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  • News from West Bengal | 21 May, 2025 | ৭ জ্যৈষ্ঠ, ১৪৩২
  • Calcutta High Court stays demolition of rooftop restaurant amid KMC crackdown

    The Calcutta High Court imposed a stay on the Kolkata Municipal Corporation order directing the demolition of a rooftop restaurant in the city. While posting the matter for hearing on Thursday, the HC urged the KMC not to take ...

    6 May 2025 Indian Express
    In violence-hit Murshidabad, Mamata targets BJP, Centre: ‘Stop spreading communal virus’

    Nearly a month after protests against the Centre’s Waqf law led to violence in parts of Murshidabad district of West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday reached Berhampore, the administrative headquarters of the district, and accused the BJP ...

    6 May 2025 Indian Express
    Mamata appeals to Centre to ‘bring arrested BSF jawan back from Pakistan’

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee appealed to the Central Government to bring back BSF jawan Purnam Kumar Sahu, who has been arrested by the Pakistani army.Constable Purnam Kumar Shaw, 40, who hails from Hooghly in West Bengal, was ...

    6 May 2025 Indian Express
    ‘I don’t need to steal’: Mamata Banerjee on Jagannath Temple row, accuses Odisha of ‘targeting’ migrants from Bengal 

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has strongly criticised Odisha, addressing the ongoing controversy surrounding the Digha Jagannath Dham and the alleged mistreatment of Bengali migrant labourers.Regarding the Digha temple, she refuted accusations of theft, stating, “Jagannath Dham has massively affected you, ...

    6 May 2025 Indian Express
    Two persons dead after four of them travel on same motorcycle without helmets, hit wall

    Early on Monday morning, two persons died in an accident at the Ultadanga flyover, while two more were admitted to hospital in a critical condition, after the motorcycle they were all on hit a wall.Police said the four persons ...

    6 May 2025 Indian Express
    Uncertainty grips Kolkata rooftop restaurant owners following closure order

    Written by Sharadiya MitraRooftop restaurant owners across Kolkata are reeling from the Kolkata Municipal Corporation’s (KMC) sudden order to shut down all their establishments. Many are left in a state of uncertainty as they grapple with a “lack of ...

    6 May 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata police send list of 83 rooftop restaurants to municipal corporation for crackdown

    The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has initiated a stringent crackdown on rooftop restaurants across the city, citing safety concerns and violations of regulations. Following a recent policy decision, the civic body has begun serving notices to numerous establishments, including ...

    5 May 2025 Indian Express
    Violence-hit Murshidabad family alleges police intimidation, writes to CJI, Bengal Governor

    The family of Haragobinda Das and Chandan Das, the father-son duo who were killed during the April 11 violence in Samserganj, Murshidabad, has written a letter to Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna, Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court ...

    5 May 2025 Indian Express
    Pakistani national living in Hooghly’s Chandannagar for nearly over 40 years arrested: Police

    West Bengal Police on Saturday arrested a Pakistani national, identified as Fatema Bibi, from Chandannagar, in the Hooghly district, for allegedly overstaying in India for nearly 45 years.The 60-year-old woman has been residing in her two-story residence located behind ...

    5 May 2025 Indian Express
    BSF seizes 12 gold biscuits worth Rs 1.56 crore along India-Bangladesh border

    Written by Sharadiya MitraIn a major crackdown on smuggling, the Border Security Force (BSF) South Bengal Frontier recovered gold and silver worth over Rs 1.64 crore in two separate operations conducted Saturday along the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal.In ...

    5 May 2025 Indian Express
    IIT Kharagpur B Tech student found dead in hostel, third in last 5 months

    A BTech student was found dead at IIT Kharagpur in the early hours of Sunday, officials said, adding that the 22-year-old student hailed from Bihar’s Sheohar district. The third-year student was found dead inside his hostel room in the SDS ...

    5 May 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata Pen Utsav 2025: Star of the show— Rs 7 lakh Staedtler gold pen with 18-carat gold nib

    By Sharadiya MitraStaedtler’s exquisite “Bavaria” pen, adorned with 48 diamonds and featuring a hand-polished 18-karat gold nib and a palladium body with a blue lacquer finish, takes center stage at Pen Utsav 2025 in Kolkata.The pen’s craftsmanship honours Bavaria, ...

