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  • IIT Kharagpur and Singapore’s IME sign MoU for developing semiconductor tech

    In a landmark step toward strengthening global cooperation in semiconductor technology, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur and Singapore’s Institute of Microelectronics (IME)—a core research entity under the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)—have signed a Memorandum ...

    30 May 2025 Indian Express
    Tea with a dash of trust: Inside a Bengal shop where customers serve themselves

    Written by Sharadiya MitraTea leaves, milk, sugar, and trust. That’s the recipe behind a small, one-of-a-kind tea stall in Serampore, West Bengal, just 25 kilometres from Kolkata.In a humble 10 ft by 11 ft room with two tables, three ...

    30 May 2025 Indian Express
    Fresh 7 COVID cases in Kolkata, number of active cases in Bengal now 30

    Seven new COVID-19 cases have been reported from four hospitals in Kolkata, taking the active case count in the state to 30.According to sources, two patients are currently being treated at a private hospital in Alipore. One of them, ...

    30 May 2025 Indian Express
    Ahead of PM visit, TMC lashes out at Centre over ‘stepmotherly attitude’ towards state

    A day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s scheduled public meeting and rally at Alipurduar in North West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Wednesday lashed out at the Centre over its “step-motherly attitude” towards the state. They also alleged ...

    29 May 2025 Indian Express
    CPIM to field own candidate, looks to Congress for support

    CPI(M) West Bengal secretary Md. Selim on Wednesday announced the party’s plan to field a candidate in the Kaliganj bypoll, to be held in June, with the support of the Congress party, citing their strong performance in the Lok ...

    29 May 2025 Indian Express
    Heavy rain likely today, IMD issues yellow alert

    The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday said that the state is likely to recieve fairly widespread rainfall, accompanied by thunderstorms, lightning, and gusty winds of 30-40 kmph on Thursday and issued a yellow alert for the districts of ...

    29 May 2025 Indian Express
    A boycott call for Chinese and Bangladeshi products in markets of Bengal’s border district Cooch Behar

    A campaign — “Boycott Chinese and Bangladeshi products” — has kicked off in the markets of the Cooch Behar district, near the Bangladesh border.A group of traders on Tuesday, in Cooch Behar town visited the Bhabaniganj market, one of ...

    29 May 2025 Indian Express
    Mob barges into police station seeking ‘handover’ of stabbing suspect, 10 held

    TEN PERSONS were arrested after a mob of around 150 people allegedly barged into a police station in the Bangaon area of North 24 Parganas, in West Bengal on Wednesday, demanding that a man who earlier allegedly stabbed and ...

    29 May 2025 Indian Express
    Legal fight will continue but fresh hiring will start as per SC order: CM Mamata Banerjee

    CHIEF MINISTER Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that her government would start the fresh recruitment process of teachers as per the Supreme Court directive, while simultaneously pursuing a review petition seeking reinstatement of those who lost their jobs. Banerjee ...

    29 May 2025 Indian Express
    Swasthya Bhawan gets 2 ‘bomb threats’ in 24 hrs; police say nothing suspicious found

    A second bomb threat was received by the Swasthya Bhawan in Kolkata within 24 hours of the first. On Tuesday, around 9 am, an officer at Swasthya Bhavan “received an email” that said it would be blown up at ...

    29 May 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Like a death sentence’: Agitating teachers on CM Mamata’s fresh recruitment date announcement

    Following Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s announcement from Nabanna on Tuesday that the notification for a fresh recruitment examination will be issued on May 30, teachers protesting outside Bikash Bhavan have expressed outrage, calling the move “no less than a ...

    29 May 2025 Indian Express
    Monsoon to hit Bengal early on May 28, IMD issues week-long red alert for thunderstorms

    Written by Debasmita ChowdhuryEarly onset of monsoon is expected in West Bengal on May 28. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), the early onset will first impact the Odisha coast on May 27 before advancing into Bengal the ...

    29 May 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Last minute’ change of posting for junior doctors who led R G Kar protests draws fury, medicos stage sit-in at Swasthya Bhawan

    Swasthya Bhawan witnessed an outrage on Tuesday after a change in hospital postings for doctors who were prominent faces during the R G Kar protests among others.Following Monday’s release of a list of 778 doctors, Dr Debashish Halder, who ...

