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  • Quack arrested for ‘raping’ patient after ‘injecting’ her with tranquilizer

    A 38-year-old quack was arrested in Basirhat in North 24 Parganas district on Monday for allegedly raping a woman patient after injecting her with a tranquilizer, police said.According to a complaint filed by the woman and her husband, the ...

    31 October 2024 Indian Express
    Drones, social media watch, citywide vigil: Police and pollution board’s Diwali plans in Kolkata

    In Kolkata, in view of ensuring a safe, peaceful Diwali and Kali Puja, police forces will be deployed in key residential areas and social media will be closely watched to identify “potential threats”, police said.Additionally, police forces will be ...

    31 October 2024 Indian Express
    TMC youth leader accused of attacking police and forcibly releasing detained party worker

    Trinamool Youth Congress leader Aritra Bose has been accused of assaulting officers inside a police station in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district and forcibly releasing a worker of the ruling TMC detained for questioning on the suspicion of ...

    31 October 2024 Indian Express
    Diwali Festivities: Boom in sale of firecrackers, industry aims to double last year’s turnover of Rs 8,000 crore

    Diwali celebrations in the state are set to ignite with a significant boost in firecracker production and sales. According to a spokesperson of the All Bengal Fireworks Makers and Sellers Organisation, the fireworks industry in the state is set ...

    31 October 2024 Indian Express
    Calcutta HC stays probe against doctor held during Puja Carnival, seeks report

    Nearly two weeks after KMC medical practitioner Dr Tapabrata Roy was arrested during the Durga Puja carnival in Kolkata for allegedly wearing a T-shirt and a badge in solidarity with junior doctors’ protest over the RG Kar rape-murder, the ...

    31 October 2024 Indian Express
    Diwali in West Bengal: More cracker-making units, bazaars approved; workers given safety training

    West Bengal is all set to light up this Diwali with a significant surge in firecracker production and sales. A year after the state government’s initiative to establish green firecracker clusters, 232 manufacturing units have received approval and over ...

    30 October 2024 Indian Express
    TMC asks EC to restrain Shah, says he blatantly violated poll code at Bongaon

    Accusing the Union Home Minister Amit Shah of “blatantly violating” the Model Code of Conduct by making a political speech at a government programme in Bongaon border town in North 24 Parganas district last Sunday ahead of the November ...

    30 October 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal: Manikchak IC attends TMC event in uniform, sparks a political row

    A political controversy erupted after the inspector in-charge (IC) of the Manikchak police station in Malda district attended an event organised by the ruling Trinamool Congress in uniform, with the Opposition parties raising a question mark on the police ...

    30 October 2024 Indian Express
    West Bengal: Police question suspended CPI(M) leader for 3 hours

    Suspended CPI(M) leader Tanmoy Bhattacharya was questioned by police for three hours on Monday in connection with a sexual harassment case lodged by a woman journalist in North 24 Parganas district.After coming out of the Baranagar Police Station, the ...

    30 October 2024 Indian Express
    Refrain from commenting on sexual harassment case against former MLA: CPI(M) to party cadres

    The CPI(M) leadership has requested party workers, leaders and supporters to refrain from commenting on the sexual harassment case lodged by a journalist against former MLA Tanmoy Bhattacharya, saying that its Internal Complaint Committee is seized of the matter.“Our ...

    30 October 2024 Indian Express
    Calcutta High Court seeks CBI report in plea of Sandip Ghosh to encash FD

    The Calcutta High Court on Monday directed the CBI to file a report before it with regard to the plea of the arrested former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital Sandip Ghosh for liquidating his fixed deposit ...

    30 October 2024 Indian Express
    Kolkata doctor’s rape-murder: Rival group asks chief secy to probe funding of junior doctors’ protest

    The newly formed West Bengal Junior Doctor Association (WBJDA), comprising suspended doctors of R G Kar hospital among others, has written a letter to state Chief Secretary Manoj Pant with an eight-point charter of demands that includes “no action ...

    29 October 2024 Indian Express
    Kolkata doctors’ protest: Outrage over video of ‘rusty’ surgical tools, TMC says bid to tarnish image

    An alleged incident at Kolkata’s SSKM Medical College and Hospital, one of West Bengal’s premier healthcare institutions, has reignited concerns over the quality of equipment and patient care in government hospitals in the state.The West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Front ...