    5 May 2025 Indian Express
    Medical test on child sex abuse victims must in Pocso cases even without FIR: West Bengal advisory

    West Bengal has issued strict guidelines for handling Pocso cases, underscoring that state-run hospitals must conduct medical tests on victims of child sex abuse even in instances where a complaint or FIR has not been lodged.In an order issued ...

    5 May 2025 Indian Express
    CM Mamata Banerjee to visit violence-hit Murshidabad on Monday

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is ‘scheduled’ to visit Murshidabad district, which witnessed violent clashes and acts of vandalism in protests against the Waqf (Amendment) Act, on May 5, Monday, said sources.However, the state administration is yet to ...

    4 May 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata Port launches night navigation on River Hooghly, significant increase in trade expected

    The Kolkata Port Saturday successfully commenced night navigation in the upper reaches of the River Hooghly to the Bay of Bengal. This development will reduce turnaround time and pre-berthing detention of vessels.According to Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata (SMPK), ...

    4 May 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Riot tourism’: Adhir hits out at Mamata over Murshidabad visit plan

    SENIOR CONGRESS leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Saturday hit out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over her scheduled visit to Murshidabad district that witnessed three deaths in clashes amid protests over the Waqf law last month.“Didi is ...

    4 May 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal Madhyamik results: Medicine, engineering & research; top rankers share future goals, study habits

    West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) (Madhyamik) 2025 results declared on Friday reveal a notable trend: despite Kolkata’s prominence, most top-ranking students (ranks 1-10) hail from district schools, showcasing rural Bengal’s performance. These high achievers attribute their success ...

    4 May 2025 Indian Express
    How Burrabazar hotel fire prompted closure of all rooftop restaurants in Kolkata

    In the wake of a devastating fire in the Burrabazar area last month, Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) Mayor and Municipal Affairs and Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim has ordered the immediate closure of all rooftop restaurants within the city.The ...

    4 May 2025 Indian Express
    2 Sanatani Ekta Manch activists arrested for ‘pasting’ Pakistan flag in Bengal; police claim accused had plans to instigate communal violence

    The West Bengal police arrested two members of the Sanatani Ekta Manch on charges of trying to instigate communal violence in the Gopalnagar area of Bangaon police district on Friday.The police claimed the two had pasted a Pakistan flag ...

    4 May 2025 Indian Express
    Ruckus at Howrah court: HC issues contempt rule against IPS officer Vishal Garg, 6 other policemen

    THE CALCUTTA High Court on Friday issued rule of contempt against IPS officer Vishal Garg and six other police officers in connection with “untoward incidents” that took place on the premises of a court in Howrah in April last ...

    4 May 2025 Indian Express
    Madhyamik topper Adrit Sarkar on scoring 99.43%: ‘Didn’t need rigid schedule… It was about understanding concepts’

    A student of the Raiganj Coronation High School, Adrit Sarkar, secured the top rank in the Madhyamik (Class X) examinations with a score of 696 out of 700 (99.43%).Just moments after the official announcement, cameras and microphones descended upon ...

    3 May 2025 Indian Express
    Days before CM’s visit, Congress rally in Murshidabad today: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhary

    Senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Friday said the party would organise a rally in Murshidabad on Saturday, two days before Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is scheduled visit to the district that witnessed clashes amid protests over the ...

    3 May 2025 Indian Express
    West Bengal Madhyamik 2025 result out: 66 students in top 10, districts outshine Kolkata

    The West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) declared the Madhyamik (Class 10) results 2025 on Friday, with 66 candidates securing the top 10 ranks. The overall pass percentage stands at 86.56 per cent, a slight increase from last ...

    3 May 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Don’t lecture me on RSS, Hindutva’: Former BJP MP Dilip Ghosh hits back at critics within party

    Former BJP MP Dilip Ghosh on Thursday, without naming anyone, took aim at leaders within his own party, asserting his long-standing dedication to the BJP and saying, “Don’t lecture me on RSS, Hindutva.”This comes a day after Ghosh, along ...

    3 May 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Even if a people’s representative was involved, they will not be spared’: Mamata on Kolkata hotel fire

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday visited the fire-ravaged hotel at Kolkata’s Burrabazar and promised: “Nobody will be spared, whoever is involved in this fire, even if any people’s representative is involved.”On April 29, a massive fire ...

