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  • News from West Bengal | 22 May, 2025 | ৮ জ্যৈষ্ঠ, ১৪৩২
  • In a first, Darjeeling Zoo gets biobank to collect cell, tissue samples

    As part of a national programme, the country’s first ‘bio bank’ in a zoo is up and running at Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park, better known as Darjeeling Zoo, officials said.Officials pointed out this is the first time in ...

    17 February 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal school jobs case: CBI report lists names of candidates ‘recommended’ by political leaders

    The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), as part of its investigation into the cash-for-school-jobs case, has compiled a fresh list of candidates allegedly recommended for school jobs by some political leaders in Bengal, including former and current Trinamool Congress ...

    17 February 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata: Singer Pratul Mukhopadhyay dies at 83; body donated to SSKM hospital

    Well-known Bengali singer Pratul Mukhopadhyay known for ‘Ami Banglay Gaan Gai’, passed away at the SSKM hospital in Kolkata on Saturday. He was suffering from different age-related ailments.The 83-year-old singer is survived by his wife.His mortal remains were accorded ...

    17 February 2025 Indian Express
    West Bengal Madhyamik exams: Girls outnumber boys in continuation of trend

    The West Bengal Board of Secondary Education’s Madhyamik Class 10 exams began on February 10. This year, 9,84,910 students are participating in the exams. Approximately 5,55,000 are girls, and 4,28,000 are boys. This means that girl candidates outnumbered boy ...

    17 February 2025 Indian Express
    Mohan Bhagwat calls for Hindu unity at RSS event in Bengal, says Hinduism accepts diversity

    Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat Sunday addressed a conference of RSS volunteers in Bardhaman in West Bengal, where he emphasised the importance of Hindu unity and the need to embrace diversity.“Hinduism progresses by accepting the world’s diversity, ...

    17 February 2025 Indian Express
    In Kolkata, state-run SSKM Hospital’s push to cut backlog of gallstone cases: 200 surgeries in 4 days

    IN A unique initiative, SSKM Hospital, a premier hospital run by the West Bengal government, has launched a week-long surgical drive to tackle a mounting backlog of gallstone cases. Over the past four days, nearly 200 patients have undergone ...

    16 February 2025 Indian Express
    Eminent Bengali singer Pratul Mukherjee dies in Kolkata, body to be donated to SSKM hospital

    Eminent Bengali singer Pratul Mukherjee, 83, known for ‘Ami Banglay Gaan Gai’, passed away at the SSKM hospital in Kolkata on Saturday. He was suffering from different age-related ailments.Following Mukherjee’s demise, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote on social ...

    16 February 2025 Indian Express
    Calcutta High Court allows RSS rally in Burdwan

    The Calcutta High Court on Friday gave permission to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS) West Bengal unit to hold a rally at Sai Complex in Burdwan on February 16. However, the single bench of Justice Amrita Sinha stipulated conditions ...

    16 February 2025 Indian Express
    West Bengal: Youth held for ‘sexually assaulting’ teen

    A teenage girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by a youth who threatened her with acid attacks if she resisted, South 24 Parganas police said on Friday. The accused has been arrested, police said.According to police sources, the accused had ...

    16 February 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal IPS officer Tripathi called to Delhi, set to join CISF as DIG

    IPS officer Nagendra Tripathi, currently posted in West Bengal, has been asked to report to the Union Home Ministry. He will be posted as the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).Under Secretary of the ...

    16 February 2025 Indian Express
    Denied to use sound box at Bhagwat meet for Board exams, RSS moves HC

    The West Bengal unit of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Thursday approached a single judge bench of Justice Amrita Sinha of the Calcutta High Court alleging that they were denied permission to use sound boxes in a meeting ...

    15 February 2025 Indian Express
    Abhishek Banerjee hints at keeping door open for alliance talks with Congress in Bengal

    While reiterating party chief Mamata Banerjee’s position that the TMC would fight alone in the next year’s Assembly elections in West Bengal, the party’s national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Thursday hinted at keeping the door open for discussions.“In ...

