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Man gets life term for minor’s rape-murder
A LOCAL court on Tuesday sentenced an e-rickshaw driver, Saumitra Roy, to life imprisonment for the rape and murder of a minor girl. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on the convict, pointing out that failure ...
29 August 2025 Indian ExpressCalcutta University sticks to its guns, conducts exams on TMC student wing’s Foundation Day
Calcutta University went ahead with the fourth-semester exams for graduate students Thursday amid controversy over their scheduling coinciding with the Foundation Day of the Trinamool Congress’s student wing, the Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP).Interim Vice Chancellor Shanta Dutta De said ...
29 August 2025 Indian ExpressKolkata Metro launches TETRA communication system to minimise disruptions, ensure safe travel
Travelling on Kolkata’s Metro just got safer with authorities launching a new Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) communication system on the Blue and Yellow Lines on Wednesday.This new tech will add to the safety aspects, especially for the sections of ...
29 August 2025 Indian ExpressHC on Durga Puja grant: Only clubs that gave last year’s utilisation certificates to get funds
The Calcutta High Court ordered on Wednesday that only those Durga Puja clubs that submitted utilisation certificates for the grant, provided by the West Bengal government, would receive the amount this year.The division bench of Justices Sujoy Paul and ...
28 August 2025 Indian ExpressAmid protests, CU to hold exams on TMC student wing’s foundation day today
Calcutta University (CU) has decided to go ahead with the fourth-semester examinations for B. Com and B.A. LLB scheduled for August 28, the same day as the Trinamool Congress student wing’s (TMCP) foundation-day events, after the university syndicate resolved ...
28 August 2025 Indian ExpressAmid furore over teen’s ‘abduction’ in Darjeeling, police announce Rs 2 lakh reward for leads
AROUND 5:30 pm on August 23, a 14-year-old boy was allegedly abducted from a forest village in Darjeeling district. A day later, the teenager’s disappearance snowballed into public outrage, including road blockades and protests, followed by the Opposition accusing ...
28 August 2025 Indian ExpressAutopsy confirms 3 bullet wounds, search on: Police in college student murder
Krishnanagar police are looking for Deshraj Singh, the primary suspect in the murder of 19-year-old college student Ishita Mallick. The murder took place inside her home in Manikpara on Sunday afternoon.According to police, an initial post-mortem report said Mallick ...
28 August 2025 Indian ExpressEvocative scenes from Pahalgam, hat tip to Operation Sindoor: Ganesh Chaturthi pandal in Kolkata adds a patriotic touch
The Ganesh Chaturthi celebration by an apartment complex in Kolkata honours those who were killed in the Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir on April 22 and Operation Sindoor.The pandal by the Executive Palace Apartment Owners’ Association on ...
28 August 2025 Indian Express‘Scared of police, don’t want to leave Bengal,’ says 19-year-old accused of being illegal immigrant and sent to Bangladesh
Weeks after he was accused of being an illegal immigrant and pushed to Bangladesh before being brought back to India this month, Malda resident Amir Sheikh was present at the Calcutta High Court Wednesday where his counsel sought compensation ...
28 August 2025 Indian ExpressCalling us thieves an insult to Bengal, don’t expect this from a PM: Mamata during Bardhaman visit
Hitting out at Narendra Modi for calling her and her party, the TMC, “thieves” during his last week’s visit to West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that she did not expect such words from a prime ...
28 August 2025 Indian ExpressSuvendu Adhikari hits out at Mamata Banerjee government for ‘neglecting Adivasi community’
The Leader of the Opposition in West Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari, on Tuesday hit out at the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) government for neglecting the Adivasi community in the state, alleging that they were being deprived of their rights and ...
28 August 2025 Indian Express‘Trinamool chor’: Day after TMC MLA Jiban Krishna Saha’s arrest, BJP claims he’s ‘collector’ for top leaders
A day after the Enforcement Directorate arrested Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Jiban Krishna Saha after he tried to escape by jumping the boundary wall of his house and throwing his mobile phone into the bushes, the Leader of the ...
27 August 2025 Indian ExpressAfter 4 decades, Zoological Survey of India records discovery of 2 new springtail species in West Bengal
Written by Parthivee MukherjiBeneath our feet, in the dark layers of the soil we rarely notice, live some of nature’s most vital yet invisible workers. This week, scientists at the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) announced the discovery of ...
