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  • Day after attack on 2 BJP leaders, party claims another MLA Manoj Oraon ‘assaulted’ while distributing relief in North Bengal

    A day after BJP MP Khagen Murmu and party MLA Shankar Ghosh were attacked by a mob in Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district, another BJP MLA, Manoj Oraon of Kumargram in Alipurduar district, was allegedly attacked while distributing relief in North ...

    8 October 2025 Indian Express
    Trinamool using ‘special community’ to spread terror: Bengal BJP slams attack on MP Khagen Murmu

    The BJP on Tuesday said the Trinamool Congress is using a “special community” to carry out attacks in Bengal. Addressing a press conference on the attack on BJP leader Khagen Murmu, Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya said, West Bengal ...

    8 October 2025 Indian Express
    Durga Puja return rush: Kolkata Airport sees close to 2 lakh passengers over first Oct weekend

    The Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) Airport, also known as Dum Dum Airport, recorded a massive rush of passengers returning to Kolkata after the annual Durga Puja festival and subsequent holidays. Airport authorities estimate that a footfall of ...

    8 October 2025 Indian Express
    After Nepal, now Darjeeling: Tourism in Bengal takes hit this year even as festive season passes

    Durga Puja, Laxmi Puja, and Diwali are the peak season for tour operators. This is the time when families can plan holidays, with schools, colleges, and offices closed simultaneously. However, this year, with political turmoil and natural calamities, the ...

    8 October 2025 Indian Express
    Rhino, bison, leopards found dead in flood waters, forest department reunites baby elephant with mother

    A video that circulated widely on social media, showing a rhinoceros desperately trying to swim as it was carried away by floodwaters, has focused attention on the plight of wildlife in north Bengal after intense rains swept through the ...

    7 October 2025 Indian Express
    87-year-old woman who fell into a swollen Damodar River, rescued by fishermen 45 km away in West Bengal

    What began as a routine bath in the swollen Damodar River turned into a 45-kilometre ordeal across powerful currents for 87-year-old Maturi Tudu from the Jakta village in West Bengal’s Purba Bardhaman district, ending in an astonishing rescue.According to ...

    7 October 2025 Indian Express
    Top 3 busiest Kolkata Metro stations during Durga Puja 2025 – Full list

    Kolkata Metro Durga Puja services: Kolkata Metro has registered its highest-ever passenger count in the recently concluded Durga Puja. The country’s oldest metro network system has carried more than 46.56 lakh passengers from Panchami to Dashami this year across ...

    7 October 2025 Indian Express
    ‘No need to keep dams if they can’t hold water’: Mamata blames Centre again for flood in North

    A day after rain-triggered landslides hit North Bengal, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee blamed the Central government for the situation while pointing out that 40 hydropower projects have been built on the Teesta in Sikkim even as she ...

    7 October 2025 Indian Express
    BJP MP, MLA attacked in flood-hit Dooars, PM says ‘outright appalling’, CM hits back

    A violent mob attack on BJP MP Khagen Murmu and party MLA Shankar Ghosh during their visit to flood-affected people at Nagrakata in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal on Monday turned into a political squabble with Prime Minister Narendra ...

    7 October 2025 Indian Express
    ‘No power, no network… felt like the place would come down’: Those stranded in Darjeeling recall

    A routine holiday turned into a nightmare for two groups from Kolkata who were visiting the Darjeeling-Kalimpong hills when a sudden bout of heavy rain struck on the night of October 5. With power out and mobile networks down, ...

    7 October 2025 Indian Express
    As Darjeeling Hills count their dead, rain respite speeds up relief work

    The death toll from one of the worst landslides in a decade in the hills of Darjeeling climbed to 23 on Monday after incessant rainfall since Saturday night.With rainfall significantly subsiding on Monday, with clear sky – both in ...

    7 October 2025 Indian Express
    BJP MP, MLA attacked during visit to flood-hit people in Dooars, PM says ‘outright appalling’

    BJP MP Khagen Murmu and party MLA Shankar Ghosh were injured after a mob attacked them at Nagrakata in Jalpaiguri district on Monday during their visit to flood and landslide-affected people in the Dooars region of West Bengal.Murmu, the ...

