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  • 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
    Bengal gangrape: Mamata asks why she was out at midnight; Opp says it’s ‘victim blaming’

    The Opposition hit out at the chief minister, accusing her of trying to blame the student and shift the responsibility to the private medical college.Speaking to mediapersons outside the Kolkata airport before leaving for flood-hit north Bengal, the chief ...

    13 October 2025 Indian Express
    Holidays one after another in festive month, why SIR won’t see October launch in Bengal

    A string of festivals in West Bengal has put a temporary halt to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, which will now most likely begin in November, sources in the Election Commission (EC) said.“We have Diwali, Bhaiphonta, ...

    13 October 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal MBBS student rape case: police arrest 3 people; victim’s father says he wants to take her to Odisha

    Within 36 hours of the alleged rape of a second-year MBBS student of a private medical college in West Bengal’s Durgapur, the state police have made three arrests in the case.“The three arrested men have been forwarded to court ...

    13 October 2025 Indian Express
    MBBS student ‘raped’ in Pashchim Bardhaman | ‘Women nowhere safe in Bengal’: BJP targets Mamata and police

    The alleged rape of a second-year MBBS student at a private medical college in Pashchim Bardhaman district has triggered sharp criticism of the state government from the Opposition and renewed calls for urgent action to protect women.BJP MP Sukanta ...

    13 October 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Villagers pool in money’ as political leaders promise help to bring bodies of six migrant labourers who died in fire near Bengaluru

    A small village in Murshidabad is in mourning after a fire at a temporary workers’ shelter near Bengaluru, earlier this month, claimed six lives and left another man fighting for his life. The blaze, which officials say followed a ...

    13 October 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Rs 45 lakh, property papers, digital evidence’ seized from Bengal fire services minister Sujit Bose’s residence- ED after raids

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday said that it has seized Rs 45 lakh cash, “incriminating documents” related to properties, and digital devices in connection with the searches at 13 places, including the camp office of West Bengal minister ...

    13 October 2025 Indian Express
    SIR process likely to start in Bengal in November after festive season

    The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls will not start in West Bengal in October. According to the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of the state, the SIR is likely to start only by the first ...

    12 October 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Is it a safe state? We stand with survivor’: RG Kar victim’s family on MBBS student’s ‘rape’ in Bengal

    The family of the RG Kar Medical College junior doctor, who was raped and murdered in August last year, on Saturday questioned the security and safety of women in West Bengal, hours after an MBBS student of a private ...

    12 October 2025 Indian Express
    SIR exercise in West Bengal | Prove charge… it’s a bid to intimidate poll officials: Suvendu to Mamata Banerjee

    Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Friday asked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to produce “documentary proof” of her allegations of irregularities involving the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) or they will see it as an attempt ...

    12 October 2025 Indian Express
    Out to meet friend, MBBS student raped outside Bengal private medical college campus; probe on

    A second-year MBBS student of a private medical college in West Bengal’s Pashchim Bardhaman district was allegedly dragged outside her college campus and raped Friday night. No arrests have been made yet in this connection, the police said, adding ...

    12 October 2025 Indian Express
    West Bengal to borrow ₹29,000 crore in Q3; year’s market borrowing may hit Rs 1 lakh crore

    The state government plans to raise Rs 29,000 crore in the third quarter of the 2025–26 financial year, bringing total market borrowings to about Rs 78,000 crore by the end of third quarter, government officials said on Friday. Finance ...

    12 October 2025 Indian Express
    Amid orange alert, rain, thunderstorm hit Kolkata; IMD’s weekend prediction for Bengal here

    Written by Anisha GhoshHeavy rain and thunderstorms lashed parts of Kolkata and adjoining districts on Friday afternoon, triggering traffic snarls and waterlogging in several low lying areas. The rains are expected to continue during the weekend.The India Meteorological Department ...

    12 October 2025 Indian Express
    Bangladesh court recognises deported two Bengal families as ‘Indian citizens,’ directs High Commission to arrange their return

    Nearly four months after six members of two families, including a pregnant woman, were pushed into Bangladesh by the BSF on suspicion of being illegal immigrants, a court in Bangladesh has recognised them as Indian citizens and directed the ...

    11 October 2025 Indian Express
    Engineering student from Jharkhand allegedly raped by classmate in Kolkata

    Police have launched an investigation into an alleged rape case after a 21-year-old engineering student filed a complaint against her classmate in Kolkata on Wednesday. The accused is currently absconding, officials said.The incident allegedly took place on September 26 ...