    3 May 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata Hotel Fire: Owner, manager held for culpable homicide after 14 killed

    The owner of Rituraj Hotel, Akash Chawla, and its Manager Gaurav Kapoor were arrested by the Kolkata Police early on Thursday morning.According to police sources, both the accused will be produced in the Bankshall court and the police will ...

    3 May 2025 Indian Express
    Tamil Nadu family’s vacation ends in tragedy in Kolkata hotel fire: ‘We lost all’

    A whirlwind tour by a family from Tamil Nadu ended in a tragedy on Tuesday night when T Prabhu found that he had lost his two small children – 8-year-old daughter Diya and less than four-year-old son P Rithan.“We ...

    2 May 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata Hotel Fire: ‘We stood on hotel parapet for an hour, but it seemed endless’

    For Akash Agarwal and his wife, it was a narrow escape. The Agarwal family, comprising Akash and his wife and their two children and a nephew, was visiting from Odisha, and waiting to check out of Rituraj Hotel in ...

    2 May 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata Hotel Fire: SIT to probe; PM Modi announces ex gratia

    The West Bengal government ordered a probe by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Kolkata Police into the fire.“An SIT has been formed to probe the cause of the fire and to check the safety measures that were in ...

    2 May 2025 Indian Express
    Digha’s Jagannath Dham opens, Mamata prays for ‘global peace’

    A wave of spiritual fervor swept across the seaside town of Digha on Wednesday, as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurated the newly built Jagannath Dham, a replica of the iconic Jagannath Temple in Odisha’s Puri, on the auspicious occasion ...

    1 May 2025 Indian Express
    BJP’s Dilip Ghosh springs surprise, attends Digha temple opening: “CM contributing to Hindu awakening’

    Taking many by surprise and even a section of his party leaders, senior BJP leader and former state unit chief Dilip Ghosh on Wednesday evening reached Digha to attend the inauguration of Jagannath Dham, a project close to Chief ...

    1 May 2025 Indian Express
    Digha Jagannath Temple to welcome even non-Hindus, foreigners: ISKCON vice-president

    Located around 350 kilometres from the iconic Jagannath Temple in Puri, the newly constructed Jagannath Dham in Digha, built on a sprawling 20-acre plot with an investment of nearly Rs 250 crore, offers a striking contrast to the original ...

    1 May 2025 Indian Express
    Opposition attacks Mamata Banerjee over Kolkata hotel fire, ‘administration on vacation to Digha’

    After a fire at a hotel in Kolkata’s Burrabazar claimed at least 14 lives on Tuesday night, opposition parties in West Bengal attacked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and state Fire Minister Sujit Bose, who were reportedly at the inauguration ...

    1 May 2025 Indian Express
    No emergency exits, non-functional fire equipment & combustible materials – what caused Kolkata hotel fire

    Exit gate locked, combustible materials piled up, firefighting systems like sprinklers that didn’t work, illegal construction blocking windows, and an expired no-objection certificate from the state fire department – it was this cocktail that possibly allowed the fire to ...

    1 May 2025 Indian Express
    Digha Jagannath temple opening sets up new BJP-TMC showdown

    It has been billed as the Trinamool Congress’s (TMC) “Ayodhya moment” and has the BJP in a bind just as it was looking to hit the accelerator against the Mamata Banerjee government in the aftermath of communal violence in ...

    1 May 2025 Indian Express
    At least 14 dead in Kolkata hotel fire, SIT formed to probe cause

    Kolkata Hotel Fire Today: A fire that tore through a six-story hotel in one of Kolkata’s oldest and most congested neighbourhoods killed at least 15 people on Tuesday night, according to local authorities. Most of the victims died from ...

    1 May 2025 Indian Express
    Digha Jagannath temple to open today, CM Mamata Banerjee says: ‘All our guests’

    ARRANGEMENTS WERE made for the ‘Maha Yajna’ on Tuesday evening at the newly built Jagannath temple in the seaside tourist town of Digha in Purba Medinipur, and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee took part in the rituals a day before ...

    1 May 2025 Indian Express
    Sikkim landslide | All tourists safely evacuated, Lachung to open for tourists from today: Officials

    ALL THE tourists – a large number of whom were stranded after a landslide in northern Sikkim due to heavy rain in the region – have now been safely evacuated and there are no casualties, officials said on Tuesday.The ...

