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West Bengal: Cabinet okays job to families of Balasore train tragedy victims
The West Bengal Cabinet on Monday gave the go-ahead to a proposal to give a job each to the families of the 2023 Balasore train accident victims who hailed from the state, officials said.Thirteen of the 296 persons who ...
16 July 2025 Indian ExpressFormer Bengali actress found wandering on Purba Bardhaman roadside, rescued
Written by Anisha GhoshWearing a pair of shorts and a black full-sleeved shirt, a middle-aged woman with paper and pen sat on the roadside near Amila Bazar in West Bengal’s Purba Bardhaman district on Monday afternoon, speaking incoherently in ...
16 July 2025 Indian ExpressKumortuli artisan’s diamond-eyed idol turns heads before Durga Puja
Written by Anisha GhoshThis year, a special sparkle is all set to be added to the five-day Durga Puja festivities in Kolkata. Kumortuli artisan Indrajit Paul has adorned the eyes of one of his idols with special American diamonds.While ...
16 July 2025 Indian ExpressPrime accused, 3 others arrested in TMC leader Razzak Khan murder case
Police have arrested four people in connection with the murder of TMC leader Razzak Khan, who was gunned down and hacked to death last Thursday night in Bijoyganj Bazar.The case has been registered under section 103 (1) (murder) and ...
15 July 2025 Indian ExpressIIM Calcutta rape case: Woman fails to record statement, cops in a huddle over framing sequence of events
The Kolkata Police, which is probing the alleged rape of a young woman at the Joka campus hostel of the Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta (IIM-C), is finding it difficult to move ahead with the investigation due to “non-cooperation” of ...
15 July 2025 Indian Express‘Finally seen, heard’: Sex workers at India’s largest red-light area Sonagachi say healthcare access has improved
From access to healthcare to a slow but steady reduction in stigma, sex workers in Kolkata’s Sonagachi, which is India’s largest red-light area, say they are finally being seen and heard.Once faced with discrimination and barriers to medical care, ...
15 July 2025 Indian ExpressSchool jobs scam: No breakthrough in Nabanna talks, teachers to now march to Kalighat
Kolkata SSC recruitment controversy: Thousands of “untainted” teachers, who were rendered jobless after the Supreme Court invalidated their appointments over alleged irregularities in the recruitment process of the West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC), were on Monday stopped from ...
15 July 2025 Indian ExpressDetention of Bengali migrants: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury asks President Murmu to intervene
Flagging the detention and deportation of migrant workers from West Bengal during drives against illegal Bangladeshi nationals in several states of the country, senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday urged President Droupadi Murmu to intervene.In a letter ...
15 July 2025 Indian ExpressMamata to lead rally: TMC raises pitch against detention of Bengali-speaking migrants
The Trinamool Congress (TMC), led by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, has decided to intensify its protests against the alleged harassment of Bengali-speaking migrant workers in BJP-ruled states, including Odisha, Delhi, Assam, and Jharkhand.On Wednesday, Banerjee is scheduled ...
15 July 2025 Indian ExpressED arrests top executive of Sahara Group, broker in money laundering case
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Sunday said that it has arrested Anil Vailaparampil Abraham, Executive Director of Sahara Group’s Chairman Core Management (CCM) Office, and Jitendra Prasad Verma, a long-time associate and property broker of the Sahara Group, from ...
15 July 2025 Indian ExpressActively engaging with students, taking steps to address their concerns after ‘rape’ incident: IIM-C
The Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta on Sunday said it is actively engaging with students and taking necessary steps to address their concerns in the wake of the alleged sexual assault of a woman on its campus.The woman was allegedly ...
14 July 2025 Indian ExpressEx-TMCP member says outfit leaders circulated morphed pics, files police complaint
A former Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP) leader has filed a police complaint accusing the leaders of the TMC’s student outfit of using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to “spread indecent, morphed images” of her.The complaint was lodged at the Sonarpur police ...
14 July 2025 Indian ExpressVandalism to molestation: Before law college rape case, long list of FIRs against key suspect
The recent arrest of Monojit Mishra, the prime suspect in the Kolkata campus gangrape case, has brought to light a decade-long pattern of alleged criminal activity. Mishra, a lawyer and a contractual staff at the law college where he ...
