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  • News from West Bengal | 26 May, 2025 | ১২ জ্যৈষ্ঠ, ১৪৩২
  • As Oppn CMs announce boycott of NITI Aayog meet, Mamata postpones Delhi visit by a day

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday postponed her visit to Delhi for the NITI Aayog meeting from Thursday to Friday.The meeting itself is to be held on Saturday, July 27.Banerjee’s decision, according to sources in her party ...

    26 July 2024 Indian Express
    To combat high rates of child drowning deaths in the Sundarbans, India gets its first pond-based swimming pool

    Some 100 kilometres south of Kolkata, in Baikuntapur village, deep inside India’s ecologically sensitive Sundarbans, 15-year-old Supriya Halder and her troupe of fellow students from neighbouring villages have put together a jatra performance, a popular form of folk theatre ...

    26 July 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal BJP chief asks PM to make north Bengal a part of North East, TMC calls it ‘secessionist move’

    BJP’s West Bengal unit president Sukanta Majumdar on Wednesday said he has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to incorporate northern parts of the state into the North East region since the two have “many similarities”. This triggered a strong ...

    26 July 2024 Indian Express
    Monsoon Woes: Uptick in dengue cases, officials say drop from last year but need to remain vigilant

    With the onset of monsoon, there has been a surge in dengue and malaria cases. So far, 2,100 dengue cases have been reported from across the state. However, health officials said the situation is not alarming as the number ...

    26 July 2024 Indian Express
    Finally potato prices in Bengal likely to come down, after traders call off strike following talks with government

    Potato traders in West Bengal on Wednesday called off their indefinite strike following a meeting with state minister Becharam Manna.The Progressive Potato Traders’ Association had called for the strike on Sunday over their allegations of harassment by the state ...

    25 July 2024 Indian Express
    ‘Make North Bengal a part of Northeastern states’: BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar’s proposal kicks up political storm

    Bharatiya Janata Party’s West Bengal president Sukanta Majumdar said Wednesday that he has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to make North Bengal a “part of Northeast states”.In a video statement issued from Delhi, Majumdar said, “I have met with ...

    25 July 2024 Indian Express
    Mamata Banerjee seeks stay on order restraining her from making any ‘defamatory’ comment against Governor

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday moved a Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court, seeking a stay on a single bench order that restrained her and three other TMC leaders from making “defamatory or incorrect statements” ...

    25 July 2024 Indian Express
    Kolkata sees ‘37% drop in dengue cases, 67% drop in malaria’ compared to July last year

    With the onset of monsoon, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) announced a significant decline in cases of malaria and dengue in the city compared to last year’s numbers.According to data from KMC officials, a reduction of 37% was recorded ...

    25 July 2024 Indian Express
    Mamata Banerjee names award-winning filmmaker Goutam Ghose as chairman of 30th Kolkata International Film Festival

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee named award-winning filmmaker Goutam Ghose as committee chairman for the 30th edition of Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF), scheduled to be held from December 4 to 11 this year.Speaking at the annual “Mahanayak ...

    25 July 2024 Indian Express
    West Bengal govt raises allowance for Durga Puja committees to Rs 85,000

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday announced that the allowance for Durga Puja committees will be hiked by Rs 15,000 this year.The committees currently get Rs 70,000.While making the announcement at the Netaji Indoor stadium, the CM ...

    25 July 2024 Indian Express
    Centre did the right thing by not giving package to Bengal: BJP

    Reacting to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s remark that the Union Budget discriminated against West Bengal, senior BJP leader and MLA Agnimitra Paul said the Centre did the right thing by not announcing any financial package for the state.“Why will ...

    25 July 2024 Indian Express
    First sign of normalcy: Exports resume in Petrapole land port, goods-laden trucks start to roll out from India to Bangladesh

    After four days of impasse due to unrest in Bangladesh, trucks have once again resumed exports on Wednesday, in South Asia’s biggest land port Petrapole, located along the international border between India and Bangladesh.On July 20, the exports stopped ...