    29 October 2024 Indian Express
    Minakshi Mukherjee lodges police complaint against fake Facebook post on Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim

    Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) West Bengal secretary and CPI(M) leader Minakshi Mukherjee lodged a complaint with Kolkata police on Saturday, seeking action against a fake Facebook account that she alleged was using her name to spread provocative ...

    29 October 2024 Indian Express
    Kolkata: CPIM suspends ex-MLA over ‘sexual harassment’ allegations by journalist

    The CPM Sunday suspended former MLA Tanmay Bhattacharya from the party over sexual harassment allegations by a woman journalist, who also filed a police complaint against Bhattacharya at Baranagar Police Station, accusing him of “sexual advancement and outrage of ...

    29 October 2024 Indian Express
    Kolkata: TMC MP asks colleague to clear air on Adhikari claim

    A recent remark of Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari has opened up new fissures within the ruling TMC with TMC leader Santanu Sen asking his party colleague Atin Ghosh to clarify his stand.On Saturday, Adhikari claimed that Deputy Kolkata ...

    29 October 2024 Indian Express
    ‘Improved transportation to increase trade with Bangladesh’: Amit Shah

    As trade resumed through land ports along the Bangladesh border, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday inaugurated a passenger terminal building and a friendship gate “Maitri Dwar” at Petrapole in North 24 Parganas district on Sunday.The Maitri Dwar ...

    29 October 2024 Indian Express
    West Bengal Police dismantle trafficking ring, rescue minor from Bihar

    A minor girl was rescued from Bihar and three persons linked to a trafficking ring were arrested, the West Bengal Police said on Monday. Authorities confirmed that the trafficking network has been “dismantled.”The gang, allegedly led by Nandkishore Kumar, employed ...

    29 October 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal will see ‘achhe din’ and end of infiltration after 2026 Assembly elections: Amit Shah

    Accusing the Mamata Banerjee-led government in West Bengal of  “state-sponsored infiltration” and claiming that women in the state were not safe, senior BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday exhorted party workers to begin preparations for ...

    28 October 2024 Indian Express
    Properties worth Rs 163 crore attached in Bengal school jobs scam case: ED

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Saturday said it has provisionally attached five hotels/resorts, 120 land plots, and 29 flats/offices/shops worth Rs 163.20 crore while investigating the Group C and D staff recruitment scam under the West Bengal Central School Service ...

    28 October 2024 Indian Express
    Kolkata man dies after coming in contact with live wire in Bhowanipore, probe launched

    A 25-year-old man, Sourav Gupta, was electrocuted in Bhawanipore on Friday while returning home. The incident occurred on Justice Dwarakanath Road, where water had accumulated due to heavy rain. The police have filed an FIR of unnatural death and ...

    28 October 2024 Indian Express
    RG Kar Protest | Rally on Oct 30: Junior doctors at mass convention

    Five days after withdrawing their hunger strike, the protesting junior doctors in West Bengal on Saturday organised a mass convention to strategise their next move to seek justice for the R G Kar rape-murder victim and ensure that the ...

    28 October 2024 Indian Express
    Union Home Minister Amit Shah to visit Kolkata tonight, R G Kar victim’s parents request for meeting

    Parents of R G Kar hospital rape-murder victim have requested an appointment with Union Home Minister Amit Shah during his visit to Kolkata this weekend.Shah is scheduled to land in Kolkata on Saturday night. He is slated to inaugurate the ...

    27 October 2024 Indian Express
    Cyclone Dana: Weather improves in Kolkata, water recedes from many areas

    A clear sky marked Kolkata’s weather on Saturday, a day after heavy rains lashed the city due to cyclone Dana. Water receded from many areas as the rains stopped in much respite for the people of the city, officials said.Kolkata ...

    27 October 2024 Indian Express
    Cyclone Dana impact: 3 killed in Bengal, Mamata orders crop loss survey

    THREE PERSONS were killed in West Bengal on Friday even as the state administration evacuated around 2.16 lakh people from the low-lying areas and the authorities continue to be on alert in the aftermath of Cyclone Dana. All the deaths ...

