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  • BJP targets TMC govt in Bengal over school dropouts: ‘Highest in country’

    BJP leader and former Union minister Subhash Sarkar on Tuesday said that West Bengal has the highest number of school dropouts in the country and hit out at the state government over the issue of jobs.Sarkar said that while ...

    9 January 2025 Indian Express
    TMC’s Malda town unit chief arrested for party councillor’s murder

    A week after TMC councillor Dulal Sarkar alias Babla was shot dead in Malda, police arrested party colleague, Narendranath Tiwari for murder.One more person, identified as Swapan Sharma, has also been arrested. Sources in the police said that Sharma ...

    9 January 2025 Indian Express
    From Star to Binodini, why one of Kolkata’s oldest theatres has a new name today

    At the crossing of Bidhan Sarani and Grey Street in north Kolkata’s Hatibagan neighbourhood, stands Star theatre, a 137-year-old Grade 1 heritage building that is impossible to miss. Last week, on December 31, 2024, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata ...

    8 January 2025 Indian Express
    BGB officer’s claim of taking control of 5-km border stretch on Indian side baseless: BSF

    The Border Security Force (BSF) has dismissed as “baseless and irresponsible” the claims made by a Bangladeshi Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) officer in a purported video, where he is seen asserting that Bangladesh has taken control of a 5-km ...

    8 January 2025 Indian Express
    Gangasagar Mela: Need tight vigil to foil trouble from Bangladesh, says CM Mamata

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday that there was the need to ensure a comprehensive surveillance — on land, air and water — to thwart any attempts at fomenting trouble from neighbouring trouble-torn Bangladesh during the upcoming Gangasagar ...

    8 January 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Work proceeding as planned, situation normal’ says BSF day after tensions with BGB over fence on Indo-Bangla border

    After tension erupted on Monday when the Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) attempted to obstruct the construction of a barbed wire fence along the India-Bangladesh border in the Sukdevpur area of Malda district, the Border Security Force (BSF) on Tuesday ...

    8 January 2025 Indian Express
    ‘If you don’t have place, we will keep it in our Tiger reserve ‘: Mamata Banerjee hits out at Odisha on Zeenat issue

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday expressed her displeasure over another tiger entering West Bengal from Odisha forests and urged the government of the neighbouring state to send teams to rescue the big cat.Banerjee said the Bengal Forest Department’s ...

    8 January 2025 Indian Express
    With HMPV cases under scanner, how Kolkata hospitals are ramping up measures

    Hospitals in Kolkata are ramping up precautionary measures as Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) cases get reported across India. The virus, known for causing respiratory illnesses, predominantly affects young children and the elderly.A six-month-old baby, diagnosed with HMPV in November, made ...

    8 January 2025 Indian Express
    Govt transports, free biodegradable bags, ambulances: Mamata Banerjee announces facilities for pilgrims at Gangasagar Mela

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee spoke on the arrangements made for pilgrims to Gangasagar, and laid foundation stones for infrastructural developments in the area.“To make Ganga Sagar eco-friendly and a green mela, we have decided to make it ...

    8 January 2025 Indian Express
    Around 60 flights delayed at Kolkata airport due to poor visibility

    Around 60 flights were delayed at the Kolkata airport on Monday due to poor visibility, an official said.Due to dense fog, low visibility procedures (LVP) had to be implemented at the airport from 7 am, the official said.According to ...

    7 January 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal health dept issues SOP restricting private practice for govt doctors while on duty

    The West Bengal Health Department has issued new guidelines for framing duty rosters of faculty in medical teaching institutions. The guidelines restrict private practice during duty hours and mandate the presence of faculty in key departments like the central ...

    7 January 2025 Indian Express
    Day after swap, Mamata says ‘Indian fishermen were beaten, tortured in Bangladesh jails’

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday alleged that Indian fishermen, arrested for illegally entering Bangladesh waters, were tortured and beaten up in the jails of the neighbouring country.At a public event in Sagar Island in South 24 ...

    7 January 2025 Indian Express
    Centre spends crores on Kumbh, treats Gangasagar mela as stepchild: Mamata Banerjee

    Accusing the BJP government at the Centre of treating the Gangasagar Mela in West Bengal as a “stepchild”, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that while crores of rupees are being spent on Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj in ...

