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  • SC allows Bengal Governor more time to appoint V-Cs in state varsities

    The Supreme Court on Monday allowed West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose’s request for more time to complete the process of approving Vice Chancellors for the state’s universities.A Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Manmohan allowed the ...

    11 December 2024 Indian Express
    ‘Don’t think we’ll be eating lollipop when you come’: Mamata on reports of threats from Bangladesh to ‘take’ West Bengal

    Warning Bangladesh leaders who are allegedly threatening to “take” West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said, “When you come to acquire, don’t think we will sit and eat lollipops.”“We should not comment in such a way that would instigate ...

    11 December 2024 Indian Express
    Suvendu hits back at Mamata’s accusation of ‘one party spreading fake videos of Bangladesh’, says she made ‘politically motivated statement’

    After Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s statement on “one political party spreading fake videos” of alleged attacks in Bangladesh, Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari criticised her statement. “Who is doing propaganda? Some people are attacking the temple, is it false?” ...

    11 December 2024 Indian Express
    Three killed in explosion in Murshidabad

    A powerful explosion ripped through a house in Khyertala village in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district Sunday night, claiming three lives. The blast, which occurred around 10 pm, significantly damaged the house, causing the roof to collapse and the debris ...

    10 December 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal: Missing tribal woman’s body in Sandeshkhali pond, family alleges she was raped

    An 18-year-old tribal woman, who had gone missing on December 4 evening, was found dead in a pond in Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Saturday morning.Police said her body was found with her hands ...

    10 December 2024 Indian Express
    Row over Nepotism Charge: IIT-Kharagpur teachers’ body to hold EGM to discuss response to institute

    A day after the IIT-Kharagpur administration announced that “no further action” would be taken against 80 professors who have either replied to the show cause notices or have tendered their apologies while adding that it “reserves the legal rights ...

    10 December 2024 Indian Express
    Minor girl raped in Murshidabad; missing tribal woman found dead in Sandeshkhali pond

    A minor girl was abducted and raped while playing outside her home and a missing tribal woman’s body was found in a pond in two separate incidents in the past 24 hours in West Bengal.After the minor girl was ...

    10 December 2024 Indian Express
    Kolkata to experience 2 to 3 degree Celsius dip after December 11

    The weather department has predicted a dip of 2 to 3 degree Celsius in Kolkata and adjoining districts after December 11. However, it added that there will be some fluctuations before the full arrival of winter.“At present, a low-pressure ...

    9 December 2024 Indian Express
    No Bangladesh participation in literary festival in West Bengal after poets, writers denied visa

    A two-day Bengali literary festival at Visva-Bharati University’s Bangladesh Bhavan in West Bengal saw no participation from Bangladesh this year. This was after several poets and writers from Bangladesh were reportedly denied visas amid rising political tensions between India ...

    9 December 2024 Indian Express
    Kolkata: Photojournalists can now join Press Club

    In a first, Press Club Kolkata, established in 1945, has decided to grant regular membership to photojournalists along with voting rights. This move comes after a mass voting session among members on Saturday, where photojournalists won by a narrow ...

    9 December 2024 Indian Express
    Three newborn tiger cubs die in Bengal zoo after their mother lift them by neck with teeth

    Three newborn tiger cubs have died at a zoo in West Bengal’s Siliguri after their mother accidentally bit them while trying to move them by grabbing them in her mouth.The incident took place in the North Bengal Wild Animals ...

    9 December 2024 Indian Express
    TMC names Ritabrata Banerjee as candidate for Rajya Sabha bypolls

    The Trinamool Congress on Saturday named party leader Ritabrata Banerjee as its candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha by-elections.The bypoll was necessitated following the resignation of Jawhar Sircar as the TMC’s Rajya Sabha MP in September following the RG ...

    8 December 2024 Indian Express
    IIT Kharagpur row: ‘No further action’ against 80 faculty members who replied to show-cause notices or tendered apology

    IIT Kharagpur authorities Saturday decided to take ‘no further action’ against the 80-odd professors who have either replied to the show cause notices or tendered their apologies for raising the issue of nepotism and irregularities at the premier engineering ...

    8 December 2024 Indian Express
    ‘Atrocities continuing unabated’: Temple, centre burnt down in Bangladesh, says ISKCON Kolkata vice-president

    THE INTERNATIONAL Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) alleged on Saturday that one of its temples and a centre in Bangladesh were destroyed after being set on fire by miscreants.“It seems that atrocities against minorities in Bangladesh are continuing unabated. ...