    30 April 2025 Indian Express
    1 killed as fire breaks out at Kolkata hotel

    ONE PERSON was killed and several were injured after a major fire broke out at a six-storied hotel building in the densely populated Burrabazar area in Kolkata, police said on Tuesday. The cause of the blaze is yet to ...

    30 April 2025 Indian Express
    Digha’s Jagannath temple: Residents pin hopes on religious tourism, economic opportunities

    The coastal town of Digha in West Bengal, a long-time favourite for beachgoers, has a new attraction to draw attention: Jagannath Dham. The development has sparked a mix of hope and apprehension among local vendors.Tapan Jana, a 48-year-old lottery ...

    30 April 2025 Indian Express
    Pahalgam attack fallout: Tourists from Bengal pick Shimla & Ooty over Kashmir

    AFTER THE terror attack at Pahalgam in Jammu & Kashmir on April 22 that killed 26 tourists, a major chunk of tourists from West Bengal who earlier planned to vacation in that state are now preferring to go to ...

    30 April 2025 Indian Express
    West Bengal higher secondary exam results to be announced on May 7

    The West Bengal Council Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) announced that the Higher Secondary examination results for 2025 will be declared on May 7. According to a press release, the WBCHSE will announce the results at a press conference at 12.30 ...

    30 April 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Send our names too’: West Bengal school staff claims they were wrongly excluded from SSC’s ‘untainted list’, demands meeting with CM

    Both teaching and non-teaching staff — who claimed they were wrongly excluded from the West Bengal School Service Commission’s list of “untainted” staff members — protested at the Hazra crossing, 500 metres away from the Chief Minister’s residence on ...

    30 April 2025 Indian Express
    Rain to bring respite from heatwave in West Bengal; IMD predicts thunderstorms

    Residents of southern West Bengal will finally receive much-needed respite from the severe heatwave, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing a forecast of continuous rainfall and thunderstorms across the region, starting Monday.The downpour is expected to last for ...

    30 April 2025 Indian Express
    Calcutta HC to decide fate of 32,000 primary teachers in West Bengal

    The Calcutta High Court is set to begin hearing on May 7 the case of cancellation of 32,000 appointments in an alleged state primary teacher recruitment scam.In 2014, about 1.25 lakh candidates had passed the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) ...

    30 April 2025 Indian Express
    CM Mamata oversees preparations ahead of Jagannath Temple’s inauguration in Digha, calls it ‘a blend of spirituality and harmony’

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday arrived in Digha to oversee the preparations for the grand inauguration of the newly-built Jagannath Temple, scheduled for Akshaya Tritiya on Wednesday.Accompanied by state ministers Aroop Biswas and Chandrima Bhattacharya, and State ...

    29 April 2025 Indian Express
    CPM expels ex-MP Bansagopal Chowdhury over ‘obscene’ WhatsApp messages sent to party colleague

    The CPI(M) in West Bengal has expelled its three-time former MP from Asansol, Bansa Gopal Chowdhury, from the party over allegations that he sent obscene WhatsApp messages to a woman party colleague.Chowdhury, 65, who was the party’s Paschim Bardhaman ...

    29 April 2025 Indian Express
    ‘He is in a good health’: BSF officials in Bengal meet jawan’s family still in Pak Rangers’ custody

    Five days after Border Security Force (BSF) constable Purnam Kumar Shaw, 40, was taken into custody by Pakistan Rangers, after he accidentally crossed the international border in Punjab’s Ferozepur district, where he was deployed with the 24th Battalion, the ...

    29 April 2025 Indian Express
    Restoration of damaged temples in riot-hit Murshidabad to begin on Akshaya Tritiya: Suvendu

    BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Monday said the reconstruction and restoration of damaged temples in riot-hit Murshidabad district in West Bengal would commence on Akshaya Tritiya.Adhikari, the leader of the opposition in the assembly, said all rituals would be ...

    29 April 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Crime Chronicles’: Watch real crime stories on YouTube, courtesy of West Bengal police

    The West Bengal police have launched a YouTube series, Crime Chronicles, delving into real crime incidents through dramatised reconstructions and behind-the-scenes footage.The weekly series premiered on the YouTube channel titled Friends of West Bengal Police on Sunday, exploring the ...