    25 July 2024 Indian Express
    TMC moves resolution against NEET in West Bengal assembly

    The Trinamool Congress Wednesday moved a resolution in the Assembly condemning the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), and demanding that the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) be reinstated in West Bengal.A motion moved by the TMC and passed through ...

    25 July 2024 Indian Express
    ‘TMC MLA tried to assault me on Assembly premises’: West Bengal BJP Opposition leader

    Leader of Opposition of West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari alleged Wednesday that a TMC MLA tried to assault him and he requested the Speaker to take action. Speaker Biman Banerjee said he has ordered an investigation.According to sources, after ...

    25 July 2024 Indian Express
    Stuck in Kolkata and money drying up, lack of travel options: Amid unrest, Bangladesh nationals wait for return

    Bangladeshis in India, waiting for the unrest in their country to die down so they can return, are seeing their funds dry up, while bus services refuse to directly ply to their destinations, train journeys remain suspended and flight ...

    24 July 2024 Indian Express
    Ahead of NITI Aayog meet, Bengal CM Mamata asked to share written speech, says will share details of money owed to state

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday that she will share details with the NITI Aayog of money owed by the Centre to her state, before she reaches New Delhi to participate in a meeting on July ...

    24 July 2024 Indian Express
    ‘If you need tiffin money, I’ll give’: Mamata slams Governor for imposing Rs 500/day fine on 2 TMC MLAs

    A day after West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose directed two newly elected TMC MLAs to pay a fine of Rs 500/day for attending the Assembly, saying their oath-taking was in violation of the Constitution, Chief Minister Mamata ...

    24 July 2024 Indian Express
    ‘Biased towards coalition states Bihar and Andhra’: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee slams Union Budget

    Pointing to the economic packages for Bihar and Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday called the Union Budget “politically biased” and an attempt by the government to make NDA partners happy.Accusing the BJP-led NDA government ...

    24 July 2024 Indian Express
    Yellow alert for South Bengal districts, moderate rain to continue in North Bengal till July 28

    Kolkata and South Bengal are expected to experience light to moderate rain with thunderstorms, on Tuesday and Wednesday, while several South Bengal districts are under a heavy rain alert for Tuesday.As temperatures in the city are predicted to be ...

    24 July 2024 Indian Express
    West Bengal: Four newly elected TMC MLAs likely to be sworn-in by Speaker on Tuesday

    The oath-taking ceremony for West Bengal’s four newly elected TMC MLAs are likely to be administered on Tuesday by Speaker Biman Banerjee, Assembly secretariat sources said.The four MLAs wrote to the Speaker on Monday – when the monsoon session ...

    23 July 2024 Indian Express
    Maitree Express services between Kolkata-Dhaka suspended till Tuesday

    The services of Maitree Express, connecting Kolkata with Bangladesh capital Dhaka, will continue to remain suspended till Tuesday, Eastern Railway said, citing operational reasons.The decision comes amid violent protests in Bangladesh over a quota system in government jobs, which ...

    23 July 2024 Indian Express
    Month after being sworn in by Speaker, Governor tells TMC MLAs: Oath invalid, pay fine of Rs 500 daily

    A fortnight ago, when TMC MLAs — Sayantika Banerjee and Reyat Hossain Sarkar – were administered oath by Speaker Biman Banerjee in the Assembly, it seemed that weeks of impasse over the oath-taking ceremony had come to an end ...

    23 July 2024 Indian Express
    4 held for ‘entering illegally’ from Bangladesh

    Kolkata Police on Monday said they have arrested four persons, suspected to be Bangladesh nationals, from the Anandapur area in south-east part of the city who allegedly entered India illegally.According to police, the four were arrested on Sunday after ...

    23 July 2024 Indian Express
    Calcutta HC Bar Association to abstain from court proceedings ‘until police officer who assaulted advocate is suspended’

    The Calcutta High Court Bar Association on Monday decided to abstain from all judicial proceedings after a lawyer was allegedly assaulted by police personnel in the Bishnupur area of South 24 Parganas district, saying they will not resume until ...

