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  • 3 days after communal violence rocked Maheshtala, Bengal Police transfer local SDPO, inspector-in-charge  

    Three days after communal violence broke out in Maheshtala near Kolkata, the West Bengal Police Saturday transferred the sub-divisional police officer (SDPO) of Maheshtala.As per a notification of the West Bengal Police Directorate, a copy of which is with The ...

    15 June 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata’s Asutosh College to introduce 25 skill-oriented certificate courses

    The Kolkata-based Asutosh College has introduced 25 skill-oriented certificate courses from this academic year.According to college sources, these certificate courses will be conducted by different departments, and each course will be of 50 hours duration and spread over 12 ...

    15 June 2025 Indian Express
    TMC warns Anubrata Mondal, Kajal Sheikh against ‘infighting’ ahead of 2026 Assembly elections

    The Top leaders of the Trinamool Congress, including party state president Subrata Bakshi, met Anubrata Mondal and his party rival Kajal Sheikh on Saturday ahead of the July 21 Martyrs’ Day preparation meeting.The meeting, which took place at the ...

    15 June 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal Govt’s Matir Srishti Project transforms 42,000 acres of drought-hit land — with some help from farmers

    By Debasmita ChowdhuryWest Bengal’s Matir Srishti Project has transformed over 42,000 acres of degraded farmland into productive land without relying on contractors, officials said. Launched in 2020, this government initiative places farmers, organized into community-based organizations, at the heart ...

    15 June 2025 Indian Express
    Trafficking ring busted in Hyderabad, 2 minor girls rescued, 3 suspects held: Police

    By Debasmita ChowdhuryTWO MINOR girls, who were allegedly kidnapped and trafficked for prostitution to Hyderabad, have been rescued in a coordinated operation by the Prajwala organisation and the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit of the Hyderabad Police, officers said on Friday.The ...

    15 June 2025 Indian Express
    Basirhat police in Bengal arrest 22 ‘Rohingya people’ living in under-construction house

    Basirhat police in West Bengal on Friday arrested 22 people, including two pregnant women, alleged to be Rohingya after they recently started living in an under-construction house in Baduria.Sources with the police said that on Friday, residents of Labanga ...

    15 June 2025 Indian Express
    Over 200 obstacles flagged by authorities near Kolkata airport, posing safety risk during take-off and landing

    Even as the country mourns the loss of 241 lives in the Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad, the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) Airport in Kolkata continues to face a pressing concern: over 200 obstacles around its ...

    14 June 2025 Indian Express
    TMC district leaders to meet in Kolkata today, discuss July 21 Martyrs’ Day rally

    Trinamool Congress (TMC) state president Subrata Bakshi has called a meeting of all district-level leaders on Saturday at his residence to begin preparations for the party’s biggest annual event, the July 21 Martyrs’ Day rally.According to TMC sources, while ...

    14 June 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal: 2 days after clash, uneasy calm as Rabindranagar returns to normalcy

    AN UNEASY calm prevails in Rabindranagar and surrounding areas, including Maheshtala, days after Wednesday’s clashes. Residents remain largely indoors, with shops and markets shut, as a massive police deployment keeps a tight vigil over the affected localities.Prohibitory orders are ...

    14 June 2025 Indian Express
    Tagore’s Ancestral House vandalised in Bangladesh: Despicable, says India; Mamata asks PM to ‘build global pressure on Dhaka’ to act

    India on Thursday condemned the ransacking of the ancestral home of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore in Bangladesh by a mob, terming the violent attack a “disgrace” to the memory and inclusive philosophy espoused by the poet.West Bengal Chief Minister ...

    14 June 2025 Indian Express
    Day after clashes on Kolkata outskirts: 40 arrested, 7 FIRs registered

    At least 40 people have been arrested and seven FIRs have been registered within 24 hours of the clashes that broke out in the Rabindranagar area of Maheshtala in South 24 Parganas district, and soon spread to the adjacent ...

    14 June 2025 Indian Express
    ‘For 2 hrs, no cops came to rescue’: Residents recount violent afternoon

    “I was sitting in our cake shop when suddenly a mob came and started pelting stones. I was hit and started bleeding. However, I waited for the mob to leave… Only then was I rushed to the hospital,” 25-year-old ...

