Berhampore

The Congress on Thursday released its third list of 56 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, fielding Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury from Berhampore, and party chief Mallikarjun Kharge's son-in-law Radhakrishna from Gulbarga.

West Bengal state Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday challenged Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to contest from the Berhampore Lok Sabha seat in the upcoming polls and defeat him.

Revolutionary Socialist Party candidate Pradip Kumar Nandi, who tested positive for COVID-19 four days ago, died at a hospital in Berhampore on Friday, a health department official said.

A day after terrorists killed five labourers from West Bengal in Kashmir's Kulgam district, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary today urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to send an all-party delegation to the region to make a detailed assessment of its ground situation.

Murshidabad district in West Bengal is turning into a political slugfest with an ugly personal twist. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who has held at least four meetings in the district in the last three days, attacked Congress parliamentarian and its candidate from Berhampore, Adhir Chaudhury, saying, "He has not even acknowledged his first wife i...

A four-year-old girl was allegedly tortured with a hot iron rod by her parents' friend in Berhampur as punishment for not eating, the police said today.

West Bengal Congress chief and Congress lawmaker, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury today tore off his shirt and dared the police to fire at him after they lathicharged his supporters during a 12 hour shutdown called by the party today. But his protest, at Behrampore in Murshidabad district, was ridiculed by chief minister Mamata Banerjee, as aping former c...

Leaving behind the trail of destruction caused by cyclone Phailin and two successive floods, Berhampur town in Ganjam district has started limping back to normalcy.

A college student was allegedly abducted by unidentified miscreants from Salai dam near Balugaon, about 75 km from Berhampore on Thursday, police said.

Yet another crib sheet statistic. A three-year-old girl today died at a hospital in Murshidabad district after being admitted for fever, with the parents alleging medical negligence, the police said.

A school teacher was on Friday arrested on charge of attempt to rape a Class VI girl student by administering injection at a primary school in Ganjam district, police said.The teacher Yudhistira Biswal was arrested after the incident took place at Upgraded Middle English School at Phapalapur village, about 50 km from Berhampur.The syringe was recov...

Students and teachers of a school in West Bengal's Murshidabad district clashed with the police on Friday following the accidental death of a student. Twenty people were injured in the violence and road traffic was disrupted.Four students were injured by bullets allegedly fired by the police while 16 policemen were hurt in brickbatting.According to...

The Congress on Thursday released its third list of 56 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, fielding Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury from Berhampore, and party chief Mallikarjun Kharge's son-in-law Radhakrishna from Gulbarga.

West Bengal state Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday challenged Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to contest from the Berhampore Lok Sabha seat in the upcoming polls and defeat him.

Revolutionary Socialist Party candidate Pradip Kumar Nandi, who tested positive for COVID-19 four days ago, died at a hospital in Berhampore on Friday, a health department official said.

A day after terrorists killed five labourers from West Bengal in Kashmir's Kulgam district, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary today urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to send an all-party delegation to the region to make a detailed assessment of its ground situation.

Murshidabad district in West Bengal is turning into a political slugfest with an ugly personal twist. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who has held at least four meetings in the district in the last three days, attacked Congress parliamentarian and its candidate from Berhampore, Adhir Chaudhury, saying, "He has not even acknowledged his first wife i...

A four-year-old girl was allegedly tortured with a hot iron rod by her parents' friend in Berhampur as punishment for not eating, the police said today.

West Bengal Congress chief and Congress lawmaker, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury today tore off his shirt and dared the police to fire at him after they lathicharged his supporters during a 12 hour shutdown called by the party today. But his protest, at Behrampore in Murshidabad district, was ridiculed by chief minister Mamata Banerjee, as aping former c...

Leaving behind the trail of destruction caused by cyclone Phailin and two successive floods, Berhampur town in Ganjam district has started limping back to normalcy.

A college student was allegedly abducted by unidentified miscreants from Salai dam near Balugaon, about 75 km from Berhampore on Thursday, police said.

Yet another crib sheet statistic. A three-year-old girl today died at a hospital in Murshidabad district after being admitted for fever, with the parents alleging medical negligence, the police said.

A school teacher was on Friday arrested on charge of attempt to rape a Class VI girl student by administering injection at a primary school in Ganjam district, police said.The teacher Yudhistira Biswal was arrested after the incident took place at Upgraded Middle English School at Phapalapur village, about 50 km from Berhampur.The syringe was recov...

Students and teachers of a school in West Bengal's Murshidabad district clashed with the police on Friday following the accidental death of a student. Twenty people were injured in the violence and road traffic was disrupted.Four students were injured by bullets allegedly fired by the police while 16 policemen were hurt in brickbatting.According to...