14 July 2025 Indian ExpressWomen alleges rape in IIM Calcutta hostel: Parties raise concern over safety measures, allege law & order worsening in state
After a woman levelled allegations on Saturday that she was raped inside a hostel on the premises of the Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta, political parties pointed to the “worsening” law and order situation in West Bengal, and “lapse in ...
14 July 2025 Indian ExpressIIM Calcutta rape case: SIT to probe, police seek campus CCTV footage
Kolkata Police on Sunday constituted a nine-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the alleged rape of a young woman by a student of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta at a hostel on Joka campus.The SIT is ...
14 July 2025 Indian ExpressKolkata braces for more light rain as low-pressure system moves westwards
Written by Shambhavi PandeyAfter days of persistent showers, Kolkata saw a brief pause in rain on Sunday morning as the intensity of the rain eased and the sun finally peeked through the clouds.The India Meteorological Department (IMD) confirmed that ...
14 July 2025 Indian ExpressZSI scientists discover 4 new tiny wasp species in West Bengal
Written by Anisha GhoshIn a major discovery, researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have found four new species of tiny parasitic wasps in West Bengal. These extremely small microscopic wasps belong to the genus Idris Förster and ...
13 July 2025 Indian ExpressNGT asks authorities to specify deficiencies in implementing Ganga Action Plan in Bengal
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed that deficiencies in the implementation of the Ganga Action Plan in West Bengal be specified by the state, NMCG and CPCB by way of affidavit.The NGT, while reviewing the status of Ganga ...
13 July 2025 Indian ExpressTMC targeting our workers as elections near: Bengal BJP chief
State BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Saturday alleged that Trinamool Congress (TMC) supporters in Khejuri area of Purba Medinipur district brutally beat and killed two BJP workers using bamboo sticks, on Friday, likening the incident to “Maoist-style violence”.Addressing a ...
13 July 2025 Indian ExpressWoman alleges rape inside IIM-Calcutta hostel, second-year student arrested
A second-year student of the Indian Institute of Management-Calcutta has been arrested after a woman alleged she was raped inside the hostel at the premier institute.The police have charged the accused under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, ...
13 July 2025 Indian ExpressRow over ‘terrorist’ reference to freedom fighters in exam paper; varsity V-C issues apology for grave mistake
A CONTROVERSY erupted after a history question paper at the state-run Vidyasagar University in Paschim Medinipur referred to freedom fighters as “terrorists,” triggering strong political reactions and prompting the institute to issue a public apology, calling it a “printing ...
13 July 2025 Indian ExpressCalcutta HC seeks report from Home ministry on workers’ ‘detention in Delhi, deportation to Bangladesh’
THE CALCUTTA High Court on Friday sought a detailed report from the Union Home Ministry regarding allegations that migrant workers from West Bengal were detained in Delhi and sent to Bangladesh.“Have workers belonging to West Bengal been detained from ...
13 July 2025 Indian ExpressRadio operators tune in to help trace Bengal woman missing for 8 years – in Bangladesh
A 28-YEAR-OLD woman who went missing from her home in Islampur in Uttar Dinajpur district nearly eight years ago has been traced in Bangladesh and connected with her family — thanks to efforts made by some amateur radio operators ...
13 July 2025 Indian Express‘They wanted birth, school certificates…even checked phones for Bangladesh contacts’: Bengal migrants released from detention in Odisha
“When we showed them our voter ID cards and Aadhaar cards, they said it was not enough. They wanted birth certificates and school documents. They even seized our phones and checked for phone numbers from Bangladesh.”Ajimuddin Sheikh (22), a ...
12 July 2025 Indian Express‘Migrants detained for having Bangladeshi phone contacts, should include BCCI members by this logic’: Mahua on Odisha detentions
Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Thursday once again targeted the Odisha government over the detention of migrant workers from West Bengal, alleging that two of them were still being held only because their phones had Bangladeshi contact numbers.More ...