    14 June 2025 Indian Express
    Fireballs hurled at elephant calf as villagers chase herd in Bengal’s Jhargram, forest dept launches probe

    In a fresh incident of cruelty towards wild animals, fireballs were allegedly hurled at an elephant calf by villagers attempting to drive away a herd in West Bengal’s Jhargram district. The state forest department has launched an investigation and ...

    14 June 2025 Indian Express
    In the Assembly: Speaker rejects adjournment motion over Maheshtala, BJP walks out

    BJP legislators on Thursday staged a walk-out from the Assembly after Speaker Biman Banerjee rejected an adjournment motion brought by BJP legislators over the recent incidents of violence in Maheshtala and Murshidabad.“The matter is sub-judice, so it should not ...

    13 June 2025 Indian Express
    7 cases filed, 40 arrested after clashes on outskirts of Kolkata

    A total of seven cases have been registered and 40 individuals arrested in 24 hours after violent clashes broke out in the Rabindranagar area of South 24 Parganas district and the adjacent Nadiyal area.The unrest broke out on Tuesday ...

    13 June 2025 Indian Express
    TMC, BJP condemn vandalism at Tagore’s ancestral home in Bangladesh

    The ancestral home of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore in Bangladesh’s Sirajganj district was vandalised earlier this week following a confrontation between a visitor and museum staff, prompting strong condemnation from leaders across the political spectrum in West Bengal.The incident ...

    13 June 2025 Indian Express
    Unhappy with action-taken report on Anubrata Mondol, NCW says: ‘Add more sections, why was cell phone not seized?’

    The National Commission for Women (NCW) has sought a revised action taken report from Birbhum Superintendent of Police in connection with the case involving TMC leader Anubrata Mondal, who allegedly used abusive language against Bolpur inspector-in-charge Litan Halder and ...

    13 June 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal govt orders state schools to close on June 13, 14 due to heatwave

    With temperatures soaring across several districts of West Bengal, the state School Education Department on Wednesday issued a notification suspending teaching activities in all government, government-aided, and government-sponsored schools on June 13 and 14.The official notice read: “Considering the ...

    13 June 2025 Indian Express
    Clash on the outskirts of Kolkata leaves 5 cops injured; 4 arrested

    Bengal’s Maheshtala Clash Update: At least five policemen, including a woman cop, were injured and several vehicles set on fire as two groups clashed and indulged in stone-pelting on the outskirts of Kolkata on Wednesday afternoon. Police have arrested ...

    12 June 2025 Indian Express
    Video of TMC councillor’s street brawl with another woman goes viral, she blames ‘reckless driving’

    After a video of a street brawl involving two women, one being a TMC councillor, went viral, Panihati municipal authorities in North 24 Parganas said the incident would be investigated, and appropriate action would be taken.Local TMC councillor Srabanti ...

    12 June 2025 Indian Express
    Suvendu Adhikari claims 90% Muslims in new OBC list, TMC rejects charge: ‘BJP resorting to divide and rule ahead of polls’

    A day after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee rejected the allegations that her government was planning to give reservation based on religion, Leader of Opposition in Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday doubled down on the charge, claiming that new additions ...

    12 June 2025 Indian Express
    This placement season, IIT-Kharagpur gets 1,800 job offers, highest Rs 2.14 cr annual package

    The IIT-Kharagpur on Wednesday said that despite a “challenging global employment landscape”, the institute received 1,800 job offers, including 409 pre-placement offers (PPOs), and 25 international offers this placement season.“This placement season also witnessed nine students receiving offers exceeding ...

    12 June 2025 Indian Express
    Howrah Sex Racket: Mother-son duo held after five days on the run

    Howrah police on Wednesday said they have arrested 33-year-old Arian Khan and his mother Shweta, who allegedly kept a young woman in captivity and tortured her after she refused to act in pornographic videos. Police said they have also ...

    12 June 2025 Indian Express
    Project MISHTI to help conserve mangroves in Sunderbans: Minister

    Union minister Bhupender Yadav on Tuesday said that Project MISHTI initiative of the Central government would help conserve mangroves in coastal areas, including Sunderbans.The Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, who was addressing a press conference to ...

