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  • News from West Bengal | 13 May, 2025 | ৩০ বৈশাখ, ১৪৩২
  • Campaign against child marriages organised at India-Bangladesh border

    The Ministry of Women and Child Development in collaboration with the Border Security Force organised a special programme on Wednesday to stop child marriages across the Indo-Bangladesh border region of North and South 24 Parganas districts in the state.The ...

    29 November 2024 Indian Express
    TMC to show-cause MLA Humayun Kabir days after his demand to make Abhishek Banerjee Dy CM, police minister

    Two days after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee set up three disciplinary committees in the Trinamool Congress’ national executive committee meeting, the party on Wednesday decided to send a show cause notice to Humayun Kabir, TMC MLA from ...

    28 November 2024 Indian Express
    ‘Will block goods vehicles at Petrapole border’: Bengal LoP Suvendu Adhikari says amid protest against arrest of Chinmoy Krishna Das

    The West Bengal BJP has upped the ante on protests demanding the release of Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, an ISKCON monk arrested in Bangladesh.The state unit led a march to the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission in Kolkata and Leader ...

    28 November 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal: NIA files chargesheet against 12 in attack on BJP leader convoy

    The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday filed a chargesheet against 12 persons in a case relating to the attack on the convoy of BJP leader Priyangu Pandey and his associates in Bhatpara area of North 24 Parganas district ...

    28 November 2024 Indian Express
    Mamata emphasises Constitution’s secular identity: ‘Together, united’

    Underlining the secular identity of India, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said it is a matter of pride that the Constitution has completed 75 years of its journey since adoption on November 26, 1949.Speaking to mediapersons ...

    28 November 2024 Indian Express
    ‘Water not reaching houses’: Mamata Banerjee on PHE Dept’s Jal Jeevan Mission work

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday expressed displeasure over the Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department’s ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’ work, asking the officials concerned to check whether water is reaching the households or not.Banerjee, who held a meeting at Nabanna ...

    28 November 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal govt all set to present Assembly resolution to demand direct flights to US, European nations from Kolkata

    Demanding direct flights from Kolkata to cities in the United States of America and European countries, the West Bengal government is all set to present a resolution in the Assembly. The move, according to political experts, is to create ...

    27 November 2024 Indian Express
    New school uniforms for more than 1.15 crore students in January instead of March next year: West Bengal govt

    Instead of the usual March or April, the West Bengal government has decided to distribute a new set of school uniforms in January, which is the beginning of the next year’s academic session. The orders to the tune came ...

    27 November 2024 Indian Express
    BJP MLAs protest arrest of Hindu monk Chinmoy Das in Bangladesh, demand his release

    BJP MLAs on Tuesday staged a protest in the West Bengal Assembly complex demanding the release of Hindu priest Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, also known as Krishna Prabhu Das, who was arrested in Bangladesh a day before on charges ...

    27 November 2024 Indian Express
    TMC leader arrested by CBI in Bengal school jobs scam 

    The CBI arrested a Trinamool Congress leader, a close aide of former Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee, for his alleged involvement in the school jobs scam, an official said.The TMC leader from Behala, Santu Ganguly, was held on Monday evening ...

    27 November 2024 Indian Express
    Kolkata: Aliah University student found dead in hostel

    A student of the state-run Aliah University in New Town near Kolkata was found dead in his hostel room, police said on Tuesday.The body of Abdul Rahman (24), a resident of Malda, was found in his hostel room around ...

    27 November 2024 Indian Express
    TMC National Executive Meet: To discipline its leaders, party forms multiple panels

    In a bid to curb dissension, the leadership of the ruling TMC in West Bengal on Monday decided to form three disciplinary committees comprising veteran loyalists — one for MPs, another for MLAs, and the third for state party ...

    26 November 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal records 4,000 dengue cases in just 2 weeks, rural areas worst-hit

    More than 4,000 cases of dengue were recorded in West Bengal in the last two weeks alone, taking this season’s total tally of the disease to over 27,000.Also, a concerning shift in the dengue outbreak has emerged, with more ...

