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 ExpressWritten 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 ExpressThe Metro Railway Kolkata registered its highest-ever daily passenger count of 9.82 lakh on Saturday 27, an official said. The new record surpasses the previous highest count of 9.61 lakh, which was registered on last year’s Maha Sashti. Just ...
29 September 2025 Indian ExpressThe Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday registered six regular cases against builders operating in Kolkata, Bengaluru and Mumbai and against unnamed officials of financial institutions, and carried out searches at 12 premises across the three cities as ...
29 September 2025 Indian ExpressWith Durga Puja festivities in full swing in Kolkata and scores of people coming from other districts just to visit the pandals, the Railways’ Sealdah division has set up a “war room” to proactively manage the festive rush and ...
29 September 2025 Indian ExpressKolkata burst into life on Maha Sasthi, witnessing an electrifying atmosphere as thousands of people, dressed in new attire, plunged into the Durga Puja merriment. The clear skies during the day time, despite an India Meteorological Department alert, were ...
29 September 2025 Indian ExpressTHE 90TH edition of Santosh Mitra Square’s Durga Puja, themed on ‘Operation Sindoor’, has drawn massive crowds following its inauguration by Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday.The puja’s theme commemorates India’s cross-border military strikes against terror camps in ...
29 September 2025 Indian ExpressThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) Wednesday attached properties worth Rs 155 crore in connection with the ongoing investigation against M/s LFS Broking Pvt Ltd and its related companies and individuals under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.On Saturday, ...
29 September 2025 Indian ExpressWhile Durga Puja committees often invite dignitaries, including ministers, eminent artists, and sports personalities, to inaugurate the festivities, this year, the Kodalia Netaji Sangha Sarbojonin Durgotsav in South 24 Parganas district ventured off the beaten path. On Saturday, its ...
28 September 2025 Indian ExpressTranscending boundaries, the memories of Assamese singer Zubeen Garg will now be immortalised through his statue in the Cooch Behar town of Bengal.It has also been learnt that a stage would be named after him at the upcoming ‘Rash ...
28 September 2025 Indian ExpressUNION HOME Minister Amit Shah on Friday inaugurated the Santosh Mitra Square Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata, which this year carries a military-themed tribute titled ‘Operation Sindoor.’Addressing the gathering after performing the rituals, Shah linked regional aspirations to a ...
28 September 2025 Indian ExpressWith Durga Puja festivities in full swing in Kolkata and all over the state, the West Bengal Police on Friday launched an app called ‘Sabar Pujo’ to update festival-goers about pandals and other festival-related information in certain parts of ...
28 September 2025 Indian ExpressThe Calcutta High Court on Friday said the police will submit a report on whether Jadavpur University’s hostel rooms are locked, while ordering the university’s administration to close hostels within the next two days since Durga Puja vacations have ...
27 September 2025 Indian ExpressThe CBI Friday arrested Amit Das, an absconding accused in the high-profile post-poll killing of Avijit Sarkar, a case linked to violence that followed the 2021 West Bengal assembly elections. The agency said Das will be produced before the ...
27 September 2025 Indian ExpressTHE CALCUTTA High Court on Friday dismissed the Centre’s deportation order against two migrant worker families from Birbhum who were pushed into Bangladesh earlier this year, and said in its order, “ ..Acting in hot haste to deport them ...
27 September 2025 Indian ExpressUnion Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday inaugurated the Santosh Mitra Square Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata, which features the military-themed ‘Operation Sindoor’ tribute this year. He then shared a prayer for the state’s political future: “I have prayed ...
27 September 2025 Indian ExpressIn a major relief for former West Bengal education minister Partha Chatterjee, the Calcutta High Court on Friday granted him conditional bail — but he will remain in jail for now.Justice Shuvra Ghosh of a single-judge bench ordered that ...
27 September 2025 Indian ExpressEven after half a century, the magic of Sholay remains undimmed. Celebrating the golden jubilee of India’s most iconic film, Simla Sporting Club has chosen the Bollywood classic as the theme of its Durga Puja pandal this year. The ...