    12 June 2025 Indian Express
    Snan Yatra fever grips Digha: Mamata sends homegrown mangoes for bhog

    The sacred Snan Yatra festival commenced with great fervour at Jagannath Dham in Digha on Tuesday, marking a spiritually vibrant prelude to the forthcoming Rathayatra celebrations.The deities — Sri Sri Jagannath, Baladev, and Subhadra Devi — will be ceremoniously ...

    12 June 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Infiltration, violence, obstructed Central schemes’: Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav slams Bengal government ahead of 2026 Assembly elections

    Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav, addressing a press conference in a Kolkata hotel, launched a scathing attack on the West Bengal government, accusing it of perpetuating “unchecked infiltration, pervasive violence, and obstruction of Central welfare schemes”.With the 2026 Assembly elections ...

    11 June 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal Assembly Resolution on Pahalgam terror Attack: Mamata slams Centre, says ‘Total failure, colossal lapse in internal security’

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday demanded the resignation of the BJP government at the Centre over the Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 men, mostly tourists, were killed, calling it a “total failure of the government” ...

    11 June 2025 Indian Express
    West Bengal Assembly: No ‘Op Sindoor’ in resolution, BJP says ‘insult to armed forces’

    The West Bengal Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution condemning the terrorist attack in Pahalgam in which 26 men, mostly tourists, were killed by terrorists. The resolution, moved by Speaker Biman Banerjee, also thanked the armed forces for their ...

    11 June 2025 Indian Express
    Panoli complainant in 6-day police custody, Assam and Haryana police too seek to arrest him

    A court in Kolkata on Tuesday sent 30-year-old Wajahat Khan, arrested for alleged hate posts, to six days of police custody till June 16.Khan’s complaint had led to the arrest of 22-year-old social media influencer and law student Sharmishta ...

    11 June 2025 Indian Express
    Calcutta HC questions Bengal govt over monetary support to sacked non-teaching staff

    The Calcutta High Court on Monday reserved its judgment on a petition challenging the West Bengal government’s decision to provide monetary relief to Group C and D employees whose jobs were terminated by the Supreme Court in April this ...

    11 June 2025 Indian Express
    Protester in Bangladesh student stir is a voter in Bengal, BJP slams TMC

    Ahead of elections in West Bengal where allegations of fake voters have been gaining political traction, the Opposition BJP has hit out at the ruling TMC over a “Kakdwip voter” who took part during the students’ protest in neighbouring ...

    11 June 2025 Indian Express
    Mamata lays out new OBC list in West Bengal Assembly: ‘Backwardness to determine OBC status, not religion’

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, while laying out the interim report of the West Bengal Commission for Backward Classes in the state Assembly, said, “Some corner is trying to campaign that the state government is providing reservations on ...

    11 June 2025 Indian Express
    Wajahat Khan who lodged complaint against Sharmistha Panoli arrested in Kolkata

    The Kolkata Police on Monday arrested Wajahat Khan, the complainant in the case against law student and social media influencer Sharmistha Panoli who was arrested last month.Following Panoli’s arrest, at least five complaints were filed against Khan (30), across ...

    11 June 2025 Indian Express
    After Calcutta High Court order, 15-year-old eligible to get surname of stepfather

    In Bengal, a 15-year-old’s parents had separated the year he was born, 2010, and their marriage was dissolved by a civil court decree in September 2016. The only link he had to his biological father was his surname.In March ...

    10 June 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Children should speak freely, we get to learn from them’: West Bengal Minister Shashi Panja urges parents and teachers

    Written by Debasmita Chowdhury “Children should be able to speak freely. The more they speak, the more they will make mistakes and learn. We, as elders, also get to learn from them,” said Shashi Panja, West Bengal Minister of Women ...

    10 June 2025 Indian Express
    South Bengal braces for peak heat as it waits for monsoon; North Bengal sees early rain

    Southern West Bengal is set to experience the peak of its current heatwave and discomfort this week, with temperatures expected to rise further. The IMD warns that high water vapour content will exacerbate discomfort in coastal and adjacent districts.There ...

    10 June 2025 Indian Express
    ‘What an experience’: Howrah station to Shantiniketan — Chinese Ambassador to India takes his first train journey in country

    The Chinese Ambassador to India, Xu Feihong, took his first-ever train journey in the country on Monday, travelling from Howrah station to Shantiniketan. He is scheduled to stay for two days at Visva-Bharati University in Shantiniketan, Bolpur, under Birbhum ...