    26 November 2024 Indian Express
    Ex-education minister Partha’s aide Arpita Mukherjee gets bail in Bengal school jobs scam

    A special ED court in Kolkata on Monday granted bail to Arpita Mukherjee, a close associate of former education minister Partha Chatterjee, in the West Bengal school jobs scam case, nearly two-and-a-half years after her arrest.Arpita and Partha Chatterjee ...

    26 November 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal Governor in middle of row after picture of him ‘unveiling his bust’ goes viral, Raj Bhawan defends move

    West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose found himself in the middle of a row on Monday after pictures of him unveiling his own bust was shared by the Indian Museum.“In alignment with (his) vision to foster creativity and ...

    26 November 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal coal scam accused arrested in POCSO case, sent to police custody

    Vikash Mishra, a key accused in the West Bengal coal smuggling case, was on Sunday arrested by the Kolkata Police in a recently registered case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO).Mishra, who was out on ...

    26 November 2024 Indian Express
    West Bengal BJP is run by a ‘part-time’ president: Veteran leader Tathagata Roy after rout in bypolls

    Senior BJP leader Tathagata Roy said on Thursday that the party’s poor performance in the West Bengal bypolls was due to a lack of coordination and supervision.Roy, a former Tripura and Meghalaya governor, referred to the BJP state president ...

    26 November 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal bypoll results: Buoyed by sweep, TMC seeks to lead Opp nationally, bets on party reshuffle

    Buoyed by its emphatic win in the Assembly bypolls in West Bengal, sweeping all the six seats, despite the outrage against the government following the rape-murder of a junior doctor at RG Kar Hospital in Kolkata and the corruption ...

    26 November 2024 Indian Express
    Body of missing Bengal toddler found near home; grandparents and aunt arrested

    A day after a four-year-old boy went missing while playing outside his house, his body was recovered Sunday from a makeshift toilet near his home in Hooghly’s Guptipara.The body of the child was reportedly spotted by his grandmother, although ...

    26 November 2024 Indian Express
    TMC lauds mandate ‘against Opp conspiracy’, BJP says result will be ‘fully reversed’ in 2026

    EVEN AS the ruling TMC claimed on Saturday that the bypoll results were proof that the people have “rejected” the BJP’s “false narrative” in the R G Kar rape and murder case and also termed the results as the ...

    26 November 2024 Indian Express
    Madarihat in North Bengal: As BJP bastion goes to TMC, former Union Minister Barla blames ‘overconfidence’

    In a major setback for the BJP, the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) swept bypolls in West Bengal on Saturday by retaining all five seats and for the first time wrested its stronghold in Madarihat in North Bengal.In the Madarihat ...

    25 November 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal by-polls | From 10,000 votes to 1.3 lakh in Sitai: How TMC’s victory margin grew since 2021

    FOR THE ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC), a winning margin of 10,112 votes in the 2021 Assembly polls that increased to 29,000 in the Lok Sabha election earlier this year has now jumped to 1,30,156 in the bypoll in the ...

    25 November 2024 Indian Express
    Win in all 6 bypoll seats, improved victory margins consolidate TMC’s position in Bengal

    Victory in the bypolls to all six Assembly seats in West Bengal has further consolidated the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress’s (TMC) position in the state which is headed to polls in another two years. The TMC also increased its ...

    24 November 2024 Indian Express
    Man dies during treatment, his kin among 9 arrested for ‘creating ruckus’ at Kolkata hospital

    Nine people were arrested after a government hospital in Kolkata’s Behala area was allegedly vandalized on Friday night over the death of a patient, police said on Saturday.The incident occurred at Vidyasagar State General Hospital, and some relatives of ...

    24 November 2024 Indian Express
    Day after Mamata flags police ‘role’ in coal & sand smuggling, S-I suspended

    A DAY after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee strongly criticised lower-level officers in the West Bengal Police, accusing them of being “corrupt” and facilitating illegal activities such as “coal and sand smuggling,” the Asansol-Durgapur Police Commissionerate suspended sub-inspector (S-I) Manoranjan ...

    24 November 2024 Indian Express
    Sandakphu turns white as season’s first snowfall hits West Bengal; no major change in Kolkata, South Bengal temperatures, says IMD

    Sandakphu in Darjeeling, which is the highest point in West Bengal, saw the season’s first snowfall in the state on Thursday. Last year, snow first fell on December 7.Around 2 pm on Thursday, the small hamlet and tourist resort, ...

