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  • News from West Bengal | 21 May, 2025 | ৭ জ্যৈষ্ঠ, ১৪৩২
  • Bengal readies advisory to pharmacists over fake drugs — from QR codes of medicines to licence cancel

    In the wake of a recent seizure of a large amount of fake and substandard medicines from a warehouse in Titagarh, the West Bengal government is going to issue a strict advisory to all the pharmacists in the state.Sources ...

    7 April 2025 Indian Express
    West Gengal: Amid heavy bandobast, Ram Navami concludes peacefully

    Amid heavy police deployment, Ram Navami was celebrated peacefully in West Bengal. The past two years saw the festivities marred by violence in the state.On Sunday, as Ram Navami processions were taken out in different parts of the state, ...

    7 April 2025 Indian Express
    In a first, ABVP celebrates Ram Navami on Jadavpur University campus

    Ram Navami was celebrated on the Jadavpur University campus for the first time by students affiliated with the ABVP despite being denied permission by the university authorities. The celebrations took place at the Technology Bhawan entrance where the alleged ...

    7 April 2025 Indian Express
    Nandigram Ram temple: BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari lays foundation stone

    Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari Sunday laid the foundation stone of a Ram Temple at Nandigram in Purba Medinipur district on the occasion of Ram Navami.Adhikari is the BJP MLA from Nandigram. The foundation stone ...

    7 April 2025 Indian Express
    Security tightened ahead of Ram Navami in West Bengal, 29 IPS officers deployed in sensitive areas

    The Kolkata Police and the West Bengal Police have tightened security in their respective jurisdictions ahead of Ram Navami on Sunday.According to sources, the West Bengal Police have deployed 29 IPS officers in 10 sensitive regions, including six police ...

    7 April 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Teacher strength to be reviewed and para teachers used’: Bengal higher secondary board after SC verdict ousts over 25,000 government teachers

    The recent Supreme Court verdict cancelling the appointment of over 25,000 Bengal government school teachers has not only put the future of the sacked teachers and their families in jeopardy but also left the schools grappling to complete the ...

    7 April 2025 Indian Express
    As over 65 rallies hit Kolkata streets on Ram Navami, security beefed up, Raj Bhawan reopens ‘peace room’

    With thousands of Ram Navami rallies scheduled to hit the streets on Sunday, the West Bengal secretariat at Nabanna remains open to monitor the situation. Raj Bhavan too has reactivated the 24×7 ‘peace room’ with ample manpower to take ...

    7 April 2025 Indian Express
    West Bengal teachers who lost jobs after Supreme Court judgment plan review petition

    A section of the West Bengal schoolteachers who lost their jobs when the Supreme Court upheld the invalidation of 25,753 teacher appointments over irregularities in the recruitment process is planning to file a review petition as well as to ...

    7 April 2025 Indian Express
    Parking quarrel turns fatal in Kolkata, 48-year-old beaten to death; 2 brothers held

    A 48-year-old man died after an alleged violent altercation over a parking space in Kolkata’s Tangra area on Sunday.Arun Kumar Gupta, a resident of Mathurbabu Lane in Tangra, was allegedly beaten up by Aryan Shaw and his brother when ...

    7 April 2025 Indian Express
    Rain and storms in West Bengal in the next few days; heat, humidity to ‘worsen discomfort’: IMD

    West Bengal is set to experience a period of fluctuating weather conditions in the coming days, with the IMD forecasting a mix of heatwaves, thunderstorms, and rainfall. While some regions may find temporary relief from the heat, the humidity ...

    7 April 2025 Indian Express
    SC order on teachers: BJP MP Abhijit Gangopadhyay proposes panel to ‘segregate’ candidates, TMC against it

    A war of words has erupted between the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the BJP in West Bengal after former Calcutta High Court judge and BJP MP Abhijit Gangopadhyay on Friday proposed that a committee be set up to look ...

    7 April 2025 Indian Express
    West Bengal SSC to soon initiate fresh job drive for vacant school posts

    The West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) on Friday said it would abide by the Supreme Court directive and soon initiate the process of conducting fresh exams for all teaching and non-teaching candidates, who took part in the now-invalidated ...