    15 February 2025 Indian Express
    Revive murder cases of 2007 Nandigram land stir: High Court

    The Calcutta High Court has held that accused persons in ten criminal cases pertaining to murders in Nandigram and Khejuri during an anti-land acquisition movement in 2007 must stand trial, directing that the cases be revived and they should ...

    15 February 2025 Indian Express
    Abhishek hits out at BJP for criticising state Budget: ‘Union Budget anti-Bengal, deceptive’

    Trinamool Congress (TMC) general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Thursday hit out at the Opposition BJP for criticising the state Budget, presented in the Assembly a day ago.“The same people who once said they would scrap ‘Lakshmir Bhandar’ are now ...

    15 February 2025 Indian Express
    TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee files complaint with Meta over ‘removal of AITC from Facebook bio, unauthorised access of account’

    TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee has filed a formal complaint with Meta (formerly Facebook) regarding an alleged unauthorised breach of his official Facebook page.The issue came to light on February 11, when Banerjee’s supporters noticed a change in the bio ...

    14 February 2025 Indian Express
    Govt gone bankrupt: BJP; CPM says no roadmap for delivering promises

    The Opposition BJP on Wednesday called the state Budget “anti-people”, claiming it proved that the TMC government has gone “bankrupt.”Walking out of the Assembly with party MLAs during the Budget speech, Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari said: “The state ...

    14 February 2025 Indian Express
    We deliver, you promise: Bengal CM contrasts state, Union budget

    Contrasting TMC government’s social welfare schemes with that of the BJP-led government at the Centre, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said while we deliver, the Union Budget only makes promises.Addressing a press conference after the presentation ...

    14 February 2025 Indian Express
    Snowfall predicted in Darjeeling, fog alert for South Bengal: IMD

    Darjeeling will likely experience snowfall on Thursday and Friday and light rain is predicted for Jalpaiguri and Kalimpong, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. Dense fog warnings have been issued for Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, and Cooch Behar, potentially reducing visibility ...

    14 February 2025 Indian Express
    Clash over ‘control of illegal sand mine’ injures 2 in West Bengal, 10 held

    A violent clash involving throwing of crude bombs between two groups —allegedly backed by rival Trinamool Congress (TMC) factions — over control of illegal sand mining operations broke out on Tuesday in Birbhum’s Kankartala area.The clash allegedly stemmed from ...

    14 February 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Need time to go through voluminous documents’: Ex-R G Kar principal Sandip Ghosh’s counsel tells court in CBI graft case

    On Wednesday, the counsel of former RG Kar principal Sandip Ghosh informed the Special CBI Court that they would require time to go through the “voluminous documents” provided by the CBI in the financial irregularities case.The court said the ...

    13 February 2025 Indian Express
    Job creation, rural infra thrust in TMC’s last Budget before Bengal polls

    In the last full-fledged Budget before West Bengal goes to Assembly polls early next year, the TMC government, led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Wednesday laid out a series of infrastructure and agriculture projects focusing on the state’s ...

    13 February 2025 Indian Express
    Dhankhar expresses desire to deliver speech in Bengal Assembly, Speaker examines provisions

    Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday sent a special messenger to West Bengal Speaker Biman Banerjee expressing his desire to deliver a speech in the Legislative Assembly, officials said.Dhankhar, who remained West Bengal governor from 2019 to 2022 before ...

    13 February 2025 Indian Express
    Former President Pranab Mukherjee’s son back in Congress: ‘Soon after joined TMC, I realised I did wrong’

    Former President Pranab Mukherjee’s son Abhijit Mukherjee rejoined the Congress on Wednesday after a four-year-long placid stint in the Trinamool Congress.The former Lok Sabha MP was given the Congress membership at the party’s state headquarters here in the presence ...

    13 February 2025 Indian Express
    Court pulls up CBI for not handing all documents to Sandip Ghosh

    The counsel of former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Sandip Ghosh, on Monday accused the CBI of not providing all the documents related to the chargesheet in the case of alleged financial irregularities at the state-run ...