    24 November 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal Assembly bypolls: While TMC hopes for clean sweep in 6 seats, BJP hopes to cash in on protests against ruling faction

    With the counting of votes of the by-elections to the six Assembly seats of West Bengal slated for Saturday, the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) is confident of sweeping it all. However, the BJP is pinning its hope on public ...

    24 November 2024 Indian Express
    Murshidabad communal clashes: Adhir Chowdhury questions CM Mamata Banerjee’s silence over Beldanga incident, urges her to issue a statement 

    Nearly a week after two groups clashed over an “objectionable” message on a digital display board at a temporary gate of a Kartik Puja pandal on Saturday night in Murshidabad district’s Beldanga area, senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury ...

    23 November 2024 Indian Express
    Barabani police OC suspended day after Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee slams police for role in ‘coal, sand smuggling’

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday strongly criticised lower-level police officers, accusing them of involvement in corruption and facilitating illegal activities like coal and sand smuggling.Following these allegations, the Asansol-Durgapur Police Commissionerate suspended sub-inspector Manoranjan Mondal who ...

    23 November 2024 Indian Express
    Won’t allow corruption, will reshuffle CID: Bengal CM pulls up police force

    Accusing a section of the police force of being corrupt and giving a bad name to her government, West Bengal Chief Minister on Thursday said she would completely reshuffle the CID, the Criminal Investigation Department, of the state police.After ...

    23 November 2024 Indian Express
    In West Bengal, BJP claims key police officials were transferred ‘following pressure from unseen forces’

    After key officers of Kolkata and Howrah police were transferred, BJP West Bengal president Sukanta Majumder alleged that the transfer of key Kolkata and Howrah police officials was due to “pressure from unknown forces”, targeting the ruling party Trinamool ...

    22 November 2024 Indian Express
    ‘Insufficient in today’s economic situation of Bengal’: BJP MP writes to Mamata Banerjee, seeks doubling of money under Lakshmir Bhandar scheme

    In a curious move, BJP MP Jyotirmoy Singh Mahato from Purulia wrote a letter to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, demanding that the money for the state’s Lakshmir Bhandar scheme be doubled to a monthly Rs 2,000 per ...

    22 November 2024 Indian Express
    In 72 hours, 64 held with 92 illegal firearms: West Bengal Police initiate major crackdown on people with criminal backgrounds

    In just 72 hours since November 18, the West Bengal government has arrested at least 64 people from across the state along with arms.The arrests are a part of a larger crackdown on people with criminal antecedents which saw ...

    22 November 2024 Indian Express
    Kolkata goes from 18 degrees to 19, as WB’s winter chill halted by deep depression in Bay of Bengal

    A deep depression forming in the Bay of Bengal has halted the winter chill in Kolkata, raising temperatures from 18 to 19 degrees Celsius. As per the IMD, all districts of West Bengal will experience dry weather in the ...

    22 November 2024 Indian Express
    Union MoS Sukanta Majumdar arrested on his way to Murshidabad days after communal clashes, BJP slams CM for ‘destroying social fabric of Bengal’

    BJP’s West Bengal President Sukanta Majumdar was arrested on Wednesday while on his way to Beldanga in Murshidabad district to “assess” the situation following alleged communal clashes in the area.According to local eyewitnesses, Majumdar’s convoy was stopped by a ...

    22 November 2024 Indian Express
    TMC leader escapes murder bid in Kasba: Third attempt on councillor’s life by hired gang from neighbouring Bihar

    The Friday’s attempt on TMC councillor Sushant Ghosh’s life in Kasba, Kolkata, was not the first. It was the third murder attempt on him in the last five months, according to Kolkata Police. Also, all the three attempts on ...

    21 November 2024 Indian Express
    Onions at Rs 70-75/kg, potatoes at Rs 35: Rising vegetable prices in Kolkata irk buyers; officials predict price dip in coming days

    Kolkata residents are grappling with soaring vegetable prices, particularly for potatoes and onions. Despite government intervention, prices remain high, causing significant financial strain on households.A recent surprise inspection by a state task force, led by Ravindra Koley, revealed significant ...