    27 October 2024 Indian Express
    Evacuated due to cyclone Dana, two pregnant women give birth in West Bengal hospital

    Amid Cyclone Dana’s impending landfall, Digha State General Hospital welcomed two new lives. Two pregnant women, safely evacuated from their homes, gave birth to a baby boy and a baby girl each.One of the new fathers, Shibu Das, expressed ...

    26 October 2024 Indian Express
    One dead in West Bengal from Cyclone Dana, CM Banerjee says after review meeting

    As West Bengal authorities continue to remain alert in the aftermath of Cyclone Dana, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee confirmed one casualty in the state.‘Severe’ Cyclonic storm Dana, which made landfall between Bhitarkanika and Dhamra in Odisha, brought ...

    26 October 2024 Indian Express
    Manning control room, making calls, holding meetings — Mamata at govt HQ overnight as cyclone Dana approached

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was at Nabanna, the headquarters of the state administration, throughout the intervening night of Thursday and Friday to monitor cyclone Dana and issue necessary instructions to officials.The cyclone made landfall at 3.30 am ...

    26 October 2024 Indian Express
    Light to heavy rains to continue in Kolkata, coastal districts of WB: IMD after Cyclone Dana crosses land

    After Cyclone Dana made landfall on the coast of Odisha and West Bengal, and continued through Thursday night, the tail of the cyclone crossed land on Friday at 1.30 am. The IMD has issued an alert for heavy to ...

    26 October 2024 Indian Express
    At a Bengal shelter, the refrain: ‘Every time we come here, we wonder if our home will be there’

    Amid the relentless roar of the sea and crashing waves, people moved to a shelter camp at Ramnagar Block of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal have only one question on their minds and lips — “Will our homes ...

    26 October 2024 Indian Express
    ‘Will monitor situation all night from Nabanna’, says Mamata Banerjee as Bengal prepares for cyclone Dana

    As West Bengal braces itself for severe cyclonic storm Dana, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said she would “personally monitor” the situation all night from the state secretariat Nabanna.“I will stay awake all night at Nabanna and monitor the situation. ...

    25 October 2024 Indian Express
    Cyclone Dana landfall: In Bengal, 3.5 lakh people taken to safety in 8 districts

    Ahead of Cyclone Dana’s landfall in neighbouring Odisha Thursday midnight, the state administration in West Bengal was racing against time to evacuate people and bring them to safe shelters with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee monitoring the situation from the ...

    25 October 2024 Indian Express
    Kolkata: Major blaze in building, 15 fire engines deployed; electrical fault likely cause

    A major fire broke out in a commercial building located in the Terreti Bazar area of central Kolkata on Monday evening, officials said. A swift response from authorities led to the deployment of 15 fire engines to combat the ...

    25 October 2024 Indian Express
    As Kolkata prepares for Dana, old buildings, trees and street lights causes for concern

    Evacuating old and dilapidated buildings, monitoring electricity lines and setting up a 24-hour control room with emergency teams on standby – as Cyclonic storm Dana continues to barrel towards coastal Odisha and West Bengal, Kolkata braces for its impact.According ...

    25 October 2024 Indian Express
    Cyclone Dana coming, over 1 lakh people evacuated

    With Cyclone Dana over the Bay of Bengal likely to intensify early Friday before making landfall in neighbouring Odisha, the West Bengal government evacuated more than 1.14 lakh people from vulnerable areas, including Sundarbans and Sagar Island, to safer ...

    25 October 2024 Indian Express
    50-year-old man held in Bengal for rape-murder of 7-yr-old gone missing a week ago

    Police have arrested a 50-year-old man for allegedly raping and killing a seven-year-old girl, whose body was found on Tuesday, a week after she had gone missing in Jaigaon town, bordering Nepal in Alipurduar district of West Bengal.“The accused ...

    25 October 2024 Indian Express
    TMC leader arrested for ‘smuggling elephant tusks’ in Bihar

    After a joint team of the Bihar police and forest department arrested Trinamool Congress leader Ashok Kumar Ojha and four others for smuggling elephant tusks in the Buxar district, Leader of West Bengal Assembly Opposition and BJP leader ...

