Academic and administrative affairs at Jadavpur University are in abeyance as decisions on matters ranging from the appointment of guest faculty, payments of contractual employees, and selection of examiners to financial approvals for projects are pending following a stalemate ...
12 January 2024 Indian ExpressThe Calcutta High Court on Thursday ordered an interim stay on proceedings in an FIR against Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials who were attacked in Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas on January 5 during its search at the residence of ...
12 January 2024 Indian ExpressChief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Thursday refused to comment on the Sandeshkhali incident, saying the matter is under investigation.Asked to give her reaction on the matter, the chief minister, during a news conference at the state ...
12 January 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress president Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said her party is not in favour of the ‘One Nation One Election’ proposal as it imposed a structure against “federalism”. In her letter, Banerjee said she ...
12 January 2024 Indian ExpressAcademic and administrative affairs at Jadavpur University are in abeyance as decisions on matters ranging from the appointment of guest faculty, payments of contractual employees, and selection of examiners to financial approvals for projects are pending following a stalemate ...
12 January 2024 Indian ExpressSeeking quashing of the FIR filed by the West Bengal Police against some of the agency officials in connection with the January 5 Sandeshkhali incident in North 24 Parganas, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday told the Calcutta High ...
11 January 2024 Indian ExpressBJP’s candidate for the Darjeeling Lok Sabha seat should be someone local, party MLA from Kurseong Bishnu Prasad Sharma said on Wednesday. He also said that if the BJP brings in an outsider, he will contest the polls as ...
11 January 2024 Indian ExpressAmidst the ongoing tussle between the old and younger generation leaders of the Trinamool Congress, the ruling party’s chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee told her leaders to refrain from discussing their differences publicly or on social ...
11 January 2024 Indian ExpressNearly four decades after Darjeeling zoo began a conservation breeding programme, it now has the world’s largest number of snow leopards in captivity — 14 in total with 7 males and 7 females.Among them, there are six cubs from ...
11 January 2024 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal Police on Wednesday said they could not record the statement of an ED official in connection with the January 5 attack on a team of ED officials in Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas.A police team, led ...
11 January 2024 Indian ExpressWhen 27-year-old Ananta Kisku switched from his graphic designing job into creating online content, little did he know about the impact his work would have on the people around him.Kisku focuses on creating content in the Santali language using ...
10 January 2024 Indian ExpressState Agriculture Minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay on Tuesday said that an attack on Enforcement Directorate officials during a raid on the premises of a Trinamool Congress strongman will be followed by “a public explosion” in the state.Various TMC wings will ...
10 January 2024 Indian ExpressBRINGING the widening cracks in the Opposition INDIA bloc again to the fore, TMC chief and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee Tuesday said her party would have no truck with “terrorist party CPI(M)” in the state in the upcoming ...
10 January 2024 Indian ExpressAccusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of indulging in a “gimmick show” with the inauguration of Ram temple in Ayodhya ahead of Lok Sabha elections, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that she does not support festivities ...
10 January 2024 Indian ExpressA 27-year-old man was sentenced to 20 years of rigorous imprisonment by a special POCSO court in Nadia district for raping two teenaged girls.The court on Monday held Imjamamul Haque Biswas guilty of the crime and also imposed a ...
10 January 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday criticised the BJP for holding the Ram Mandir inauguration on January 22 as a “gimmick” ahead of the Lok Sabha polls and slammed the Narendra Modi government at the Centre as ...
10 January 2024 Indian ExpressStating that those questioning West Bengal’s law and order situation were trying to malign the state, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that she would not accept the negative portrayal of Bengal without a fight.Without referring to the ...
9 January 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Director General of Police (DGP) Rajeev Kumar on Monday said that strict action will be taken against those involved in an attack on Enforcement Directorate officials in Sandeshkhali of 24 North Parganas district last week.Interacting with mediapersons ...
9 January 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Director General of Police (DGP) Rajeev Kumar on Monday said that strict action will be taken against those involved in an attack on Enforcement Directorate officials in Sandeshkhali of 24 North Parganas district last week.Interacting with mediapersons ...
9 January 2024 Indian ExpressUnion Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday said the Centre would invest Rs 60,000 crore by 2047 in river cruise tourism and the development of green vessels.Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the first Inland Waterways Development Council meeting ...
9 January 2024 Indian ExpressIn a move that will break yet another glass ceiling for the LGBTQ+ community in the state, the West Bengal Police is soon going to recruit transgenders for the posts of constables.The force is going to hire 12,000 constables, ...
9 January 2024 Indian ExpressThree days after ED officers were assaulted in Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Monday the “law and order situation in the state is good”.On Friday, officials of the Enforcement Directorate ...
9 January 2024 Indian ExpressTrinamool Congress MLA from Sandeshkhali, Sukumar Mahato, on Monday said that local party leader and main accused in the January 4 attack on ED officials, Sheikh Shahjahan, will “soon make an appearance” and he is ready to cooperate in ...
9 January 2024 Indian ExpressThe BJP on Monday filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in the Calcutta High Court demanding a probe by the National Investigation Agency or CBI into an attack on a team of the Enforcement Directorate in the Sandeshkhali area ...