    23 July 2024 Indian Express
    7 massive 50-years old trees find new home after ER carefully uproots and replants them using 25 ton crane

    The Howrah Division of Eastern Railway has successfully undertaken a pioneering environmental conservation effort in West Bengal. Seven massive trees, including Peepal, Bargad, and Kadam, were carefully transplanted to a new home near the Rail Museum, to accommodate the ...

    23 July 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal Guv concerned over discovery of tunnel under house of fake gold dealer

    West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose has expressed concern over the discovery of a tunnel underneath the house of an alleged fake gold idol dealer in South 24 Parganas district, asserting that it poses a “national security concern”.The ...

    23 July 2024 Indian Express
    FIR filed against CEO of firm for ‘molesting’ woman on flight

    The Bidhannagar Police in West Bengal on Sunday registered an FIR against a top executive of a firm with links to Naveen Jindal-promoted entities for allegedly molesting a woman on a flight from Kolkata to Abu Dhabi on July ...

    23 July 2024 Indian Express
    Rally in rain, Kolkata commuters spared of traffic snarls: Thanks to Sunday

    On a rainy Sunday, Kolkata witnessed a massive political gathering, including several small rallies, leading towards Dharamtala, for the Trinamool Congress Martyrs’ Day rally on July 21. At least two hours before the rally began, central Kolkata saw large ...

    23 July 2024 Indian Express
    Abhishek demands Pradhan’s arrest over NEET; warns action against errant party leaders, cadres

    Raising the heat on the BJP-led government at the Centre over the NEET paper leak row, TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday demanded the arrest of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.Addressing party workers at the annual Martyrs’ Day ...

    22 July 2024 Indian Express
    At rally with Akhilesh, Mamata says NDA Govt is unstable and TMC needs ‘morally strong’ people

    At Sunday’s Martyrs’ Day rally in Kolkata, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre would not complete its five-year term and might fall any day. She also warned workers and leaders of ...

    22 July 2024 Indian Express
    Students’ protest in Bangladesh: Will give shelter to those who knock at our door, says Mamata; BJP fumes

    With over 100 people killed in Bangladesh as protests against job quotas convulse the neighbouring country, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said she would keep her state’s doors open for “helpless people” from the neighbouring country.While ...

    22 July 2024 Indian Express
    TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee demands arrest of Dharmendra Pradhan over NEET paper leak: ‘Biggest scam in India since Independence’

    Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday demanded the arrest of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over the NEET UG paper leak issue.Addressing the party’s annual Martyrs’ Day rally in Kolkata, Banerjee slammed the BJP-led government ...

    22 July 2024 Indian Express
    BJP-led Union Government to fall soon: SP chief Akhilesh Yadav at TMC’s Martyrs’ Day rally

    Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday claimed that the BJP-led Union Government will not last long.Sharing the dais with Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee during the Trinamool Congress’s Martyrs’ Day rally in Kolkata, Yadav said, ...

    22 July 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal BJP divided over holding ‘Murder of Democracy Day’ today

    The BJP in West Bengal appears divided over holding a ‘Murder of Democracy Day’ on Sunday to protest the alleged reign of terror unleashed by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the state even as the ruling party is set ...

    22 July 2024 Indian Express
    Exports stalled at South Asia’s biggest land port Petrapole amid unrest in Bangladesh

    Indian exports through Petrapole, South Asia’s largest land port situated on the India-Bangladesh border, have been stalled amid the ongoing student protest in the neighbouring country.“On our side, the land port is open and we are doing our best. ...

    21 July 2024 Indian Express
    Akhilesh Yadav to be present, leaders from Sena UBT likely to attend TMC’s ‘Martyrs’ Day’ mega rally in Kolkata tomorrow

    Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav will attend the Trinamool Congress’s (TMC) Martyrs’ Day rally scheduled to be held in Kolkata’s Esplanade on Sunday.TMC sources said the former UP CM may meet Mamata Banerjee at her Kalighat residence before going ...

    21 July 2024 Indian Express
    Recurring power cuts, strong Opposition-fuelled agitation factors that led to violent protest in Malda: Police

    Frequent power cuts, low voltage leading to slowing of electric appliances, accompanied by humid and hot climate — all snowballed to give rise to major protests in 10 places in Malda district’s Manikchak area on Thursday, only for the ...

