Once again, Tollywood is in turmoil as Bidula Bhattacharjee, a young independent filmmaker, has moved Calcutta High Court against the industry’s federation of film technicians to “put a check” on the alleged interference of the federation in the work ...
13 April 2025 Indian ExpressOn Friday, West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu in a statement said that the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) may publish a list of “tainted” and “ untainted” teachers and non-teaching staff who were appointed by the Commission ...
13 April 2025 Indian ExpressStating that it “cannot turn a blind eye” to vandalism in parts of West Bengal, the Calcutta High Court on Saturday ordered the deployment of Central forces in the violence-hit district of Murshidabad where three people were killed and ...
13 April 2025 Indian ExpressLeader of Opposition in Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Saturday sought the transfer of investigation into the alleged vandalism and destruction of railway property by agitators protesting the amended Waqf law to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).In a letter to ...
13 April 2025 Indian ExpressBJP MLA from Nandigram and Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Friday visited Mothabari in Malda district, which recently saw communal clashes and stated that atrocities have been committed against Hindu community in the area.After ...
13 April 2025 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC) is ready to publish the list of eligible and ineligible candidates as well as the digital mirror images of Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) sheets of all 22 lakh candidates, who appeared for ...
13 April 2025 Indian ExpressTHREE PERSONS, including a father-son duo, were killed as protests against the Waqf (Amendment) Act spiralled into violence in Murshidabad district of West Bengal on Friday. According to a government statement, over 150 people have been arrested.Appealing for calm, ...
13 April 2025 Indian ExpressA former veteran minister of West Bengal’s Left Front regime as well as with TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, Abdur Rezzak Mollah, passed away on Friday at around 11 am.His son Mostaq Ahmed told The Indian Express, “He was ill ...
12 April 2025 Indian ExpressThe police personnel of Kolkata police who allegedly kicked protesting teachers in front of the DI office of Kasba on Wednesday was deputed as the Investigating Officer of the case lodged against the teachers. However, after a series of ...
12 April 2025 Indian ExpressViolence erupted in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district Friday again during a protest against the amended Waqf law as people torched a police jeep and ransacked several vehicles in Jangipur. The office of local TMC MP Khalilur Rehman was also ...
12 April 2025 Indian ExpressA former veteran minister of West Bengal’s Left Front regime as well as with TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, Abdur Rezzak Mollah, passed away on Friday at around 11 am.His son Mostaq Ahmed told The Indian Express, “He was ill ...
12 April 2025 Indian ExpressCommuters in Kolkata faced hours of traffic snarls on Thursday as major demonstrations converged on the city’s key arteries. Protests against the Waqf Act’s amendment and the Supreme Court annulling 25,752 school staff jobs threw traffic out of gear ...
12 April 2025 Indian ExpressBefore India terminated the transshipment facility for Bangladesh’s export cargo, trucks and consignments saw a sharp uptick at Petrapole, the nation’s largest land port, data shows.New Delhi halted transshipment facilities for the neighbouring country on April 8, days after ...
12 April 2025 Indian ExpressAs West Bengal grapples with intense summer heat, the IMD has forecast thunderstorms and rainfall across several districts. Northern West Bengal is expected to experience thunderstorms, while Southern West Bengal anticipates relief from the persistent heat through scattered showers.The ...
11 April 2025 Indian ExpressBraving the scorching Kolkata heat, close to 1,000 school staff who lost their jobs after a recent Supreme Court verdict hit the streets in a mega rally, demanding that a mirror image of the OMR sheet be published, and ...
11 April 2025 Indian ExpressOn a hot Thursday, a group of teaching and non-teaching staff members sat in front of the School Service Commission office in Kolkata’s Salt Lake, before they joined a mega rally at Sealdah. They had been in front of ...
11 April 2025 Indian ExpressAfter Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, the West Bengal government is now also introducing a selection committee to appoint the State’s Director General of Police (DGP) without relying on the Centre’s nod.On Tuesday, the State cabinet decided to constitute the ...
