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  • 3 elephants, including mother & calf, killed by train while being driven away by hula party in Bengal’s Jhargram

    Three elephants — including a mother and her calf — were killed after being hit by a train in West Bengal’s Jhargram district early Friday while a state forest department-backed Hula party was attempting to drive the herd out ...

    19 July 2025 Indian Express
    With orange alert on Friday, IMD says Bengal to receive heavy rain through weekend

    Office and school-going commuters in South Bengal faced heavy to moderate rain in the early morning of Friday in Kolkata and adjacent districts.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for multiple districts across South Bengal and ...

    19 July 2025 Indian Express
    Second visit to Bengal in two months: PM Modi hits out at TMC for ‘misrule’ hours before his Durgapur visit

    On the eve of his visit to Durgapur where he will launch several development projects worth over Rs 5,000 crore, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched an attack on Mamata Banerjee-led TMC, claiming “West Bengal is suffering due ...

    19 July 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata airport gets DigiYatra facility for contactless travel

    A DigiYatra facility was inaugurated at Kolkata’s Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) Airport on Thursday, marking a significant stride in contactless travel.The service is specifically designed to streamline the experience for domestic transfer passengers.The facility was inaugurated by ...

    19 July 2025 Indian Express
    With ‘conditions apply’, Calcutta HC allows BJP rally in Siliguri coinciding with TMC’s Martyrs’ Day event

    The Calcutta High Court on Thursday allowed the main Opposition party, the BJP, to hold a rally and a public meeting in Siliguri on July 21, coinciding with the ruling TMC’s annual mega Martyrs’ Day rally in Kolkata.The bench ...

    19 July 2025 Indian Express
    Pick a different venue next year for Martyrs’ Day rally: Calcutta High Court to TMC

    The Calcutta High Court on Thursday, in an oral observation, asked the Trinamool Congress (TMC) to shift the venue of the annual Martyrs’ Day rally from next year, citing inconvenience caused to people on a working weekday, and suggested ...

    18 July 2025 Indian Express
    West Bengal: Days left for deadline, over 5.5 lakh appy for teachers’ job

    Less than a week before the deadline to apply for the 35,726 assistant teacher posts in government and state-aided schools in West Bengal, the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) has received over 5.5 lakh applications.The Calcutta High Court ...

    18 July 2025 Indian Express
    BJP demands immediate SIR in West Bengal: ‘Rohingyas in electoral roll’

    On a day when West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee led a protest march against alleged harassment of Bengali-speaking migrants in BJP-ruled states, Leader of Opposition in Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday marched to the office of Chief Electoral ...

    18 July 2025 Indian Express
    After nearly 2 years, IIM Calcutta gets a full-time director

    The Union Ministry of Education on Wednesday appointed Alok Kumar Rai, the vice-chancellor of Lucknow University, as the full-time director of the Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta.The IIM-Calcutta did not have a regular full-term director for nearly two years.The appointment ...

    18 July 2025 Indian Express
    Rose Valley chit fund scam: More RS 10.5 crore returned to depositors

    The ED on Wednesday said the Asset Disposal Committee (ADC) has disbursed an additional Rs 10.5 crore to 11,883 victims or depositors of the Rose Valley Ponzi scheme.“With this latest round, the total amount disbursed so far to 72,760 ...

    18 July 2025 Indian Express
    School jobs case | Calcutta HC nod to fresh teachers’ hiring: ‘rules stringent, student centric’

    The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday upheld the latest teachers’ recruitment notification in the government and aided schools of West Bengal, saying the new rules are more stringent and student centric.Dismissing a bunch of appeals filed by a group ...

    17 July 2025 Indian Express
    College student dies at Nicco park waterfall in Kolkata; probe on into cause

    An 18-year-old college student died after falling unconscious on a simulated waterfall at Kolkata’s Nicco Park on Wednesday.He was rushed to a private hospital in Salt Lake, where doctors declared him dead.According to the amusement park’s authorities, Rahul arrived ...

