION WITHIN HOURS 

MAMATA BANERJEE CHALLENGES ELECTION COMMISSION ORDER ON TMC NAME AND 'JORA GHASH PHUL' SYMBOL IN SUPREME COURT 

CENTRE ALLOCATES ₹313 CRORE FOR WELFARE OF NORTH BENGAL TEA WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES, SAYS SUVENDU ADHIKARI 

WEST BENGAL EXPANDS REAL-TIME TRAFFIC MONITORING AS SUVENDU ADHIKARI OPENS CENTRAL CONTROL ROOM IN SALT LAKE 

WEST BENGAL APPROVES ₹250-CRORE FIVE-YEAR FUNDING PACKAGE FOR JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY’S “INSTITUTION OF EMINENCE” INITIATIVE 

CHRISTIAN GROUP SEEKS STATE PROTECTION FOR BENGAL CHURCHES AFTER FLAGGING 26 ALLEGED PERSECUTION INCIDENTS 

DARJEELING HOMESTAY BARBECUE ACCIDENT LEAVES NEWLYWED WOMAN WITH 60% BURNS AFTER ACCELERANT IS POURED INTO GRILL 

NANDIGRAM BYPOLL DRAMA DEEPENS AS TMC-BACKED CANDIDATE WITHDRAWS NOMINATION AFTER SUVENDU MEETING, MAMATA BACKS CONGRESS 

NANDIGRAM BYPOLL TAKES NEW TURN AS CONGRESS CANDIDATE MILAN PRADHAN IS ARRESTED IN YEARS-OLD MURDER CASE AFTER MAMATA’S BACKING 

CONGRESS BACKS MAMATA BANERJEE AFTER ELECTION COMMISSION FREEZES TRINAMOOL CONGRESS NAME AND SYMBOL 

TMC DISPUTE: RITABRATA BANERJEE DEFENDS ECI RULING, SAYS POLITICAL PARTIES CANNOT OPERATE LIKE PRIVATE COMPANIES 

37 LAKH-PLUS BENGAL VOTER APPEALS YET TO BE RESOLVED AS ECI UPDATES SUPREME COURT ON TRIBUNAL BACKLOG 

MODI VOWS TO END BENGAL’S “CUT-MONEY” CULTURE AS SUVENDU ADHIKARI DECLARES SYNDICATE RULE OVER ON ANNAPURNA DIVAS 

BENGAL ORDERS VERIFICATION OF ZERO-ENROLMENT SCHOOLS AS GOVT MULLS ALTERNATE USE OF BUILDINGS AND CAMPUSES 

ELECTION COMMISSION ALLOTS ‘MAMATA ALL INDIA TRINAMOOL CONGRESS’ NAME AND FOOTBALL PLAYER SYMBOL TO MAMATA BANERJEE FACTION 