27 September 2025 Indian ExpressAmid criticism over the TMC government’s handling of the Kolkata flooding situation, in which at least 11 people were killed, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday lashed out at her critics for “indulging in politics over death”, ...
26 September 2025 Indian ExpressA major fire erupted on the rooftop of a multi-storey guest house and educational complex on Prince Anwar Shah Road Thursday afternoon, sparking panic in the densely populated area.The blaze broke out in the building around 1 pm and ...
26 September 2025 Indian ExpressControversy sparked after a video of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s video went viral where she was participating in a Dandiya dance with Puja organisers surfaced a day after rains inundated large parts of Kolkata, with the BJP ...
26 September 2025 Indian ExpressThe Calcutta High Court has ordered the District Magistrate of Murshidabad to file a comprehensive report on the funds for victims of the Samsherganj violence, which took place in Murshidabad earlier this year, detailing for whom and how the ...
26 September 2025 Indian ExpressUnion Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in Kolkata late Thursday night to inaugurate Puja pandals in the city. His visit comes days after the city was inundated by torrential rain, in which at least 11 people were killed, mostly ...
26 September 2025 Indian ExpressA low-pressure area is imminent over the north and adjoining central Bay of Bengal, setting the stage for a prolonged period of rainfall across West Bengal over the next seven days, according to the latest weather bulletin.Just two days ...
26 September 2025 Indian ExpressWith the West Bengal Assembly elections just months away, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is seeking to connect with the people of Bengal during the Durga Puja festivities.Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to arrive in Kolkata late ...
26 September 2025 Indian ExpressImagine finishing a late-night feast near Dakshineswar and boarding a Metro at 4:10 am, seamlessly connecting to the Green Line to reach Howrah Maidan for pandal-hopping. This Durga Puja, travel between Kolkata, its suburbs and adjoining districts has been ...
26 September 2025 Indian ExpressWaterlogging is not just a monsoon inconvenience for Kolkata residents. It’s a persistent issue mostly due to a combination of factors, like its challenging topography and an outdated colonial-era infrastructure. But what contributed to Tuesday’s deluge involved decades of ...
25 September 2025 Indian ExpressA new global study shows that climate change is not affecting everyone equally and extreme weather events impact people differently based on their age and location.The study, highlighted by IIT Kharagpur and supported by the United Nations Office for ...
25 September 2025 Indian ExpressEven as the West Bengal government and power utility company CESC are blaming each other for the death of at least nine persons from electrocution during Tuesday’s rain and flooding in Kolkata and its suburbs, unplanned lighting, open wires, ...
25 September 2025 Indian ExpressThe Calcutta High Court on Thursday ordered the West Bengal government and the state-run Kolkata Municipal Corporation to submit a report through affidavits on the city’s drainage systems and conditions, including whether there are unauthorised constructions near rivers and ...
25 September 2025 Indian ExpressKolkata is slowly returning to normalcy, a day after heavy overnight rainfall caused widespread flooding, claiming the lives of at least 11 people and disrupting daily life.While streets, railway tracks, and Metro lines were inundated, city authorities have begun ...
25 September 2025 Indian ExpressAmid the Opposition demanding a probe into the electrocution deaths during Tuesday’s flooding in Kolkata and its suburbs, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced Rs 2 lakh compensation and a job for the families of those ...
25 September 2025 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced Rs 2 lakh as compensation and a job for the next in kin of those who died of electrocution in Kolkata following torrential rain.During a Durga Puja inauguration at her ...
25 September 2025 Indian ExpressIn a relief for Trinamool Congress leader and state minister Chandranath Sinha, a special CBI court on Tuesday rejected the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) plea seeking his custodial interrogation.The judge, in the order, observed, “In my view, the prosecution has ...
25 September 2025 Indian ExpressIn a setback to the state government, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the state health department to retain doctor Aniket Mahato’s posting at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.Mahato was transferred as “senior resident” to Raiganj ...