    17 July 2025 Indian Express
    24 hours on, fate of 34 detained Indian fishermen in Bangladesh uncertain

    Over 24 hours after they were detained by the Bangladesh Navy, 34 Indian fishermen from Kakdwip in South 24-Parganas have still not been released. The fishermen were allegedly apprehended late Monday night for crossing into Bangladeshi waters while fishing ...

    17 July 2025 Indian Express
    Calcutta HC seeks Centre’s reply on deportation of Birbhum family to Bangladesh

    The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the Centre, the Delhi government and the West Bengal government to file affidavits in connection with the arrest of a Bengali migrant family in the National Capital and their deportation to Bangladesh.Hearing ...

    17 July 2025 Indian Express
    Calcutta HC to hear R G Kar murder-rape convict’s plea for acquittal

    The Calcutta High Court Wednesday said that it will hear the plea of the sole convict in the R G Kar Medical College and Hospital rape and murder case, Sanjoy Roy, for acquittal from the case.A division bench of ...

    17 July 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Fighting every year, but to no avail’: Mamata Banerjee blames Centre, DVC for flooding in Bengal

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on the Central government and the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC), holding them responsible for the flood-like situation in parts of the state.Addressing a press conference at Nabanna, ...

    16 July 2025 Indian Express
    IIM-C’s academic council to take call on student arrested for rape

    The Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta (IIM-C) has called a meeting of its academic council this week over the arrest of a second-year student in a rape case.Paramanand Mahaveer Toppannawar, 26, was arrested last Saturday for allegedly raping a young ...

    16 July 2025 Indian Express
    Mamata to lead protest march in Kolkata over ‘harassment’ of Bengali-speaking people in other states

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will lead a protest march in Kolkata on Wednesday over alleged harassment of Bengali-speaking people in BJP-ruled states.The march will begin at College Square around 1 pm and conclude at Dharmatala in the ...

    16 July 2025 Indian Express
    ‘We are pushing boundaries in AI, cyber security’: IIT-Kharagpur director at 71st convocation

    IIT-Kharagpur director Suman Chakraborty on Tuesday said the institution was pushing boundaries in the areas of artificial intelligence, cyber security and cloud computing, and it has become a national leader in AI’s responsible real-world applications in health care and ...

    16 July 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Shoved into buses, sent to Bengal’: TMC MPs flag Bengali migrants’ detention in Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra

    Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Tuesday once again pointed to the alleged plight of migrant labourers from West Bengal, claiming that a group after being released from detention in Chattisgarh were forcibly put into buses and sent back ...

    16 July 2025 Indian Express
    Mamata: No ban on samosa, jalebi, won’t interfere with food habits

    West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said Tuesday that state government will not implement a ban on popular snacks like samosas and jalebi as suggested by some media reports and her government would not interfere with people’s food habits.In a ...

    16 July 2025 Indian Express
    We are pushing boundaries in cybersecurity, AI, cloud computing: IIT Kharagpur director

    Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur director Suman Chakraborty said Tuesday that the institute’s research covers “a wide range of fields, including virtual accident monitoring, wastewater engineering, and next-generation wireless communication”.“We are pushing the boundaries in cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, ...

    16 July 2025 Indian Express
    TMC MLA Paresh Pal, 2 Kolkata councillors move HC for anticipatory bail in 2021 BJP worker murder case

    Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Paresh Pal and Kolkata councillors Swapan Samaddar and Papiya Ghosh moved the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday, seeking anticipatory bail in the 2021 Abhijit Sarkar murder case. Sarkar, a BJP worker, was killed during the ...

    16 July 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Shoved into buses and sent to Bengal’: Mahua Moitra slams Chhattisgarh Police for treatment of migrant workers

    The nine migrant labourers detained by the Chhattisgarh Police have been set free but “shoved into buses and sent to West Bengal”, claimed Trinamool Congress (TMC) Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra Tuesday. Meanwhile, TMC Rajya Sabha MP and West ...

    16 July 2025 Indian Express
    West Bengal: Cabinet okays job to families of Balasore train tragedy victims

    The West Bengal Cabinet on Monday gave the go-ahead to a proposal to give a job each to the families of the 2023 Balasore train accident victims who hailed from the state, officials said.Thirteen of the 296 persons who ...