BENGAL EXPANDS IMPROVED MIDDAY MEAL PROGRAMME, TARGETING ONE LAKH STUDENTS FROM OCTOBER 1 

CALCUTTA HIGH COURT GRANTS PERMISSION FOR MAMATA BANERJEE’S SREERAMPOR RALLY AT NEW VENUE WITH STRICT CONDITIONS 

50 LAKH BENGAL FAMILIES NAMED FOR PM AWAAS YOJANA BENEFITS AS MODI ANNOUNCES WOMEN-OWNED HOUSE REGISTRATIONS 

BENGAL DISBURSES ANNAPURNA AID TO OVER ONE CRORE WOMEN AS MODI RAISES CONCERNS OVER DELAYS IN CENTRAL SCHEMES 

WEST BENGAL FIRE DEPARTMENT ISSUES STRICT SAFETY NORMS AND COMPLIANCE DIRECTIVES FOR DURGA PUJA PANDALS 

ASIM MANDAL, WANTED MAOIST FIGURE, ARRESTED IN BENGAL AS GOVERNMENT STEPS UP CRACKDOWN ON RED EXTREMISM 

NEPAL FLOOD VICTIMS’ FAMILIES TURN TO NABANNA FOR ANSWERS AS SUVENDU ADHIKARI VOWS DIPLOMATIC PUSH FOR RESCUE 

₹2.89-CRORE ILLEGAL GAINS ALLEGED: ED LODGES NEW CORRUPTION CASE AGAINST EX-DCP SANTANU SINHA BISWAS 

PRIVATE HOSPITALS FACE TOUGHER SCRUTINY IN BENGAL AS HEALTH COMMISSION PLANS HEAVIER FINES AND WIDER INSPECTIONS 

BENGAL HANDS OVER GOVERNING BODY LEADERSHIP AT 171 COLLEGES TO BJP FIGURES AND PARTY-AFFILIATED TEACHERS 

CALCUTTA HIGH COURT OVERTURNS FIRE DEPARTMENT ORDER SEEKING VACATION OF FLOORS HOUSING ABHISEK BANERJEE’S OFFICE 

WEST BENGAL LINES UP 23-DAY 'SEVA SANKALP' CAMPAIGN TO MARK PM MODI'S 76TH BIRTHDAY AND 25 YEARS IN PUBLIC OFFICE 

CISCE DIRECTS AFFILIATED SCHOOLS TO ESTABLISH ADDICTION-FREE CAMPUSES UNDER MINISTRY OF EDUCATION INITIATIVE 

MAHUA MOITRA ALLEGES BJP WORKERS TARGETED HER WITH EGGS DURING KRISHNANAGAR VISIT 

CISCE LAUNCHES OPTIONAL ONLINE "SHINE 2026" ASSESSMENTS FOR CLASSES IV, VI, AND IX IN NOVEMBER 

WEST BENGAL GOVERNMENT SHORTLISTS 100 COLLEGES FOR NIRF RANKINGS FOCUS; INCLUDES FOUR FROM NORTH BENGAL 

KIRTI AZAD GETS SIX-MONTH INTERIM PROTECTION FROM ARREST IN EXTORTION CASE AS CALCUTTA HIGH COURT GRANTS RELIEF 

87 DAYS BEHIND BARS: BENGAL MAN ACCUSED OF BEING BANGLADESHI SECURES BAIL AS COURT FINDS NO SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE 

ANTI-DEFECTION ACTION MOVES AHEAD IN BENGAL ASSEMBLY AS 10 REBEL TMC MLAS FACE DISQUALIFICATION NOTICES 

ATTENDANCE STANDOFF EASES AT SURENDRANATH LAW COLLEGE AS ALL 700 STUDENTS CLEARLY ALLOWED TO TAKE EXAMS 

SUVENDU ADHIKARI FRAMES OCTOBER 6 BYPOLLS AS “TEST” OF MINORITY VOTERS IN NANDIGRAM AND REJINAGAR 

TWO ARRESTED WITH FOUR PIPE GUNS NEAR BANGLADESH BORDER IN MALDA ARMS SMUGGLING CRACKDOWN 

BJP NAMES SLAIN AIDE'S MOTHER HASIRANI RATH AS CANDIDATE FOR NANDIGRAM BYPOLL 

'BHAIPO GANG' PAID RS 2 CRORE TO CONTRACT KILLERS IN CHANDRANATH RATH MURDER, ALLEGES SUVENDU ADHIKARI 

JALPAIGURI HEADMASTER ASSAULT CASE: FOUR SCHOOLBOYS GET INTERIM BAIL 

KOLKATA POLICE BUST FRAUDULENT SIM CARD RACKET, EIGHT ARRESTED IN SWEEPING RAIDS 

CCTV EVIDENCE ROW DEEPENS AT JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY AS TEACHERS PUSH FOR FIR AND POLICE PROBE 

CPM PARTY OFFICE VANDALISED AND SET ON FIRE IN CHANDRAKONA; CPI(M) ACCUSES BJP SUPPORTERS OF UNPROVOKED ARSON 

SILIGURI BUS TERMINUS UPGRADED WITH NEW DORMITORIES AND DEDICATED LOUNGE AHEAD OF FESTIVE TRAVEL SURGE 

SURENDRANATH COLLEGE TENSIONS ESCALATE AS STUDENTS ALLEGE ATTENDANCE LAPSES AND CONFRONT VICE-PRINCIPAL 

WEST BENGAL GOVERNMENT DEMANDS DECADE OF PHD ADMISSION RECORDS FROM JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY AMID PROBE INTO SELECTION PROCEDURES 

