BENGAL INFO
  • News
  • ক্যালেন্ডার
  • Hospitals
  • Schools
  • কবিতা
  • গান
  • দুর্গাপূজা
  • KOLKATA WEATHER
  • News from West Bengal | 09 Nov, 2025 | ২৪ কার্তিক, ১৪৩২
  • বাংলা (?)    
  • খেলা | ব্যবসা | বিনোদন | রাজ্য | কলকাতা | দেশ | পুজোর-খবর
  • Over 31,000 candidates from outside Bengal line up for teacher recruit exam, TMC takes a dig at BJP’s ‘double-engine govts’ in UP, Bihar

    As lakhs of aspirants queued up at over 600 centres across West Bengal on Sunday to take the teacher’s recruitment exam, there were several candidates from outside the state.After the conclusion of the exam, the West Bengal School Service ...

    9 September 2025 Indian Express
    ED raids 22 locations in West Bengal as part of probe into illegal sand mining network

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED) began raids at 22 locations in and around Kolkata Monday in connection with a probe into alleged money laundering through illegal sand mining in West Bengal. The simultaneous raids began at 6 am, with multiple ...

    9 September 2025 Indian Express
    Son of lynched couple among four arrested in child murder case in Bengal’s Nadia

    A day after a couple was lynched by a mob after a missing boy was found dead in a pond near their house, Nadia police on Sunday arrested four persons – the son and wife of the lynched couple ...

    9 September 2025 Indian Express
    Invited to a ‘birthday party’, 20-year-old ‘raped’ in a Kolkata flat

    A 20-year-old woman was allegedly raped after she was invited to a birthday party in south Kolkata, police said on Sunday.Police said the woman, who filed the complaint on Saturday, alleged that she was invited by her friend to ...

    8 September 2025 Indian Express
    Hiring of Teachers In Bengal after 9 years: Over 3 lakh candidates in Bengal to take teacher’s recruitment exam today, but SSC is on test

    As over 3 lakh candidates are set to appear in the school staff recruitment exam on Sunday, the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC), which is conducting the exam after a gap of nine years, is leaving no stone ...

    8 September 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal SSC exam today | POCSO undertrial to take exam, but from jail after HC’s nod

    Among the 5 lakh candidates to take the teacher recruitment exam in West Bengal is Abdus Sattar, who is facing trial in a POCSO case. Sattar, who has been issued admit cards for both the September 7 and September ...

    8 September 2025 Indian Express
    This Durga Puja, get a feel of Maha Kumbh in Kolkata

    With Durga Puja round the corner, Kolkata is in a rush with everyone making last-minute arrangements before the most coveted time of the year arrives. People are busy ticking off their shopping list while the Puja clubs are readying ...

    8 September 2025 Indian Express
    School headmaster dies by suicide in Bengal, TMC leader held for demanding Rs 35 lakh from him

    A Trinamool Congress (TMC) panchayat samiti member has been arrested in connection with the death of a school headmaster, who died allegedly by suicide in Murshidabad district on Wednesday.Police said TMC leader Ainul Haque had allegedly threatened to frame ...

    7 September 2025 Indian Express
    Mob lynches couple in Bengal village after boy’s body found in pond near their house

    A couple was dragged out of their house and beaten to death by villagers at Nischintapur in the Tehatta area of Nadia district in West Bengal on Saturday morning after the body of an eight-year-old missing boy was found ...

    7 September 2025 Indian Express
    Light to moderate rain with thunderstorms likely across Bengal this week amid Durga Puja preparations

    The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast light to moderate rain with thunderstorms in many districts in West Bengal this week. Warnings of gusty winds and lightning have been issued for several areas, raising concerns about waterlogging, traffic jams, ...

    7 September 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Assembly polls tickets for cash’: Man held in Kolkata for using TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee’s name, cheating people

    The Kolkata police arrested a man late on Friday evening for allegedly cheating people using the name of Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee by promising to get them party tickets for the upcoming Assembly polls.The police identified the ...

    7 September 2025 Indian Express
    How this Durga Puja in Kolkata ignites debate on two sides of Artificial Intelligence

    Durga Puja in Kolkata is not only about worship and celebration, it is also about new ideas and creative themes. Every year, puja committees choose unique concepts to decorate their pandals. This year, Jagat Mukherjee Park puja committee led ...