    28 May 2025 Indian Express
    Indian scientists discover rare marine worm on Tamil Nadu coast

    Written by Debasmita ChowdhuryResearchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), led by Dr Anjum Rizvi and researcher Ms Ritika Datta, have identified a new species of marine nematode along the Tamil Nadu coast. This marks only the third ...

    28 May 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata’s Alipore Zoo to set up open-air butterfly garden

    Written by Adrija DattaStrolling through an open-air butterfly garden offers a peaceful and enriching experience, where visitors can observe butterflies fluttering freely among flowers and greenery.It fosters a closer connection with nature, while offering insights into the role of ...

    28 May 2025 Indian Express
    ‘I pray for the family’: Mamata Banerjee visits hospital to see Tejashwi Yadav’s newborn son

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited Opposition INDIA bloc coordination committee chairman and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav to congratulate him and his family on the birth of his second child.After meeting Yadav’s parents Lalu Prasad Yadav and Rabri ...

    28 May 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal school teachers row: No breakthrough in talks, sacked teachers plan to take protest to Delhi

    A two-hour-long meeting between representatives of protesting teachers, demanding reinstatement of their jobs, and Education Department officials on Monday failed to break the ongoing deadlock. Instead, the protesting teachers said they would take their protest to Delhi. With Education Minister ...

    27 May 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Fake voters’: BJP asks Election Commission to remove dist admin from electoral process

    Ahead of next year’s Assembly elections in West Bengal, the BJP on Monday asked the Election Commission to immediately remove the district administration and civic volunteers from the electoral process, alleging that they have been involved in enrolling fake ...

    27 May 2025 Indian Express
    Daughter of deceased MLA to be TMC candidate for Kaliganj bypoll

    The Trinamool Congress (TMC) has announced its candidate for the upcoming Kaliganj bypoll, scheduled for June 19. The party has selected 38-year-old Alifa Ahmed, a B.Tech graduate and employee at a renowned IT company.TMC shared the announcement on X: “Under ...

    27 May 2025 Indian Express
    BJP youth wing leader arrested with ‘illegal ammunition’ in Kolkata

    A leader of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), the BJP’s youth wing, was arrested by the Kolkata Police’s Special Task Force (STF) with illegal ammunition in the city’s Esplanade area late Sunday night, officials said.The accused, Ramkrishna Majhi, ...

    27 May 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal govt enhancing Covid preparedness amid uptick in cases

    The West Bengal government is enhancing Covid-19 preparedness across the state, following a recent uptick in cases of the infection, officials said.This comes amid a resurgence in cases of JN.1 Omicron sub-variant, known for its higher transmission rate, in ...

    27 May 2025 Indian Express
    From June 1, Rs 250 fine for crossing ‘yellow’ line in Kolkata Metro

    A fine of Rs 250 will be imposed on those crossing the ‘yellow’ safety line on the Kolkata Metro’s platforms from June 1, officials said on Monday.“Unnecessarily crossing the yellow line will be considered a nuisance in the Metro ...

    27 May 2025 Indian Express
    Arrested Bangladeshi national got illegal entry into India, forged ID proofs for Rs 15,000: Police

    A sum of Rs 15,000 was all it took for Azad Sheikh (41), an alleged Bangladeshi national, to secure illegal entry into India and obtain forged identity proofs to live in the country, Kolkata Police have said.Sheikh was arrested ...

    27 May 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Official will reach out today, have faith in govt’: Bengal Education minister tells protesting teachers

    West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu on Sunday once again urged the protesting teachers to have faith in the state government highlighting that it has already submitted a review petition.Speaking to mediapersons, Basu said that he had received a ...

    27 May 2025 Indian Express
    Moderate to heavy rain expected in Kolkata, other South Bengal districts this week

    South Bengal districts, including Kolkata, are likely to witness significant rainfall this week. According to the weather department, unsettled weather is expected to persist over the next 48 hours, from Monday afternoon through Wednesday afternoon. There is a high ...

    27 May 2025 Indian Express
    CBI arrests Murshidabad Medical College HOD for taking Rs 10 lakh bribe

    The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday arrested Dr Tapan Kumar Jana, the head of the Anatomy Department at Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital in West Bengal, for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 10 lakh.Dr Jana, who ...