    6 April 2025 Indian Express
    ‘How will we hold classes, check Madhyamik scripts?’: Heads of West Bengal schools face major crisis after SC order ousts 25,000 teachers

    “My science faculty is almost entirely gone. How will we run classes?” said Kakoli Chowdhury, headmistress of Sailaja Memorial Girls High School in Lalgola, Murshidabad, where the employment of 18 out of 46 teachers is to be cancelled after ...

    6 April 2025 Indian Express
    Stick to route given by police: HC on Ram Navami procession

    Dismissing a petition filed by the Ram Navami Celebration Committee, the Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed that the Ram Navami procession in Bankura Town will take the route proposed by the police, with a diversion of 100 m ...

    5 April 2025 Indian Express
    Reconstitute Women’s Police Station: HC on custodial torture allegation

    The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the state administration to reconstitute the Paschim Medinipur Women’s Police Station in the wake of the allegations of torture of students who were detained during a protest on the Vidyasagar University campus.Raising ...

    5 April 2025 Indian Express
    Supreme Court order unexpected , the fight should go on: Soma Das who retained her job

    Soma Das, the cancer survivor and the sole exception to the Calcutta High Court’s order nullifying the appointments of nearly 26,000 teachers and non-teaching staff, expressed her disappointment and empathy following the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the High ...

    5 April 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Cannot accept judgment’, says Mamata as SC upholds dismissal of over 25,000 teachers; BJP demands her resignation

    Moments after the Supreme Court upheld the Calcutta High Court’s verdict to dismiss almost 26,000 teachers and non-teaching staff across various schools run or aided by the West Bengal government, the state’s Opposition parties slammed the ruling TMC.Meanwhile, reacting ...

    4 April 2025 Indian Express
    ‘We are jobless, scapegoats, back to square 1’: Educators in West Bengal as SC upholds dismissal of over 25,000 teachers

    A wave of despair has washed over thousands of teachers in West Bengal following the Supreme Court’s decision to invalidate the appointments of nearly 26,000 teachers and staff in state-run and state-aided schools.For months, teachers have been meeting at ...

    4 April 2025 Indian Express
    VHP moves HC, seeks nod for Ram Navami rallies

    The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) approached the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday to seek permission to hold a Ram Navami procession in Bankura’s Saltora, on allegations that police did not give them permission.Justice Tirthankar Ghosh has given permission to ...

    4 April 2025 Indian Express
    In 2025 ‘bird festival’ of Sundarban Tiger Reserve, watchers spot 154 species

    The Sundarban Tiger Reserve (STR) has now also become a haven for birds. Recently, STR authorities made a report on the occasion of their third annual bird festival, which cites 154 sighted species of birds in the reserve — ...

    4 April 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal BJP demands CM’s resignation, CPI(M) slams TMC as SC upholds dismissal of over 25,000 teachers

    After the Supreme Court upheld the Calcutta HC’s verdict to dismiss almost 26,000 teachers and non-teaching staff across various schools run or aided by the West Bengal government, the state’s Opposition parties slammed the ruling TMC.In April 2024, a ...

    4 April 2025 Indian Express
    CM Mamata Banerjee slams Centre over hike in medicine prices, warns of TMC protest

    CHIEF MINISTER Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday hit out at the Centre over the hike in medicine prices and announced that her party, the TMC, would protest across the state on Friday and Saturday. She also urged all section of ...

    3 April 2025 Indian Express
    Security to be tightened; leaves of police personnel cancelled until April 9

    In anticipation of the upcoming Ram Navami celebrations, the West Bengal Police has cancelled all leaves for its personnel across the state until April 9.An order signed by the Additional Director General of Law and Order came into effect ...

    3 April 2025 Indian Express
    Dholahat blast: Day after 2 brothers booked, 1 of them arrested

    THE POLICE on Wednesday said they arrested one person – Chandrakant Banik – in connection with an explosion in the Dholahat area of West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district that claimed the lives of eight other members of the ...