    10 June 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal: ‘How can PM take credit for Operation Sindoor’ — Hakim’s remarks spark row, BJP says ‘insult’

    KOLKATA MAYOR and State Urban Development and Municipal Affairs minister Firhad Hakim sparked a controversy on Saturday after his remarks targeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in connection with Operation Sindoor.The BJP reacted sharply, alleging that the TMC leader “insulted” ...

    9 June 2025 Indian Express
    West Bengal reports 26 more Covid-19 cases, 2 babies admitted to Kolkata hospital

    West Bengal recorded 26 new Covid-19 cases Sunday, taking the total number of active cases in the state to 622. The highest number of active cases in Kerala has been recorded Kerala, with 1,806 cases. This is followed by ...

    9 June 2025 Indian Express
    Rumours of attack on Assam Police not true, extending all assistance to arrest Wajahat Khan: Kolkata police

    The Kolkata police Saturday said they have been cooperating with the Assam Police in efforts to arrest Wajahat Khan Qadri, who has been booked for hate speech for his alleged communal posts on social media and absconding. Khan’s complaint ...

    9 June 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal: Mother-son duo ‘tortured woman, forced her into prostitution’, absconding

    Police have launched a search operation for a mother-son duo accused of allegedly torturing and assaulting a woman in their residence in Domjur in Howrah district and also forcing her into prostitution for nearly five months, an official said ...

    9 June 2025 Indian Express
    Finally, Kolkata’s Alipore Zoo to introduce cloakroom facility for visitors

    To enhance visitor convenience and streamline guest experience, the Alipore Zoological Garden in Kolkata is set to introduce a dedicated cloakroom facility within its premises. The much-awaited initiative will be installed ahead of the upcoming Durga Puja season.West Bengal ...

    9 June 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal reports 58 active Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours; 10-month-old child in ICU

    On Saturday, West Bengal recorded 58 more Covid-19 cases, taking the total number of active cases in the state to 622.With this, the state became the fourth-highest Covid-positive state in the country, only after Kerala, Gujarat, and Delhi.According to ...

    8 June 2025 Indian Express
    Row over TMC MLA’s remarks on Operation Sindoor; party distances itself

    Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Narendranath Chakraborty has sparked a controversy by allegedly saying that Operation Sindoor was “…warmongering initiated by the BJP.”The BJP minority cell filed an FIR against Chakraborty, who represents the Pandabeswar seat in Paschim Bardhaman district, ...

    8 June 2025 Indian Express
    Resolution on Pahalgam terror attack in the offing as Bengal monsoon session to begin from Monday

    West Bengal Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee is set to introduce a resolution in the coming monsoon session that will begin on Monday, condemning the terrorist attack in Pahalgam, in Jammu and Kashmir and commend the Army’s response in the ...

    8 June 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal BJP alleges state govt passes off sweets from local shops as Digha Jagannath Dham ‘prasad’; minister denies

    Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Friday alleged the Trinamool Congress government is distributing “sweets from local shops” as “prasad” of the Digha Jagannath temple, and has accused the administration of playing with the sentiments ...

    7 June 2025 Indian Express
    Murshidabad violence: Police file chargesheet, name 13 in murder of father and son

    The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the West Bengal Police, probing brutal murders of father-son duo during the communal violence that broke out in Murshidabad district in April, on Friday filed a 983-page chargesheet against 13 individuals.Hargobindo Das (72) ...

    7 June 2025 Indian Express
    Kaliganj Assembly Bypoll: Cell phone ban at polling stations; service voters can cast ballots electronically

    Ahead of the June 19 by-election to the 80-Kaliganj Assembly Constituency, the election authorities in Nadia district are in full swing with preparations, to ensure a smooth and fair polling process.The Election Commission has officially communicated the date and ...

    7 June 2025 Indian Express
    Sikkim lanslide: 63 stranded tourists airlifted in 2 batches, 15 still missing

    In a concerted effort to ensure the safety of tourists amidst challenging weather conditions, the government of Sikkim successfully airlifted 63 stranded tourists from Chaten to Pakyong Greenfield Airport on Thursday, officials said.Landslides and flash floods caused by heavy ...