8 January 2024 Indian ExpressGrowing up in the hills of West Bengal’s Purulia district, 60-year-old Jaladhar Sabar has lived through a time when his people – the Kheria Sabars – were dependent entirely on the forest for food.“These days, our children are not ...
8 January 2024 Indian ExpressSenior TMC leader Chandrima Bhattacharya has filed a police complaint against BJP leader Amit Malviya for allegedly making defamatory remarks against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.Bhattacharya’s complaint was in response to Malviya’s post on X where he claimed ...
8 January 2024 Indian ExpressWith veteran CPI(M) leaders Biman Bose, Suryakanta Misra and Sujan Charaborty sitting in the front row and youth leaders holding the fort, DYFI’s ‘Insaf rally’ on Sunday saw the Left-leaning party paving the way for new faces to bolster ...
8 January 2024 Indian ExpressClearing the air that “there were no differences between the old guard and the young leaders in the party”, Trinamool Congress second-in-command and Diamond Harbour MP Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday said the party was united under the leadership of ...
8 January 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Sunday sought a report from the Trinamool Congress government in the state asking it to explain why a party strongman accused of orchestrating an attack on Enforcement Directorate officials in North ...
8 January 2024 Indian ExpressAfter almost 16 years, CPI(M) youth wing DYFI organised a mega Brigade rally in Kolkata on Sunday. The rally marked the culmination of the 50-day ‘Insaaf rally’ held across the state.Addressing the Brigade rally, CPI(M) West Bengal Secretary Md ...
8 January 2024 Indian ExpressA DAY after the Enforcement Directorate (ED) issued a lookout circular against TMC leader Sheikh Shahjahan, who is wanted in connection with the mob assault on an ED search team outside his residence, West Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan ...
8 January 2024 Indian ExpressIT WAS an order with a specific deadline, issued by Justice Amrita Sinha of the Calcutta High Court, that prompted the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to reach the state-run SSKM hospital and finally pick up Sujay Krishna Bhadra, a key ...
7 January 2024 Indian ExpressA day after demanding the President’s rule in West Bengal for the attack on ED officials at Sandeshkhali, the BJP on Saturday said the TMC leaders arrested by central agencies in connection with various scams should be lodged in ...
7 January 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose gave “specific instructions” to the state government for the immediate arrest of TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh, the Raj Bhavan said on Saturday night.“On the receipt of a complaint at the Peace Room ...
7 January 2024 Indian ExpressWritten by Taniya AcherjeeThe Birla Industrial and Technological Museum’s (BITM) Astronomy Club in Kolkata on Saturday hosted an event to mark ISRO’s successful mission of placing Aditya-L1 into the Lagrangian Point L1.The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Saturday ...
7 January 2024 Indian ExpressThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) late on Friday night arrested Trinamool Congress leader Shankar Adhya, who was the former chairman of Bongaon municipality, in connection with the alleged ration scam in West Bengal. Adhya is known to be close to ...
6 January 2024 Indian ExpressMizoram Chief Minister Lalduhoma on Friday said there has to be a political solution to the ongoing ethnic strife in neighbouring Manipur. He also said there is no “magic solution” to stop violence in Manipur.Responding to a query on reports ...
6 January 2024 Indian ExpressTerming as “ghastly and alarming” an attack on an Enforcement Directorate team and the CRPF personnel accompanying them during a raid on the house of a Trinamool Congress leader in the Sandeshkhali area of North 24 Parganas district in ...
6 January 2024 Indian ExpressWritten by Taniya AcherjeeThe BJP is all set to organise Banga Sangeet Utsav (Bengal Music Festival) from January 20 in an attempt to provide a platform to the cultural talent that it alleged was ignored by the Trinamool Congress ...
6 January 2024 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal unit of the BJP has launched a door-to-door outreach programme across the state from January 1 to 15 to campaign to spread the word about the inauguration of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya on January 22.The ...
6 January 2024 Indian ExpressA DAY after receiving a communique from West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose saying that Buddhadeb Sau is no longer the officiating vice-chancellor (V-C) of Jadavpur University, the institute on Friday said it was going through the contents ...
6 January 2024 Indian ExpressThe Indian Museum in Kolkata received a bomb threat via email, prompting police teams and the bomb squad to rush to the spot. The museum has been closed for the next few hours in the wake of the threat, ...
6 January 2024 Indian ExpressOne of the key accused in the alleged school recruitment scam, Sujoy Krishna Bhadra, on Thursday moved the division bench of the Calcutta High Court challenging his voice sample test being conducted by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).The voice sample ...
5 January 2024 Indian ExpressA team of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) was attacked and CRPF jawans accompanying them manhandled in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district on Friday morning when they went to carry out raids in connection with an alleged ration distribution ...
5 January 2024 Indian ExpressTrinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee, who was caught in a mimicry row involving Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, on Thursday said the V-P had called him up to wish him on his birthday and invited him for dinner.The Lok Sabha ...
5 January 2024 Indian ExpressThe Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the state government-run IPGME&R and SSKM Hospital in Kolkata to file an affidavit detailing the medical condition of “influential persons” undergoing treatment who are either arrested or accused in the school jobs ...