    7 September 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Confidential security features on question papers,’ West Bengal School Service Commission says on eve of fresh teacher recruitment exam

    With just a few hours left for the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) State Level Selection Test (SLST) for Classes 9 and 10 (Secondary), both candidates and WBSSC are busy making last-minute preparations.This year, the WBSSC has taken ...

    7 September 2025 Indian Express
    Century-old gun shop’s 3 owners arrested for ‘illegal arms trading’ in Kolkata

    The West Bengal Special Task Force (STF) on Friday arrested three owners of century-old gun shop N C Daw and Company for allegedly engaging in illegal arms trading.Abir Daw, Subir Daw and Subrata Daw were arrested after an arsenal ...

    6 September 2025 Indian Express
    BJP MLA Agnimitra Paul suffers brain stroke, hospitalised

    Written by Anisha GhoshBJP MLA Agnimitra Paul suffered a brain stroke and was admitted to a private hospital in Kolkata late Thursday night.Doctors said her condition is stable now.The 52-year-old fell ill at home hours after she returned from ...

    6 September 2025 Indian Express
    Pro-TMC Matua outfit asks Mamata to censure Mahua for remarks on SC community

    After BJP leaders filed police complaints against TMC MP Mahua Moitra for her remark on Matuas, it’s now the TMC-backed Matua outfit, which has written a letter to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to censure the Krishnanagar MP.The All India ...

    6 September 2025 Indian Express
    Arrested TMC MLA used Gramin Bank accounts to launder scam money, says ED

    TMC MLA Jiban Krishna Saha, arrested in connection with the corruption in recruitment of government teachers, allegedly operated 12 accounts in a Gramin Bank branch in Murshidabad to launder money collected from the candidates, Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials said.Saha ...

    6 September 2025 Indian Express
    Life After Metro: Displaced by tunnelling work, affected families in north Kolkata yearn to return home

    As Kolkata celebrates its expanded Metro network, the residents of Durga Pithuri Lane and Shyakra Para Lane in the northern part of the city continue to grapple with the devastating aftermath of the construction — a project that has ...

    6 September 2025 Indian Express
    As Mithun files Rs 100 cr defamation suit, TMC’s Kunal Ghosh says will expose in court

    Actor and BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty has filed a defamation case of Rs 100 crore against TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh in the Calcutta High Court.According to sources, Mithun has claimed that Ghosh purposefully made untrue and malicious comments against ...

    6 September 2025 Indian Express
    ‘How did SSC give them admit cards?’: HC dismisses petition of 350 ‘tainted’ candidates in School Jobs Case

    The Calcutta High Court on Thursday dismissed the plea of 350 ‘tainted’ candidates seeking permission to appear in the upcoming West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) examination, which are to be held on September 7 and September 14 for ...

    6 September 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Dishonourable’: Gopal Mukherjee’s grandson moves Calcutta HC for stay on release of ‘The Bengal Files’

    Shantanu Mukherjee, the grandson of Gopal Mukherjee, popularly known as ‘Gopal Patha’, has moved the Calcutta High Court demanding a stay on the release of the movie ‘The Bengal Files’, slated to hit movie halls on Friday in West ...

    5 September 2025 Indian Express
    Chaos in Bengal House again: 5 BJP MLAs suspended, 2 fall ill

    On the concluding day of the special session, the West Bengal Assembly on Thursday witnessed chaotic scenes again after BJP legislators disrupted Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s speech, leading to the suspension of five BJP MLAs and the collapse of ...

    5 September 2025 Indian Express
    Seeking legal opinion to recruit ‘tainted’ candidates for non-teaching posts: Mamata

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said her government was mulling legal options to recruit those 1,806 sacked teachers, who have been labeled “tainted”, for non-teaching posts.The state government has already initiated recruitment of nearly 24,000 “untainted” ...

    5 September 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Army is insulted, hurt’: Former Armyman moves Calcutta HC for permission to hold dharna against Mamata remarks

    A former army personnel approached the Calcutta High Court to seek permission for a dharna at Mayo Road in protest of comments made by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee regarding the Indian Army.The petitioner moved court on Thursday after Kolkata ...

