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  • Cyclone Montha: These south Bengal districts can expect heavy rain, IMD says

    West Bengal Cyclone Montha Rain, Weather Forecast Today: With Cyclone Montha expected to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm by Tuesday, the IMD has predicted light to moderate rain and thundershowers for south Bengal districts, including Kolkata, Howrah, Hooghly, ...

    29 October 2025 Indian Express
    Woman ‘molested, assaulted’ at 5-star Kolkata hotel; Park Street gangrape convict named in FIR

    A woman at a weekend club inside a 5-star hotel in Kolkata hid herself for nearly half an hour after she was allegedly molested, assaulted, and attacked with beer bottles in the early hours of Sunday.According to the FIR, ...

    29 October 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal man writes ‘NRC responsible’ for his death in ‘suicide note’, Mamata says ‘indictment of BJP’s politics of fear’

    A 57-year-old man, who was found hanging at his Panighati residence in Barrackpore on Tuesday morning, in his purported ‘suicide note’ stated that “NRC is responsible for my death”.Pradeep Kar, according to his family members, became “restless” on Monday ...

    29 October 2025 Indian Express
    TMC, Left hail SC’s MGNREGA order for Bengal: ‘Rebuke to Centre’s arrogance, injustice’

    Both the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Opposition Left, barring the BJP, welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision not to interfere with the Calcutta High Court’s order for the resumption of MGNREGA in West Bengal from August 1, 2025.The ...

    29 October 2025 Indian Express
    Amid row over his poem, Sahitya Akademi calls off Bengali poet’s Kolkata event

    The Sahitya Akademi’s regional office in Kolkata cancelled a programme featuring Bengali poet Srijato Bandyopadhyay, citing “unavoidable circumstances” in a message posted on X on October 24.The event, part of the Akademi’s “Abhivyakti” series and due to be held ...

    29 October 2025 Indian Express
    Kurapati Ajay arrest: Wanted in 13 states, ‘master of reinvention’ conman held by Bengal police in Kerala

    Bengal police cybercrime arrest: For years, the elusive Ajay K alias Kurapati Ajay kept the police in 13 states on their toes – meeting and befriending people in hotels across India, conning them of their possessions, and donning disguises ...

    28 October 2025 Indian Express
    SIR in Bengal: TMC warns of voters’ deletion, BJP says ruling party scared of losing ‘Bangladeshi votebank’

    Soon after the Election Commission (EC) announced the dates for the second phase of the SIR (Special Intensive Revision) of electoral rolls in nine states, including West Bengal, the ruling TMC and the Opposition BJP in the state engaged ...

    28 October 2025 Indian Express
    Three weeks after mob attack, Bengal BJP MP to be flown to AIIMS Delhi

    Nearly 20 days after being attacked by a mob during his visit to flood-affected regions in the Jalpaiguri district, BJP MP Khagen Murmu will be flown to AIIMS, Delhi for further treatment, family sources said.He was discharged from a ...

    28 October 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata Metro cuts services on Blue, Green Lines for Chhath Puja: Check the first and last train timings here

    Kolkata Metro Railway will operate lesser number of trains on the Blue and Green Lines on Monday, October 27, on the occasion of Chhath Puja, the officials said.On the Blue Line Metro will run 236 services (118 up and ...

    28 October 2025 Indian Express
    How Cyclone Montha is expected to hit West Bengal: Heavy rain this week

    Cyclone montha update: With Cyclone Montha rapidly intensifying over the Bay of Bengal, IMD has forecast that the deep depression will strengthen into a cyclonic storm by Monday, leading to heavy rainfall in West Bengal, especially in southern districts, ...

    28 October 2025 Indian Express
    Hours before ECI’s press conference on SIR, Bengal govt transfers 64 IAS officers, including 10 district magistrates, and 457 civil service officers

    Hours before the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) press conference in Delhi — expected to announce the commencement date of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls — the West Bengal government, in a major reshuffle, transferred 64 ...

    28 October 2025 Indian Express
    TMC, Left hail SC order dismissing Centre’s plea on MGNREGA funds to Bengal: ‘Rebuke to its arrogance’

    Both the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Opposition Left, barring the BJP, welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision not to interfere with the Calcutta High Court’s order for the resumption of MGNREGA in West Bengal from August 1, 2025.The ...