11 April 2025 Indian ExpressCommissioner of Kolkata Police (CP) Manoj Verma on Wednesday said that the police’s use of force and lathicharge against protesting teachers who lost their jobs due to a Supreme Court ruling which annulled the appointments of over 25,000 West ...
11 April 2025 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday promised to resolve the concerns of minorities and assured them of her support in the wake of the recently passed Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025.Declaring that it was her policy to allow ...
10 April 2025 Indian ExpressCommunist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation General Secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya has written to President Droupadi Murmu over the Supreme Court’s decision to terminate nearly 26,000 teachers in West Bengal, urging her intervention to save the teachers.In a letter, a ...
10 April 2025 Indian ExpressA group of teachers and non-teaching staff who lost their jobs due to a Supreme Court ruling which annulled the appointments of over 25,000 West Bengal school staff clashed with the police outside the office of the district inspector ...
10 April 2025 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu on Wednesday questioned why a group of people who lost their jobs after the Supreme Court upheld the invalidation of more than 25,000 teaching and non-teaching appointments over irregularities in the recruitment process ...
10 April 2025 Indian ExpressThe police in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district arrested 22 people Wednesday in connection with the violence and arson during protests against the Waqf Act, even as the internet remained suspended in Jangipur and surrounding areas.Authorities clamped prohibitory orders in ...
10 April 2025 Indian ExpressIN THE aftermath of a car crash in Thakurpukur market on Sunday morning, which claimed a life and injured several other persons, a wave of questions and concerns is emerging from Tollywood — or the Bengali entertainment industry — ...
10 April 2025 Indian ExpressDays after a vegetable vendor was killed and several others injured after a car crashed into them at a market in Kolkata’s Thakurpukur, Trinamool Congress (TMC) spokesperson Kunal Ghosh raised several questions on the probe into the accident, including ...
10 April 2025 Indian ExpressOn Tuesday, the Hindu Seva Dal approached the Calcutta High Court seeking permission to hold a procession at the Red Road for Hanuman Jayanti.According to the petitioners’ counsel Mayukh Mukherjee, “The petitioner wants to hold a colourful procession on ...
9 April 2025 Indian ExpressIn the aftermath of the car crash in Thakurpukur market on Sunday morning, which claimed a life and injured several other persons, a wave of questions and concerns is emerging from Tollywood and social media.A day after a vegetable ...
9 April 2025 Indian ExpressPolice vehicles were torched and stones pelted as a group of protesters clashed with the police in Jangipur, Murshidabad, on Tuesday. The incident took place during protests against Waqf (Amendment ) law. A large police contingent has been posted ...
9 April 2025 Indian ExpressOn Tuesday, Justice Tirthankar Ghosh of the Calcutta High Court granted permission to Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari and BJP MLA Ashok Dinda to visit the violence-hit Mothabari area of West Bengal on April 11.Mayukh Mukherjee, counsel for the ...
9 April 2025 Indian ExpressAmid a crisis after the Supreme Court verdict to terminate the services of almost 26,000 teachers in state/state-aided schools in West Bengal, para-teachers went on a three-day strike, demanding a hike in their salaries.According to the State school education ...
9 April 2025 Indian Express“They must give us a job… I am not a tainted candidate. I am the only breadwinner of my family. I have aged parents, a wife and a one-year-old child. What will I feed them now?” Surojit Malakar, a ...
9 April 2025 Indian ExpressThe Opposition BJP on Monday blamed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for the Supreme Court’s order annulling over 25,000 school jobs, asking why her government could not provide the court a list of teachers who were “genuine” and those who ...
9 April 2025 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) Monday appealed to the Supreme Court to allow teachers “not found to be tainted” to continue services until the end of the academic year “or until the process of fresh appointments ...