    5 September 2025 Indian Express
    Police officer ‘kills parents’, critically injured from ‘self-inflicted gunshot’ in Bengal’s Jhargram

    A 32-year-old Sub-Inspector (S-I) allegedly shot his parents dead inside their rented home in Jhargram town before he tried to shoot himself. S-I Joydeep Chatterjee of the Junglemahal Battalion allegedly used his service revolver to kill his parents, said police, ...

    5 September 2025 Indian Express
    Fake e-challans on SMS and WhatsApp are draining bank accounts, police warn

    Bengal and Kolkata Police on Tuesday warned vehicle owners across the state about a sophisticated scam in which fraudsters send fake traffic-violation notices via SMS and Whatsapp that contain malicious links. Authorities say clicking the links can install malware ...

    4 September 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Your govt should have stepped in’ : Civil society to Bengal CM as Urdu Academy rolls back invite to Javed Akhtar

    A group of intellectuals, comprising mostly Muslim scholars, from the state have written to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressing dismay over the postponement of eminent lyricist Javed Akhtar’s programme in Kolkata.In an open letter to the chief ...

    4 September 2025 Indian Express
    TMC MLA Jiban Krishna Saha ‘used state-run Gramin Bank to siphon teachers’ recruitment scam money’: ED

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had arrested TMC MLA Jiban Krishna Saha on allegations of corruption in the recruitment of assistant teachers in classes IX and X carried out by the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) on August 25. ...

    4 September 2025 Indian Express
    Khejuri BJP workers’ death: Calcutta HC seeks call records of 2 cops, doctor who conducted first post-mortem

    The Calcutta High Court Wednesday sought the call detail records (CDR) of the investigating officer, the officer in charge of Khejuri police station, and the doctor who conducted the first post-mortem in the case pertaining to the alleged murder ...

    4 September 2025 Indian Express
    Partha Chatterjee, TMC MLA Paresh Adhikari and daughter Ankita granted bail in SSC recruitment cases

    A Special CBI court at Alipore on Wednesday granted bail to former state education minister Partha Chatterjee on charges related to the School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment cases. The court released Chatterjee on a personal bond of Rs 7,000 ...

    4 September 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Hooliganism’: A Bengali band takes on Left, Right and Centre with a song, a BJP leader files complaint

    It was a nine-minute performance by Bengali rock band Hooliganism, taking a dig at all the political parties – from Left to Right to Centre – that has now gone viral and has led to a police complaint, filed ...

    4 September 2025 Indian Express
    Back-up question paper to tackle leaks, zig-zag distribution: What’s in store for West Bengal HS semester 3 exams

    For the first time, the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) will keep a back-up set of question papers ready in case of a confirmed paper leak during the upcoming Higher Secondary (HS) Semester III examinations.The exams, ...

    4 September 2025 Indian Express
    233 apartments, parking space for 269 cars: Calcutta HC orders demolition of 26 storey tower in Kolkata

    The Calcutta High Court has ordered the demolition of a 26-storey tower in a residential housing project in Kolkata’s New Town area within two months, citing violations of the “statutory provisions” of construction.The high-rise building in the Elita Garden ...

    4 September 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata police arrest absconding BJP leader Rakesh Singh in Congress HQ vandalism case

    The Kolkata police on Tuesday night arrested BJP leader Rakesh Singh, who had been absconding for five days, in connection with the recent vandalism of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee headquarters in the city.Singh, who was caught from ...

    4 September 2025 Indian Express
    HC orders demolition of 26-storey tower in Kolkata over ‘construction violations’

    The Calcutta High Court has ordered the demolition of a 26-storey tower in a residential housing project in Kolkata’s New Town area within two months, citing violations of the “statutory provisions” of construction.The high-rise building in the Elita Garden ...

    4 September 2025 Indian Express
    Heavy rainfall likely in Bengal in next 2 days, yellow alert in some districts

    Written by Anisha GhoshHeavy rainfall accompanied by thunderstorms and gusty winds is likely in several districts of West Bengal for the next two days, the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said.A yellow alert has been issued by the department for ...

    3 September 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata: Youth dies after car in TMC MLA’s convoy hits motorbike

    A man was killed after his motorbike was hit by a car in Trinamool Congress MLA Saokat Molla’s convoy in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on Tuesday, police said.The accident occurred in Bamanghata area in the morning ...