    7 October 2025 Indian Express
    Jadavpur University student goes missing in Darjeeling amidst rain and landslides; his phone ‘switched off since Oct 5 morning’

    Himadri Purkait, a 24-year-old third-year Sociology student at Jadavpur University, would pack his backpack, and travel whenever he got an opportunity. This time his destination was Darjeeling in West Bengal.According to his family, Himadri left his home in the ...

    7 October 2025 Indian Express
    Chilli powder, an iron rod and five faceless youths: Why a Kolkata jeweller’s murder has left police scraping for clues

    More than 24 hours have passed since a 60-year-old jeweller was found murdered inside his shop with his legs tied in the Baranagar area near Kolkata. But the police have made little headway in the murder probe, except that ...

    6 October 2025 Indian Express
    Mamata takes part in Puja Carnival amid Darjeeling rain deaths, BJP says ‘insensitive, irresponsible’

    The Opposition BJP has accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of being “insensitive” for taking part in the Durga Puja Carnival at Kolkata’s Red Road on Sunday evening, hours after incessant rains and landslides left at least 20 ...

    6 October 2025 Indian Express
    IIT Kharagpur set to launch MD programme, waiting for National Medical Council green signal

    The Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, is all set to make its foray into medical education and launch a doctor of medicine (MD) programme once the National Medical Council (NMC) gives its go-ahead, IIT officials said.”Considering the availability of ...

    6 October 2025 Indian Express
    Darjeeling hills on edge as Met forecasts more rain

    With soil already saturated by Saturday night’s incessant rainfall in the hill districts of North Bengal, the forecast of more rainfall in the region in the next 24 to 48 hours is likely to cause more landslides, according to ...

    6 October 2025 Indian Express
    Darjeeling Devastation | ‘Everything happened in minutes… the hill just came down’: Everyone chips in for search and rescue operations

    The 12 hours of unrelenting rain have left the Darjeeling hills scarred and stunned. At least 20 people, including several children, were killed and many more injured after a string of powerful landslides swept through Mirik, Sukhiapokhri, Darjeeling and ...

    6 October 2025 Indian Express
    Darjeeling landslides | Sikkim cut off from Bengal, CM to visit tomorrow: 5 things to know

    Heavy rainfall in North Bengal have caused landslides in Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts that have killed at least 14 people, with the toll expected to rise. The rain also led to the collapse of two iron bridges in Darjeeling ...

    6 October 2025 Indian Express
    Red Alert for Cooch Behar and Jalpaiguri, Orange for Darjeeling district in North Bengal

    The weather department Sunday issued a Red Alert (Take Action) for several districts in North Bengal, predicting heavy rain, thunderstorms, and gusty winds over the next 24 to 48 hours. Residents have been advised to take necessary precautions as ...

    6 October 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Advising tourists to stay put until rescued’: As flood toll crosses 20, Mamata opens 24/7 control room, to visit Darjeeling today

    As the death toll from floods crossed 20 in North Bengal, especially in the Darjeeling hills, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday held a high-level meeting at Nabanna (state secretariat), opened a 24/7 control room, and said ...

    6 October 2025 Indian Express
    At least 20 killed, scores missing in Darjeeling rain, landslide

    At least 20 people have been killed and scores are missing after heavy rainfall lashed the Himalayan region of West Bengal on Saturday night, triggering large-scale landslides in the districts of Darjeeling, Kalimpong, and Kurseong. Parts of the Terai ...

    6 October 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Limbs tied’ & left to die: Jeweller murdered in broad daylight in Kolkata

    PANIC GRIPPED Sambhunath Das Lane in Kolkata’s Baranagar on Friday afternoon after shopkeepers found the body of Sankar Jana, 60, owner of Saraswati Chain and Ornament, lying on the floor of his jewellery store with his legs bound by ...

    5 October 2025 Indian Express
    Poll panel Deputy Commissioner Gyanesh Bharti to reach West Bengal on Oct 7

    DEPUTY ELECTION Commissioner Gyanesh Bharti will reach West Bengal on October 7 for a two-day visit.According to sources, Bharti would be accompanied by the Election Commission’s IT specialist, Seema Khanna.The visit assumes significance amid reports that preparations are underway ...

    5 October 2025 Indian Express
    Robbers threw chilli powder at Baranagar jeweller before killing him and looting his shop: police

    Over 20 hours have passed since the murder of Sankar Jana, 60, owner of Saraswati Chain and Ornament at Baranagar in North 24 Parganas, but the murderers are still at large, even as the police indicate there were five ...