    27 May 2025 Indian Express
    Dialysis and blood transfusion give 8-year-old labrador second chance at life in Kolkata

    The Tripathi family from Howrah was heartbroken over the eight-year-old Coco’s pyometra, a life-threatening uterine infection requiring urgent surgery. Now haemodialysis along with blood transfusion at a private clinic in South Kolkata has given the family’s labrador a new ...

    26 May 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal Assembly Bypoll: Kaliganj to vote on June 19; TMC, BJP gear for headwinds

    With the Election Commission on Sunday announcing June 19 as the date for the by-election to the Kaliganj Assembly seat in Nadia district of West Bengal, the stage is set for a crucial electoral battle ahead of next year’s ...

    26 May 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal: From videographers to guests to wedding hall staff, all booked in a child marriage case

    In an unprecedented move, the Dakshin Dinajpur police in West Bengal have booked decorators, caterers, priests, videographers, and even wedding hall staff in connection with a child marriage that was foiled at the last minute.The marriage was intercepted on ...

    26 May 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata hospital holds awareness campaign against drug abuse for govt officials

    (Written by Sharadiya Mitra)In an attempt to address the alarming rise in drug abuse and associated substance use disorders, the Department of Psychiatric Social Work at the Institute of Psychiatry – Centre of Excellence (IPGMER – SSKM Hospital), under ...

    26 May 2025 Indian Express
    150-year-old ‘mystery’ over desert lizard’s identity solved

    By Sharadiya MitraThe Zoological Survey of India has solved a 150-year-old scientific puzzle by officially identifying the reference specimen of the Persian long-tailed desert lizard (Mesalina watsonana), a species first described in 1872 by naturalist Ferdinand Stoliczka.ZSI researchers Sumidh ...

    26 May 2025 Indian Express
    4 new Covid cases in Bengal, health department says no cause for concern

    West Bengal has reported four fresh Covid-19 cases in the last few days, but the health department has said there is no cause for concern as of now.According to sources, a 31-year-old woman and a 12-year-old child, both from ...

    26 May 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Meet us by Monday or face intensified stir’: protesting teachers set deadline for Bengal govt

    Protesting teachers in West Bengal, who had lost their jobs following a recent Supreme Court order linked to allegations of irregularities, on Saturday set a deadline for state Education Minister Bratya Basu with regard to meeting them for a ...

    26 May 2025 Indian Express
    New digital lockers, relaxation zones opened at Kolkata Metro stations

    Written by Debasmita ChowdhuryKolkata Metro authorities on Friday unveiled new amenities across multiple stations as part of its ongoing efforts to enhance commuter services and facilities. General Manager P Uday Kumar Reddy inaugurated a digital locker facility at Howrah ...

    25 May 2025 Indian Express
    Rain, thunderstorms likely across West Bengal from today, low pressure area to develop over Bay of Bengal on May 27

    Written by Adrija DattaThe Regional Meteorological Centre in Kolkata has predicted increased thunderstorm activity accompanied by light to moderate rainfall and gusty winds over several districts of West Bengal in the coming days.For Kolkata, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) ...

    25 May 2025 Indian Express
    Check source and QR codes, verify bank accounts: In crackdown on fake medicines, Bengal govt issues 6 guidelines

    To combat the sale of fake and substandard medicines in the state, the West Bengal government on Friday issued six guidelines for drug sellers and wholesalers.Here are the guidelines issued by the West Bengal Drug Control department:1. Wholesalers must ...

    25 May 2025 Indian Express
    Why West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has chosen to skip today’s NITI Aayog meeting

    West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee has chosen to skip the 10th Governing Council meeting of NITI Aayog in Delhi on Saturday, reportedly because she was forced to cut short her speech in the ...

    25 May 2025 Indian Express
    PM Modi to visit poll-bound West Bengal on May 29, Amit Shah to follow

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit poll-bound West Bengal on May 29 and address a public meeting at Alipurduar, sources said. This will be PM Modi’s first visit to the state, where Assembly elections are scheduled to be held ...

    24 May 2025 Indian Express
    Ahead of 2026 Bengal Assembly elections, TMC to campaign success of Banglar Bari scheme

    Following West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s disbursement of the second instalment under the Banglar Bari housing scheme for 12 lakh beneficiaries, Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders took to social media to highlight the initiative’s scale, financial details, and the ...