    3 September 2025 Indian Express
    RVNL floats Rs 377 crore tender for IIM station, viaduct on Kolkata Metro’s Purple line

    Kolkata Metro Purple Line Update: In recent years, Kolkata Metro has expanded its network by leaps and bounds. Last month, the country’s oldest metro network commissioned three new lines, significantly improving connectivity across the ‘City of Joy’, while reducing ...

    3 September 2025 Indian Express
    Over two-thirds of women in Kolkata pay 10% of daily income to use toilet: Study

    More than two-thirds (72%) of women have to pay nearly 10% from their daily income to use public toilets, a study has revealed.Yet, what they pay for what often “lacks dignity” as 61% of respondents reported no soap or ...

    3 September 2025 Indian Express
    BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari suspended for day after uproar in Bengal assembly

    Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari was on Tuesday suspended for a day by Speaker Biman Banerjee for allegedly disrupting proceedings during a special session of the West Bengal Assembly convened to debate a motion condemning the alleged harassment of ...

    3 September 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Enough is enough’: Calcutta HC dismisses petition of over 300 SSC candidates deemed ‘tainted’

    The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday dismissed the petition of nearly 350 “tainted” teachers wanting to appear in the fresh recruitment exam, saying “enough is enough” and directed them to move the Supreme Court. The sacked teachers, whose names ...

    3 September 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal school jobs case: Over 300 named in ‘tainted’ list seek HC nod to appear in fresh recruitment

    Nearly 350 sacked teachers have filed a petition in the Calcutta High Court, claiming that their names have been erroneously put in the list of ‘tainted’ candidates, and, therefore, they should be allowed to retake the next week’s teachers’ ...

    2 September 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal Urdu Academy cancels literary event over invitation to lyricist Javed Akhtar, draws backlash

    A literary event being organised by the West Bengal Urdu Academy in Kolkata was called off at the last minute following opposition from some Islamic groups over invitation to poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar, triggering a backlash from the ...

    2 September 2025 Indian Express
    Calcutta HC puts interim stay on sale of a portion of Alipore Zoo

    The Calcutta High Court on Monday put an interim stay on the sale of a portion of the Zoological Garden in Alipore.The Division Bench of Justice Sujoy Pal and Justice Smita Das De ordered that no action related to ...

    2 September 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal school jobs case | Will back govt if it brings ordinance or Bill to retain ‘untainted’ teachers: BJP

    Backing the demand of the “untainted” candidates of the 2016 school teachers recruitment exam, the BJP on Monday said that it would back the TMC government if it brings a Bill or ordinance to retain the “untainted” teachers in ...

    2 September 2025 Indian Express
    As Army dismantles TMC’s Kolkata dharna stage over permission lapse, Mamata reaches spot, sees ‘Centre’s hand’

    The Army on Monday dismantled the Trinamool Congress’ dharna manch, a dais set up at Kolkata’s Mayo Road to protest against alleged humiliation of Bengalis in the BJP-ruled states, sparking a political controversy with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata ...

    2 September 2025 Indian Express
    Key face in SSC teacher protest accuses police of manhandling him ahead of protest

    Days after the Supreme Court ordered the contentious 2016 West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC) teacher recruitment examinations to be held anew, a prominent leader of “untainted” teachers alleged he was assaulted by some policemen while on his way ...

    2 September 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal college girl murder case: Prime accused arrested from UP-Nepal border; police suspect he was victim’s ex-boyfriend

    In the murder case of a college student in West Bengal, the police late Sunday arrested prime accused, Deshraj Singh, near the Uttar Pradesh-Nepal border. The arrest follows the earlier apprehension of Deshraj’s maternal uncle, Kuldeep Singh, in Gujarat.Deshraj ...

    2 September 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal school jobs case: Day after ‘tainted’ list of 1,806, charges of it being incomplete; TMC names say will challenge in HC

    The release of the list of 1,806 ‘tainted’ candidates from the 2016 State Level Selection Test (SLST) by the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) on the direction of the Supreme Court seems not to have put the controversy ...

    2 September 2025 Indian Express
    Mamata claims hunger eradicated in Bengal: ‘Children bathing in milk and rice is true now’

    Paying tribute to the “martyrs” of the 1959 Food Movement, including Nurul Islam, who was the face of the Left movement, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee hit out at the CPI(M) as well as the BJP, accusing them ...