    21 November 2024 Indian Express
    Mamata stalls bulldozer action after notice to resorts on NGT order

    Peeved with the Purba Medinipur district authorities’ decision to demolish 140 hotels and resorts allegedly built illegally on the sea beach of Mandarmani, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday stalled the move, saying “no bulldozers will be allowed”. According ...

    21 November 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal’s Purulia at 12°C, cooler than hill stations in north as unexpected cold wave sweeps south districts

    Purulia district in south West Bengal recorded a significantly lower temperature than several hill stations in the north on Tuesday as the mercury dipped to 12.1 degrees Celsius. On the other hand, Kalimpong, a hill station in the northern ...

    21 November 2024 Indian Express
    Days after Murshidabad clash, stones pelted at district magistrate’s car

    Days after two groups in Murshidabad’s Beldanga clashed over an “objectionable” message on a digital display board at a temporary gate of a Kartik Puja pandal, miscreants pelted stones at the car of the Murshidabad district magistrate Rajarshi Mitra, ...

    20 November 2024 Indian Express
    Mamata Banerjee revokes district admin’s demolition order to raze ‘illegal’ hotels on Mandarmani beach

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is peeved with the state’s Purba Medinipur district administration for issuing a demolition notice to “illegal” hotels and resorts on Mandarmani beach.A notice to 140 hotels from the district administration on November 11 ...

    20 November 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal: Purulia records 12 degrees Celsius, lower than Kalimpong, several other hill stations

    Purulia district in southern West Bengal recorded a significantly lower temperature than several hill stations in the state. On Tuesday, the mercury dipped to a chilling 12.1 degrees Celsius, surpassing the lowest temperature recorded in Kalimpong at 14.3 degrees ...

    20 November 2024 Indian Express
    Bharat Dev Varma, actor Moon Moon Sen’s husband, passes away in Kolkata

    Bharat Dev Varma, the husband of actor Moon Moon Sen and son-in-law of Suchitra Sen, passed away at the age of 83 after suffering a stroke Tuesday morning.Describing it as a “personal loss”, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ...

    20 November 2024 Indian Express
    Navy to begin Sea-Vigil exercise in east, focuses on securing coastal assets

    Undertaking its fourth edition of Pan-India Coastal Defense Exercise, Sea Vigil-24, this week, the Indian Navy said it is aimed at strengthening the country’s maritime, coastal, and offshore security.“This year’s exercise will be unprecedented in scale, both geographically and ...

    20 November 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal tablet fund diversion fraud: Mastermind among three held

    Kolkata Police arrested three individuals from Siliguri on Thursday in relation to the ongoing investigation into the diversion of state funds that were meant to buy tablets for students.The arrests were made following a tip-off and subsequent investigation by ...

    19 November 2024 Indian Express
    From giving jobs to helping run homestays, Bengal CM pushes for development in tribal areas

    Prioritising the development of the tribal community in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday called for boosting tourism in the tribal-dominated Junglemahal area of the state.At a meeting of tribal MLAs, leaders and ministers at the state ...

    19 November 2024 Indian Express
    After clash that injured six, Internet partially restored in Murshidabad, but prohibitory orders remain in Beldanga

    Internet access was partially restored this morning in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district, but it remains suspended in Beldanga and adjacent areas, where a huge police contingent has been deployed and prohibitory orders remain.On Saturday night, tension spread in Murshidabad’s ...

    19 November 2024 Indian Express
    Mob beats up police, protests ‘live-in relationships’ after man found dead in mysterious circumstances in West Bengal

    A man was found dead under suspicious circumstances in the Shason area of North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, on Sunday.The victim, Alamin Sahaji, a resident of Mahishgadi Sahajipara, was found hanging, but his family alleges he was beaten ...

    19 November 2024 Indian Express
    TMC councillor was targeted over land dispute: Kolkata police

    A day after the police arrested two people for trying to shoot Trinamool Congress councillor Sushanta Ghosh on Friday evening while he was sitting outside his house, the main accused in the attack, Afroz Khan alias Gulzar, has admitted ...