    7 June 2025 Indian Express
    Mamata to visit Delhi next Monday, may meet PM Modi

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to visit New Delhi on June 9 and may meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi. She is likely to return on June 11.Sources at Nabanna, the state secretariat, said that the CM’s ...

    7 June 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal battles 3,30,000 tonnes of annual plastic waste; escalates campaign for single-use plastic ban

    Facing the challenge of generating a staggering 1,000 tonnes of plastic waste daily, the West Bengal government is stepping up its efforts to combat plastic pollution, with a strong emphasis on eliminating single-use plastics (SUPs) across the state. Initiatives ...

    7 June 2025 Indian Express
    Booked for abusing police officer: TMC leader Anubrata Mondal appears before police after 7 days, cell phone inspected by police

    Senior Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Anubrata Mondal on Thursday appeared before the police in Bolpur, seven days after being summoned in connection with a case related to the alleged use of derogatory and abusive language during a telephonic conversation ...

    7 June 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Huge business… has come to a halt’: Traders hit by Delhi’s curbs on import of readymade garments from Bangladesh

    Bangladesh’s readymade garment industry, a major foreign exchange earner and employer, faces uncertainty after India imposed new restrictions, impacting consignments worth thousands of crores that previously passed through Petrapole, the country’s largest land port.This year on May 17 India ...

    7 June 2025 Indian Express
    Hate posts: Calcutta HC grants interim bail to influencer, asks police to provide her protection

    The Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted interim bail to 22-year-old law student and social media influencer Sharmistha Panoli, who was arrested for hurting religious sentiments by her alleged communal posts.Granting the interim bail on a security bond of ...

    6 June 2025 Indian Express
    Jolt to Congress in north, Darjeeling unit chief joins TMC

    In a jolt to the Congress ahead of the next year’s Assembly elections in the state, its one of the popular faces in north Bengal and district party president of Darjeeling, Sankar Malakar, joined the ruling TMC on Wednesday.“I ...

    6 June 2025 Indian Express
    In West Bengal, nearly 50% of school children did not eat mid-day meal in 2024-25, Centre seeks report

    A sharp decline in the number of students availing the Mid-Day Meal (PM-POSHAN) in West Bengal — 10 lakh fewer students availing the scheme in 2025-26 as compared to 2023-24 – points to increasing school dropouts in the state.According ...

    6 June 2025 Indian Express
    US-based firms keen to set shops in state: Govt

    US Consul General Katherine Giles-Diaz on Wednesday met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at Nabanna, the state secretariat. According to officials in the government, the meeting was on a proposed semiconductor manufacturing unit in West Bengal.According to the ...

    6 June 2025 Indian Express
    Arrested for hate posts | Influencer Sharmishta Panoli’s father says she didn’t run away: ‘Was in touch with police till May 26’

    The father of 22-year-old social media influencer and law student Sharmishta Panoli on Wednesday rejected Kolkata Police’s claim that she had run away after police served her notice following the registration of an FIR against her for hate speech. ...

    5 June 2025 Indian Express
    Sikkim landslides: All tourists evacuated from Lachen, cut off from rest; rain hampers relief

    Even as the search for six persons, who had gone missing after a landslide struck a military camp in Chaten in north Sikkim, continues, officials in Gangtok said that all the tourists stranded in Lachen have been moved out.“All ...

    5 June 2025 Indian Express
    14 year old boy hanged upside down and given electric shock allegedly for ‘stealing cellphone’; one arrested

    A 14-year-old boy was allegedly tortured at a jeans dyeing factory in Maheshtala, South 24 Parganas, near Kolkata, on suspicion of stealing the factory owner’s mobile phone, police officials said.The boy who works as a worker at the factory ...

    5 June 2025 Indian Express
    2 held for murder of youth who objected to their drunk ruckus

    After a youth was allegedly beaten to death for opposing a group of drunkards who were creating a public nuisance on Sunday night, there has been tension in the Bakultala area of Jaynagar in South 24 Parganas district. Police ...

    5 June 2025 Indian Express
    Seven-month-old baby COVID-positive in Bengal, as state reports 432 active cases as of June 4

    West Bengal reported 60 fresh COVID-19 cases on Wednesday since Tuesday, bringing the total of the state’s active cases to 432.On Tuesday, a seven month-old in a private hospital in Bengal tested positive. The child’s mother is also symptomatic ...