    3 April 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata woman turns detective, helps police nab murder suspect

    JUST LIKE a middle-aged woman character catches the eye of a policeman when she solves a theft case in a popular Bengali TV serial, the Kolkata police found some help from a woman that led to the arrest of ...

    3 April 2025 Indian Express
    Sunderbans blast: Local residents voice strong suspicions of unsafe firecracker practices following deadly explosion

    A devastating explosion ripped through a house in South 24 Paraganas district, West Bengal, late Tuesday night, claiming the lives of eight persons of a family, including young children. While authorities are yet to determine the exact cause, local ...

    3 April 2025 Indian Express
    Vigilance during midday meals, morning assemblies: Bengal schools directed to take measures against stray dogs

    In a first, the Paschim Banga Samagra Shiksha Mission (PBSSM) has issued a directive to all District Education Officers for the implementation of safety measures for preventing stray dog attacks on children in West Bengal.According to the directive, state ...

    3 April 2025 Indian Express
    As security for Ram Navami tightens, leaves for Bengal police cancelled till April 9

    As Bengal police beef up security for the upcoming Ram Navami celebrations, the West Bengal Police have cancelled all leaves for its personnel across the state until April 9.An order signed by the Additional Director General of Law and ...

    3 April 2025 Indian Express
    Loco-driver killed in Jharkhand goods train collision was set to retire in 2 days

    Two days were left for his retirement when loco-pilot Gangeswar Mal died in a train accident. On Tuesday, two goods trains clashed near the Barhat Station in Sahibganj district of Jharkhand.Mal (65), who was a resident of Bhatapara in ...

    3 April 2025 Indian Express
    Vishwa Hindu Parishad moves Calcutta HC for permission for Ram Navami rallies, claim ‘denied by police’

    The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) approached the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday to seek permission to hold a Ram Navami procession in Bankura’s Saltora, on allegations that police did not give them permission.Justice Tirthankar Ghosh has given permission to ...

    3 April 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Calcutta High Court is not the dumping ground for tainted judges’: HC lawyers’ bodies

    The Bar Library Club, the Bar Association and the Incorporated Law Society of the Calcutta High Court Tuesday observed a token protest in court regarding the transfer of Judges from Delhi High Court to the Calcutta High Court.Recently, the ...

    3 April 2025 Indian Express
    Sunderbans firecracker unit blast: 2 brothers booked, probe on into family’s fireworks licence

    A day after an explosion inside a house in Dholahat, South 24 Parganas, police have filed a case against two brothers. The family had been allegedly involved in the fireworks business for more than a decade, reportedly holding a ...

    3 April 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Look what happened in Mothabari… If attacked, we have right to defend ourselves’: VHP on plans for 2,000 rallies and Sree Ram Mahotsav in West Bengal

    As the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) plans for over 2,000 rallies, 200 tableaus and Sree Ram Mahostav at 5,000 locations for Ram Navami in West Bengal, the organisation says it is concerned about “security” in the state.Chandranath Das, VHP ...

    2 April 2025 Indian Express
    BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari moves Calcutta HC seeking permission to visit violence-hit Mothabari in Bengal

    Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari moved the Calcutta High Court Tuesday after police denied him permission to visit Mothabari and to hold a protest rally at Kanthi concerning the recent communal clashes and violence ...

    2 April 2025 Indian Express
    Sunderbans firecracker unit blast: Death toll rises to 8, more feared trapped in rubble, say police

    The death toll in the blast at a firecracker manufacturing unit housed in a residence in the Patharpratima area of South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal has risen to eight. The death toll includes four children.On Monday night, ...

    2 April 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal: Bus owners oppose NHAI’s toll tax hike, writes to state govt on increasing fares

    Private bus owners in the state strongly opposed the decision of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to hike toll tax by 5 per cent, scheduled to come into effect from April 1.The Joint Council of Bus Syndicates, ...

    2 April 2025 Indian Express
    Heckling of Bengal CM at Oxford: TMC divided over UK protest; IT cell chief slams seniors for staying mum

    To protest or not to protest has divided the TMC leaders over the heckling of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee allegedly by SFI members at an event in Oxford last week. While a section of TMC leaders have vociferously condemned ...