12 July 2025 Indian ExpressMamata Banerjee says BJP targeting Bengal migrants in Delhi: ‘Our people treated as infiltrators’
West Bengal Chief Minister on Thursday accused the BJP government in Delhi of targeting Bengali migrant workers in a Vasant Kunj colony and treating them as infiltrators in their own country.Accusing the BJP of “exporting their anti-Bengal agenda to ...
12 July 2025 Indian Express2 TMC leaders killed within 24 hours in 2 Bengal districts, probe on: Police
TWO LOCAL Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders were murdered within a span of 24 hours in two West Bengal districts, police said on Friday.TMC leader Rezzak Khan, 38, was shot multiple times and then hacked to death in South 24 ...
12 July 2025 Indian Express‘Shift focus from negativity to creativity’: Mamata Banerjee claims MSME success in Bengal
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday stressed the importance of shifting focus from “negativity” and “narratives” to creativity and self-reliance, highlighting that negativity overshadows progress and achievements. “Many things have happened in Bengal. You probably don’t know ...
12 July 2025 Indian Express‘On what basis have they been detained?’ HC asks Bengal chief secy to coordinate with Odisha over detention of migrant workers
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the chief secretary of West Bengal to coordinate with the Odisha government over the detention of over 400 people, mostly from West Bengal, on suspicion of being illegal Bangladesh migrants.Hearing two habeas ...
11 July 2025 Indian Express3 sentenced to death for rape and murder of a minor girl
A special POCSO court in Jalpaiguri has sentenced three men to death for the rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl in August 2020.Rahaman Ali, Jamirul Haque, and Tamirul Haque — all aged between 30 and 35 years — ...
11 July 2025 Indian ExpressCalcutta HC dismisses plea of govt, SSC against debarring ‘tainted’ candidates from fresh recruitment
A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday dismissed the petitions of the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) and the state government, challenging the single bench order of debarring “tainted” candidates from appearing in the fresh ...
11 July 2025 Indian ExpressKLO chief accuses Mamata govt of ‘police, political terror’, TMC calls him BJP’s stooge
Accusing the TMC government of “political and police terror” against the Koch and Rajbanshis communities in West Bengal, Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) chief Jibon Singh has asked people to rise against ‘Kolkata Sarkar’.The TMC linked the KLO chief’s statement ...
11 July 2025 Indian ExpressKolkata Metro Purple Line: Tunnelling work from Kidderpore to Park Street begins
Tunnelling work on Kolkata Metro’s Purple Line from Kidderpore to Victoria began Thursday, with the launch of a Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) named ‘Durga’.Metro Railway officials said the machine will tunnel up to Victoria in the first phase, covering ...
11 July 2025 Indian ExpressKolkata law college rape case: State govt submits report to Calcutta HC
The West Bengal government submitted a sealed report on the progress of the investigation into the rape of a 24-year-old student at a law college in South Kolkata to the Calcutta High Court on Thursday.The state’s counsel also presented ...
11 July 2025 Indian ExpressRainfall very likely to continue across most South Bengal districts for few days
Written by Shambhavi PandeyWest Bengal continued to witness cloudy skies and intermittent rainfall on Thursday, as monsoon remained active across the state.In Kolkata, the weather on Thursday stayed mostly overcast through the day, with brief spells of light rain ...
11 July 2025 Indian ExpressMamata meets Omar, says Govt should ensure safety in Kashmir
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday appealed to the Centre to take immediate steps to ensure the safety and security of Jammu and Kashmir, stating that such measures were crucial for reviving tourism in the region.Banerjee met ...
11 July 2025 Indian Express‘Trust people who have been to Kashmir after attack’: Omar Abdullah appeals to potential tourists from West Bengal
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah appealed to potential tourists from West Bengal to visit Kashmir, stating that security would be given. Speaking at a Travel and Tourism fair inauguration programme in Kolkata on Thursday, he said, “I ...
11 July 2025 Indian ExpressCBI team visits residence of 3 BJP workers killed in post-poll violence in Sandeshkhali
A CBI team on Wednesday visited the residences of three BJP workers who were killed allegedly in 2019 post-poll violence in Sandeshkhali area of West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, an officer said. The CBI on Saturday took over ...