25 September 2025 Indian ExpressA day after torrential rain battered Kolkata, Indian Secular Front MLA Naushad Siddiqui on Wednesday sought an inquiry by the Calcutta High Court into the deaths due to electrocution in Kolkata, the precautionary measures by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation ...
25 September 2025 Indian ExpressKolkata is slowly returning to normalcy, a day after heavy overnight rainfall caused widespread flooding, claiming the lives of at least 11 people and disrupting daily life.However, the wet spell is expected to continue for the rest of the ...
25 September 2025 Indian ExpressKolkata and its suburbs on Tuesday woke up to the third-wettest September day since 1978, recording a rainfall of 251.4mm in 24 hours.This marked the city’s third-highest single-day rainfall in September, followed by 369.6 mm on September 28, 1978, ...
24 September 2025 Indian ExpressKolkata and neighbourhood Tuesday woke up to the third wettest September day since 1978, recording 251.4mm in 24 hours.The most heavy spell was recorded between 2.30am – 5am, when West Bengal’s capital recorded close to 185mm. The city narrowly ...
24 September 2025 Indian ExpressThe nine persons who were electrocuted to death in Kolkata and its suburbs on Tuesday after overnight torrential rain were going about their routine work.While five of them were electrocuted in waterlogged streets, one each died in a hotel, ...
24 September 2025 Indian ExpressAfter West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday held Kolkata’s power utility CESC responsible for the death of nine people from electrocution amid torrential rains that led to waterlogging in large parts of the metropolis, the CESC asserted ...
24 September 2025 Indian ExpressWith an overnight rain wreaking havoc in Kolkata and its suburbs, Opposition parties in West Bengal on Tuesday targeted the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government over poor flood preparations, alleging that inefficiency and mismanagement of the state agencies and ...
24 September 2025 Indian ExpressOvernight heavy torrential rains left Kolkata and the surrounding areas submerged Tuesday, paralysing the day-to-day activities just days ahead of Durga Puja.Here’s 5 key things to know about the rain fury and its impactThe city received 251.4 mm of ...
24 September 2025 Indian ExpressKolkata woke to chaos on Tuesday under the impact of heavy overnight showers which left large parts of the city waterlogged and sent Durga Puja preparations into disarray.The deluge,among the heaviest in decades, submerged arterial roads, railway tracks and ...
24 September 2025 Indian ExpressThe Kolkata Police’s chargesheet in the alleged rape at a law college in the city has stated that forensic reports have corroborated the allegations made by the survivor, a student in her 20s, and confirmed the involvement of the ...
24 September 2025 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said at least seven people died of electrocution in Kolkata after overnight rain in the city and its surrounding districts. She announced a two-day holiday for government schools and urged private ...
24 September 2025 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal Education Department announced on Tuesday that the month-long Durga Puja holidays in government-run and aided schools, colleges and other educational institutions in the state will begin on Wednesday, two days ahead of the schedule, in view ...
24 September 2025 Indian ExpressA continuous deluge in Kolkata and Howrah has severely crippled the region’s transport network, with widespread waterlogging causing the suspension and delay of numerous train and Metro services. Officials said two deaths have been reported so far.Meanwhile, a flight ...
23 September 2025 Indian ExpressHeavy rainfall throughout the night has paralysed the transport system in Kolkata, severely disrupting movement of vehicles and train services. Several local trains, connecting the city with its suburbs and neighbouring districts, have been cancelled and a few diverted, ...
23 September 2025 Indian ExpressThe India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned of persistent rain and thunderstorms across North and South Bengal until Panchami on September 26. The showers may be intermittent but are likely to produce sudden downpours, gusty winds and lightning that ...
23 September 2025 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Monday that the state government would incur revenue losses to the tune of Rs 20,000 crore in the wake of the roll-out of the new GST regime and that the Central ...
23 September 2025 Indian ExpressThis year Barisha Club’s Durga Puja in south Kolkata takes visitors behind the glittering curtain to expose a reality of emptiness, struggle and invisibility. Titled “Shunno Prithibi” (Empty World), the pandal pays homage to Bengal’s once-thriving circus culture, its ...