    19 November 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal Tablet Fund Fraud: Primary school teacher arrested, 120 FIRs registered so far, says Police

    A primary school teacher was arrested by the Malda cyber crime police on Saturday in connection with a large-scale online fraud involving the state government’s ‘Taruner Swapno’ scheme.Police said that the arrested accused, Manojit Burman, a resident of Dinhata ...

    19 November 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal: ‘Objectionable’ message sparks clash, 15 held in Murshidabad

    A TOTAL of 15 people were arrested after two groups clashed over an “objectionable” message on a digital display board at a temporary gate at Beldanga in Murshidabad on Saturday, prompting the authorities to clamp prohibitory orders in the ...

    19 November 2024 Indian Express
    Winter sets in firmly as temperature drops in West Bengal, dry weather persists

    West Bengal is set to witness colder nights as winter sets in more firmly. The state has experienced a noticeable drop in temperatures, especially in the southern and northern regions.On Sunday, the minimum temperature in Kolkata fell to 19 ...

    19 November 2024 Indian Express
    Anubrata Mondal in Trinamool’s Birbhum panel

    Senior Trinamool Congress leader Anubrata Mondal was included in the party’s Birbhum core committee following a meeting held on Saturday.Mondal, considered a close aide of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, has been serving as the president of the TMC’s Birbhum ...

    18 November 2024 Indian Express
    Major fire breaks out at timber godown in Kolkata’s Nimtala Ghat area, 17 families affected

    A major fire broke out at a timber godown in the Nimtala Ghat area of Kolkata on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday. It took more than seven hours for the Fire Brigade to bring the fire under ...

    18 November 2024 Indian Express
    No decision yet on Bangladesh in Kolkata Book Fair: Organiser

    Kolkata: In a departure from previous years, Bangladesh is absent from the list of participating countries at the 48th International Kolkata Book Fair, which will kick off on January 28, 2025. The fair will feature Germany as the focal ...

    18 November 2024 Indian Express
    Kolkata lottery scam: ED seizes `3 crore from Kolkata businessman

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday seized around Rs 3 crore from a businessman’s house in south Kolkata’s Lake Market area, apart from two other places as part of its ongoing probe into an alleged lottery scam, an officer ...

    17 November 2024 Indian Express
    Prime accused and taxi driver held; ‘will not spare anyone’, says TMC councillor

    A day after an armed man tried to “shoot at” Trinamool Congress (TMC) councillor Sushanta Ghosh while he was sitting outside his house, the Purba Bardhaman Police on Saturday arrested prime accused in the attack while he was trying ...

    17 November 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal to get colder in next 5 days, says IMD

    As winter approaches, West Bengal is preparing for a significant drop in temperatures, according to the IMD. Over the next five days, night temperatures are expected to decrease by 3-4 degrees Celsius in districts along the Ganga river. Light ...

    17 November 2024 Indian Express
    Probe into Bengal tablet fraud widens: 1,911 students affected; 93 FIRs, 11 arrests

    THE WEST Bengal Police have registered 93 FIRs and arrested 11 people in connection with an alleged tablet fund diversion fraud in which money meant for tablets for school students was fraudulently transferred by hacking into the state education ...

    17 November 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal tablet fund diversion fraud: ‘SIT formed, state will not tolerate such scams,’ says Mamata Banerjee

    Addressing the alleged tablet fund diversion fraud in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said that a Special Investigation Team has been formed to probe the case. She added that the administration is “rough and tough” and ...

    16 November 2024 Indian Express
    Protestors block Bangaon-Sealdah railway line; services disrupted, police officer injured in clash

    In West Bengal, protestors blocked the Bangaon-Sealdah railway up-line for over an hour, demanding that the recent diversion of trains from the Bangaon-Majerhat route to the Bangaon-Barasat route be reversed.Services were disrupted, and the situation escalated when a passenger ...

    16 November 2024 Indian Express
    West Bengal: Allowance of karmabandhus raised to Rs 5000

    THE WEST Bengal government on Thursday announced an increase in the monthly allowance for ‘karmabandhus’, or part-time workers, from Rs 3,000 to Rs 5,000.Workers associated with ‘West Bengal Karmabandhu’ do part-time work, mainly as helpers, under the state government. ...