    16 July 2025 Indian Express
    Former Bengali actress found wandering on Purba Bardhaman roadside, rescued

    Written by Anisha GhoshWearing a pair of shorts and a black full-sleeved shirt, a middle-aged woman with paper and pen sat on the roadside near Amila Bazar in West Bengal’s Purba Bardhaman district on Monday afternoon, speaking incoherently in ...

    16 July 2025 Indian Express
    Kumortuli artisan’s diamond-eyed idol turns heads before Durga Puja

    Written by Anisha GhoshThis year, a special sparkle is all set to be added to the five-day Durga Puja festivities in Kolkata. Kumortuli artisan Indrajit Paul has adorned the eyes of one of his idols with special American diamonds.While ...

    16 July 2025 Indian Express
    Prime accused, 3 others arrested in TMC leader Razzak Khan murder case

    Police have arrested four people in connection with the murder of TMC leader Razzak Khan, who was gunned down and hacked to death last Thursday night in Bijoyganj Bazar.The case has been registered under section 103 (1) (murder) and ...

    15 July 2025 Indian Express
    IIM Calcutta rape case: Woman fails to record statement, cops in a huddle over framing sequence of events

    The Kolkata Police, which is probing the alleged rape of a young woman at the Joka campus hostel of the Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta (IIM-C), is finding it difficult to move ahead with the investigation due to “non-cooperation” of ...

    15 July 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Finally seen, heard’: Sex workers at India’s largest red-light area Sonagachi say healthcare access has improved

    From access to healthcare to a slow but steady reduction in stigma, sex workers in Kolkata’s Sonagachi, which is India’s largest red-light area, say they are finally being seen and heard.Once faced with discrimination and barriers to medical care, ...

    15 July 2025 Indian Express
    School jobs scam: No breakthrough in Nabanna talks, teachers to now march to Kalighat

    Kolkata SSC recruitment controversy: Thousands of “untainted” teachers, who were rendered jobless after the Supreme Court invalidated their appointments over alleged irregularities in the recruitment process of the West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC), were on Monday stopped from ...

    15 July 2025 Indian Express
    Detention of Bengali migrants: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury asks President Murmu to intervene

    Flagging the detention and deportation of migrant workers from West Bengal during drives against illegal Bangladeshi nationals in several states of the country, senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday urged President Droupadi Murmu to intervene.In a letter ...

    15 July 2025 Indian Express
    Mamata to lead rally: TMC raises pitch against detention of Bengali-speaking migrants

    The Trinamool Congress (TMC), led by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, has decided to intensify its protests against the alleged harassment of Bengali-speaking migrant workers in BJP-ruled states, including Odisha, Delhi, Assam, and Jharkhand.On Wednesday, Banerjee is scheduled ...

    15 July 2025 Indian Express
    ED arrests top executive of Sahara Group, broker in money laundering case

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Sunday said that it has arrested Anil Vailaparampil Abraham, Executive Director of Sahara Group’s Chairman Core Management (CCM) Office, and Jitendra Prasad Verma, a long-time associate and property broker of the Sahara Group, from ...

    15 July 2025 Indian Express
    Actively engaging with students, taking steps to address their concerns after ‘rape’ incident: IIM-C

    The Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta on Sunday said it is actively engaging with students and taking necessary steps to address their concerns in the wake of the alleged sexual assault of a woman on its campus.The woman was allegedly ...

    14 July 2025 Indian Express
    Ex-TMCP member says outfit leaders circulated morphed pics, files police complaint

    A former Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP) leader has filed a police complaint accusing the leaders of the TMC’s student outfit of using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to “spread indecent, morphed images” of her.The complaint was lodged at the Sonarpur police ...

    14 July 2025 Indian Express
    Vandalism to molestation: Before law college rape case, long list of FIRs against key suspect

    The recent arrest of Monojit Mishra, the prime suspect in the Kolkata campus gangrape case, has brought to light a decade-long pattern of alleged criminal activity. Mishra, a lawyer and a contractual staff at the law college where he ...