    24 October 2024 Indian Express
    Cyclone Dana: Kolkata airport to remain shut down, train services suspended at Sealdah division

    Due to the anticipated impact of Cyclone Dana on the coastal region of West Bengal, including Kolkata, all flight operations at Kolkata Airport will remain suspended from 6 pm on October 24, to 9 am on October 25, said ...

    24 October 2024 Indian Express
    Cyclone Dana to make landfall, Bengal on high alert; schools, colleges closed in 8 districts

    The West Bengal government on Tuesday announced that schools and colleges in eight districts will remain closed from October 23 to 26 as a precautionary measure as the state is on a ‘high alert’ with Cyclone Dana likely to ...

    24 October 2024 Indian Express
    Kolkata rape murder: Junior doctors call ‘mass convention’ on October 26 to decide next course of action

    The junior doctors protesting over the rape-murder of a fellow postgraduate medical student at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital have called a “mass convention” on October 26 to take a call on how to proceed with their ...

    24 October 2024 Indian Express
    Cyclone Dana rains lash Kolkata, likely to become ‘severe storm’; national forces, West Bengal govt prepare

    Rain lashed Kolkata and adjoining districts as Cyclone Dana moved northwestwards on Wednesday — and by early on Friday, it is likely to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm over northwestern Bay of Bengal, an IMD official said.“Cyclone Dana ...

    24 October 2024 Indian Express
    Calcutta HC orders interim stay on suspension of 51 RG Kar medical students, doctors

    The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday ordered an interim stay on the decision of the RG Kar Medical College authorities to suspend 51 medical students and doctors over alleged “threat culture” at the hospital.A single-judge vacation bench of Justice ...

    24 October 2024 Indian Express
    West Bengal govt halts fishing ops, ICG on high alert as Cyclone Dana set to make a landfall in 2 days

    The India Meteorological Department (IMD) Tuesday warned of a severe cyclonic storm which is likely to cross the coast between Puri and Sagar Island in Odisha and West Bengal, on the night of October 24 and early morning of ...

    23 October 2024 Indian Express
    ‘Feeling helpless now, need guidance’: Parents of R G Kar rape and murder victim write to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, seek meeting

    Parents of the junior doctor who was raped and murdered in West Bengal’s R G Kar Medical College and Hospital wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, seeking time for an appointment. In an email sent to Shah’s office ...

    23 October 2024 Indian Express
    RG Kar protest: Junior doctors call off hunger strike, but say their movement will continue

    The junior doctors agitating over the RG Kar Medical College rape and murder case in Kolkata on Monday called off their hunger strike after a two-hour-long meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the state secretariat Nabanna.They also announced ...

    23 October 2024 Indian Express
    Kolkata: SIT rules out rape of Nadia woman, leans on suicide possibility

    The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of West Bengal Police, probing the death of an 18-year-old woman in Krishnanagar town of Nadia district, has ruled out sexual assault or gang rape, saying the investigation so far has not found evidence ...

    23 October 2024 Indian Express
    Mamata writes letter to PM Modi over “price escalation” of medicine for life-threatening diseases, says it would ‘cause strain on West Bengal’

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Centre’s “escalation” of the prices of medicine used for treating “various life-threatening diseases” by “nearly 50%”, saying that it should be avoided “to ...

    22 October 2024 Indian Express
    Kolkata rape murder: Three months into protests at RG Kar, patient count down by half

    In the nearly three months that junior doctors at R G Kar Hospital in Kolkata struck work to protest against the August 9 rape and murder of their colleague, services at the premier state-run hospital were severely paralysed, with ...

    22 October 2024 Indian Express
    BJP delegation meets Bengal CEO, demands deployment of only central forces at booths for bypolls

    A delegation of BJP leaders on Monday met the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) demanding deployment of only central forces with no involvement of the state police force or civic volunteers in and around the polling booths during ...

    22 October 2024 Indian Express
    TMC announces candidates for bypolls to 6 Assembly seats in West Bengal, relies on local faces and youth

    For the by-elections to the six Assembly seats in West Bengal, the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) has decided to field fresh faces – all local leaders.As reported by The Indian Express earlier, the TMC has shunned established political leaders ...