    28 October 2025 Indian Express
    Altercation with auto driver leads to ‘mob attack’ on Customs officer in Bengal; 1 held

    A customs officer, Pradeep Kumar, was brutally ‘assaulted’ at his Sonarpur residence late Saturday night, allegedly by a mob of around 53 people, led by an autorickshaw driver, following a reported altercation with the driver over rash driving in ...

    28 October 2025 Indian Express
    ‘They will send us back’: Fear of deportation spurs rush to BJP MLA’s ‘CAA enlisting camp’ in Nadia

    Around 45 km from the Petrapol border, people are queuing at Palpara to seek help applying for citizenship under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), many saying they fear deportation to Bangladesh if they do not register.BJP MLA Asim Sarkar ...

    27 October 2025 Indian Express
    Alternative hume pipe bridge at Dudhia, connecting Mirik with Siliguri completed in 16 days: Mamata

    Nearly three weeks after the torrential rains and devastating landslides hit North Bengal, causing widespread damage in the area, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said that the construction of an alternative hume pipe bridge at Dudhia, linking Mirik ...

    27 October 2025 Indian Express
    Murder in Kolkata mayor’s ward: Stabbed in the neck during brawl, man runs 100 m before collapsing

    A car mechanic was stabbed to death during an argument at a drinking session near the 17A/17B bus stand in Kolkata’s Chetla area on Saturday, the police said. Bleeding heavily, the victim, Ashok Paswan, managed to run nearly 100 ...

    27 October 2025 Indian Express
    BJP MP Khagen Murmu discharged from hospital, gets ‘Y-plus’ category security after mob attack in Jalpaiguri

    BJP MP Khagen Murmu was discharged from a private hospital in Siliguri Saturday evening after receiving 20 days of treatment following an attack during his visit to flood-affected regions in the Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal.According to hospital sources, ...

    27 October 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata gears up for Chhath Puja, check traffic restrictions on major roads

    With Kolkata gearing up for the celebration of Chhath Puja on October 27 and 28, the police have rolled out an elaborate traffic plan to ensure smooth movement and public safety.The festival, deeply rooted in the traditions of Bihar, ...

    27 October 2025 Indian Express
    After 5 years first direct flight to China takes off from Kolkata

    After a five-year hiatus, direct air travel between India and mainland China resumed on Sunday with the launch of a daily non-stop service from Kolkata to Guangzhou.IndiGo operated the inaugural flight from Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport (NSCBI), ...

    27 October 2025 Indian Express
    ‘If anything happens, I’m responsible’: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee orders tighter security at government hospitals

    In the wake of a string of incidents of sexual assault at government hospital and medical colleges in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday directed the state health department and police to tighten security at all the ...

    27 October 2025 Indian Express
    Bay of Bengal depression may become cyclonic storm by Monday, says IMD

    IMD warned on Saturday that a depression over the southeast Bay of Bengal is likely to deepen into a cyclonic storm by Monday morning and could strengthen further into a severe cyclonic storm by October 28 before making landfall ...

    27 October 2025 Indian Express
    In Bengal, SIR likely to begin from first week of Nov, to go on till Feb

    The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls is likely to start in West Bengal in the first week of November with the Election Commission of India (ECI) asking the state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) to complete all pre-rollout ...

    26 October 2025 Indian Express
    HC lifts blanket protection for Suvendu from police action, orders SIT to probe 4 cases against him

    In a setback for Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari ahead of the elections in the state, the Calcutta High Court on Friday withdrew the blanket protection that had prevented the police from taking coercive action ...

    26 October 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Contempt of court’: kin of deported Bengal family to resume legal battle as Calcutta HC deadline for their return expires

    As the deadline set by the Calcutta High Court for the return of Sunali Khatun, a pregnant woman, and others from Bangladesh expired on Friday, family members are looking to restart their legal battle, highlighting “contempt of court” by ...

    26 October 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata Metro to go app-only for fares; Orange Line partial commissioning by December 2026

    Kolkata Metro aims to make fare payments fully app-based so passengers need to carry “nothing apart from their mobile phones,” Subhransu Sekhar Mishra, General Manager of Metro Railway, Kolkata, said on Friday during the system’s Foundation Day programme at ...

