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Three months after WBJEE 2025, results likely on August 7: Board asks students to update social category details
Over three months after the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination (WBJEE) was held, the Board on Thursday announced that the results are likely to be declared on August 7. The delay, the Board said, was due to legal proceedings ...
1 August 2025 Indian ExpressBangladeshi actress caught in Kolkata, cops find 2 Aadhaar cards, other Indian documents on her
A 28-year-old Bangladeshi woman, Shanta Paul, who police say is an actress and model by profession, has been arrested by the Lalbazar Detective Department in Kolkata for allegedly possessing Indian identity documents such as Aadhaar and voter ID cards.According ...
1 August 2025 Indian ExpressED conducts first raid in Andaman & Nicobar Islands into ‘loan scam’ allegedly linked to ex-MP
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday conducted its first-ever raids in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in connection with an alleged loan scam at the Andaman Nicobar State Cooperative Bank (ANSCB). Searches were carried out at nine locations in ...
1 August 2025 Indian ExpressHeavy rains lash Bengal: IMD issues yellow alerts for South Bengal till August 3
Written by Parthivee MukherjiThe India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday issued yellow alerts for most of South Bengal, warning of thunderstorms with gusty winds (30–40 kmph) and lightning till August 3. The alert covers districts including Howrah, Hooghly, Bankura, ...
1 August 2025 Indian ExpressYou are first batch, will carry lineage: President to AIIMS Kalyani graduates
President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday attended the first convocation of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)-Kalyani in Nadia district.According to the authorities, a total of 48 MBBS students, who were admitted in 2019, and nine Post-Doctoral Certificate Course ...
1 August 2025 Indian ExpressTMC panchayat member hacked to death in Bengal
A Trinamool Congress leader in Kanpur in West Bengal’s Hooghly district was hacked to death by unidentified assailants, police said on Thursday.The incident occurred near the Kanaipur autorickshaw stand on Wednesday evening when a group of men attacked him ...
1 August 2025 Indian ExpressCalcutta HC to hear plea of 3 doctors transferred after R G Kar protests
The Calcutta High Court will hear the case of Aniket Mahato, Ashfaqulla Naiya and Debashis Halder, the three faces of the R G Kar movement, regarding their transfer to different facilities after getting allocated hospitals post counselling.Aniket Mahato, Ashfaqulla ...
31 July 2025 Indian ExpressMalda woman reiterates charge against Delhi Police at TMC presser in Kolkata
Days after Delhi Police rebutted the claims of assaulting a woman from Malda, calling it “fabricated” and “politically motivated”, the TMC on Wednesday presented the woman, identified as Sajnu Parveen, at a press conference in Kolkata, where she reiterated ...
31 July 2025 Indian Express3 men held in Kolkata for extortion through dating app for LGBTQ+ community
Kolkata Police have arrested three men for their alleged role in an extortion racket involving a dating app commonly used by members of the LGBTQ+ community. The arrests came after a complainant approached the police on July 17, claiming ...
31 July 2025 Indian ExpressChief Electoral Officer of Bengal orders probe into Form 6 disposals; Suvendu calls it ‘scandalous betrayal of democracy’
Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal Manoj Agarwal has written to all district administrations directing District Election Officers to form teams of senior officers and conduct sample checking of all Form 6 disposals – which are used to ...
31 July 2025 Indian ExpressDr Alok Kumar Rai takes charge as IIM Calcutta Director
Dr Alok Kumar Rai on Wednesday officially took over as the new Director of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta on Wednesday, becoming the fourth person to hold the post in the last three years.The appointment was announced ...
31 July 2025 Indian ExpressKMC makes Bengali mandatory in monthly meetings amid row over language in BJP-ruled states
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has taken to the streets protesting against the alleged harassment of Bengalis in BJP-ruled states for speaking Bengali. Now, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has made it mandatory for its councillors to speak ...
31 July 2025 Indian ExpressFour-day Meet from Friday: BJP to form 43 district committees, to be ‘mix of veterans & new faces’
In the run-up to the West Bengal Assembly elections scheduled to be held next year, the BJP’s state unit is set to form 43 organisational district committees during a four-day meeting starting August 1.Apart from the party’s state leadership, ...