    14 July 2025 Indian Express
    Women alleges rape in IIM Calcutta hostel: Parties raise concern over safety measures, allege law & order worsening in state

    After a woman levelled allegations on Saturday that she was raped inside a hostel on the premises of the Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta, political parties pointed to the “worsening” law and order situation in West Bengal, and “lapse in ...

    14 July 2025 Indian Express
    IIM Calcutta rape case: SIT to probe, police seek campus CCTV footage

    Kolkata Police on Sunday constituted a nine-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the alleged rape of a young woman by a student of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta at a hostel on Joka campus.The SIT is ...

    14 July 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata braces for more light rain as low-pressure system moves westwards

    Written by Shambhavi PandeyAfter days of persistent showers, Kolkata saw a brief pause in rain on Sunday morning as the intensity of the rain eased and the sun finally peeked through the clouds.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) confirmed that ...

    14 July 2025 Indian Express
    ZSI scientists discover 4 new tiny wasp species in West Bengal

    Written by Anisha GhoshIn a major discovery, researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have found four new species of tiny parasitic wasps in West Bengal. These extremely small microscopic wasps belong to the genus Idris Förster and ...

    13 July 2025 Indian Express
    NGT asks authorities to specify deficiencies in implementing Ganga Action Plan in Bengal

    The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed that deficiencies in the implementation of the Ganga Action Plan in West Bengal be specified by the state, NMCG and CPCB by way of affidavit.The NGT, while reviewing the status of Ganga ...

    13 July 2025 Indian Express
    TMC targeting our workers as elections near: Bengal BJP chief

    State BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Saturday alleged that Trinamool Congress (TMC) supporters in Khejuri area of Purba Medinipur district brutally beat and killed two BJP workers using bamboo sticks, on Friday, likening the incident to “Maoist-style violence”.Addressing a ...

    13 July 2025 Indian Express
    Woman alleges rape inside IIM-Calcutta hostel, second-year student arrested

    A second-year student of the Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta has been arrested after a woman alleged she was raped inside the hostel at the premier institute.The police have charged the accused under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, ...

    13 July 2025 Indian Express
    Row over ‘terrorist’ reference to freedom fighters in exam paper; varsity V-C issues apology for grave mistake

    A CONTROVERSY erupted after a history question paper at the state-run Vidyasagar University in Paschim Medinipur referred to freedom fighters as “terrorists,” triggering strong political reactions and prompting the institute to issue a public apology, calling it a “printing ...

    13 July 2025 Indian Express
    Calcutta HC seeks report from Home ministry on workers’ ‘detention in Delhi, deportation to Bangladesh’

    THE CALCUTTA High Court on Friday sought a detailed report from the Union Home Ministry regarding allegations that migrant workers from West Bengal were detained in Delhi and sent to Bangladesh.“Have workers belonging to West Bengal been detained from ...

    13 July 2025 Indian Express
    Radio operators tune in to help trace Bengal woman missing for 8 years – in Bangladesh

    A 28-YEAR-OLD woman who went missing from her home in Islampur in Uttar Dinajpur district nearly eight years ago has been traced in Bangladesh and connected with her family — thanks to efforts made by some amateur radio operators ...

    13 July 2025 Indian Express
    ‘They wanted birth, school certificates…even checked phones for Bangladesh contacts’: Bengal migrants released from detention in Odisha

    “When we showed them our voter ID cards and Aadhaar cards, they said it was not enough. They wanted birth certificates and school documents. They even seized our phones and checked for phone numbers from Bangladesh.”Ajimuddin Sheikh (22), a ...

    12 July 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Migrants detained for having Bangladeshi phone contacts, should include BCCI members by this logic’: Mahua on Odisha detentions

    Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Thursday once again targeted the Odisha government over the detention of migrant workers from West Bengal, alleging that two of them were still being held only because their phones had Bangladeshi contact numbers.More ...

    12 July 2025 Indian Express
    Mamata Banerjee says BJP targeting Bengal migrants in Delhi: ‘Our people treated as infiltrators’

    West Bengal Chief Minister on Thursday accused the BJP government in Delhi of targeting Bengali migrant workers in a Vasant Kunj colony and treating them as infiltrators in their own country.Accusing the BJP of “exporting their anti-Bengal agenda to ...