23 September 2025 Indian ExpressAt least two people were killed as Kolkata woke up to an inundated city on Tuesday morning after heavy overnight rainfall flooded streets, railway tracks, and Metro tracks. The downpour, which began late Monday night and continued past midnight, ...
23 September 2025 Indian ExpressThe onset of the festive season in Kolkata has been overshadowed by two separate shooting incidents within 24 hours, causing alarm among residents.On Sunday morning, two unidentified assailants opened fire inside a popular gym in the Charu Market police ...
23 September 2025 Indian ExpressA college assistant professor, her daughter, and brother have been arrested in connection with the alleged abduction of a five-year-old girl from a footpath in the Dum Dum area of Kolkata, police said.The child, who lived on the street ...
23 September 2025 Indian ExpressStudents of the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS) on Monday launched a unique and impromptu form of protest — standing in class for up to five hours a day — as they continued their demand for ...
23 September 2025 Indian ExpressThe prime accused in the Gulshan Colony shootout on September 11, Mohammad Firoz alias Mini Firoz, was apprehended by police in Delhi after a 10-day manhunt. Police consider it a significant breakthrough in the case, which involved an alleged ...
23 September 2025 Indian ExpressWith Mahalaya being observed across West Bengal on Sunday, the countdown to Durga Puja has entered its final lap. This Sharadiya (autumnal) Durga Puja is supposed to be the last one before the Assembly elections next year. So, as ...
22 September 2025 Indian ExpressThe National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday searched five locations in Kolkata and Bangaon areas and arrested two men for their alleged involvement in the trafficking of a minor Bangladeshi girl, officials said on Sunday.The accused — Amir Ali ...
22 September 2025 Indian ExpressUpping the ante, the students’ body at National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS) in Kolkata on Sunday gave October 31 deadline for its Vice-Chancellor Nirmal Kanti Chakrabarti to resign, saying their concerns went beyond the recent sexual harassment allegations, ...
22 September 2025 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday claimed that the Centre was taking undue credit for lowering GST rates, though the move was initiated by the state.Her statement came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in an address to ...
22 September 2025 Indian ExpressEven as West Bengal plunged into the 10-day-long festive spirit of Durga Puja with Mahalaya on Sunday, there was no pause in the war of words between political rivals, TMC and BJP – given that the Assembly elections in ...
22 September 2025 Indian ExpressChief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday invoked “Bangla-asmita” as she began inaugurating Durga Puja events a day before Mahalaya, the close of the pitripaksha period.Speaking at the opening of the Sri Bhumi Sarbojanin Durgotsav, patronised by state fire minister ...
22 September 2025 Indian ExpressAs everyone in Kolkata prepares to welcome Ma Durga and begin the four-day festivities, Picnic Garden’s 39 Pally reminds us that Durga Puja is for everyone. This year, their theme is “Amrao Pari” (Even we can), created by a ...
22 September 2025 Indian ExpressVice Chancellor Prof Nirmal Kanti Chakrabarti of the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS) walked out of the University Salt Lake Campus Sunday morning after being gheraoed by the students for the entire night.The students have been ...
22 September 2025 Indian ExpressProtests broke out at the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS), in Kolkata on Saturday, with the students demanding the resignation of Vice-Chancellor (V-C) Prof Nirmal Kanti Chakrabarti amid allegations of financial mismanagement, misconduct and sexual harassment.V-C ...
22 September 2025 Indian ExpressThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday sought seven days’ custody of West Bengal minister and Trinamool Congress leader Chandranath Sinha before a special court in Kolkata, saying that he was an influential person and had not been cooperating with ...
21 September 2025 Indian ExpressA 27-year-old research scholar at IIT Kharagpur was found dead in his hostel room on Saturday afternoon, officials said.The deceased, Harsh Kumar Pandey from Ranchi, was pursuing a PhD in mechanical engineering, sources said. This is the fifth suspected ...