31 July 2025 Indian ExpressHeavy rain likely: orange, yellow alerts for many Bengal districts
The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday issued “orange and yellow alerts” for several southern districts of West Bengal, saying the state will continue to receive “heavy to very heavy rain” in the next two days.In North Bengal, “isolated ...
31 July 2025 Indian Express‘No medicine for jealousy’: Mamata Banerjee attacks BJP over ‘conspiracy to exclude voters’ from electoral rolls in West Bengal
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday accused the BJP of a conspiracy to exclude voters’ names from electoral rolls, reiterating her long-standing allegations. Speaking at a government service distribution programme in Ilambazar, Birbhum, she issued a direct order ...
30 July 2025 Indian ExpressMamata Govt moves Calcutta High Court against stay on monthly allowance to Group C, D school employees
The West Bengal Government has moved the Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court in the case of providing allowance to the Group C and Group D staff of the School Service Commission (SSC) who lost their jobs following ...
30 July 2025 Indian ExpressLeh expedition team to name Tso-Morir peak in honour of RG Kar victim
A diverse team of leading of professors, academicians, scientists, doctors, and experts from various fields is set to embark on the latest expedition to the remote Tso-Morir region of Leh district in Ladakh, according to an official statement.Titled, SEEMA ...
30 July 2025 Indian ExpressGiraffe cub born at Kolkata’s Alipore Zoological Garden
Alipore Zoological Garden in Kolkata has reported the birth of a giraffe calf in the facility, taking the total number of giraffes in the country’s oldest zoo to 10, sources said on Monday.“The giraffe couple, Savitri and Mangal, have ...
30 July 2025 Indian ExpressBhasha Andolan From Tagore’s Bolpur: Mamata hyphenates ‘SIR-linguistic terror’, slams EC-BJP ‘bid to bring NRC through backdoor’
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday hyphenated the issues of detention of Bangla-speaking migrants in several parts of the country with the Election Commission’s plan to roll out the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) across the country, including ...
30 July 2025 Indian ExpressAfter Mamata posts ‘torture’ of Malda woman by cops, Delhi Police questions her, says no proof of her claims
Hours after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee posted a video of a woman and her one-year-old child on her X handle, alleging that police beat up a migrant family from Malda’s Chanchal area in BJP-ruled Delhi, police rejected ...
29 July 2025 Indian ExpressSuvendu Adhikari to EC: Surge in voter registration and issuance of domicile certificates in Bengal’s border districts
West Bengal Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari Monday expressed concerns over an alleged increase in voter registration applications and the issuance of domicile certificates in the border districts, claiming that this is an attempt by the state administration to ...
29 July 2025 Indian Express‘After elections, you’re under state govt again’: Mamata tells BLOs not to harass any voter unnecessarily
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday sought to remind booth-level officers (BLOs), who assist the Election Commission in preparing and updating voters’ lists, that they work for the state government before and after elections, urging them to ...
29 July 2025 Indian ExpressWill Durga Puja grant be hiked to Rs 1 lakh? The question on everyone’s lips ahead of CM meet
Ahead of Durga Puja, puja committees in West Bengal are expecting Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to increase the financial grant for them, with a crucial meeting of festival organisers with the chief minister scheduled for July 31 at Kolkata’s ...
29 July 2025 Indian ExpressDetention of Bangla-speaking migrants: Bhasha stir begins, Mamata to march in Birbhum today
As the Trinamool Congress on Sunday launched its Bhasha Andolan campaign over detention and deportation of Bangla-speaking migrants in several states of the country, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is scheduled to lead a protest march in Birbhum town on ...
29 July 2025 Indian ExpressAt Business Conclave, push for more Bengalis in business world
The Bengal Business Council hosted its annual convention and vision conclave on Sunday, featuring prominent entrepreneurs and industrialists in attendance. Notable figures such as economist Abhirup Sarkar and former cricketer Sourav Ganguly were also present.The convention’s six-point agenda aimed ...