    29 April 2025 Indian Express
    Anomalies detected in ‘untainted’ teachers list, say WBSSC sources

    Sources in the West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC) Saturday informed that they have intimated the School Education Department about anomalies detected in the recently released list of ‘untainted’ teachers.The SSC had released a list of 15,403 candidates from ...

    29 April 2025 Indian Express
    Digha Jagannath temple: Rituals underway before Akshaya Tritiya inauguration; Opposition BJP raises questions on construction quality, temple management

    Days before the scheduled inauguration of the Jagannath temple in beach town Digha, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Sunday sounded hopeful about the impact of the newly constructed temple.CM Banerjee said, “The arrival of Lord Jagannath in Bengal ...

    28 April 2025 Indian Express
    2 new spider species discovered in Nagaland, Meghalaya; ZSI points to importance of biodiversity studies in Northeast

    Researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Kolkata, have recently documented four notable spider species from Northeast India. This significant finding includes the description of two species previously unknown to science and the first-ever recorded presence of two ...

    28 April 2025 Indian Express
    Pahalgam terror attack: ‘Saw death… not sure if I would ever return to Kashmir’

    For Debasish Bhattacharya and his family, it was their maiden visit to the Kashmir Valley. And it turned out to be a nightmare last Tuesday when they saw people being shot dead in front of their eyes in the ...

    28 April 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal school jobs cases: SC scraps recruitment For Group C, D school staff, Mamata promises stipend & review plea

    In a relief to Group C and D non-teaching staff, whose appointments were cancelled by the Supreme Court and did not get reprieve like the teachers, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday announced financial assistance for them.She ...

    28 April 2025 Indian Express
    Pahalgam terror attack | How Islamic verse ‘Kalma’ saved Hindu professor at Assam University: ‘Feels like second life’

    Death was just a bullet away from Debasish Bhattacharya, an Assam University professor who was on a six-day Kashmir tour with his family, on the fateful day when terrorists gunned down tourists in Pahalgam on April 22.Born to a ...

    27 April 2025 Indian Express
    Suvendu Adhikari in violence hit Murshidabad, victims’ family accepts relief money from him

    The family of Haragobindo Das, 77, who was killed along with his 40-year-old son Chandan Das, during April 11 violence in the Samserganj area of Murshidabad district of West Bengal, on Saturday accepted Rs 20 lakh monetary help from ...

    27 April 2025 Indian Express
    Pregnant wife of BSF jawan in Pak custody to visit Punjab with plea for his safe return: ‘I don’t know when my husband will be back’

    The pregnant wife of Purnam Kumar Shaw, the Border Security Force (BSF) jawan detained by Pakistan Rangers, is set to visit Pathankot in Punjab with a plea for his safe return.Constable Purnam Kumar Shaw, 40, who hails from Hooghly ...

    27 April 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal: Police chiefs of Murshidabad and Jangipur moved out

    Days after communal violence broke out in parts of Murshidabad district, the West Bengal government on Friday transferred two Superintendents of Police from the region with immediate effect.According to a notification issued by the state secretariat, Nabanna, on Friday, ...

    27 April 2025 Indian Express
    ZSI study finds human blindness-causing blackfly in rivers flowing through Darjeeling, Kalimpong

    The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has recently spotted blackflies, which serve as carriers of a worm causing human blindness, in many rivers flowing through the northern parts of West Bengal.Locally called ‘pipsa’ or ‘potu’, the blood-sucking flies were ...

    27 April 2025 Indian Express
    As mercury touches 41.5°C at Kalaikunda, IMD issues heatwave alert in Bengal

    Temperature at Kalaikunda in Bengal’s Paschim Medinipur reached a sweltering 41.5°C in the last 24 hours, marking a significant high as a heatwave continues to affect West Bengal. This intense heat, along with similar temperatures in Purulia (41.5°C) and ...

    27 April 2025 Indian Express
    Cricket star-turned-TMC MP Yusuf Pathan visits Murshidabad, asks people not to pay heed to fake news

    Cricket star-turned-TMC MP Yusuf Pathan visited Murshidabad and asked people not to pay heed to fake news or rumours. He condemned the riots that took place in some parts of the district, but stated that one “should not tarnish ...