11 July 2025 Indian Express‘What if Bengali tourists stop going to Odisha?’: Mahua Moitra after detention of 444 Bengal migrants as ‘Bangladeshi nationals’
The Odisha police’s detention of 444 migrant workers in Jharsuguda district on suspicion of being Bangladeshi nationals has triggered backlash from Trinamoool Congress leaders and families of the detained.The migrants — reportedly from West Bengal districts including Nadia, Murshidabad, ...
10 July 2025 Indian ExpressCalcutta High Court to hear plea of Sanjay Roy seeking acquittal in RG Kar case
The Calcutta High Court is likely to hear a petition filed by Sanjay Roy seeking acquittal in the RG Kar rape-murder case.In January this year, a trial court in Sealdah sentenced Roy to life imprisonment “until his last breath” ...
10 July 2025 Indian ExpressBihar is Bengal in NITI map: Mamata says ‘grave lapse’, demands apology
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday wrote a letter to NITI Aayog vice chairman Suman Bery, expressing her strong disapproval over West Bengal being mislabelled as Bihar in their official summary report.The chief minister condemned the error and sought ...
10 July 2025 Indian ExpressSchool Jobs Case | ‘Irreplaceable loss’: Govt, SSC bat for ‘tainted’ teachers, argue against barring them from fresh hiring
The West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) on Wednesday appealed in the Calcutta High Court arguing that candidates identified as ineligible have already faced punishment and if they are barred from participating in the application process, it would cause ...
10 July 2025 Indian ExpressKolkata Law College Rape Case: 4 accused sent to judicial custody; bail plea of security guard rejected
A court in Alipore in Kolkata on Tuesday sent all the four men, arrested in connection with the alleged rape of a 24-year-old student at a law college, to judicial custody till July 22.The court rejected the bail plea ...
10 July 2025 Indian ExpressMigrant row: Relatives of two Birbhum families file habeas corpus petition in Calcutta HC
The relatives of two migrant families from Birbhum district, detained by Delhi police and allegedly pushed into Bangladesh, on Tuesday filed a habeas corpus writ petition with the Calcutta High Court.The plea, filed on behalf of the missing families, ...
10 July 2025 Indian ExpressBharat Bandh: Trade union stir evokes mixed response in West Bengal
The Bharat Bandh called by 10 central trade unions on Wednesday evoked a mixed response in West Bengal, as CPI(M) workers tried to stop the public transport system, including the train services at different parts of the state.In some ...
10 July 2025 Indian ExpressAs waterlogging grips Bengal, IMD predicts continued rain for this week
Written by Shambhavi PandeySeveral districts across West Bengal, including Kolkata, continued to reel under monsoon showers on Wednesday, with intense rainfall triggering urban water-logging and prompting the India Meteorological Department (IMD) to issue multiple warnings.An orange alert was issued ...
10 July 2025 Indian ExpressBirbhum SP moves Calcutta HC against NCW summons in Anubrata Mondal case
Birbhum Superintendent of Police (SP) Amandeep on Tuesday moved a petition in the Calcutta High Court, challenging the summons issued to him by the National Commission of Women (NCW) in a case related to alleged derogatory remarks made by ...
9 July 2025 Indian ExpressTwo arrested from Bengal for ‘spying’ for Pakistan intelligence agency
The Special Task Force (STF) of the West Bengal Police has arrested two individuals from Purba Bardhaman on suspicion of allegedly passing on information to Pakistan’s intelligence agency, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).The arrests, made late Saturday night, followed a search ...
9 July 2025 Indian Express‘Need urgent unity of Opposition parties’: Mamata on Assam govt’s NRC notice to Bengal resident
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed shock after a Coochbehar resident in the state was served an NRC notice by the Assam government, calling it “a systemic assault on democracy”.She posted on X, “I am shocked and deeply ...
9 July 2025 Indian ExpressKolkata partially submerged as heavy rains disrupt city life
Continuous and intense rainfall since early morning on Tuesday brought Kolkata to a standstill, severely disrupting daily life and traffic.Large swathes of the city, including Thanthania, College Street, Bow Bazar, Behala, Garden Reach, Metiaburj, Rashbehari, Silpara, Sakher Bazar, Golf ...