    8 December 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal govt releases SOP for paddy procurement, warns of strict action in case of violation

    The West Bengal food department recently released a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for paddy procurement in 2025. The move came amid complaints of large-scale corruption in paddy procurement in the state in the last few years.The Cabinet has already ...

    8 December 2024 Indian Express
    Vijay Diwas event: Uncertainty over Mukti Jodhas’ presence amid political crisis in Bangladesh

    Amid the strain in ties between India and Bangladesh, sources on Friday said that uncertainty looms over the potential attendance of Mukti Jodhas, Bangladesh’s 1971 war freedom fighters, at the coming Vijay Diwas celebrations, for the first time in ...

    8 December 2024 Indian Express
    Check and verify documents of candidates selected for govt jobs in 6 months: SC to police

    The Supreme Court has directed police officials of all the state governments to check and verify documents pertaining to the character, antecedents, nationality, genuineness produced by the candidates selected for government jobs within six months from the date of ...

    7 December 2024 Indian Express
    IIT Kharagpur impasse: 65 faculties reply to show-cause notices, while 20 send apology letters

    In a fresh development at IIT Kharagpur, which has witnessed a stand-off between a section of the faculty and the administration, 65 faculty members who were served show-cause notices, have replied. According to sources, around 20 faculty members have ...

    7 December 2024 Indian Express
    Mamata Banerjee on her successor: Party will decide, not me

    Amidst the ongoing internal struggle within the Trinamool Congress between veteran leaders and the Young Turks, West Bengal Chief Minister and party chief Mamata Banerjee said any decision regarding her successor would be made collectively by the party leadership ...

    7 December 2024 Indian Express
    Nearly 150 days’ leaves: West Bengal govt announces 2025 holiday list, employees to enjoy extended off on Durga, Kali pujas

    The West Bengal state government has announced a list of holidays for its employees in 2025, with nearly 150 days marked as leaves and offs, including over 10 days each for Durga Puja and Kali Puja celebrations. The holiday ...

    7 December 2024 Indian Express
    Infant raped: Suspect held from Jhargram

    Days after a seven-month-old girl was allegedly raped in North Kolkata, the police arrested the main suspect from the Gopiballavpur Police Station area of Jhargram district  in the early hours on Thursday.Based on the evidence from the CCTV footage ...

    7 December 2024 Indian Express
    Bangladesh summons Kolkata mission head for ‘urgent meeting’

    The Bangladesh government has summoned Shikder Mohammad Ashrafur Rahman, mission head of the country’s Deputy High Commission in Kolkata, for “urgent meeting” following protests over attacks on Hindu minorities, sources said on Friday.Mission head Rahman, who holds the portfolio ...

    7 December 2024 Indian Express
    BJP MP writes to Nobel Prize committee: ‘Reassess legacy of Md Yunus, condemn atrocities in Bangladesh’

    BJP MP Jyotirmoy Singh Mahato on Friday appealed to the Norwegian Nobel Committee to reassess the legacy of Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus, who is the chief of the interim government of Bangladesh.Singh put up a letter he wrote to ...

    7 December 2024 Indian Express
    Rs 20 lakh fine imposed on 31 resident doctors

    Taking action for defying its guidelines, the West Bengal government has slapped a fine of Rs 20 lakh each on 31 resident doctors who did not serve in rural areas.As part of their degree course, the doctors are mandated ...

    7 December 2024 Indian Express
    TMC Infighting: 6 Nadia MLAs accuse Mahua of promoting factionalism

    Six Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLAs from Nadia district have sent a written complaint to party supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee against Mahua Moitra, the party MP from Krishnanagar, accusing her of promoting factionalism in the party.In the complaint, ...

    7 December 2024 Indian Express
    Nearly 100 faculty at IIT-Kharagpur protest as rift with director deepens

    As allegations emerge against its director of “favouritism”, “vindictiveness in faculty selection”, and failure to build a hospital on campus, the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, has responded by issuing show cause notices to as many as 85 faculty ...

    6 December 2024 Indian Express
    Motion urging Centre to ‘lure’ airlines to fly to Europe, US from Kolkata passed in WB assembly

    A motion was passed unanimously in the West Bengal assembly on Thursday, urging the Union government to “lure” airlines to operate direct international flights to Europe and the US from Kolkata.State minister Chandrima Bhattacharya, who moved the motion in ...