27 August 2025 Indian ExpressAre you letting out house or hiring domestic help in Kolkata? First, fill out these forms issued by police
The Kolkata police Monday made the verification of tenants and domestic help mandatory for residents in the wake of the murder of an older woman in New Garia allegedly by a woman caregiver and her accomplice.The Kolkata police’s Facebook ...
27 August 2025 Indian ExpressPriests ready, budgets set: from Australia to Canada, Bengalis worldwide finalise Plans for Durga Puja celebrations
Durga Puja, the quintessence of Bengal’s cultural spirit, has long travelled with its diaspora, transforming community halls across continents into extensions of Kolkata’s pandals. This year, the celebrations in Australia, the United Kingdom, and Canada reflect how rituals, nostalgia, ...
27 August 2025 Indian ExpressTMC MP Abhishek Banerjee reaches Calcutta HC, files counter affidavit to petition challenging his 2024 poll victory
Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee reached the Calcutta High Court on Monday to sign some documents before submitting a counter affidavit against an election petition filed in connection with his massive poll victory from Diamond Harbour constituency in ...
26 August 2025 Indian ExpressCollege student shot dead in her house by ‘ex-friend’ in Bengal’s Nadia
A 19-year-old college student was shot dead at point-blank range allegedly by a man whom she was in a relationship with, in her house in Manikpara locality of Nadia district’s Krishnanagar area on Monday, police said.The victim was reportedly ...
26 August 2025 Indian Express‘Handing probe to CBI will make it a gallery show’: Calcutta High Court on Khejuri murders
While hearing a PIL seeking a CBI probe into the alleged murder of two BJP workers in Khejuri in July this year, the Calcutta High Court on Monday observed that handing over the probe to the CBI will make ...
26 August 2025 Indian ExpressKolkata and other South Bengal districts to see week-long wet spell, thundershowers expected: IMD
Written by Anisha Ghosh The southern districts of West Bengal are set to witness a prolonged spell of wet weather, with light to moderate rain and thundershowers expected over the coming week, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Monday.For ...
26 August 2025 Indian ExpressVeteran Bengali actor and former BJP leader Joy Banerjee passes away at 62
Veteran Bengali actor and former BJP leader Joy Banerjee passed away at the age of 62 on Monday. He was admitted to a private hospital in Kolkata on August 15 due to breathing problems and was diagnosed with pneumonia. ...
26 August 2025 Indian ExpressSchool jobs scam: ED arrests TMC MLA after he ‘jumps wall, throws phone into bushes’
The Enforcement Directorate on Monday arrested Trinamool Congress MLA Jibankrishna Saha from his residence in Burwan block of West Bengal’s Murshidabad district following a raid lasting nearly five hours in connection with the investigation into the School Service Commission ...
26 August 2025 Indian ExpressCalcutta HC seeks list of clubs that failed to submit utilisation certificates of Puja grant, tells govt to submit it in 48 hours
The Calcutta High Court on Monday asked the West Bengal government to submit an affidavit within 48 hours on how many clubs submitted utilisation certificates of last year’s Durga Puja grant from the government and whether the state government ...
26 August 2025 Indian ExpressKolkata college rape was filmed, phones of accused had videos of victim: Chargesheet
The chargesheet submitted by the Kolkata Police in connection with a rape case at a law college in Kolkata stated that the prime accused, 31-year-old Monojit Mishra, had made several videos of the student, including that of the June ...
25 August 2025 Indian ExpressCalcutta HC judge flags: ‘Nowadays, post-mortem reports not to the satisfaction of the court even at the basic level’
Justice Tirthankar Ghosh of the Calcutta High Court on Sunday said that post-mortem reports nowadays were “not to the satisfaction of the court at the basic level”.Speaking at the launch of a two-year postgraduate programme in Criminology and Criminal ...
25 August 2025 Indian ExpressBengal teacher assault case: Prime accused arrested; police say eyewitnesses confirm that objection to public drinking led to attack
The West Bengal Police Sunday night arrested the prime accused in the assault of a drawing teacher at Belgharia in the North 24 Parganas district.He has been identified as Bijoy Notto alias Papai, who was allegedly the first person ...