    7 January 2025 Indian Express
    Whale carcass found near Sagar Islands, bears resemblance to one rescued & released last week

    The villagers in Sumatinagar, Sagar Islands, in South 24 Parganas, spotted a floating whale carcass on Sunday afternoon and notified forest department officials, who subsequently retrieved the carcass. The forest officials are waiting for the post-mortem report to determine if ...

    7 January 2025 Indian Express
    Malda TMC leader murder: police announce reward as hunt continues for 2 prime suspects

    The Malda police in West Bengal have intensified their efforts to arrest Krishna Rajak alias Rohan and Bablu Yadav, the key suspects in the murder of Trinamool Congress (TMC) councillor Dulal Sarkar alias Babla. The police announced a reward ...

    6 January 2025 Indian Express
    Congress paying price of expelling Mamata, says ex-party chief

    Recalling Mamata Banerjee’s expulsion from the Congress in 1997, when Sitaram Kesri was party president, former state unit chief Pradip Bhattacharya has said that the Congress was still paying the price of expelling her in West Bengal.“The Congress is ...

    6 January 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata: Woman from Bangladesh found roaming without passport held

    A 20-year-old Bangladeshi woman, identified as Baby Biswas, who was found roaming near NRS Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on Sunday, was arrested after she failed to produce valid travel documents, police said.According to police sources, Biswas, a ...

    6 January 2025 Indian Express
    TMC ‘boycott’ row: Protesting against RG Kar rape-murder crime proves ‘costly’ for artists, earnings hit

    Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Kunal Ghosh’s call to ‘boycott’ artists who criticised the Bengal Government and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the RG Kar rape-murder incident has seemingly created a rift within the party. TMC General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee ...

    6 January 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Deeply painful to see valiant soldiers being insulted’: Suvendu Adhikari slams Mamata’s BSF statement

    West Bengal Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari wrote an open letter on Sunday criticising Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for accusing the Border Security Force of allowing infiltration from Bangladesh.In his letter, Adhikari said the chief minister’s statement was ...

    6 January 2025 Indian Express
    West Bengal: 1,500 yellow cabs to be phased out by 2026-end, says official

    Around 1,500 metered yellow taxis in West Bengal would be phased out by the end of next year, as commercial vehicles older than 15 years are not allowed to ply in the city, a transport department official said Saturday.In ...

    6 January 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal Police arrest 2 more youths for TMC leader Dulal Sarkar’s murder, suspect role of illegal liquor traders

    Two more suspects were arrested Saturday in connection with the recent murder of TMC English Bazar councillor Dulal Sarkar, taking the total number of arrests in the case to five. The police have also seized the bike used in ...

    6 January 2025 Indian Express
    TMC’s Babul Supriyo gets into heated argument with BJP MP Abhijit Gangopadhyay in Kolkata, police intervene

    A heated argument broke out between BJP MP Abhijit Gangopadhyay and Trinamool Congress legislator Babul Supriyo at the Vidyasagar Setu, also known as the second Hooghly bridge, in Kolkata on Friday night, necessitating police intervention.The incident occurred around 9 ...

    5 January 2025 Indian Express
    Retired West Bengal sub-inspector linked to fake passport racket arrested

    A retired officer with the West Bengal Police was arrested on Friday for his alleged involvement in a fake passport racket that facilitated illegal Bangladeshi immigrants to enter India, the police said.Abdul Hai, 61, former sub-inspector attached to the ...

    5 January 2025 Indian Express
    Malda: Among 3 held for murder of TMC leader, two from Bihar

    Malda police have arrested three youths, two from Katihar in neighbouring Bihar, in connection with the murder of TMC councillor Dulal Sarkar alias Babla.All the three arrested so far are in their early 20s —Sami Akhter (20), Tinku Ghosh ...

    5 January 2025 Indian Express
    18 hours after it got stuck Sunderbans creek, whale released into deep waters by West Bengal Forest dept

    After 18 hours of being stuck at a creek in the Sunderbans, a whale was rescued and released by the Bengal Forest department on Friday. The incident took place at Kakdwip in the South 24 Parganas district.Local people discovered ...