    22 October 2024 Indian Express
    Kolkata doctor’s rape-murder: ‘No conditions apply’, say Jr doctors on meeting CM Banerjee

    More than 24 hours after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee reached out for talks, protesting junior doctors on Sunday evening agreed to meet her “without any preconditions”, and added that they would not end their indefinite hunger strike before the ...

    22 October 2024 Indian Express
    Kolkata: Cyclonic disturbance likely, Met warns heavy rainfall this week

    A cyclonic storm is likely to form over the Bay of Bengal by October 23 and an upper air cyclonic circulation over the Andaman Sea is likely to intensify into a low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal during ...

    22 October 2024 Indian Express
    Woman stabs man to death in public in West Bengal’s Hooghly, arrested

    A woman allegedly stabbed to death a man in public in West Bengal’s Hooghly district on Saturday. Police have arrested the woman, who they believe was in a relationship with the victim, identified as Tapas.The police identified the woman ...

    22 October 2024 Indian Express
    Autopsy report hints at ‘poisoning’, family of Bengal councillor says will file murder FIR

    RELATIVES of Purnima Kandu, the councillor of Jhaldah municipality and wife of murdered Congress leader Tapan Kandu, whose body was found under mysterious circumstances at her residence on the night of October 11, said on Saturday that after ...

    21 October 2024 Indian Express
    20-km-long ‘Justice March’ organised, parents of RG Kar victim seek answers

    The parents of the woman doctor, who was raped and murdered at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, joined a 20-kilometre “Justice March” on Saturday, demanding swift action from the government into the proceedings of the case.The ...

    21 October 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal Assembly bypolls: TMC set to field fresh faces, give star candidates a miss

    The ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal is learnt to have almost finalised its list of candidates for the bypolls to the six Assembly seats slated to be held next month.Party sources said the TMC has decided to ...

    20 October 2024 Indian Express
    Probing if accused Roy was ‘harboured’, ‘abetted’, found incriminating recorded videos, conversations in phones of former principal and cop : CBI to court

    The Central Bureau of Investigation , in a court submission, has highlighted that an “in-depth investigation” is on to “collect evidence on the aspect of abetment/conspiracy/harbouring the accused Sanjay Roy” and that “incriminating recorded calls and videos have been ...

    20 October 2024 Indian Express
    Heavy rain in Kolkata; cyclonic circulation likely to form with rain next week: MeT

    The Alipore Meteorological Department has issued a rain forecast in West Bengal for the coming week, with heavy rainfall in some areas.The sea conditions are also expected to be rough to very rough. Fishermen are advised to avoid venturing ...

    20 October 2024 Indian Express
    Complete infra work, security measures at hospitals on priority: Chief secy to officials

    Chief Secretary Manoj Pant has directed health department officials to ensure that security arrangements at hospitals and medical colleges are put in place in accordance with the demands of the protesting junior doctors at the earliest.Pant convened a meeting ...

    20 October 2024 Indian Express
    Mamata Banerjee reaches out to junior doctors: ‘Need 4 months to consider demands, ready to meet on Monday’

    “I HAVE removed the Commissioner of Police (CP), the Director of Medical Education (DME) and the Director of Health Services (DHS), but cannot remove everyone…need four months to consider other demands, including elections. Please withdraw your hunger strike.” With ...

    20 October 2024 Indian Express
    At this West Bengal hospital, nine pairs of twins born in 24 hours

    In a curious incident at West Bengal’s Burdwan Medical College and Hospital, nine pairs of twins were born in 24 hours, between Tuesday and Wednesday.“On average, twins are born for every 80 births that take place in the hospital,” ...

    19 October 2024 Indian Express
    ‘Total strike’ on Oct 22 if all demands not met by Monday: Junior doctors

    JUNIOR DOCTORS in West Bengal, who have been on an indefinite hunger strike since October 5 demanding justice in the RG Kar rape and murder case as well upgrade of security infrastructure at medical establishments across the state, on ...

    19 October 2024 Indian Express
    Roses, kurtas for bald men from TMC MLA: ‘They’re more intelligent from rest’

    Bala, the 2009 Hindi film, revolved around a bald protagonist who suffered from lack of confidence and social pressure.In a unique gesture, TMC MLA from Canning East, Saokat Molla, who believes that such people are “more intelligent” than others, ...