25 August 2025 Indian ExpressAfter cancelled recruitment, frisking and CCTV must for Bengal SSC exams; deputy magistrates in charge of centres
Officials said the West Bengal Government was making foolproof arrangements to ensure the smooth conduct of the School Service Commission examinations scheduled for September 7 and 14, following the judicial cancellation of the previous recruitment process over widespread irregularities ...
25 August 2025 Indian ExpressBengal BJP worker’s murder: Viral video gives more ammo for Opposition to target TMC
Following the death of a 22-year-old BJP booth president, Rajib Biswas, in Baruipur in the South 24 Parganas district, a political firestorm has erupted in West Bengal. The BJP claims that he was murdered by supporters of the ruling ...
25 August 2025 Indian ExpressBengal: Teacher ‘beaten up’ for objecting to drinking in public, one arrested
A drawing teacher, Nirupam Pal, was allegedly beaten up by around eight youths, including a girl, in Nandannagar, Belgharia, for protesting against their public consumption of alcohol on Saturday morning, police said.The Belgharia Police have arrested one girl and ...
25 August 2025 Indian ExpressKolkata law college rape case: Police files chargesheet
THE KOLKATA Police on Saturday submitted a chargesheet in connection with a rape case at a law college in Kolkata. The move comes within 58 days of the alleged incident.According to sources, the chargesheet is around 650 pages with ...
25 August 2025 Indian ExpressCBI raids TMC MLA’s house in RG Kar financial ‘irregularities’ case
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday night raided the house of Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Dr Sudipta Ray in connection with their probe into alleged financial irregularities at the RG Kar Medical College & Hospital, in Kolkata.Ray, ...
25 August 2025 Indian ExpressCaregiver, aide held for murder of 79-year-old woman at Kolkata apartment
THE KOLKATA Police arrested two people – a woman caregiver and her male aide – on Saturday in connection with the robbery and murder of a 79-year-old woman, Bijaya Das, at her New Garia Co-operative Housing Society flat, authorities ...
24 August 2025 Indian ExpressKolkata Police nab ayah, her partner for murder of septuagenarian woman in New Garia
Written by Anisha GhoshThe Kolkata Police Saturday arrested two people in connection with the recent murder of a septuagenarian woman at her New Garia residence. The woman’s husband was found bound and unconscious under a bed.The arrested accused have ...
24 August 2025 Indian ExpressKolkata Metro to run 366 trains across three lines – check timings
Kolkata Metro Inauguration: The inauguration of three new metro lines in Kolkata on Friday has significantly improved connectivity in the ‘City of Joy.’ It is also a gift for the people of Kolkata ahead of Durga Puja, enabling them ...
24 August 2025 Indian ExpressIIT Kharagpur opens Manekshaw Centre of Excellence to boost indigenous defence innovation
On its 75th Foundation Day, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur inaugurated the Manekshaw Centre of Excellence for National Security Studies and Research on August 18, a landmark initiative to strengthen indigenous defence innovation and national security. The ...
24 August 2025 Indian ExpressBengal likely to get 14,000 extra polling booths; final decision after all-party meet next week
The West Bengal chief electoral officer (CEO) has decided to increase the number of booths in the state by nearly 14,000. While the CEO’s office has prepared a draft list of the new booths, a final decision will be ...
24 August 2025 Indian Express‘He was not a Muslim hater,’ Gopal Mukherjee’s grandson ahead of ‘The Bengal Files’ release
Sitting in their 200-year-old ancestral home at Malanga Lane in Central Kolkata, Shantanu Mukherjee, the grandson of Gopal Mukherjee, who is popularly known as Gopal Patha, tells Indian Express that the family never had any issues with any one ...
24 August 2025 Indian ExpressMamata skips PM’s event, writes ‘nostalgic’ post; Adhikari hits back
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee skipped Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Metro rail project inauguration programme on Friday, only to later post a nostalgic note on her social media handle, which led to sharp reactions from Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari.Banerjee ...