BABA ROW: ALIPORE COURT GRANTS BAIL TO THREE CONGRESS LEADERS IN BAGESHWAR BABA POSTER PROTEST CASE 

WEST BENGAL BJP OVERHAULS MEDIA WING AHEAD OF POLLS, BRINGS SAYANTAN BOSE AND PRANOY ROY BACK INTO KEY ROLES 

SUB-INSPECTOR INVESTIGATING SENSITIVE MINOR GANG-RAPE CASE FOUND DEAD INSIDE HABRA POLICE BARRACKS 

REBEL TMC LEADER CLAIMS 17 NCPI MPS SET TO JOIN BJP AROUND DURGA PUJA TO BYPASS ANTI-DEFECTION LAW 

REBEL COOCH BEHAR MP FACES BACKLASH AND PROTESTS IN HOMETOWN OVER REPEATED POLITICAL FLIP-FLOPS 

WEST BENGAL SHUTS DOWN 252 PRIVATE UNAIDED MADRASAS ESTABLISHED DURING MAMATA BANERJEE TENURE 

FIVE YEARS AFTER 2021 POST-POLL VIOLENCE, SKELETAL REMAINS OF SANDESHKHALI BJP WORKER EXHUMED FOLLOWING COURT ORDER 

WEST BENGAL ORDERS CLOSURE OF 252 UNAUTHORISED MADRASSAS FOLLOWING STATEWIDE INFRASTRUCTURE AUDIT 

ICMR CHIEF RAJIV BAHL FLAGS DENGUE RISK AROUND HOMES AND HIGHLIGHTS INDIGENOUS VACCINE TIMELINE 

BENGAL BJP CHIEF SAMIK BHATTACHARYA WARNS CADRES WITH ZERO-TOLERANCE POLICY ON EXTORTION AND VIOLENCE 

BSF RESCUES 10 BANGLADESHI NATIONALS INCLUDING INFANT AFTER BOAT CAPSIZES IN GANGA ALONG BENGAL BORDER 

WEST BENGAL GOVERNMENT ALLOCATES RS 313 CRORE TO GORKHALAND TERRITORIAL ADMINISTRATION FOR 465 INFRASTRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS 

LITERARY LUMINARY KETAKI KUSHARI DYSON PASSES AWAY AT 86: A CELEBRATED VOICE OF BENGALI DIASPORA AND TAGORE SCHOLARSHIP 

SURENDRANATH LAW COLLEGE VICE-PRINCIPAL CLAIMS FORCED RESIGNATION AFTER 23-HOUR OVERNIGHT SIEGE OVER ATTENDANCE RULES, VOWS TO RESUME DUTY 

CULTURAL FLASHPOINT IN WEST BENGAL: CM SUVENDU ADHIKARI BALANCES FAITH CHOICES AND VOWS STERN ACTION AMID BAGESHWAR BABA ROW 

ELECTION COMMISSION DIRECTS RITABRATA BANERJEE FACTION TO FURNISH ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS IN TRINAMOOL CONGRESS NAME AND SYMBOL DISPUTE 

ELECTION COMMISSION WEIGHS RIVAL TMC CLAIMS AS BYPOLLS LOOM: FRACAS THREATENS TO FREEZE ICONIC TWIN-FLOWER SYMBOL 

TRINAMOOL CONGRESS LEADER BARUN NATTA AND TWO OTHERS ARRESTED IN KOLKATA EXTORTION AND INTIMIDATION CASE 

ROUTE TO LACHEN REOPENED FOR TOURISTS IN NORTH SIKKIM FOLLOWING EXTENDED FOUR-MONTH CLOSURE 

ABHISHEK BANERJEE’S PERSONAL ASSISTANT SUMIT ROY REMANDED TO EIGHT-DAY POLICE CUSTODY IN SALBONI LAND FRAUD CASE 

CALCUTTA HIGH COURT ORDERS CBI INVESTIGATION INTO ILLEGAL HIGH-RISE CONSTRUCTIONS BETWEEN RAJABAZAR AND CANAL STREET 

WEST BENGAL GOVERNMENT MANDATES TEACHER ELIGIBILITY TEST FOR PRE-2009 IN-SERVICE TEACHERS TO RETAIN JOBS IN COMPLIANCE WITH RTE ACT NORMS 