    26 October 2025 Indian Express
    Low pressure developing over Bay of Bengal, Met forecasts rain during Chhath

    The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast dry weather over most parts of Bengal on Saturday, but warned of a low-pressure area forming over the southeast Bay of Bengal and the south Andaman Sea, which is likely to intensify ...

    26 October 2025 Indian Express
    Days after he ‘lathi-charged’ residents for bursting crackers near his bungalow, Bengal SP gets transfer order

    Cooch Behar Superintendent of Police Dyutiman Bhattacharya has been removed from his post and transferred as commandant of the third battalion of the Special Armed Force. Though administrative sources described the transfer as routine, it came soon after a ...

    25 October 2025 Indian Express
    Man stabbed to death ‘for switching off loud music’; 2 arrested : Police

    Police arrested a man and his wife for allegedly stabbing their neighbour to death after he switched off the loud music playing late at night during Kali Puja celebrations in the Kusthia area of Sonarpur, South 24 Parganas district, ...

    25 October 2025 Indian Express
    In the run-UP to SIR: EC’s BLO hiring hits snag, sends notice to 600 teachers for refusing to work

    Even as the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal is scheduled to start in November first week, the state Chief Electoral Office is reportedly facing issues in employing Booth Level Officers (BLOs), crucial for implementing ...

    25 October 2025 Indian Express
    Bolpur: Month after recovery, Army defuses ‘WWII-era’ bomb

    A blast sent thick black smoke into the air, shaking the area of Bolpur of West Bengal’s Birbhum district on Wednesday. Indian Army personnel had just defused a World War II-era mortar shell, recovered from Ajay river.A month ago, ...

    25 October 2025 Indian Express
    Calcutta HC ends protection for BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari from police action without court permit; SIT to probe five cases against him

    In a setback for Leader of Opposition in the Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari, the Calcutta High Court on Friday withdrew the blanket protection that had prevented the police from taking coercive action against him without court permission.The single-judge bench ...

    25 October 2025 Indian Express
    1 arrested for idol damage in Bengal, police say no communal or political link found so far

    Police have arrested one person in connection with damage to an idol of Goddess Kali in the Kakdwip area of South 24 Parganas that led to tension and protest in the area on Wednesday.In a statement, the West Bengal ...

    24 October 2025 Indian Express
    Board of Practical Training (ER) celebrates 50 years, focus on AI and healthcare

    The Board of Practical Training (Eastern Region), Ministry of Education, recently celebrated 50 years of apprenticeship training at  Regional Apprenticeship Day (RAD) 2025 held  in Kolkata,an official statement said.According to the statement, the ceremony, which featured  Baidyanath Yadav (retired ...

    24 October 2025 Indian Express
    Man ‘set ablaze’ after brawl during Kali Puja immersion near Kolkata

    A 45-year-old man suffered burn injuries after allegedly being set ablaze during a brawl among participants of a Kali Puja immersion procession at Bediapara in South Dumdum area on Thursday, police said.Ranjit Karmakar was returning home after the idol ...

    24 October 2025 Indian Express
    IIM Calcutta and Satyajit Ray film institute sign MoU to expand opportunities for India’s creative economy

    The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta and Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute (SRFTI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Thursday, marking the first-ever collaboration between a premier business school and a leading media institute in the country.This ...

    24 October 2025 Indian Express
    ‘WWII-era’ bomb defused in Bengal’s Bolpur, a month after its discovery in riverbed

    A blast sent thick black smoke into the air, shaking Bolpur in West Bengal’s Birbhum district on Wednesday. However, there is no reason for panic as the quake was the effect of the Indian Army personnel defusing a World ...

    24 October 2025 Indian Express
    BJP plans over 1,000 CAA camps across West Bengal, to focus on Bangladesh-bordering districts ahead of SIR and polls

    With Diwali and Kali Puja over, the West Bengal BJP has begun preparations to set up more than 1,000 Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) camps across the state. This comes ahead of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral ...