9 July 2025 Indian ExpressDinhata farmer gets ‘illegal migrant’ notice from Assam, TMC slams BJP
A notice to a farmer in Dinhata in Cooch Behar district from Assam’s Foreigners Tribunal, declaring the 50-year-old an “illegal migrant” has ignited a fierce political slugfest in West Bengal.Uttam Kumar, a resident of Sadyaler Kuthi in Dinhata subdivision, ...
9 July 2025 Indian ExpressBengal school jobs case: Calcutta HC orders govt to bar ‘tainted’ candidates of 2016 from fresh hiring
The Calcutta High Court on Monday ordered the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) to rectify its latest notification for the recruitment of over 35,000 school staff, directing it to bar “identified tainted” candidates of the 2016 selection process ...
8 July 2025 Indian ExpressKolkata law college rape: Bengal govt frames rules for 2022 bill to recruit Group C and D staff in colleges via College Service Commission
In the wake of the recent alleged rape at Kolkata’s Law College, in which the main accused is a former Trinamool Congress (TMC) student leader and a casual staffer, the West Bengal government has moved to implement a law ...
8 July 2025 Indian ExpressLight to very heavy rainfall likely across Bengal on July 7: IMD
Written by Anisha GhoshThe India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast light to moderate rainfall across most parts of West Bengal on Monday, July 7. Isolated areas in some districts are likely to witness heavy to very heavy rainfall as ...
8 July 2025 Indian ExpressRelatives of Bengal family pushed into Bangladesh to file habeas corpus petition in HC
The family of Danish Sheikh, who and his wife and an eight-year-old son were pushed into Bangladesh on June 26, has decided to file a habeas corpus petition in the Calcutta High Court.A missing diary has also been lodged ...
8 July 2025 Indian ExpressKolkata law college, where student was raped, reopens amid heavy security
Kolkata’s law college reopened on Monday amid heavy security after remaining closed for over a week following the gang rape of a student on campus.Vice Principal Nayna Chatterjee said only BA LLB students of the first semester who did ...
8 July 2025 Indian Express‘We will approach court to bring them back’: Families of migrants pushed into Bangladesh lodge missing diary with Bengal police
Family members of a husband, wife, and son who were allegedly pushed into Bangladesh after they were detained in Delhi for “being illegal immigrants” have lodged a missing diary with the Paikar police in West Bengal’s Birbhum. They plan ...
8 July 2025 Indian ExpressOver 100 hits in 6 years: Kolkata airport battles against bird strikes
In the wake of the Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner crash in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, on June 12, which has raised fresh concerns over air safety, Kolkata’s Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport (NSCBI) is tackling a persistent threat: bird ...
8 July 2025 Indian ExpressBrinjal at Rs 200, cucumber at Rs 80: vegetable prices soar in Kolkata, burdening households
Written by Anisha GhoshThe prices of vegetables are soaring high in Kolkata. While brinjal now sells for 150-200 per kg, prices of tomatoes, green chillies, ridge gourd, bottle gourd and pointed gourd have also surged.“The price of bottle gourd ...
7 July 2025 Indian ExpressKolkata law college rape accused Monojit Mishra held key administrative post despite pending criminal charges, reveals notice
Fresh questions are being raised about the administrative practices at the Kolkata law college where a student was allegedly raped, with official documents revealing that Monojit Mishra, the prime accused, was designated as a student contact point despite having ...
7 July 2025 Indian ExpressBengal: Class 8 student held for molesting classmate, girl’s mother says school tried to ‘settle the matter’
Nearly two weeks after a class eight student in Jalpaiguri district was allegedly molested by her classmate, the boy was detained on Saturday after her mother sent a written complaint to the district Child Welfare Committee (CWC), the Superintendent ...
7 July 2025 Indian ExpressKolkata law college rape case | ‘Not leaders, party workers should have got job’: TMC MP on hiring of key accused
Trinamool Congress (TMC) Lok Sabha MP Kalyan Banerjee on Saturday said that while giving a job to a party leader in a law college in Kolkata is unacceptable, party workers should be considered for such positions.“It is my personal ...