5 January 2024 Indian ExpressBy Taniya AcherjeeOFFICIALS AT the Alipore weather office have forecast a gradual rise in temperatures over the next five days, dispelling the lingering winter chill.“There is a chance of the minimum temperature increasing on three consecutive days: Friday, Saturday, ...
5 January 2024 Indian ExpressUnion Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal is scheduled to visit Kolkata on January 6 to inaugurate a government office building complex and meet representatives of jute mills and Tea Board, officials said on Thursday.Goyal, who also holds portfolios ...
5 January 2024 Indian ExpressDALIT WRITER and TMC MLA Manoranjan Byapari’s office in Hooghly’s Balagarh was allegedly vandalised on Thursday. The incident took place a day after Byapari accused local leaders of his own party of engaging in “corruption and unethical activities” in ...
5 January 2024 Indian ExpressFollowing reports that the rules for the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) will be notified before the announcement of the Lok Sabha elections, the ruling TMC said the law won’t be implemented in West Bengal and accused the BJP of ...
4 January 2024 Indian ExpressAccusing his colleagues of “unethical practices” and “corruption”, TMC MLA and Dalit literature writer Manoranjan Byapari Wednesday alleged his life was under threat and that he was being targeted by two of his own party’s members.The Balagarh legislator alleged ...
4 January 2024 Indian ExpressTwo years ago, a fleeting glimpse of a tiger gave way to disappointment in West Bengal’s Buxa National Park, as the big cat was not to be seen again.Then, on December 28, forest officials got an early New Year’s ...
4 January 2024 Indian ExpressThe first day of All India Fair Price Shop Dealers Association’s indefinite strike left many without provisions as ration shops remained shut on Tuesday in several districts of the state. The association has called the strike to demand a ...
3 January 2024 Indian ExpressWhen Trinamool Congress general secretary and party’s second-in-command Abhishek Banerjee rooted for fixing an upper-age limit in electoral politics, many in the party were of the view that it was done in an attempt to drop some senior leaders ...
3 January 2024 Indian ExpressA set of proposed rules for grading rice will soon pave the way for a separate identity for five aromatic varieties from West Bengal and put them on the world map. According to West Bengal Agriculture Marketing Department officials, the ...
3 January 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Tuesday termed as “draconian” the new set of laws replacing the Indian Penal Code and the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC).Addressing a press conference at the party office in Kolkata, the ...
3 January 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Tuesday attacked the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government over the ration strike and blamed the ruling party for the “collapse” of the ration distribution system in the state.Addressing a press conference ...
3 January 2024 Indian ExpressBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Sukanta Majumdar announced the appointment of prabharis (in-charges) for 42 constituencies in West Bengal for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.The announcement comes days after Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP national president J ...
2 January 2024 Indian ExpressThe brewing tension between the old guard and the new in the Trinamool Congress spilled into the open on its foundation day Monday, with the usually recalcitrant state president Subrata Bakshi weighing in and being attacked by the other ...
2 January 2024 Indian ExpressPurulia, Jhargram, Bankura, Paschim Medinipur and Paschim Bardhman are among the districts in south Bengal which could receive rainfall on Thursday and Friday, weather department officials said on Monday.“There is a possibility of rain in the state by the ...
2 January 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury accused TMC supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of ruining the prospects of the alliance among INDIA bloc constituents in West Bengal.Speaking to mediapersons in Murshidabad’s Berhampore on Sunday, Chowdhury said, “Didi ...
2 January 2024 Indian ExpressLeaders of Opposition parties targeted the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal over appointing retired IAS and IPS officers as advisers after outgoing chief secretary H K Dwivedi was made finance adviser to the Chief Minister on ...
2 January 2024 Indian ExpressOver 16,000 persons were caught by law enforcement authorities in Kolkata for illegal parking between Christmas (Monday) and New Year’s eve (Sunday), police said on Monday.According to officials, 16,883 persons were prosecuted for illegal parking in the state capital ...
2 January 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s scheduled programmes over the next one week were on Sunday postponed after she was advised to rest by doctors following a medical procedure on her right shoulder, an official said.Banerjee was supposed to ...
1 January 2024 Indian ExpressThe Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal on Sunday appointed Nandini Chakraborty, former principal secretary to Governor CV Ananda Bose, as the new state Home Secretary, and outgoing Chief Secretary HK Dwivedi as the chief adviser (finance) to Chief ...
1 January 2024 Indian ExpressKolkata Police will start operating its new division at Bhangar from next week, officials said. According to sources, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee would be virtually inaugurating the division, which would comprise Bhangar, North Kashipur, Polerhat and Chandaneshwar ...
1 January 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal saw an uptick in the number of active Covid-19 cases after a gap of three months, with as many as 30 people testing positive for the virus till Sunday. state health department officials said.The rise in Covid ...
1 January 2024 Indian ExpressRashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday met tabla maestro Bickram Ghosh and veteran actor Victor Banerjee on the second day of his two-day trip to Kolkata. During the day, Bhagwat visited Ghosh’s Salt Lake residence and ...
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