    24 October 2025 Indian Express
    Dry spell for Bengal mostly expected to continue on Friday: IMD

    The weather across West Bengal on Friday, October 24, is expected to remain largely dry and stable, according to a forecast by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD).In South Bengal, including districts such as Kolkata, Howrah, Hooghly, North and South ...

    24 October 2025 Indian Express
    New bridge proposed over Bengal’s Hooghly river at Bagnan, as part of Varanasi-Kolkata Expressway

    A new bridge may soon come up over the Hooghly River in West Bengal as part of the Varanasi-Kolkata four-lane expressway project. According to officials in the state Public Works Department (PWD), the proposed bridge would be constructed at ...

    24 October 2025 Indian Express
    Another hospital horror in Bengal, teen ‘molested’ at Kolkata’s SSKM by former staff member

    A 15-year-old girl, who was accompanying her parents to Kolkata’s SSKM Hospital, was allegedly molested by a former staff member on Wednesday.Police have arrested the accused, identified as Amit Mallik, 35, who is currently working as a temporary staff ...

    24 October 2025 Indian Express
    Woman molested near Dakshineswar Metro Station; one arrested

    A woman was allegedly molested near West Bengal’s Dakshineswar Metro Station on Tuesday evening while returning home from work.According to the complaint lodged at the Dakshineshwar police station, the alleged incident occurred around 7.30 pm near the busy Dakshineswar ...

    24 October 2025 Indian Express
    Police rule out ‘foul play’ in death of RG Kar rape convict’s teenage niece: ‘Suicide by hanging’

    The Kolkata Police on Tuesday ruled out any foul play in the death of a teenage girl, the niece of RG Kar rape convict Sanjoy Roy. Police said a post-mortem report concluded that the death was due to suicide ...

    23 October 2025 Indian Express
    Protest in Bengal’s Kakdwip over damaged idol, BJP slams TMC govt, police warn against rumour mongering

    Protests erupted in the Kakdwip area of South 24 Parganas district in West Bengal on Wednesday after an idol of Goddess Kali was found damaged.As residents refused to immerse the idol and blocked the national highway, police said they ...

    23 October 2025 Indian Express
    Court remands 4 accused in Durgapur gangrape case to judicial custody till October 27

    A local court here on Wednesday remanded four accused, arrested in connection with the alleged gangrape of a medical student, to judicial custody till October 27.The student from Odisha was allegedly gangraped by some men outside the campus of ...

    23 October 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal medical student ‘gangrape’: 2 of the 6 accused may turn approver, police say friend ‘tried to mislead’ probe

    Two of the six accused in the case of alleged gangrape of a medical student in Paschim Bardhaman district of West Bengal are likely to become police approvers, sources said.On Wednesday, four of the six accused – Nasiruddin Sheikh ...

    23 October 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Assault, rape threats’ against woman doctor in Bengal: Third arrest made; Health dept seeks report from medical college

    Police made a third arrest late Tuesday in connection with the alleged assault and rape threats against a junior female doctor at a Uluberia Government Medical College and Hospital in Howrah district on Monday evening.According to police, Sheikh Samrat ...

    23 October 2025 Indian Express
    Home guard held for ‘assault, rape threats’ to woman doctor at Bengal govt hospital

    A junior female doctor at a West Bengal government hospital was allegedly assaulted and threatened with rape by a home guard on Monday evening. Both accused were produced on Tuesday before the Uluberia Court, which granted three-day police custody.Police ...

    23 October 2025 Indian Express
    Khichuri, katla curry to mutton kosha: Bengal jails festive menus for Kali Puja and Diwali

    As Kolkata and the rest of Bengal celebrate Kali Puja and Diwali, several correctional homes across the state have swapped routine rations for special festival menus, providing inmates a taste of home with dishes ranging from khichuri and aloo ...

    23 October 2025 Indian Express
    Massive fire engulfs dye factory in Bengal’s Khardah; three adjacent factories gutted

    West Bengal Khardah Dye Factory Fire: A massive fire broke out at a dye factory early Tuesday morning at Ishwaripur in Khardah, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal. Twenty fire engines were rushed to the densely populated area to prevent ...

    22 October 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata’s AQI plunges due to bursting of banned firecrackers amid festivities

    The air quality in Kolkata deteriorated on Monday night as the city choked under a thick smoke due to bursting of firecrackers amid Diwali and Kali Puja celebrations.As part of their crackdown to curb different violations during the festivities, ...