    21 July 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal BJP divided over holding ‘Murder of Democracy Day’ tomorrow

    The BJP in West Bengal appears divided over holding a ‘Murder of Democracy Day’ on Sunday to protest the alleged reign of terror unleashed by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the state even as the ruling party is set ...

    21 July 2024 Indian Express
    CM Mamata Banerjee likely to be present in Niti Aayog meeting on July 27, press for Bengal’s dues

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will likely attend the Governing Council meeting of the Niti Aayog scheduled to be held in Delhi on July 27. This would be the first visit of Banerjee to the national capital, after ...

    21 July 2024 Indian Express
    Bangladeshi students in India worried about kin in violence-hit motherland

    Bangladeshi students at the West Bengal universities on Saturday expressed concern over the safety of their beloved ones in their motherland that is gripped by violent student protests that claimed over 100 lives and imposition of national curfew.Katha Ghosh, ...

    21 July 2024 Indian Express
    Kolkata: 25 flights cancelled, over 70 delayed due to Crowdstrike flaw

    Due to a global IT outage, flight operations were disrupted nationwide, affecting travel and flight schedules at Kolkata Airport. At least 25 flights, including 14 departures and 11 arrivals, have been cancelled, according to airport officials.Two IndiGo flights from ...

    21 July 2024 Indian Express
    Restraining order on defamatory statement against Guv: Mamata files appeal

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday filed an appeal before a division bench of the Calcutta High Court challenging a single bench order restraining her and three others from making any defamatory or incorrect statement against Governor ...

    21 July 2024 Indian Express
    Police ‘fired in self defence’ in Bengal’s Malda, 26 arrested so far in power outage violence

    Frequent power cuts and low voltages causing fans to slow down – all snowballed into a major protest breaking out in various places by the villagers in Malda’s Manikchak area, only to be baton charged by police. Amidst the ...

    20 July 2024 Indian Express
    West Bengal Police launch online portal to get Police Clearance Certificates, say entire process expected to take 72 hours

    In a bid to expedite the process of obtaining a Police Clearance Certificate (PCC), a crucial document for visa and job applications, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the West Bengal Police has launched a new portal.The portal allows ...

    20 July 2024 Indian Express
    Caught in Bangladesh student unrest, Kolkata-Dhaka Maitree Express ‘cancelled’ for two days

    After the Kolkata-Dhaka Maitree Express was forced to halt Friday morning due to ongoing protests by students in Bangladesh, the train’s journeys scheduled for Friday and Saturday have been cancelled.Sources said that after Saturday, a call will be taken ...

    20 July 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal BJP chief warns Arjun Singh, Saumitra: ‘Raise party matters internally, not in public’

    Amid demand for an overhaul of the state BJP unit following the party’s successive drubbings in the Assembly and Lok Sabha elections, West Bengal BJP unit president Sukanta Majumdar on Thursday warned party leaders Arjun Singh and Saumitra Khan ...

    20 July 2024 Indian Express
    North Bengal: 4 minors among 7 held for raping teen in tea garden, had videographed: Police

    A teenage girl was allegedly raped by seven people, including four minors, inside a tea garden in Jalpaiguri district, a senior police officer said on Thursday.The seven accused, named in the FIR by the girl’s family, have been arrested ...

    20 July 2024 Indian Express
    Police fires 10 rounds as protest against power cuts turn violent in West Bengal’s Malda

    Five persons, including three policemen, were injured during a violent clash in Malda district’s Manikchak area on Thursday during protests over prolonged power outages in the area. Police said they have arrested 15 people in connection with the violence.Two ...

    20 July 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal fraudster whose aides attacked police after his arrest caught again; escape tunnel found at home

    Saddam Sardar, a fake-gold dealer who had been on the run since his arrest and subsequent escape under the cover of a mob attack on police in West Benal’s South 24 Parganas district on Monday, has been caught again.The ...

    19 July 2024 Indian Express
    With polls nearing, TMC govt sets up special unit to monitor flagship welfare schemes

    With Assembly elections in West Bengal two years away, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government has set up a “Programme Monitoring Unit (PMU)” to oversee its flagship social welfare programmes that have proved to be popular among people.Launched by Chief ...