8 April 2025 Indian ExpressStating that the teacher’s strength in West Bengal government schools is already “strained’, the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) on Monday moved a petition in the Supreme Court seeking modification of its April 3 order annulling appointments ...
8 April 2025 Indian ExpressMinutes after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee held a meeting on Monday with teachers who lost their jobs after a Supreme Court ruling, the Opposition BJP sharply criticised her, saying that she is “misleading” the candidates.State BJP leadership ...
8 April 2025 Indian ExpressBefore West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee addressed the loss of jobs for teachers in her state at the Netaji Indoor stadium early Monday morning, a scuffle broke out between teachers who entered the stadium and a section of candidates ...
8 April 2025 Indian ExpressAssuring to protect the jobs of government teachers whose appointments were cancelled by the Supreme Court last week, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday urged them to return to their respective schools and “voluntarily” resume duties while ...
8 April 2025 Indian ExpressA vegetable vendor has died of his injuries, and eight other people are critically injured, after a film and television director’s car allegedly veered into a crowded Kolkata market after he lost control of the wheel on Sunday morning.At ...
8 April 2025 Indian ExpressThere was unprecedented security at Shibpur in Howrah district on Sunday for the Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s Ram Navami procession, which had got a nod from the Calcutta High Court.In 2023, Shibpur saw a mob go on a rampage, attacking ...
8 April 2025 Indian ExpressChief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday extended her support to thousands of teaching and non-teaching staffers who recently lost their jobs in West Bengal’s government and aided schools, assuring them that she would do everything in her capacity to restore ...
8 April 2025 Indian ExpressIn the wake of a recent seizure of a large amount of fake and substandard medicines from a warehouse in Titagarh, the West Bengal government is going to issue a strict advisory to all the pharmacists in the state.Sources ...
7 April 2025 Indian ExpressAmid heavy police deployment, Ram Navami was celebrated peacefully in West Bengal. The past two years saw the festivities marred by violence in the state.On Sunday, as Ram Navami processions were taken out in different parts of the state, ...
7 April 2025 Indian ExpressRam Navami was celebrated on the Jadavpur University campus for the first time by students affiliated with the ABVP despite being denied permission by the university authorities. The celebrations took place at the Technology Bhawan entrance where the alleged ...
7 April 2025 Indian ExpressLeader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari Sunday laid the foundation stone of a Ram Temple at Nandigram in Purba Medinipur district on the occasion of Ram Navami.Adhikari is the BJP MLA from Nandigram. The foundation stone ...
7 April 2025 Indian ExpressThe Kolkata Police and the West Bengal Police have tightened security in their respective jurisdictions ahead of Ram Navami on Sunday.According to sources, the West Bengal Police have deployed 29 IPS officers in 10 sensitive regions, including six police ...
7 April 2025 Indian ExpressThe recent Supreme Court verdict cancelling the appointment of over 25,000 Bengal government school teachers has not only put the future of the sacked teachers and their families in jeopardy but also left the schools grappling to complete the ...
7 April 2025 Indian ExpressWith thousands of Ram Navami rallies scheduled to hit the streets on Sunday, the West Bengal secretariat at Nabanna remains open to monitor the situation. Raj Bhavan too has reactivated the 24×7 ‘peace room’ with ample manpower to take ...
7 April 2025 Indian ExpressA section of the West Bengal schoolteachers who lost their jobs when the Supreme Court upheld the invalidation of 25,753 teacher appointments over irregularities in the recruitment process is planning to file a review petition as well as to ...
7 April 2025 Indian ExpressA 48-year-old man died after an alleged violent altercation over a parking space in Kolkata’s Tangra area on Sunday.Arun Kumar Gupta, a resident of Mathurbabu Lane in Tangra, was allegedly beaten up by Aryan Shaw and his brother when ...
7 April 2025 Indian ExpressWest Bengal is set to experience a period of fluctuating weather conditions in the coming days, with the IMD forecasting a mix of heatwaves, thunderstorms, and rainfall. While some regions may find temporary relief from the heat, the humidity ...