    5 January 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Mamata lowering country’s dignity, TMC responsible for infiltration from Bangladesh’: Oppn leaders in Bengal slams CM over BSF comment

    Leaders from the BJP, the CPI(M) and the Congress slammed Friday West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for accusing the central Border Security Forces (BSF) of allowing infiltration from Bangladesh to destabilise the state.BJP MP Shamik Bhattacharya told The ...

    4 January 2025 Indian Express
    After Zeenat, another tiger located in Jharkhand, about 20 kms from Bengal border

    Jharkhand forest department officials have spotted another tiger near Chowka in Khunti, which is approximately 20 kilometers from West Bengal. The location of the tiger is within 20 kilometres from the Bengal border, which connects to Ajodhya Pahar in ...

    4 January 2025 Indian Express
    Bangladeshi woman gets last glimpse of deceased Indian brother at zero line on Indo-Bangla border, courtesy BSF

    The Border Security Force (BSF) of the South Bengal Frontier helped a Bangladeshi woman have a last glimpse of her deceased Indian brother on Thursday amid rising tensions between the two countries.A panchayat member of the Gangulai village in ...

    4 January 2025 Indian Express
    Administrative Review Meeting: Mamata pulls up intel dept over infiltration, orders strict action against encroachment

    Ticking off the Intelligence Department of the West Bengal Police for allegedly “failing to track activities of miscreants entering the state”, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday directed Director General of Police (DGP) Rajeev Kumar to transfer “those who ...

    4 January 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Why PM silent; why no strong response to attacks on Hindus’: Abhishek slams Centre over Bangladesh crisis

    TMC MP and party’s national general secretary, Abhishek Banerjee, on Thursday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his “silence” on alleged attacks on Hindu minorities in neighbouring Bangladesh after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government there on August ...

    3 January 2025 Indian Express
    CM Mamata Banerjee: Identify illegal accounts in co-operative banks in 2 months

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday slammed officials over illegal accounts in the co-operative banks across various districts in the state and directed them to launch an investigation into the fake accounts and complete the probe within two months.Banerjee, ...

    3 January 2025 Indian Express
    Education Minister gets an earful for semester system, told to scrap it

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday slammed state Education Minister Bratya Basu for introducing a semester system at the school-level education without her knowledge and directed him to withdraw the policy immediately.During an administrative review meeting, Mamata Banerjee explained ...

    3 January 2025 Indian Express
    ‘BSF is letting goons and murderers enter West Bengal’: Mamata Banerjee

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused the Border Security Force (BSF) of “sending goons and murderers across the border” from Bangladesh. During an administrative review meeting, the Chief Minister also expressed anger about the “activities” of ...

    3 January 2025 Indian Express
    Engineering student held for ‘raping’ classmate

    Kolkata Police on Wednesday arrested a 21-year-old engineering student, who has been accused of raping his classmate.According to police, the alleged incident took place on December 21 when the accused allegedly “lured” her to an empty apartment where he ...

    3 January 2025 Indian Express
    Arrested Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das denied bail, lawyer says will move higher court in Bangladesh

    The Chattogram Court in Bangladesh has denied bail to monk Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, in a hearing held under tight security today.Bangladesh Supreme Court lawyer Apurba Bhattacharya and 10 others had appeared before the court to represent the monk.The ...

    3 January 2025 Indian Express
    Foggy mornings, chilly nights to continue in West Bengal throughout first week of the year: IMD

    West Bengal is experiencing a wave of bone-chilling winter with no significant change in minimum temperatures expected in the next few days. However, there’s a chance of rain in some North Bengal districts over the weekend, including Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, ...

    3 January 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Due to police negligence’: Mamata on TMC councillor being gunned down in Bengal’s Malda

    The TMC’s Malda district vice-president and councillor of English Bazar Municipality, Dulalchandra Sarkar alias Babla, was shot dead by miscreants in Malda. Dulal was standing near his plywood factory near Jhaljhlia on Thursday morning when the incident took place.“Three ...

    3 January 2025 Indian Express
    TMC Foundation Day: With thanks, Mamata starts new year, gears up for next year’s polls

    Thanking the people and her party workers on the occasion of Trinamool Congress foundation day, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said “politics is not about power but about service”.“Roshni chand se hoti hai, sitaron se nahi; Mohabbat Trinamool ...