    6 December 2024 Indian Express
    Physical education instructor suspended amidst harassment allegations

    A physical Education Instructor of Scottish Church College in Kolkata has been suspended following allegations of harassment by a student. The student claimed that the teacher sent obscene messages and threatened to ruin her future if it was reported.  ...

    6 December 2024 Indian Express
    ‘Come and make films in Bengal’ — Mamata’s call to global filmmakers

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee extended an invitation to international filmmakers to collaborate with West Bengal during the inaugural ceremony of the 30th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) 2024 on Wednesday, while also acknowledging and appreciating the talented local filmmakers ...

    6 December 2024 Indian Express
    ‘Question of nation’s security and respect’: Hotels in Malda bar guests from Bangladesh

    Hotels in Malda district, on the India-Bangladesh border, have decided not to accommodate Bangladesh nationals from Wednesday, in the wake of the protests against the arrest of ISKCON monk Chinmoy Krishna Das, the continuing atrocities on minorities in Bangladesh ...

    6 December 2024 Indian Express
    IIT-Kharagpur nepotism row: Teachers’ body gets additional time to furnish proof

    Amid a standoff between the IIT-Kharagpur (KGP) administration and its teachers’ association (IITTA), the institute has extended the deadline for the IITTA to provide documents supporting their allegations against the institute’s administration to December 13.The IITTA wrote to the ...

    6 December 2024 Indian Express
    To handle sensitive cases like rape, govt to appoint legal aides in sub-division

    The state government has decided to appoint legal advisers in every sub-division to assist police in sexual assault cases like rape, molestation.The decision to appoint legal advisers in every sub-division of the state stems from the police “mishandling” of ...

    6 December 2024 Indian Express
    Reshuffle in Bengal Police: Intelligence chief shunted out

    Days after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced to “completely reshuffle” the CID – the Criminal Investigation Department of the state police – the state Home Department on Wednesday removed R Rajasekaran from the post of State Police ...

    5 December 2024 Indian Express
    ‘Be discreet, avoid tilak and saffron in public… lives are at risk’: ISKCON Kolkata vice president’s advice to devotees in Bangladesh

    As ISKCON alleged that lawyers in Bangladesh representing Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das were assaulted, ISKCON Kolkata vice president and spokesperson Radharamn Das on Tuesday urged devotees and monks in the neighbouring country to be discreet and not wear ...

    5 December 2024 Indian Express
    Directors’ guild to move CCI over film technicians’ ‘monopoly bid’

    The Directors Association of Eastern India (DAEI) is all set to file a case with the Competition Commission of India (CCI) against the Federation of Cine Technicians and Workers of Eastern India (FCTWEI) accusing it of trying to monopolise ...

    5 December 2024 Indian Express
    Global rights bodies should intervene in Bangladesh, says Suvendu Adhikari

    Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday appealed to international human rights organisations to intervene in Bangladesh, claiming the “fundamentalist forces” in the neighbouring country were worse than the Taliban or the ...

    5 December 2024 Indian Express
    Medicos protest reinstatement of 2 in medical council

    Junior doctors in Kolkata hit the streets on Tuesday over the reinstatement of Avik De and Birupaksha Biswas in the West Bengal Medical Council.The duo was previously ousted for allegedly promoting a culture of intimidation and corruption in the ...

    5 December 2024 Indian Express
    ‘You get used to jail’ – after decades in prison, 104-year-old West Bengal man walks out

    Rashik Chandra Mondol, 104, doesn’t remember why he went to jail 36 years ago. Having been released on parole Monday, this resident of Paschim Narayanpur village in Manikchowk block in Malda district, who was accused of murdering his brother ...

    5 December 2024 Indian Express
    ED raids eight private medical colleges over ‘NRI quota irregularities’

    As part of its nationwide crackdown, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided eight  private medical colleges in West Bengal over alleged irregularities in allocation of NRI quota seats.The central agency initiated simultaneous searches at these institutions and the residences of ...

    4 December 2024 Indian Express
    CM reviews Jal Jeevan Mission, vows action ‘if people face any problem’

    The West Bengal government will take strict action against those not properly implementing the Jal Jeevan Mission, Chief Minister on Monday said.During a review meeting, the CM expressed her displeasure over the progress of the project. “I will not ...