7 July 2025 Indian ExpressDetained in Delhi, Bengal family of 3 pushed into Bangladesh; ‘who will bring them back,’ ask relatives
IN A fresh incident, a family of three, including their minor son, was detained in Delhi as “illegal Bangladeshis” and then finally “pushed into the neighbouring country,” their relatives said. The relatives claimed that the family hails from Birbhum ...
7 July 2025 Indian ExpressKolkata law college rape case: Police seize mobile phone of another security guard
The Kolkata Police on Saturday seized the mobile phone of another security guard who was on duty at a law college in the city, where a 24-year-old student was allegedly raped on campus on June 25.The security guard was ...
7 July 2025 Indian ExpressThai Lion Air plane grounded in Kolkata following technical snag
A Thai Lion Air flight to Bangkok was grounded at the Kolkata airport in the early hours of Saturday after it developed technical glitches, officials said.The flight with 130 passengers and seven crew on board returned to the parking ...
6 July 2025 Indian ExpressNew BJP Bengal chief sends a message: ‘Party above self, nation above party’
Newly appointed BJP state president Samik Bhattacharya on Saturday said that he aims to lead a united party and insisted that “the party is bigger than any individual, and the country is bigger than the party.”During his first press ...
6 July 2025 Indian Express2021 Abhijit Sarkar murder case: Popular Trinamool face who began political innings with Cong, now on CBI radar in BJP worker’s murder
A POPULAR face of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), who played a key role in unearthing a rape case that happened at a police station over two decades ago, MLA Paresh Pal is now one of the main accused named ...
6 July 2025 Indian Express1 killed, 3 hurt in crude bomb blasts in Bengal; ‘they were planning to kill me,’ says TMC leader
One person died and three others were critically injured in crude bomb blasts in West Bengal’s Purba Bardhaman on Friday night, the police said, adding that they have cordoned off the blast site and are investigating the materials used ...
6 July 2025 Indian ExpressBengal minister’s convoy attack: CM Mamata Banerjee raps police, 5 arrested
The West Bengal Police arrested five people for attacking state minister Siddiqullah Chowdhury’s convoy after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed her disappointment over the incident.Reacting to the development, Bengal Urban Development and Municipal Affairs Minister Firhad Hakim told The ...
6 July 2025 Indian ExpressBengal 2021 post-poll violence case: Retired school teacher gets life in jail for raping minor
A SPECIAL court in Malda on Friday sentenced a former school teacher to life imprisonment in connection with the rape of a minor girl – the first conviction in a 2021 post-poll violence case probed by the CBI. The ...
6 July 2025 Indian ExpressKolkata law college rape: 4 accused taken to crime scene, police say crucial step in probe
The Detective Department (DD) of the Kolkata Police on Friday took the four accused persons to the crime scene and reconstructed the alleged rape incident at a law college in Kolkata, with officers terming this as a “crucial step ...
6 July 2025 Indian ExpressMultiple West Bengal districts under orange alert for thunderstorms on July 4 and 5: IMD
Written by Anisha GhoshThe IMD has issued an orange alert for multiple districts in West Bengal, forecasting thunderstorms with gusty wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph and heavy to very heavy rainfall on Friday and Saturday.The districts under the orange ...
5 July 2025 Indian ExpressTMC leader shot at, BJP MLA’s son & his driver held: Police
A TRINAMOOL Congress (TMC) leader was seriously injured after he was allegedly shot at in Cooch Behar on Thursday evening, police said on Friday. The son of local BJP MLA Sukumar Roy, Dipankar Roy, and his driver, Uttam Gupta, ...
5 July 2025 Indian Express‘Often felt like a student’: Outgoing BJP Bengal president Sukanta Majumdar writes to party workers
Outgoing West Bengal president of BJP Sukanta Majumdar on Friday wrote a letter to all party workers in the state to thank them, asking them to walk with “greater unity”.“In today’s political climate of Bengal, the journey must continue ...
5 July 2025 Indian ExpressKolkata Airport introduces exclusive culinary masterclasses in lounge with Chef Rango Mukherjee
Passengers at Kolkata’s Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport are in for a treat, with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) kicking off a weekly culinary masterclass series with the renowned chef Rango Mukherjee.“The inaugural session, held on Thursday ...