    2 January 2025 Indian Express
    Fake passport racket: Italy returned man held in Kolkata

    Kolkata Police on Wednesday arrested another person from Chakdaha in Nadia district for his alleged involvement in a fake passport racket, an officer said. Ghosh was produced before the Alipore court on Wednesday and sent to police custody till ...

    2 January 2025 Indian Express
    From Bengal’s Silicon Valley to the Kalighat skywalk: 5 expected gains for West Bengal this year

    The year 2025 is poised to be a year of transformation for West Bengal as several key projects are slated for completion.Among the most awaited are the launch of a Metro connectivity from Kolkata Airport to the city and ...

    2 January 2025 Indian Express
    After spurious drugs seized from Kolkata wholesale firm, investigators suspect major racket, online sales; firm owner arrested

    A day after drugs worth around Rupees 6.6 crore suspected to be spurious were seized from a wholesale firm in Kolkata, investigators now suspect it to be a major racket involving the alleged online sale of the drugs.A raid ...

    2 January 2025 Indian Express
    Political rival claims TMC panchayat chief in Malda ‘illegal Bangladeshi immigrant’, Calcutta HC seeks report

    The Calcutta High Court has sought a report from the sub-divisional officer (SDO) of Chanchal in Malda district over allegations citing that TMC-led Rashidabad Gram Panchayat chief is a Bangladeshi immigrant who entered the country illegally.A petition was filed ...

    2 January 2025 Indian Express
    Eyes on 2026 polls, Mamata Banerjee all set to hold mega administrative meeting

    On Thursday, January 2, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will hold a mega administrative review meeting at Nabanna Sabhaghar where top officials of the administration, heads of all departments, all District Magistrates and Superintendents of Police will be ...

    2 January 2025 Indian Express
    ISKCON devotees join in prayers for safety of Hindus in Bangladesh

    ISKCON devotees on Tuesday joined in prayers in Kolkata for the safety of Hindus in Bangladesh, where religious minorities have been facing attacks since the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government.Hundreds of followers of ISKCON (International Society for Krishna ...

    1 January 2025 Indian Express
    Spurious drugs worth around Rs 6.6 crore seized from Kolkata wholesale firm

    Drugs worth around Rs 6.6 crore, suspected to be spurious, have been seized from a wholesale firm in Kolkata in a joint operation by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) and the Drugs Control Directorate, West Bengal.The raid ...

    1 January 2025 Indian Express
    When BJP comes to power in state, probe commission will be set up: Suvendu in Sandeshkhali

    After Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited Sandeshkhali, in North 24 Parganas district, on Monday, Leader of Opposition in state Assembly Suvendu Adhikari held a rally at the same place on Tuesday and vowed to constitute an inquiry commission to ...

    1 January 2025 Indian Express
    On Zeenat’s capture, tiger expert part of operation recalls biggest fear: ‘We did not want a repeat of Royal Bengal tiger’s death in Lalgarh’

    Tracking tigress Zeenat since it entered West Bengal from Jharkhand, 58-year-old Mrintunjay Biswas had only one thing in mind — to avoid a repeat of an incident in 2018, when villagers killed a Royal Bengal tiger in Lalgarh.When Zeenat ...

    1 January 2025 Indian Express
    2 suspected Bangladeshi militants with links to Ansarullah Bangla Team arrested in Murshidabad

    The West Bengal Special Task Force Monday arrested two people for their alleged links to Al-Qaeda affiliate Ansarullah Bangla Team (ATB) from the state’s Murshidabad district.This followed the recent arrest of Minarul Sheikh and Mohammad Abbas, suspected members of ...

    1 January 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Special Performance by DJ Traffic cops’: Kolkata police post humorous warning for rule breakers on New Year’s Eve

    The Kolkata police have issued a unique and creative warning against violating traffic rules and drunk driving on New Year’s Eve. The post issued Monday, which has since gone viral, announces a “Special Performance by DJ Traffic Cops, Kolkata” ...

    1 January 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal govt hindering India-Bangladesh border fencing: Suvendu Adhikari

    Senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Monday accused the West Bengal government of deliberately hindering efforts to secure land for constructing BSF outposts and other vital infrastructure along the Bangladesh border, thus endangering national security.Addressing a press conference in ...

