Rajib Saha

Jamalpur, a rural SC-dominated constituency in Purba Bardhaman, thrives on paddy and potato farming, with voters prioritizing agricultural wages, irrigation, and welfare schemes. Historically a Left bastion, it's now a comfortably marginal TMC seat, with the party's hold strengthened by effective welfare delivery and a strong rural SC base, making it a key anchor for their district-level performance against BJP.

In a significant political development, BJP Tripura has decided to expel Barjala Mandal president Rajib Saha in light of his recent arrest linked to suspected land mafia activities. The arrest came after a guard for a registrar at the Tripura High Court reported an incident involving Saha, alleging he threatened and assaulted him amidst a land transaction conflict.

Tripura took a vital first innings 116-run lead against Assam in the four-day Ranji Trophy plate-B match on the second day.

Rajasthan trounced Tripura by an innings and 77 runs to book a berth in the Ranji Trophy quarter-finals from Elite Group C on Tuesday.

Two officers of Lake police station allegedly misbehaved and manhandled a medical representative when he reportedly sought help of cops following an accident.

A 22-year-old woman was allegedly assaulted and molested by a group of drunken youths, in front of her husband, for trying to save a man whom the accused had been beating up at RN Guha Road near Nagerbazar in Dum Dum on Sunday night.

The Sports Authority of India (SAI) has decided to hold a 16-day senior national gymnastics coaching camp for men and women here from October 3 ahead of the 48th Artistic World Championship.

Rajib Saha, a 33-year-old scientist working for Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro), returned to his home in Sodepur from Bengaluru and visited his former school at Agarpara to tell the students about Chandrayaan-3’s odds-defying journey to the moon. It was also his own story about overcoming challenges.

The Ranji Trophy Group C game between Odisha and Rajasthan was evenly poised on day two with the hosts needing 167 runs for outright win.

In the first complaint after the Bengal government allowed Covid bodies to be handed over to victims’ kin based on a Calcutta High Court order, a Bijoygarh resident has alleged that a private hospital on Garia Main Road handed over his father’s body to a civic agency for cremation without informing him as he had failed to clear the huge bill. The hospital claimed the family did not contact them for two days after the patient’s death on November 1, prompting it to take this step.

Left-arm spinner Saurabh Kumar overall took 14 wickets as Uttar Pradesh thrashed hosts Haryana by six wickets in their Elite Group C Ranji Trophy game inside two days.

Rajasthan bowlers led by young leg spinner Rahul Chahar put up a spirited show as they bowled out Goa for 244 on the opening day of their Elite Group C Ranji Trophy game here on Sunday.

As expected, the brunt of Wednesday’s 24-hour bandh was borne by commuters, most of whom had to wait for long hours at railway stations or at the airport, in the absence of most forms of public transport.

Bengal registered an emphatic 38-run win over Assam in the opening match of the Syed Mustaq Ali T20 tournament at Keenan Stadium on Thursday.