    24 May 2025 Indian Express
    Cooch Behar: 3 die after ‘cooking & eating meat of dead goat’; samples sent for tests: Health dept

    After deaths of three persons recently, which is being linked by doctors to their cooking and eating the meat of a goat that died, teams from the state health department and the animal resources department (ARD) have visited and ...

    24 May 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Major setback for India on Bangladesh situation’, ’Op Sindoor just the beginning’: Former national security advisor M K Narayanan

    Former National security adviser M K Narayanan on Friday expressed concern over the political turmoil in neighbouring Bangladesh and emphasised the need for strong India-Bangladesh ties. He also spoke about India’s relations with China and Pakistan, highlighting the “importance ...

    24 May 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Second Birth’: More than week after release by Pakistan, BSF jawan Purnam Shaw reaches home

    BSF jawan Purnam Kumar Shaw, 40, who returned to India on May 14, after being released by Pakistan Rangers, reached his residence in the Hooghly district on Friday evening.Shaw, 40, was detained on April 23 by Pakistan Rangers after ...

    24 May 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal: Two held in Rs 266 cr fraud case, assets of accused frozen, says ED

    THE DIRECTORATE of Enforcement (ED), Kolkata Zonal Office, has taken action against an alleged multi-crore investment fraud, conducting search operations and freezing substantial assets linked to M/s LFS Broking Pvt Ltd and its associates. The ongoing investigation, initiated under ...

    24 May 2025 Indian Express
    Accused of stealing chips, 12-year-old boy ‘dies by suicide’

    A 12-year-old boy died by allegedly consuming pesticide on Thursday evening, after he was accused of “stealing” a packet of chips from a store and made to do sit-ups by the shopkeeper at Gosainber area of Panskura in Paschim ...

    24 May 2025 Indian Express
    West Bengal tourism dept to celebrate Jamai Shashti with ‘Jamai Aador’ food festival

    Written by Adrija DattaIn an effort to promote cultural tourism and celebrate Bengal’s treasured familial traditions, the West Bengal Tourism Development Corporation Limited (WBTDCL) will host ‘Jamai Aador’, a special initiative launched by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in celebration ...

    24 May 2025 Indian Express
    North Sikkim hit by landslides; yellow alert issued for Bengal

    While yellow alert for rain and thunderstorm has been issued for West Bengal, heavy rainfall in northern Sikkim on Tuesday and Wednesday led to landslides in the neighbouring state, leaving hundreds of tourists stranded there.Officials said the road linking ...

    24 May 2025 Indian Express
    Thunderstorms, gusty winds to continue in Bengal till at least May 24

    Written by Debasmita ChowdhuryBengal is currently experiencing a spell of severe thunderstorms, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing persistent yellow alerts across the region.This pattern is expected to continue, bringing light to moderate rain and thundershowers to both ...

    23 May 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata Metro to run early trains for UPSC candidates on May 25

    Written by Adrija DattaIn a move aimed at facilitating candidates appearing for the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2025, Kolkata Metro Railway will operate additional and early morning services on the Blue Line (North-South Corridor) this Sunday, May 25.According ...

    23 May 2025 Indian Express
    ‘When did BCCI turn weathermen?’ West Bengal sports minister fumes as IPL final shifts to Ahmedabad

    The decision of the BCCI to shift the venues of the IPL playoff and final matches from Kolkata’s Eden Gardens to Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, has sparked a fresh war of words between the TMC-ruled West Bengal ...

    23 May 2025 Indian Express
    SUCI(C) hits streets in West Bengal to demand immediate DA disbursal for state employees

    The Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) or SUCI(C) staged a rally in Kolkata from Raja Subodh Mullick Square to R R Avenue this afternoon, demanding the immediate disbursal of DA for government employees. It was held by the ...

    23 May 2025 Indian Express
    Police, Defence launch probe into ‘drone sightings’ in Kolkata

    Kolkata Police, as well as the Ministry of Defence, have launched a probe into reports of drone-like objects spotted hovering over the Kolkata sky two days ago.On Monday night, at least 8-10 such objects were found flying over the ...