    1 April 2025 Indian Express
    Congress’s Adhir Ranjan backs Mamata on Oxford protest: ‘Not fair to insult CM abroad’

    While discounting Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s weeklong visit to the United Kingdom (UK) as “nothing” but a few “controversies and dramas”, senior Congress leader Adhir Chowdhury on Monday came out in support of her on the Oxford incident, saying ...

    1 April 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal: Four children among 7 killed in Sunderbans firecracker unit blast, probe on

    At least seven persons, including four children, were killed in a blast at a house with a firecracker manufacturing unit in the Patharpratima area of South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, on Monday night.Police said that many people are ...

    1 April 2025 Indian Express
    30-yr-old held for murder of Kolkata house help, police say they met on gay dating app

    “Dispute over payment” with someone he met through a gay dating app led to the murder of a 22-year-old house help in the Charu Market area of Kolkata, police said on Monday after arresting a 30-year-old man from Baruipur ...

    1 April 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Section of TMC leaders didn’t stand for Mamata after Oxford incident’: Youth party leader

    A section of TMC leaders “did not stand behind (West Bengal CM) Mamata Banerjee” after an incident at Oxford University where she faced protests from students, said youth TMC leader and in-charge of party IT-cell Debangshu Bhattacharya.He also alleged ...

    1 April 2025 Indian Express
    Domestic help found dead at Kolkata apartment, police probe murder angle

    A 22-YEAR-OLD man was found dead in an apartment on Deshpran Sasmal Road area in Kolkata’s Charu Market on Saturday, police said. Police identified the deceased as Abinash Bauri from Barakar, Asansol, adding that it is likely that he ...

    1 April 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata Police launch ‘urgent’ mental health campaign in wake of suicide, murder cases

    IN RESPONSE to a number of ‘suicide pact’ and murder cases reported in the city over the apst few weeks, the Kolkata Police have launched an “urgent” campaign to promote their mental health helpline and offer support to citizens.Using ...

    1 April 2025 Indian Express
    Mamata Banerjee at Eid event: ‘Don’t give in to incitement … Left, BJP have joined forces, but I alone am enough’

    Days after communal tension in West Bengal’s Malda district, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday urged people not to fall for provocations that could incite communal violence and emphasised her government’s commitment to protecting social harmony.Addressing an Eid event ...

    1 April 2025 Indian Express
    ‘He was our only breadwinner’: Family members of lone victim of Bengaluru-Kamakhya train derailment

    A 22-year-old man — the only breadwinner for his mother, uncle, and aunt — died on Sunday near Cuttack station, when the Bengaluru-Kamakhya AC Express derailed.Subhankar Roy had been on the train with his mother, Chitra Roy, returning home ...

    1 April 2025 Indian Express
    West Bengal writes to Bihar and UP governments about makers of spurious drugs, seek cooperation

    The West Bengal government has sought the cooperation of the Bihar and Uttar Pradesh governments in its investigation of spurious drugs recovered from various places including in North 24 Parganas and Malda, stating that many such medicines were made ...

    1 April 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar stopped by police on way to Mothabari amid communal tensions

    Amid communal tensions in Mothabari in the Malda district of West Bengal, the police Sunday stopped a BJP delegation under the leadership of president and Union minister Sukanta Majumdar, citing prohibitory orders in the area.Internet services were suspended, and ...

    31 March 2025 Indian Express
    West Bengal Governor seeks refund of expenses for 2024 convocation ceremony from removed interim VC of Jadavpur University

    An order was issued from the West Bengal Raj Bhavan Saturday requesting a refund of the expenses incurred for the 2024 convocation ceremony of Jadavpur University. The letter was sent two days after Bhaskar Gupta was removed from his ...

    31 March 2025 Indian Express
    IMD issues heatwave warnings for South Bengal districts; temperature to remain above normal for 2 days

    The India Meteorological Department has issued heatwave warnings for four South Bengal districts for Sunday: North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, West Midnapore, and West Burdwan. Temperatures are likely to drop by two to three degrees only after April ...