    11 October 2025 Indian Express
    ED raids Bengal minister’s office, 10 other properties in municipal hiring ‘scam

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday conducted simultaneous searches in at least 11 locations, including a residential building belonging to West Bengal minister Sujit Bose, in Kolkata and adjoining areas in connection with the alleged irregularities in recruitment to ...

    11 October 2025 Indian Express
    Mamata vs BJP: Suvendu seeks Central security for Bengal electoral official, cites CM’s ‘threat’ over SIR

    Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s ‘warning’ to the Election Commission regarding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise has sparked a war of words with the BJP. Citing her “threat”, the BJP has demanded action against CM Mamata and the ...

    11 October 2025 Indian Express
    Centre releases Rs 680 crore — first instalment of Finance Commission Grant for state local bodies

    The Centre has released Rs 680.71 crore as the first instalment of Untied (Basic) Grants under the Fifteenth Finance Commission (XV-FC) for Rural Local Bodies (RLBs)/ and Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) of West Bengal, for the financial year 2025-26.“The ...

    10 October 2025 Indian Express
    BJP twin strategy for polls: ‘Ensure no Hindu names deleted during SIR, focus on 160 seats’

    With the Election Commission all set to start Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, where Assembly elections are due early next year, the state unit of the BJP on Thursday held a high-level meeting to ...

    10 October 2025 Indian Express
    BJP MP Khagen Murmu attack: 5 held so far; PIL filed in High Court for NIA probe

    Three more persons were arrested on Thursday for their alleged involvement in the attacks on BJP lawmakers, taking the total number of arrests in the case to five, police said.Two persons were arrested during a late-Wednesday night special operation ...

    10 October 2025 Indian Express
    Rain fury in North Bengal: Tea industry counts its losses — from human to economic costs

    The recent heavy torrential rains and subsequent landslides in West Bengal have significantly affected the prominent tea-producing areas of Darjeeling, Dooars, and Terai, resulting in substantial losses to the regional tea economy, with the Tea Association of India (TAI) ...

    10 October 2025 Indian Express
    2 held for mob attack on BJP leaders; party says no faith in police probe

    Two days after a mob attacked BJP MP Khagen Murmu and party MLA Shankar Ghosh in the flood-hit Nagrakata area of Jalpaiguri district, police on Wednesday arrested two persons.“We have arrested two persons, identified as Ekramul Haque and Govinda ...

    10 October 2025 Indian Express
    Attack on BJP’s Khagen Murmu: Pleas filed in Calcutta HC seek national agency probes into ‘police inaction, involvement of infiltrators’

    A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) and another plea were filed before the Calcutta High Court Thursday, seeking a probe by Central agencies into the assault on BJP MP Khagen Murmu in Nagrakata in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri earlier this week.Murmu ...

    10 October 2025 Indian Express
    After 25-minute chase to rescue 3-year-old kidnapped girl, Bengal Police return her to mother

    Malda Police in West Bengal rescued a three-year-old girl within 25 minutes of her alleged abduction on Tuesday, intercepting two masked kidnappers after a high-speed chase near the Bengal-Bihar border.The incident occurred around 12:30 pm when the child was ...

    10 October 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Higher than Qutub Minar’: India’s ‘tallest’ watch tower in Howrah to open next year

    A watch tower taller than Delhi’s Qutub Minar is coming up in Howrah, West Bengal. Standing at 400 feet (120 metres), the tower is expected to open to the public next year.The structure will also feature a revolving restaurant ...

    10 October 2025 Indian Express
    Baranagar jeweller murder: Two arrested from Jharkhand, plan to kill and loot ‘was hatched inside jail’, say cops as they try to retrieve 15 kg gold

    In the loot and murder of Baranagar jewellery shop owner Sankar Jana in Bengal, police have so far arrested five persons, including two from Jamshedpur, Jharkhand.On Saturday, in broad daylight, 60-year-old Jana was found dead with his legs tied ...

    9 October 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Amit Shah will become your Mir Jafar, don’t trust him’: Mamata’s message to PM Modi

    Upon reaching Kolkata following a visit to the flood-hit North Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on Union Home Minister Amit Shah, accusing him of overstepping his authority and “behaving like the acting prime ...

