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  • 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
    A First Since 1996: In major fairs in Kolkata, omnipresent Bangladesh traders missing this year

    For the first time, stalls from Bangladesh are missing in two of Kolkata’s major fairs — the International Kolkata Book Fair and the Bidhannagar Mela Utsav, which is organised by the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC).Every year since 1996, when ...

    24 December 2024 Indian Express
    After alleged terrorist Javed Ahmed Munshi’s arrest, West Bengal STF looks for Sundarbans-Bangladesh waterway route ‘frequented’ by him

    A special task force of West Bengal is looking into the waterway route that was allegedly routinely taken by a suspected terrorist of the banned Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen (TuM), Javed Ahmed Munshi, from West Bengal to Bangladesh.On Monday, in a joint ...

    24 December 2024 Indian Express
    JU convocation illegal, follow rules for students’ interests: Bengal GUV to VC

    West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Monday wrote to Jadavpur University’s interim vice chancellor Bhaskar Gupta, dubbing its December 24 convocation “illegal”, and directed the varsity authorities to follow all the rules and regulations to secure the future ...

    24 December 2024 Indian Express
    Schools painted as Express train with interactive display boards, book banks — government project brings hope in this Bengal district

    The Uttar Dinajpur district administration in West Bengal has undertaken the ‘GYANALAY’ project to improve government school infrastructure in a phased manner.In the first phase, initially, 98 schools were selected, which is one school in every gram panchayat. The ...

    23 December 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal STF arrests Kashmiri terrorists, says was planning to cross over to Bangladesh

    The Special Task Force (STF) of West Bengal Police on Sunday said that it has arrested a Kashmir-based militant from Canning in South 24 Parganas district, bordering Bangladesh.According to the STF, Javed Munshi, a Pakistan-trained IED expert, was planning ...

    23 December 2024 Indian Express
    Traveled nearly 200kms for two weeks, avoiding trap cages, tranquilising teams, tigress Zeenat enters Purulia from Jhargram

    Forest personnel are monitoring the movement of the three-year-old tigress Zeenat, which strayed from Odisha’s Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR), is currently in Purulia district, an official said.On Sunday morning, it entered Bandwan in Purulia district from Jhargram. Travelling from ...

    23 December 2024 Indian Express
    Centenary Celebrations: Kolkata Airport to handle 100 daily flights soon, says Civil Aviation Minister

    As part of the Centre’s plan to transform the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport (NSCBI) into a hub for international flights, Union Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu on Saturday announced that 100 flights will soon operate from ...

    23 December 2024 Indian Express
    Fire in Kolkata slum, nearly 50 shanties gutted; 16 engines on spot

    A major fire broke out in a slum near New Alipore Bridge in Kolkata, close to BP Poddar Hospital, on Saturday evening around 7PM, gutting around 40-50 shanties, a fire brigade official said, adding no one was injured in ...

    23 December 2024 Indian Express
    ISKCON Kolkata condemns priest’s ‘murder’ in Bangladesh

    ISKCON Saturday condemned the “murder” of a Hindu priest allegedly by “Bangladeshi extremists” in Natore and accused the country’s interim government of failing to protect religious minorities, who continue to face “unabated torture and killings” following the fall of ...

    23 December 2024 Indian Express
    ‘No treatment to Bangladeshi patients’ — local BJP workers protest outside private hospital in Kolkata

    A group of local BJP workers in Kolkata’s Mukundapur area launched a protest platform called ‘Salute Tiranga’ on Saturday, demanding that a private hospital in the area refuse treatment to non-Hindu patients from Bangladesh.The move comes amid a strain ...

    22 December 2024 Indian Express
    IMD issues yellow alert for rain in Kolkata for tomorrow

    Kolkata woke up to a foggy and rainy Saturday morning as predicted, with further rain expected across South Bengal in the day. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has, meanwhile, issued a yellow alert for Kolkata for Sunday, December 22.The ...

    22 December 2024 Indian Express
    Villages and tourists in Jhargram on alert, Sunderban experts called in as tigress Zeenat crosses over to Bengal

    West Bengal forest officials have issued an alert in villages, hotels and resorts in Jhargram district after three-year-old tigress Zeenat crossed over to the state from Jharkhand on Friday, covering a total distance of over 50 km from Simlipal ...

