Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday slammed the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government over the law and order situation in West Bengal and accused it of not taking action against rioters. CM Adityanath addressed election rallies in ...
3 May 2024 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal police have finally banned the use of laser lights, laser beams and laser light shows in vast areas around Kolkata’s Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose airport. The move was prompted by a series of incidents where pilots ...
3 May 2024 Indian ExpressFollowing the alleged suicide of a second-year mechanical engineering student, National Institute of Technology (NIT) Durgapur, Director, Arvind Choubey, has claimed that he was allegedly forced to resign from his post by protesting students on Monday.Arpan Ghosh, 21, was ...
2 May 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal state secretariat, Raj Bhavan, Indian Museum receive threatening emails Kolkata, Apr 30 (PTI) The West Bengal state secretariat, Raj Bhavan and the Indian Museum here on Tuesday received emails threatening to blow off the buildings using explosives, ...
2 May 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has questioned the need for holding the Lok Sabha elections in seven phases when the state is sizzling under a heatwave.“This heat is unbearable. Elections have been dragging on forever. I’ve been away ...
1 May 2024 Indian ExpressThe Calcutta High Court on Tuesday rejected a bail prayer of former West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee in a money laundering case initiated by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with its probe into money trail in a primary school ...
1 May 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday accused Union Home Minister Amit Shah of “peddling lies” on the state government’s submission of utilisation certificates for central projects and urged the BJP leadership to hold the mirror to themselves.Addressing ...
1 May 2024 Indian ExpressOn a day when the highest temperature rose to 43 degree Celsius in Kolkata, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said some districts in West Bengal may see light rainfall from Sunday. Meanwhile, the highest maximum temperature in West Bengal ...
1 May 2024 Indian ExpressBengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday lambasted the BJP for using the uniform civil code (UCC) as a poll plank and said the Hindus will not benefit from it.While addressing a public meeting at Jangipur in the minority-dominated ...
1 May 2024 Indian ExpressKolkata recorded its hottest day of the season on Monday, with a maximum temperature of 42 degrees Celsius and maximum humidity of 81 per cent. The sky remained clear in the daytime, becoming partly cloudy towards the evening with ...
1 May 2024 Indian ExpressUnion Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee did not attend the Ram Mandir consecration ceremony in Ayodhya because they were afraid of losing the support of “infiltrators” ...
1 May 2024 Indian ExpressKolkata residents are cranking up their air conditioners (ACs) to beat the scorching summer heat. But with many doing so without proper authorisation, it is causing a heavy strain on the city’s power grid, leading authorities to issue an ...
1 May 2024 Indian ExpressThe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alleged that a woman leader of the party sustained serious injuries after being attacked by Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers in Kolkata’s Kasba area, late Saturday night.According to the party, the injured leader, Saraswati Sarkar, ...
30 April 2024 Indian ExpressA local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, who was allegedly assaulted by TMC workers in Kolkata, on Sunday asked Union Minister Smriti Irani for help while narrating the attack she faced a day ago.In her complaint to the police, ...
30 April 2024 Indian ExpressThe Opposition accused the West Bengal government of wasting taxpayer money and time on litigation after the Supreme Court on Monday wondered why the state government should “come as a petitioner for protecting the interests of some private individuals” ...
30 April 2024 Indian ExpressBJP national president J P Nadda said on Sunday that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wants a government at the Centre which is “soft on terrorism”, as he targeted the TMC government over charges of corruption, extortion, appeasement ...
30 April 2024 Indian ExpressSevere heatwave conditions prevailed in eight districts of West Bengal on Sunday. Of these eight, two districts – North Dinajpur and Malda – are in North Bengal. The remaining six districts are East Midnapore, West Midnapore, Bankura, West Burdwan, ...
30 April 2024 Indian ExpressA Trinamool Congress (TMC) activist died late Saturday night after he was allegedly beaten to death following a clash between two rival factions of the ruling party, in Baguiati in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, police said.The incident ...
29 April 2024 Indian ExpressThe India Meteorological Department (IMD) has extended the red alert (take action) for a heatwave in seven districts in southern Bengal and warned of a high likelihood of heat-related illnesses and heat strokes. East Midnapore, Jhargram, West Midnapore, Bankura, ...
29 April 2024 Indian ExpressA day after the CBI said that it had recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition from Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday there was “no evidence” to back the claims ...
29 April 2024 Indian ExpressThe TMC on Saturday alleged that several people were injured after a bomb went off at the house of a relative of a BJP leader in Basirhat assembly seat.TMC leader Kunal Ghosh alleged that the explosion tore apart the ...