23 August 2025 Indian ExpressWBJEE 2025: ‘Don’t sacrifice everything for studies’, says topper Aniruddha Chakrabarti
Aniruddha Chakrabarti of Don Bosco School, Park Circus, and Samyajyoti Biswas of Kalyani Central Model School have clinched the first and second ranks respectively in the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination (WBJEE) 2025, the results of which were announced ...
23 August 2025 Indian ExpressED case: Calcutta HC grants interim bail to former UCO Bank chairman Subodh Goel on ‘medical grounds’
The Calcutta High Court on Friday granted interim bail to Subodh Kumar Goel, former chairman of UCO Bank, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in May in connection with a money laundering probe.The single bench of Justice ...
23 August 2025 Indian ExpressKolkata set for another damp weekend; IMD warns of intermittent rain, thunderstorms
Written by Parthivee MukherjiAfter a night of steady downpours, Kolkata woke up to a Friday laden with grey skies and drizzle as the city continues to remain under the influence of the August monsoon. According to the latest forecast ...
23 August 2025 Indian ExpressPM launches three Metro routes in Kolkata: ‘Development boost for state’
PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated several pivotal infrastructure projects in Kolkata, marking a significant leap in the city’s connectivity and urban development. The projects, including three new sections of the Kolkata Metro and a six-lane elevated expressway, ...
23 August 2025 Indian ExpressIn Kolkata, PM slams TMC, promises to end ‘infiltration & corruption’
PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi on Friday launched a sharp attack on the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) government in West Bengal, accusing it of “corruption, misrule and obstructing Bengal’s development” despite the Centre providing funds.Addressing a rally in Dum Dum, ...
23 August 2025 Indian Express‘Pushed back’, pregnant Bengal woman now lands up in jail in Bangladesh; slapped with Foreigners Act
A DAY after her arrest in Bangladesh, a woman from West Bengal who is eight months pregnant was produced in a court in that country, along with others, and sent to judicial custody. The Bangladesh Police slapped sections under ...
23 August 2025 Indian ExpressElderly woman found dead; husband ‘bound under bed unconscious’ in Kolkata co-operative housing society
Written by Anisha GhoshA 79-year-old woman was found dead and her husband injured in New Garia Co-operative Housing Society, Kolkata early on Friday morning, police said.The Panchasayar police station received information at around 6:25 am that a woman was ...
23 August 2025 Indian ExpressWBJEE 2025 results out, after 4 months of uncertainty due to OBC list dispute
Written by Parthivee MukherjiAfter months of uncertainty, the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination (WBJEE) 2025 results were finally announced on Friday, nearly four months after the exam was conducted on April 27. The publication of results had been delayed ...
23 August 2025 Indian Express‘Decided to speak in French, but I don’t know French’: Amartya Sen’s jibe amid language row
Renowned economist Amartya Sen on Friday expressed concern over the rising linguistic intolerance in the country, especially against Bengali speaking people in various states.Referring to media reports that Bengali-speaking persons of West Bengal are being pushed to Bangladesh on ...
23 August 2025 Indian ExpressSubmit report on stray dog control measures in 4 wks: HC to civic bodies
The Calcutta High Court has directed the State and civic bodies to submit reports on the implementation of the Animal Birth Control (ABC) Rules, 2023, within four weeks.A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed by advocate Akash Sharma, in ...
23 August 2025 Indian ExpressHC lawyers to abstain from work today, protest against ‘police assault’ on colleague and his son
The Bar Association of the Calcutta High Court and the Central Administrative Tribunal’s Kolkata Bench has resolved to abstain from work on Friday to protest the alleged assault on HC advocate Manujendra Narayan Roy and his son by police ...
23 August 2025 Indian ExpressKolkata Municipal Corporation sounds alarm on dengue, malaria amid monsoon, cautions Durga Puja organisers
With a record-breaking monsoon season already under its belt, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) is intensifying its battle against dengue and malaria ahead of Durga Puja. As official data shows a worrying increase in dengue cases compared to last ...
23 August 2025 Indian Express8 months pregnant and ‘pushed back’ into Bangladesh, Bengal woman arrested across border as ‘illegal infiltrator’
Eight months pregnant Sunali Bibi is “stateless”. Weeks after she was detained along with her husband and eight-year-old son in Delhi and pushed into Bangladesh on suspicion of being illegal Bangladeshi immigrants, the 29-year-old woman from West Bengal’s Birbhum ...