7 April 2025 Indian ExpressA war of words has erupted between the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the BJP in West Bengal after former Calcutta High Court judge and BJP MP Abhijit Gangopadhyay on Friday proposed that a committee be set up to look ...
7 April 2025 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) on Friday said it would abide by the Supreme Court directive and soon initiate the process of conducting fresh exams for all teaching and non-teaching candidates, who took part in the now-invalidated ...
6 April 2025 Indian Express“My science faculty is almost entirely gone. How will we run classes?” said Kakoli Chowdhury, headmistress of Sailaja Memorial Girls High School in Lalgola, Murshidabad, where the employment of 18 out of 46 teachers is to be cancelled after ...
6 April 2025 Indian ExpressDismissing a petition filed by the Ram Navami Celebration Committee, the Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed that the Ram Navami procession in Bankura Town will take the route proposed by the police, with a diversion of 100 m ...
5 April 2025 Indian ExpressThe Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the state administration to reconstitute the Paschim Medinipur Women’s Police Station in the wake of the allegations of torture of students who were detained during a protest on the Vidyasagar University campus.Raising ...
5 April 2025 Indian ExpressSoma Das, the cancer survivor and the sole exception to the Calcutta High Court’s order nullifying the appointments of nearly 26,000 teachers and non-teaching staff, expressed her disappointment and empathy following the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the High ...
5 April 2025 Indian ExpressMoments after the Supreme Court upheld the Calcutta High Court’s verdict to dismiss almost 26,000 teachers and non-teaching staff across various schools run or aided by the West Bengal government, the state’s Opposition parties slammed the ruling TMC.Meanwhile, reacting ...
4 April 2025 Indian ExpressA wave of despair has washed over thousands of teachers in West Bengal following the Supreme Court’s decision to invalidate the appointments of nearly 26,000 teachers and staff in state-run and state-aided schools.For months, teachers have been meeting at ...
4 April 2025 Indian ExpressThe Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) approached the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday to seek permission to hold a Ram Navami procession in Bankura’s Saltora, on allegations that police did not give them permission.Justice Tirthankar Ghosh has given permission to ...
4 April 2025 Indian ExpressThe Sundarban Tiger Reserve (STR) has now also become a haven for birds. Recently, STR authorities made a report on the occasion of their third annual bird festival, which cites 154 sighted species of birds in the reserve — ...
4 April 2025 Indian ExpressAfter the Supreme Court upheld the Calcutta HC’s verdict to dismiss almost 26,000 teachers and non-teaching staff across various schools run or aided by the West Bengal government, the state’s Opposition parties slammed the ruling TMC.In April 2024, a ...
4 April 2025 Indian ExpressCHIEF MINISTER Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday hit out at the Centre over the hike in medicine prices and announced that her party, the TMC, would protest across the state on Friday and Saturday. She also urged all section of ...
3 April 2025 Indian ExpressIn anticipation of the upcoming Ram Navami celebrations, the West Bengal Police has cancelled all leaves for its personnel across the state until April 9.An order signed by the Additional Director General of Law and Order came into effect ...
3 April 2025 Indian ExpressTHE POLICE on Wednesday said they arrested one person – Chandrakant Banik – in connection with an explosion in the Dholahat area of West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district that claimed the lives of eight other members of the ...
3 April 2025 Indian ExpressJUST LIKE a middle-aged woman character catches the eye of a policeman when she solves a theft case in a popular Bengali TV serial, the Kolkata police found some help from a woman that led to the arrest of ...
3 April 2025 Indian ExpressA devastating explosion ripped through a house in South 24 Paraganas district, West Bengal, late Tuesday night, claiming the lives of eight persons of a family, including young children. While authorities are yet to determine the exact cause, local ...
3 April 2025 Indian ExpressIn a first, the Paschim Banga Samagra Shiksha Mission (PBSSM) has issued a directive to all District Education Officers for the implementation of safety measures for preventing stray dog attacks on children in West Bengal.According to the directive, state ...
