Jayanta Das

The second day of Sethubandha, 2012 saw discussions being held on the benefits of Vaishnav ways to keep fit and importance of "naamghars".

A 17-year tribal girl was allegedly raped by a man in Tripura's Gomati district, police said on Sunday.

The Ultadanga traffic bottleneck appears to be over with the Kolkata Police commissioner Vineet Goyal intervening himself. A consensus emerged on how autos should take the U-turn at Ultadanga crossing that was otherwise hampering the movement of vehicles.

A fake job racket was busted in Guwahati on Sunday night and seven suspected brokers were arrested by the police on Monday afternoon after interrogation, police said. Three others, suspected to be the mastermind of the racket, are on the run.

Police on Thursday filed charge-sheet against RTI activist Jayanta Das in connection with a case registered against him at Lalbag police station here in 2016 for allegedly posting derogatory remarks against Puri Gajapati (king) and another person on a social networking website, Facebook.

Cops have bust an illegal call centre at Fairlie Place in BBD Bag and arrested eight persons who duped the victims of some lakhs by luring them with fake loan offers. The accused also duped the victims on the pretext of installing mobile towers and ATMs.

Cops have bust an illegal call centre at Fairlie Place in BBD Bag and arrested eight persons who duped the victims of some lakhs by luring them with fake loan offers. The accused also duped the victims on the pretext of installing mobile towers and ATMs.

The sub-inspector of the ATS, who had received a bullet injury during the encounter with Punjab-based gangsters at the hideout in Sukhobrishti housing complex earlier this month, was discharged from hospital on Wednesday.

Couples are jointly fighting it out in Malda municipal polls this time.

All is not well within in the BJP camp even if the election to the Assam assembly is less than a month away. On Saturday, supporters of BJP leaders, who did not get tickets in Morigaon and Dispur, vandalized party offices and accused the state leadership of fielding "weak candidates" in the battle of ballots.

Aji Mur Janmadin, a play for school children, had the audience putting on their thinking caps as it turned the spotlight on the growing sense of loneliness among children. The play was staged at a drama competition held in Kumar Bhaskar Natya Mandir at Uzanbazaar recently.

Eight persons, including a woman, died and 22 were injured after a Howrah-bound private bus they were travelling in collided head on with a truck at Heria in East Midnapore on Thursday evening.

RTI activist Jayanta Das, who was recently convicted in a cyberporn case in Puri, could be in for more trouble. The police are planning to seek his remand in connection with a case registered against him at Lalbag police station here in 2016 for allegedly posting derogatory remarks against Puri Gajapati and another person on a social networking site.

Sources said the incident took place between the Baraigram and Kanaibazar railway stations around 2.40am on Friday night.

A wild buffalo died when security personnel tried to tranquilise it in Biswanath district in the past 24 hours. The adult buffalo, which strayed from the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNPTR), was killed at Kumoliya after it attacked four persons, leaving one dead and two injured.

Healthy, happy mothers make healthy, happy children.

Five bikers from the city will leave for a tour of Bhutan in a bid to encourage adventure sports among youth.

PATNA: In a landmark decision, the state cabinet on Tuesday decided to reserve 50 per cent posts of school teachers for women in all future appointments.

A Junior Engineer in Assam's Nagaon district was allegedly made to apologise by touching the feet of a BJP MLA for removing the legislator's car blocking the road to the office, a BDO official said.

Bankura water investigation department executive engineer Jayanta Das was showcaused on Tuesday for not being present at the meeting that chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee held last Saturday in the district.

Two Indian rock pythons were rescued from Natundih and Gobrandha villages in Ragunathpur forest range by locals and handed over to the forest officials.

A 26-year-old man, Jayanta Das, was arrested in Kolkata for allegedly raping a woman under the false pretense of marriage. Following his arrest, Das's parents, Jagannath Das (48) and Monika (42), tragically died by suicide near Birati railway station.