    19 October 2024 Indian Express
    Fire at ESI Hospital in Sealdah; 1 dead, 50 patients shifted out

    A fire broke out at the ESI Hospital in Sealdah, Kolkata, on Friday morning, prompting officials to evacuate patients from one of the buildings. One of the patients, who was critical, died but hospital authorities are yet to confirm ...

    19 October 2024 Indian Express
    Bangladesh Navy detains 31 fishermen, CM assures help

    The Bangladesh Navy has said that it has detained 31 Indian fishermen, along with two fishing trawlers — FB Basanti and FB Jai Jagannath — for illegally entering their territory.The detained fishermen are residents of Kakdwip of South 24 ...

    19 October 2024 Indian Express
    Woman found dead in Nadia had ante-mortem burns, says doctor who conducted autopsy

    The 18-year-old woman, who was found dead in Krishnanagar town in Nadia district of West Bengal, had “ante-mortem” burn injuries on her face, the doctors who conducted the post mortem said on Thursday.“She got burn injuries while she was ...

    19 October 2024 Indian Express
    ‘I kept asking them what was my fault’: Kolkata doctor arrested at Durga Puja carnival speaks about his detention

    The on-duty doctor who was allegedly arrested for sporting a T-shirt and badge in solidarity with the RG Kar protests at the West Bengal government’s Durga Puja Carnival said that he wasn’t told the reason for his arrest.“For over ...

    18 October 2024 Indian Express
    West Bengal by-polls: New Congress state president ‘seeking feedback from district heads’ before renewing alliance with Left

    With by-elections in six assembly seats scheduled to be held on November 13, alliance or seat sharing between the Congress and the Left is yet to be finalised.Subhankar Sarkar, newly appointed Pradesh Congress president, told The Indian Express that ...

    18 October 2024 Indian Express
    BSF nabs four Bangladeshi nationals with fake Aadhaar Card at border

    Border Security Force (BSF) officials have arrested four Bangladeshi nationals with forged Aadhaar cards along the India-Bangladesh border in West Bengal’s Murshidabad, along with an Indian national who allegedly was hired to facilitate their entry.The forged Aadhaar cards were ...

    18 October 2024 Indian Express
    18-year-old girl with burn marks found dead in West Bengal’s Nadia, family alleges rape and murder

    An 18-year-old woman was found dead with burn marks on her body in Krishnanagar town of Nadia district on Wednesday morning, hours after she had left home, saying she was going out to have pizza.The family alleged that she ...

    18 October 2024 Indian Express
    Despite R G Kar outrage, TMC leaders appear confident of win in West Bengal by-polls

    On the backfoot of the R G Kar rape and murder issue, West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress party is eyeing the upcoming by-polls for six Assembly constituencies in West Bengal, seats for five of which the TMC had won ...

    18 October 2024 Indian Express
    Bypolls of six seats in West Bengal on November 13, ECI announces

    Bypolls for six assembly constituencies in West Bengal were announced by the Election Commission of India on Tuesday afternoon. The elections for Sitai (SC), Madarihat (ST), Naihati, Haroa, Medinipur, and Taldangra will be held on November 13 and the ...

    17 October 2024 Indian Express
    During Lakshmi puja, scattered rain in Kolkata and parts of West Bengal expected: IMD

    As the nation celebrates Kojagari Lakshmi Puja, the weather in West Bengal is set to experience a transition. While the monsoon is on its way out, the state will still see some showers in the coming days.According to the ...

    17 October 2024 Indian Express
    HC scraps Kolkata Police order, allows RG Kar protesters to hold event near TMC govt’s carnival venue

    The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday nullified the Kolkata Police’s prohibitory orders in places near the venue of the Trinamool Congress government’s Durga Puja Carnival, allowing an event being held in the vicinity by protesters against the August 9 ...

    17 October 2024 Indian Express
    Monk accuses BJP Rajya Sabha MP of assault, police complaint lodged

    A complaint has been lodged against BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP Ananta Maharaj, alias Nagendra Roy for allegedly assaulting a monk in north Bengal’s Cooch Behar district, police said.The alleged incident took place took place on Sunday when Ray visited ...