    5 June 2025 Indian Express
    Wajahat Khan, whose complaint led to arrest of influencer Panoli, booked for hate speech by Kolkata Police

    Wajahat Khan, whose complaint led to the arrest of law student and social media influencer Sharmishta Panoli, has been booked by the Kolkata Police for hate speech for his alleged communal posts on social media. He, however, has been ...

    5 June 2025 Indian Express
    Thunderstorms to hit West Bengal on June 4 and 5: IMD

    The IMD in Kolkata has forecast adverse thunderstorms over several districts of West Bengal between June 4 and 5.The warning follows the persistence of an upper air cyclonic circulation, which was positioned over east Bihar on June 3 and ...

    5 June 2025 Indian Express
    Rescue op continues amid rough weather, stranded tourists airlifted from North Sikkim

    Amid inclement weather, the search and rescue operation continued in full swing on Tuesday in North Sikkim, which has been hit by torrential rains and landslides for the past six days. Lachen, Lachung, Chungthang, and Phidang are the worst-hit ...

    4 June 2025 Indian Express
    Calcutta High Court to hear petition against SSC notification for fresh recruitment of 35,726 teachers

    A petition was filed Tuesday before the Calcutta High Court’s vacation bench of Justice Partha Sarathi Chatterjee to challenge the latest notification issued by the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) for the recruitment of 35,726 teachers.The petitioner Lubana ...

    4 June 2025 Indian Express
    Calcutta HC denies interim bail for Sharmishta Panoli; orders police to produce case diary

    Stating that in a country of “remarkable diversity, freedom of speech and expression doesn’t mean one can go on hurting others”, the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday rejected the interim bail application of 22-year-old social media influencer Sharmishta Panoli, ...

    4 June 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata: PM politicising Op Sindoor for poll gains, charge Left & Congress leaders

    Demanding a special Parliament session to discuss the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people were killed, the Congress and Left leaders on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of politicising Operation Sindoor, and alleged that his ...

    4 June 2025 Indian Express
    West Bengal reports first Covid-19 death of this year

    West Bengal reported its first COVID-related death in 2025 on Tuesday, as India recorded five fatalities and 4,026 active cases, as per the Ministry of Health. The spike is attributed to a highly transmissible new variant.In Kolkata, a 43-year-old ...

    4 June 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal: Cabinet nod to add 76 more castes to OBC list, make Farakka a subdivision

    The West Bengal Cabinet on Monday gave approval to include 76 new castes to the Other Backward Class (OBC) list and make Murshidabad district’s Farakka a new subdivision, an official said.The new castes would be added to the existing ...

    4 June 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Wish I could have done better’: Devdutta Majhi, female topper in JEE Advanced with AIR 16

    Devdutta Majhi from the IIT Kharagpur zone has emerged as the top female topper in the JEE Advanced, bagging an All India Rank of 16, scoring 312 marks in the Common Rank List.Hailing from Katwa, her success comes as ...

    3 June 2025 Indian Express
    Arrest of student for communal posts: Getting threats in jail, influencer tells court

    Sharmishta Panoli, the 22-year-old law student and social media content creator arrested for allegedly posting communal posts, on Monday filed a petition in Alipore court here, seeking “adequate protection” and claimed that she was receiving “multiple threats from other ...

    3 June 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal logs 44 fresh Covid cases, India’s second highest single-day spike after Delhi

    West Bengal on Monday recorded 44 fresh cases of Covid-19, the second highest single-day spike in the number of infections in the country after Delhi which logged 47 cases.With this, the total number of active cases of the disease ...

    3 June 2025 Indian Express
    Pune law student arrest: BJP leaders criticise Kolkata Police, flag lack of action ‘against TMC leaders when they abuse Sanatan Dharma’

    Bengal BJP leaders criticised the Kolkata Police for their ‘proactiveness’ in arresting law student Sharmishta Panoli over her purported communal post.Panoli was arrested in Gurgaon by the Kolkata Police on Friday, brought to the Bengal capital on transit remand, ...