    19 July 2024 Indian Express
    As Bengal govt moves Supreme Court over pending bills, 7 deal with state varsities and CM as Chancellor

    Among the eight pending Bills, which have become a bone of contention between the Raj Bhavan and West Bengal government, and the issue has now reached the Supreme Court, seven deal with the appointment of vice-chancellors to the state ...

    19 July 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal college admissions: Rush for English, zoology, psychology, mass communication; Sanskrit and philosophy find fewer takers

    English, zoology, psychology, and mass communication are some of the subjects students seek the most in the centralised online admission process for undergraduate courses in West Bengal colleges. On the other hand, Sanskrit, philosophy, and economics received the fewest ...

    19 July 2024 Indian Express
    17 days after implementation of new criminal laws, Mamata Banerjee govt forms review panel, Governor questions

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has constituted a seven-member committee, headed by a retired judge of the Calcutta High Court, to review the three new criminal laws — Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNA), Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA), and Bharatiya ...

    19 July 2024 Indian Express
    Prices on fire, cold storage body offers potatoes at Rs 26/kg to govt

    The West Bengal Cold Storage Association has offered to supply potatoes to the state government at Rs 26 per kg amid high prices in the retail market, officials said on Wednesday.At present, potatoes are being sold in the retail ...

    19 July 2024 Indian Express
    Kolkata: Another viral video of public beating, 3 held

    Police in Howrah have arrested three men, including a local businessman, for publicly thrashing the family members of a woman help, after she allegedly ran away with a youth.The police action came after a video showing the businessman beating ...

    18 July 2024 Indian Express
    Cry for organisational restructuring as Bengal BJP leadership appears divided

    As disagreements have become apparent within West Bengal’s BJP leadership, senior BJP leaders on Wednesday called for an organisational overhaul in a meeting, a first for the party after the Lok Sabha polls this year.Speaking to the media, party ...

    18 July 2024 Indian Express
    ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas bandh karo’, wind up minority wing: Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari

    West Bengal BJP MLA and leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari said on Wednesday that there was no need for the “Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas” slogan—given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi—and that the saffron party should do away with ...

    18 July 2024 Indian Express
    ‘Loco pilot hit the emergency brakes but couldn’t stop’ — Probe report recreates moments before Kanchenjunga Express accident

    The loco pilot of the freight train that was travelling at 78 kmph tried to hit the emergency brakes when it spotted the Kanchenjunga Express up ahead but could not prevent the crash — that’s what a probe report ...

    18 July 2024 Indian Express
    ‘Lapses at multiple levels in managing train operations’: CCRS probe report on Kanchenjunga rail tragedy which killed 10

    Failure of automatic signal, lapses at multiple levels in managing operations, and non-availability of critical safety equipment such as walkie-talkie with the loco pilot and train manager are some of the reasons cited for the June 17 train collision ...

    18 July 2024 Indian Express
    BJP launches website: ‘People who couldn’t vote can register complaints’

    Alleging that “genuine Hindu voters” were not allowed to vote in the recent Lok Sabha elections and the just concluded bypoll in four Assembly constituencies in West Bengal, the BJP on Tuesday launched a web portal where people who ...

    18 July 2024 Indian Express
    Calcutta High Court restrains Mamata Banerjee: No defamatory remarks against Governor Ananda Bose

    THE CALCUTTA High Court on Tuesday restrained West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and three Trinamool Congress leaders from making any “defamatory or incorrect statement” against Governor C V Ananda Bose until August 14 when the matter will be ...

    18 July 2024 Indian Express
    After TMC sweeps bypolls in Bengal, Leader of Opposition launches portal for ‘lakhs of Hindus who failed to vote’

    After West Bengal’s ruling party Trinamool Congress swept the bypolls for four constituencies in the state, the Leader of Opposition, Suvendu Adhikari, has introduced a portal where people who “failed” to cast their vote could register.The BJP leader on ...