    9 October 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal bucks India’s cyber crime spike, with a steady three-year decline — lower than smaller states

    West Bengal has bucked a national trend in cyber crime registrations over three years — recording a steady decline even as the rest of the country saw a rise.According to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, published ...

    9 October 2025 Indian Express
    After HQ vandalism: TMC delegation ‘left stranded’ at Agartala airport for 3 hours, Mamata dares BJP, Tripura CM takes a dig

    The Trinamool Congress TMC) on Wednesday claimed that its six-member delegation, which reached Agartala to take stock of the situation arising out of the vandalising of its party headquarters by BJP workers, was left stranded at the airport for ...

    9 October 2025 Indian Express
    ‘What could I have done that day?’: Mamata defends taking part in Carnival amid disaster in Darjeeling

    Facing criticism for taking part in the Durga Puja Carnival even as north Bengal reeled under floods and landslides, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday accused the Opposition BJP of “shamelessly politicising a natural calamity for narrow ...

    9 October 2025 Indian Express
    Rain Fury in Darjeeling Hills: Relief work in full swing, CM says rebuilding the region her top priority

    Life has begun to crawl back in the Darjeeling hills, which was hit by landslides amid torrential rainfall on Saturday night. The official death count has reached 28 with the recovery of two more bodies from Bamandanga in Nagrakata ...

    8 October 2025 Indian Express
    Day after attack on 2 BJP leaders, party claims another MLA Manoj Oraon ‘assaulted’ while distributing relief in North Bengal

    A day after BJP MP Khagen Murmu and party MLA Shankar Ghosh were attacked by a mob in Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district, another BJP MLA, Manoj Oraon of Kumargram in Alipurduar district, was allegedly attacked while distributing relief in North ...

    8 October 2025 Indian Express
    Trinamool using ‘special community’ to spread terror: Bengal BJP slams attack on MP Khagen Murmu

    The BJP on Tuesday said the Trinamool Congress is using a “special community” to carry out attacks in Bengal. Addressing a press conference on the attack on BJP leader Khagen Murmu, Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya said, West Bengal ...

    8 October 2025 Indian Express
    Durga Puja return rush: Kolkata Airport sees close to 2 lakh passengers over first Oct weekend

    The Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) Airport, also known as Dum Dum Airport, recorded a massive rush of passengers returning to Kolkata after the annual Durga Puja festival and subsequent holidays. Airport authorities estimate that a footfall of ...

    8 October 2025 Indian Express
    After Nepal, now Darjeeling: Tourism in Bengal takes hit this year even as festive season passes

    Durga Puja, Laxmi Puja, and Diwali are the peak season for tour operators. This is the time when families can plan holidays, with schools, colleges, and offices closed simultaneously. However, this year, with political turmoil and natural calamities, the ...

    8 October 2025 Indian Express
    Rhino, bison, leopards found dead in flood waters, forest department reunites baby elephant with mother

    A video that circulated widely on social media, showing a rhinoceros desperately trying to swim as it was carried away by floodwaters, has focused attention on the plight of wildlife in north Bengal after intense rains swept through the ...

    7 October 2025 Indian Express
    87-year-old woman who fell into a swollen Damodar River, rescued by fishermen 45 km away in West Bengal

    What began as a routine bath in the swollen Damodar River turned into a 45-kilometre ordeal across powerful currents for 87-year-old Maturi Tudu from the Jakta village in West Bengal’s Purba Bardhaman district, ending in an astonishing rescue.According to ...

    7 October 2025 Indian Express
    Top 3 busiest Kolkata Metro stations during Durga Puja 2025 – Full list

    Kolkata Metro Durga Puja services: Kolkata Metro has registered its highest-ever passenger count in the recently concluded Durga Puja. The country’s oldest metro network system has carried more than 46.56 lakh passengers from Panchami to Dashami this year across ...

    7 October 2025 Indian Express
    ‘No need to keep dams if they can’t hold water’: Mamata blames Centre again for flood in North

    A day after rain-triggered landslides hit North Bengal, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee blamed the Central government for the situation while pointing out that 40 hydropower projects have been built on the Teesta in Sikkim even as she ...

    7 October 2025 Indian Express
    BJP MP, MLA attacked in flood-hit Dooars, PM says ‘outright appalling’, CM hits back

    A violent mob attack on BJP MP Khagen Murmu and party MLA Shankar Ghosh during their visit to flood-affected people at Nagrakata in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal on Monday turned into a political squabble with Prime Minister Narendra ...