    22 December 2024 Indian Express
    TMC suspends two from teachers’ cells for ‘anti-party activities’

    The Trinamool Congress on Friday suspended two leaders who were part of two of its teachers’ cells for their involvement in “anti-party activities”, party leader and state education minister Bratya Basu said.Manishankar Mondal was assistant president of the TMC’s ...

    22 December 2024 Indian Express
    Ambedkar ‘Snub’: Mamata calls for statewide protests against BJP on Dec 23

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday called for statewide protests on December 23 against the BJP, accusing the party of insulting Dr BR Ambedkar, the architect of the Constitution. In a strongly worded statement shared on social media, Banerjee ...

    22 December 2024 Indian Express
    Banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) sleeper cell was on recruitment drive in Bengal: Police

    A day after the Special Task Force of Assam and West Bengal arrested two persons from Murshidabad, the West Bengal police on Friday said that the two have links with banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) and a ...

    22 December 2024 Indian Express
    Stage not more than 40 ft, guard rails, crowd limit of 250: Calcutta HC gives permission for R G Kar protest at Esplanade

    The Calcutta High Court on Friday granted permission to the West Bengal Joint Platform of Doctors, a group of senior medical professionals, to hold a protest against the bail granted to two accused — Sandip Ghosh and Abhijit Mondal ...

    21 December 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal rising due to investment in human capital: Principal adviser to Chief Minister

    THE WEST Bengal government is focusing on human capital and the state is the pivot, Amit Mitra, principal adviser to the Chief Minister and the finance department, said on Friday.Addressing the Rising Asia-BBC&I Summit, Mitra said Kolkata is considered ...

    21 December 2024 Indian Express
    As Bengal Library Association turns 100 today, a look at the flag bearer for libraries in the state

    A century ago, some of India’s most recognised political leaders came together to organise library movements, believing that the knowledge and education acquired and facilitated through these institutions would help their fight against the British. This thought led to ...

    21 December 2024 Indian Express
    Fire engulfs Topsia slum in Kolkata, nearly 200 shanties gutted

    A fire broke out at the Topsia Basti near Science City on Friday morning, leaving nearly 200 shanties reduced to ashes. Eight fire engines have been dispatched to the scene, with police from the Pragati Maidan police station also ...

    21 December 2024 Indian Express
    Man impersonates namesake doctor, arrested for practicing as medical officer in West Bengal

    Sunil Kumar Shaw, who shares his name with a doctor, was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly forging documents under the doctor’s name and copying his registration number. The arrest came after Dr Sunil Shaw filed a complaint, accusing Sunil ...

    21 December 2024 Indian Express
    SSB arrested 4,000 smugglers, traffickers, seized 16,000 kg narcotics this year: Union Home Minister Amit Shah

    Union Home Minister Amit Shah, during his visit to Siliguri, said that the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) arrested 4,000 smugglers and traffickers and seized 16,000 kg of narcotics in 2024.Shah is in Siliguri to attend the 61st Raising Day ...

    21 December 2024 Indian Express
    Bangladeshi stalls absent from Kolkata’s major fair; no show likely to continue even in book fair for first time since 1996

    For the first time, stalls from Bangladesh are missing in the Bidhannagar Mela Utsav organised by the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC). A rerun of the absence is also expected at the International Kolkata Book Fair.The absence of the stalls ...

    20 December 2024 Indian Express
    2 Bangladesh militants held in joint op with Assam Police

    In a joint operation, the Special Task Force of Assam and West Bengal police have arrested two suspected militants from  Murshidabad’s Hariharpara on Thursday. Those arrested have been identified as Abbas Sheikh, a resident of Baharan area and Minarul ...

    20 December 2024 Indian Express
    Fake Indian passport case: 1 held, copies of Indian passports found; Detective Dept takes over investigation

    A day after the Kolkata Police launched a major passport fraud investigation, the police on Tuesday night arrested a man, Dipankar Das from Becharam Chatterjee Street in the Parnasree Thana area in connection with the case. He was produced ...

    20 December 2024 Indian Express
    Mamata: Shocked by Shah’s comment on Ambedkar, the way he belittled him

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that she was shocked at Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s recent remarks about B R Ambedkar and the way he was being “belittled”.Addressing a gathering during the inauguration of the ‘Kolkata Christmas ...