21 September 2025 Indian ExpressThis year, Durga Puja revellers will witness the coming together of two worlds at the pandal of Dum Dum Park Tarun Sangha: the colours of 1950s-60s pop art and the timeless charm of Bengal’s favourite detective, Byomkesh Bakshi.Artist Anirban ...
21 September 2025 Indian ExpressProtests by Kurmi organisations for scheduled tribe status have led to several trains being stalled, diverted, short-terminated or cancelled in West Bengal.This comes as the umbrella Kurmi organisation Adivasi Kurmi Samaj – which called the protest – accused the ...
21 September 2025 Indian ExpressAlipore Sarbojanin has turned an everyday drink into a unique Durga Puja theme. Titled “Cha-Pan Utar” (Tea as Upheaval), the pandal uses tea as a lens to portray history, struggle, politics and popular culture, transforming the space into a ...
21 September 2025 Indian ExpressFormer Supreme Court Justice Rohinton Nariman, speaking at the 7th M K Nambiar Endowment Lecture at the NUJS Law University, addressed the contentious role of a state governor, suggesting the healthy constitutional conventions, rather than a constitutional amendment, could ...
21 September 2025 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister on Thursday pulled up her ministers during a Cabinet meeting for making “irresponsible statements” in the media.Sources said that during the meeting, the chief minister told party leaders to think before making any statement against ...
20 September 2025 Indian ExpressThe alleged assault and death of a Bharatiya Janata Party worker in West Bengal’s Nadia district have sparked a political firestorm ahead of next year’s assembly election, with the party claiming that the attackers were associated with the ruling ...
20 September 2025 Indian ExpressThe India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued fresh alerts for West Bengal, saying that rain and thunderstorms will continue across the state until Wednesday. Both orange and yellow alerts have been placed for several districts, raising concerns of waterlogging, ...
20 September 2025 Indian ExpressOutlining the key aspects of the latest reforms in the GST, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said “Bengal had a “strong influence” in deciding the date of the decision of unveiling the new generation indirect tax rate ...
20 September 2025 Indian ExpressAs Kolkata prepares for Durga Puja, the United Nations Resident Coordinator’s Office (UNRCO) and UNESCO have jointly released new Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for universal accessibility in pandals. The guidelines aim to ensure inclusive participation for people with disabilities, ...
20 September 2025 Indian ExpressKolkata Metro Durga Puja Services: Kolkata Metro is preparing to manage the festive rush during Durga Puja, which will be celebrated from September 28 to October 2 this year. With thousands of pandal-hoppers expected to assemble in the city, ...
19 September 2025 Indian ExpressMonths before the West Bengal Assembly election, the Mamata Banerjee government has launched the second phase of the Banglar Bari housing scheme project.The scheme, the first phase of which was launched in December 2024, aims at providing pucca houses ...
19 September 2025 Indian ExpressAn ex-army personnel lost his life on Vishwakarma Puja after a razor-sharp kite string, believed to be Chinese Manja, slit his throat on the Kalyani Expressway, prompting a swift police crackdown that led to 11 arrests across four police ...
19 September 2025 Indian ExpressThe mutilated body of a teen schoolgirl, missing for nearly three weeks, was found in a sack in a village in Birbhum district of West Bengal. Police have arrested her teacher for murder and kidnapping.The student had gone missing ...
19 September 2025 Indian ExpressA five-day exhibition on the life and works of Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened at the Indian Museum in Kolkata on Wednesday, coinciding with his 75th birthday on September 17.The exhibition, which will remain open till September 21, highlights ...
19 September 2025 Indian ExpressWith the Election Commission (EC) setting the stage for conducting the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound West Bengal, CPI-ML leader Dipankar Bhattacharya on Wednesday briefed the Left Front leaders about the Opposition INDIA bloc’s strategy ...
18 September 2025 Indian ExpressThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday arrested Congress leader Kuldeep Rai Sharma, also a former Member of Parliament from Andaman and Nicobar Islands and two others in a money laundering case linked to an alleged Rs 500-crore cooperative bank ...