29 July 2025 Indian ExpressBengal to get more rain; South Bengal districts on Yellow alert
Written by Anisha GhoshThe India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a Yellow alert (Be Aware) for most South Bengal districts on Sunday afternoon.The weather bureau predicted light to moderate rainfall with possible thunderstorms in South Bengal districts like Howrah, Hooghly, ...
28 July 2025 Indian ExpressIIM-C allows rape-accused student to resume classes, but not his return to hostel
The Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta (IIM-C) has decided to allow second-year student Paramanand Toppannawar, out on bail in a rape case, to attend classes. The decision was taken at an emergency meeting of the institute’s academic council on Friday.Toppannawar, 26, ...
28 July 2025 Indian ExpressRain to stay in Bengal till July 31: Met
The India Meteorological on Saturday said, “The depression that was over Gangetic West Bengal has now moved westward into parts of Jharkhand and North Chhattisgarh. It is likely to weaken gradually into a well-marked low-pressure area by 27th July ...
28 July 2025 Indian ExpressPresident Droupadi Murmu to visit West Bengal, offer puja at Dakshineswar temple
President Droupadi Murmu will visit West Bengal on July 30 and 31. She will be the chief guest at the first convocation ceremony of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Kalyani in Nadia district and offer ...
28 July 2025 Indian ExpressElection Commission begins BLO training in West Bengal amid speculation on SIR
The Election Commission of India (ECI) started training Booth Level Officers (BLOs) in West Bengal on Saturday, amid concerns that a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, currently being held in neighbouring poll-bound Bihar, will be held in ...
28 July 2025 Indian ExpressAhead of 2026 Assembly polls, new Bengal BJP chief Samik Bhattacharya to rope in veteran leaders for his team
With Assembly elections fast approaching, the BJP’s main focus in West Bengal is to strengthen its base and new party state chief Samik Bhattacharya’s team is almost ready. Party sources said he will soon announce a fresh committee of ...
28 July 2025 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Governor to move Supreme Court over control of state universities
In another escalation of the ongoing tussle between the West Bengal government and the Raj Bhavan over higher education governance, Governor CV Ananda Bose on Saturday said he plans to seek clarity from the Supreme Court on whether ultimate ...
28 July 2025 Indian ExpressOrange alert for southern districts of Bengal, IMD warns fishers against venturing into sea
The India Meterological Department (IMD) Saturday issued an orange alert for several southern districts of West Bengal, including Hooghly, East Bardhaman, West Bardhaman, Nadia, North 24 Parganas, and Birbhum, due to the possibility of heavy rainfall (7–11 cm), thunderstorms, ...
27 July 2025 Indian ExpressKolkata law college to hire ex-servicemen, install CCTV cameras to boost campus security after student’s rape
The law college in Kolkata, where a student was raped last month, has decided to recruit two ex-servicemen to boost security on the campus, besides installing CCTV cameras. The college will also discontinue the practice of hiring casual staffers.The ...
27 July 2025 Indian ExpressIIT Kharagpur’s induction program prioritizes mental health with SETU and parental collaboration
Written by Anisha GhoshIIT Kharagpur recently inducted over 1800 new students in a vibrant Induction Programme.While the event celebrated academic beginnings, a somber undercurrent of recent student suicides on campus has brought mental health to the forefront of the ...
27 July 2025 Indian ExpressPolice verification of staff, reporting out-of-station guests: Hotel security enhanced after arrest of Patna hospital murder accused from Kolkata
In a move to tighten security and enhance vigilance across Kolkata’s burgeoning accommodation sector, the Bidhannagar police, under the leadership of DCP Airport, held a crucial meeting on Friday with representatives from hotels, guesthouses, and lodges operating under the ...
27 July 2025 Indian ExpressTMC MLA Humayun Kabir threatens to start new political outfit again, TMC mulls stern action
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) is likely to take disciplinary action against West Bengal’s Bharatpur MLA Humayun Kabir, who has once again threatened to float a new political outfit if the party leadership in Murshidabad is not changed by August ...
26 July 2025 Indian ExpressBengal: Centre raises concern over death penalty clause in Aparajita Bill, Governor sends it back to state govt
GOVERNOR C V Ananda Bose has sent the Aparajita Bill back to the West Bengal government for consideration of the serious objections raised by the Centre over the proposed changes to the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita that the legislation seeks, ...