    7 October 2025 Indian Express
    ‘No power, no network… felt like the place would come down’: Those stranded in Darjeeling recall

    A routine holiday turned into a nightmare for two groups from Kolkata who were visiting the Darjeeling-Kalimpong hills when a sudden bout of heavy rain struck on the night of October 5. With power out and mobile networks down, ...

    7 October 2025 Indian Express
    As Darjeeling Hills count their dead, rain respite speeds up relief work

    The death toll from one of the worst landslides in a decade in the hills of Darjeeling climbed to 23 on Monday after incessant rainfall since Saturday night.With rainfall significantly subsiding on Monday, with clear sky – both in ...

    7 October 2025 Indian Express
    BJP MP, MLA attacked during visit to flood-hit people in Dooars, PM says ‘outright appalling’

    BJP MP Khagen Murmu and party MLA Shankar Ghosh were injured after a mob attacked them at Nagrakata in Jalpaiguri district on Monday during their visit to flood and landslide-affected people in the Dooars region of West Bengal.Murmu, the ...

    7 October 2025 Indian Express
    Jadavpur University student goes missing in Darjeeling amidst rain and landslides; his phone ‘switched off since Oct 5 morning’

    Himadri Purkait, a 24-year-old third-year Sociology student at Jadavpur University, would pack his backpack, and travel whenever he got an opportunity. This time his destination was Darjeeling in West Bengal.According to his family, Himadri left his home in the ...

    7 October 2025 Indian Express
    Chilli powder, an iron rod and five faceless youths: Why a Kolkata jeweller’s murder has left police scraping for clues

    More than 24 hours have passed since a 60-year-old jeweller was found murdered inside his shop with his legs tied in the Baranagar area near Kolkata. But the police have made little headway in the murder probe, except that ...

    6 October 2025 Indian Express
    Mamata takes part in Puja Carnival amid Darjeeling rain deaths, BJP says ‘insensitive, irresponsible’

    The Opposition BJP has accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of being “insensitive” for taking part in the Durga Puja Carnival at Kolkata’s Red Road on Sunday evening, hours after incessant rains and landslides left at least 20 ...

    6 October 2025 Indian Express
    IIT Kharagpur set to launch MD programme, waiting for National Medical Council green signal

    The Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, is all set to make its foray into medical education and launch a doctor of medicine (MD) programme once the National Medical Council (NMC) gives its go-ahead, IIT officials said.”Considering the availability of ...

    6 October 2025 Indian Express
    Darjeeling hills on edge as Met forecasts more rain

    With soil already saturated by Saturday night’s incessant rainfall in the hill districts of North Bengal, the forecast of more rainfall in the region in the next 24 to 48 hours is likely to cause more landslides, according to ...

    6 October 2025 Indian Express
    Darjeeling Devastation | ‘Everything happened in minutes… the hill just came down’: Everyone chips in for search and rescue operations

    The 12 hours of unrelenting rain have left the Darjeeling hills scarred and stunned. At least 20 people, including several children, were killed and many more injured after a string of powerful landslides swept through Mirik, Sukhiapokhri, Darjeeling and ...

    6 October 2025 Indian Express
    Darjeeling landslides | Sikkim cut off from Bengal, CM to visit tomorrow: 5 things to know

    Heavy rainfall in North Bengal have caused landslides in Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts that have killed at least 14 people, with the toll expected to rise. The rain also led to the collapse of two iron bridges in Darjeeling ...

    6 October 2025 Indian Express
    Red Alert for Cooch Behar and Jalpaiguri, Orange for Darjeeling district in North Bengal

    The weather department Sunday issued a Red Alert (Take Action) for several districts in North Bengal, predicting heavy rain, thunderstorms, and gusty winds over the next 24 to 48 hours. Residents have been advised to take necessary precautions as ...

    6 October 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Advising tourists to stay put until rescued’: As flood toll crosses 20, Mamata opens 24/7 control room, to visit Darjeeling today

    As the death toll from floods crossed 20 in North Bengal, especially in the Darjeeling hills, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday held a high-level meeting at Nabanna (state secretariat), opened a 24/7 control room, and said ...

    6 October 2025 Indian Express
    At least 20 killed, scores missing in Darjeeling rain, landslide

    At least 20 people have been killed and scores are missing after heavy rainfall lashed the Himalayan region of West Bengal on Saturday night, triggering large-scale landslides in the districts of Darjeeling, Kalimpong, and Kurseong. Parts of the Terai ...