    5 October 2025 Indian Express
    US tariffs have thrown Indian businesses into uncertainty: Amit Mitra

    AMIT MITRA, Chief Financial Adviser to Chief Minister and a former state finance minister, on Friday said that recent US trade measures had plunged Indian businesses into “uncertainty.” In a post on X, Mitra warned that recent US actions ...

    5 October 2025 Indian Express
    From making booth-wise plans to holding rally on Puja Carnival day — BJP gears up for Bengal polls

    With the Bengal Assembly polls just months away, the Opposition BJP has started preparing for the big political fight after the conclusion of Durga Puja.Union Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav and former Tripura CM Biplab Deb, the newly nominated BJP ...

    5 October 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata again tops NCRB 2023 safety list: TMC lauds data, BJP raises questions over its accuracy

    Kolkata has been named the safest city in India for the fourth year running, according to the National Crime Records Bureau’s (NCRB) 2023 data, prompting contrasting reactions from the Trinamool Congress and the BJP.The NCRB report shows Kolkata recorded ...

    5 October 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Placed millions of lives in immediate peril’: Mamata hits out at DVC for ‘releasing water’ on Durga Puja’s Dashami

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) of “inflicting misery” on “millions” of people in West Bengal during Durga Puja by “releasing water without prior notice.”The DVC, a central government agency, has not issued ...

    5 October 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal to face rainy weekend; landslide warning for north

    The IMD on Friday warned of widespread rainfall across both south and north Bengal due to a low-pressure system which has developed into a depression. Scattered rainfall is expected to continue across south Bengal districts, including Kolkata for the ...

    5 October 2025 Indian Express
    113 idols to be paraded at Immersion Carnival on Oct 5; Kolkata police announce major traffic curbs

    As many as 113 award-winning Puja committees from across Kolkata will participate in the annual Durga Puja Immersion Carnival 2025 on Red Road this Sunday, the Tourism Department said, adding that preparations are in full swing for the post-Vijaya ...

    5 October 2025 Indian Express
    West Bengal: Man severely injured after civic volunteer puts lit firecracker in his mouth; 1 held

    A civic police volunteer has been arrested after allegedly shoving a lit firecracker into a man’s mouth during a Durga idol immersion procession in Birbhum’s Chandpara area of Margram on Thursday night.The victim, Hemant Bagdi (24), suffered severe facial ...

    4 October 2025 Indian Express
    Deep depression to make landfall Thursday night in Odisha: Bengal’s coastal districts brace for rainfall impact

    A severe weather system, the deep depression over the west-central and adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal, is poised to make landfall tonight over the Odisha and North Andhra Pradesh coasts — triggering a high-level weather alert across West Bengal, ...

    4 October 2025 Indian Express
    Two Bengal civic volunteers arrested for ‘stealing gold ornaments from goddess Durga idol’

    Two civic volunteers were arrested in Gajol, Malda of West Bengal after it was discovered that gold ornaments adorning an idol of goddess Durga had disappeared. The accused had been on security duty.The incident took place at a puja ...

    4 October 2025 Indian Express
    Heavy rain forecast for some districts of West Bengal as deep depression weakens

    The IMD on Friday forecast heavy to very heavy rain in some districts of West Bengal under the influence of a deep depression, which weakened into a depression and lay over interior Odisha.Light to moderate rainfall is likely at ...

    4 October 2025 Indian Express
    Navami and Dashami to see heavy rain, 50 kmph wind gusts in West Bengal: IMD

    Maha Navami (October 1) and Vijayadashami/Dashami (October 2) are set to be hit by widespread rain across West Bengal, particularly in the southern districts, due to a weather system from the Bay of Bengal, the IMD said.A low pressure ...

    4 October 2025 Indian Express
    Over 2.08 crore travel on Kolkata Metro in September, more than 27 lakh in first 3 days of Durga Puja

    Kolkata Metro has witnessed a significant surge in ridership, with over 2.08 crore (20.8 million) commuters travelling on the railway network between September 1 and 28.In anticipation of the Durga Puja rush, additional staff, officers, and security personnel have ...