    20 December 2024 Indian Express
    Parents of RG Kar rape and murder victim say they don’t have confidence in CBI-led probe, move HC seeking fresh investigation

    The parents of the R G Kar rape and murder victim have moved the Calcutta High Court, seeking a fresh investigation into the murder of their daughter.In court, their counsel stated that the parents do not have confidence in ...

    20 December 2024 Indian Express
    ED gets custody of industrialist Sanjay Sureka in bank fraud case

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday night arrested industrialist and owner of Concast Steel and Power Limited, Sanjay Sureka, in connection with a bank fraud case, an official said.Jewellery worth Rs 4.5 crore and several foreign-made luxury cars were ...

    20 December 2024 Indian Express
    ‘This is not Bangladesh that was born in 1971… this is new Pakistan’

    “I am not a coward. I have not fled Bangladesh. I will return to my country and continue fighting for justice and release of ISKCON monk Chinmoy Krishna Das,” says 75-year-old Rabindra Ghosh seated in the terrace of his ...

    20 December 2024 Indian Express
    CM: Invest in Bengal’s Silicon Valley, has Rs 27k cr potential

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday extended an invitation to industrialists to collaborate with West Bengal and said that Bengal Silicon Valley has a potential of Rs 27,000 crore in investments and ability to generate 75,000 job opportunities. Urging ...

    20 December 2024 Indian Express
    Police widen probe after 73 Indian passports issued to Bangla nationals, 4 held

    Amidst rising tensions in Bangladesh, a major passport fraud investigation has been launched in Kolkata after it was discovered that 73 Indian passports were allegedly issued to Bangladeshi nationals using “forged documents”, the police said on Wednesday.The regional passport ...

    19 December 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal: 8-year-old boy gets entangled in swing rope, dies while undergoing treatment

    An 8-year-old boy fell unconscious after getting entangled in the rope of a swing tied to a tree in front of his house on Monday. On Tuesday, he succumbed while undergoing treatment at the Ranaghat Sub-District Hospital in West ...

    19 December 2024 Indian Express
    Calcutta High Court reserves order on bail plea of Partha and 5 others

    The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday completed the bail hearings of former West Bengal education minister Partha Chatterjee and four other ex-public servants in a CBI case over an alleged school jobs recruitment scam.Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty reserved order on ...

    19 December 2024 Indian Express
    BJP leaders meet Bangladesh lawyer of ISKCON monk

    A delegation of BJP leaders, including Arjun Singh, along with Hindu monk Kartick Maharaj on Tuesday met Bangladeshi lawyer Rabindra Ghosh, who has been defending jailed Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das, in North 24 Parganas district. They felicitated Ghosh ...

    19 December 2024 Indian Express
    Operation Zeenat: Human shield, tracking teams in place as Tigress puts three states to the edge

    Forest officials and guards have formed a human shield cordoning off the area in Jharkhand where Zeenat, a three-year-old tigress, has been currently located. While special tracking units and tranquilizing teams, both from Odisha and Jharkhand are on their ...

    19 December 2024 Indian Express
    CM Mamata Banerjee launches Banglar Bari housing, hits out at Centre

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who has been accusing the BJP government at the Centre of not sending funds to the state under PM Awas Yojana, on Tuesday launched a housing scheme, ‘Banglar Bari’, funded entirely by her ...

    18 December 2024 Indian Express
    Former ministers as mentors, terror convicts as batsman — inside Presidency jail a IPL inspired cricket league in play

    It’s a league of its own where two former ministers of Mamata Banerjee Cabinet Partha Chatterjee and Jyotipriya Mallick are mentors of a cricket team and terror attack convicts Jamaluddin Naser and Aftab Ansari are players.Every year, Kolkata’s Presidency ...

    18 December 2024 Indian Express
    Joint polls will galvanise the process, boost growth: Ram Nath Kovind

    Former President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday said that once the ‘One nation, one election’ becomes functional, it would galvanise the election process and help in the economic growth of the country.Kovind, who was the chairman of the high-level ...