    6 October 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Limbs tied’ & left to die: Jeweller murdered in broad daylight in Kolkata

    PANIC GRIPPED Sambhunath Das Lane in Kolkata’s Baranagar on Friday afternoon after shopkeepers found the body of Sankar Jana, 60, owner of Saraswati Chain and Ornament, lying on the floor of his jewellery store with his legs bound by ...

    5 October 2025 Indian Express
    Poll panel Deputy Commissioner Gyanesh Bharti to reach West Bengal on Oct 7

    DEPUTY ELECTION Commissioner Gyanesh Bharti will reach West Bengal on October 7 for a two-day visit.According to sources, Bharti would be accompanied by the Election Commission’s IT specialist, Seema Khanna.The visit assumes significance amid reports that preparations are underway ...

    5 October 2025 Indian Express
    Robbers threw chilli powder at Baranagar jeweller before killing him and looting his shop: police

    Over 20 hours have passed since the murder of Sankar Jana, 60, owner of Saraswati Chain and Ornament at Baranagar in North 24 Parganas, but the murderers are still at large, even as the police indicate there were five ...

    5 October 2025 Indian Express
    US tariffs have thrown Indian businesses into uncertainty: Amit Mitra

    AMIT MITRA, Chief Financial Adviser to Chief Minister and a former state finance minister, on Friday said that recent US trade measures had plunged Indian businesses into “uncertainty.” In a post on X, Mitra warned that recent US actions ...

    5 October 2025 Indian Express
    From making booth-wise plans to holding rally on Puja Carnival day — BJP gears up for Bengal polls

    With the Bengal Assembly polls just months away, the Opposition BJP has started preparing for the big political fight after the conclusion of Durga Puja.Union Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav and former Tripura CM Biplab Deb, the newly nominated BJP ...

    5 October 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata again tops NCRB 2023 safety list: TMC lauds data, BJP raises questions over its accuracy

    Kolkata has been named the safest city in India for the fourth year running, according to the National Crime Records Bureau’s (NCRB) 2023 data, prompting contrasting reactions from the Trinamool Congress and the BJP.The NCRB report shows Kolkata recorded ...

    5 October 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Placed millions of lives in immediate peril’: Mamata hits out at DVC for ‘releasing water’ on Durga Puja’s Dashami

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) of “inflicting misery” on “millions” of people in West Bengal during Durga Puja by “releasing water without prior notice.”The DVC, a central government agency, has not issued ...

    5 October 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal to face rainy weekend; landslide warning for north

    The IMD on Friday warned of widespread rainfall across both south and north Bengal due to a low-pressure system which has developed into a depression. Scattered rainfall is expected to continue across south Bengal districts, including Kolkata for the ...

    5 October 2025 Indian Express
    113 idols to be paraded at Immersion Carnival on Oct 5; Kolkata police announce major traffic curbs

    As many as 113 award-winning Puja committees from across Kolkata will participate in the annual Durga Puja Immersion Carnival 2025 on Red Road this Sunday, the Tourism Department said, adding that preparations are in full swing for the post-Vijaya ...

    5 October 2025 Indian Express
    West Bengal: Man severely injured after civic volunteer puts lit firecracker in his mouth; 1 held

    A civic police volunteer has been arrested after allegedly shoving a lit firecracker into a man’s mouth during a Durga idol immersion procession in Birbhum’s Chandpara area of Margram on Thursday night.The victim, Hemant Bagdi (24), suffered severe facial ...

    4 October 2025 Indian Express
    Deep depression to make landfall Thursday night in Odisha: Bengal’s coastal districts brace for rainfall impact

    A severe weather system, the deep depression over the west-central and adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal, is poised to make landfall tonight over the Odisha and North Andhra Pradesh coasts — triggering a high-level weather alert across West Bengal, ...

    4 October 2025 Indian Express
    Two Bengal civic volunteers arrested for ‘stealing gold ornaments from goddess Durga idol’

    Two civic volunteers were arrested in Gajol, Malda of West Bengal after it was discovered that gold ornaments adorning an idol of goddess Durga had disappeared. The accused had been on security duty.The incident took place at a puja ...

    4 October 2025 Indian Express
    Heavy rain forecast for some districts of West Bengal as deep depression weakens

    The IMD on Friday forecast heavy to very heavy rain in some districts of West Bengal under the influence of a deep depression, which weakened into a depression and lay over interior Odisha.Light to moderate rainfall is likely at ...