    27 April 2025 Indian Express
    ‘We want his safe return’: Bengal family’s plea after Pakistan captures BSF jawan

    Constable Purnam Kumar Shaw, a head constable with the Border Security Force (BSF) from Hooghly, West Bengal, was captured by Pakistan rangers.Shaw reportedly inadvertently crossed the border on Wednesday near Ferozepur, amidst the ongoing India-Pakistan standoff after an attack ...

    26 April 2025 Indian Express
    After Army Havildar from Nadia killed in Udhampur encounter, Mamata offers condolences and support

    Grief swept through Nadia district’s Tehatta area in West Bengal on Thursday as locals mourned the death of Army soldier Havaldar Jhantu Ali Shaikh, who died during an anti-terror operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district.Shaikh was killed in ...

    26 April 2025 Indian Express
    Pahalgam attack | In Jhalda, a tearful farewell: ‘My whole world is shattered… he was brightest son’

    Countless mourners  gathered in Jhalda town of Purulia district on Thursday to pay their final respects to Intelligence Bureau officer Manish Ranjan Mishra, who lost his life in Tuesday’s terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam.The mortal remains of ...

    26 April 2025 Indian Express
    Post Pahalgam terror attack | Police debunk Adhikari’s claim on ‘Kashmiris’ in Baruipur: No suspicious activity

    The West Bengal Police on Thursday dismissed the allegations made by BJP MLA and Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, who claimed that two Kashmiri men were involved in suspicious activities in Baruipur in South 24 Parganas district.In a post ...

    25 April 2025 Indian Express
    Adhikari trying to instigate violence, unfortunate: Speaker Biman Banerjee

    Urging people to maintain calm, Speaker Biman Banerjee on Thursday said that Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari’s claims on suspicious activity in Baruipur and remarks on Kashmir attack were unfortunate.“We are deeply saddened by the incident of Kashmir. We ...

    25 April 2025 Indian Express
    Suvendu Adhikari says ‘Kashmiris’ installed ‘high-performance wireless network’ at Baruipur home; police say they are from Bhopal, find no foulplay

    West Bengal Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari alleged that two Kashmiri men “installed a NanoBeam 2AC compact and high-performance wireless network bridge at the rooftop” at their residence in Baruipur, located at the southern outskirts of Kolkata.Both the police ...

    25 April 2025 Indian Express
    Who is ‘untainted’? Confusion brews as West Bengal begins teacher verification process

    After the recent Supreme Court order which annulled the appointments of over 25,000 West Bengal school staff but said that “untainted” teachers could remain in service until December 31 this year, confusion had remained as to who the “untainted” ...

    25 April 2025 Indian Express
    In Bengal, families cancel Kashmir travel plans, others who returned before the Pahalgam attack are ‘in shock’

    Post Covid-19 pandemic-induced lockdown, until Tuesday, the Kashmir Valley was one of the most sought-after tourist destinations. With summer holidays around the corner, many families had made plans and bookings for a trip to Kashmir — but after Tuesday’s ...

    25 April 2025 Indian Express
    TMC and BJP leaders stand with families of Pahalgam attack victims, as the bodies arrive at Kolkata airport

    On Wednesday night, when the bodies of Bitan Adhikari and Sameer Guha who died in the Pahalgam attack arrived at the airport, state Minister Aroop Biswas, Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim, Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, BJP MP Abhijit Gangopadhyay, ...

    25 April 2025 Indian Express
    ‘25-30% of Kashmir’s tourists are from Bengal’: State’s tour operators to take out protest march against Pahalgam attack

    The recent terrorist attack in Pahalgam has sent shockwaves through the tourism sector in Kashmir, triggering a wave of cancellations and casting a shadow over what was anticipated to be a promising summer season. Tour and travel operators in ...

    25 April 2025 Indian Express
    Kashmir terror attack: Bodies of two victims brought to Kolkata amid tears and anger

    The mortal remains of the two tourists from Kolkata — Sameer Guhar from Behala’s Sakher Bazar and Bitan Adhikari of Vaishnav Ghata, Patuli, arrived at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport at 8 pm on Wednesday.Senior state ministers Aroop ...