    18 December 2024 Indian Express
    A new species of parasitic wasp discovered in Nagaland: ZSI

    A new species of parasitic wasp has been discovered in Nagaland by the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI).The species — Ceraphron initium — was discovered during a Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)-funded field survey in the northeastern state. ...

    18 December 2024 Indian Express
    ‘Maha Kumbh a cultural experience, a melting pot of cultures… one should visit’

    At The Indian Express Round Table Conference, held in Kolkata on Monday, speakers described Maha Kumbh as a cultural experience, and a melting pot of culture.The theme of the discussion was “Maha Kumbh: A confluence of culture and modern ...

    18 December 2024 Indian Express
    After backing Hakim, TMC slams him for his ‘Muslim majority’ talk

    In less than 24 hours of backing its senior party leader Firhad Hakim, the TMC on Monday distanced itself from his remarks on “majority Muslims” and said that such statements will be met with ‘strict measures’.In a post on ...

    18 December 2024 Indian Express
    Battle for coldest spot in Bengal: Hill station Darjeeling faces tough competition from a Junglemahal district

    Purulia, a district typically associated with scorching heat, has unexpectedly turned into one of the coldest spots in West Bengal. In fact, the district is battling it out with the traditionally chilly hill station of Darjeeling for the title ...

    18 December 2024 Indian Express
    ‘Decision taken locally’ — Arch rivals BJP and TMC join hands for a co-operative election in Nandigram

    Bitter enemies in Delhi and West Bengal — the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Trinamool Congress — entered a seat adjustment alliance for elections for a small co-operative in Nandigram. Out of 54 seats, the TMC won 32 and ...

    18 December 2024 Indian Express
    Calcutta HC refuses anticipatory bail to businessman Sujay Krishna Bhadra over missed court dates

    Trouble mounted for Kolkata-based businessman Sujay Krishna Bhadra Monday after the Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court rejected his anticipatory application in connection with the Central Bureau of Investigation’s probe into alleged irregularities in a teachers’ recruitment scam.Bhadra, ...

    17 December 2024 Indian Express
    Doctors’ body plans 10-day demonstration over RG Kar hospital rape-murder as 2 key suspects get bail

    The West Bengal Joint Platform of Doctors (WBJPD) was planning to begin a sit-in demonstration in the heart of Kolkata from Tuesday over the CBI investigation into the Kar hospital rape and murder case, in which two key suspects ...

    17 December 2024 Indian Express
    ‘Breaks heart to see we are back at square one’: 1971 war veterans from India and Bangladesh mark Vijay Diwas in Kolkata

    Amid escalating tensions between India and Bangladesh, war veterans of 1971 gathered at Fort William in Kolkata as part of the Vijay Diwas celebration by the Indian Army’s Eastern Command on Monday.“You can change your family, but geographically, your ...

    17 December 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal: Day after ‘Muslim majority’ remark, TMC minister Hakim says ‘I’m diehard secular’

    With his purported remarks on Muslim majority triggering a backlash from Opposition BJP and Hindu monks, Urban Development minister Firhad Hakim on Sunday said that he has a “strong belief in strong and patriotic values”.Speaking on the sidelines of ...

    16 December 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal: TMC sweeps Contai Coop Bank polls held under watchful eyes of Central armed forces

    The ruling TMC swept the Contai Cooperative Bank election on Sunday, winning 101 of the total 108 seats. The voting was held earlier in the day with the Central forces deployed in the booths on the direction of the Supreme ...

    16 December 2024 Indian Express
    Narayana Murthy calls for compassionate capitalism, says technology is catalyst for growth

    Infosys co-founder N R Narayana Murthy on Sunday emphasized the importance of compassionate capitalism and highlighted the role of technology in India’s future.Speaking at the centenary celebration of the Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) at Calcutta Town Hall, Murthy ...

    16 December 2024 Indian Express
    Inside Kolkata’s Fort William, a military museum that tells many stories—from colonial Bengal to India-Pak War of 1971

    It was two years ago that Sekhar Chakrabarti first visited the Indian Army’s Command Museum in Fort William in Kolkata. An author and vexillologist, it was Chakrabarti’s interest in military history and the flags on display at the museum ...