DARJEELING TEA EXPORTS PLUMMET AS INDUSTRY EXPERTS CITE LONG-TERM AFTERMATH OF PROLONGED 2017 SHUTDOWN AND PALATABILITY SHIFTS 

CALCUTTA HIGH COURT ORDERS CBI PROBE INTO ILLEGAL KOLKATA HIGH-RISES; SHARPLY QUESTIONS KMC OVER MULTI-CRORE CORRUPTION AND BLACK MONEY LAUNDERING 

SURENDRANATH LAW COLLEGE VICE-PRINCIPAL RESIGNS AMID INTENSE STUDENT PROTESTS OVER STRICT ATTENDANCE MANDATES IN KOLKATA 

CRUCIAL BREAKTHROUGH IN ISLAMPUR HEADMASTER MURDER INVESTIGATION: WEAPON AND AMMUNITION RECOVERED FROM FIELD 

'MISUSE OF POWER, DON'T CARE': SUVENDU ADHIKARI LASHES OUT AS WEST BENGAL ASSEMBLY PASSES LEGISLATION TO PENALISE EDUCATORS 

MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY: SURGEONS PUSH FOR STANDARDIZED INSURANCE COVERAGE TO LOWER COSTS OF ROBOTIC SURGERY 

PUBLIC SAFETY: WEST BENGAL FIRE DEPARTMENT INTENSIFIES SAFETY AUDITS ACROSS KOLKATA MALLS AND RETAIL HUBS 

LEGISLATIVE OVERHAUL: WEST BENGAL TABLES BILL TO ENABLE INTER-UNIVERSITY TRANSFERS FOR TEACHING AND NON-TEACHING STAFF 

URBAN ADMINISTRATION: EDEN GARDENS HANDED OVER TO STATE GOVERNMENT FROM SEPTEMBER 25 TO OCTOBER 15 FOR MAHALAYA SPECTACULAR 

FESTIVE-SEASON SAFETY CRACKDOWN: WEST BENGAL FIRE DEPT LAUNCHES COMPREHENSIVE AUDITS ACROSS KOLKATA MALLS 

LEGAL AND POLITICAL SHOCKWAVE: WEST BENGAL CID ARRESTS ABHISHEK BANERJEE’S PA SUMIT ROY IN SALBONI LAND FRAUD CASE 

REGULATORY PUSHBACK: KOLKATA’S RECOGNIZED PRIVATE SCHOOLS REJECT "FIT-ALL" CLASSIFICATION ALONGSIDE UNREGULATED INSTITUTIONS 

CORPORATE EXPANSION: ADANI GROUP'S 2,000-BED HEALTH CITY PROJECT IN NEW TOWN SLATED FOR SEPTEMBER KICK-OFF 

ILLICIT LIQUOR BUST: EXCISE DEPARTMENT SMASHES SPURIOUS ALCOHOL RACKET IN SILIGURI, SEIZES CONTRABAND WORTH ₹38.77 LAKH 

POLITICAL FLASHPOINT: LEADERSHIP WARNS JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY GATES AMID ESCALATING CAMPUS TENSIONS 

HEALTH CRACKDOWN: KMC ESCALATES FESTIVE SAFETY SWEEP, SUSPENDS LICENSES OF 54 FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS AMID SEIZURES OF ROTTEN STOCK 

POLITICAL RESTRUCTURING: BJP NATIONAL PRESIDENT NITIN NABIN TO VISIT BENGAL FOR HIGH-STAKES STRATEGY REVIEW AHEAD OF BYPOLLS AND KMC ELECTIONS 

IDEOLOGICAL SHOWDOWN: CHIEF MINISTER SUVENDU ADHIKARI VOWS TO "UPROOT" FORCES RAISING ANTI-INDIA SLOGANS AT JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY 

FESTIVAL PREPAREDNESS: WEST BENGAL FIRE SERVICES LAUNCHES INTENSIVE SAFETY AUDITS ACROSS KOLKATA MALLS AHEAD OF DURGA PUJA 

SAFFRON DIGNITY MARCH: WEST BENGAL CHIEF MINISTER SUVENDU ADHIKARI LEADS 'GERUA SAMMAN YATRA' NEAR JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY AMID CAMPUS TENSIONS 