22 August 2025 Indian ExpressShopkeepers beat up CU students, call them Bangladeshis; 2 held
A group of students from Calcutta University’s Carmichael Hostel was beaten up with iron rods and hockey sticks allegedly by hawkers and shopkeepers in Sealdah late Wednesday evening. The students alleged that the shopkeepers called them Bangladeshis and Rohingya ...
22 August 2025 Indian Express‘Fake Voters’ Row: EC deadline ending, Mamata govt suspends 4 officials, but no FIR for now
On the last day of the seven-day deadline given by the Election Commission (EC), the West Bengal government on Thursday evening issued an order suspending four officials against whom the poll panel had sought suspension as well as registration ...
22 August 2025 Indian ExpressContinuous rain lashes Kolkata but no respite from humidity; IMD alerts in multiple Bengal districts
As Kolkata witnessed continuous rainfall throughout Thursday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a warning of increased rainfall activities across North and South Bengal districts over the next few days.According to the IMD, the mercury in Kolkata hovered between ...
22 August 2025 Indian ExpressISF MLA Naushad Siddiqui, 94 others granted bail by Bankshall Court day after protest against SIR, Waqf Bill
Indian Secular Front (ISF) MLA Naushad Siddiqui and 94 others were granted bail by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Bankshall Court on Thursday.On Wednesday, tensions rose when thousands of ISF supporters gathered at Esplanade over issues of the Waqf (Amendment) ...
22 August 2025 Indian ExpressTMC MLA, councillors get anticipatory bail in 2021 Abhijit Sarkar murder case
In a major relief for Trinamool Congress MLA Paresh Pal and Kolkata Municipal Corporation councillors Swapan Samaddar and Papiya Ghosh, the Calcutta High Court of Thursday granted all three anticipatory bail in the 2021 Abhijit Sarkar murder case.Sarkar, a ...
22 August 2025 Indian Express‘Always a delight to be among people in Kolkata’: PM Modi’s Bengal outreach before 2026 polls includes new metro lines, expressway
In a significant move aimed at bolstering infrastructure and signalling a strong developmental agenda, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit West Bengal for the third time in recent months. While the inauguration of key metro railway projects ...
22 August 2025 Indian Express‘Calling from Raj Bhavan’: Governor’s office warns public of impersonation scammers
Raj Bhavan on Wednesday issued an urgent advisory to the public after multiple incidents of attempted cyber fraud came to light, involving individuals falsely posing as representatives of Governor CV Ananda Bose, a senior official said.According to the official, ...
22 August 2025 Indian ExpressPM Modi’s Bengal outreach before 2026 polls: Kolkata to get new metro lines, Howrah a six-lane expressway
In a significant move aimed at bolstering infrastructure and signalling a strong developmental agenda, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to visit West Bengal for the third time in recent months. While the inauguration of key metro railway projects ...
22 August 2025 Indian ExpressBengal braces for rain-soaked week; IMD issues alerts for thunderstorms across both North and South Bengal
Written by Parthivee MukherjiKolkata and large parts of West Bengal are set for a rain-soaked week, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting thunderstorm activity across both South and North Bengal.The IMD has warned of the possibility of lightning ...
21 August 2025 Indian ExpressCentre says HC can’t hear habeas corpus pleas of deported migrants, Bench says ‘it’s a serious issue’
The Centre on Wednesday told the Calcutta High Court that it cannot hear the habeas corpus petitions filed by family members of West Bengal migrants who were detained in other parts of the country and then allegedly pushed into ...
21 August 2025 Indian ExpressTMC leader files defamation case against R G Kar rape-murder victim’s father at Bankshall Court
On Wednesday, Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh filed a defamation case against the father of the R G Kar rape-murder victim’s doctor, accusing him of defaming Ghosh, at the Bankshall Court.According to Ghosh, there is “intentional slander and propaganda”. ...
21 August 2025 Indian ExpressWest Bengal: 100 ‘tainted’ teachers apply for fresh recruitment process, rejected
Applications of 100 teachers, who were marked “tainted” for the way they got their jobs in state-run schools before those were invalidated by the Supreme Court, were rejected by the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) for the fresh ...