    4 December 2024 Indian Express
    At EIMG vintage car rally, Kolkata’s stunning automotive past comes to life

    Kolkata, the City of Joy, turned into a time machine as a spectacular fourth annual EIMG Vintage Car Fiesta presented by Club De Golf took place on Sunday.The event, a nostalgic journey through automotive history, captivated the city’s residents ...

    4 December 2024 Indian Express
    Urged Bangladesh monks, devotees to practice faith discreetly: ISKCON Kolkata spokesperson

    ISKCON Kolkata spokesperson Radharamn Das on Tuesday said he has urged its monks and followers from Bangladesh to avoid wearing saffron robes and ’tilak’ in public, advising them to practice their faith discreetly amid safety concerns following targeted attacks ...

    4 December 2024 Indian Express
    Bail hearing of Chinmoy Das postponed to Jan 2; Iskcon says his advocate ‘fighting for life’ after assault

    The bail hearing for Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das, which was scheduled to be held on Tuesday at a court in Bangladesh’s Chattogram, has been postponed to January 2 as there was no lawyer to represent him, sources in ...

    3 December 2024 Indian Express
    Bearing anxiety, panic, Bangladesh nationals rush back home amid fresh turmoil, border-sealing rumours

    As Tarak Mondol hauled his luggage — a backpack and two duffel bags — towards the immigration centre at the Petrapole-Benapole checkpoint on the India-Bangladesh border, it could not have been more disappointing for the 38-year-old.For, Mondol, a resident ...

    3 December 2024 Indian Express
    ‘I was in love with Bangladesh hospitality, but will never go again’: Youth who was attacked

    A 21-year-old Indian tourist, Sayan Ghosh, who had visited Bangladesh multiple times and always admired its warm hospitality, says he has been left deeply scarred after facing a recent attack in the country.“I was in love with the hospitality ...

    3 December 2024 Indian Express
    Advocate defending Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das attacked in Bangladesh: ISKCON

    ISKCON Kolkata spokesperson Radharamn Das has alleged that Advocate Ramen Roy was brutally attacked in Bangladesh for representing Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das in a legal case. Das claimed Roy is critically injured and currently receiving treatment in an ...

    3 December 2024 Indian Express
    ‘We will see how they will eat potatoes’: Suvendu Adhikari warns of non-stop border blockade as thousands gather to protest in Petrapole against monk arrest

    Leading a march of BJP workers, members of Hindu outfits and monks to the Petrapole border checkpost in North 24 Parganas district, Leader of Opposition in Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, on Monday threatened to impose an “indefinite export embargo” if ...

    3 December 2024 Indian Express
    TMC man held for beating man to death over ‘bribe money’

    A 52-year-old man, Kalu Sheikh, was allegedly beaten to death by a local Trinamool Congress worker, Mithu Sheikh, in the Mithipur area of Raghunathganj in Murshidabad district on Saturday, over a monetary dispute related to the Pradhan Mantri Awas ...

    3 December 2024 Indian Express
    Cloudy skies, slight dip in temperatures in West Bengal over the next few days

    West Bengal is currently experiencing cloudy skies and mild temperatures, which may witness a slight dip in the coming days, owing to the influence of cyclone Fengal.The Alipore Meteorological Department Monday reported a minimum temperature of 20 degrees Celsius ...

    3 December 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal CM Mamata calls for UN peacekeeping forces in Bangladesh to ensure security of people

    Expressing concern over the recent political turmoil in Bangladesh, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday urged the Centre to ask the United Nations to send its peacekeeping forces to the country.Speaking at the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, ...

    3 December 2024 Indian Express
    Monks protest at Indo-Bangla border over release of Hindu spiritual leader

    Over 1,000 monks from across West Bengal are taking part in a demonstration at the Petrapole border in North 24 Parganas on Monday to protest against the attacks on minority Hindus in Bangladesh, and the release of arrested spiritual ...

    3 December 2024 Indian Express
    ‘They are all scared’: over 63 monks with valid visas stopped from entering India from Bangladesh, says Iskcon

    More than 63 monks were stopped at Benapole land port in Bangladesh over the weekend and not allowed to enter India, claimed a spokesperson of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Iskcon) in Kolkata.Meanwhile, all eyes are on Bangladesh’s ...

    3 December 2024 Indian Express
    Now Andaman Islands more accessible with Air India Express starting daily flights from Kolkata

    Air India Express launched daily flights between Kolkata and Port Blair, with the inaugural flight taking off from NSC Bose International Airport at 5:40 am on Sunday.The return flight left Port Blair at 12.20 pm.“AAI wishes all the best ...