CULTURAL GRIEVANCE: PADMA SHRI BAUL SINGER PURNA DAS BAUL TAKES BIRBHUM LAND GRAB BATTLE TO CM'S 'JANATA DARBAR', POINTS FINGER AT ANUBRATA MONDAL 

AUTONOMY BATTLE: CONTROVERSIAL INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE BILL REFERRED TO PARLIAMENTARY PANEL AMID FIERCE FACULTY PROTESTS 

CAMPUS ADMINISTRATION: WEST BENGAL GOVERNOR AND CHANCELLOR R.N. RAVI APPOINTS PROFESSOR DEBJIT DUTTA AS INTERIM REGISTRAR OF JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY 

EDUCATIONAL CRISIS: "UNTAINTED" TEACHERS APPEAL TO EDUCATION MINISTER DIPAK BARMAN FOR INTERVENTION AND ACCESS TO SUVENDU ADHIKARI 

JUDICIAL LEADERSHIP: JUSTICE RAVINDRA VITHALRAO GHUGE SWORN IN AS CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE CALCUTTA HIGH COURT 

MUNICIPAL CRACKDOWN: KMC ISSUES TEMPORARY CLOSURE NOTICES TO 919 HOTELS AND GUEST HOUSES AMID INTENSIFIED FIRE SAFETY AUDIT 

CIVIC POLL OFFENSIVE: BJP SOUNDS BUGLE FOR KOLKATA MUNICIPAL CORPORATION ELECTIONS WITH AGGRESSIVE WARD-LEVEL CAMPAIGN STRATEGY 

PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE: WEST BENGAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT MANDATES DAILY DENGUE PATIENT DATA SHARING FOR HOSPITALS AMID SEASONAL SURGE 

MUNICIPAL SWEEP EXPANDS: KMC UNCOVERS WIDESPREAD HYGIENE LAPSES ACROSS RETAIL MARKETS AS INTENSIFIED FOOD SAFETY CRACKDOWN CONTINUES 

EDUCATION CRISIS: THOUSANDS OF SACKED “UNTAINTED” TEACHERS MARCH FROM KARUNAMOYEE TO BIKASH BHAVAN DEMANDING EXPEDITED REINSTATEMENT 

ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHAUL: ALIAH UNIVERSITY REMOVED FROM MINORITY AFFAIRS JURISDICTION AND INTEGRATED INTO STATE HIGHER EDUCATION FRAMEWORK 

ACADEMIC BATTLEGROUND: JUTA SLAMS WEST BENGAL'S PROPOSED INTER-UNIVERSITY TRANSFER BILL AS A "DIRECT ATTACK" ON INSTITUTIONAL AUTONOMY 

PUBLIC HEALTH CRACKDOWN: KOLKATA MUNICIPAL CORPORATION PULLS LICENCES OF 40 NOTED EATERIES, INCLUDING NIZAM’S AND ARSALAN, AMID SEVERE HYGIENE LAPSES 

INCLEMENT WEATHER FORCES CHIEF MINISTER SUVENDU ADHIKARI’S HELICOPTER TO ABORT KALIMPONG LANDING AND RETURN TO SILIGURI AMID NORTH BENGAL DISASTER REVIEWS 

DECLINING THE STATE EXCHEQUER: SEVEN PROMINENT KOLKATA DURGA PUJA COMMITTEES OPT OUT OF RS 1 LAKH GRANT FOLLOWING CHIEF MINISTER’S APPEAL 

HIGH-STAKES BATTLEGROUNDS: ELECTION COMMISSION ANNOUNCES OCTOBER 6 BYPOLLS FOR WEST BENGAL'S NANDIGRAM AND REJINAGAR CONSTITUENCIES 

POLICE COMPLAINT FILED IN KOLKATA AGAINST BAGESHWAR BABA OVER DURGA PUJA "VEG DIKTAT"; BJP STATE LEADERSHIP DISTANCES ITSELF FROM REMARKS 

REVOLUTIONIZING CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS: ALL EIGHT NORTH BENGAL DISTRICTS EQUIPPED WITH DEDICATED MOBILE FORENSIC UNITS 

WEST BENGAL GOVERNMENT BOOSTS SOCIAL WELFARE PENSIONS TO RS 1,500 MONTHLY, ROLLS OUT DIRECT DISBURSEMENTS TO BENEFICIARIES