    17 July 2024 Indian Express
    I ask the govt to curtail militant support base in J&K: Father of Army officer killed in Doda

    The father of the Army officer killed during an encounter with militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda called on the government to “curtail the support base of militants” in J&K.Captain Brijesh Thapa (27) was among four soldiers killed on ...

    17 July 2024 Indian Express
    Panchayat Department Review Meeting: 75% funds unspent, BDOs told to use money for rural projects within 15 days

    The state Panchayat department on Monday directed the BDOs (Block Development Officers) to finalise tenders for rural projects by July 31 in order to utilise 75 per cent unspent funds allotted under the 15th Finance Commission.Sources in the department ...

    17 July 2024 Indian Express
    Flogging to threats, the writ of Bengal’s rural kangaroo courts

    Sitting at a bus stand in West Bengal’s Purba Bardhaman district, Sheikh Boshir Ali, 31, and his mother Sahanara Khatun, 55, say they haven’t gone home since June 15. The previous night, a group of men had allegedly barged ...

    17 July 2024 Indian Express
    Mob attacks police, frees accused in Kultali

    A mob attacked a police team and freed a man arrested in a cheating case at Jalaberia village in the Kultali area of South 24 Parganas district on Monday.According to police, the police team had gone to arrest Saddam ...

    17 July 2024 Indian Express
    Governor’s defamation suit against Bengal CM: Mamata’s remarks echoed fears of women, her counsel tells HC

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, through her counsel, Monday told the Calcutta HC that she stood by her statement that women had expressed fears about visiting Raj Bhavan in Kolkata and there was nothing defamatory in her comment.During ...

    17 July 2024 Indian Express
    ‘Will conduct if he doesn’t answer’: West Bengal Speaker to ask Governor C V Bose who will administer oath for MLAs elected in bypolls

    The Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly on Monday said that Governor CV Ananda Bose will be asked to administer the oath of four newly elected four MLAs. He added that if the Governor does not respond, the ...

    16 July 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal Panchayat dept to BDOs: Disburse 75% of Fifteenth Finance Commission funds by July 31

    In a meeting with the Block Development Officers (BDOs) on Monday, the West Bengal Panchayat department directed that 75 per cent of the funds under the Fifteenth Finance Commission be disbursed by July 31.Otherwise, the Central Government may stop ...

    16 July 2024 Indian Express
    Convicted Maoist leader Arnab Dam enrols in Bengal’s Burdwan University for six-month Phd course

    Convicted and jailed Maoist leader Arnab Dam on Monday, under police watch, attended the counselling and took admission in the PhD course at Burdwan University, West Bengal. The admissions were earlier stalled by university authorities citing security concerns.At around ...

    16 July 2024 Indian Express
    With bypoll results out, Rajeev Kumar reinstated as DGP of West Bengal

    After the bypolls of four assembly constituencies concluded in West Bengal, Rajeev Kumar was reinstated as the Director General of West Bengal Police, a post he had been removed from after the Lok Sabha polls this year.On Monday, forty-eight ...

    16 July 2024 Indian Express
    No Bill is pending with Raj Bhavan as claimed by Bengal govt: Governor CV Ananda Bose

    West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Sunday rejected the allegation that eight Bills passed by the state assembly are pending with the Raj Bhavan. Out of the eight Bills, six were reserved for the consideration of President Draupadi Murmu, ...

    16 July 2024 Indian Express
    Convicted Maoist leader gets interim parole, likely to enroll for PhD today

    Convicted Maoist leader Arnab Dam, whose enrollment for PhD at Burdwan University was paused last week, will now appear for counselling on Monday, after the state correctional home Saturday approved his interim parole, allowing Dam to be transferred to ...

    16 July 2024 Indian Express
    2022 Bogtoi case: CBI frames charges against 23 accused

    The CBI has framed charges against 23 accused persons in the 2022 Bogtui killings case in a Rampurhat court. According to sources, the 23 persons were produced in the court to frame charges. During the hearing, six persons appealed ...