    12 February 2025 Indian Express
    Congress can’t spoil our chances in Bengal, we’ll win: CM Mamata Banerjee

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday told her party MLAs not to get worried by the BJP’s win in Delhi Assembly elections, saying the Congress was not in a position of strength in West Bengal to spoil TMC’s chances ...

    12 February 2025 Indian Express
    Tiger which attacked forest guard held after 12 hours’ search in Sunderbans

    After more than 12 hours of search, the West Bengal Forest department finally managed to catch the Royal Bengal Tiger which attacked and injured a forest guard in the Sunderbans on Monday.Around 3.30 am on Tuesday, forest guards were ...

    12 February 2025 Indian Express
    Prime accused in Naihati TMC worker’s murder arrested from UP: SIT

    More than a week after a TMC worker was shot dead in broad daylight in Naihati in North 24 Parganas district, the SIT of West Bengal Police arrested the prime accused, Rajesh Shaw, and his accomplice, Vishal, from a ...

    12 February 2025 Indian Express
    Budget session begins: Despite no Central funds, Bengal govt didn’t back out from ensuring employment and housing to rural poor: Governor

    West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Monday said that “despite financial constraints and non-receipt of Central funds”, the TMC government in the state “has not backed out from its commitment to ensuring employment and housing for our rural ...

    12 February 2025 Indian Express
    Forest guard injured in Royal Bengal tiger attack in Sundarbans

    A West Bengal forest guard was severely injured after a Royal Bengal tiger attacked him during a search operation for the tiger. He was admitted to Kolkata’s SSKM hospital with injuries on his forehead.Police said the incident occurred at ...

    12 February 2025 Indian Express
    ZSI, University of Calcutta, others develop novel technique for fruit fly control

    In a collaborative study led by researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), the University of Calcutta and other institutions have developed a novel technique for fruit fly control which they say can potentially revolutionise global efforts to ...

    11 February 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Will keep fighting’: RG Kar victim’s kin on her birthday

    “When she was a student, she would always tell me to make payasam (rice-milk pudding) for her. I can never make that again,” says the mother of the junior doctor who was raped and killed at the state-run RG ...

    11 February 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal: Polls a year away, welfare schemes to get Budget push

    With the Assembly elections in West Bengal due early next year, the TMC government in the state is planning to allocate more money in social security and welfare schemes in this year’s Budget – the last one before the ...

    11 February 2025 Indian Express
    Toto driver arrested for New Town girl’s rape and murder in ‘den of anti-socials’

    A minor girl from Gouranganagar, New Town, near Kolkata, was found murdered early on Friday, around 6 km from her home, which she left after an argument with her mother and sister late on Thursday. Her body was discovered ...

    11 February 2025 Indian Express
    ED attaches 36 bank accounts linked to TMC leader Anubrata Mondal in cattle smuggling case

    The Enforcement Directorate has frozen 36 bank accounts belonging to Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Anubrata Mondal and his family, with a balance of Rs 25.86 crore, in connection with the cattle smuggling case. The ED arrested Mondal in November ...

    11 February 2025 Indian Express
    Mamata announces formation of single-window interface for industry approvals, says promise kept

    The West Bengal government has published a notification to form the State Level Investment Synergy Committee to “simplify and expedite” the processes for obtaining approvals to set up and operate industrial projects and other investments.“As I promised in the ...

    10 February 2025 Indian Express
    After massive fire in Kolkata’s Narkeldanga slum, locals allege fire brigade was late

    Early on Sunday morning, the Narkeldanga slum in Kolkata was still covered in white smoke from the previous night’s massive fire, with scores of helpless people seen sitting on the road with hands on heads, having lost all money, ...

    10 February 2025 Indian Express
    BJP hails party’s performance in Delhi polls, sets sights on Bengal

    The West Bengal BJP unit on Saturday acclaimed the party’s good performance in the Delhi Assembly elections, terming it as a rejection of corruption.The Bharatiya Janata Party is poised to form a government in Delhi after more than 26 ...