    16 November 2024 Indian Express
    ‘Charming’, ‘Darling’: Mamata Banerjee names snow leopard cubs at Darjeeling Zoo

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday named six new cubs — two snow leopards and four red pandas — born at the Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park in Darjeeling.The male leopard has been named ‘Charming’ and the female leopard ...

    16 November 2024 Indian Express
    Singer-composer Sanjay Chakraborty arrested for alleged sexual assault of minor

    THE KOLKATA Police arrested a singer-composer, Sanjay Chakraborty, in Mumbai on Monday, two months after the family of a teenage girl filed a police complaint alleging that he sexually assaulted her, officers said.The accused, who holds music classes in ...

    15 November 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal government looks for tech-driven safety measures to end road rage by private buses

    In the wake of a road accident that claimed the life of an 11-year-old schoolboy on Tuesday morning in Salt Lake, the state government will take stringent measures to prevent similar accidents.The state government on Thursday asked bus operators ...

    15 November 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal: TMC worker killed near Naihati constituency, around 70 pc turnout till 5 pm

    Sporadic incidents of violence, including a shootout-cum-crude bomb attack in Bhatpara in North 24 Parganas district that killed a local TMC worker, marred the West Bengal by-elections, while the voter turnout across six constituencies stood at 69.29 per cent ...

    15 November 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal: Cyber cafe owner among 4 held in tablet fund diversion fraud

    Four persons, including a cyber cafe owner, have been arrested in connection with the alleged tablet fund diversion fraud in which the money meant for tablets for school students was transferred by hacking into the West Bengal Education Department’s ...

    15 November 2024 Indian Express
    Sporadic violence mars bypolls in Bengal, turnout 70%; Opposition accuses TMC of rigging

    Amid deployment of 108 companies of CAPF, sporadic violence marred bypolls to six Assembly seats in West Bengal Wednesday with Opposition parties accusing TMC of rigging the polls.Until 5 pm, turnout across the six constituencies stood at 69.29%, according ...

    15 November 2024 Indian Express
    Former TMC ward president shot dead as bypoll gets underway in Bengal’s North 24 Parganas

    A TMC member was shot dead as sporadic violence was reported in parts of West Bengal during bypolls in six assembly constituencies in the state on Wednesday.Ashok Shaw, former president of Jagaddal Ward 12, died at BMRC Hospital, where ...

    15 November 2024 Indian Express
    West Bengal: Assembly bypolls in 6 seats today, 108 CAPF companies deployed

    The by-elections for six Assembly seats in West Bengal will be held on Wednesday amid deployment of 108 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF). The seats going to the polls are Madarihat (ST), Sitai (SC), Taldangra, Haroa, Naihati and ...

    14 November 2024 Indian Express
    After Salman and Shah Rukh, Mithun Chakraborty gets ‘threat’ from gangster linked to Lawrence Bishnoi

    Lawrence Bishnoi’s threat streak is expanding across Bollywood and after Salman Khan and Shah Rukh Khan, actor and BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty appears to be the new target.In a video released by Pakistani don Shahzad Bhatti, the Dubai-based gangster ...

    14 November 2024 Indian Express
    Veteran Bengali actor Manoj Mitra passes away

    Eminent theatre personality of West Bengal Manoj Mitra passed away after prolonged age-related illness on Tuesday morning at the age of 86. He breathed his last at a private hospital in Kolkata at 8.50 am.His brother and writer Amar ...

    13 November 2024 Indian Express
    No onset of winter yet, but slight dip in night temp likely this weekend: Met

    The Meteorological Department, which is yet to announce the onset of winter in West Bengal, on Monday said an “unusual circulation pattern” over the Bay of Bengal has created “ideal conditions” for strong winds to enter the state that ...

    13 November 2024 Indian Express
    Assembly bypolls | Elect TMC to continue development in your constituency: Mamata to voters

    Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday appealed to people to cast their vote for the Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidates in the upcoming by-elections for six Assembly seats of West Bengal to continue development in their areas.“I will return from ...

