Poppy Cultivation

Opium mafia makes merry as funds crunch stalls poppy destruction drive in Malda

As the state and Centre spar over funds, poppy cultivators and opium mafia are making the most of the opportunity

Violence in Mamata's Bengal: What Rajnath Singh will have to deal with in the tinder box that is Malda

Kaliachak, according to the 2011 Census, has a population of a little over 3 lakh, 89 percent of whom are Muslims.