29 April 2024 Indian ExpressCampaigning for CPI(M) state secretary Mohd Salim in Domkal under Murshidabad Lok Sabha constituency, state Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury hit out at Trinamool Congress (TMC), accusing the party of weakening the Opposition INDIA bloc in West Bengal.While the ...
28 April 2024 Indian ExpressA day after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) recovered a huge cache of arms and explosives in West Bengal’s Sandeshkhali and called in the NSG bomb squad for their disposal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Saturday that ...
28 April 2024 Indian ExpressThe seizure of foreign-made revolvers and a pistol from Sandeshkhali – located close to the India-Bangladesh border – during the recent CBI raid has rang alarm bells for security agencies.The seizure has added another dimension to the ongoing investigation ...
28 April 2024 Indian ExpressThe district election office on Friday cancelled the candidature of former IPS officer Debasish Dhar, who was fielded by the BJP for West Bengal’s Birbhum Lok Sabha constituency, citing technical grounds. In his place, the BJP nominated senior party ...
28 April 2024 Indian ExpressThe Calcutta High Court on Friday instructed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to submit a report regarding the clashes in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district during Ram Navami celebrations, stating whether the probe should be handed over to the central ...
28 April 2024 Indian ExpressThe ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal has lodged a complaint with the Election Commission of India against the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for allegedly “carrying out an unscrupulous raid” to “tarnish the image” of the party ...
28 April 2024 Indian ExpressThe heatwave conditions will continue to prevail in southern parts of West Bengal till at least April 30, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Friday. Seven districts of south Bengal — Purba and Paschim Medinipur, Jhargram, Bankura, Purba and ...
27 April 2024 Indian ExpressCPI(M) leader Sujan Chakraborty, on Friday, pointed out that investors who deposited money in the infamous Saradha chit fund, that collapsed in 2013, have still not received their money, even after 10 years of the scam.The Saradha Group of ...
27 April 2024 Indian ExpressAbout 71.84 per cent polling was recorded till 5 pm on Friday in the three constituencies of West Bengal – Darjeeling, Raiganj, and Balurghat – where voting was held in the second phase of the Lok Sabha polls.The polling ...
27 April 2024 Indian ExpressDarjeeling, Raiganj and Balurghat constituencies in West Bengal recorded 15.68 per cent polling by around 9 am as voting in the second phase of the Lok Sabha election got underway on Friday. BJP state president Sukanta Majumder alleged that ...
27 April 2024 Indian ExpressHitting out at the Mamata Banerjee-led state government over the teachers recruitment ‘scam’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said the Trinamool Congress (TMC) had played with the lives of youths of West Bengal, many of whom had even ...
27 April 2024 Indian ExpressThe Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday recovered a huge cache of arms and explosives in Sandeshkhali and called in the NSG bomb squad for their disposal. The cache included foreign made revolvers, Indian revolvers, foreign made pistols ...
27 April 2024 Indian ExpressAuthorities at the Kolkata airport on Friday received an email claiming bombs were planted at various places on its premises, triggering a frantic search across the facility, officials said.However, the mail, which threatened that the bombs will explode at ...
27 April 2024 Indian ExpressWith paint peeling out, a two-storey house with a garden and a Durga Mandap in West Bengal’s Kaliaganj town has a portion of its outer wall painted with graffiti seeking vote for Trinamool Congress. Not so distant in the ...
27 April 2024 Indian ExpressIn Raiganj constituency, every polling booth will have two EVMs/Ballot units. Here’s whyA record 20 candidates with as many as 10 Independents will be contesting from Raiganj Parliamentary constituency that goes to polls in the second phase Lok Sabha ...
27 April 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee on Thursday criticised the Calcutta High Court order cancelling 25,000 school jobs in the state and alleged that it was a “ploy” by the BJP to stop these ...
26 April 2024 Indian ExpressIn the second phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, scheduled for April 26, West Bengal’s three constituencies—Darjeeling, Balurghat and Raiganj—will witness multi-cornered contests.Prominent candidates include BJP state president and sitting MP Sukanta Majumdar in Balurghat, BJP Darjeeling MP ...
26 April 2024 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC) on Thursday claimed that it had provided lists of around 5,300 teaching and non-teaching staff members from the 2016 panel to the Calcutta High Court in whose recruitment it had found irregularities, ...
26 April 2024 Indian ExpressTwo Hyderabad companies owned by YSRCP MP and businessman Alla Ayodhya Rami Reddy donated Rs 46 crore in electoral bonds to the ruling TMC in West Bengal in 2022 — when a $30-mn water treatment project being executed in ...
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