    16 July 2024 Indian Express
    For ageing witnesses in rural West Bengal, a World War II bomb found in Jhargram triggers memories of the war years

    On a July morning, 108 year-old Mahadev Sahu sits on the small porch of his home in West Bengal’s Jhargram district, recalling the day some eight decades ago, when he was out working in cucumber fields as a young ...

    16 July 2024 Indian Express
    Train collides with two cars at West Bengal railway crossing

    A passenger train collided with two cars at Khardah Railway Station on Sunday night, narrowly escaping a major accident. The Hazarduari Express had been heading towards Kolkata as two vehicles drove onto the track, striking the back of an ...

    16 July 2024 Indian Express
    Ex-Bengal FM Amit Mitra tests positive for Covid-19, hospitalised

    Former West Bengal finance minister Amit Mitra was hospitalised on Monday after he tested positive for Covid-19, an official said.The septuagenarian is being treated at an isolated intensive care unit, he said.“Mr Mitra was hospitalised this afternoon after he ...

    16 July 2024 Indian Express
    Prime accused arrested in assault on Kolkata realtor who rejected ‘extortion bid’

    Police on Sunday arrested the prime accused in a case in which a realtor was beaten up and his office ransacked in North Kolkata allegedly after he refused to pay Rs 5 lakh demanded by a worker of the ...

    15 July 2024 Indian Express
    BJP to observe ‘Murder of Democracy Day’ in Bengal on July 21, says Opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari

    Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday announced that the party will observe ‘Murder of Democracy Day’ on July 21 to protest against the alleged reign of terror unleashed by the Trinamool Congress (TMC).Speaking to media persons, Adhikari said, ...

    15 July 2024 Indian Express
    Trinamool Congress leader shot dead at eatery in Bengal’s North Dinajpur district

    A youth leader of the ruling Trinamool Congress was shot dead and another injured at Islampur in West Bengal’s North Dinajpur district around 9 pm on Saturday, after the results of the Assembly bypolls were announced.Bapi Roy and Mohammad ...

    15 July 2024 Indian Express
    2 held in Kolkata after realtor ‘beaten up’, his office vandalised

    A REALTOR was allegedly beaten up and his office was vandalised in Cossipore area of North Kolkata on Friday, police said on Saturday.Identified as Abhijit Sarkar, the realtor has been admitted to a private hospital with serious injuries, officers ...

    15 July 2024 Indian Express
    6 killed as truck-ambulance collide in West Bengal

    Six persons, including four of a family, were killed when the ambulance they were traveling in collided with a truck in West Bengal’s Paschim Medinipur district on Friday night, police said.According to a senior police officer from the district, ...

    15 July 2024 Indian Express
    As cataract surgeries lead to eye infections, Health Dept probes

    The West Bengal health department launched an investigation, after at least 35 patients, who underwent cataract surgeries at state-run Metiabruz Super Speciality Hospital, in Garden Reach area on June 28-29, as part of a special camp, complained of blurred ...

    14 July 2024 Indian Express
    In repeat of LS show, TMC sweeps Assembly bypolls in West Bengal, wins all 4 seats

    The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Saturday swept the Assembly bypolls in West Bengal after its candidates won all four seats that went to polls. In all four seats, the BJP came a distant second while Left-Congress alliance candidates lost ...

    14 July 2024 Indian Express
    Frequent Cyclones A Cause Of Worry: How Asia’s largest Botanical Garden is reviving trees uprooted by cyclones

    When Cyclone Remal hit West Bengal two months ago, the historic Botanical Garden in Howrah’s Shibpur was battle-ready. Teams were deployed from 6 in the morning to keep a close watch on the trees as gusty winds reaching a ...

    14 July 2024 Indian Express
    Convicted Maoist in West Bengal begins fast as his PhD admission process pauses

    Convicted Maoist leader Arnab Dam, who had topped the interviews list to pursue PhD in History from Burdwan University in West Bengal, went on a token fast at the Hooghly correctional home on Thursday after the university paused admissions ...

    14 July 2024 Indian Express
    North 24 Parganas | People taking law in hands concerning, guidelines sent to police stations: ADG

    Amid incidents of mob lynching and the surfacing of videos of public flogging and torture in the state, the West Bengal Police on Thursday admitted that people taking the law into their hands was concerning and said that guidelines ...