5 July 2025 Indian ExpressMan arrested for posing as ED officer, extortion
The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), in Kolkata, has busted an extortion racket operating in Kolkata and Bardhaman, and arrested the alleged mastermind, S K Jinnar Ali. He has been taken into ED custody until July 16 for further questioning.The ...
5 July 2025 Indian ExpressNew Bengal BJP chief says party not against Muslims, wants no riots
In a clear departure from his predecessors’ pro-Hindutva stand, newly appointed West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Thursday said that his party is not against Muslims and that it envisages a West Bengal where Muharram and Durga puja ...
4 July 2025 Indian ExpressTMC minister’s convoy attacked in his constituency, threatens to quit party
TMC minister Sidduqullah Chowdhury’s convoy was allegedly attacked by his party supporters during his visit to his Assembly constituency, Manteswar, on Thursday.According to sources, the protesters carrying black flags vandalised his car and called him “thief”, “extortionist”.“This was an ...
4 July 2025 Indian ExpressAct against harassment of Bengali migrants: Bengal chief secretary to Odisha
A week after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed concerns over reports of Bengali migrants being held captive in neighbouring Odisha on suspicion of being Bangladesh nationals, Chief Secretary Manoj Pant on Thursday wrote a letter to his ...
4 July 2025 Indian Express‘No coercive steps till next hearing’: Calcutta HC on rape case against Padma Shri awardee Kartyk Maharaj
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday stated that no “coercive steps” would be taken against Padma Shri awardee Swami Pradiptananda, popularly known as Kartik Maharaj, until the next hearing in his case.The counsel for Kartik Maharaj had put in ...
4 July 2025 Indian ExpressAmid law college rape case hearing, a Calcutta HC order to keep all union rooms under ‘lock and key’ in Bengal
The Calcutta High Court on Thursday ordered union rooms of all state-run and state-aided colleges and universities to remain locked and out of use, except when “written permission of the registrar of the university” is taken.The division bench of ...
4 July 2025 Indian ExpressKolkata Law College Rape Case: Detective Dept takes over probe from SIT, charges of voyeurism, kidnapping added to FIR
The Detective Department (DD) of Kolkata Police on Wednesday took over the probe from the Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the alleged rape of a 24-year-old student at a law college in Kolkata.The SIT, initially comprising five members and ...
4 July 2025 Indian ExpressCricketer faces Domestic Violence Case: HC orders Shami to pay Rupees 4 lakh/month alimony to wife and daughter
The Calcutta High Court has ordered cricketer Mohammed Shami to pay an interim amount of Rs 4 lakh per month as alimony to his estranged wife Hasin Jahan and their daughter, amid the ongoing legal case with his spouse. ...
3 July 2025 Indian ExpressCBI names TMC MLA, councillors in murder chargesheet of Bengal BJP worker
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is probing the murder of a BJP worker in Kolkata during the 2021 post-poll violence, has named TMC MLA Paresh Pal and two city councillors in its supplementary chargesheet.The central agency has ...
3 July 2025 Indian ExpressCA arrested in loan fraud case, ED says he laundered money on behalf of former CMD of UCO Bank
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday said that it has arrested a chartered accountant, Anant Kumar Agarwal, in connection with the ongoing investigation into Rs 6,000-crore loan fraud case involving Concast Steel & Power Ltd (CSPL).Agarwal, who has been ...
3 July 2025 Indian ExpressLaw College Rape Case: Institution sacks prime suspect, expels two co-accused
The management of the law college in Kolkata where a 24-year-old student was allegedly raped last week terminated the services of prime accused Monojit Mishra and expelled the two other co-accused from the institution in the wake of their ...
3 July 2025 Indian ExpressOver 40 held after violent protests break out at LPG bottling plant in Bengal
Tension gripped the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd’s LPG bottling plant in West Bengal’s Budge Budge on Tuesday night after a violent protest by drivers and porters broke out. The agitators are demanding payment of “pending dues of three years”.Over ...
3 July 2025 Indian ExpressCop, National Volunteer Force worker killed as truck hits patrol car in Bengal’s Purba Medinipur
Two people, including a sub-inspector of police, were killed and a constable was injured when a speeding truck hit the police patrol car on the Haldia-Mecheda National Highway 116 Tuesday night in West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur district.According to the ...