    23 May 2025 Indian Express
    Calcutta HC asks 2 protesting teachers to appear before police today

    The Calcutta High Court single bench of Justice Tirthankar Ghosh on Wednesday directed the two petitioners who had moved the court against the police summons to appear before the Bidhannagar North Police by 10 am Thursday.The court has asked ...

    23 May 2025 Indian Express
    Bank Loan Fraud Case: Court rejects bail plea of ex-UCO chairman, sends him to ED custody

    Rejecting the bail application of former chairman and managing director of UCO Bank, Subodh Kumar Goel, arrested in a bank loan fraud case of over Rs 6,200 crore, a sessions court in Kolkata on Wednesday extended his ED custody ...

    22 May 2025 Indian Express
    3 from West Bengal among 103 redeveloped rail stations to be opened by PM Modi today: What’s new at these stations?

    Written by Adrija DattaPrime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually inaugurate three redeveloped railway stations in West Bengal—Kalyani Ghoshpara, Panagarh, and Joychandi Pahar—on May 22 as part of the nationwide launch of 103 Amrit Stations under the Amrit Bharat Station ...

    22 May 2025 Indian Express
    North Bengal visit | Remain vigilant, step up patrol: CM Mamata Banerjee to police in border districts

    Alerting about illegal cross-border movements, including potential terrorist threats, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday directed all district administrations of north Bengal to remain vigilant and increase patrolling.Addressing a review meeting at Siliguri’s Uttarkanya, the administrative headquarters of North ...

    22 May 2025 Indian Express
    No change in plan, private bus operators to go on strike from tomorrow

    COMMUTERS IN Kolkata are bracing for a trying time from Thursday as private bus operators across West Bengal have called for a three-day statewide strike.On Tuesday, Transport Department Secretary Soumitra Mohan convened a meeting to discuss the looming strike, ...

    22 May 2025 Indian Express
    Flights from Kolkata to Srinagar to resume on June 16

    Flights from Kolkata (CCU) to Srinagar (SXR) are set to resume on June 16, after they were suspended in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack.This resumption is expected to ease travel for those with work requirements, while a ...

    22 May 2025 Indian Express
    Assets worth Rs 1.5 cr seized after raids at multiple locations: ED in money laundering case

    THE DIRECTORATE of Enforcement (ED), Kolkata Zonal Office, conducted extensive search operations on May 16 across multiple cities, including Mumbai, Bengaluru, Jalandhar, Indore and Kolkata, the agency said in a statement on Tuesday.The raids were part of an ongoing ...

    21 May 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal road accident victim’s son asked to ‘pick up body parts’ by police, probe ordered

    IN A shocking incident, the son of a road accident victim was allegedly told by police personnel to pick up his father’s body parts. The accident took place in Guskara, Purba Bardhaman district, around 8 am on Monday.However, in ...

    21 May 2025 Indian Express
    Murshidabad violence: High Court-appointed panel says local police were inactive, absent

    The three-member committee formed by the Calcutta High Court to look into last month’s violence in Murshidabad has said in its report that police were “completely inactive”.The report also mentioned local Trinamool Congress leader Mehboob Alam. “The attacks were ...

    21 May 2025 Indian Express
    Deprived teachers move Calcutta HC against CM’s relief for Group C and D staff

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had announced a monthly ex gratia allowance for Group C and Group D staff from the 2016 School Service Commission (SSC) panel who lost their jobs, following a Supreme Court order last month.On ...

    21 May 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Should there not have been a Laxman Rekha on corruption?’: Agitating teachers say on Mamata’s comments as sit-in protest continues for 14th day

    “The Chief Minister has said that there should be a Laxman Rekha regarding our protest, but then our question is — should there not have been a Laxman Rekha on corruption?” asks Chinmoy Mondal, a prominent face of the ...

    21 May 2025 Indian Express
    Over Rs 32 lakh in fines for spitting at Bengal’s Eastern Railway stations in first 3 months of 2025

    West Bengal’s Eastern Railway (ER) has cracked down on unhygienic practices, collecting over Rs 32 lakh in fines from individuals spitting at railway stations across its network in the first three months of 2025.A staggering 31,576 people were penalised ...