    12 July 2025 Indian Express
    2 TMC leaders killed within 24 hours in 2 Bengal districts, probe on: Police

    TWO LOCAL Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders were murdered within a span of 24 hours in two West Bengal districts, police said on Friday.TMC leader Rezzak Khan, 38, was shot multiple times and then hacked to death in South 24 ...

    12 July 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Shift focus from negativity to creativity’: Mamata Banerjee claims MSME success in Bengal

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday stressed the importance of shifting focus from “negativity” and “narratives” to creativity and self-reliance, highlighting that negativity overshadows progress and achievements. “Many things have happened in Bengal. You probably don’t know ...

    12 July 2025 Indian Express
    ‘On what basis have they been detained?’ HC asks Bengal chief secy to coordinate with Odisha over detention of migrant workers

    The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the chief secretary of West Bengal to coordinate with the Odisha government over the detention of over 400 people, mostly from West Bengal, on suspicion of being illegal Bangladesh migrants.Hearing two habeas ...

    11 July 2025 Indian Express
    3 sentenced to death for rape and murder of a minor girl

    A special POCSO court in Jalpaiguri has sentenced three men to death for the rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl in August 2020.Rahaman Ali, Jamirul Haque, and Tamirul Haque — all aged between 30 and 35 years — ...

    11 July 2025 Indian Express
    Calcutta HC dismisses plea of govt, SSC against debarring ‘tainted’ candidates from fresh recruitment

    A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday dismissed the petitions of the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) and the state government, challenging the single bench order of debarring “tainted” candidates from appearing in the fresh ...

    11 July 2025 Indian Express
    KLO chief accuses Mamata govt of ‘police, political terror’, TMC calls him BJP’s stooge

    Accusing the TMC government of “political and police terror” against the Koch and Rajbanshis communities in West Bengal, Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) chief Jibon Singh has asked people to rise against ‘Kolkata Sarkar’.The TMC linked the KLO chief’s statement ...

    11 July 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata Metro Purple Line: Tunnelling work from Kidderpore to Park Street begins

    Tunnelling work on Kolkata Metro’s Purple Line from Kidderpore to Victoria began Thursday, with the launch of a Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) named ‘Durga’.Metro Railway officials said the machine will tunnel up to Victoria in the first phase, covering ...

    11 July 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata law college rape case: State govt submits report to Calcutta HC

    The West Bengal government submitted a sealed report on the progress of the investigation into the rape of a 24-year-old student at a law college in South Kolkata to the Calcutta High Court on Thursday.The state’s counsel also presented ...

    11 July 2025 Indian Express
    Rainfall very likely to continue across most South Bengal districts for few days

    Written by Shambhavi PandeyWest Bengal continued to witness cloudy skies and intermittent rainfall on Thursday, as monsoon remained active across the state.In Kolkata, the weather on Thursday stayed mostly overcast through the day, with brief spells of light rain ...

    11 July 2025 Indian Express
    Mamata meets Omar, says Govt should ensure safety in Kashmir

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday appealed to the Centre to take immediate steps to ensure the safety and security of Jammu and Kashmir, stating that such measures were crucial for reviving tourism in the region.Banerjee met ...

    11 July 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Trust people who have been to Kashmir after attack’: Omar Abdullah appeals to potential tourists from West Bengal

    Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah appealed to potential tourists from West Bengal to visit Kashmir, stating that security would be given. Speaking at a Travel and Tourism fair inauguration programme in Kolkata on Thursday, he said, “I ...

    11 July 2025 Indian Express
    CBI team visits residence of 3 BJP workers killed in post-poll violence in Sandeshkhali

    A CBI team on Wednesday visited the residences of three BJP workers who were killed allegedly in 2019 post-poll violence in Sandeshkhali area of West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, an officer said. The CBI on Saturday took over ...

    11 July 2025 Indian Express
    ‘What if Bengali tourists stop going to Odisha?’: Mahua Moitra after detention of 444 Bengal migrants as ‘Bangladeshi nationals’

    The Odisha police’s detention of 444 migrant workers in Jharsuguda district on suspicion of being Bangladeshi nationals has triggered backlash from Trinamoool Congress leaders and families of the detained.The migrants — reportedly from West Bengal districts including Nadia, Murshidabad, ...