    31 March 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal: Contai co-op body polls hit by clash, TMC MLA says cops helping BJP

    TMC MLA Akhil Giri was injured as violence marred the elections for the 13 board members of a co-operative bank in Contai in Purba Medinipur district on Saturday.Leader of Opposition and BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari is the chairman of ...

    31 March 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Plot to incite communal tension in Ram Navami’: Bengal Police file case, ask public not to pay heed to rumours

    Amid tension in Mothabari in Malda, the West Bengal Police on Saturday urged people to not pay heed to rumours and incitement on social media, and warned “miscreants” against trying to create trouble during the upcoming Eid and Ram ...

    31 March 2025 Indian Express
    Heatwave in Bengal, schools allowed to modify timings

    With the early onset of summer and prevailing heatwave conditions across large parts of West Bengal, the state primary education department has ordered schools to modify school timings without disrupting the academic calendar.According to the Meteorological Department, heatwave conditions ...

    30 March 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata vets remove ‘Donald Duck’ foot stuck in dog’s stomach without surgery, sets history

    It was an end to a six-day ordeal for Hariprasad, a naughty pet dog that gobbled up a cotton furred foot of Donald Duck that he was playing with. In a rare feat, an expert team of vets from ...

    30 March 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Deliberately tarnished India’s reputation’: Stop Mamata Banerjee from travelling abroad, Suvendu Adhikari writes to S Jaishankar

    West Bengal Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari wrote to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday, urging him to prevent Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee from travelling abroad in the future “to ensure she does not get the opportunity ...

    30 March 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata rape-murder: High Court asks CBI to submit case diary

    THE CALCUTTA High Court on Friday, during a hearing in the RG Kar rape and murder case, asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to submit the case diary in connection with the first five days of the investigation ...

    30 March 2025 Indian Express
    Attempt-to-murder case: TMC’s Kakali Gupta gets 3 years’ jail, dozen other party leaders get 10 years each

    A fast-track court in Purba Bardhaman district on Friday evening ordered jail sentence to 13 TMC leaders and party workers, including the chairperson of Burdwan Development Authority (BDA), after convicting them in an eight-year-old murder attempt case.While BDA chairperson ...

    30 March 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata: 34 held after communal clash in Malda; internet suspended, prohibitory orders issued

    INTERNET SERVICES have been suspended and prohibitory orders were issued in the Mothabari area and surrounding areas of West Bengal’s Malda following clashes between two communities on Thursday. A large contingent of police personnel has been posted in the ...

    30 March 2025 Indian Express
    Won’t let anyone diminish Bengal’s feats: Mamata Banerjee

    Before leaving London, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday in her “X” handle post expressed pride over her experience at the Oxford University and also said that she would not backtrack in the wake of the protests ...

    30 March 2025 Indian Express
    34 arrested after communal clash in Bengal’s Malda district; Internet suspended, prohibitory orders issued

    The Internet has been suspended and prohibitory orders were issued in the Mothabari area and surrounding areas of West Bengal’s Malda following clashes between two communities. A large contingent of policemen has been posted in the area and 34 ...

    29 March 2025 Indian Express
    CPI(M)’s student wing SFI takes responsibility for protests during Mamata’s speech at Oxford

    The students’ wing of the CPI(M), Student Federation of India (SFI), took responsibility for the protest during West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s speech at Oxford University’s Kellogg College in England. The TMC sharply criticised the SFI.A statement by ...

    29 March 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Bound to happen’: R G Kar rape-murder victim’s father on Oxford students protesting against Mamata

    After the R G Kar rape and murder case in August 2024, where a postgraduate trainee doctor was found dead in a seminar hall of the medical college, protests broke out across West Bengal. The state’s Chief Minister, on ...

    29 March 2025 Indian Express
    Pitching for investment in West Bengal, direct Kolkata-London direct flights to facing protests: 5 takeaways of Mamata’s UK visit

    After completing a six-day London visit, the West Bengal Chief Minister is returning to Kolkata on Saturday. During her visit, CM Mamata Banerjee raised some issues concerning her state. On the other hand, she faced criticism and protests as ...