    3 October 2025 Indian Express
    From mutton biryani to basanti polao and payesh, Bengal’s prisons serve festive flavours to inmates during Durga Puja

    Poha, luchi cholar dal, and chole bhature for breakfast; macher matha diye dal, basanti polao, mutton biryani, and chicken kosha for lunch; chilly chicken and patal chingri for dinner – these are some authentic Bengali and Mughal dishes offered ...

    3 October 2025 Indian Express
    The ‘Red Post Box’, dying ‘letters’, postman’s bicycle come alive at this Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata

    At a time when Durga Puja pandals have transcended religious space and have become more of a cultural spectacle, Salt Lake’s CA Block Durga pandal in Kolkata is a showstopper with an 18-foot-high red post box greeting visitors at ...

    2 October 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata, South Bengal districts may witness very heavy rain on Dashami, Durga Puja festivities likely to be hit

    Durga Puja festivities in South Bengal, including Kolkata, are likely to be disrupted by inclement weather conditions as the India Meteorological Department has predicted intense rain starting Navami (October 1), with a warning of very heavy rainfall on Dashami ...

    2 October 2025 Indian Express
    Durga Puja Dashami likely to be washed out as IMD warns of heavy rain in Kolkata, Bengal

    Dashami weather alert: Kolkata, which has been grappling with heavy rain and consequent severe waterlogging, is in for more downpour. The rain this week could peak on Dashami on October 2 and mar the last day of the Durga ...

    1 October 2025 Indian Express
    At this pandal in Kolkata, Durga Puja is all about a powerful message of unity and responsibility

    The Putiary Club Sarbojanin in South Kolkata is celebrating its 78th year of Durga Puja by conveying a powerful message with the theme ‘Dayboddho’, which means responsibility.The arrival of Goddess Durga not only brings celebrations but also unites people ...

    1 October 2025 Indian Express
    Three killed after being hit by train in West Bengal

    Three people, including a woman and her child, were killed after being hit by a train while crossing the railway tracks in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, police said on Monday.The accident took place near Shyamnagar station on ...

    30 September 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata Salt Lake’s ‘Nir’ pandal revives earthen pot tradition, a reminder to earthy way of life

    Salt Lake’s EC Block has chosen a quietly powerful theme for this year’s Durga Puja. Titled “Nir”, meaning water, the pandal is a plea and a reminder: as rivers shrink and climate patterns change, simple traditional habits of conserving ...

    30 September 2025 Indian Express
    Rs 261.98 crore budget, site identified – Mamata governments ‘Durgangan’ project on fast track

    A major temple-like complex dedicated to Maa Durga, to be called Durga Angan, is moving swiftly from proposal to reality in Newtown, officials say. The government has finalised a 12.6-acre plot opposite Eco Park, near the Westin hotel and ...

    30 September 2025 Indian Express
    Pather Panchali 1946: Pandal revisits Kolkata riots to make a case for communal harmony

    In a sombre, dimly lit pandal in south Kolkata, blown-up newspaper headlines and a mock relief truck confront visitors with one of the city’s most painful chapters: the communal violence of 1946. The Samaj Sebi Sangha’s Durga puja, titled ...

    30 September 2025 Indian Express
    Yellow alert clouds puja joy in Bengal — sun shines on Shashti, heavier rain may hit later days

    Written by Anisha GhoshDurga Puja has begun under a cautionary sky: the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued yellow alerts for large parts across Bengal as unsettled weather is expected to persist through the core festival days.Authorities, already on ...

    29 September 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata Metro registers ‘highest-ever’ daily passenger count of 9.82 lakh Saturday

    The Metro Railway Kolkata registered its highest-ever daily passenger count of 9.82 lakh on Saturday 27, an official said. The new record surpasses the previous highest count of 9.61 lakh, which was registered on last year’s Maha Sashti. Just ...

    29 September 2025 Indian Express
    Raids 12 sites in Mumbai, Bangalore and Kolkata as CBI registers six cases against builders for cheating home buyers

    The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday registered six regular cases against builders operating in Kolkata, Bengaluru and Mumbai and against unnamed officials of financial institutions, and carried out searches at 12 premises across the three cities as ...

    29 September 2025 Indian Express
    Railway ‘war room’ to ensure safety during Kolkata Durga Puja rush with video surveillance

    With Durga Puja festivities in full swing in Kolkata and scores of people coming from other districts just to visit the pandals, the Railways’ Sealdah division has set up a “war room” to proactively manage the festive rush and ...