    10 July 2025 Indian Express
    Calcutta High Court to hear plea of Sanjay Roy seeking acquittal in RG Kar case

    The Calcutta High Court is likely to hear a petition filed by Sanjay Roy seeking acquittal in the RG Kar rape-murder case.In January this year, a trial court in Sealdah sentenced Roy to life imprisonment “until his last breath” ...

    10 July 2025 Indian Express
    Bihar is Bengal in NITI map: Mamata says ‘grave lapse’, demands apology

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday wrote a letter to NITI Aayog vice chairman Suman Bery, expressing her strong disapproval over West Bengal being mislabelled as Bihar in their official summary report.The chief minister condemned the error and sought ...

    10 July 2025 Indian Express
    School Jobs Case | ‘Irreplaceable loss’: Govt, SSC bat for ‘tainted’ teachers, argue against barring them from fresh hiring

    The West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) on Wednesday appealed in the Calcutta High Court arguing that candidates identified as ineligible have already faced punishment and if they are barred from participating in the application process, it would cause ...

    10 July 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata Law College Rape Case: 4 accused sent to judicial custody; bail plea of security guard rejected

    A court in Alipore in Kolkata on Tuesday sent all the four men, arrested in connection with the alleged rape of a 24-year-old student at a law college, to judicial custody till July 22.The court rejected the bail plea ...

    10 July 2025 Indian Express
    Migrant row: Relatives of two Birbhum families file habeas corpus petition in Calcutta HC

    The relatives of two migrant families from Birbhum district, detained by Delhi police and allegedly pushed into Bangladesh, on Tuesday filed a habeas corpus writ petition with the Calcutta High Court.The plea, filed on behalf of the missing families, ...

    10 July 2025 Indian Express
    Bharat Bandh: Trade union stir evokes mixed response in West Bengal

    The Bharat Bandh called by 10 central trade unions on Wednesday evoked a mixed response in West Bengal, as CPI(M) workers tried to stop the public transport system, including the train services at different parts of the state.In some ...

    10 July 2025 Indian Express
    As waterlogging grips Bengal, IMD predicts continued rain for this week

    Written by Shambhavi PandeySeveral districts across West Bengal, including Kolkata, continued to reel under monsoon showers on Wednesday, with intense rainfall triggering urban water-logging and prompting the India Meteorological Department (IMD) to issue multiple warnings.An orange alert was issued ...

    10 July 2025 Indian Express
    Birbhum SP moves Calcutta HC against NCW summons in Anubrata Mondal case

    Birbhum Superintendent of Police (SP) Amandeep on Tuesday moved a petition in the Calcutta High Court, challenging the summons issued to him by the National Commission of Women (NCW) in a case related to alleged derogatory remarks made by ...

    9 July 2025 Indian Express
    Two arrested from Bengal for ‘spying’ for Pakistan intelligence agency

    The Special Task Force (STF) of the West Bengal Police has arrested two individuals from Purba Bardhaman on suspicion of allegedly passing on information to Pakistan’s intelligence agency, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).The arrests, made late Saturday night, followed a search ...

    9 July 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Need urgent unity of Opposition parties’: Mamata on Assam govt’s NRC notice to Bengal resident

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed shock after a Coochbehar resident in the state was served an NRC notice by the Assam government, calling it “a systemic assault on democracy”.She posted on X, “I am shocked and deeply ...

    9 July 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata partially submerged as heavy rains disrupt city life

    Continuous and intense rainfall since early morning on Tuesday brought Kolkata to a standstill, severely disrupting daily life and traffic.Large swathes of the city, including Thanthania, College Street, Bow Bazar, Behala, Garden Reach, Metiaburj, Rashbehari, Silpara, Sakher Bazar, Golf ...

    9 July 2025 Indian Express
    Dinhata farmer gets ‘illegal migrant’ notice from Assam, TMC slams BJP

    A notice to a farmer in Dinhata in Cooch Behar district from Assam’s Foreigners Tribunal, declaring the 50-year-old an “illegal migrant” has ignited a fierce political slugfest in West Bengal.Uttam Kumar, a resident of Sadyaler Kuthi in Dinhata subdivision, ...