18 September 2025 Indian ExpressThe police on Wednesday arrested a Trinamool Congress panchayat member on the charge of assaulting the acting headmaster of a state-run school in South 24 Parganas district over a dispute regarding the collection of money for a trip, an ...
18 September 2025 Indian ExpressThe Airports Authority of India (AAI) will on Wednesday mark Yatri Seva Diwas on September 17 with a series of passenger-centric initiatives at airports in the eastern region. Nivedita Dubey, AAI’s Regional Executive Director, Eastern Region, said the airports ...
18 September 2025 Indian ExpressA new study by researchers at IIT Kharagpur has found that India’s forests are becoming less healthy, even though the country is growing greener overall.The research, led by Professor Jayanarayanan Kuttippurath and Dr Rahul Kashyap, reveals that much of ...
18 September 2025 Indian ExpressWritten by Anisha GhoshA Durga Puja pandal in South Kolkata this year has thrown spotlight on the suffering, pain and hunger in Palestine and has connected that with the Bengal famine which shook the nation 82 years ago.The Behala ...
18 September 2025 Indian ExpressWith Mahalaya and Durga Puja approaching, Kolkata Police, under Commissioner Manoj Kumar Verma, has rolled out a comprehensive traffic plan, to be enforced from September 21 to the immersion days in October.On Mahalaya (September 21), goods vehicles will be ...
18 September 2025 Indian ExpressA 44-year-old woman, identified as Sanchita Agarwal, died after a fall from an apartment building in the Urbana Complex in Anandapur in Kolkata, police said on Monday.According to police the incident occurred at around 5:30 am early Monday morning.Police ...
17 September 2025 Indian ExpressAsserting that the nature of warfare is continuously evolving, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh urged the country’s Armed forces to move beyond traditional warfare and prepare for emerging, unconventional threats, including information, ideological, ecological, and biological warfare.Addressing the Combined Commanders’ ...
17 September 2025 Indian ExpressInaugurating the second premium luxury ward at government-run SSKM Hospital in Kolkata, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said patients at the facility can get the kind of beds available at a private hospital at Rs 15,000 ...
17 September 2025 Indian ExpressThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday questioned Bengali film actor Ankush Hazra in connection with an alleged betting app scam, at its headquarters in New Delhi, a day after its officials interrogated former Trinamool Congress MP and actor Mimi ...
17 September 2025 Indian ExpressIn a first-of-its-kind initiative in West Bengal, the Bangaon Police district has launched a mobile application that allows people to file complaints and track case progress as well as connect with the investigating officer via video call.The initiative, named ...
17 September 2025 Indian ExpressUnion Minister of State and former BJP West Bengal president Sukanta Majumdar on Monday alleged a “serious breach of privilege” after his vehicle was allegedly stopped by police outside the Kolkata airport where he had gone to see off ...
17 September 2025 Indian ExpressCharges of murder and criminal conspiracy were pressed on Monday in the case involving the death of a student due to alleged drowning at Jadavpur University after her parents met Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Verma and other officers.Anamika Mondal, ...
17 September 2025 Indian ExpressFrom threatening to cut off the hands and feet of his political rivals to threatening to pour acid into the mouth of Opposition leaders, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Abdur Rahim Boxi is no stranger to stirring controversy with his ...
17 September 2025 Indian ExpressPolice have arrested a facility manager at government-run Panskura Speciality Hospital in Purba Medinipur district of West Bengal after a female contract worker accused him of sexual assault and rape inside the hospital premises.According to police, the accused, identified ...
17 September 2025 Indian ExpressPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated the 16th Combined Commanders’ Conference (CCC) at the Army’s Eastern Command headquarters in Kolkata, and urged the armed forces to pursue “greater synergy, atmanirbharta and innovation” as part of the government’s push ...
16 September 2025 Indian ExpressAs Kolkata prepares for the annual Durga Puja surge, the city’s Metro network, which is operated by Indian Railways, is witnessing record crowds and mounting operational headaches.Metro said a “record” 6.96 lakh people used its services across its network ...
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