    13 November 2024 Indian Express
    TMC calls EC claim of acting on complaint within 20 hours ‘a lie’

    The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Monday accused the Election Commission (EC) of not responding to its complaints on West Bengal bypolls, even as the poll authority said it acted “within 20 hours”.This came after the EC took cognisance of ...

    13 November 2024 Indian Express
    EC notice to Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar over ‘national emblem’ remark

    Taking cognisance of a complaint by the Trinamool Congress (TMC), the Election Commission (EC) Monday issued a notice to Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar for his remarks allegedly insulting the national emblem. The poll body has sought a response ...

    12 November 2024 Indian Express
    Trial in RG Kar rape-murder case begins, victim’s father records statement in camera

    The trial in the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9 started in a Kolkata court on Monday with the victim’s father and neighbour recording their witness statements ...

    12 November 2024 Indian Express
    ‘Rs 1.5 lakh to Rs 3.5 lakh each’ — BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari alleges corruption in CCTV installation in Bengal hospital post RG Kar incident

    Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Monday alleged that state government hospitals were engaging in “corruption” while installing CCTV cameras at high prices.Taking to social media platform X, Adhikari claimed that one of the ...

    12 November 2024 Indian Express
    West Bengal to experience colder weather soon, says IMD

    The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has reported that an “unusual circulation pattern” in the Bay of Bengal has created “ideal conditions” for strong winds to enter the state, but is yet to announce that winter is coming.This meteorological phenomenon, ...

    12 November 2024 Indian Express
    TMC alleges Suvendu Adhikari ‘made communal remarks’ in poll-bound area, complains to ECI

    The Trinamool Congress (TMC) has lodged a complaint with the Election Commission of India (ECI) against senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, accusing him of making “communal and inflammatory remarks” during an election rally in poll-bound Taldangra on November 9.The ...

    12 November 2024 Indian Express
    TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee to speak at UN programme on women empowerment in Norway

    The Royal Norwegian Embassy and United Nations Women have invited senior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee to participate and speak in a gender equality and women empowerment programme in Norway from November 17-22.During his visit to Oslo, Banerjee will interact ...

    12 November 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal: Girl student found dead near rail tracks, family alleges foul play

    The death of a Class 12 girl student, whose mutilated body was found near the railway tracks in Bandel Mukhi on Friday night, has thrown up more questions than answers with the mother of the 18-year-old alleging foul play.The ...

    12 November 2024 Indian Express
    Jadavpur University professor found dead in Uttarakhand hotel, suicide suspected

    A Jadavpur University professor was found dead lying in a pool of blood in the bathroom of a hotel room in Uttarakhand on Saturday.The deceased, Mainak Pal, 44, was a professor in the philosophy department, and his colleagues expressed ...

    11 November 2024 Indian Express
    Festive season over, Mamata Banerjee back on the road; starts districts’ tour from Darjeeling

    With the festive season over in Bengal, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is back to touring the district, starting off from Darjeeling.Banerjee has a bunch of programs in this tour. The Chief Minister is scheduled to leave Kolkata ...

    11 November 2024 Indian Express
    In a Bengal town, barbers help school to crop a ‘menace’ — quirky haircuts

    Earlier this year, the biggest school in Parulia identified a “menace” that “kept spreading” among its students. Determined to bring it under control, school authorities began a campaign and convened a series of meetings.The result of that campaign? Barbers ...

    11 November 2024 Indian Express
    Local BJP leader found dead at party office in South 24 Parganas, woman arrested: Police

    Nearly four days after a local BJP leader went missing, the police recovered his body from inside the party office on Friday, in the ‘Dwip More’ area under Usti Police Station of South 24 Parganas. The police have arrested ...

    11 November 2024 Indian Express
    RG Kar rape-murder: Junior doctors hold protest rally, say will continue to seek justice

    Taking out a rally in Kolkata on Saturday seeking justice for the raped and murdered junior doctor, marking three months of the R G Kar Medical College and Hospital incident that sparked outrage across the country, junior doctors said ...

    11 November 2024 Indian Express
    ‘Taruner Swapna’ scheme: 70 students say did not get money meant for tablets, probe ordered

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has ordered an inquiry after some intended beneficiaries of the ‘Taruner Swapna’ scheme, an initiative of the TMC government, alleged that they did not receive Rs 10,000 meant for the purchase of tablets (mobile device ...