    31 December 2024 Indian Express
    National Tiger Conservation Authority asks for return of Zeenat to Odisha; medical board formed in Alipore zoo

    A day after its sedation and capture in West Bengal, Zeenat is reportedly healthy, and a medical board has been formed to conduct tests on the tigress. In light of her condition, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has ...

    31 December 2024 Indian Express
    Rs 100 crore defrauded in cyber cases this year: Kolkata Police

    Kolkata residents have been defrauded of a total of Rs 100 crore through cyber fraud within the last year, Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Kumar Verma said during the monthly crime conference on Saturday. According to sources, of the total ...

    31 December 2024 Indian Express
    Abhishek Banerjee slams sports, film celebs’ ‘silence’ on Manmohan’s demise

    Trinamool Congress’s national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee Sunday hit out at the sports and film personalities for not condoling the death of former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh, claiming that the “complete silence” may have stemmed from the fear ...

    31 December 2024 Indian Express
    CM’s permission ‘must’ for TMC ministers to attend private functions

    ALL WEST Bengal ministers from the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) are now required to get Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s approval before attending any private events or functions, sources said on Monday.The CM, in a recent internal meeting, is said ...

    31 December 2024 Indian Express
    End of 21-day hunt, tigress Zeenat sedated and caged in Bengal

    After wandering through three states and covering 300 km over the last 21 days, the three-year-old tigress that had escaped from Odisha’s Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) earlier this month was on Sunday sedated and captured from a forest near ...

    31 December 2024 Indian Express
    ‘Doing our job quietly’: West Bengal DGP warns against ‘exploitation’ of Bangladesh crisis

    Rajeev Kumar, the director general of West Bengal Police, stated in a press conference on Sunday that no one in the state will be allowed to exploit the turbulent situation in Bangladesh. He emphasised that both the West Bengal ...

    30 December 2024 Indian Express
    Home visits, rigorous checks, punishment for officers—Kolkata police tighten passport verification after racket bust

    Following the unearthing of a fake passport racket and the arrest of seven people, the Kolkata police have issued new internal guidelines for passport verification.According to sources, the new standard operating procedure (SOP) mandates that local police officers must ...

    30 December 2024 Indian Express
    22 armed personnel, ‘D zone’ for every public meeting: Suvendu Adhikari’s security increased after Bangladesh threat

    After reports emerged of a potential attack being planned on BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari by an Islamic fundamentalist group based in Bangladesh, the Centre has strengthened the security for the Leader of Opposition in Bengal.A letter from the office ...

    30 December 2024 Indian Express
    Kolkata travel agent held for procuring passports for Bangladeshis using forged documents

    The Kolkata police said on Sunday that they arrested a key figure in a passport fraud operating under the guise of a travel agency in Behala, taking the number of arrests in the case to seven.“One accused person, namely ...

    30 December 2024 Indian Express
    CM Mamata Banerjee to visit Sandeshkhali on December 30, nearly a year after unrest

    Close to a year after the Sandeshkhali unrest, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced that she will be visiting the violence-hit village on December 30 and participate in a government distribution programme. Leader of Opposition and BJP ...

    29 December 2024 Indian Express
    Blast at firecracker factory in West Bengal, 3 seriously injured

    Three people including a woman were seriously injured during a blast at a cracker factory in West Bengal’s Champahati on Saturday afternoon.All three injured were shifted to the nearby government hospital and are said to be in critical condition.The ...

    29 December 2024 Indian Express
    ‘Indian passports issued to Bangladeshi citizens’: Kolkata Police hold discussion with passport officers

    The passport verification process has come under the scanner of the Kolkata Police following the revelation that 73 Indian passports were issued to Bangladeshi citizens based on fake documents.Sources said the police department had sought information from various municipalities ...

    29 December 2024 Indian Express
    Security up in Kolkata after arrests of Bangladeshi infiltrators: Kolkata Police Commissioner

    Security has been stepped up in Kolkata ahead of New Year revelry, following the arrest of two Bangladeshi infiltrators from the heart of the city, Police Commissioner Manoj Kumar Verma said on Saturday. Verma said individuals arriving from foreign ...