    17 October 2024 Indian Express
    RG Kar medic’s rape-murder: Jr doctors’ delegation meets Governor Bose, seeks his intervention

    A five-member delegation of the West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Front on Monday met Governor CV Ananda Bose and handed over to him a memorandum over their concerns in the wake of the RG Kar Hospital rape-and-murder case.Earlier, members of ...

    16 October 2024 Indian Express
    RG Kar protests: Deadlock continues as no resolution at Chief Secretary’s meeting with senior doctors

    The ongoing deadlock over the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder issue continued as no resolution was found in a meeting on Monday between Chief Secretary Manoj Pant and senior doctors’ associations as the state government expressed its ...

    16 October 2024 Indian Express
    Beluga XL makes second landing at Kolkata Airport on way back from China

    The Airbus Beluga XL, a specialised wide-body airliner, made its second landing at Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata today. The aircraft arrived from Tianjin Binhai International Airport in China at 5:47 am IST.The purpose of the ...

    15 October 2024 Indian Express
    Patient’s son beaten up at Kolkata’s SSKM Hospital, doctors again raise safety concern

    Assailants entered Kolkata’s SSKM Hospital, the largest government hospital in West Bengal, and attacked a patient’s relative with with hockey sticks and wickets on Sunday morning, reigniting concerns about safety measures put in place at healthcare facilities, especially after ...

    15 October 2024 Indian Express
    Violence erupts in Bengal’s Howrah over a picture during Durga Puja celebrations

    Violence broke out in West Bengal’s Howrah district on Sunday over a picture made during a drawing competition during a Durga Puja celebration, prompting authorities to deploy the Rapid Action Force (RAF) and impose prohibitory orders.Swati Bhangalia, Superintendent of ...

    15 October 2024 Indian Express
    RG Kar: Junior doctors’ hunger strike enters 9th day, others on ‘symbolic fast’

    The hunger strike by junior doctors of West Bengal to press for their demands following the RG Kar hospital incident entered the ninth day on Sunday, when people are holding a “symbolic fast” at various parts of the state ...

    15 October 2024 Indian Express
    4 more junior doctors join hunger strike protest in Kolkata even as Aniket Mahato remains critically ill

    The ongoing hunger strike by junior doctors at Dharmatala, Kolkata, continues to gain momentum as more medical professionals join the protest. The doctors are demanding a 10-point charter of demands, including improved working conditions, better remuneration, and increased government ...

    14 October 2024 Indian Express
    R G Kar rape-murder case: Mass resignation by doctors not valid, must be done individually, says Bengal govt

    The West Bengal government announced Saturday that the mass resignation of senior doctors from various state-run hospitals are not valid as the letters have to be submitted individually as per the service rules.West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee’s Chief Advisor ...

    14 October 2024 Indian Express
    Man sneaks into ladies’ hostel of medical college in West Bengal’s Bankura, arrested 

    A man was arrested in West Bengal’s Bankura district on Friday after he allegedly entered the girls’ hostel of Bankura Sammilani Medical College and Hospital and made indecent gestures in front of a hostel inmate.The security lapse was reported ...

    14 October 2024 Indian Express
    Junior doctor on hunger strike admitted to R G Kar hospital, condition critical; calls for larger rally today

    Aniket Mahato, a junior doctor who has been on hunger strike for several days, was rushed to R G Kar Medical College and Hospital on Thursday due to deteriorating health. He is currently under critical care in the Intensive ...

    13 October 2024 Indian Express
     IMA writes to Mamata, appeals for ‘immediate attention’ to junior doctors on indefinite ‘fast to death’

    The Indian Medical Association on Thursday appealed to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to “begin a dialogue process” and give “immediate attention” to junior doctors who have started fasting, in order to “save their lives”. The organisation also ...

    13 October 2024 Indian Express
    ‘TMC fostering threat culture, jungle raj… truth will prevail’: J P Nadda in Kolkata

    BJP National President and Union Minister J.P. Nadda on Thursday scathingly criticised West Bengal’s Trinamool Congress-led government, saying they are fostering “threat culture and jungle raj” in the state.Addressing a gathering at a hotel in Kolkata, Nadda criticised the ...