    16 December 2024 Indian Express
    Sporadic violence during Contai Cooperative Bank election in West Bengal

    Sporadic violence was reported during the Contai Cooperative Bank election in West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur district on Sunday, with several polling stations witnessing Trinamool Congress-BJP scuffles despite tight security provided by central and state police forces.In a heated verbal ...

    16 December 2024 Indian Express
    Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim’s remark on ‘Muslim majority’ triggers controversy, BJP accuses him of inciting hatred

    Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim found himself at the centre of a political storm after a video went viral recently in which he is heard saying that “We will soon be majority”. Opposition BJP has objected to his remarks and ...

    16 December 2024 Indian Express
    ‘We might see paramilitary forces for school elections next’: Cooperative bank polls under tight security stumps voters in West Bengal

    Written by Tanusree BoseElections to Contai Cooperative Bank (CCB) in West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur district were held peacefully under the supervision of central paramilitary forces on Sunday based on a Supreme Court directive. Contai falls under Leader of Opposition ...

    16 December 2024 Indian Express
    Kolkata Metro’s airport link nears completion, preparatory run on Noapara-Jai Hind stretch successful

    A preparatory run on the Noapara-Jai Hind stretch of Kolkata Metro’s yellow line was successful on Saturday. This 6.2-km stretch will have four stations: Noapara, Dum Dum Cantonment, Jessore Road and Jai Hind Airport, which will connect the metro ...

    16 December 2024 Indian Express
    Kolkata: Day after woman’s severed head found, brother-in-law held

    In connection with a severed head of a woman found in a garbage dump in South Kolkata’s Tollygunge area, a person was arrested on Saturday, police said.The arrested man was identified as the brother-in-law of the deceased woman, they ...

    16 December 2024 Indian Express
    Junior docs, political parties bring out protest rallies in Kolkata after suspects in RG Kar case get bail

    A day after two key suspects in the rape and murder of a doctor at the RG Kar hospital got bail, the Left parties and the Congress on Saturday took out protest rallies at various locations in Kolkata, alleging ...

    15 December 2024 Indian Express
    3 cases before RG Kar’s incident when students in Bengal lost their lives under mysterious circumstances

    At a time when the RG Kar rape and murder trial has hit the headlines once again with former principal of the institute, Sandip Ghosh, and former officer-in-charge of Tala police station, Abhijit Mondal, securing bail, The Indian Express ...

    15 December 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal Online Tablet Fraud: As inter-state racket unfolds, over 1,900 victims, 40 arrests & 1,190 accounts frozen

    Amid the ongoing investigation into the online fraud involving the West Bengal government’s ‘Taruner Swapno’ scheme, the state police has registered a total of 142 cases and arrested at least 38 people, for allegedly siphoning off funds meant for ...

    15 December 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal BJP ‘struggles’ to meet Amit Shah’s 1 crore membership target

    Written by Tanusree BoseWhile the West Bengal BJP awaits its new state president, the party unit has extended its membership drive till the end of the year as the number of registered members is reportedly much lower than the ...

    15 December 2024 Indian Express
    Siliguri Safari Park: How Rika ended up killing her 3 newborn cubs? Experts believe they have an answer

    Last week, when three newborn tiger cubs died at Bengal Safari Park in Siliguri, West Bengal, after their mother accidentally bit them on their necks while trying to shift them to the night shelter by grabbing them in her ...

    15 December 2024 Indian Express
    Swift verdict: 35-yr-old gets death sentence for rape-murder of minor girl in Bengal

    Weeks after a minor girl was raped and killed in Farakka, a court in Jangipur in Murshidabad district of West Bengal on Friday sentenced a 35-year-old man, Dinbandhu Halder, to death, and his accomplice, 23-year-old Shubojit Haldar, to life ...

    15 December 2024 Indian Express
    Kolkata rape-murder: Disappointed, victim’s family says ‘system failing us’; jr doctors chalk out protest plan

    Disappointed by the CBI’s failure to submit a chargesheet against former RG Kar principal Sandip Ghosh and police officer Abhijit Mondal, the parents of the woman junior doctor on Friday said the “system” was failing them.The junior doctors, who ...

    14 December 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal govt plans app to monitor construction projects, prod staff to send progress reports

    To monitor government work, particularly construction projects, the state government is planning to introduce a “digital platform” – centred around a mobile application – that will require every employee/official concerned to provide updates about the progress of work at ...