    29 December 2024 Indian Express
    ‘Banglar Bari’ scheme: West Bengal to introduce toll-free number to prevent corruption, favouritism

    West Bengal Government will launch a toll-free number next week for the beneficiaries of the ‘Banglar Bari’ scheme that was recently inaugurated by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to provide houses for the poor.According to government sources, the toll free ...

    29 December 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal: Wolf ‘beaten to death’ by villagers

    A wolf was beaten to death by locals in the Budbud area of Paschim Bardhaman, forest officials said on Friday.According to the forest department sources, nearly 20 persons in Debshala village were injured by the wolf attack in the ...

    29 December 2024 Indian Express
    ‘Conspiracy to keep Chinmoy Krishna Das in jail’: Bangladesh Supreme Court lawyer

    THE LAWYER of jailed Bangladesh monk Chinmoy Krishna Das, Rabindra Ghosh, on Thursday said that he would fight for his client in a court in the neighbouring country on January 2 and also alleged that efforts were being made ...

    28 December 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal: Paschim Medinipur police introduces drones for public announcements; to be extended across the state soon

    The police in Paschim Medinipur have launched the state’s first announcement drone, which will serve as a public address system in addition to surveillance.Inaugurated during the annual sports competition of Paschim Medinipur District Police on Tuesday, with Superintendent of ...

    28 December 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal school jobs case: CBI submits supplementary chargesheet against Partha

    The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday submitted a supplementary chargesheet in the school jobs case against former education minister Partha Chatterjee and two other accused in the case, Ayan Sheel and Santu Gangopadhyay.The central agency submitted the ...

    28 December 2024 Indian Express
    Similipal tigress now located in Purulia’s Manbazar, forest officials ‘hopeful’ of tranquilising it

    A day after three-year-old female tiger Zeenat, who had strayed out of Odisha’s Similipal National Park earlier this month, was located, in the Bandwan area, the forest officials on Friday said that it has now moved to Manbazar area ...

    28 December 2024 Indian Express
    Suvendu on terror radar: IB alerts state police over threat from Bangla outfits

    The Intelligence Bureau (IB) of the Ministry of Home Affairs has sent an alert to West Bengal Police, warning of a possible attack by Bangladesh terror outfits on Leader of the Opposition in Assembly and BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari, ...

    28 December 2024 Indian Express
    3 held from MLA hostel, police say using Abhishek’s name used in extortion bid

    Kolkata police on Wednesday night arrested three men from the MLA hostel on Kid Street,  Kolkata, who were allegedly attempting to extort Rupees 5 lakh from Kalna Municipality chairman Ananda Dutta by falsely claiming to represent Trinamool Congress leader ...

    28 December 2024 Indian Express
    In Kolkata, Manmohan Singh’s sister Gobind is at a loss for words; kin remember down-to-earth, fatherly figure

    Sitting in a wheelchair at her residence in South Kolkata’s Tollygunge, Gobind Kaur, sister of late former prime minister Manmohan Singh, cannot believe that Papaji (as she fondly called her eldest brother) is no more. Her eyes moist, she ...

    28 December 2024 Indian Express
    Bangladeshi fabric supplier arrested for illegal stay in Kolkata, fake ID proofs seized

    The West Bengal Police on Thursday night arrested a Bangladeshi national who has been illegally living in Kolkata city for the past one year.They have also seized a fake Aadhaar card and PAN card from the accused identified as ...

    28 December 2024 Indian Express
    Kolkata MLA hostel arrests: BJP MLA Nikhil Ranjan Dey slams TMC ‘conspiracy’ against BJP

    West Bengal MLA Nikhil Ranjan Dey on Friday accused the Trinamool Congress (TMC) of trying to tarnish the BJP’s name after three men allegedly attempting to extort money by falsely claiming to represent TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee were arrested ...

    28 December 2024 Indian Express
    In Mamata’s itinerary for year end, a visit to Sandeshkhali

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said she will visit Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district on December 30 to chair a public distribution programme.“I will visit Sandeshkhali on December 30 to chair a public distribution programme. People had ...

    27 December 2024 Indian Express
    Capturing the tigress: Prohibitory orders in place, plan to lead Zeenat to ambush

    The Purulia district administration has imposed prohibitory orders in the Bandwan area where a three-year-old female tiger, who had strayed out of Odisha’s Similipal National Park earlier this month, is presently located.This comes as forest departments of West Bengal ...