    13 October 2024 Indian Express
    While on its way bidding farewell to city, Kolkata trams relive their legacy at Durga puja pandals

    At a time when the iconic tram services in Kolkata are on its way out, the heritage public transport system has hogged the limelight again. Many Durga puja pandals in the city are showcasing the trams in their artworks ...

    12 October 2024 Indian Express
    Beluga XL’s Kolkata return scheduled for October 13: What is Beluga, and why was its landing important for India?

    On Tuesday, Kolkata’s Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport (NSCBI) welcomed the Airbus Beluga XL for the first time. This massive aircraft, the largest in the Beluga series, landed in the city while carrying essential components for Airbus aircraft.The ...

    12 October 2024 Indian Express
    R G Kar: Talks fail again; junior doctors in scuffle with police

    Junior doctors in West Bengal protesting the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar hospital said on Wednesday night that talks with senior state officials failed to break the deadlock and that it was “the ...

    11 October 2024 Indian Express
    In chargesheet, CBI traces the movement of accused hours before crime

    The RG Kar Hospital rape and murder accused Sanjay Roy went drinking, visited red light areas and made several rounds of the hospital, the CBI has said in its chargesheet, it is learnt.According to the chargesheet filed before a ...

    11 October 2024 Indian Express
    Ex-principal of RG Kar as demon king? Pandal in Murshidabad stirs a row

    A Durga Puja pandal in Murshidabad district has sparked controversy as the idol of the demon king, Mahishasur, bore a striking resemblance to the arrested former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Sandip Ghosh.The image went viral ...

    11 October 2024 Indian Express
    RG Kar protests: Calcutta HC orders CBI probe into ‘custodial torture’ of 2 women

    The Calcutta High Court has ordered a CBI investigation into the alleged “custodial torture” of two women after they were arrested by West Bengal Police for protesting over the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the RG ...

    11 October 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal Governor visits junior doctors on fast-unto-death over RG Kar issue

    West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Wednesday evening met junior doctors, on fast-unto-death over the RG Kar issue, in Kolkata’s Esplanade area and enquired about their health condition, an official said.Bose spoke to seven junior doctors, who ...

    10 October 2024 Indian Express
    In chargesheet, CBI lists 11 pieces of evidence – from Roy’s DNA samples at crime scene to victim’s blood on his clothes

    The Central Bureau of Investigation, probing the rape and murder of a junior doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College & Hospital, has listed 11 pieces of evidence in its chargesheet to hold Sanjay Roy, a civic volunteer with ...

    10 October 2024 Indian Express
    In Kolkata, cops brace for a double challenge — handling Puja chaos amid doctors’ protest

    The Kolkata Police are bracing for a challenging Durga Puja season this year, as the festivities coincide with the ongoing protests by doctors over the rape-and-murder of a junior colleague at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.With 2,905 ...

    10 October 2024 Indian Express
    Kolkata Airport witnesses a historic landing: Airbus’s Beluga XL

    The Kolkata International Airport made history on Tuesday as it welcomed the Airbus Beluga XL, the largest aircraft in the Beluga series. This marked the first time the airport has accommodated the XL version, having previously handled the Beluga ...

    10 October 2024 Indian Express
    Braving flowers and coins, how these ‘live Durgas’ in Kolkata keep still for hours

    As the Navratri celebrations kick in in Kolkata, 32-year-old Sulekha from Bihar is back on stage, performing her annual role as Goddess Durga. For hours on end, she sits motionless on stage, braving the coins and flowers thrown by ...

    10 October 2024 Indian Express
    Backing junior doctors’ hunger strike, senior doctors of RG Kar hospital resign en masse

    Expressing deep concern over the “deteriorating health” of junior doctors who are on an indefinite hunger strike for the last four days, senior doctors and faculty members at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College & Hospital on Tuesday sent en ...

    10 October 2024 Indian Express
    Behind Bengali’s classical language tag, a Kolkata institute’s 2,000-page research document

    It was an over 2,000-page detailed research document that paved the way for the Union Cabinet’s decision to extend the ‘classical language’ tag to Bengali along with Marathi, Pali, Prakrit and Assamese. And the West Bengal government-run organisation that ...

    9 October 2024 Indian Express
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