26 July 2025 Indian ExpressAt least 16 dead from lightning strikes in Bengal on July 25
Sixteen people died from lightning strikes across West Bengal on Thursday, as the state grapples with severe thunderstorms and heavy rainfall triggered by a low-pressure system in the Bay of Bengal.The incidents, primarily involving farmers and farm laborers, prompted ...
26 July 2025 Indian Express‘From 26 million passengers to 45 million annually’: Kolkata Airport’s old domestic terminal to be demolished for new international facility
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) Airport in Kolkata is set for a major expansion, with plans underway to demolish the old domestic terminal and construct a new international facility.Officials said this expansion will help future-proof the airport against ...
26 July 2025 Indian Express‘After detention, we found out about deportation through viral video’: Kin of Bengal migrant worker ‘pushed’ into Bangladesh
A 19-year-old migrant worker from West Bengal has allegedly been pushed into Bangladesh after being detained in Rajasthan.The incident came to light after a purported video of the man, identified as Amir Sheikh from Jalalpur village under Kaliachowk police ...
26 July 2025 Indian ExpressAmid S.I.R. controversy, EC doubles pay of BLOs, gives incentives for ‘special drives’
Amid the controversy over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound Bihar, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has revised the remuneration of Booth Level Officers (BLOs) and BLO Supervisors in West Bengal where Assembly ...
26 July 2025 Indian ExpressPromote Bangla through films and TV series, Mamata tells Tollywood
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday called for promoting the use of Bengali in film and TV productions in the state.Speaking at the ‘Mahanayak Samman’ award ceremony, held on the death anniversary of matinee idol Uttam Kumar, the chief ...
26 July 2025 Indian ExpressBJP-ruled states have unleashed linguistic terror against Bangla speakers: Mamata Banerjee
Claiming that the West Bengal government has been receiving reports of Bengali-speaking migrants being “detained and tortured” in Haryana and Rajasthan, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused the BJP of “unleashing linguistic terror” in the country.In a strongly ...
25 July 2025 Indian Express‘Scared to leave Bengal… but will get Rs 700 a day here, Rs 1,400 there’: Migrants deported from Mumbai to Bangladesh plan return
They were picked up in Mumbai last month on suspicion of being illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and pushed into the neighbouring country. They were later brought to their native West Bengal following intervention from the state government, but they ...
25 July 2025 Indian ExpressWBSSC announces September 7 and 14 as examination dates for teacher recruitment
The West Bengal School Service Commission on Thursday announced September 7 and September 14 as the dates for the teacher recruitment examinations.According to the commission, exams to recruit assistant teachers for secondary classes (9-10) will be held on September ...
25 July 2025 Indian Express‘Can’t believe I topped UGC NET JRF,’ says Nilufa Yasmin with a perfect 100
Nilufa Yasmin, a resident of Katwa’s Palita Road area in Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal, has secured the top rank in the UGC NET JRF June 2025 exam with a perfect 100 percentile.A research scholar at Burdwan University, Yasmin is ...
25 July 2025 Indian ExpressBJP leader Mithun Chakraborty counters Mamata Banerjee’s migrant claims, slams EC gherao call
BJP leader and actor Mithun Chakraborty on Thursday hit out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, dismissing her recent claims of harassment of Bengali-speaking migrant workers in other states as “baseless” and accusing her of spreading fear for ...
25 July 2025 Indian Express4 men from Murshidabad ‘beaten’ up in Tamil Nadu for ‘speaking in Bangla’
A police complaint has been filed in Murshidabad district alleging that four youths from West Bengal were beaten up by locals in Thiruvallur in Tamil Nadu on suspicion of being Bangladeshis.According to the complaint, lodged on July 17, Sujan ...
25 July 2025 Indian ExpressKolkata Metro launches manhunt, asks commuters to identify man who defaced coaches
After a series of incidents in which Metro properties were defaced in Kolkata, the authorities on Wednesday warned of serious legal actions.On Wednesday, a video of CCTV footage went viral in which a man, clad in a blue t-shirt ...