    29 March 2025 Indian Express
    4 days before retirement, Jadavpur University interim VC removed from post; says ‘don’t know why’

    On Thursday, Jadavpur University interim Vice Chancellor Bhaskar Gupta was removed from his post — four days before his retirement.The University has been in turmoil since March 1, when protests for students’ elections turned violent — after a WBCUPA ...

    29 March 2025 Indian Express
    ‘You are insulting your institution’, says Mamata Banerjee as protesters heckle her amid speech at Oxford University

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee faced protesters as she delivered an address at Kellogg College at the University of Oxford in England on Thursday where she faced questions on the RG Kar rape-murder and Singur issue, among others.In ...

    29 March 2025 Indian Express
    Don’t invite politicians, stick to academicians: HC to JU on PIL for campus security after ‘attack’ on minister

    The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed Jadavpur University (JU) administration to not invite any political functionary to programmes organised on the campus. Instead, the High Court said, the university should invite only academicians.A Division Bench of Chief Justice ...

    28 March 2025 Indian Express
    In Mamata’s speech at Oxford, women’s welfare in Bengal, communal harmony

    WEST BENGAL Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee highlighted her government’s work for the development of women and underlined her fight for unity among all communities as she addressed a packed hall in Oxford University’s Kellogg College on Thursday.“India is a ...

    28 March 2025 Indian Express
    No outsiders should be allowed to enter campus: HC to RBU

    Amid the ongoing protests by a section of students of the Rabindra Bharati University (RBU) against Interim Vice-Chancellor Shubhra Kamal Mukherjee, the Calcutta High Court on Thursday ordered that no outsider should be allowed to enter the university’s campuses.Justice ...

    28 March 2025 Indian Express
    Inscribed Imaging: At a city exhibition, a multiplicity of expression with unifying theme

    Going beyond conventions, Anirban Ghosh uses more than one media to create a single work of art or a series of works.At “Inscribed Imaging”, a multimedia artwork currently being exhibited in Kolkata, Ghosh makes it essential for the viewers ...

    28 March 2025 Indian Express
    Demands of separate state for Gorkhaland, ST status for 11 Gorkha tribes come back into focus as Centre calls for tripartite talks

    Once again, the issue of a separate state of Gorkhaland, or a “permanent political solution” for the Hills, is in focus as the Union Home Ministry called for tripartite talks. The long-standing demand to grant Scheduled Tribe (ST) status ...

    28 March 2025 Indian Express
    Govt to build apartments for Belgachia families hit by land subsidence

    The West Bengal government has decided to provide alternative housing to families who lost their houses last week due to land subsidence in Belgachia Vagar area, Howrah district, and also stop dumping garbage in the landfill.On Thursday morning, a ...

    28 March 2025 Indian Express
    Tackling siltation, flood no-cost model of dredging to bring revenue, says minister

    State Irrigation Minister Manas Bhuiyan on Wednesday said a unique model for dredging operations is being implemented on a pilot basis in which no cost will be incurred by the state exchequer.Addressing mediapersons in Kolkata, the minister said that ...

    28 March 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Bombs thrown, shots fired’ near house of BJP leader Arjun Singh in Bengal

    Shots were allegedly fired and bombs thrown near the home of Arjun Singh, a former member of Parliament and leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in West Bengal’s Bhatpara, North 24 Parganas district, police reported. The incident occurred ...

    28 March 2025 Indian Express
    Howrah landslide: Bengal govt to ‘build apartments for families affected, stop dumping garbage in nearby landfill’

    The West Bengal government has decided to provide alternate housing to families who lost their houses in Howrah district’s Belgachhia Vagar area, and stop dumping garbage in the landfill.On Thursday morning, a landslide in the area at the edge ...

    28 March 2025 Indian Express
    Fake call centre busted in Kolkata’s Lake Town, 24 held: ‘Targeted Australian citizens since 2022’

    The Cyber Crime Wing (CCW) of West Bengal Police on Wednesday said that it has busted a fake call centre in the Lake Town area of Kolkata and arrested 21 people, including four women.In a statement, the police said ...