    27 December 2024 Indian Express
    ‘Partha Chatterjee used phone numbers issued in others names to collect scam money’: ED to court in schools jobs case

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED), probing the alleged money laundering angle in the schools jobs case, on Thursday told the trial court here that former education minister Partha Chatterjee used the “scam money” to buy properties and floated several benami ...

    27 December 2024 Indian Express
    Using Indian voter cards, PAN cards to sending Bangladeshis to Europe: Another arrest in fake passport case

    The Kolkata police detective department arrested a 42-year-old man, Moktar Alam, from his Duttapukur residence in North 24 parganas district early Wednesday morning in the fake passport case.According to police sources, documents such as fake PAN cards, voter IDs ...

    27 December 2024 Indian Express
    Arrested militant was surveying riverine route for smuggling arms into India from Bangladesh: STF

    After the arrest of a suspected operative of terror outfit Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen (TuM) from Canning in West Bengal, the West Bengal Special Task Force (STF) is investigating the possible reasons behind the suspect’s presence in the state.According to STF sources, ...

    27 December 2024 Indian Express
    TMC MLA’s Rs 6 lakh ‘reimbursement claim’ for wife’s delivery sparks row

    TRINAMOOL CONGRESS MLA and actor Kanchan Mullick has triggered a controversy over the ‘submission’ of a hospital bill of Rs 6 lakh for reimbursement to the West Bengal Assembly on Tuesday, following the birth of his child at a ...

    27 December 2024 Indian Express
    Evidence of crime scene being disturbed: FSL report on RG Kar rape and murder case

    The crime scene in the RG Kar case “was not in well-preserved condition, there were evidences of disturbances evident on the scene”, a team from the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL), Delhi, has said in its report, which is ...

    27 December 2024 Indian Express
    TMC, BJP trade blame after recent arrests of ‘terrorists’ in West Bengal

    After recent instances of suspected militants being arrested from West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress and the BJP have been engaged in a war of words, with the state’s ruling party holding the Centre responsible for “terrorists infiltrating” Bengal, and ...

    27 December 2024 Indian Express
    ‘State govt turning blind eye to jihadi elements taking shelter here’: Sukanta Majumdar

    UNION MINISTER and BJP’s state president Sukanta Majumdar on Wednesday said that West Bengal has become a “safe haven for terrorists and jihadi elements” under the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC government.Majumdar hit out at the government over reports of the ...

    26 December 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal TMC MLA Kanchan Mallick’s ‘reimbursement claim’ for wife’s delivery stirs row

    Actor-turned-MLA Kanchan Mallick is again in the news, this time over a hospital bill he is said to have submitted to the West Bengal Assembly after the birth of his child at a private hospital.Mallick, Trinamool Congress MLA for ...

    26 December 2024 Indian Express
    School Jobs case: HC rejects bail plea of Partha, 4 ex-officials; pulls up govt

    The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday rejected the bail applications of former education minister Partha Chatterjee and four former government officials — Subiresh Bhattacharjee, Ashok Kumar Saha, Kalyanmoy Ganguly and Santi Prasad Sinha – jailed in connection with the ...

    26 December 2024 Indian Express
    Second Year in A Row: Governor objects, JU goes ahead with its convocation

    The Jadavpur University (JU) on Tuesday held its annual convocation despite objections from Governor C V Anand Bose, the chancellor of the state university.On Monday, Raj Bhavan had issued a letter to interim vice-chancellor Bhaskar Gupta, dubbing the December ...

    26 December 2024 Indian Express
    Zeenat makes her ‘first kill’, forest officials step up efforts to capture elusive tigress

    Amid attempts to capture three-year-old female tiger Zeenat, which strayed out of Similipal National Park in Odisha two weeks ago, forest officials on Tuesday said that she made her first kill.“She has killed a goat, which had strayed into ...

    26 December 2024 Indian Express
    This Christmas, a gift for Darjeeling from Rotterdam: Two red pandas, named Vishal and Koshi

    West Bengal marked Christmas by welcoming two red pandas from the Netherlands, the first such acquisition from a foreign country in a decade.Escorted by zookeepers and vets, the two animals are on their way to Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological ...