    10 February 2025 Indian Express
    RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat meets RG Kar rape-murder victim’s parents in Kolkata

    Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Saturday met the parents of the RG Kar Hospital rape and murder victim in Kolkata and reportedly assured them that he would do whatever he could to help them get justice. ...

    9 February 2025 Indian Express
    West Bengal Board of Secondary Education bans invigilators from carrying mobiles, smartphones inside exam halls

    The West Bengal Board of Secondary Education (WBBSE) has banned teachers from carrying any electronic gadgets during invigilation duty in the upcoming Madhyamik (Class 10 board) examination.The WBBSE recently released guidelines stating that invigilators must submit their mobile phones ...

    9 February 2025 Indian Express
    West Bengal Fire Brigade contradicts civic body, claims blast-ripped Kalyani firecracker unit was illegal

    A day after a massive blast ripped through a firecracker factory killing four people in West Bengal’s Kalyani, the Fire Brigade Saturday stated that the factory lacked proper certification to produce firecrackers.On Friday, the local civic body had claimed ...

    9 February 2025 Indian Express
    Impasse ends in Bengali film and TV industry; directors’ body agrees to resume shooting from Monday

    The prevailing impasse in the Bengali film and television industry that started following the ‘disruption’ of director Srijit Roy’s shooting earlier this month ended Saturday. The Directors Association of Eastern India (DAEI), which had called for an indefinite strike ...

    9 February 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal Global Business Summit yields Rs 4.4-lakh crore bids, Mamata says Bengal a growth powerhouse

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday described the state as having “emerged as a powerhouse of growth and opportunity” and said this year’s Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) yielded “212 MoUs and Letters of Intent, with investment ...

    9 February 2025 Indian Express
    4 dead in explosion at firecracker factory in West Bengal’s Nadia district

    A huge explosion at a firecracker factory at Nadia district’s Kalyani on Friday killed four persons, including two women, the police said.After the explosion, senior police officers rushed to the spot with the fire brigade. Residents said the fire ...

    9 February 2025 Indian Express
    Govt employee goes on stabbing spree, injures 4 colleagues’; held

    A state government employee posted at the Karigori Bhawan in Kolkata on Thursday allegedly stabbed his four colleagues with a knife in a fit of rage, the police said.  The man, identified as Amit Sarkar was arrested by Bidhannagar ...

    8 February 2025 Indian Express
    RG Kar rape-murder case: Calcutta HC allows CBI plea, dismisses state’s appeal challenging life term to convict Sanjoy Roy

    The Calcutta High Court Friday admitted CBI’s appeal challenging the life imprisonment sentence awarded to Sanjoy Roy for the rape and murder of a junior doctor at Kolkata’s R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, and dismissed the West ...

    8 February 2025 Indian Express
    With West Bengal tourism sector ‘growing at 15%’, state govt signs 7 MoUs, announces policy change for tea plantations

    Kolkata is rapidly gaining traction as a prime destination for tourism investment, securing at least seven Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) at the Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS), 2025. This surge in interest signals a shift in investor focus, ...

    8 February 2025 Indian Express
    RG Kar Corruption case: HC gives 1 week time to Ghosh, framing of charges put on hold

    A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday gave seven days to Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, to read the documents submitted by the CBI as part of the chargesheet ...

    8 February 2025 Indian Express
    Madan Tamang murder case: After 7 years on the run, prime accused arrested in Bengaluru

    The CBI on Thursday arrested a man from Bengaluru who was wanted in connection with the murder case of Madan Tamang, the then president of the Akhil Bharatiya Gorkha League (ABGL) who was killed in broad daylight in Darjeeling ...

    7 February 2025 Indian Express
    In MoU with Amazon, pitch to sell Bengal’s MSME items to world

    Amazon India on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Department of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and Textile, Government of West Bengal, on the second day of the Bengal Global Business Summit in Kolkata.  As ...

    7 February 2025 Indian Express
    Business Summit Concludes | Over Rs 4.40 lakh cr investment offered, Bengal prime place for business: Mamata

    As the eighth edition of Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) concluded in Kolkata on Thursday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee hailed the two-day conclave a success and said the state received investment proposals of over Rs 4.40 lakh ...