    28 March 2025 Indian Express
    68 Kolkata wards declared ‘high risk zones’ for dengue, malaria

    With the monsoon season approaching, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) is ramping up its efforts to prevent outbreaks of dengue and malaria, declaring 68 out of its 144 wards as “dangerous” zones.This announcement, made by Deputy Mayor Atin Ghosh, ...

    27 March 2025 Indian Express
    ‘RBU interim V-C can’t be stopped from entering campus’: HC seeks police report

    Stating that Interim Vice-Chancellor of Rabindra Bharati University (RBU) Shubhra Kamal Mukherjee cannot be stopped from entering the campus amid the ongoing protests by a group of students, the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the police to submit ...

    27 March 2025 Indian Express
    Direct flights to resume, joint celebration of 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations in April: Chinese consul general

    Stating that “the spring of China-India relations is arriving”, Chinese Consul General in Kolkata Xu Wei on Tuesday said the two countries are working towards resuming direct flights and would jointly hold events to celebrate 75th anniversary of diplomatic ...

    27 March 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata: Presidency University students withdraw sit-in citing ‘partial acceptance’ of demands

    Almost after 150 hours, the students of Kolkata’s Presidency University have withdrawn their sit-in citing partial acceptance of their demands.The protest, led by nearly 50 members of the Students Federation of India (SFI), began on March 20 on the ...

    27 March 2025 Indian Express
    KMC drops the word ‘bustee’ citing ‘negativity’, renames Department ‘Uttaran’ following CM’s instruction

    The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) renamed its “Bustee (slum) Services department” to “Uttaran Services department” following West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s suggestion. The decision, aimed at moving away from the perceived negativity associated with the word “Basti,” received ...

    27 March 2025 Indian Express
    Expected to cross a record Rs 19,500 crores by March end, beer sales boost excise duty earnings in Bengal

    The West Bengal government expects to earn over Rs 19,600 crore in excise duty in the current financial year, boosted by beer sales as temperature rises.A senior excise official said that until February, the government had earned Rs 17,585 ...

    26 March 2025 Indian Express
    Mamata invites UK investors to Bengal: ‘Let’s create win-win situation together’

    Urging businessmen and investors in the UK to invest in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that it would yield a “win-win situation”.The state has six-economic corridors, multiple industrial parks, holds the top spot in the ...

    26 March 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata Airport begins operational trials for new ATC Tower

    Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata on Monday commenced operational trials for its new, state-of-the-art Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower, said officials.According to the Airport Authority of India officials, the new ATC tower — part of a ...

    26 March 2025 Indian Express
    ‘India’s largest coal block’ has these Bengal villages divided

    For over a month now, the area around the Deocha Pachami coal mine near the tribal majority village of Chanda in West Bengal’s Birbhum district has been looking like a fortress – a battery of armed policemen and the ...

    26 March 2025 Indian Express
    Security breach during IPL match: ‘Virat is my God… Hope to be at Eden next IPL season’; cricket fan gets bail

    RHITUPARNO PAKHIRA, the 18-year-old youth, who breached security to meet cricketer Virat Kohli on the field during the opening match of IPL 2025 at the Eden Gardens stadium on Saturday, was granted interim bail by the Bankshall Court in ...

    26 March 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal: Days after land subsidence, Suvendu visits Belgachia landfill area, alleges assault by police

    DAYS AFTER land subsidence occurred in the Belgachia Vagar area (dumping ground) of Howrah city, Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly Suvendu Adhikari along with other BJP leaders on Monday visited the affected area and met residents, many ...

    26 March 2025 Indian Express
    R G Kar case: Calcutta High Court asks CBI to submit case diary, status report after SC approves further investigation plea

    After a Supreme Court order in the R G Kar case regarding further investigation post a petition moved by the victim’s parents, the hearing by the Calcutta High Court began on Monday, with a single bench of Justice Tirthankar ...

    25 March 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal: Land sinks in Belgachia, residents left without roof, water and power

    Nine kilometres from Kolkata lies the Belgachia Vagar area, (garbage dumping ground), in Howrah district, resembling an earthquake-ravaged zone.Cracked roads and over 100 collapsed houses have left residents, including women and children, stranded on the streets with their belongings, ...

