Sandip Sarkar

The Election Commission initially banned motorcycle movement in Bengal ahead of polls, citing concerns about "toughs and miscreants." Following public backlash, the Bengal CEO clarified the ban targets troublemakers, not the general public or commuters. Exemptions are provided for essential services, but citizens worry about increased travel costs and time.

The bodies of five more mountaineers were brought back to Uttarkashi from the avalanche-hit site, as rescue operations resumed at Draupadi ka Danda on Monday

As rescue operations resumed at Mount Draupadi ka Danda on Monday for the Nehru Institute Of Mountaineering (NIM) group hit by an avalanche on October 4, five more bodies were brought back to Uttarkashi town from the disaster-hit site.

Following in the footsteps of the Kolkata and Howrah civic bodies, the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation has started conducting random swab testing of residents inside the containment zones under its jurisdiction in Salt Lake and Rajarhat. On Tuesday, samples were collected and sent to Niced for testing.

The city police on Monday arrested six youths for abduction of two scrap iron dealers and extracted ransom in lieu of their release.

Suman Banerjee, who manages both small screen and big screen with equal elan, is a happy soul now.

Sourav Biswas, a climber from Kanchrapara, who had gone to Mount Draupadi ka Danda-II for the advanced training of Nehru Institute of Mountaineering, is still missing, along with another of the 41-member team.

A 26-year-old man, owner of a popular momo shop near Mudiali in Tollygunge, was found murdered inside his residence at Bijoygarh in Jadavpur on Thursday.

Another climber from New Barrackpore, who had gone missing, was identified as dead by the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering on Monday. He is the third of the four climbers from the city who went missing after an avalanche struck during the advanced training course conducted by NIM.

A lively interaction with well-known personalities from the field of films, music and journalism was in store for over 100 students at the Times NIE Newsmakers' Meet on Friday .

Two climbers from West Bengal, who went missing at the Mount Draupadi Ka Danda II during the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering's (NIM) training camp, have been confirmed as dead by the institute on Sunday morning.