21 August 2025 Indian ExpressHowrah to Sealdah in 12 mins, fare Rs 5 to Rs 70: New metro lines to transform Kolkata’s travel
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday will inaugurate three new metro lines in Kolkata, a major development set to transform the city’s transport landscape. With Durga Puja approaching, the metro’s expanded reach is expected to make celebrations more accessible ...
21 August 2025 Indian ExpressZSI cracks blow fly DNA, which could help solve crimes faster in India
A recent breakthrough by researchers at the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) could revolutionize forensic science. By cracking the genetic code of blow flies, they have created a powerful new tool for solving murder mysteries. This method, called DNA ...
21 August 2025 Indian Express‘Why is state exchequer money used for Durga Puja donations?’: Calcutta HC hears PIL
The West Bengal government’s decision to increase financial aid to Durga Puja committees has once again reached the Calcutta High Court. This year, the government announced a grant of Rs 1.10 lakh per puja committee — a nearly 30 ...
21 August 2025 Indian Express‘Super emergency, Hitlerian assault on Indian democracy’: Mamata slams Bill to remove ministers
West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday condemned the 130th Constitutional Amendment Bill, labelling it “as something more than a super-Emergency” and a “Hitlerian assault on the very soul of Indian democracy”.Union Home Minister ...
21 August 2025 Indian ExpressKolkata Deputy Mayor blames ‘non-allocation of central funds’ for stray dog issue: ‘Civic body manages with its own resources’
Amidst a national debate on the rising population of stray dogs and an ongoing crisis in Delhi, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) Deputy Mayor, Atin Ghosh, has blamed the non-allocation of central funds for the growing stray dog problem ...
20 August 2025 Indian ExpressTwo booked for raping model after false promise of roles in films: Police
A model has filed a police complaint alleging that two men raped her after they allegedly lured her with promises of film roles, police said on Tuesday.According to the police, the woman approached a police station on Monday night ...
20 August 2025 Indian ExpressCalcutta HC seeks report from higher education dept on Jadavpur University security revamp
THE CALCUTTA High Court on Tuesday directed the West Bengal Higher Education Department to file a report regarding the necessity and manner of deploying security personnel inside the Jadavpur University (JU) campus and the steps taken by the state ...
20 August 2025 Indian ExpressNEET UG admissions in West Bengal halted indefinitely
The Health Department of West Bengal has indefinitely suspended the admission process for MBBS and BDS courses, as announced in a notice by the West Bengal Medical Counselling Committee (WBMCC).The suspension, which comes just a day before the scheduled ...
20 August 2025 Indian Express‘Three years later, where is my interview letter?’: Karunamoyee becomes fortress after TET 2022 candidates hit the streets
Thousands of Primary Teacher Eligibility Test 2022 (TET 2022) qualified candidates took to the streets in Kolkata on Tuesday, demanding their interview letters, which they have allegedly not received even three years later.Before they could begin their march to ...
20 August 2025 Indian ExpressEC not neutral, eroding its credibility by becoming BJP stooges: Abhishek
Alleging a nexus between the BJP and the Election Commission (EC), TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday said BJP leaders have literally become spokespersons of the poll panel, eroding its autonomy under the Narendra Modi-led government.Speaking to ...
20 August 2025 Indian ExpressThis Durga Puja, special arrangements at popular pandals for specially abled & elderly
With the Durga Puja celebrations growing in size and scale over the years, people often find it difficult to step out of their homes on Mahalaya as the streets stream with crowds eager to catch a glimpse of some ...
20 August 2025 Indian ExpressWBSSC cancels close to 100 applications for SLST 2025 exam; they had been submitted by ‘teachers deemed tainted’
For the first time, close to 100 applications have been cancelled by the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) for the upcoming Second State Level Selection Test (SLST), 2025.Out of nearly 5.8 lakh provisional admit cards released, the Board ...
20 August 2025 Indian ExpressIndia’s quest for knowledge about future of mankind: Pradhan at IIT Kharagpur foundation day
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday said India’s quest for knowledge has always been about shaping the future of mankind and that IITs presently stand as global power houses of ideas.Addressing the faculty and students at IIT Kharagpur’s ...