    26 December 2024 Indian Express
    Deadline near, Mamata govt says Centre yet to ask state to submit demand for Central schemes’ funds

    After having not received money from the Centre for the MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme) for three consecutive financial years, the West Bengal government is now apprehensive that they would not be allocated the MGNREGA funds ...

    25 December 2024 Indian Express
    Despite Governor’s objection, JU holds annual convocation

    The Jadavpur University (JU) on Tuesday held its annual convocation despite objections from Governor C V Anand Bose, the chancellor of the state university.On Monday, Raj Bhavan issued a letter to interim vice-chancellor Bhaskar Gupta, dubbing the December 24 ...

    25 December 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal school jobs case: ED ‘fails’ to give all documents, framing of charges delayed

    A special court here in Kolkata on Monday could not proceed ahead with the framing of charges against former education minister Partha Chatterjee, his close aide Arpita Mukherjee and 52 others booked in the school jobs case.A majority of ...

    25 December 2024 Indian Express
    Taslima accuses Mamata govt of forcing removal of ‘Lajja’ play from West Bengal theatre festivals

    Exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin accused the West Bengal government of stifling the voice of artists and writers, claiming that the play ‘Lajja’ (Shame), adapted from her novel, was forced to be canceled at two theatre festivals in the ...

    25 December 2024 Indian Express
    RG Kar Rape-Murder: HC judge asks parents to seek clarification from CJ bench on fresh probe

    A single judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday told the counsel of the parents of RG Kar rape-murder victim to seek a clarification from the bench of Chief Justice T S Sivagnanam whether it could hear ...

    25 December 2024 Indian Express
    Calcutta High Court rejects bail pleas of Partha Chatterjee, 4 others in SSC scam case

    The Calcutta High Court has rejected the bail pleas of former education minister Partha Chatterjee and four others in the School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment scam case which is being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).The others ...

    25 December 2024 Indian Express
    ‘Happy to return home, was treated well in India’: 12 Bangladeshi fishermen released from West Bengal jail after Centre’s prod

    In a gesture of goodwill, India released 12 Bangladeshi fishermen jailed in West Bengal. The fishermen are now on their way back home.This was after the Central government asked the West Bengal government to “withdraw from prosecution” of the ...

    25 December 2024 Indian Express
    Counter Terror Ops: STF says held J&K militant made several trips to Bangladesh, looks for possible river routes

    A day after the Special Task Force (STF) of West Bengal Police announced the arrest of a Pakistan-trained IED expert and a member of banned terror outfit Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen (TuM), the investigators are trying to find out the waterway route, ...

    24 December 2024 Indian Express
    ‘Gorkhaland our vision, development our mission ‘: new political party rises in Darjeeling, rekindles separate state demand

    The formation of a new political front — Indian Gorkha Janashakti Front — in the Hills of Darjeeling has brought to fore once again the demand for the separate statehood of Gorkhaland in West Bengal.Ajoy Edwards, who dissolved his ...

    24 December 2024 Indian Express
    Special drones with thermal imagery, night vision equipments, bait – forest officials of Odisha, Bengal goes all out to capture tiger Zeenat

    With special drones aided with thermal imagery, night vision equipment, cages with fresh baits and tranquiliser teams, the officials of Forest Department of Odisha and West Bengal are trying their best to capture three-year-old female tiger, Zeenat.Zeenat, brought to ...

    24 December 2024 Indian Express
    ‘Muktijoddha’ made to wear garland of shoes in Bangladesh, West Bengal leaders and writers condemn ‘inhuman act’

    Political leaders of West Bengal became vocal after a video of Bangladesh went viral where a veteran “Muktijoddha” was allegedly heckled, and forced to put a garland of shoes around his neck.In the video, which has not been independently ...

    24 December 2024 Indian Express
    4-hour chase, a 33-sec clip: How police in Bengal recovered a 7-yr-old kidnapped girl

    Quick thinking, a 33-second CCTV clip, and hitch-free coordination helped the police of two districts in West Bengal to recover a 7-year-old kidnapped girl in just four hours. At 11 am Saturday, two men on a motorbike with no ...

    24 December 2024 Indian Express
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