    14 December 2024 Indian Express
    How a 3-year-old tigress has sent forest officials of Odisha, Jharkhand and Bengal into tizzy

    A month ago, Zeenat, a tigress, and a tiger were introduced to Simlipal Tiger Reserve in Odisha from Maharashtra, as a part of a programme to strengthen the reserve’s gene pool. Today, Zeenat is within 10 to 15 km ...

    14 December 2024 Indian Express
    Barrackpore businessman murder bid: Court frames prima facie charges against 9 accused

    A local court in Barrackpore, West Bengal, framed prima facie charges on Wednesday against nine people, including notorious criminal from Bihar Subodh Singh, with “substantial evidence” to date against three in connection with the attempted murder of businessman Ajoy ...

    14 December 2024 Indian Express
    West Bengal BJP MLAs postpone Ram Mandir tour, says as ‘Bangladesh in turmoil, Chinmoy Krishna Das remains in jail’

    BJP MLAs from West Bengal were supposed to visit Ram Lalla at Ram Mandir in Ayodhya last week. Leader of Assembly Opposition Suvendu Adhikari “postponed” the plans, citing the alleged continuous attacks on minority Hindus in Bangladesh and the ...

    14 December 2024 Indian Express
    RG Kar rape and murder trial: Ex-principal, cop get bail as CBI fails to file chargesheet on time

    A sessions court in Sealdah on Friday granted bail to the former principal of RG Kar hospital, Sandip Ghosh, and former officer-in-charge of Tala police station Abhijit Mondal after the CBI failed to submit chargesheet against them within the ...

    14 December 2024 Indian Express
    Bangladesh delegation to join Vijay Diwas celebrations in Kolkata

    A small delegation of 10-12 people from Bangladesh is set to grace the upcoming Vijay Diwas (Victory Day) celebrations in Kolkata on Monday, amidst tensions between India and Bangladesh. The delegation is expected to include both freedom fighters who ...

    14 December 2024 Indian Express
    Reinstate HoDs, expunge show-cause notices to 85 faculty members: IIT teachers’ body to approach institution admin, chairman

    With a plea to “expunge” the show-cause notices issued to 85 faculty members from their personal files and reinstate the recently removed Head of Departments, the IITTA (IIT Kharagpur Teachers Association) has decided to approach the administration and chairman ...

    13 December 2024 Indian Express
    Candidate compensated with extra marks for lost answer sheets after Calcutta HC’s intervention

    A student who approached the Calcutta High Court after he got less-than-expected marks in his Higher Secondary Board exam and later found out that parts of his answer book had been lost has been awarded extra marks to compensate ...

    13 December 2024 Indian Express
    RG Kar rape-murder: After lawyer drops out, no one represents jr doctor family in trial court

    The parents of the dead junior woman doctor, who was raped and killed at RG Kar hospital in Kolkata, on Thursday refused to comment on Senior Advocate Vrinda Grover’s decision to no longer represent them in the court.On Thursday, ...

    13 December 2024 Indian Express
    Didn’t get support from Bengal police for Jan Sanwai event: NCW

    The National Commission for Women alleged that the Kolkata Police and West Bengal police did not “cooperate” with the NCW for “Jan Sunwai” meetings for women from December 11 to December 13.According to Archana Majumdar, a member of the ...

    13 December 2024 Indian Express
    Dense fog disrupts flight operations at Kolkata airport, Governor C V Ananda Bose’s helicopter visit to Farakka cancelled

    Flight operations at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) Airport in Kolkata were disrupted on Wednesday morning due to low visibility caused by dense fog. No flights were operational between 4.18 am and 6.16 am.The airport declared Low Visibility ...

    13 December 2024 Indian Express
    2 Rafale jets enough: Bengal BJP’s warning to Dhaka

    The BJP along with various Hindu organisations on Tuesday staged demonstrations at Ghojadanga, bordering Bangladesh, in Basirhat in North 24 Parganas district, over the alleged persecution of religious minorities in the neighbouring country.Leader of Opposition in Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, ...