3 April 2025 Indian ExpressAs Bengal police beef up security for the upcoming Ram Navami celebrations, the West Bengal Police have cancelled all leaves for its personnel across the state until April 9.An order signed by the Additional Director General of Law and ...
3 April 2025 Indian ExpressTwo days were left for his retirement when loco-pilot Gangeswar Mal died in a train accident. On Tuesday, two goods trains clashed near the Barhat Station in Sahibganj district of Jharkhand.Mal (65), who was a resident of Bhatapara in ...
3 April 2025 Indian ExpressThe Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) approached the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday to seek permission to hold a Ram Navami procession in Bankura’s Saltora, on allegations that police did not give them permission.Justice Tirthankar Ghosh has given permission to ...
3 April 2025 Indian ExpressThe Bar Library Club, the Bar Association and the Incorporated Law Society of the Calcutta High Court Tuesday observed a token protest in court regarding the transfer of Judges from Delhi High Court to the Calcutta High Court.Recently, the ...
3 April 2025 Indian ExpressA day after an explosion inside a house in Dholahat, South 24 Parganas, police have filed a case against two brothers. The family had been allegedly involved in the fireworks business for more than a decade, reportedly holding a ...
3 April 2025 Indian ExpressAs the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) plans for over 2,000 rallies, 200 tableaus and Sree Ram Mahostav at 5,000 locations for Ram Navami in West Bengal, the organisation says it is concerned about “security” in the state.Chandranath Das, VHP ...
2 April 2025 Indian ExpressLeader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari moved the Calcutta High Court Tuesday after police denied him permission to visit Mothabari and to hold a protest rally at Kanthi concerning the recent communal clashes and violence ...
2 April 2025 Indian ExpressThe death toll in the blast at a firecracker manufacturing unit housed in a residence in the Patharpratima area of South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal has risen to eight. The death toll includes four children.On Monday night, ...
2 April 2025 Indian ExpressPrivate bus owners in the state strongly opposed the decision of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to hike toll tax by 5 per cent, scheduled to come into effect from April 1.The Joint Council of Bus Syndicates, ...
2 April 2025 Indian ExpressTo protest or not to protest has divided the TMC leaders over the heckling of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee allegedly by SFI members at an event in Oxford last week. While a section of TMC leaders have vociferously condemned ...
1 April 2025 Indian ExpressWhile discounting Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s weeklong visit to the United Kingdom (UK) as “nothing” but a few “controversies and dramas”, senior Congress leader Adhir Chowdhury on Monday came out in support of her on the Oxford incident, saying ...
1 April 2025 Indian ExpressAt least seven persons, including four children, were killed in a blast at a house with a firecracker manufacturing unit in the Patharpratima area of South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, on Monday night.Police said that many people are ...
1 April 2025 Indian Express“Dispute over payment” with someone he met through a gay dating app led to the murder of a 22-year-old house help in the Charu Market area of Kolkata, police said on Monday after arresting a 30-year-old man from Baruipur ...
1 April 2025 Indian ExpressA section of TMC leaders “did not stand behind (West Bengal CM) Mamata Banerjee” after an incident at Oxford University where she faced protests from students, said youth TMC leader and in-charge of party IT-cell Debangshu Bhattacharya.He also alleged ...
1 April 2025 Indian ExpressA 22-YEAR-OLD man was found dead in an apartment on Deshpran Sasmal Road area in Kolkata’s Charu Market on Saturday, police said. Police identified the deceased as Abinash Bauri from Barakar, Asansol, adding that it is likely that he ...
1 April 2025 Indian ExpressIN RESPONSE to a number of ‘suicide pact’ and murder cases reported in the city over the apst few weeks, the Kolkata Police have launched an “urgent” campaign to promote their mental health helpline and offer support to citizens.Using ...