    22 October 2025 Indian Express
    BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari alleges ‘TMC women attacked’ his convoy; Trinamool calls it ‘people’s anger’

    Suvendu Adhikari Attacked News: Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday alleged that his car was attacked by women members of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) while he was en route to inaugurate a Kali Puja ...

    22 October 2025 Indian Express
    IIT Kharagpur ‘clash’: 3 expelled, 4 suspended students appeal to director to reconsider decision, request they be given opportunity to rectify behaviour

    Seven IIT Kharagpur students, who faced disciplinary action for engaging in a fight on the campus earlier this month, have recently written to the director of the institute to withdraw the decision to save their careers from being destroyed. ...

    22 October 2025 Indian Express
    WB NUJS to get new vice chancellor, CJI B R Gavai picks O V Nandimath as replacement for outgoing VC N K Chakrabarti

    The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (WB NUJS) is all set to get a new vice chancellor (VC) after the institute reopens post Puja vacation in November.University officials said that a search committee had recommended three names ...

    22 October 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Govt hospital issuing fake birth and death certificates,’ Bengal BJP MLA writes to Amit Shah ahead of SIR

    Just days before the special intensive revision (SIR) of the voter list is to start in West Bengal, BJP MLA Sankar Ghosh has written to the Union Home Minister Amit Shah about the alleged issuance of over 850 fake ...

    21 October 2025 Indian Express
    Direct flights between India and mainland China to resume after 5 years; Kolkata-Guangzhou IndiGo flight to take off on Oct 26

    Direct air connectivity between India and mainland China is set to resume after a hiatus of over five years. IndiGo Airlines, India’s largest carrier, will launch a daily non-stop flight connecting Kolkata (Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport) to ...

    20 October 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata Metro Timings on Diwali: Special night trains on Metro’s east‑west line for Kali  Puja

    Kolkata Metro Train Timings Today: Kolkata Metro will extend its services on Kali Puja, October 20, for an additional hour along the East-West corridor.The Green Line (Howrah Maidan-Salt Lake Sector 5 stretch) will see 120 metro services, with 60 ...

    20 October 2025 Indian Express
    Legal support to volunteers, use of AI: BJP spruces up its social media strategy before Bengal polls

    With the Assembly elections in Bengal just a few months away, the Opposition BJP has upped its social media outreach.According to party sources, the BJP will have a more active presence on social media, and it will induct volunteers ...

    19 October 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata Traffic Restrictions Today for Kali Puja 2025: Kolkata Police issues traffic advisory for October 20. Check routes to take

    Kali Puja 2025, Kolkata Traffic Advisory Today: In view of Kali Puja celebrations on October 20, the Kolkata Police has announced traffic restrictions and diversions to ensure vehicular movement and public safety.The curbs will come into effect from the ...

    19 October 2025 Indian Express
    After Centre’s urban poverty mission DAY-NULM ends, West Bengal flags lack of funds for homeless shelters

    After the Union government’s flagship urban poverty alleviation mission ended last year, the West Bengal government has flagged “non-availibility” of funds from the Centre, saying it has affected the construction and operation of urban homeless shelters.The Deen Dayal Upadhyaya ...

    19 October 2025 Indian Express
    BJP MP Raju Bista’s ‘convoy attacked’ near Sukhia Pokhri in Darjeeling, probe on

    BJP MP from Darjeeling, Raju Bista’s convoy on Saturday was allegedly attacked when it was passing through Masdhura area near Sukhia Pokhri, police said.Bista claimed that “unknown miscreants” pelted stones at his convoy, damaging the vehicle.A complaint in this ...

    19 October 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Unilateral, revoke it’: Mamata Banerjee writes to PM on appointment of Gorkhaland interlocutor

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and urged him to revoke the Central government’s “unilateral decision” to appoint interlocutor for talks with leaders of the Darjeeling hills over various demands, including ...

    19 October 2025 Indian Express
    Over 75,000 migrant labourers register under Bengal’s Shramasree scheme; 1,000 getting monthly allowance: officials

    Over 75,000 migrant labourers working outside West Bengal have applied under the Mamata Banerjee Government’s Shramasree programme, expressing interest in returning to the state, labour department officials said, adding that the verification process had started and that 1,000 of ...