    29 September 2025 Indian Express
    Maha Sasthi: 30% of Kolkata Police on traffic duty with extensive security plan as crowds surge under clear sky

    Kolkata burst into life on Maha Sasthi, witnessing an electrifying atmosphere as thousands of people, dressed in new attire, plunged into the Durga Puja merriment. The clear skies during the day time, despite an India Meteorological Department alert, were ...

    29 September 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Unfair’ curbs by Kolkata police – alleged Santosh Mitra Square Durga Puja with Operation Sindoor as theme and a huge footfall

    THE 90TH edition of Santosh Mitra Square’s Durga Puja, themed on ‘Operation Sindoor’, has drawn massive crowds following its inauguration by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday.The puja’s theme commemorates India’s cross-border military strikes against terror camps in ...

    29 September 2025 Indian Express
    ED attaches properties worth Rs 155 crore in fraudulent investment schemes case; hotels, resorts attached in West Bengal, other states

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Wednesday attached properties worth Rs 155 crore in connection with the ongoing investigation against M/s LFS Broking Pvt Ltd and its related companies and individuals under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.On Saturday, ...

    29 September 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Woman of courage’: not a minister or star, Bengal’s lone woman Dom inaugurated this Durga Puja pandal in South 24 Parganas

    While Durga Puja committees often invite dignitaries, including ministers, eminent artists, and sports personalities, to inaugurate the festivities, this year, the Kodalia Netaji Sangha Sarbojonin Durgotsav in South 24 Parganas district ventured off the beaten path. On Saturday, its ...

    28 September 2025 Indian Express
    The Zubeen Garg connection: Why this town in Bengal is planning a statue in his memory

    Transcending boundaries, the memories of Assamese singer Zubeen Garg will now be immortalised through his statue in the Cooch Behar town of Bengal.It has also been learnt that a stage would be named after him at the upcoming ‘Rash ...

    28 September 2025 Indian Express
    Shah calls for ‘Sonar Bangla’ after 2026 polls, Abhishek hits back: BJP ‘anti-Bengali’

    UNION HOME Minister Amit Shah on Friday inaugurated the Santosh Mitra Square Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata, which this year carries a military-themed tribute titled ‘Operation Sindoor.’Addressing the gathering after performing the rituals, Shah linked regional aspirations to a ...

    28 September 2025 Indian Express
    Pandal hopping this Durga Puja? Here’s an app to locate parking spaces, Metro stations, and ATMs in West Bengal

    With Durga Puja festivities in full swing in Kolkata and all over the state, the West Bengal Police on Friday launched an app called ‘Sabar Pujo’ to update festival-goers about pandals and other festival-related information in certain parts of ...

    28 September 2025 Indian Express
    Police will check if Jadavpur University hostels are locked during Puja holidays, Calcutta HC orders

    The Calcutta High Court on Friday said the police will submit a report on whether Jadavpur University’s hostel rooms are locked, while ordering the university’s administration to close hostels within the next two days since Durga Puja vacations have ...

    27 September 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal: CBI arrests absconding accused in Avijit Sarkar post-poll murder case

    The CBI Friday arrested Amit Das, an absconding accused in the high-profile post-poll killing of Avijit Sarkar, a case linked to violence that followed the 2021 West Bengal assembly elections. The agency said Das will be produced before the ...

    27 September 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Hasty action… bring them back in 4 weeks’: Calcutta HC to Centre on 2 families pushed into Bangladesh

    THE CALCUTTA High Court on Friday dismissed the Centre’s deportation order against two migrant worker families from Birbhum who were pushed into Bangladesh earlier this year, and said in its order, “ ..Acting in hot haste to deport them ...

    27 September 2025 Indian Express
    Amit Shah inaugurates Kolkata puja: ‘May our govt be able to construct Bengal of Tagore’s imagination’

    Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday inaugurated the Santosh Mitra Square Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata, which features the military-themed ‘Operation Sindoor’ tribute this year. He then shared a prayer for the state’s political future: “I have prayed ...

    27 September 2025 Indian Express
    Calcutta HC grants bail to former Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee, but restricts him from work as MLA

    In a major relief for former West Bengal education minister Partha Chatterjee, the Calcutta High Court on Friday granted him conditional bail — but he will remain in jail for now.Justice Shuvra Ghosh of a single-judge bench ordered that ...

