South 24 Parganas
District in West Bengal, India
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South 24 Parganas (Pron: pษrษกษnษs; abbr. 24 PGS (S)), or sometimes South Twenty Four Parganas and Dakshin 24 Parganas, is a district in the Indian state of West Bengal, headquartered in Alipore. It is the largest district of West Bengal by area and second largest by population. It is the sixth most populous district in India (out of 640). On one side of the district there is the urban fringe of Kolkata, and on the other the remote riverine villages in the Sundarbans.
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'Calculate escape strategy': Terrorist nabbed in Bengal was using river routes to reach Pakistan via BangladeshA senior TuM member, Javed Munshi, was arrested by West Bengal STF and Jammu and Kashmir Police in South 24 Parganas. Munshi, acting under LeT instructions, planned to escape to Pakistan via..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Cyclone Remal claims 4 lives in West Bengal as heavy rainfall continuesAccording to the state government's department of disaster management and civil defence, heavy rain from severe Cyclone Remal resulted in four deaths and one injury in West Bengal. Cyclone Remal,..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Cyclone 'Remal' expected to make landfall in Bengal on this date; IMD issues orange alertThe IMD has issued an orange alert, forecasting light to moderate rainfall in the districts of Kolkata, Howrah, Nadia, Jhargram, North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, and Purba Medinipur.DNA - Published | |
CAA to be implemented in 7 days, says ministerUnion minister Shantanu Thakur on Monday said Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) would be implemented in the next seven days, reinforcing the possibility of an early rollout of the law Modi government..IndiaTimes - Published | |
TMC neta shot dead outside home, 1 of 2 killers lynchedTrinamool block president was fatally shot outside his residence in Bamangachhi, resulting in the lynching of one of the suspected assailants and subsequent arson in the nearby Daluakhaki village of..IndiaTimes - Published | |
16 killed as violence flares up on Bengal rural poll dayMurshidabad and three districts north of Murshidabad - Coochbehar, North Dinajpur and Malda - accounted for 13 of Saturday's 16 deaths, with five lives lost in Murshidabad alone. The casualties in..IndiaTimes - Published | |
West Bengal Panchayat Elections 2023: Governor CV Ananda Bose sets up 'Peace Room', explains whyThe 'Peace Room' came about following the governor's recent visits to violence-hit areas in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district.DNA - Published | |
Cash-for-jobs case: ED raids 10 West Bengal sitesED officers on Saturday raided over 10 places in Kolkata and South 24 Parganas, including four addresses of Sujay Krishna Bhadra alias "Kalighater Kaku" in the cash-for-jobs case.IndiaTimes - Published | |
West Bengal: Helium balloons explode at fair, 4 killed including sellerSouth 24 Parganas: Several people were injured in the accident as well and are undergoing treatment. Some of them are series.DNA - Published | |
TMC and BJP workers clash in Bengal's South 24 Parganas, police force deployedClashes broke between TMC and BJP workers in Bengal's South 24 Pargana district.DNA - Published | |