    21 May 2025 Indian Express
    Six dead as passenger van, bus collide in West Bengal’s Nadia

    All six occupants of a passenger van died in a collision with a bus on West Bengal’s Krishnanagar-Karimpur highway, near Mahishbathan-Kathalia in Nadia district, on Tuesday morning.The accident, which occurred around 7:30 am, involved a van carrying passengers from ...

    21 May 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal police summon 15 protesting teachers; none show up on first day of questioning

    The Bidhannagar North Police Station had summoned 15 protesting teachers to appear for questioning in connection with Thursday’s violence in front of Bikash Bhawan. However, on Monday, none of the summoned teachers turned up at the police station.Chinmoy Mondol, ...

    21 May 2025 Indian Express
    Mamata Banerjee announces four industrial parks, convention centre in North Bengal

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Monday that the state government will build four industrial parks and an international convention centre along with a 100-room hotel in North Bengal.Addressing a business synergy convention of industrialists and traders in Siliguri, ...

    20 May 2025 Indian Express
    Darjeeling Zoo welcomes cubs two of rare and vulnerable snow leopard

    Two snow leopard cubs were born at the Darjeeling Zoo, or Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park (PNHZP), last month, officials said.The zoo, which houses seven female and four male snow leopards, in addition to the two cubs, holds the ...

    20 May 2025 Indian Express
    Calcutta HC issues rules against TMC leader Kunal Ghosh, 7 jobseekers for ‘objectionable comments’ against Justice Biswajit Basu

    The Calcutta High Court on Monday issued a rule, in connection with “objectionable remarks” against senior counsel Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya, against Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh and seven job seekers who participated in the protest.The Police Commissioner has submitted ...

    20 May 2025 Indian Express
    21 arrested after Malda clash ‘over parking’; police rule out communal angle

    Two groups clashed over parking e-rickshaws at Ratua in West Bengal’s Malda district on Saturday evening, leading to property damage, police said while ruling out any communal angle to the incident even as the Opposition BJP made allegations to ...

    20 May 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata couple grieving after daughter’s death attempt suicide in Ganga, saved

    Overcome with grief after the death of their 11-year-old daughter due to a kidney ailment, a couple attempted suicide while travelling in a launch in Kolkata on Saturday but were saved by its staff’s quick thinking and swift action.The ...

    20 May 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal: In ‘rarest of rare case’, Malda youth who killed 4 of his family gets death sentence

    Four years after Asif Mohammad, then 19, killed four members of his family – parents, sister and grandmother – in the Kaliachak area of Malda district in West Bengal, the trial court on Saturday sentenced him to death, calling ...

    20 May 2025 Indian Express
    Thunderstorms to lash Bengal from May 19 to May 22: IMD

    Written by Adrija Datta,The IMD in Kolkata has issued a special weather bulletin forecasting increased thunderstorm activity and heavy rainfall across several districts of West Bengal between May 19 and May 22.This development is attributed to the presence of ...

    20 May 2025 Indian Express
    See where Kumartuli’s Durga idols are destined for globally, four months ahead of the festival

    Written by Adrija DattaThe artisan lanes of Kolkata’s Kumartuli, renowned for their exquisite craftsmanship of Durga idols, are abuzz with early activity as international shipments have commenced as early as May—four months ahead of Durga Puja 2025, which falls ...

    19 May 2025 Indian Express
    Police send notice to 15 teachers over May 15 clashes

    The Bidhannagar North police have sent a notice to 15 teachers protesting in front of Bikash Bhavan, the headquarters of the state education department in Kolkata’s Salt Lake and summoned them for allegedly damaging government property and obstructing public ...

    19 May 2025 Indian Express
    Ahead of 2026 Assembly polls, CM Mamata going on a 3-day visit to North Bengal; TMC expects more Oppn leaders to join party

    To bolster Trinamool Congress’s (TMC) influence in North Bengal, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will be on a three-day visit to the region from May 19, especially when the 2026 Assembly election is barely a few months away.Days ...

    19 May 2025 Indian Express
    ‘I have already lost my job, now I am fighting to save my eyesight,’ says a sacked Bengal teacher assaulted in Thursday’s police lathi-charge

    “It is a long path we have to fight and travel, but we will not give up,” said Kiron Debnath, a protesting teacher who was lathi-charged by the Bengal Police outside the state School Education Department headquarters in Salt ...