    2 December 2024 Indian Express
    TMC MLA Humayun Kabir does it again, he now says will contest 2 seats

    After having apologised for his remarks questioning the party leadership, TMC MLA from Bharatpur, Humayun Kabir, has ruffled the senior leaders again, asserting that he would contest from two constituencies — Beldanga and Reginagar — in the next Assembly ...

    2 December 2024 Indian Express
    Former Bengal top cop Pankaj Dutta’s death sparks BJP-TMC slugfest

    Former IPS officer and head of CID, West Bengal Police, Pankaj Dutta died on Saturday at a hospital in Varanasi where he was admitted a month ago after suffering a cerebral attack during an event. Dutta was 73.Serving as ...

    2 December 2024 Indian Express
    West Bengal potato traders to go on strike against export curbs, price rise expected

    Potato traders in West Bengal are planning to go on strike starting Monday night in response to the state government’s decision to suspend potato exports to other states. This measure, intended to stabilise local prices, has caused significant disruptions ...

    2 December 2024 Indian Express
    More doctors in Bengal refuse to treat Bangladeshis, Siliguri ENT specialist demands patients offer pranam to national flag

    At the entrance of a doctor’s private practice in Siliguri, the Tricolour has been put up with a printed message near it. The message in Bengali demands that everyone, “especially Bangladeshi patients”, offer “pranam” to the flag before being ...

    2 December 2024 Indian Express
    Only strong law can stop the rape menace: TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee

    Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday said that only a “strong law” can effectively eliminate the menace of rape in the country.While addressing a doctors’ convention, organised to announce the launch of ‘Sebaashray’ health camp ...

    2 December 2024 Indian Express
    Humayun Kabir apologises after TMC issues show cause notice

    TMC MLA Humayun Kabir has apologised to the party’s leadership for his recent comment that a “coterie” was influencing Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s key decisions.Kabir, the MLA of Bharatpur in Murshidabad district, expressed his apology on Friday in reply ...

    2 December 2024 Indian Express
    TMC leader’s husband arrested with secret DRDO documents, radioactive materials in West Bengal

    A man was arrested in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district with confidential DRDO documents and a large quantity of radioactive materials, police said on Friday.The accused was identified as Francis Ekka. He is the husband of Amrita Ekka, a TMC ...

    1 December 2024 Indian Express
    With Akash and Nagamani joining from Hyderabad, Darjeeling zoo now the only one in India to house 3 varieties of tigers

    With a pair of White tigers – Akash, 4, and Nagamani, 7 – arriving from Hyderabad on Thursday evening, Darjeeling’s Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park (PNHZP) has become the only zoo in the country to have three varieties of ...

    1 December 2024 Indian Express
    ISKCON says two more monks arrested in Bangladesh,‘had gone to give medicines to Chinmoy Das’

    DAYS AFTER Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das was arrested and charged with sedition in Bangladesh, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), Kolkata, said that two monks who had gone to give him medicines in jail were also arrested ...

    1 December 2024 Indian Express
    Amid reports of Indian flag being desecrated, Kolkata hospital says ‘won’t treat patients from Bangladesh’

    A Kolkata hospital has announced that it will not treat any Bangladeshi patients as a sign of protest over the manner in which “the national flag of India has been desecrated in various places” in the neighbouring country.“Country is ...

    1 December 2024 Indian Express
    Bangladeshi national and former BNP leader arrested from Kolkata with fake documents

    The Kolkata police on Friday night arrested a Bangladeshi national who had been living in Central Kolkata under a fake identity for the past two years.Following a tip-off, a team from Park Street police station raided a hotel in ...

    1 December 2024 Indian Express
    ED arrests 2 Prayag Group promoters in Rs 2,800-crore chit fund ‘scam’

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested the promoters of M/s Prayag Group of Companies, Basudeb Bagchi and Avik Bagchi, in connection with a money laundering case related to a chit fund scam.The father-son duo is accused of defrauding the ...

    30 November 2024 Indian Express
    Stricter safety norms for buses soon, Bengal transport dept drafts SoP

    To enhance road safety and prioritise passenger security, the transport department has drafted a standard operating procedure (SOP) for bus operators. The SOP is aimed at sensitising all stakeholders, including passengers, drivers, conductors, pedestrians and vehicle owners/operators, about road ...