    13 July 2024 Indian Express
    ‘13 of 15 non-Russians in military unit dead’: Indians seek return

    Two Indian men fighting for Russia in its war against Ukraine have appealed to Indian authorities to help them get back home as they described the “horrific” situation on the frontlines, with one of them saying 13 of 15 ...

    13 July 2024 Indian Express
    Another aide of TMC strongman Jayant Singh held over torture video

    One more aide of TMC strongman Jayant Singh has been arrested in connection with a video of a teenager being sexually assaulted in the Kamarhati-Ariadaha area of North 24 Parganas district.According to Barrackpore police, accused Prasen Das alias Laltu, ...

    13 July 2024 Indian Express
    Leader of Bengal opposition Suvendu Adhikari meets MoHA Amit Shah: ‘Gave him footage of mob violence in WB’

    Suvendu Adhikari, Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal assembly, gave Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi “a USB drive with video footage” of various alleged incidents of “mob violence” perpetrated in West Bengal.This was Adhikari’s first ...

    13 July 2024 Indian Express
    Hundreds of West Bengal land officials transferred after complaints of ‘illegal land occupation’

    The West Bengal government ordered the transfer of 384 officials in the Land and Land Reforms department by July 12 and 72 more revenue officers by July 15. In a notification issued on Wednesday, the government further ordered departmental ...

    12 July 2024 Indian Express
    BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari meets Nirmala Sitharaman, fears impending financial crisis in Bengal

    Senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday wrote to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, expressing fears that development and welfare funds intended for the people of West Bengal might be diverted and mismanaged to “delay” an impending financial crisis.Adhikari ...

    12 July 2024 Indian Express
    Mamata to meet Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray and Akhilesh Yadav in Mumbai before attending Ambani wedding

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said that she will meet Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray and Akhilesh Yadav in Mumbai on Friday before attending the wedding of Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant. This will be the Trinamool Congress ...

    12 July 2024 Indian Express
    Mob assault: Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee says BJP, media fuelling controversies, warns of legal action

    Amid the arrest of one more aide of TMC strongman in Kamarhati in North 24 Parganas district following the surfacing of another video of torture, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday hit out at BJP IT cell chief Amit ...

    12 July 2024 Indian Express
    Fresh video of assault on boy with tong: another aide of TMC strongman Jayant Singh arrested

    Another aide of TMC strongman Jayant Singh was arrested on Thursday in connection with a video that had surfaced online showing a teenager being sexually assaulted inside the Ariadaha Taltala Sporting Club in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district.Officials ...

    12 July 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal Assembly Bypoll: As BJP alleges bogus voting, intimidation, EC seeks report

    As four Assembly constituencies in West Bengal went to bypoll on Wednesday, the Opposition BJP filed nearly 100 complaints alleging violence, intimidation and bogus voting by the ruling TMC, prompting the Election Commission to seek an action taken report ...

    12 July 2024 Indian Express
    Theft suspect dies days after release on bail; kin allege custodial torture

    A 22-year-old youth died days after he was released on bail in a theft case in the Dholahat area of Sundarban police district.The police have initiated a departmental inquiry based on a complaint of the family of the deceased, ...

    11 July 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal Governor seeks report from CM Mamata on actions taken against Kolkata Police chief and DCP on his complaint

    Citing his complaint against Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Kumar Goyal and Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central) Indira Mukherjee, West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose has asked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to submit a report on the actions taken ...

    11 July 2024 Indian Express
    As more atrocity videos surface, Bengal police book 3 cases against TMC strongman Jayant Singh and aides

    As more videos of atrocities inside a club in the Kamarhati-Ariadaha area of West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district have emerged, police have booked three cases against TMC strongman Jayant Singh and his aides and arrested seven people. Singh ...

    11 July 2024 Indian Express
    ‘Prices to come down within ten days’: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee asks police and EB to raid markets

    With rising prices of food items and vegetables, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has asked the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and Enforcement Branch to raid markets. Blaming a section of businessmen for seeking more profit, she asked state ...

    11 July 2024 Indian Express
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