    9 July 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal school jobs case: Calcutta HC orders govt to bar ‘tainted’ candidates of 2016 from fresh hiring

    The Calcutta High Court on Monday ordered the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) to rectify its latest notification for the recruitment of over 35,000 school staff, directing it to bar “identified tainted” candidates of the 2016 selection process ...

    8 July 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata law college rape: Bengal govt frames rules for 2022 bill to recruit Group C and D staff in colleges via College Service Commission

    In the wake of the recent alleged rape at Kolkata’s Law College, in which the main accused is a former Trinamool Congress (TMC) student leader and a casual staffer, the West Bengal government has moved to implement a law ...

    8 July 2025 Indian Express
    Light to very heavy rainfall likely across Bengal on July 7: IMD

    Written by Anisha GhoshThe India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast light to moderate rainfall across most parts of West Bengal on Monday, July 7. Isolated areas in some districts are likely to witness heavy to very heavy rainfall as ...

    8 July 2025 Indian Express
    Relatives of Bengal family pushed into Bangladesh to file habeas corpus petition in HC

    The family of Danish Sheikh, who and his wife and an eight-year-old son were pushed into Bangladesh on June 26, has decided to file a habeas corpus petition in the Calcutta High Court.A missing diary has also been lodged ...

    8 July 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata law college, where student was raped, reopens amid heavy security

    Kolkata’s law college reopened on Monday amid heavy security after remaining closed for over a week following the gang rape of a student on campus.Vice Principal Nayna Chatterjee said only BA LLB students of the first semester who did ...

    8 July 2025 Indian Express
    ‘We will approach court to bring them back’: Families of migrants pushed into Bangladesh lodge missing diary with Bengal police

    Family members of a husband, wife, and son who were allegedly pushed into Bangladesh after they were detained in Delhi for “being illegal immigrants” have lodged a missing diary with the Paikar police in West Bengal’s Birbhum. They plan ...

    8 July 2025 Indian Express
    Over 100 hits in 6 years: Kolkata airport battles against bird strikes

    In the wake of the Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner crash in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, on June 12, which has raised fresh concerns over air safety, Kolkata’s Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport (NSCBI) is tackling a persistent threat: bird ...

    8 July 2025 Indian Express
    Brinjal at Rs 200, cucumber at Rs 80: vegetable prices soar in Kolkata, burdening households

    Written by Anisha GhoshThe prices of vegetables are soaring high in Kolkata. While brinjal now sells for 150-200 per kg, prices of tomatoes, green chillies, ridge gourd, bottle gourd and pointed gourd have also surged.“The price of bottle gourd ...

    7 July 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata law college rape accused Monojit Mishra held key administrative post despite pending criminal charges, reveals notice

    Fresh questions are being raised about the administrative practices at the Kolkata law college where a student was allegedly raped, with official documents revealing that Monojit Mishra, the prime accused, was designated as a student contact point despite having ...

    7 July 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal: Class 8 student held for molesting classmate, girl’s mother says school tried to ‘settle the matter’

    Nearly two weeks after a class eight student in Jalpaiguri district was allegedly molested by her classmate, the boy was detained on Saturday after her mother sent a written complaint to the district Child Welfare Committee (CWC), the Superintendent ...

    7 July 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata law college rape case | ‘Not leaders, party workers should have got job’: TMC MP on hiring of key accused

    Trinamool Congress (TMC) Lok Sabha MP Kalyan Banerjee on Saturday said that while giving a job to a party leader in a law college in Kolkata is unacceptable, party workers should be considered for such positions.“It is my personal ...

    7 July 2025 Indian Express
    Detained in Delhi, Bengal family of 3 pushed into Bangladesh; ‘who will bring them back,’ ask relatives

    IN A fresh incident, a family of three, including their minor son, was detained in Delhi as “illegal Bangladeshis” and then finally “pushed into the neighbouring country,” their relatives said. The relatives claimed that the family hails from Birbhum ...