    12 December 2024 Indian Express
    In fresh push for separate Coochbehar state, GCPA blocks railway lines in north Bengal

    With a renewed push for Coochbehar to become a separate state and the inclusion of the Rajbanshi language in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution, the Greater Coochbehar People’s Association (GCPA) blockaded railway lines in north West Bengal for ...

    12 December 2024 Indian Express
    Minor girl who crossed border from Bangladesh on foot was fleeing after ‘threats from fundamentalists’, say relatives

    A 17-year-old girl from Bangladesh, who was intercepted by the BSF after she crossed the border into Uttar Dinajpur district of West Bengal on Tuesday night, had fled the neighbouring country after her family got “threats from fundamentalists”, said ...

    12 December 2024 Indian Express
    Calcutta HC restores senior scientist’s retirement age to 62, orders ICAR to foot salary

    In a relief to a senior scientist at Bidhan Chandra Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, a state agriculture university in Nadia district of West Bengal, the Calcutta High Court has restored his retirement age to 62.Setting aside the February 2 resolution of ...

    12 December 2024 Indian Express
    Turmoil in Bangladesh: 4 leaders of Sheikh Hasina’s party arrested for illegal entry

    Four leaders of ousted Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League were arrested by Shillong police in a joint operation with Bidhannagar police from Kolkata’s Newtown area on Sunday.The accused were produced in Shillong on Tuesday. They had pending ...

    12 December 2024 Indian Express
    Sandeshkhali: No evidence of rape in tribal woman’s murder, say Bengal police

    Police probing the murder of an 18-year-old tribal girl, whose body was found in a pond in Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district, have said that their preliminary investigation found no sign of sexual assault.“Preliminary report confirms homicide (murder) ...

    11 December 2024 Indian Express
    SC allows Bengal Governor more time to appoint V-Cs in state varsities

    The Supreme Court on Monday allowed West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose’s request for more time to complete the process of approving Vice Chancellors for the state’s universities.A Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice Manmohan allowed the ...

    11 December 2024 Indian Express
    ‘Don’t think we’ll be eating lollipop when you come’: Mamata on reports of threats from Bangladesh to ‘take’ West Bengal

    Warning Bangladesh leaders who are allegedly threatening to “take” West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said, “When you come to acquire, don’t think we will sit and eat lollipops.”“We should not comment in such a way that would instigate ...

    11 December 2024 Indian Express
    Suvendu hits back at Mamata’s accusation of ‘one party spreading fake videos of Bangladesh’, says she made ‘politically motivated statement’

    After Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s statement on “one political party spreading fake videos” of alleged attacks in Bangladesh, Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari criticised her statement. “Who is doing propaganda? Some people are attacking the temple, is it false?” ...

    11 December 2024 Indian Express
    Three killed in explosion in Murshidabad

    A powerful explosion ripped through a house in Khyertala village in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district Sunday night, claiming three lives. The blast, which occurred around 10 pm, significantly damaged the house, causing the roof to collapse and the debris ...

    10 December 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal: Missing tribal woman’s body in Sandeshkhali pond, family alleges she was raped

    An 18-year-old tribal woman, who had gone missing on December 4 evening, was found dead in a pond in Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Saturday morning.Police said her body was found with her hands ...

    10 December 2024 Indian Express
    Row over Nepotism Charge: IIT-Kharagpur teachers’ body to hold EGM to discuss response to institute

    A day after the IIT-Kharagpur administration announced that “no further action” would be taken against 80 professors who have either replied to the show cause notices or have tendered their apologies while adding that it “reserves the legal rights ...

    10 December 2024 Indian Express
    Minor girl raped in Murshidabad; missing tribal woman found dead in Sandeshkhali pond

    A minor girl was abducted and raped while playing outside her home and a missing tribal woman’s body was found in a pond in two separate incidents in the past 24 hours in West Bengal.After the minor girl was ...

    10 December 2024 Indian Express
    Kolkata to experience 2 to 3 degree Celsius dip after December 11

    The weather department has predicted a dip of 2 to 3 degree Celsius in Kolkata and adjoining districts after December 11. However, it added that there will be some fluctuations before the full arrival of winter.“At present, a low-pressure ...

