The Indian Museum in Kolkata received a bomb threat via email, prompting police teams and the bomb squad to rush to the spot. The museum has been closed for the next few hours in the wake of the threat, ...
6 January 2024 Indian ExpressOne of the key accused in the alleged school recruitment scam, Sujoy Krishna Bhadra, on Thursday moved the division bench of the Calcutta High Court challenging his voice sample test being conducted by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).The voice sample ...
5 January 2024 Indian ExpressA team of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) was attacked and CRPF jawans accompanying them manhandled in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Friday morning when they went to carry out raids in connection with an alleged ration distribution ...
5 January 2024 Indian ExpressTrinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee, who was caught in a mimicry row involving Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, on Thursday said the V-P had called him up to wish him on his birthday and invited him for dinner.The Lok Sabha ...
5 January 2024 Indian ExpressThe Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the state government-run IPGME&R and SSKM Hospital in Kolkata to file an affidavit detailing the medical condition of “influential persons” undergoing treatment who are either arrested or accused in the school jobs ...
5 January 2024 Indian ExpressBy Taniya AcherjeeOFFICIALS AT the Alipore weather office have forecast a gradual rise in temperatures over the next five days, dispelling the lingering winter chill.“There is a chance of the minimum temperature increasing on three consecutive days: Friday, Saturday, ...
5 January 2024 Indian ExpressUnion Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal is scheduled to visit Kolkata on January 6 to inaugurate a government office building complex and meet representatives of jute mills and Tea Board, officials said on Thursday.Goyal, who also holds portfolios ...
5 January 2024 Indian ExpressDALIT WRITER and TMC MLA Manoranjan Byapari’s office in Hooghly’s Balagarh was allegedly vandalised on Thursday. The incident took place a day after Byapari accused local leaders of his own party of engaging in “corruption and unethical activities” in ...
5 January 2024 Indian ExpressFollowing reports that the rules for the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) will be notified before the announcement of the Lok Sabha elections, the ruling TMC said the law won’t be implemented in West Bengal and accused the BJP of ...
4 January 2024 Indian ExpressAccusing his colleagues of “unethical practices” and “corruption”, TMC MLA and Dalit literature writer Manoranjan Byapari Wednesday alleged his life was under threat and that he was being targeted by two of his own party’s members.The Balagarh legislator alleged ...
4 January 2024 Indian ExpressTwo years ago, a fleeting glimpse of a tiger gave way to disappointment in West Bengal’s Buxa National Park, as the big cat was not to be seen again.Then, on December 28, forest officials got an early New Year’s ...
4 January 2024 Indian ExpressThe first day of All India Fair Price Shop Dealers Association’s indefinite strike left many without provisions as ration shops remained shut on Tuesday in several districts of the state. The association has called the strike to demand a ...
3 January 2024 Indian ExpressWhen Trinamool Congress general secretary and party’s second-in-command Abhishek Banerjee rooted for fixing an upper-age limit in electoral politics, many in the party were of the view that it was done in an attempt to drop some senior leaders ...
3 January 2024 Indian ExpressA set of proposed rules for grading rice will soon pave the way for a separate identity for five aromatic varieties from West Bengal and put them on the world map. According to West Bengal Agriculture Marketing Department officials, the ...
3 January 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Tuesday termed as “draconian” the new set of laws replacing the Indian Penal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC).Addressing a press conference at the party office in Kolkata, the ...
3 January 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Tuesday attacked the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government over the ration strike and blamed the ruling party for the “collapse” of the ration distribution system in the state.Addressing a press conference ...
3 January 2024 Indian ExpressBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Sukanta Majumdar announced the appointment of prabharis (in-charges) for 42 constituencies in West Bengal for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.The announcement comes days after Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP national president J ...
2 January 2024 Indian ExpressThe brewing tension between the old guard and the new in the Trinamool Congress spilled into the open on its foundation day Monday, with the usually recalcitrant state president Subrata Bakshi weighing in and being attacked by the other ...
2 January 2024 Indian ExpressPurulia, Jhargram, Bankura, Paschim Medinipur and Paschim Bardhman are among the districts in south Bengal which could receive rainfall on Thursday and Friday, weather department officials said on Monday.“There is a possibility of rain in the state by the ...
2 January 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury accused TMC supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of ruining the prospects of the alliance among INDIA bloc constituents in West Bengal.Speaking to mediapersons in Murshidabad’s Berhampore on Sunday, Chowdhury said, “Didi ...
2 January 2024 Indian ExpressLeaders of Opposition parties targeted the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal over appointing retired IAS and IPS officers as advisers after outgoing chief secretary H K Dwivedi was made finance adviser to the Chief Minister on ...
2 January 2024 Indian ExpressOver 16,000 persons were caught by law enforcement authorities in Kolkata for illegal parking between Christmas (Monday) and New Year’s eve (Sunday), police said on Monday.According to officials, 16,883 persons were prosecuted for illegal parking in the state capital ...
2 January 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s scheduled programmes over the next one week were on Sunday postponed after she was advised to rest by doctors following a medical procedure on her right shoulder, an official said.Banerjee was supposed to ...
1 January 2024 Indian ExpressThe Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal on Sunday appointed Nandini Chakraborty, former principal secretary to Governor CV Ananda Bose, as the new state Home Secretary, and outgoing Chief Secretary HK Dwivedi as the chief adviser (finance) to Chief ...
1 January 2024 Indian ExpressKolkata Police will start operating its new division at Bhangar from next week, officials said. According to sources, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee would be virtually inaugurating the division, which would comprise Bhangar, North Kashipur, Polerhat and Chandaneshwar ...
1 January 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal saw an uptick in the number of active Covid-19 cases after a gap of three months, with as many as 30 people testing positive for the virus till Sunday. state health department officials said.The rise in Covid ...
1 January 2024 Indian ExpressRashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday met tabla maestro Bickram Ghosh and veteran actor Victor Banerjee on the second day of his two-day trip to Kolkata. During the day, Bhagwat visited Ghosh’s Salt Lake residence and ...
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