    27 September 2025 Indian Express
    Half a century after Sholay, Jai and Veeru come together in a Durga puja pandal of Kolkata

    Even after half a century, the magic of Sholay remains undimmed. Celebrating the golden jubilee of India’s most iconic film, Simla Sporting Club has chosen the Bollywood classic as the theme of its Durga Puja pandal this year. The ...

    27 September 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Don’t indulge in politics of death’: Mamata slams critics

    Amid criticism over the TMC government’s handling of the Kolkata flooding situation, in which at least 11 people were killed, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday lashed out at her critics for “indulging in politics over death”, ...

    26 September 2025 Indian Express
    Fire breaks out at rooftop of Kolkata guest house; sparks panic

    A major fire erupted on the rooftop of a multi-storey guest house and educational complex on Prince Anwar Shah Road Thursday afternoon, sparking panic in the densely populated area.The blaze broke out in the building around 1 pm and ...

    26 September 2025 Indian Express
    As Mamata’s dandiya dance goes viral day after rains in Kolkata, BJP says ‘insensitive’, TMC retorts ‘look at rain in your own states’

    Controversy sparked after a video of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s video went viral where she was participating in a Dandiya dance with Puja organisers surfaced a day after rains inundated large parts of Kolkata, with the BJP ...

    26 September 2025 Indian Express
    Murshidabad violence: ‘Rs 1.2 lakh not adequate for a house,’ Calcutta HC orders report on fund disbursal for victims

    The Calcutta High Court has ordered the District Magistrate of Murshidabad to file a comprehensive report on the funds for victims of the Samsherganj violence, which took place in Murshidabad earlier this year, detailing for whom and how the ...

    26 September 2025 Indian Express
    Shah lands in Kolkata to attend Puja; BJP appoints Bhupendra Yadav as poll in-charge

    Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Kolkata late Thursday night to inaugurate Puja pandals in the city. His visit comes days after the city was inundated by torrential rain, in which at least 11 people were killed, mostly ...

    26 September 2025 Indian Express
    IMD warns of heavy rain in West Bengal during Durga Puja as Bay of Bengal depression intensifies

    A low-pressure area is imminent over the north and adjoining central Bay of Bengal, setting the stage for a prolonged period of rainfall across West Bengal over the next seven days, according to the latest weather bulletin.Just two days ...

    26 September 2025 Indian Express
    Months ahead of Bengal Assembly polls, Union Home Minister Amit Shah to inaugurate two Durga Puja pandals in Kolkata

    With the West Bengal Assembly elections just months away, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is seeking to connect with the people of Bengal during the Durga Puja festivities.Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to arrive in Kolkata late ...

    26 September 2025 Indian Express
    These night-long Metro services in Kolkata will help you reach pandals for Durga Puja

    Imagine finishing a late-night feast near Dakshineswar and boarding a Metro at 4:10 am, seamlessly connecting to the Green Line to reach Howrah Maidan for pandal-hopping. This Durga Puja, travel between Kolkata, its suburbs and adjoining districts has been ...

    26 September 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Created a saucer effect’ : Why largescale waterlogging in Kolkata? No master plan, wetlands destroyed

    Waterlogging is not just a monsoon inconvenience for Kolkata residents. It’s a persistent issue mostly due to a combination of factors, like its challenging topography and an outdated colonial-era infrastructure. But what contributed to Tuesday’s deluge involved decades of ...

    25 September 2025 Indian Express
    Age, location determine climate risk: UN-backed study warns of unequal impact

    A new global study shows that climate change is not affecting everyone equally and extreme weather events  impact people differently based on their age and location.The study, highlighted by IIT Kharagpur and supported by the United Nations Office for ...

    25 September 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Unplanned lighting, open wires, lack of maintenance’ – how Kolkata’s water logged streets turned death traps, electrocuted eight

    Even as the West Bengal government and power utility company CESC are blaming each other for the death of at least nine persons from electrocution during Tuesday’s rain and flooding in Kolkata and its suburbs, unplanned lighting, open wires, ...

    25 September 2025 Indian Express
    Deaths by electrocution in Kolkata: HC orders state, KMC to submit report on city’s drainage systems

    The Calcutta High Court on Thursday ordered the West Bengal government and the state-run Kolkata Municipal Corporation to submit a report through affidavits on the city’s drainage systems and conditions, including whether there are unauthorised constructions near rivers and ...