25 July 2025 Indian ExpressIIT-Kharagpur to launch new mental health programme for students with AI-powered tool for mental health monitoring
In the wake of a spate of student death cases on the campus, allegedly by suicide, the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur will be launching an AI-powered emotional health monitoring tool for students as part of its new mental health ...
25 July 2025 Indian ExpressGuest houses to complexes: Kolkata’s accommodation under scrutiny after arrest of Chandan Mishra’s accused killers
The recent arrest of five individuals — including a woman — in connection with the murder of Patna-based gangster Chandan Mishra has cast a spotlight on the security protocol and verification processes of rental accommodations in and around Kolkata.The ...
24 July 2025 Indian ExpressOver 300 animals ‘disappear’ from Alipore zoo, HC to hear plea for probe today
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday is likely to hear a petition filed by a city-based voluntary organisation, Swazon, seeking a probe into alleged “overnight disappearance of over 300 animals” from the records of Alipore Zoological Garden, the country’s ...
24 July 2025 Indian ExpressCalcutta HC asks Odisha to file affidavit on detention of Bengali migrants
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the Odisha government to file an affidavit on the alleged detention of Bengali-speaking workers on suspicion of being illegal Bangladesh migrants.Hearing habeas corpus petitions filed by the families of two migrant workers ...
24 July 2025 Indian ExpressPolls ahead, Mamata to bring officials to resolve problems at neighbourhood level
After the success of its ‘Duare Sarkar’ and ‘Parai Samadhan’ campaigns, the TMC government in West Bengal announced ‘Amader Para, Amader Samadhan’ (Our Neighbourhood, Our Solution), aimed at resolving issues at the level of ‘paras’ or neighbourhoods from August ...
24 July 2025 Indian Express‘BJP crossing all limits, its states Haryana and Assam detaining, sending NRC notices to Bengal residents’: Mamata
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that a family in Alipurduar district has received a citizenship notice from the Assam government and lashed out at the BJP government in the neighbouring state for “targeting” Bengali-speaking people.“Even ...
24 July 2025 Indian Express‘His health is absolutely fine’: Mamata on V-P Dhankhar’s resignation
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday expressed scepticism over Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar’s resignation, and said “his health is absolutely fine”.Dhankhar resigned on the very first day of the Monsoon session of Parliament. His resignation was immediately accepted ...
24 July 2025 Indian Express‘No arrest, only lawful document verification’: Odisha Advocate General tells Calcutta HC on migrant detentions
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday asked the Advocate General of Odisha to submit an affidavit on the alleged detention of Bengali-speaking migrant workers who had travelled to the state for work.The division bench of Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty and ...
24 July 2025 Indian ExpressBengal: 56 women being trafficked rescued from Patna-bound train, 2 traffickers arrested
Fifty women who were being trafficked were rescued from a Jalpaiguri-Patna train and two persons have been arrested in this connection, officials said.The operation was carried out by the Railway Protection Force (RPF) and Government Railway Police (GRP). The ...
23 July 2025 Indian ExpressKolkata law college rape: What was govt doing if 12 complaints were (against accused) from 2023, asks court
The Alipore court on Tuesday wondered what was the government doing if there were at least 12 complaints, mostly of molestation, against Kolkata law college rape prime accused Monojit Mishra from 2023.The court extended the judicial custody of Monojit ...
23 July 2025 Indian ExpressAzizul Haque (1942-2025): He was the face of 1970s Naxalbari movement, believed in ‘power grows out of gun barrel’
Veteran Naxalite leader and one of the faces of the 1970s Naxalbari movement, Azizul Haque, passed away on Monday. He was 83.Haque, who had been suffering from ailments related to old age, was admitted to a private hospital in ...
23 July 2025 Indian ExpressIIT Kharagpur student dies while trying to swallow tablet
A second-year student of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, died while trying to swallow medication on Monday night.Chandradeep Pawar, a second-year electrical engineering student and a resident of Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh, was taking medicine at his residence hall ...
23 July 2025 Indian ExpressRain, thunderstorms in West Bengal likely to last till July 28: IMD
Written by Anisha GhoshThe India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast rain and thunderstorms across several parts of Bengal from July 22 to 28, with isolated heavy to very heavy rainfall predicted in some districts later this week.In several South ...