    30 November 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal Speaker rejects BJP’s adjournment motion on ‘religious intolerance’; LOP proposes ‘working together’ on PMAY scheme

    West Bengal Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee on Friday rejected the opposition’s adjournment motion on “religious intolerance” on the grounds that it had “already been discussed during the Constitution Day debate”.On Friday morning, after a question-answer session of the Assembly, ...

    30 November 2024 Indian Express
    Financial irregularities at Kolkata’s R G Kar: Ex-principal Ghosh among 5 named in CBI chargesheet

    The CBI on Friday filed a chargesheet in a case related to corruption and financial irregularities at R G Kar Medical College in Kolkata. In its chargesheet, the CBI named the then principal of the medical college and hospital ...

    30 November 2024 Indian Express
    Ahead of Business Summit next year, Bengal govt holds meets in Delhi, Kolkata

    AS A prelude to the coming Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) 2025, the West Bengal government , in partnership with FICCI, hosted a Diplomats’ Roundtable on Friday in New Delhi in the morning as well as in Kolkata later ...

    30 November 2024 Indian Express
    Arrest of monk Chinmoy Krishna Das: Hindu group protests in Kolkata, seek protection for minorities in Bangladesh

    Members of Bangiya Hindu Jagaran Manch on Thursday organised a protest march to the office of Bangladesh Deputy High Commissioner in Kolkata protesting atrocities on the Hindu community and arrest of spiritual leader Chinmoy Krishna Das in the neighbouring ...

    30 November 2024 Indian Express
    ‘Designated areas’, before 7 am and after 7 pm, dos and donts in diet – Bengal govt set up SOP for feeding street dogs in towns and cities

    Designated feeding areas in cities and towns for feeding street dogs, feeding timings before 7am and after 7pm, caregivers to clean the area after each use as well as dietary guidelines – the West Bengal government has established a ...

    30 November 2024 Indian Express
    France to take centre stage at 30th Kolkata International Film Festival; Vidya Balan, R Balki among guest speakers

    The 30th edition of the Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) is gearing up to celebrate the rich tapestry of international cinema, with a special focus on French cinema. The festival, scheduled from December 4 to 11, will showcase a ...

    30 November 2024 Indian Express
    Her minister vows to defy Bill: ‘Won’t allow it to be implemented’

    The West Bengal Jamiat-e-Ulema held a rally at Esplanade in Kolkata on Thursday, where senior state Minister Siddiqullah Chowdhury said that they will “not allow” the implementation of the Waqf (Amendment) Bill.“Today, when the Assembly winter session is on, ...

    30 November 2024 Indian Express
    Gangster among 7 sentenced to death for killing 23-year-old, chopping body into pieces

    A court in Chinsurah in Hooghly district on Thursday sentenced seven persons, including local gangster Vishal Das, to death for killing a 23-year-old youth and chopping his body in October 2020. One of the accused was sentenced to seven ...

    29 November 2024 Indian Express
    Probing spike in health scheme expenses amid RG Kar protests: CM Mamata Banerjee

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that there was a surge in expenses under the Swasthya Sathi scheme across the state during the protests against the rape-murder of a junior woman doctor at the RG Kar Medical College ...

    29 November 2024 Indian Express
    ‘Political decision to snatch Muslims’ power’: Mamata Banerjee targets Centre over Waqf Bill

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the Centre for introducing the Waqf Amendment Bill, 2024, saying it was a “political decision” to “snatch the power of Muslims”. She also alleged that the ...

    29 November 2024 Indian Express
    Rainfall, slight rise in temperatures in West Bengal this weekend: IMD

    The brewing cyclone in the Bay of Bengal has indirectly impacted the onset of winter in West Bengal. While the state is unlikely to experience direct effects, the IMD has forecast light to moderate rain over the weekend in ...

    29 November 2024 Indian Express
    Mamata Banerjee condemns arrest of Chinmoy Krishna Das in Bangladesh, ‘will support Centre’s decision’

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday condemned the arrest of Hindu ISKCON monk Chinmay Krishna Das in Bangladesh, saying that she will support whatever decision the Centre takes on the issue.“Attacks on any religion are condemnable, we always ...

    29 November 2024 Indian Express
    ‘Relieved that Bangladesh court did not ban ISKCON but grave concern continues over atrocities on minorities’: Kolkata ISKCON vice president

    The Dhaka High Court on Thursday refused to pass a suo moto order to ban the International Society of Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in Bangladesh. A day before, a petitioner had appealed to the High Court for the ban and ...

    29 November 2024 Indian Express
    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
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