    1 September 2025 Indian Express
    Fresh cyclonic trough may intensify rain, landslides in Bengal: Met

    The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Sunday warned of widespread rainfall across the state for next week due to the influence of the active monsoon trough and a cyclonic circulation over the Bay of Bengal.A fresh low-pressure area is ...

    1 September 2025 Indian Express
    Yellow alert issued for north, south districts of Bengal: IMD

    The IMD on Saturday issued a yellow alert for north and south Bengal districts for Sunday due to the influence of an active monsoon trough stretching from northwest India to the Bay of Bengal.North Bengal districts of Darjeeling, Kalimpong, ...

    1 September 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal school jobs case | Days after apex court directive, SSC releases list of 1,804 ‘tainted’ teachers

    AFTER A four-month wait, the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) on Saturday released the list of 1,804 ‘tainted’ teachers from the 2016 State Level Selection Test (SLST).The move follows a directive from the Supreme Court on August 28, ...

    1 September 2025 Indian Express
    Orange alert sounded for Jalpaiguri, several other Bengal districts remain under yellow alert

    The India Meteorological Department (IMD) Saturday issued warnings for West Bengal as heavy rainfall continues across the state under the influence of an active monsoon trough stretching from northwest India to the Bay of Bengal. An orange alert has ...

    1 September 2025 Indian Express
    EC mulls setting up polling booths in Bengal’s housing societies; won’t allow on private premises, says TMC

    The Election Commission (EC) has proposed to set up polling booths in housing societies and high-rises in the state which have over 400 voters, a move opposed by West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress stating that they will not allow ...

    1 September 2025 Indian Express
    Mahua’s remarks on Shah over ‘infiltration’ sparks row; BJP files police complaint

    TMC MP Mahua Moitra has sparked a fresh political controversy after her remarks against Union Home Minister Amit Shah, accusing him of failing to check infiltration from Bangladesh.The BJP hit out at Moitra for her “distasteful and objectionable remarks”.According ...

    31 August 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata: 6 held for posing as central agency officials, extorting businessmen

    By Raajnandini MukherjeeThe Diamond Harbour Police cracked down on a fraud racket and arrested six persons who impersonated central agency officers to dupe people and threaten and extort money from businessmen.The accused were produced before a court in Diamond ...

    31 August 2025 Indian Express
    Cong says its state headquarters ransacked by ‘BJP supporters’, 6 held

    THE CONGRESS on Friday alleged that a group of “BJP supporters” vandalised its Bengal headquarters in Kolkata on Friday during a protest against recent remarks by party leader Rahul Gandhi on Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the former’s ‘Voter ...

    30 August 2025 Indian Express
    Darjeeling teen still missing, police hunt for leads

    Six days after a 14-year-old boy went missing, the Darjeeling police are no closer to finding him, despite a large-scale search operation and a public appeal and the announcement of a Rs 2 lakh reward for any credible information ...

    30 August 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal: Submit suggestions on booth rationalisation by September 8, says CEO to political parties

    AFTER AN all-party meeting on Friday, Bengal’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Agarwal asked all parties to submit suggestions on booth rationalisation within September 8.Agarwal told mediapersons later, “After getting specific suggestions, our officials will meet representatives of political ...

    30 August 2025 Indian Express
    RG Kar Hospital corruption case: CBI raids TMC MLA Atin Ghosh’s house, records statements

    The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officers raided the residence of Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA and Kolkata Municipal Corporation Deputy Mayor Atin Ghosh Friday afternoon and questioned him for nearly two and a half hours over the alleged financial ...

    30 August 2025 Indian Express
    RG Kar rape and murder case: Calcutta HC judge releases victim’s family’s appeal for further investigation

    A SINGLE bench comprising Justice Tirthankar Ghosh of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday released the RG Kar rape and murder case from the bench.A writ petition filed by the victim’s family in December last year has sought further ...

    30 August 2025 Indian Express
    NUJS Silver Jubilee: Law has become an integral part of life, says Calcutta HC Chief Justice

    The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (WBNUJS) marked its silver jubilee celebrations on Thursday with the release of a Special Cover Cancellation with My Stamp at Town Hall, Kolkata. Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court, T S ...