    25 September 2025 Indian Express
    Parts of Kolkata still waterlogged; Met predicts more rainfall: Pumps deployed to drain out water; several pockets of Salt Lake, north and central Kolkata continued to be inundated

    Kolkata is slowly returning to normalcy, a day after heavy overnight rainfall caused widespread flooding, claiming the lives of at least 11 people and disrupting daily life.While streets, railway tracks, and Metro lines were inundated, city authorities have begun ...

    25 September 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata flooding: Mamata promises job, Rs 2 lakh to kin of electrocution victims; Opp demands probe

    Amid the Opposition demanding a probe into the electrocution deaths during Tuesday’s flooding in Kolkata and its suburbs, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced Rs 2 lakh compensation and a job for the families of those ...

    25 September 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Will provide jobs even if CESC doesn’t’: Mamata’s assurance and a Rs 2 lakh compensation for kin of those who died of electrocution

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced Rs 2 lakh as compensation and a job for the next in kin of those who died of electrocution in Kolkata following torrential rain.During a Durga Puja inauguration at her ...

    25 September 2025 Indian Express
    ‘ED wasn’t prompt enough to conclude investigation’: Court rejects plea for custodial interrogation of Bengal minister Chandranath Sinha

    In a relief for Trinamool Congress leader and state minister Chandranath Sinha, a special CBI court on Tuesday rejected the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) plea seeking his custodial interrogation.The judge, in the order, observed, “In my view, the prosecution has ...

    25 September 2025 Indian Express
    Calcutta HC sets aside transfer order of RG Kar protest leader: ‘State made serious wrong’

    In a setback to the state government, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the state health department to retain doctor Aniket Mahato’s posting at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.Mahato was transferred as “senior resident” to Raiganj ...

    25 September 2025 Indian Express
    A plea to probe Kolkata electrocution deaths: ISF MLA moves Calcutta HC

    A day after torrential rain battered Kolkata, Indian Secular Front MLA Naushad Siddiqui on Wednesday sought an inquiry by the Calcutta High Court into the deaths due to electrocution in Kolkata, the precautionary measures by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation ...

    25 September 2025 Indian Express
    As Kolkata limps back to normalcy, IMD predicts fresh low pressure trough; latest bulletin here

    Kolkata is slowly returning to normalcy, a day after heavy overnight rainfall caused widespread flooding, claiming the lives of at least 11 people and disrupting daily life.However, the wet spell is expected to continue for the rest of the ...

    25 September 2025 Indian Express
    Third highest single-day rainfall in Kolkata after 1978: Was it a cloudburst? Here’s what IMD says

    Kolkata and its suburbs on Tuesday woke up to the third-wettest September day since 1978, recording a rainfall of 251.4mm in 24 hours.This marked the city’s third-highest single-day rainfall in September, followed by 369.6 mm on September 28, 1978, ...

    24 September 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata records third wettest September day since 1978

    Kolkata and neighbourhood Tuesday woke up to the third wettest September day since 1978, recording 251.4mm in 24 hours.The most heavy spell was recorded between 2.30am – 5am, when West Bengal’s capital recorded close to 185mm. The city narrowly ...

    24 September 2025 Indian Express
    Commuters on way to work, a guard switching generator: 9 die of electrocution amid Kolkata downpour

    The nine persons who were electrocuted to death in Kolkata and its suburbs on Tuesday after overnight torrential rain were going about their routine work.While five of them were electrocuted in waterlogged streets, one each died in a hotel, ...

    24 September 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata flooding: As Mamata blames power utility for electrocution deaths, CESC points finger back at govt

    After West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday held Kolkata’s power utility CESC responsible for the death of nine people from electrocution amid torrential rains that led to waterlogging in large parts of the metropolis, the CESC asserted ...

    24 September 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Death procession in flooded city’: Opposition trains guns on TMC govt over Kolkata rain mayhem

    With an overnight rain wreaking havoc in Kolkata and its suburbs, Opposition parties in West Bengal on Tuesday targeted the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government over poor flood preparations, alleging that inefficiency and mismanagement of the state agencies and ...