20 August 2025 Indian ExpressJustice Dhulia to head panel to select V-Cs for 2 Kerala varsities
The Supreme Court Monday appointed its former judge Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia as the head of a committee which will shortlist names for appointment as vice-chancellor of two Kerala universities — APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University and University of Digital ...
19 August 2025 Indian Express8 months pregnant and ‘pushed back’ into Bangladesh, family of Sunali Bibi has a question: What if she delivers there?
As the Calcutta High Court hears the case of Sunali Bibi, a resident of West Bengal’s Birbhum who was pushed into Bangladesh on June 26 after being detained by the Delhi Police, a lingering question remains: what happens if ...
19 August 2025 Indian ExpressActivists, politicians seek court-monitored probe into Deocha Pachami project
A group of activists and politicians on Monday demanded a court-monitored inquiry into alleged irregularities at the Deocha Pachami project in Birbhum, saying the state government proceeded with a standalone basalt mine inside the coal block even as approvals ...
19 August 2025 Indian ExpressPlea in HC against EC order to seek BLA list
In a petition filed in the Calcutta High Court on Monday, TMC leader and former MP Subhasish Chakraborty has challenged the Election Commission’s decision to seek information of Booth Level Agents (BLAs) months ahead of the Assembly elections in ...
19 August 2025 Indian ExpressRow over Bengali-speaking migrants | Bengal announces financial scheme for returning migrants: Rs 5000/month for a year
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced a new financial scheme for migrants returning to the state in the wake of detention and deportation of Bengali-speaking people from different parts of the country, especially BJP-ruled states like ...
19 August 2025 Indian ExpressBengal Files: ‘Dragging down his image’ — Gopal Mukherjee’s grandson files complaint against director Vivek Agnihotri
Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri, director of The Bengal Files, faces more trouble as the grandson of Gopal Mukherjee — popularly known as ‘Gopal Patha’ — has filed a complaint at Bowbazar Police Station, accusing him of showing his grandfather in ...
19 August 2025 Indian ExpressExplosion kills 25-year-old in Bengal’s Madhyamgram; police suspect ‘bomb in his bag’
A 25-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh was killed in an explosion near West Bengal’s Madhyamgram railway station in the North 24 Parganas district.The incident occurred around 1 am on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday as the victim, ...
19 August 2025 Indian Express22-year-old assaulted for ‘refusing to give Rs 50,000 Ganesh Puja donation’, 3 arrested
A 22-year-old man was brutally assaulted by a group of men in Belgharia’s Colony Bazar area on Friday night after he allegedly refused to pay donation for Ganesh Puja, said police.Aditya Mohanty, a resident of Ward Number 25 under ...
19 August 2025 Indian Express295 stolen medals of Bula Chowdhury recovered, thief held — all in 48 hours
Police have recovered 295 stolen medals belonging to former swimmer and Padma Shri awardee Bula Chowdhury, within 48 hours after a theft was reported at her residence in Hind Motor area in Hooghly district.Deputy Commissioner of Police (Serampore) said ...
19 August 2025 Indian ExpressIIT Kharagpur launches ‘School for Skills: Healthcare & Technology’ to empower rural and semi-urban youth
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur Friday set up a dedicated training centre – School for Skills: Healthcare & Technology – within its campus.The centre will train rural and semi-urban youth as allied health professionals.The facility will initially accommodate ...
18 August 2025 Indian ExpressTMC leader’s murder: One arrested with 9mm pistol
Eight days after the murder of Amar Roy, a TMC leader and son of a Trinamool Panchayat Pradhan, the Cooch Behar police arrested a youth from the border with Assam on Sunday.The arrested person identified as Binay Roy has ...
18 August 2025 Indian Express‘Fake’ voters row: Bengal Govt likely to take call on EC order tomorrow
THE STATE government is likely to decide on Monday regarding the Election Commission of India’s (ECI’s) order to suspend and register cases against five officials over the alleged fraudulent registration of voters in two Assembly constituencies.Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ...
18 August 2025 Indian Express‘Getting Rs 1,000 per day, safer place’: After Odisha detention, why Bengal migrant worker has moved to Tamil Nadu
Detained in Odisha last month along with more than 400 others on suspicion of being illegal Bangladeshis, Sainur Islam, 34, became a talking point in the West Bengal migrant issue after his family moved the Calcutta High Court over ...