    30 August 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata: Focus on safety as rooftop restaurants set to reopen for festive season

    Ahead of the Durga Puja festivities, Kolkata’s rooftop restaurants and bars are set to reopen after a prolonged shutdown. Mayor Firhad Hakim announced the decision after a high-level meeting where city officials finalized a comprehensive set of fire safety ...

    30 August 2025 Indian Express
    At rally, Mamata accuses BJP of using SIR to ‘omit voters from list’ – ‘Don’t give them any information’

    The Trinamool Congress won’t give an inch when it comes to the Special Intensive Exercise, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said Wednesday as she accused the rival Bharatiya Janata Party of trying to “omit names” from voter lists.Speaking ...

    29 August 2025 Indian Express
    Festive season preparations: Police restrict leaves for personnel, power dept expects high demand

    In preparation for the upcoming festival season, the Kolkata Police and the West Bengal Power Department are taking measures to ensure public safety and uninterrupted services.The Kolkata Police has restricted routine leave for all personnel from September 21 to ...

    29 August 2025 Indian Express
    Produce medical records of RG Kar victim’s mother injured in rally: HC tells pvt hospital

    The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday ordered a private hospital in Kolkata to submit medical records of the deceased trainee doctor’s mother, who sustained injuries during the Nabanna Abhijan rally earlier this month, which was taken out to protest ...

    29 August 2025 Indian Express
    Man gets life term for minor’s rape-murder

    A LOCAL court on Tuesday sentenced an e-rickshaw driver, Saumitra Roy, to life imprisonment for the rape and murder of a minor girl. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 on the convict, pointing out that failure ...

    29 August 2025 Indian Express
    Calcutta University sticks to its guns, conducts exams on TMC student wing’s Foundation Day

    Calcutta University went ahead with the fourth-semester exams for graduate students Thursday amid controversy over their scheduling coinciding with the Foundation Day of the Trinamool Congress’s student wing, the Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP).Interim Vice Chancellor Shanta Dutta De said ...

    29 August 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata Metro launches TETRA communication system to minimise disruptions, ensure safe travel

    Travelling on Kolkata’s Metro just got safer with authorities launching a new Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) communication system on the Blue and Yellow Lines on Wednesday.This new tech will add to the safety aspects, especially for the sections of ...

    29 August 2025 Indian Express
    HC on Durga Puja grant: Only clubs that gave last year’s utilisation certificates to get funds

    The Calcutta High Court ordered on Wednesday that only those Durga Puja clubs that submitted utilisation certificates for the grant, provided by the West Bengal government, would receive the amount this year.The division bench of Justices Sujoy Paul and ...

    28 August 2025 Indian Express
    Amid protests, CU to hold exams on TMC student wing’s foundation day today

    Calcutta University (CU) has decided to go ahead with the fourth-semester examinations for B. Com and B.A. LLB scheduled for August 28, the same day as the Trinamool Congress student wing’s (TMCP) foundation-day events, after the university syndicate resolved ...

    28 August 2025 Indian Express
    Amid furore over teen’s ‘abduction’ in Darjeeling, police announce Rs 2 lakh reward for leads

    AROUND 5:30 pm on August 23, a 14-year-old boy was allegedly abducted from a forest village in Darjeeling district. A day later, the teenager’s disappearance snowballed into public outrage, including road blockades and protests, followed by the Opposition accusing ...

    28 August 2025 Indian Express
    Autopsy confirms 3 bullet wounds, search on: Police in college student murder

    Krishnanagar police are looking for Deshraj Singh, the primary suspect in the murder of 19-year-old college student Ishita Mallick. The murder took place inside her home in Manikpara on Sunday afternoon.According to police, an initial post-mortem report said Mallick ...

    28 August 2025 Indian Express
    Evocative scenes from Pahalgam, hat tip to Operation Sindoor: Ganesh Chaturthi pandal in Kolkata adds a patriotic touch

    The Ganesh Chaturthi celebration by an apartment complex in Kolkata honours those who were killed in the Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir on April 22 and Operation Sindoor.The pandal by the Executive Palace Apartment Owners’ Association on ...