    24 April 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal Education Department questions maintainability of contempt petition

    The West Bengal Education Department on Wednesday questioned before the Calcutta High Court the maintainability of a contempt petition that claimed non-compliance of its order regarding 26,000 school jobs in the state.  The West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC) ...

    24 April 2025 Indian Express
    Murshidabad violence: Five more held for rioting, total arrests now at 307

    West Bengal Police arrested five more persons for their alleged involvement in the Murshidabad riots, taking the total number of arrests to 307, a senior officer said on Thursday.The arrested persons, nabbed from different places in the district on ...

    24 April 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Everything was over in an instant’: Wife recounts death of Kolkata man in Pahalgam terror attack

    What was meant to be the cherished final day of a family vacation in Kashmir, turned into a tragedy for the Guha family of Behala, Kolkata.Sameer Guha, a Central government employee, had travelled to Jammu and Kashmur with his ...

    24 April 2025 Indian Express
    TMC leaders turn up heat against Centre over Pahalgam terror attack as Mamata Banerjee assures help to kin of victims

    Soon after the terror attack in Pahalgam, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had posted on social media that her administration is making arrangements at the Delhi Airport to “help the family members of the victims and their onward ...

    24 April 2025 Indian Express
    SSC Chairman leaves office after 40 hours of lock-down by protesting teachers

    After being locked inside the Acharya Sadan West Bengal School Commission office for nearly 40 hours on Wednesday, the SSC Chairman Siddharta Majumdar was allowed to leave the building at around 9 pm.However, teachers say their protest will continue. ...

    24 April 2025 Indian Express
    Stalemate outside SSC: No breakthrough in talks as Mamata & Bratya make appeal

    The stalemate between the state government and the protesting school employees, who were terminated from services by the Supreme Court, continued on Tuesday night.There was no breakthrough in the talks between the officials of the School Service Commission and ...

    24 April 2025 Indian Express
    United in grief: Among Pahalgam victims, an IB officer in West Bengal & an IAF corporal from Arunachal Pradesh

    All morning, there has been a steady stream of visitors pouring into the Mishra residence on Baghmundi Road, ward number 5 of Purulia’s Jhalda town, and the house of Tage Hailyang at Tajang village in Arunachal Pradesh’s Lower Subansiri ...

    24 April 2025 Indian Express
    Nearly a month after violence, Bengal CM to visit Murshidabad in early May

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday announced that she would visit violence-hit parts of Murshidabad district in the first week of May to assess the situation. Before that, she will be visiting Digha to inaugurate Jagannath temple.Reiterating ...

    23 April 2025 Indian Express
    Pahalgam terror attack: Kolkata man who died ‘had returned from US to spend time with family’

    Thirty-six-year-old Bitan Adhikari, who worked in the US and had returned to Kolkata to spend time with his wife and son, was among those killed in the terror attack on tourists in Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday.A ...

    23 April 2025 Indian Express
    Murshidabad violence: BJP chief detained, later released; ‘is it a crime to ask for funds?’, asks Sukanta

    State BJP president Sukanta Majumdar was detained by police on Tuesday evening while collecting money for the victims of Murshidabad violence from Hazra More in south Kolkata, close to the residence of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.He was later released ...

    23 April 2025 Indian Express
    ‘No list of ‘tainted’ candidates will be published as it will be contempt of court’: West Bengal Minister Bratya Basu

    West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu said that the state will not publish a list of “tainted” and “untainted” candidates of the 2016 recruitment process by the SSC, as their “legal counsel has stated it may lead to contempt ...

    23 April 2025 Indian Express
    People open doors, provide food for teachers on strike in front of West Bengal SSC office in Salt Lake

    As the sit-in protest of teachers who lost their jobs reaches the 30-hour mark in Kolkata, residents have opened their doors to help them, with many others bringing the protesters food.In front of the School Service Commission office in ...

    23 April 2025 Indian Express
    Will visit Murshidabad in May, govt will provide education to kids who lost parents in violence: Mamata Banerjee

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said she will visit riot-torn Murshidabad after inaugurating Digha’s Jagannath Temple in May.She also said that the state government will bear all the educational expenses of the children of those who ...

    23 April 2025 Indian Express
    After nightlong ‘gherao’ of SSC Kolkata office, Bengal ‘eligible’ teachers to hold rally today

    Hundreds of teachers Monday protested in front of the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) office in Kolkata, and said they would not stop until the state government issues the list of eligible and ineligible teachers, as they called ...