    24 September 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata paralysed by heaviest rains in 40 years | 5 key questions answered

    Overnight heavy torrential rains left Kolkata and the surrounding areas submerged Tuesday, paralysing the day-to-day activities just days ahead of Durga Puja.Here’s 5 key things to know about the rain fury and its impactThe city received 251.4 mm of ...

    24 September 2025 Indian Express
    ‘We don’t know what we will do’: Kolkata Puja organisers hit hard by sudden flooding just days ahead of Panchami

    Kolkata woke to chaos on Tuesday under the impact of heavy overnight showers which left large parts of the city waterlogged and sent Durga Puja preparations into disarray.The deluge,among the heaviest in decades, submerged arterial roads, railway tracks and ...

    24 September 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Premeditated; DNA evidence links survivor, main accused’: What chargesheet in Kolkata law college rape case says

    The Kolkata Police’s chargesheet in the alleged rape at a law college in the city has stated that forensic reports have corroborated the allegations made by the survivor, a student in her 20s, and confirmed the involvement of the ...

    24 September 2025 Indian Express
    ‘At least 9 dead due to electrocution’: Mamata appeals to Kolkata residents to stay home amid heavy rain; says CESC should be ‘mindful’

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said at least seven people died of electrocution in Kolkata after overnight rain in the city and its surrounding districts. She announced a two-day holiday for government schools and urged private ...

    24 September 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal rain: Durga Puja holidays in govt educational institutions advanced by two days

    The West Bengal Education Department announced on Tuesday that the month-long Durga Puja holidays in government-run and aided schools, colleges and other educational institutions in the state will begin on Wednesday, two days ahead of the schedule, in view ...

    24 September 2025 Indian Express
    As Kolkata Mayor compares situation to ‘1978 floods’, how rains hit transport in and around Kolkata

    A continuous deluge in Kolkata and Howrah has severely crippled the region’s transport network, with widespread waterlogging causing the suspension and delay of numerous train and Metro services. Officials said two deaths have been reported so far.Meanwhile, a flight ...

    23 September 2025 Indian Express
    Heavy rain in Kolkata floods railway tracks: Here’s a list of trains cancelled, diverted

    Heavy rainfall throughout the night has paralysed the transport system in Kolkata, severely disrupting movement of vehicles and train services. Several local trains, connecting the city with its suburbs and neighbouring districts, have been cancelled and a few diverted, ...

    23 September 2025 Indian Express
    Intermittent rains to continue in Bengal till Panchami, authorities flag puja pandals

    The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned of persistent rain and thunderstorms across North and South Bengal until Panchami on September 26. The showers may be intermittent but are likely to produce sudden downpours, gusty winds and lightning that ...

    23 September 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal to bear Rs 20,000 crore revenue loss, Centre taking undue credit: Mamata on GST 2.0

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Monday that the state government would incur revenue losses to the tune of Rs 20,000 crore in the wake of the roll-out of the new GST regime and that the Central ...

    23 September 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata: As homage to jokers, fading circus, this Puja paints the ‘world empty’

    This year Barisha Club’s Durga Puja in south Kolkata takes visitors behind the glittering curtain to expose a reality of emptiness, struggle and invisibility. Titled “Shunno Prithibi” (Empty World), the pandal pays homage to Bengal’s once-thriving circus culture, its ...

    23 September 2025 Indian Express
    Unprecedented rain submerges Kolkata amidst Durga Puja preparations; Metro, train services hit

    At least two people were killed as Kolkata woke up to an inundated city on Tuesday morning after heavy overnight rainfall flooded streets, railway tracks, and Metro tracks. The downpour, which began late Monday night and continued past midnight, ...

    23 September 2025 Indian Express
    As festivities begin, two firing incidents in Kolkata within 24 hours spark panic

    The onset of the festive season in Kolkata has been overshadowed by two separate shooting incidents within 24 hours, causing alarm among residents.On Sunday morning, two unidentified assailants opened fire inside a popular gym in the Charu Market police ...

    23 September 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata assistant professor, daughter & brother arrested for ‘abducting 5-year-old from footpath’

    A college assistant professor, her daughter, and brother have been arrested in connection with the alleged abduction of a five-year-old girl from a footpath in the Dum Dum area of Kolkata, police said.The child, who lived on the street ...

    23 September 2025 Indian Express
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