    25 March 2025 Indian Express
    Over 100 TMC MLAs absent on last day of West Bengal Budget session, party to ‘take action’

    Trinamool Congress sources told The Indian Express that the party’s leadership is worried about “huge absences” despite repeated requests to attend the Assembly sessions, and will take action against the MLAs who were absent in the last Assembly Budget ...

    25 March 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Where is the state government now?’ asks Bengal woman rendered homeless by Belgachia landslide

    Walking through the narrow lanes of Belgachia Vagar (garbage dumping ground) in Howrah district, just nine kilometres from Kolkata, one felt as if the area had been hit by an earthquake.Cracked roads, around 100 collapsed houses, and women and ...

    25 March 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal braces for 4-6 degree temperature rise from tomorrow after sudden drop due to rain

    Kolkata and several districts of West Bengal are experiencing a significant drop in temperatures, accompanied by rain and thunderstorms, according to the India Meteorological Department. The sudden change in weather patterns, triggered by recent rainfall, has brought both maximum ...

    24 March 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata police arrest fan who invaded pitch to fall at Virat Kohli’s feet during IPL game

    The Kolkata police have arrested an 18-year-old man for pitch invasion after he disrupted the opening match of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 between Kolkata Knight Riders and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) at Eden Gardens Saturday.The accused, Rhituparno Pakhira, ...

    24 March 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal BJP women’s wing holds rally over women working in bars

    The women’s wing of the BJP on Saturday held a rally protesting the passage of a Bill in the West Bengal Assembly allowing women to work in bars.The West Bengal Assembly on Wednesday passed the Bill to allow women ...

    24 March 2025 Indian Express
    Mamata leaves for 6-day UK visit: ‘Live peacefully, will be in touch with ministers’

    Urging people to maintain peace, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday left for her six-day visit to the UK.Speaking with mediapersons outside the Kolkata Airport, CM Banerjee said though she will not be in the state, she will continue ...

    24 March 2025 Indian Express
    Day after ‘Captain’ Abhishek Banerjee’s posters spotted in Kolkata, ‘One and All’ Mamata Banerjee posters greet residents

    Posters of West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee with ‘Sarbadhinayika (One and All)’ written on them were spotted in several pockets of south Kolkata like Jadavpur and Baghajatin on Saturday morning.These posters surfaced a ...

    24 March 2025 Indian Express
    West Bengal Police launch mobile app to stop illegal transfer

    The West Bengal Police have launched a mobile application where police personnel can apply for their transfer, to bring transparency in the process.In a directive issued on March 21, DIG (administration) of West Bengal Police stated that the staff ...

    23 March 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Extra security arrangements in place at Eden this time,’ says Kolkata Police as IPL begins today

    The 18th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) will begin on Saturday with a grand opening ceremony at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata, on Saturday, marking the start of a highly anticipated season of T20 cricket. The inaugural match ...

    23 March 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal BJP faces first test: Who will be its new state chief

    Who will be the next West Bengal BJP president? That is the question swirling around the state’s BJP circles as the party gears up for next year’s Assembly polls.According to party leaders, a host of names are doing the ...

    23 March 2025 Indian Express
    After Mamata tasks Abhishek & Bakshi to hold TMC fort during her UK trip, ‘Captain Abhishek’ posters crop up across Kolkata

    A day after Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee announced that during her seven-day trip to the United Kingdom, “the party (TMC) affairs will be looked after by Subrata Bakshi and Abhishek Banerjee”, a large number ...

    23 March 2025 Indian Express
    Year before Assembly polls, West Bengal BJP faces first test — who will be new state chief

    Who will be the next West Bengal BJP president? That is the question swirling around the state’s BJP circles as the party gears up for next year’s assembly polls.According to party leaders, a host of names are doing the ...

    22 March 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Abused for over 5 hours’: Jadavpur University PG student files ragging complaint, inquiry committee formed

    Kolkata’s Jadavpur University (JU) has initiated an inquiry hours after a fresh complaint of ragging was reported. Submitted on Tuesday, the complaint alleges that senior students “severely harassed” a second-year postgraduate student of film studies inside the university’s main ...

    22 March 2025 Indian Express
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