    9 December 2024 Indian Express
    No Bangladesh participation in literary festival in West Bengal after poets, writers denied visa

    A two-day Bengali literary festival at Visva-Bharati University’s Bangladesh Bhavan in West Bengal saw no participation from Bangladesh this year. This was after several poets and writers from Bangladesh were reportedly denied visas amid rising political tensions between India ...

    9 December 2024 Indian Express
    Kolkata: Photojournalists can now join Press Club

    In a first, Press Club Kolkata, established in 1945, has decided to grant regular membership to photojournalists along with voting rights. This move comes after a mass voting session among members on Saturday, where photojournalists won by a narrow ...

    9 December 2024 Indian Express
    Three newborn tiger cubs die in Bengal zoo after their mother lift them by neck with teeth

    Three newborn tiger cubs have died at a zoo in West Bengal’s Siliguri after their mother accidentally bit them while trying to move them by grabbing them in her mouth.The incident took place in the North Bengal Wild Animals ...

    9 December 2024 Indian Express
    TMC names Ritabrata Banerjee as candidate for Rajya Sabha bypolls

    The Trinamool Congress on Saturday named party leader Ritabrata Banerjee as its candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha by-elections.The bypoll was necessitated following the resignation of Jawhar Sircar as the TMC’s Rajya Sabha MP in September following the RG ...

    8 December 2024 Indian Express
    IIT Kharagpur row: ‘No further action’ against 80 faculty members who replied to show-cause notices or tendered apology

    IIT Kharagpur authorities Saturday decided to take ‘no further action’ against the 80-odd professors who have either replied to the show cause notices or tendered their apologies for raising the issue of nepotism and irregularities at the premier engineering ...

    8 December 2024 Indian Express
    ‘Atrocities continuing unabated’: Temple, centre burnt down in Bangladesh, says ISKCON Kolkata vice-president

    THE INTERNATIONAL Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) alleged on Saturday that one of its temples and a centre in Bangladesh were destroyed after being set on fire by miscreants.“It seems that atrocities against minorities in Bangladesh are continuing unabated. ...

    8 December 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal govt releases SOP for paddy procurement, warns of strict action in case of violation

    The West Bengal food department recently released a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for paddy procurement in 2025. The move came amid complaints of large-scale corruption in paddy procurement in the state in the last few years.The Cabinet has already ...

    8 December 2024 Indian Express
    Vijay Diwas event: Uncertainty over Mukti Jodhas’ presence amid political crisis in Bangladesh

    Amid the strain in ties between India and Bangladesh, sources on Friday said that uncertainty looms over the potential attendance of Mukti Jodhas, Bangladesh’s 1971 war freedom fighters, at the coming Vijay Diwas celebrations, for the first time in ...

    8 December 2024 Indian Express
    Check and verify documents of candidates selected for govt jobs in 6 months: SC to police

    The Supreme Court has directed police officials of all the state governments to check and verify documents pertaining to the character, antecedents, nationality, genuineness produced by the candidates selected for government jobs within six months from the date of ...

    7 December 2024 Indian Express
    IIT Kharagpur impasse: 65 faculties reply to show-cause notices, while 20 send apology letters

    In a fresh development at IIT Kharagpur, which has witnessed a stand-off between a section of the faculty and the administration, 65 faculty members who were served show-cause notices, have replied. According to sources, around 20 faculty members have ...

    7 December 2024 Indian Express
    Mamata Banerjee on her successor: Party will decide, not me

    Amidst the ongoing internal struggle within the Trinamool Congress between veteran leaders and the Young Turks, West Bengal Chief Minister and party chief Mamata Banerjee said any decision regarding her successor would be made collectively by the party leadership ...

    7 December 2024 Indian Express
    Nearly 150 days’ leaves: West Bengal govt announces 2025 holiday list, employees to enjoy extended off on Durga, Kali pujas

    The West Bengal state government has announced a list of holidays for its employees in 2025, with nearly 150 days marked as leaves and offs, including over 10 days each for Durga Puja and Kali Puja celebrations. The holiday ...

    7 December 2024 Indian Express
    Infant raped: Suspect held from Jhargram

    Days after a seven-month-old girl was allegedly raped in North Kolkata, the police arrested the main suspect from the Gopiballavpur Police Station area of Jhargram district  in the early hours on Thursday.Based on the evidence from the CCTV footage ...

    7 December 2024 Indian Express
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