23 July 2025 Indian Express‘Alcohol, biryani lured crowd’: Suvendu Adhikari on TMC Martyrs’ Day rally turnout
West Bengal Leader of Opposition and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari alleged that attendees at the TMC’s Martyrs’ Day rally in Kolkata were lured with “alcohol and biryani” and questioned the authenticity of the crowd.His remarks came as he addressed ...
23 July 2025 Indian Express‘Bangla speakers being hounded, sent to detention camps’: Mamata calls for language movement
Building her poll pitch around “Bengali ashmita (pride)”, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday accused the BJP of “linguistic terrorism” and announced a “bhasha andolon (language movement)” from July 27. She alleged that people speaking in Bangla ...
22 July 2025 Indian ExpressPatna hospital murder suspect held in Kolkata: How Bihar-Bengal criminal nexus is ‘deepening’
The arrest of a 26-year-old man from Kolkata in connection with a recent hospital murder in Patna has once again raised questions over whether West Bengal is becoming a safe haven for criminals from neighbouring states, especially Bihar.While police ...
22 July 2025 Indian ExpressTraffic ‘maintained very well,’ Calcutta HC praises Kolkata police on Shaheed Diwas rally day
The Calcutta High Court on Monday was all praises for the way the Kolkata Police managed traffic on the day of the Shaheed Diwas rally being led by the Trinamool Congress (TMC), which attracted lakhs of people from different ...
22 July 2025 Indian ExpressTMC Martyr’s Day rally: Several schools in Kolkata declare holiday on July 21
Many schools in Kolkata declared a holiday on Monday in anticipation of the Trinamool Congress‘s Martyrs’ Day rally, which is expected to draw thousands of people.Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is expected to address the gathering at Esplanade around 1 ...
21 July 2025 Indian ExpressKolkata braces for Shahid Diwas traffic curbs amid high court directives
The Kolkata Police have decided to implement a slew of traffic measures in the central part of the city on Monday in view of the ruling Trinamool Congress’s Shahid Diwas program.Besides, in a recent order, the Calcutta High Court ...
21 July 2025 Indian ExpressPatna hospital murder: 10 picked up for questioning in Bengal as search for shooters widens
Identified but still elusive, the police had cast a wider net to nab the assailants who shot dead a convict inside a hospital in Patna. On Saturday morning, five persons were picked up for questioning after two flats were ...
21 July 2025 Indian ExpressIIM Calcutta rape case: Court grants bail to accused, asks police about ‘delay’ in recording woman’s statement
AN ADDITIONAL Chief Judicial Magistrate court on Saturday granted bail to the arrested accused in the IIM Calcutta rape case. The court also questioned the police about why the woman complainant’s statement had not been recorded.The court granted bail ...
21 July 2025 Indian ExpressHad fruitful discussion with JP Nadda on BJP’s 2026 poll preparations: Dilip Ghosh
SENIOR BJP leader Dilip Ghosh, who missed Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s Durgapur programme on Friday, said on Saturday that he met the party’s national president JP Nadda at his residence in New Delhi.Ghosh said that he had a “fruitful ...
21 July 2025 Indian ExpressPM’s Durgapur Poll Pitch: Modi promises progress, TMC says they are ‘pack of lies’
Laying foundation stones for several development projects, valued at over Rs 5,400 crore, in Durgapur on Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that these projects aligned with the “Make in India, Make for the World” vision and will propel ...
20 July 2025 Indian ExpressYellow alert for south Bengal districts, heavy rain likely in north Bengal: IMD
Written by Anisha GhoshTHE IMD has issued a yellow alert for all districts in south Bengal and an orange alert for the north Bengal districts such as Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Kalimpong and yellow alert for Cooch Behar and North Dinajpur.According ...
20 July 2025 Indian ExpressFourth Death Since January: Another IIT-KGP student found dead in hostel, probe on
A 21-year-old mechanical engineering student at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur in West Bengal was found hanging in his hostel room on Friday morning, with preliminary investigations suggesting death by suicide, police said.According to police, Ritam Mondal, ...