    19 October 2025 Indian Express
    Light rain, thundershowers likely in parts of West Bengal during Kali Puja

    After days of dry and clear skies, light rain and thundershowers are expected in parts of South and North Bengal on Saturday and Sunday, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The rain is likely to bring temporary relief ...

    19 October 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Will meet Odisha CM along with her’: rape survivor’s father says she wishes to continue in the same college, but he will see options in home state

    A day after the Odisha MBBS student who was allegedly raped outside a private medical college in West Bengal left the hospital where she had been admitted, her father said that she wanted to continue her studies in the ...

    19 October 2025 Indian Express
    Spotted ‘climbing a building’: Murder suspects from Rajasthan’s escape ends in Kolkata; three arrested

    Quick thinking by residents and prompt action by the Kolkata Police led to the arrest of three individuals allegedly involved in a high-profile murder case in Rajasthan. The arrests were made in the Phoolbagan area on Thursday evening.The incident ...

    18 October 2025 Indian Express
    Day after HC rap, Kolkata police cracks down: 3,000kg ‘illegal’ firecrackers seized, drones monitor from sky

    A day after the Calcutta High Court rapped the state government, “ Is the state at all interested in putting a ban on firecrackers…” and the police prohibiting the flying of sky lanterns during Kali Puja and Diwali , ...

    18 October 2025 Indian Express
    Gorkhaland statehood demand back in spotlight as Centre appoints former Dy NSA as interlocutor for talks

    The Centre’s appointment of former Deputy National Security Adviser Pankaj Kumar Singh on Thursday as an interlocutor for talks with leaders of the Darjeeling hills in West Bengal over various demands from the region, including finding a “permanent political ...

    18 October 2025 Indian Express
    No sky lanterns this Diwali, Kolkata Police cites fire hazard, flight safety

    The Kolkata Police has prohibited flying sky lanterns during Kali Puja and Diwali due to potential fire hazards. According to Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Verma, strict surveillance will be implemented to enforce the ban and violators may face police ...

    18 October 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Is state at all interested in putting a ban on firecrackers?’: HC raps Bengal govt ahead of Diwali

    Is the state at all interested in putting a ban on firecrackers… remarked the Calcutta High Court’s vacation bench while directing the West Bengal government to submit a detailed report on implementing its guidelines to prevent sale of illegal ...

    18 October 2025 Indian Express
    In pre-SIR exercise in 7 Bengal districts, nearly 50% names not in benchmark 2002 voters’ list

    Before kickstarting the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound West Bengal, the Election Commission (EC) has started comparing this year’s voters’ list with that of 2002, when the last revision exercise was conducted in the state.This ...

    18 October 2025 Indian Express
    Congress asks EC to call all-party meeting on SIR, says release findings of matching-mapping exercise

    With the Election Commission all set to start the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral roll in poll-bound West Bengal, the state unit of the Congress on Thursday asked the poll panel to convene an all-party meeting at the ...

    18 October 2025 Indian Express
    Abhishek launches ‘Ami Banglar Digital Joddha’, TMC looks to recruit ‘content creators, digital amplifiers’ ahead of Bengal polls

    Months ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections, the Trinamool Congress launched a new digital outreach programme, ‘Ami Banglar Digital Joddha (I am Bengal’s Digital Warrior)’, aimed at countering the BJP’s online campaigns ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections.According to ...

    17 October 2025 Indian Express
    Raids in ‘7 locations’ across West Bengal as ED intensifies illegal sand mining probe

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED) launched a fresh series of raids on Thursday morning as part of its ongoing investigation into money laundering in the illegal sand mining racket in West Bengal.Multiple teams from the central agency are currently conducting ...

    17 October 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal BJP plans art, film, and music festivals as outreach ahead of 2026 polls

    With the West Bengal Assembly polls months away, the BJP has intensified its preparations, launching a series of outreach initiatives targeting different sections of society — including appeals to the state’s intellectual and cultural interests.Union Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav ...