    7 July 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata law college rape case: Police seize mobile phone of another security guard

    The Kolkata Police on Saturday seized the mobile phone of another security guard who was on duty at a law college in the city, where a 24-year-old student was allegedly raped on campus on June 25.The security guard was ...

    7 July 2025 Indian Express
    Thai Lion Air plane grounded in Kolkata following technical snag

    A Thai Lion Air flight to Bangkok was grounded at the Kolkata airport in the early hours of Saturday after it developed technical glitches, officials said.The flight with 130 passengers and seven crew on board returned to the parking ...

    6 July 2025 Indian Express
    New BJP Bengal chief sends a message: ‘Party above self, nation above party’

    Newly appointed BJP state president Samik Bhattacharya on Saturday said that he aims to lead a united party and insisted that “the party is bigger than any individual, and the country is bigger than the party.”During his first press ...

    6 July 2025 Indian Express
    2021 Abhijit Sarkar murder case: Popular Trinamool face who began political innings with Cong, now on CBI radar in BJP worker’s murder

    A POPULAR face of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), who played a key role in unearthing a rape case that happened at a police station over two decades ago, MLA Paresh Pal is now one of the main accused named ...

    6 July 2025 Indian Express
    1 killed, 3 hurt in crude bomb blasts in Bengal; ‘they were planning to kill me,’ says TMC leader

    One person died and three others were critically injured in crude bomb blasts in West Bengal’s Purba Bardhaman on Friday night, the police said, adding that they have cordoned off the blast site and are investigating the materials used ...

    6 July 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal minister’s convoy attack: CM Mamata Banerjee raps police, 5 arrested

    The West Bengal Police arrested five people for attacking state minister Siddiqullah Chowdhury’s convoy after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed her disappointment over the incident.Reacting to the development, Bengal Urban Development and Municipal Affairs Minister Firhad Hakim told The ...

    6 July 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal 2021 post-poll violence case: Retired school teacher gets life in jail for raping minor

    A SPECIAL court in Malda on Friday sentenced a former school teacher to life imprisonment in connection with the rape of a minor girl – the first conviction in a 2021 post-poll violence case probed by the CBI. The ...

    6 July 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata law college rape: 4 accused taken to crime scene, police say crucial step in probe

    The Detective Department (DD) of the Kolkata Police on Friday took the four accused persons to the crime scene and reconstructed the alleged rape incident at a law college in Kolkata, with officers terming this as a “crucial step ...

    6 July 2025 Indian Express
    Multiple West Bengal districts under orange alert for thunderstorms on July 4 and 5: IMD

    Written by Anisha GhoshThe IMD has issued an orange alert for multiple districts in West Bengal, forecasting thunderstorms with gusty wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph and heavy to very heavy rainfall on Friday and Saturday.The districts under the orange ...

    5 July 2025 Indian Express
    TMC leader shot at, BJP MLA’s son & his driver held: Police

    A TRINAMOOL Congress (TMC) leader was seriously injured after he was allegedly shot at in Cooch Behar on Thursday evening, police said on Friday. The son of local BJP MLA Sukumar Roy, Dipankar Roy, and his driver, Uttam Gupta, ...

    5 July 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Often felt like a student’: Outgoing BJP Bengal president Sukanta Majumdar writes to party workers

    Outgoing West Bengal president of BJP Sukanta Majumdar on Friday wrote a letter to all party workers in the state to thank them, asking them to walk with “greater unity”.“In today’s political climate of Bengal, the journey must continue ...

    5 July 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata Airport introduces exclusive culinary masterclasses in lounge with Chef Rango Mukherjee

    Passengers at Kolkata’s Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport are in for a treat, with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) kicking off a weekly culinary masterclass series with the renowned chef Rango Mukherjee.“The inaugural session, held on Thursday ...

    5 July 2025 Indian Express
    Man arrested for posing as ED officer, extortion

    The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), in Kolkata, has busted an extortion racket operating in Kolkata and Bardhaman, and arrested the alleged mastermind, S K Jinnar Ali. He has been taken into ED custody until July 16 for further questioning.The ...

    5 July 2025 Indian Express
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