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  • TMC lauds mandate ‘against Opp conspiracy’, BJP says result will be ‘fully reversed’ in 2026

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    8 November 2024 Indian Express
    Woman ‘gang raped’ after she meets Facebook friend, 4 held; police say probe on

    A woman was allegedly gang raped in Garia area of South 24 Parganas district in West Bengal after she agreed to go for pandal hopping with a man she met on Facebook during Kali Puja.According to the complaint lodged ...

    8 November 2024 Indian Express
    Two FIRs filed against actor-BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty for alleged hate speech in West Bengal

    Two FIRs have been filed against actor and senior BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty for his alleged provocative remarks during a BJP membership drive launch in Kolkata on October 27.“We initiated an investigation,” a senior police official told The Indian ...

    8 November 2024 Indian Express
    ‘Journalists’ arrested for ‘spreading misinformation’, ‘creating chaos’ in West Bengal locality

    Two people associated with the YouTube channel “Madhyam News” have been arrested by police in West Bengal for allegedly spreading misinformation on social media.According to a senior police official, “A social media post circulated by Madhyam News, with deliberate ...

    7 November 2024 Indian Express
    Woman accuses civic volunteer of raping her in Kolkata’s Malda

    A civic volunteer has been accused of raping a married woman at her home on the night of Kali Puja (October 31) in Malda district. The woman also alleged that the police failed to take action against the accused ...

    7 November 2024 Indian Express
    West Bengal: Girl escapes rape bid on her way home from tuition

    A teen student was allegedly assaulted by two miscreants at Dubrajpur in Birbhum. According to police sources, the minor was returning home from tuition around 6 pm on Monday on a bicycle when two local men waylaid her.“The miscreants ...

    7 November 2024 Indian Express
    ‘Telephonic evidence’ shows R G Kar principal, police officer wanted to hush up rape-murder: CBI to court

    The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday, in their submission to the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate of a Sealdah court, said that they have “telephonic evidence” that former R G Kar principal Sandip Ghosh and former Tala police ...

    6 November 2024 Indian Express
    Kolkata: Navy to get Next-Gen Offshore Patrol Vessels in 44 months, says Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers

    The Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Ltd laid the keels of two Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessels (NGOPVs) for the Indian Navy on Tuesday.Chairman and Managing Director of GRSE, Cmde P R Hari, (Retd), said though the keels ...

    6 November 2024 Indian Express
    BJP MP seeks ‘intervention’ from West Bengal Governor: ‘State’s Hindus face targeted violence, festivals increasingly under siege’

    In a letter to West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose, BJP MP from Purulia Jyotirmoy Singh Mahato wrote that Hindus in West Bengal “(are facing) continuous and targetted violence… from “Durga Puja to Kali Puja, Hindu festivals are ...

    6 November 2024 Indian Express
    Kolkata rape-murder: 80 outfits join hands to keep ‘flame of protests alive’, seek answers from CBI

    Three months after the rape and murder of a young trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, over 80 organisations have come together to form ‘Abhaya Manch’ with an aim to keep “the flame of ...

    6 November 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal: Football clubs endorse TMC Naihati bypoll candidate, BJP demands probe

    With three major football clubs of Kolkata — Mohun Bagan, East Bengal or Mohammedan Sporting Club — endorsing TMC candidate Sanat Dey in the upcoming bypoll at Naihati Assembly constituency, the Opposition BJP has asked the Union Sports Ministry ...

    6 November 2024 Indian Express
    Chikungunya outbreak in Bengal’s Malda village, 24 test +ve

    Weeks after a mystery fever gripped a village in Malda district, the health authorities have now confirmed it to be an outbreak of chikungunya. At least 24 people from Kalaibari village in Habibpur block of Malda district have tested ...

    6 November 2024 Indian Express
    RG Kar rape-murder: Court frames charges, sole accused says he is being framed

    Nearly three months after a 31-year-old junior doctor was raped and killed at state-run RG Kar hospital in Kolkata, a special CBI court in Sealdah on Monday framed charges against sole accused Sanjay Roy.Roy has been charged under Bharatiya ...

    5 November 2024 Indian Express
    Kolkata: Winter session of Assembly from November 25, RG Kar likely to raise heat

    The winter session of the West Bengal Assembly is expected to begin on November 25 and may last for about 10 days, sources said. The upcoming session is expected to be stormy, with several contentious issues, including the RG Kar ...

    5 November 2024 Indian Express
    Over 1,400 male passengers arrested for travelling in ladies’ coaches, 10,000 fined for spitting: Eastern Railway

    According to data shared by the ER, the Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Eastern Railway registered over 1,200 cases and arrested more than 1,400 male passengers for travelling in ladies’ compartments in October. Among the arrested, 262 were from ...

    5 November 2024 Indian Express
    West Bengal: 14-yr-old raped on way to tuition class, ‘stalker’ held

    A Class 10 student was allegedly raped by her alleged stalker while on way to tuition class on Friday in the Gaighata area of North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. The accused, who is in his 20s, has ...

    5 November 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal 14-year-old rape: Between spat, TMC, BJP demand strict action against accused

    The alleged rape of a 14-year-old schoolgirl in Gaighata area of North 24 Parganas district sparked a debate on women’s safety in West Bengal with both the ruling and Opposition parties demanding the strictest punishment for the accused.The ruling ...

    5 November 2024 Indian Express
    Series of ‘attacks’ in Kolkata as miscreants ‘assault’ residents protesting against noise pollution

    Kolkata reported a wave of violence as residents protesting against excessive noise pollution, among other issues, were subjected to “brutal attacks” during Kali Puja festivities.Sayan Kundu, a resident of Ananda Palit Road in Entally, was allegedly assaulted on Sunday ...

    5 November 2024 Indian Express
    ‘Don’t you want to take revenge?’: BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari raises RG Kar case at bypoll rally

    While campaigning for the West Bengal Assembly bypolls, Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari has called on voters to “take revenge” on the TMC government for the rape and murder of the RG Kar trainee doctor, arguing that the ...

    5 November 2024 Indian Express
    Brace for temperature drop of 2-3 degrees in Bengal, scattered rain in north

    The India Meteorological Department has forecast a slight temperature dip in West Bengal over the next two days. While South Bengal is expected to remain dry, North Bengal may experience scattered rainfall.“In the next two days, the temperature will ...

    4 November 2024 Indian Express
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