    19 May 2025 Indian Express
    ECI suspends West Bengal official for ‘dereliction in discharge of duties’

    The Election Commission of India (ECI) has suspended Arun Gorain, assistant system manager of Kakdwip subdivision in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, for alleged gross misconduct after getting complaints from the district administration.Acting on the instructions of Chief ...

    19 May 2025 Indian Express
    How Kolkata improved its air quality within 6 years

    (Written By Adrija Datta)Over a span of six years, Kolkata has demonstrated a remarkable turnaround in its air quality, transforming from one of the most polluted cities in the country in 2019 to being nationally recognised for its improved ...

    18 May 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata Corporation drafts rules for uniform standards for conservation, management of heritage structures in city

    Written by Sharadiya MitraKolkata city’s right architectural legacy stands poised for consistent preservation, as the civic body has recently drafted a set of updated rules to ensure uniform standards for the conservation and management of all listed heritage structures ...

    18 May 2025 Indian Express
    Sudip Banerjee, Anubrata Mondal dropped as TMC district unit chiefs in rejig

    IN THE run-up to the Assembly election in 2026, the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday reshuffled several of its district unit presidents, removing senior leaders Sudip Banerjee and Anubrata Mondal from the post in North Kolkata and Birbhum, ...

    17 May 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal man dies while descending from Mt Everest summit: ‘Refused to move’

    Subrata Ghosh, a 45-year-old mountaineer and teacher from Ranaghat in Nadia district in West Bengal, died on Thursday while descending from Mount Everest, the highest peak in the Himalayas, hours after successfully reaching the summit.Ghosh and another climber Rumpa ...

    17 May 2025 Indian Express
    Remunerate & restore all parties whose lives, properties affected in Murshidabad violence: Calcutta HC to govt

    THE CALCUTTA High Court on Thursday directed the TMC government in the state to “remunerate and restore” all parties whose lives and properties were affected during the clashes in Murshidabad last month during protests over the Waqf law.The court ...

    17 May 2025 Indian Express
    BJP MP Jyotirmay Mahato writes to Calcutta HC, requests it to take suo motu cognisance of ‘police brutality’ amid teachers’ protest

    BJP MP Jyotirmay Singh Mahato wrote to the Calcutta High Court Chief Justice on Saturday requesting the court to take suo motu cognisance of the alleged police brutality during the teachers’ protest in front of Bikas Bhavan in Kolkata ...

    17 May 2025 Indian Express
    Yaba tablets in dholak: Bengal STF seizes contraband worth Rs 20 lakh, 3 held

    The West Bengal Special Task Force (STF) achieved a significant breakthrough on Thursday, foiling a unique attempt to smuggle banned narcotics in the Chamta-Beparipara area under Tufanganj police station in Cooch Behar district.Acting on confidential information, the STF team ...

    17 May 2025 Indian Express
    Yellow alert in most North Bengal districts, thunderstorms also likely in Kolkata on May 16

    The IMD in Kolkata has issued a weather warning indicating the likelihood of rain accompanied by thunderstorms across several districts of North Bengal on May 16.A yellow alert has been issued for the districts of Alipurduar, Coochbehar, Darjeeling, Uttar ...

    17 May 2025 Indian Express
    Followed protocol before lathi-charging, respect their sentiments’: Bengal police on teachers protesting outside Bikash Bhawan

    Hours after police lathi-charged protesting teachers outside Bikash Bhawan on Thursday evening, the Bengal police defended their actions and asserted that all necessary protocols were followed.Addressing the media, Supratim Sarkar, Additional Director General (ADG) of South Bengal, stated, “The ...

    17 May 2025 Indian Express
    TMC’s march ‘for jawans’, BJP’s rally for ‘success of Operation Sindoor’: Bengal’s political battleground heats up after short break

    The on ground political battle between the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to return — after a brief hiatus over the India-Pakistan tensions — with both the parties planning rallies over the ...

    17 May 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Apologise for baseless allegations’: Bengal LoP Suvendu Adhikari sends notice to former BJP MP John Barla

    West Bengal’s Leader of Opposition in the Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, has issued a legal notice to former BJP MP John Barla, demanding a public apology within 48 hours after the latter made “baseless allegations” against him.Barla, who recently switched ...