    3 June 2025 Indian Express
    Amit Shah in Kolkata: TMC demands Shah to quit over Pahalgam

    The Trinamool Congress has demanded Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s resignation over the Pahalgam incident in Jammu and Kashmir, and called on the senior BJP leader to take responsibility for “all the failures” that led to the terrorist attack.Amit ...

    3 June 2025 Indian Express
    Three soldiers killed, 6 missing as landslide hits Army camp in Sikkim

    Three Army personnel were killed and six of their colleagues went missing after a landslide triggered by heavy rainfall hit a military camp in Sikkim’s Lachen district on Sunday evening, a defence official said.Soon after the incident, the Army ...

    3 June 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata Police defends arrest of social media influencer: ‘Hate speech should not be misconstrued as free speech’

    As BJP and other leaders questioned the arrest of 22-year-old content creator Sharmishta Panoli for her controversial social media post, the Kolkata Police on Sunday defended its action, saying “hate speech should not be misconstrued as freedom of speech”.In ...

    3 June 2025 Indian Express
    TMC leader Anubrata Mondal skips police summons again, cites health reasons; lawyer alleges conspiracy

    Trinamool Congress leader Anubrata Mondal Sunday skipped the summons sent by the Bolpur subdivisional police for the second consecutive day. The police summoned him for questioning in connection with an audio clip in which he was purportedly heard using ...

    2 June 2025 Indian Express
    New CFSL building in Rajarhat will bolster evidence-based justice across eastern India: Amit Shah

    Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated a new building of the Central Forensic Science Lab (CFSL) at Rajarhat in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district and said it was a significant step towards building a data- and evidence-based justice ...

    2 June 2025 Indian Express
    From Covid-19 frontlines to inflight heroism: Kolkata’s Doli Biswas wins National Florence Nightingale Award

    Written By Adrija DattaDoli Biswas, Chief Nursing Officer at Fortis Hospital, Anandapur, Kolkata, has been honoured with the prestigious National Florence Nightingale Award 2025 for her service and dedication to the field of nursing. The award was presented by ...

    2 June 2025 Indian Express
    Law student arrested from Gurgaon home by Kolkata police over her social media post

    Influencer Sharmishta Panoli Arrest: The Kolkata police on Friday afternoon arrested a 22-year-old law student from her Gurgaon residence over an allegedly objectionable social media post. The woman, Sharmistha Panoli, is a student of Symbiosis International University, Pune, and ...

    2 June 2025 Indian Express
    Pakistan spy case: NIA searches 3 locations in Kolkata, travel agency owner summoned

    In the National Investigation Agency (NIA) raids conducted across the country in connection with the arrests linked to Pakistan espionage case, searches were conducted at three locations in Kolkata on Saturday. The officials also summoned a travel agency owner ...

    2 June 2025 Indian Express
    Two-day visit: Shah in Kolkata today, to hold meet with eye on 2026 polls

    Two days after Prime Minister Modi’s visit to Alipurduar district in West Bengal, Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to arrive in Kolkata on Saturday night.According to sources in the state BJP, Shah during his two-day visit, is ...

    2 June 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal man roams the streets of Basanti with the severed head of his sister-in-law, surrenders at the local police station

    The residents of Basanti in the South 24 Parganas witnessed the horrifying sight of a man carrying a severed head of a woman in one hand and a chopper in the other hand on Saturday morning.The deceased has been ...

    1 June 2025 Indian Express
    Congress announces Kabil Uddin Sheikh as candidate for Kaliganj bypoll; Left Front to support

    After a series of talks, the Left Front and the Congress have agreed to jointly fight the Kaliganj Assembly bypoll in West Bengal which is slated to be held on June 19. On Saturday, the Congress announced Kabil Uddin ...

    1 June 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata police arrest law student from Gurgaon for social media remarks on Operation Sindoor

    A 22-year-old law student from Pune was arrested by the Kolkata police from Gurgaon on Friday afternoon for allegedly hurting religious sentiments with her remarks on Operation Sindoor on social media.The police identified the student as Sharmistha Panoli. A ...

    1 June 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal: Man held for killing parents, police looking into ‘extremist links’

    The police, investigating the double murder of a couple in Memari, North 24 Parganas, are also looking into the “disturbing transformation” of the accused — the couple’s 35-year-old son Humayun Kabir, who once worked as an engineer in Delhi.Police ...