    7 February 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Non-veg food should be banned in India’: TMC MP Shatrughan Sinha

    TMC MP Shatrughan Sinha, who is an actor and former BJP leader, stated that “non-vegetarian food should be banned across the country”, leading to sharp criticism from the Opposition in West Bengal as well as putting TMC leadership in ...

    7 February 2025 Indian Express
    R G Kar rape-murder victim’s parents call for protest against ‘delay in justice’ on her birthday

    The parents of the deceased R G Kar doctor have appealed to people to “hit the streets” on her birthday, February 9, to protest “the delay in justice” for her.In a video statement, the mother of the rape-murder case ...

    7 February 2025 Indian Express
    At BGBS, Mamata Banerjee urges British delegation to establish direct flight connection between Kolkata and Europe

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee urged the British delegation at the Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) 2025 on Thursday to consider starting direct flights to Europe from Kolkata, citing the long travel time.During an international session on Wednesday, ...

    7 February 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Can you not use your own saline?’: Calcutta HC asks Bengal govt as it submits lab report in expired IV fluid case

    The West Bengal government Thursday submitted a laboratory report before the Calcutta High Court stating there was no issue with the intravenous fluid given at Midnapore Medical College and Hospital, where four new mothers were allegedly administered expired Ringer’s ...

    7 February 2025 Indian Express
    West Bengal govt employee stabs 4 colleagues in Kolkata, says they joked about his father

    A middle-aged West Bengal government employee posted at the Karigori Bhawan in Kolkata on Thursday stabbed his four colleagues, reportedly in a fit of rage, the police said.The man, identified as Amit Sarkar, allegedly stabbed his colleagues because they ...

    7 February 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal witnessing economic renaissance, best time to invest: Ambani lauds Mamata at 8th Bengal Global Business Summit

    Lauding Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for being a “tireless leader and one of the most-ablest administrators in the country”, Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani on Wednesday said that West Bengal was experiencing a “renaissance in economy and business” and ...

    7 February 2025 Indian Express
    RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat to visit West Bengal for 10 days

    Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat is expected to visit West Bengal on a 10-day tour for organisational work, as informed by the RSS West Bengal unit on February 5.In a press conference held by Jishnu Basu, general ...

    7 February 2025 Indian Express
    Fake promises, just a spectacle: Opposition

    The Opposition parties on Wednesday dismissed the investments announced by the country’s leading industrialists as “false promises” and called the Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) a “spectacle”.Leader of Opposition in Assembly and BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari wrote on X: ...

    6 February 2025 Indian Express
    RG Kar corruption case: Parents seek time as HC weighs on reprobe

    The parents of the R G Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder victim have sought additional time from the Calcutta High Court regarding its decision to order a reinvestigation into the case.Their counsel, Gargi Goswami, informed the court: “We ...

    6 February 2025 Indian Express
    Projects bagged: Steel plants to AI centres, townships to FMCG facilities

    As Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee pitched West Bengal as a “prime investment destination” at the 8th Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) in Kolkata on Wednesday, major players like JSW, ITC, and Ambuja Neotia Group announced significant projects – from ...

    6 February 2025 Indian Express
    Soren seeks investment: Jharkhand, Bengal alike

    Taking part in the Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) in Kolkata, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Wednesday highlighted the similarities between his state and West Bengal and urged business leaders to invest in the region “for the betterment ...

    6 February 2025 Indian Express
    Parents of victim in R G Kar rape-murder seek time as Calcutta High Court weighs reinvestigation

    The parents of the victim in the R G Kar Medical College rape-murder case have sought additional time from the Calcutta High Court regarding its decision to order a reinvestigation.Their counsel, Gargi Goswami, informed the court: “We had appealed ...

    6 February 2025 Indian Express
    Minor fire at Kolkata airport, panel formed to probe cause

    A minor fire broke out at Kolkata’s Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport on Wednesday during an ongoing construction work, causing a brief scare.“The fire broke out near the conveyor belt during welding work. However, no injury has been ...

