The Sahitya Akademi award-winning writer, best known for his iconic novel Chowringhee and a body of work that chronicled the aspirations, anxieties and moral dilemmas of urban India, had been ailing for some time
20 February,2026 09:52 PM IST | Mumbai | PTI
On January 15, the top court observed that the West Bengal chief minister’s alleged “obstruction” of the ED’s probe was “very serious” and agreed to examine whether a state’s law enforcement agencies can interfere with a central agency’s investigation into a serious offence
18 February,2026 06:16 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
Bharatiya Janata Party MP Raju Bista launched the Chakri Chai Bangla Campaign to spotlight the rising job crisis in West Bengal under the Trinamool Congress. Bista alleged that local youth are forced to migrate to other states for work, citing rising unemployment, industrial closures, and settlement of Rohingya and Bangladeshi citizens
17 February,2026 09:32 AM IST | Siliguri | ANI
A 21-year-old medical student from Bihar was found hanging in a hostel toilet at a private medical college in Durgapur, police said. The deceased, Lavanya Pratap, a resident of Patna, was pursuing an MBBS degree at the institute. His body was discovered on Saturday night and later kept in the hospital morgue
16 February,2026 12:34 PM IST | Kolkata | PTIADVERTISEMENT