    11 November 2024 Indian Express
    Livestreaming, CCTV: State medical university puts stricter norms in place during exams

    Live streaming, CCTVs, enforcement of bar codes on answer sheets are among the measures to be taken by the West Bengal University of Health Sciences during medical examinations to be conducted in the state. The move comes at a ...

    10 November 2024 Indian Express
    Black Scorpio car, fake badges: Conmen posing as CBI officers loot lakhs from traders in Kolkata

    A gang of conmen operating out of Central Kolkata, posing as CBI officers, has managed to swindle traders out of lakhs of rupees, the police said. In recent weeks, at least two incidents have been reported where individuals were ...

    10 November 2024 Indian Express
    Jhargram doctor death: Autopsy report suggests substance was administered through syringe, say Bengal police

    A day after the body of a 32-year-old doctor Dipra Bhattacharya working with the Jhargram Medical College and Hospital was recovered from his rented flat, the police said on Friday said that the initial investigations suggest it to be ...

    10 November 2024 Indian Express
    3 coaches of Secunderabad-Shalimar Superfast Express derail near Howrah, no casualties

    Three coaches of the Secunderabad-Shalimar Superfast Express derailed near Howrah station, about 40 km from Kolkata, on Saturday morning. No casualties or major injuries have been reported so far, South Eastern Railway said in a statement.The weekly special train ...

    10 November 2024 Indian Express
    RG Kar protests: Junior doctors to hold mass convention, rallies today

    Junior doctors protesting the August 9 rape and murder of a trainee woman doctor at RG Kar hospital in Kolkata will hold a series of programmes on Saturday.While the West Bengal Junior Doctors Front (WBJDF) will hold a civic ...

    10 November 2024 Indian Express
    Row over ‘derogatory’ remark: Bengal BJP files complaint against Hakim with EC, police

    A day after TMC minister Firhad Hakim’s remarks on BJP leader and alleged sexual assault harassment victim from Sandeshkhali, Rekha Patra, sparked a controversy, the state BJP on Friday filed a complaint with the the CEO, West Bengal, against ...

    9 November 2024 Indian Express
    With eye on 2026 Assembly elections, Abhishek Banerjee proposes reshuffle in TMC’s district presidents

    Abhishek Banerjee — the number two of the Trinamool Congress — proposed to his aunt West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee a major organisational reshuffle in the party, including replacing some district presidents. CM Banerjee will take the final ...

    9 November 2024 Indian Express
    Opposition members to boycott study tour of House panel on waqf Bill

    Opposition members who are part of the Joint Committee of Parliament on the Waqf (Amendment) Bill have decided to boycott the panel’s study tour starting Saturday.“We have decided that we will not take part in the upcoming tour,” Congress ...

    9 November 2024 Indian Express
    Firhad Hakim gets brickbats from BJP for remarks on Rekha Patra, NCW chief demands probe

    West Bengal Minister Firhad Hakim’s alleged remarks on BJP leader and alleged sexual assault harassment victim from Sandeshkhali, Rekha Patra, has sparked a controversy with the BJP demanding legal action against him.The National Commission for Women has also taken ...

    9 November 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal celebrates more Chhath Pujas than Bihar: CM Mamata Banerjee

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on the occasion of Chhath Puja greeted people in the state and also released a song written by her. Addressing devotees at a Chhat Puja ceremony at Takta Ghat in Kolkata on Thursday, she said ...

    9 November 2024 Indian Express
    Minutes of meeting with CM incomplete: Jr doctors write to Chief Secy; seek meeting with Task Force

    In a letter to state Chief Secretary Manoj Pant, the protesting junior doctors on Wednesday said that the official minutes of their meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on October 21, is incomplete as it does not mention about ...

    9 November 2024 Indian Express
    Ensure peace is maintained in all localities during festive season: HC to Mamata govt

    The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the West Bengal government to take all necessary steps to ensure that peace is maintained in all localities during the festive season.The court said that it is the responsibility of the state ...

    8 November 2024 Indian Express
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