    6 February 2025 Indian Express
    Judge’s bodyguard dies at Kolkata’s Bankshall court, probe suggests suicide

    A police personnel, appointed as a bodyguard of a judge, allegedly died by suicide at Kolkata’s Bankshall court on Wednesday. The police said the deceased was identified as Gopal Nath and was posted in the special branch of Kolkata ...

    6 February 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Ensure no outsider or ex-student enters campus’: Calcutta HC after Saraswati Puja college row

    The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday observed that authorities of the Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri College should formulate policies to prevent the entry of outsiders and former students of the college.A single bench of Justice Jay Sengupta observed that the ...

    6 February 2025 Indian Express
    Mamata Banerjee commences project of Asia’s 2nd largest coal mine at Deucha-Pachami from BGBS 2025

    At the 8th Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS), West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced the commencement of her pet project — the mining of basalt on 326 acre of land at the proposed Deucha-Pachami coal mine in Birbhum ...

    6 February 2025 Indian Express
    RG Kar corruption case: HC dismisses former principal’s plea against framing of charges

    The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition filed by Sandip Ghosh, former principal of R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, to postpone framing of charges in a case of financial irregularities during his tenure.  Ghosh and ...

    6 February 2025 Indian Express
    Abducted youth rescued, 7 held in Kolkata: Police

    THE KOLKATA police on Tuesday rescued a 19-year-old youth, the son of a businessman, who had been kidnapped for ransom and arrested seven persons in connection with the case, officers said.The crime was a fallout of an unpaid loan, ...

    5 February 2025 Indian Express
    Ensure infra, reserve beds for GBS patients, hospitals told

    Following three fatalities in the state due to Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS), the state Health department on Tuesday issued a directive to all government hospitals and medical colleges to establish necessary infrastructure to effectively manage and treat GBS cases.Guidelines have ...

    5 February 2025 Indian Express
    R G Kar corruption case: Charge hearing today; former principal Ghosh, 2 others seek exemption from case

    A special CBI court on Tuesday ordered the commencement of charge hearing in the RG Kar financial irregularities case, effective Wednesday, in compliance with the Calcutta High Court’s directive.The CBI, which is probing the financial irregularities in the state-run ...

    5 February 2025 Indian Express
    With a new coat of paint and roads lined with banners, Kolkata is all set to host global business summit

    Kolkata is all set to host the two-day Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) 2025 on February 5 and 6 as the West Bengal government goes all out to attract investment to the state.Sources said this is also being seen ...

    5 February 2025 Indian Express
    As technicians ‘stay away’ from his set, TV serial director finds support from colleagues

    SEVERAL FILMMAKERS on Tuesday assembled at a studio in Kolkata to express solidarity with an industry colleague at whose set work has been affected since February 3 as all technicians associated with the project are allegedly staying away.Although the ...

    5 February 2025 Indian Express
    RG Kar rape-murder: Victim’s kin to move HC for further probe, retrial

    The parents of the R G Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder victim say they are planning to appeal in the Calcutta High Court seeking further investigation into the case and also a retrial if the court deems it ...

    5 February 2025 Indian Express
    Wild elephant versus bulldozer: One arrested in Bengal’s Jalpaiguri; medical board formed for injured animal

    A mob pelted a wild elephant with stones before using a bulldozer to chase it away in the Dam Dim area of West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district, officials said.The animal got injured after it ran into the bulldozer.The bulldozer driver ...

    5 February 2025 Indian Express
    Vaishnaw seeks CM Mamata’s intervention in acquiring land for rail projects, says Bengal allotted Rs 13,955 crore this yr

    Stating that Rs 13,955 crore has been allocated for railway infrastructure in West Bengal in the Union Budget this year, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday sought Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s intervention in acquiring land for rail projects in ...

    5 February 2025 Indian Express
    One detained, car seized after TMC MLA claims bid on her life in Malda

    A person was detained in connection with a purported incident in which TMC’s Manikchak MLA Sabitri Mitra alleged that a vehicle chased her car in the English Bazar area of Malda district on Saturday night in an attempt to ...