18 August 2025 Indian Express‘The Bengal Files’: Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri alleges trailer launch stopped at the last minute in Kolkata
Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri has claimed that the trailer launch event of his film, ‘The Bengal Files’, was stopped at the last moment at a five-star hotel in Kolkata on Saturday afternoon.The filmmaker further alleged that a huge contingent of ...
18 August 2025 Indian Express‘Fake voters’ row: Mamata Banerjee set to decide on ECI order on Monday
The West Bengal government is likely to decide on Monday regarding the Election Commission of India’s (ECI’s) order to suspend and lodge cases against five officials over the alleged fraudulent registration of voters in two Assembly constituencies.Chief Minister Mamata ...
18 August 2025 Indian Express‘No faith in state police’: Body of nurse found dead at Singur nursing home taken to AIIMS Kalyani for autopsy after kin protest
THE BODY of a nurse who was found dead Thursday at a private nursing home in Singur, Hooghly, was taken to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Kalyani on Saturday morning for post-mortem examination. This was after ...
17 August 2025 Indian Express‘No faith in state police’: body of nurse found dead at Singur nursing home taken to AIIMS Kalyani after family’s protest
The body of a 24-year-old nurse found dead Thursday at a private nursing home in West Bengal’s Singur was taken to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Kalyani early Saturday morning for a post-mortem. This was after ...
17 August 2025 Indian ExpressNext week, PM to launch 3 Metro stations; Noapara to get direct airport link
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate three new Metro stations in Kolkata on August 22, which will boost urban connectivity in the city.“PM Modi will inaugurate the Sealdah-Esplanade section of the Green Line, Hemanta Mukhopadhyay (Ruby Crossing)-Beleghata section of ...
16 August 2025 Indian Express11 dead, 35 injured as bus with pilgrims hits standing truck in Bengal’s East Burdwan
A bus carrying pilgrims crashed into a parked truck on National Highway 19 in West Bengal’s East Burdwan Friday morning, leaving at least 11 people dead and 35 injured.The bus was going from Gangasagar to Bihar, and was carrying ...
16 August 2025 Indian Express39 children fall sick during Independence Day parade, Mamata meets them at hospital
During the Independence Day parade at Kolkata’s Red Road, 39 schoolchildren fell sick and were shifted to the SSKM Hospital. Later, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited the hospital and spoke to the children.After meeting the children she said, “They ...
16 August 2025 Indian ExpressMamata’s Independence Day pledge: ‘Won’t allow BJP to snatch away people’s freedom’
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said she will fight “till her last breath” against any attempt to snatch people’s freedom of speech, movement, and fundamental rights, accusing the BJP of pushing a divisive agenda across the country. Addressing ...
16 August 2025 Indian ExpressThreat of deportation outside vs joblessness at home: Dilemma of migrants as they return
Ajmal Hossain from Harishchandrapur in Malda is caught between a rock and a hard place. Should he return to work as a sanitation worker in Gurugram and run the risk of possible threats, violence and even police detentions, or ...
16 August 2025 Indian Express‘Why won’t you respect my language’: Mamata attacks Centre over ‘harassment’ of Bengali-speaking people
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday again accused the Centre of failing to protect Bengali-speaking people from harassment in different parts of the country, citing a recent incident where a techie and his son were allegedly denied ...
15 August 2025 Indian Express‘Violence against police during Nabanna Abhijan’: BJP MLA Ashok Dinda gets anticipatory bail, state seeks nod to FIR against Adhikari
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted anticipatory bail to former cricketer and BJP MLA Ashok Dinda.Multiple FIRs had been filed by the Kolkata Police against Dinda and other party members in the backdrop of the alleged violence on ...
15 August 2025 Indian ExpressOlympics hockey medallist and father of tennis player Leander Paes, Dr Vece Paes, dies at 80
Former Indian hockey player Dr Vece Paes, father of tennis star Leander Paes, passed away at the age of 80 at a private hospital in Kolkata on Thursday.Dr Paes was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday with multi-organ dysfunction ...
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