    17 October 2025 Indian Express
    Mamata announces plan to build grand Mahakal Mandir in Siliguri

    After announcing Jagannath Mandir and Durga Angan projects, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has now said that a large Mahakal mandir will be built in Siliguri.During her visit to flood-hit North Bengal, Banerjee on Thursday visited the Mahakal ...

    17 October 2025 Indian Express
    ‘She is pregnant, will they ever be home?’: Family of Sunali Khatun worries weeks after Calcutta HC and Bangladesh court order her return

    Despite clear orders from both the Calcutta High Court and a Bangladesh court for their repatriation, the families of six people from Birbhum, including a pregnant woman, her husband and their son, remain in anxious wait.With the October 26 ...

    17 October 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal ‘gangrape’ case | Father of woman seeks Mamata’s forgiveness: ‘She is like mother’

    The father of the MBBS student, who was allegedly gangraped last week outside her medical college campus, described West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as a “mother-like figure” on Wednesday and urged her to forgive him if he had ...

    16 October 2025 Indian Express
    Mamata says State evacuated at least 20,000 before North Bengal floods; rescued 1,300

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday claimed that the state government had evacuated at least 20,000 people from their homes before the recent North Bengal floods, and rescued 1,300 people during the “disaster”.“… Otherwise, what would have ...

    16 October 2025 Indian Express
    ‘TMC government is anti-tribals’: BJP holds protest rally against attack on party leaders

    Days after BJP leaders were injured after a mob attacked them in Jalpaiguri district during their visit to flood-affected people, the party’s West Bengal unit on Wednesday took out a protest rally.Led by senior leaders, such as Union Minister ...

    16 October 2025 Indian Express
    RG Kar whistleblower quits govt job, joins BJP as polls draw near

    Nearly a year after he shot into prominence as the key whistleblower in the multi-crore financial irregularities case at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Akhtar Ali has resigned from his government service, citing “vendetta” and a series ...

    16 October 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal Gangrape Case: Friend in custody, police want to know why he didn’t seek help or raise alarm

    After getting custody of the male friend of an MBBS student, who was allegedly gangraped outside the medical college campus in West Bengal’s Paschim Bardhaman district last Friday night, the police are trying to piece together his role in ...

    16 October 2025 Indian Express
    ‘False promises of marriage and sex’: 16 women among 17 held in Kolkata for defrauding matrimony and dating app users

    Kolkata Police’s Cyber Crime Division has busted an alleged fake call centre and arrested 17 people — including 16 women — for allegedly duping victims across India and Bangladesh who used online dating and matrimony applications.A case was lodged ...

    16 October 2025 Indian Express
    In Bengal’s flooded tea gardens, a girl’s 3:30 am phone call sparks coordinated rescue for expecting mothers, and hundreds more

    Floods began to rise swiftly in the remote Jiti Tea Garden around 3:30 am on October 5. Panic spread through the community. Amid the darkness, one call changed everything.Eighteen-year-old Krintika Munda, a Class 11 student, sensed the looming danger ...

    16 October 2025 Indian Express
    Calcutta HC directs police to prevent unauthorised entry into Paschim Bardhaman medical college hospital

    The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed police to prevent unauthorised entry into the private medical college and hospital in Paschim Bardhaman where a second-year student, who was allegedly gang-raped outside the campus on October 10, is undergoing treatment.The ...

    16 October 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Gangrape’ Case: Satisfied with probe, made arrests within 2 days, says top cop

    Expressing satisfaction over the police investigation into the alleged gangrape of a medical student in Paschim Bardhaman district, Police Commissioner of Asansol-Durgapur Commissionerate Sunil Chowdhury on Tuesday said that they made the first arrests in the case within two ...

    16 October 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal ‘gangrape’ case: Friend of MBBS student arrested after police reconstruct crime scene

    Hours after reconstructing the crime scene with one of the five accused and the male friend of the MBBS student, who was allegedly gangraped on Friday night in a forest area near the medical college in Paschim Bardhaman district ...

    15 October 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Gangrape’ Case: On BJP seeking nod to hold dharna, High Court tells police: ‘Act as per the law’

    The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the Paschim Bardhaman district administration to “act accordingly” over a petition filed by the BJP, seeking permission to hold a demonstration against the alleged gangrape of a medical student there.The BJP had ...