    28 August 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Scared of police, don’t want to leave Bengal,’ says 19-year-old accused of being illegal immigrant and sent to Bangladesh

    Weeks after he was accused of being an illegal immigrant and pushed to Bangladesh before being brought back to India this month, Malda resident Amir Sheikh was present at the Calcutta High Court Wednesday where his counsel sought compensation ...

    28 August 2025 Indian Express
    Calling us thieves an insult to Bengal, don’t expect this from a PM: Mamata during Bardhaman visit

    Hitting out at Narendra Modi for calling her and her party, the TMC, “thieves” during his last week’s visit to West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that she did not expect such words from a prime ...

    28 August 2025 Indian Express
    Suvendu Adhikari hits out at Mamata Banerjee government for ‘neglecting Adivasi community’

    The Leader of the Opposition in West Bengal, Suvendu Adhikari, on Tuesday hit out at the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) government for neglecting the Adivasi community in the state, alleging that they were being deprived of their rights and ...

    28 August 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Trinamool chor’: Day after TMC MLA Jiban Krishna Saha’s arrest, BJP claims he’s ‘collector’ for top leaders

    A day after the Enforcement Directorate arrested Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Jiban Krishna Saha after he tried to escape by jumping the boundary wall of his house and throwing his mobile phone into the bushes, the Leader of the ...

    27 August 2025 Indian Express
    After 4 decades, Zoological Survey of India records discovery of 2 new springtail species in West Bengal

    Written by Parthivee MukherjiBeneath our feet, in the dark layers of the soil we rarely notice, live some of nature’s most vital yet invisible workers. This week, scientists at the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) announced the discovery of ...

    27 August 2025 Indian Express
    Are you letting out house or hiring domestic help in Kolkata? First, fill out these forms issued by police

    The Kolkata police Monday made the verification of tenants and domestic help mandatory for residents in the wake of the murder of an older woman in New Garia allegedly by a woman caregiver and her accomplice.The Kolkata police’s Facebook ...

    27 August 2025 Indian Express
    Priests ready, budgets set: from Australia to Canada, Bengalis worldwide finalise Plans for Durga Puja celebrations

    Durga Puja, the quintessence of Bengal’s cultural spirit, has long travelled with its diaspora, transforming community halls across continents into extensions of Kolkata’s pandals. This year, the celebrations in Australia, the United Kingdom, and Canada reflect how rituals, nostalgia, ...

    27 August 2025 Indian Express
    TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee reaches Calcutta HC, files counter affidavit to petition challenging his 2024 poll victory

    Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee reached the Calcutta High Court on Monday to sign some documents before submitting a counter affidavit against an election petition filed in connection with his massive poll victory from Diamond Harbour constituency in ...

    26 August 2025 Indian Express
    College student shot dead in her house by ‘ex-friend’ in Bengal’s Nadia

    A 19-year-old college student was shot dead at point-blank range allegedly by a man whom she was in a relationship with, in her house in Manikpara locality of Nadia district’s Krishnanagar area on Monday, police said.The victim was reportedly ...

    26 August 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Handing probe to CBI will make it a gallery show’: Calcutta High Court on Khejuri murders

    While hearing a PIL seeking a CBI probe into the alleged murder of two BJP workers in Khejuri in July this year, the Calcutta High Court on Monday observed that handing over the probe to the CBI will make ...

    26 August 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata and other South Bengal districts to see week-long wet spell, thundershowers expected: IMD

    Written by Anisha Ghosh The southern districts of West Bengal are set to witness a prolonged spell of wet weather, with light to moderate rain and thundershowers expected over the coming week, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Monday.For ...

    26 August 2025 Indian Express
    Veteran Bengali actor and former BJP leader Joy Banerjee passes away at 62

    Veteran Bengali actor and former BJP leader Joy Banerjee passed away at the age of 62 on Monday. He was admitted to a private hospital in Kolkata on August 15 due to breathing problems and was diagnosed with pneumonia. ...

    26 August 2025 Indian Express
    School jobs scam: ED arrests TMC MLA after he ‘jumps wall, throws phone into bushes’

    The Enforcement Directorate on Monday arrested Trinamool Congress MLA Jibankrishna Saha from his residence in Burwan block of West Bengal’s Murshidabad district following a raid lasting nearly five hours in connection with the investigation into the School Service Commission ...