20 July 2025 Indian ExpressPM Modi sounds BJP poll bugle in Bengal: Mamata govt enabling infiltration, hindering development
Laying the ground for the BJP’s campaign for next year’s Assembly elections in West Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lashed out at the Trinamool Congress (TMC) government in the state, accusing it of enabling “infiltration” and hindering ...
20 July 2025 Indian Express3 elephants, including mother & calf, killed by train while being driven away by hula party in Bengal’s Jhargram
Three elephants — including a mother and her calf — were killed after being hit by a train in West Bengal’s Jhargram district early Friday while a state forest department-backed Hula party was attempting to drive the herd out ...
19 July 2025 Indian ExpressWith orange alert on Friday, IMD says Bengal to receive heavy rain through weekend
Office and school-going commuters in South Bengal faced heavy to moderate rain in the early morning of Friday in Kolkata and adjacent districts.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an orange alert for multiple districts across South Bengal and ...
19 July 2025 Indian ExpressSecond visit to Bengal in two months: PM Modi hits out at TMC for ‘misrule’ hours before his Durgapur visit
On the eve of his visit to Durgapur where he will launch several development projects worth over Rs 5,000 crore, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched an attack on Mamata Banerjee-led TMC, claiming “West Bengal is suffering due ...
19 July 2025 Indian ExpressKolkata airport gets DigiYatra facility for contactless travel
A DigiYatra facility was inaugurated at Kolkata’s Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) Airport on Thursday, marking a significant stride in contactless travel.The service is specifically designed to streamline the experience for domestic transfer passengers.The facility was inaugurated by ...
19 July 2025 Indian ExpressWith ‘conditions apply’, Calcutta HC allows BJP rally in Siliguri coinciding with TMC’s Martyrs’ Day event
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday allowed the main Opposition party, the BJP, to hold a rally and a public meeting in Siliguri on July 21, coinciding with the ruling TMC’s annual mega Martyrs’ Day rally in Kolkata.The bench ...
19 July 2025 Indian ExpressPick a different venue next year for Martyrs’ Day rally: Calcutta High Court to TMC
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday, in an oral observation, asked the Trinamool Congress (TMC) to shift the venue of the annual Martyrs’ Day rally from next year, citing inconvenience caused to people on a working weekday, and suggested ...
18 July 2025 Indian ExpressWest Bengal: Days left for deadline, over 5.5 lakh appy for teachers’ job
Less than a week before the deadline to apply for the 35,726 assistant teacher posts in government and state-aided schools in West Bengal, the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) has received over 5.5 lakh applications.The Calcutta High Court ...
18 July 2025 Indian ExpressBJP demands immediate SIR in West Bengal: ‘Rohingyas in electoral roll’
On a day when West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee led a protest march against alleged harassment of Bengali-speaking migrants in BJP-ruled states, Leader of Opposition in Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday marched to the office of Chief Electoral ...
18 July 2025 Indian ExpressAfter nearly 2 years, IIM Calcutta gets a full-time director
The Union Ministry of Education on Wednesday appointed Alok Kumar Rai, the vice-chancellor of Lucknow University, as the full-time director of the Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta.The IIM-Calcutta did not have a regular full-term director for nearly two years.The appointment ...
18 July 2025 Indian ExpressRose Valley chit fund scam: More RS 10.5 crore returned to depositors
The ED on Wednesday said the Asset Disposal Committee (ADC) has disbursed an additional Rs 10.5 crore to 11,883 victims or depositors of the Rose Valley Ponzi scheme.“With this latest round, the total amount disbursed so far to 72,760 ...
18 July 2025 Indian ExpressSchool jobs case | Calcutta HC nod to fresh teachers’ hiring: ‘rules stringent, student centric’
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday upheld the latest teachers’ recruitment notification in the government and aided schools of West Bengal, saying the new rules are more stringent and student centric.Dismissing a bunch of appeals filed by a group ...