1 April 2025 Indian ExpressDays after communal tension in West Bengal’s Malda district, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday urged people not to fall for provocations that could incite communal violence and emphasised her government’s commitment to protecting social harmony.Addressing an Eid event ...
1 April 2025 Indian ExpressA 22-year-old man — the only breadwinner for his mother, uncle, and aunt — died on Sunday near Cuttack station, when the Bengaluru-Kamakhya AC Express derailed.Subhankar Roy had been on the train with his mother, Chitra Roy, returning home ...
1 April 2025 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal government has sought the cooperation of the Bihar and Uttar Pradesh governments in its investigation of spurious drugs recovered from various places including in North 24 Parganas and Malda, stating that many such medicines were made ...
1 April 2025 Indian ExpressAmid communal tensions in Mothabari in the Malda district of West Bengal, the police Sunday stopped a BJP delegation under the leadership of president and Union minister Sukanta Majumdar, citing prohibitory orders in the area.Internet services were suspended, and ...
31 March 2025 Indian ExpressAn order was issued from the West Bengal Raj Bhavan Saturday requesting a refund of the expenses incurred for the 2024 convocation ceremony of Jadavpur University. The letter was sent two days after Bhaskar Gupta was removed from his ...
31 March 2025 Indian ExpressThe India Meteorological Department has issued heatwave warnings for four South Bengal districts for Sunday: North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, West Midnapore, and West Burdwan. Temperatures are likely to drop by two to three degrees only after April ...
31 March 2025 Indian ExpressTMC MLA Akhil Giri was injured as violence marred the elections for the 13 board members of a co-operative bank in Contai in Purba Medinipur district on Saturday.Leader of Opposition and BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari is the chairman of ...
31 March 2025 Indian ExpressAmid tension in Mothabari in Malda, the West Bengal Police on Saturday urged people to not pay heed to rumours and incitement on social media, and warned “miscreants” against trying to create trouble during the upcoming Eid and Ram ...
31 March 2025 Indian ExpressWith the early onset of summer and prevailing heatwave conditions across large parts of West Bengal, the state primary education department has ordered schools to modify school timings without disrupting the academic calendar.According to the Meteorological Department, heatwave conditions ...
30 March 2025 Indian ExpressIt was an end to a six-day ordeal for Hariprasad, a naughty pet dog that gobbled up a cotton furred foot of Donald Duck that he was playing with. In a rare feat, an expert team of vets from ...
30 March 2025 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari wrote to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday, urging him to prevent Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee from travelling abroad in the future “to ensure she does not get the opportunity ...
30 March 2025 Indian ExpressTHE CALCUTTA High Court on Friday, during a hearing in the RG Kar rape and murder case, asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to submit the case diary in connection with the first five days of the investigation ...
30 March 2025 Indian ExpressA fast-track court in Purba Bardhaman district on Friday evening ordered jail sentence to 13 TMC leaders and party workers, including the chairperson of Burdwan Development Authority (BDA), after convicting them in an eight-year-old murder attempt case.While BDA chairperson ...
30 March 2025 Indian ExpressINTERNET SERVICES have been suspended and prohibitory orders were issued in the Mothabari area and surrounding areas of West Bengal’s Malda following clashes between two communities on Thursday. A large contingent of police personnel has been posted in the ...
30 March 2025 Indian ExpressBefore leaving London, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday in her “X” handle post expressed pride over her experience at the Oxford University and also said that she would not backtrack in the wake of the protests ...
30 March 2025 Indian ExpressThe Internet has been suspended and prohibitory orders were issued in the Mothabari area and surrounding areas of West Bengal’s Malda following clashes between two communities. A large contingent of policemen has been posted in the area and 34 ...
29 March 2025 Indian ExpressThe students’ wing of the CPI(M), Student Federation of India (SFI), took responsibility for the protest during West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s speech at Oxford University’s Kellogg College in England. The TMC sharply criticised the SFI.A statement by ...
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