    26 August 2025 Indian Express
    Calcutta HC seeks list of clubs that failed to submit utilisation certificates of Puja grant, tells govt to submit it in 48 hours

    The Calcutta High Court on Monday asked the West Bengal government to submit an affidavit within 48 hours on how many clubs submitted utilisation certificates of last year’s Durga Puja grant from the government and whether the state government ...

    26 August 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata college rape was filmed, phones of accused had videos of victim: Chargesheet

    The chargesheet submitted by the Kolkata Police in connection with a rape case at a law college in Kolkata stated that the prime accused, 31-year-old Monojit Mishra, had made several videos of the student, including that of the June ...

    25 August 2025 Indian Express
    Calcutta HC judge flags: ‘Nowadays, post-mortem reports not to the satisfaction of the court even at the basic level’

    Justice Tirthankar Ghosh of the Calcutta High Court on Sunday said that post-mortem reports nowadays were “not to the satisfaction of the court at the basic level”.Speaking at the launch of a two-year postgraduate programme in Criminology and Criminal ...

    25 August 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal teacher assault case: Prime accused arrested; police say eyewitnesses confirm that objection to public drinking led to attack

    The West Bengal Police Sunday night arrested the prime accused in the assault of a drawing teacher at Belgharia in the North 24 Parganas district.He has been identified as Bijoy Notto alias Papai, who was allegedly the first person ...

    25 August 2025 Indian Express
    After cancelled recruitment, frisking and CCTV must for Bengal SSC exams; deputy magistrates in charge of centres

    Officials said the West Bengal Government was making foolproof arrangements to ensure the smooth conduct of the School Service Commission examinations scheduled for September 7 and 14, following the judicial cancellation of the previous recruitment process over widespread irregularities ...

    25 August 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal BJP worker’s murder: Viral video gives more ammo for Opposition to target TMC

    Following the death of a 22-year-old BJP booth president, Rajib Biswas, in Baruipur in the South 24 Parganas district, a political firestorm has erupted in West Bengal. The BJP claims that he was murdered by supporters of the ruling ...

    25 August 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal: Teacher ‘beaten up’ for objecting to drinking in public, one arrested

    A drawing teacher, Nirupam Pal, was allegedly beaten up by around eight youths, including a girl, in Nandannagar, Belgharia, for protesting against their public consumption of alcohol on Saturday morning, police said.The Belgharia Police have arrested one girl and ...

    25 August 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata law college rape case: Police files chargesheet

    THE KOLKATA Police on Saturday submitted a chargesheet in connection with a rape case at a law college in Kolkata. The move comes within 58 days of the alleged incident.According to sources, the chargesheet is around 650 pages with ...

    25 August 2025 Indian Express
    CBI raids TMC MLA’s house in RG Kar financial ‘irregularities’ case

    The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday night raided the house of Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Dr Sudipta Ray in connection with their probe into alleged financial irregularities at the RG Kar Medical College & Hospital, in Kolkata.Ray, ...

    25 August 2025 Indian Express
    Caregiver, aide held for murder of 79-year-old woman at Kolkata apartment

    THE KOLKATA Police arrested two people – a woman caregiver and her male aide – on Saturday in connection with the robbery and murder of a 79-year-old woman, Bijaya Das, at her New Garia Co-operative Housing Society flat, authorities ...

    24 August 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata Police nab ayah, her partner for murder of septuagenarian woman in New Garia

    Written by Anisha GhoshThe Kolkata Police Saturday arrested two people in connection with the recent murder of a septuagenarian woman at her New Garia residence. The woman’s husband was found bound and unconscious under a bed.The arrested accused have ...

    24 August 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata Metro to run 366 trains across three lines – check timings

    Kolkata Metro Inauguration: The inauguration of three new metro lines in Kolkata on Friday has significantly improved connectivity in the ‘City of Joy.’ It is also a gift for the people of Kolkata ahead of Durga Puja, enabling them ...

    24 August 2025 Indian Express
  • Indian Express | 401-500

News/খবর All News আনন্দবাজার এই সময় বর্তমান প্রতিদিন আজকাল ২৪ ঘন্টা হিন্দুস্তান টাইমস দৈনিক স্টেটসম্যান আজ তক Telegraph Times of India Indian Express The Statesman

BENGAL INFO | Information about West Bengal, India | bengalinfo1@gmail | Privacy Policy