17 July 2025 Indian ExpressCollege student dies at Nicco park waterfall in Kolkata; probe on into cause
An 18-year-old college student died after falling unconscious on a simulated waterfall at Kolkata’s Nicco Park on Wednesday.He was rushed to a private hospital in Salt Lake, where doctors declared him dead.According to the amusement park’s authorities, Rahul arrived ...
17 July 2025 Indian Express24 hours on, fate of 34 detained Indian fishermen in Bangladesh uncertain
Over 24 hours after they were detained by the Bangladesh Navy, 34 Indian fishermen from Kakdwip in South 24-Parganas have still not been released. The fishermen were allegedly apprehended late Monday night for crossing into Bangladeshi waters while fishing ...
17 July 2025 Indian ExpressCalcutta HC seeks Centre’s reply on deportation of Birbhum family to Bangladesh
The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the Centre, the Delhi government and the West Bengal government to file affidavits in connection with the arrest of a Bengali migrant family in the National Capital and their deportation to Bangladesh.Hearing ...
17 July 2025 Indian ExpressCalcutta HC to hear R G Kar murder-rape convict’s plea for acquittal
The Calcutta High Court Wednesday said that it will hear the plea of the sole convict in the R G Kar Medical College and Hospital rape and murder case, Sanjoy Roy, for acquittal from the case.A division bench of ...
17 July 2025 Indian Express‘Fighting every year, but to no avail’: Mamata Banerjee blames Centre, DVC for flooding in Bengal
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on the Central government and the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC), holding them responsible for the flood-like situation in parts of the state.Addressing a press conference at Nabanna, ...
16 July 2025 Indian ExpressIIM-C’s academic council to take call on student arrested for rape
The Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta (IIM-C) has called a meeting of its academic council this week over the arrest of a second-year student in a rape case.Paramanand Mahaveer Toppannawar, 26, was arrested last Saturday for allegedly raping a young ...
16 July 2025 Indian ExpressMamata to lead protest march in Kolkata over ‘harassment’ of Bengali-speaking people in other states
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will lead a protest march in Kolkata on Wednesday over alleged harassment of Bengali-speaking people in BJP-ruled states.The march will begin at College Square around 1 pm and conclude at Dharmatala in the ...
16 July 2025 Indian Express‘We are pushing boundaries in AI, cyber security’: IIT-Kharagpur director at 71st convocation
IIT-Kharagpur director Suman Chakraborty on Tuesday said the institution was pushing boundaries in the areas of artificial intelligence, cyber security and cloud computing, and it has become a national leader in AI’s responsible real-world applications in health care and ...
16 July 2025 Indian Express‘Shoved into buses, sent to Bengal’: TMC MPs flag Bengali migrants’ detention in Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra
Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Tuesday once again pointed to the alleged plight of migrant labourers from West Bengal, claiming that a group after being released from detention in Chattisgarh were forcibly put into buses and sent back ...
16 July 2025 Indian ExpressMamata: No ban on samosa, jalebi, won’t interfere with food habits
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said Tuesday that state government will not implement a ban on popular snacks like samosas and jalebi as suggested by some media reports and her government would not interfere with people’s food habits.In a ...
16 July 2025 Indian ExpressWe are pushing boundaries in cybersecurity, AI, cloud computing: IIT Kharagpur director
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur director Suman Chakraborty said Tuesday that the institute’s research covers “a wide range of fields, including virtual accident monitoring, wastewater engineering, and next-generation wireless communication”.“We are pushing the boundaries in cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, ...
16 July 2025 Indian ExpressTMC MLA Paresh Pal, 2 Kolkata councillors move HC for anticipatory bail in 2021 BJP worker murder case
Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Paresh Pal and Kolkata councillors Swapan Samaddar and Papiya Ghosh moved the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday, seeking anticipatory bail in the 2021 Abhijit Sarkar murder case. Sarkar, a BJP worker, was killed during the ...
16 July 2025 Indian Express‘Shoved into buses and sent to Bengal’: Mahua Moitra slams Chhattisgarh Police for treatment of migrant workers
The nine migrant labourers detained by the Chhattisgarh Police have been set free but “shoved into buses and sent to West Bengal”, claimed Trinamool Congress (TMC) Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra Tuesday. Meanwhile, TMC Rajya Sabha MP and West ...
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