    17 May 2025 Indian Express
    Now, a robot can self-detect crop diseases and spray pesticides, courtesy IIT KGP

    written by Sharadiya MitraAt IIT Kharagpur’s Mechanical Engineering department, a remarkable innovation in smart farming has taken shape: a machine that will deploy pesticides after detecting plant diseases.“This breakthrough aims to address key challenges faced by farmers and enhance ...

    17 May 2025 Indian Express
    Murshidabad riots: Kolkata HC flags ‘inadequate’ number of police personnel; Bengal counsel Kalyan Bandopadhyay rakes up Pahalgam terror attack

    The Kolkata High Court Thursday advised the West Bengal government to employ more police personnel, given the deaths of a father and son in the Dhulian riots in Murshidabad.A Division Bench comprising Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Raja Basu ...

    16 May 2025 Indian Express
    Sacked Bengal teachers lathi-charged during Kolkata protest, many injured

    The teachers who lost their jobs following a Supreme Court order over allegations of irregularities in their recruitment clashed with police during a protest on Thursday and broke open the main gate of Bikash Bhavan, the West Bengal Education Department ...

    16 May 2025 Indian Express
    Police strength less, now is the time to hire more: HC to govt on Murshidabad violence

    Releasing a petition seeking a CBI probe into the murder of a father-son duo, who were killed in the communal violence that had rocked parts of Murshidabad district in April, the Calcutta High Court on Thursday advised the state ...

    16 May 2025 Indian Express
    As Bengal’s Bikash Bhawan turns into a fortress, school job losers break barricades, continue protest

    Bikash Bhawan in Salt Lake, where the West Bengal Education department is housed, turned into a fortress on Friday morning with a heavy deployment of police, Rapid Action Force, and combat personnel guarding the entire building.Protesting teachers, who have ...

    16 May 2025 Indian Express
    Jobless teachers in Bengal break main gate of SSC headquarters: ‘Won’t sit for exam again’

    A massive protest broke out on Thursday between the Bidhannagar Police and jobless SSC teachers who had called for the “Bikash Bhawan Abhijan.”Over one thousand teachers — identified as “not specifically tainted” and allowed to return to schools until ...

    16 May 2025 Indian Express
    Former BJP MP John Barla joins TMC: ‘LoP Adhikari stopped me from building hospital’

    In a jolt to the West Bengal BJP ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections, ex Union minister, and Adivasi face of the party in North Bengal, John Barla, joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in Kolkata on Thursday.His induction comes ...

    16 May 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal tourism gets Digha temple booster: 20 lakh people visited Jagannath Dham in 15 days

    In a boost to tourism in West Bengal, the newly inaugurated Jagannath Dham in the coastal town of Digha is drawing massive crowds.In the first 15 days, an estimated 20 lakh people visited the temple, according to ISKCON (International ...

    16 May 2025 Indian Express
    Dilip Ghosh on stepson’s death: Was undergoing counselling, had drug-related issues

    A Day after his 26-year-old stepson, Srinjoy Dasgupta, was found dead at his New Town residence, senior BJP leader Dilip Ghosh on Wednesday publicly expressed concern over the use of drugs among young people.The BJP leader told media pesons ...

    16 May 2025 Indian Express
    Hooghly’s heritage takes to water: Kolkata port plans floating cafés and museums

    Wriiten by Sharadiya MitraThe Syama Prasad Mukherjee Port, Kolkata (SMPK), is offering a new opportunity to hospitality brands, tourism operators, and innovators to revolutionise tourism along the Hooghly river.The port invites proposals to repurpose three historic pilot launches—P.L. Rupsa, ...

    16 May 2025 Indian Express
    Our job is to bring him back from Bangladesh: CM on ‘abduction’ of a farmer in Dinhata

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday directed Chief Secretary Manoj Pant to look into the case of a 50-year-old farmer from Cooch Behar being allegedly abducted by a group of Bangladesh nationals and later arrested in the neighbouring country.Asserting ...

    15 May 2025 Indian Express
    Govt to allot 2,515 acres for setting up steel factories across the state

    The state Cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to allot 2,515 acres of land to different industrial parks for setting up steel production units across the state.Announcing the decision, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said the move would boost the ...

    15 May 2025 Indian Express
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