    4 October 2025 Indian Express
    Navami and Dashami to see heavy rain, 50 kmph wind gusts in West Bengal: IMD

    Maha Navami (October 1) and Vijayadashami/Dashami (October 2) are set to be hit by widespread rain across West Bengal, particularly in the southern districts, due to a weather system from the Bay of Bengal, the IMD said.A low pressure ...

    4 October 2025 Indian Express
    Over 2.08 crore travel on Kolkata Metro in September, more than 27 lakh in first 3 days of Durga Puja

    Kolkata Metro has witnessed a significant surge in ridership, with over 2.08 crore (20.8 million) commuters travelling on the railway network between September 1 and 28.In anticipation of the Durga Puja rush, additional staff, officers, and security personnel have ...

    3 October 2025 Indian Express
    From mutton biryani to basanti polao and payesh, Bengal’s prisons serve festive flavours to inmates during Durga Puja

    Poha, luchi cholar dal, and chole bhature for breakfast; macher matha diye dal, basanti polao, mutton biryani, and chicken kosha for lunch; chilly chicken and patal chingri for dinner – these are some authentic Bengali and Mughal dishes offered ...

    3 October 2025 Indian Express
    The ‘Red Post Box’, dying ‘letters’, postman’s bicycle come alive at this Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata

    At a time when Durga Puja pandals have transcended religious space and have become more of a cultural spectacle, Salt Lake’s CA Block Durga pandal in Kolkata is a showstopper with an 18-foot-high red post box greeting visitors at ...

    2 October 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata, South Bengal districts may witness very heavy rain on Dashami, Durga Puja festivities likely to be hit

    Durga Puja festivities in South Bengal, including Kolkata, are likely to be disrupted by inclement weather conditions as the India Meteorological Department has predicted intense rain starting Navami (October 1), with a warning of very heavy rainfall on Dashami ...

    2 October 2025 Indian Express
    Durga Puja Dashami likely to be washed out as IMD warns of heavy rain in Kolkata, Bengal

    Dashami weather alert: Kolkata, which has been grappling with heavy rain and consequent severe waterlogging, is in for more downpour. The rain this week could peak on Dashami on October 2 and mar the last day of the Durga ...

    1 October 2025 Indian Express
    At this pandal in Kolkata, Durga Puja is all about a powerful message of unity and responsibility

    The Putiary Club Sarbojanin in South Kolkata is celebrating its 78th year of Durga Puja by conveying a powerful message with the theme ‘Dayboddho’, which means responsibility.The arrival of Goddess Durga not only brings celebrations but also unites people ...

    1 October 2025 Indian Express
    Three killed after being hit by train in West Bengal

    Three people, including a woman and her child, were killed after being hit by a train while crossing the railway tracks in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, police said on Monday.The accident took place near Shyamnagar station on ...

    30 September 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata Salt Lake’s ‘Nir’ pandal revives earthen pot tradition, a reminder to earthy way of life

    Salt Lake’s EC Block has chosen a quietly powerful theme for this year’s Durga Puja. Titled “Nir”, meaning water, the pandal is a plea and a reminder: as rivers shrink and climate patterns change, simple traditional habits of conserving ...

    30 September 2025 Indian Express
    Rs 261.98 crore budget, site identified – Mamata governments ‘Durgangan’ project on fast track

    A major temple-like complex dedicated to Maa Durga, to be called Durga Angan, is moving swiftly from proposal to reality in Newtown, officials say. The government has finalised a 12.6-acre plot opposite Eco Park, near the Westin hotel and ...

    30 September 2025 Indian Express
    Pather Panchali 1946: Pandal revisits Kolkata riots to make a case for communal harmony

    In a sombre, dimly lit pandal in south Kolkata, blown-up newspaper headlines and a mock relief truck confront visitors with one of the city’s most painful chapters: the communal violence of 1946. The Samaj Sebi Sangha’s Durga puja, titled ...

    30 September 2025 Indian Express
    Yellow alert clouds puja joy in Bengal — sun shines on Shashti, heavier rain may hit later days

    Written by Anisha GhoshDurga Puja has begun under a cautionary sky: the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued yellow alerts for large parts across Bengal as unsettled weather is expected to persist through the core festival days.Authorities, already on ...

    29 September 2025 Indian Express
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