    5 February 2025 Indian Express
    Contractor arrested after three workers die in Kolkata manhole

    A contractor, Alimuddin Sheikh, was arrested on Monday in connection with the deaths of three wage laborers at the Kolkata Leather Complex on Sunday.The laborers, Suman Sardar, Farzam Sheikh, and Sheikh Hashibur, from Nazhat in Murshidabad, were allegedly hired ...

    4 February 2025 Indian Express
    Days after TMC worker was shot dead, 1 arrested

    Two days after a Trinamool Congress (TMC) worker, Santosh Yadav, was shot dead in broad daylight in the Gauripur area of Naihati police station in North 24 Parganas district, the police have arrested one person in connection with the ...

    4 February 2025 Indian Express
    TMC MLA tells state leadership that a ‘car attacked her to murder her’ in English Bazar

    TMC MLA Sabitri Mitra was allegedly chased by an unidentified person in a car while she was being driven somewhere on Saturday night. After the escape, on Sunday night, the Manik chowk MLA informed the party’s state leadership that ...

    4 February 2025 Indian Express
    R G Kar victim’s parents likely to move Calcutta HC for further probe and retrial

    The parents of the R G Kar Medical College and Hospital rape-murder victim say they are planning to appeal in the Calcutta High Court seeking further investigation into the case and also a retrial if the court deems it ...

    4 February 2025 Indian Express
    Framing of charges against ex-principal, others to begin soon

    With the CBI submitting all the relevant documents to the accused in the RG Kar Hospital financial irregularities case, the special court in Alipore is all set to begin framing the charges as early as this week. On Saturday, ...

    4 February 2025 Indian Express
    Thaw in Mamata Banerjee govt’s ties with Governor: Ananda Bose’s speech to mark beginning of Bengal Budget Session

    The West Bengal Legislative Assembly’s Budget Session will begin on February 10 with Governor C V Ananda Bose’s inaugural address, marking a return of the tradition after a one-year gap.Last year, the Budget Session had no Governor’s speech and ...

    3 February 2025 Indian Express
    Three die cleaning manhole in Kolkata, state govt to probe

    Three labourers died on Sunday after falling into a 20-feet-deep drain while clearing a clogged manhole at Kolkata Leather Complex in Bantala area, police said.One of the labourers tripped and fell into the drain while cleaning the effluents from ...

    3 February 2025 Indian Express
    RG Kar Medical College student found dead at home, police suspect suicide

    A 20-year-old student of R G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata was found dead inside her room at the staff quarters of Kamarhati ESI Hospital in North 24 Parganas district Thursday night. According to the police, the ...

    3 February 2025 Indian Express
    CBI arrests mastermind of CAPF recruitment scam in West Bengal

    In a significant breakthrough in the alleged Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) recruitment scam in West Bengal, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested the alleged mastermind behind the fraudulent scheme.The arrest comes after a Calcutta High Court order ...

    3 February 2025 Indian Express
    Veteran TMC MLA Nasiruddin Ahmed dies

    Veteran Trinamool Congress MLA of Kaliganj in Nadia district Nasiruddin Ahmed died of cardiac arrest on Sunday, party sources said.Ahmed fell sick at his residence at around 11:50 pm on Saturday and was rushed to Palasi Hospital where he ...

    3 February 2025 Indian Express
    Massive police security cover for Saraswati Puja at law college after Calcutta High Court order

    A massive armed police presence was observed at Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri College in Kolkata, where the institute held Saraswati Puja with permission from the Calcutta High Court Sunday. Kolkata had previously seen police stationed with guns outside colleges during ...

    3 February 2025 Indian Express
    Historic, Modi hai toh mumkin hai: BJP on I-T relief

    The West Bengal unit of the BJP on Saturday called the Union Budget, presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, “historic” for giving Income Tax relief to people.“Yesterday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had hinted that there would be good news ...