    15 October 2025 Indian Express
    Platinum Jubilee Drive: IIT-Kharagpur launches drive to boost research park at Rajarhat

    IIT Kharagpur on Tuesday launched a Platinum Jubilee Special Drive to strengthen innovation and research through its new Research Park at Rajarhat, Kolkata.The drive, announced as part of the institute’s 75th-year celebrations, is designed to deepen collaboration between academia, ...

    15 October 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal MBBS student rape case: ‘No street lights or police surveillance in area,’ says National Commission for Women report

    The National Commission for Women (NCW) has taken suo motu cognisance of the alleged gang rape of a second-year MBBS student of a private medical college in Durgapur late on Friday night (October 10). A fact-finding report by a ...

    15 October 2025 Indian Express
    Rs 1.2 lakh for families who lost homes in North Bengal floods: Mamata Banerjee announces during Mirik visit

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday visited flood-hit Mirik in Darjeeling district, met affected families and inspected damaged homes. Banerjee announced that all families who lost their homes in the floods and landslides will receive financial assistance ...

    15 October 2025 Indian Express
    HC seeks case diary of police probe into mob attack on BJP leaders in north Bengal

    A vacation bench of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the West Bengal government to submit a “comprehensive report” and produce the case diary in connection with the mob attack on BJP MP Khagen Murmu and BJP MLA ...

    15 October 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Can’t say Bengal is safe for girls’: Governor Bose after meeting ‘gang-rape’ victim, family

    West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Monday termed the alleged gang-rape of a second-year MBBS student in Paschim Bardhaman district as “outrageous, and shocking to public conscience”, saying this was not the first time such an incident has ...

    15 October 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Safest City’ jubilation to political crisis: Back-to-back ‘rapes’ bring spotlight back on women safety in Bengal

    Just as the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) was celebrating Kolkata’s recognition as the “Safest City” for the fourth consecutive year, based on the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report, two back-to-back alleged incidents of rape — one of an ...

    15 October 2025 Indian Express
    Bhutan should compensate Bengal for floods, says CM Mamata Banerjee

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday claimed that the deluge in North Bengal was caused by water flowing down from neighbouring Bhutan, and demanded compensation from both the Central government and Himalayan Kingdom.Banerjee was visiting the disaster-hit Nagrakata ...

    14 October 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Gangrape’ of medical student in Paschim Bardhaman: Two more arrested, one being questioned, say police

    Asansol police have arrested two more persons in connection with the gangrape of a medical student of a private medical college in Paschim Bardhaman, taking the total number of arrests in the case to five.A court later remanded Safiq, ...

    14 October 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal ‘Gangrape’ Case: Not midnight as Mamata claimed, student was back in college by 10 pm

    As West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee questioned why the MBBS student, who was allegedly gangraped Friday in Paschim Bardhaman district, was out of the campus “after midnight”, triggering a row, the timeline of the incident points otherwise.The medical ...

    14 October 2025 Indian Express
    West Bengal Police arrest fifth suspect in MMBS gang rape case, question another man

    Hours after the police in West Bengal’s Durgapur arrested three suspects in connection with the gang rape of a second-year MBBS student of a private medical college in the city last week, a senior officer said Monday they have nabbed two more people.The police have identified the fifth suspect as Safiq, ...

    14 October 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata law college gang rape: Accused security guard gets bail

    Nearly four months after the gang rape of a law student at a law college in South Kolkata, one of the accused — the college’s security guard, Pinaki Banerjee (55) — was granted bail on a bond of Rs ...

    14 October 2025 Indian Express
    Mamata back in flood-hit north Bengal for next 10 to take stock of recovery efforts

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee began her five-day tour of North Bengal’s flood-ravaged areas, her second visit in just 10 days, flying from Kolkata to Bagdogra before heading to Alipurduar for a high-level review meeting.At least 30 people have been ...

    14 October 2025 Indian Express
    How a phone call led to arrest of 3 men in Bengal gangrape case

    In hours after the Asansol police registered an FIR into the alleged gangrape of a private medical college student in Paschim Bardhaman district on Saturday, they began search operations in the forested area surrounding the college campus, where the ...

    14 October 2025 Indian Express
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