    31 May 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal: Nabanna protest march bid foiled as police detain over 100 teachers

    AROUND 100 teachers who had organised a protest rally “Nabanna Abhiyan”, to the state secretariat, were detained on Friday by the police before the rally began, at three different locations — Salt Lake, Sealdah station and Esplanade. They were ...

    31 May 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal: Governor resumes duties at Raj Bhavan, outlines new outreach initiatives

    Governor CV Ananda Bose resumed his duties at Raj Bhavan on Thursday after a brief hospitalisation in April and May, having been declared fit by doctors. He’s now refocusing on public outreach.Notably, Governor Bose ensured administrative efficiency during his ...

    31 May 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal CM hits out at BJP, shares data on govt’s work in Alipurduar

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday lashed out at the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi by sharing data on development work done by her government in Alipurduar district – the same constituency where PM targeted the TMC.In a ...

    31 May 2025 Indian Express
    Heavy rain likely in North Bengal over next 24 hours, moderate showers expected in Kolkata

    Written by Sharadiya MitraHeavy rain is expected to hit North Bengal over the next 24 hours, even as the depression over Bangladesh has moved north-northeastwards, according to a statement issued by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday. Kolkata ...

    31 May 2025 Indian Express
    Scanned images of OMR sheets for teachers’ exams to be kept for 10 yrs, says Bengal govt

    In an apparent bid to prevent future controversies, West Bengal’s School Education department has announced a series of reforms for the upcoming teacher recruitment examination. According to a notification on Thursday, scanned images of the OMR (Optical Mark Recognition) ...

    31 May 2025 Indian Express
    India’s first living plant encyclopedia to come up in Bengal — courtesy Shibpur Botanical Garden

    In a major boost to botanical research and education, the Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanical Garden in Shibpur, in Howrah,  is set to unveil the country’s first dedicated Plant Taxonomy Section; an unique living encyclopaedia of India’s plant ...

    31 May 2025 Indian Express
    ‘My paan shop is also my writing desk’: Meet Pintu Pohan, Bengali author of over 200 works

    Written by Adrija DattaIn the heart of Behala’s Madanmohan Tala, amid the hum of traffic and chatter, stands a small paan shop with an extraordinary tale. Behind its humble counter is 47-year-old Pintu Pohan — a prolific Bengali writer ...

    31 May 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal college admissions in limbo: 2024 HC order on OBC certificates causes delay

    The fate of 4,82,948 students who appeared for the Higher Secondary (Uccha Madhyamik) exams in Bengal remains uncertain, as undergraduate admissions through the Centralised Admission Portal (CAP) to around 460 government colleges and universities across the state have been ...

    30 May 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Break your bones’ : Cab driver, aide held for ‘threatening’ US travel vlogger at Kolkata airport

    THE BIDHANNAGAR police on Thursday arrested a taxi driver and his accomplice for allegedly threatening a US tourist after he landed at the Kolkata airport. The police action came after the tourist, Dustin, uploaded a video of a purported ...

    30 May 2025 Indian Express
    Deep depression triggers heavy rain & rough seas; control room on alert

    A day after the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said that the state is likely to recieve widespread rainfall, accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning and issued a yellow alert for some districts in the state, rains lashed south Bengal, on Thursday ...

    30 May 2025 Indian Express
    Railways’ Sealdah division readies monsoon action plan

    By Debasmita ChowdhuryThe Sealdah Division of the Indian Railways has rolled out a comprehensive monsoon action plan to keep trains running safely and to ensure the safety of passengers, during the monsoon season.  The division has implemented measures to ...

    30 May 2025 Indian Express
    Chargesheet filed in Tangra triple murder case, minor son ‘provided key testimony’

    The Kolkata Police have filed a chargesheet against two brothers, Prasun Dey and Pranay Dey, in connection with the February triple murder of three female members of their family. According to sources, police are relying heavily on the testimony ...

    30 May 2025 Indian Express
    Mamata hits back: ‘PM using Operation Sindoor as poll plank to gain political mileage’

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks at a public meeting in Alipurduar, claiming that he is looking to gain “political mileage” out of Operation Sindoor and “using it as ...

    30 May 2025 Indian Express
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