    23 April 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal BJP president visits riot-hit Murshidabad: ‘CM should visit these places’

    West Bengal BJP chief and Union Minister of State Sukanta Majumdar slammed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for not visiting riot-affected areas of Murshidabad.He made the statement after visiting the troubled areas including Dhulian, Jafrabad and Bedbona areas in Samserganj.The ...

    23 April 2025 Indian Express
    In Salboni for thermal plant, Bengal CM hits out at critics: ‘We don’t talk, we work’, lays foundation stone for 1600 MW power project

    Amid the ongoing teachers’ protest over the SSC job cancellation and the recent communal violence in Murshidabad, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday hit out at her detractors, saying ‘we don’t just talk, we work”.After laying the foundation stone ...

    23 April 2025 Indian Express
    SSC fails to publish list of ‘untainted’ candidates, protesting school staff lay siege of headquarters

    The West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) on Monday evening failed to release the list of 2016 SSC qualifiers (untainted candidates) whose jobs were annulled by the Supreme Court, prompting the protesting teachers to launch an indefinite sit-in outside ...

    22 April 2025 Indian Express
    Six new beetle species discovered in northeast India

    As many as six new species of Sericinae bettle have been discovered by a team of researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) and the Museum A Koenig in Germany, underscoring the exceptional biodiversity of northeast India and ...

    22 April 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose hospitalised, Raj Bhavan says he had ‘mild shoulder pain’

    West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose was admitted to Eastern Command Hospital on Monday morning. Raj Bhavan, in a statement, said that Bose had a “mild shoulder pain”.He had returned to Kolkata from a tour of violence-hit Murshidabad and ...

    22 April 2025 Indian Express
    Fire breaks out at Kolkata warehouse-cum-residential building, kills two

    Two persons died in a fire that broke out at a garment warehouse in Kolkata on Sunday night.According to the Kolkata Police, the fire broke out on the fourth floor of the highrise godown which is also a residential ...

    22 April 2025 Indian Express
    Sweltering heat and humid conditions expected during IPL match at Kolkata’s at Eden Gardens

    Cricket fans heading to Eden Gardens for Mondays’s Indian Premier League (IPL) match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Gujarat Titans should brace themselves for hot and humid conditions.After a brief respite from the heat due to recent storms and ...

    22 April 2025 Indian Express
    Have to start fight for 2026 polls from today: CPIM Bengal secy Mohammad Salim

    CPIM state secretary Mohammad Salim on Sunday called for a strong campaign to oust the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal during the 2026 Assembly elections, emphasising the need to start preparations immediately. “We have to start the 2026 ...

    21 April 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal: Congress and ISF extend support to CPIM’s Brigade Parade rally

    The mega rally of CPI(M)’s frontal organisations at the Brigade Parade Grounds, in Kolkata on Sunday won the support of the Congress, and Indian Secular Front (ISF) parties.Emphasising on the Left’s secular credentials, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury stated ...

    21 April 2025 Indian Express
    Govt should ensure safety & justice of riot-hit people, says NCW chief

    Calling upon the West Bengal government to act swiftly to address the grievances of the riot-hit people in the Murshidabad district, National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson Vijaya Rahatkar on Sunday said the panel is preparing a report which ...

    21 April 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Won’t accept compensation’: Family of father-son duo killed in Murshidabad violence

    The family members of the father and son, who were killed during the Murshidabad violence refused to accept Rs 10 lakh compensation announced by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.On Sunday, a Trinamool Congress delegation including Rajya Sabha MP Samirul Islam, ...

    21 April 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Fighting a battle for justice’: Mamata in open letter to people, slams BJP & RSS

    In an open letter to the people of West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has urged them to stay united against the ‘battle for justice’ as well as maintain peace and harmony.The chief minister, in her two page letter, ...

    21 April 2025 Indian Express
    JEE Main 2025 session 2 results: Two from Bengal score perfect 100, both hail from districts

    Two candidates from West Bengal, Devdutta Majhi and Archisman Nandy, are among the 24 candidates who have bagged a perfect 100 NTA score in the second edition of the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE)-Main.The National Testing Agency (NTA) announced results ...

    21 April 2025 Indian Express
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