    3 February 2025 Indian Express
    Budget anti-people, destructive; Bengal deprived again: TMC

    Calling the Union Budget “anti-people” and “destructive” for India’s economy, TMC leader and former West Bengal Finance Minister on Saturday said that Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman failed to give a road map for controlling price rise in the ...

    2 February 2025 Indian Express
    As TMC slams Budget, Governor defends: ‘People of Bengal can take advantage of its innovative features’

    As the ruling Trinamool Congress accused the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre of depriving West Bengal once again in this year’s Union Budget, Governor CV Ananda Bose on Saturday congratulated Nirmala Sitharaman for presenting “a balanced and forward-looking ...

    2 February 2025 Indian Express
    No invigilation duty for para teachers, other restrictions during West Bengal Class 10 board exam

    West Bengal Board of Secondary Education has said that restrictions have been imposed on the duties of civic volunteers, para teachers and contractual teachers for this year’s Madhyamik examinations meant for Class 10 students to ensure transparency in the ...

    2 February 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Big relief, can plan many things now’: Kolkata’s salaried class reacts positively to Union Budget 2025

    Bijo Abraham, who works in the fast-moving consumer goods industry, eagerly awaited the Budget 2025, wondering how much tax would be imposed on his salary. As a father of two daughters, he needs to plan for their future, and ...

    2 February 2025 Indian Express
    West Bengal Medical Council registrar resigns after court order

    The Registrar of the West Bengal Medical Council (WBMC), Manas Chakraborty, resigned from his position on Friday, following a directive from the Calcutta High Court.The court on Thursday ordered Chakraborty to vacate the post, noting that he had been ...

    2 February 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal toll rises to 6; kin of 2 victims claim yet to get death certificates

    The number of those from West Bengal who were killed in the Maha Kumbh stampede in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj has now increased to six, official sources said on Friday.After the families of some of the deceased from West Bengal ...

    2 February 2025 Indian Express
    TMC worker shot dead in broad daylight in Naihati: Police; party suspect BJP hand

    A TMC worker, Santosh Yadav, was shot dead in broad daylight in the Gauripur area of Naihati police station in North 24 Parganas district on Friday afternoon.According to the police, the incident occurred around 3:55 pm when Yadav was ...

    1 February 2025 Indian Express
    Calcutta HC asks police to ensure security for Saraswati Puja at law college in Kolkata

    The Calcutta High Court has directed the Kolkata Police to ensure necessary security arrangements for the Saraswati Puja celebrations at Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri Law College.The single bench of Justice Jay Sengupta has ordered deployment of a Joint Commissioner rank ...

    1 February 2025 Indian Express
    Teen kills father’s ‘lover’ at tea stall, his mother among 3 arrested

    A JUVENILE who “found out about his father’s extramarital affair with a young woman” allegedly attacked and murdered the woman while she was with his father at a roadside tea stall in Kolkata’s EM Bypass on Thursday evening, police ...

    1 February 2025 Indian Express
    Prayagraj Mahakumbh Stampede: Families of 2 Bengal victims claim didn’t get death certificates, TMC minister says UP didn’t go by rules

    Families of the two women from West Bengal who died in the stampede at Maha Kumbh Mela early Wednesday have said that they have not received any death certificates and have instead been given a piece of paper mentioning ...

    1 February 2025 Indian Express
    SBI official arrested in Kolkata for Rs 17 lakh fraud

    The deputy branch manager at State Bank of India’s Jadavpur University branch has been arrested in connection with Rs 17 lakh fraud case. The accused, Sumon Kumar Singh (38), was arrested outside the bank premises and has been remanded ...

    1 February 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Was unconscious for half an hour, then a Naga Sadhu helped me’: Survivors from West Bengal recall Kumbh Mela stampede

    For Sukla Debnath and Rakesh Kumar Roy, the Kumbh Mela’s Mauni Amavasya wasn’t a spiritual cleansing, but a brush with death.Sukla, from Alipurduar, had journeyed for days, her heart filled with devotion. “It took so many hours because ...

    1 February 2025 Indian Express
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