3 July 2025 Indian ExpressFrom RG Kar to law college rape case, crisis in Trinamool deepens as Opposition turns up heat
On June 25, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee arrived in Digha to oversee preparations for the first Rath Yatra at the newly built Jagannath temple in the seaside town. On the same day, a 24-year-old student was allegedly raped at ...
3 July 2025 Indian ExpressLaw College Rape Case: Vice-Principal questioned again, police chief notes swift probe
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Kolkata Police, probing the alleged rape of a 24-year-old student, on Tuesday questioned the vice-principal of the law college for the second time.Sources said 31-year-old Monojit Mishra, the prime accused, allegedly spoke to ...
2 July 2025 Indian ExpressKolkata law college rape case: Police get a week’s custody, say ‘all the evidence confirms woman’s statement’
Seeking 10 more days of custody of the four arrested accused in the Kolkata law college rape case, the police on Tuesday told the court that medical, circumstantial and electronic evidence corroborated the woman’s statement.The four arrested — prime ...
2 July 2025 Indian ExpressA decade after opting India during historic exclave exchange, 8 detained as illegal Bangladeshi in Delhi later released
About a decade after they chose to come to India after an historic enclave exchange with Bangladesh, eight members of the families of migrant labourers, hailing from Cooch Behar district of West Bengal, were detained in Delhi on suspicion ...
2 July 2025 Indian ExpressLaw college rape case: One TMC leader apologises, another sparks fresh outrage
Even as TMC MLA Madan Mitra offered “unconditional apology” to the party for his remarks on the law college rape case, TMC minister Manas Bhuiyan on Tuesday sparked fresh outrage purportedly calling the alleged rape of a the 24-year-old ...
2 July 2025 Indian ExpressLaw college rape case: TMC minister sparks fresh outrage with ‘small incident’ remark, clarifies
A fresh controversy erupted on Tuesday after TMC minister Manas Bhuiyan purportedly compared the alleged rape of a law student as a “small incident”.Speaking at a Doctor’s Day blood donation camp in Kolkata, Bhuiyan said, “No culprit of the ...
2 July 2025 Indian ExpressKolkata law college rape case: SIT analyses call records of accused, college VP questioned twice
The Kolkata Police are continuing their investigation into the alleged rape of a student at a law college in the city, with the SIT questioning college Vice Principal Nayna Chattopadhyay twice so far.The ongoing probe involves an extensive analysis ...
2 July 2025 Indian ExpressChief Secy Manoj Pant gets six-month extension
West Bengal Chief Secretary Manoj Pant has been granted a six-month extension, allowing him to continue in office until December 31.Pant, a 1991-batch IAS officer, was due to retire on June 30. However, the state government sought an extension ...
2 July 2025 Indian ExpressZoological Survey of India’s 110-hour hackathon culminates in Kolkata grand finale
Written by Shambhavi PandeyThe Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) celebrated the grand finale of its 110-hour national hackathon on Monday at the Biswa Bangla Convention Centre in Kolkata, marking the 110th Foundation Day of the institute. The event was ...
2 July 2025 Indian ExpressTMC MLA Madan Mitra apologises for comment on law college rape case: ‘I am a party loyalist’
Trinamool Congress MLA Madan Mitra has submitted a response to the show-cause notice issued to him by the party, following his remarks on an alleged rape case at a law college in South Kolkata.Mitra, the Kamarhati MLA, dispatched his ...
2 July 2025 Indian ExpressMultiple yellow alerts in Bengal as IMD predicts widespread rainfall, thunderstorms for next few days
Written by Shambhavi PandeyRain will continue to sweep across Bengal, as the IMD has predicted widespread rainfall, occasional thunderstorms and gusty winds in several districts over the next few days.Multiple yellow alerts have been issued for both North and ...
2 July 2025 Indian ExpressKolkata law college rape case: SIT sends ‘11th hour’ CCTV footage, phones of accused for forensic test
The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Kolkata Police probing the alleged rape of a law student on a college campus is confident of building an “airtight” case after retrieving the cellphones of the four arrested accused and the CCTV ...
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