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  • News from West Bengal | 12 May, 2025 | ২৯ বৈশাখ, ১৪৩২
  • Bangladesh going back on its words on border fencing, feels BSF

    A day after the Bangladesh foreign ministry summoned Indian High Commissioner over the issue of border fencing, sources in the Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday said the neighbouring country was reneging on its commitment over the fencing work ...

    15 January 2025 Indian Express
    TMC worker shot dead, party zonal chief among 2 injured in Bengal’s Malda

    A Trinamool Congress (TMC) worker was killed while a party zonal president (anchal sabhapati) and another activist were injured after two unidentified motorcycle-borne assailants opened fire at them in Kaliachak town of West Bengal’s Malda district on Tuesday, police ...

    15 January 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Stop using Ringer’s Lactate saline; Don’t allow PG students to conduct surgery, anaesthesia alone’: Bengal Health dept notice to medical colleges

    The West Bengal Health department has issued a memo to all Chief Medical Officers of health in the districts and principals of all medical colleges to stop using Ringer’s Lactate (RL) saline. In a separate notice, the department said ...

    15 January 2025 Indian Express
    Sealdah & Esplanade Metro stations finally linked, KMRCL seeks Green Line closure for 45 days

    The Sealdah and Esplanade Metro stations have finally been connected as all irritants related to the Bowbazar tunnelling work were resolved, officials said. The officials associated with the project said the electrical works pertaining to the aluminum third rails are ...

    15 January 2025 Indian Express
    With traps, smart cameras, and experts, West Bengal forest dept begins hunt for tiger from Jharkhand

    With 90 pairs of camera traps placed inside the forest area of the Jhargram and Purulia district border, six smart cameras with live feeds, an expert team from Sunderbans with two tranquiliser guns, and teams of forest officials and ...

    14 January 2025 Indian Express
    90 pairs of camera traps, teams with darts: Bengal starts hunt for tiger which strayed from Jharkhand

    With 90 pairs of camera traps inside the forest area of the Jhargram and Purulia district border, six smart cameras with live feeds, an expert team from Sunderbans with two tranquilizer guns, and teams of forest officials and guards ...

    14 January 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Banned in Karnataka, Ringer’s lactate solution being used in Bengal’s RG Kar Hospital’: PILs in Calcutta HC

    Two Public Interest Litigations (PILs) have been moved in the  Calcutta High Court (HC) against the use of Ringer’s lactate solution after a woman died following her childbirth at a hospital in Midnapore last Friday. The matter is likely ...

    14 January 2025 Indian Express
    IIT-Kharagpur student found hanging in his hostel room

    A third-year BTech student at IIT-Kharagpur was found hanging in his hostel room on Sunday morning. Shaon Malik (21) was a third-year student of electrical engineering and hailed from Kasba in Kolkata.Malik’s death came to light after his parents ...

    14 January 2025 Indian Express
    ‘We are not going to give back this one’: Bengal forest minister as another tiger enters state from Jharkhand

    With another tiger entering West Bengal from neighbouring Jharkhand, state forest minister Birbaha Hansda on Sunday said that the big cat would not be returned if captured.This comes close on the heels of tigress Zeenat leaving a trail of ...

    14 January 2025 Indian Express
    Three students injured as glass falls from school building in South Kolkata

    Three students of Class 9 were injured on Monday morning after a large piece of glass fell from the fourth floor of the Nava Nalanda School, located at the Southern Avenue intersection, in South Kolkata. The incident took place ...

    14 January 2025 Indian Express
    How a Bengal ‘law clerk’-cum-grocery store owner helped Bangladeshi citizens get Indian passports

    Investigators probing the illegal passport racket in West Bengal said the recent arrest of a Barasat resident in the case has revealed the modus operandi of the criminals.The accused, Samir Das, allegedly posed as a law clerk at the ...

    13 January 2025 Indian Express
    ‘We should all proudly say we’re Hindu’: Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Swami Vivekananda’s birth anniversary

    On the 163rd birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, West Bengal Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari said that “we should all proudly say we are Hindu” and Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee called for remembering Vivekananda’s teachings about ...

    13 January 2025 Indian Express
    After woman’s death, Bengal stops use of 9 IV fluids in govt hospitals

    In the wake of the death of a woman at Midnapore Medical College and Hospital (MMCH) in Paschim Medinipur district after delivery, the West Bengal government has issued an order asking public hospitals in the state to stop using ...

    13 January 2025 Indian Express
    As new mothers fight for life at Bengal hospital, families ask: Who will raise the babies?

    With his four-day old infant on his lap, Salim Khan sits in front of the CCU of the Midnapore Medical College and Hospital (MMCH) waiting for doctors to confirm that he can take his wife Nasrim Khatun home.Khan, a ...

    13 January 2025 Indian Express
    Woman’s death after childbirth in Bengal: 13-member probe team visits Purba Medinipur hospital

    The West Bengal Health Department has ordered an investigation after a woman died at the Midnapore Medical College and Hospital (MMCH) in Paschim Medinipur on Friday, two days post-childbirth, allegedly due to the administration of expired saline, an official ...

    13 January 2025 Indian Express
    Tension in Mekhliganj, Baishnabnagar along Bangladesh border over attempts to erect fencing

    Tension has been brewing in the Indo-Bangladesh border area in West Bengal for the last few days over attempts by villagers to erect fences in some areas. While fencing work has been paused at Sukdevpur in Malda district’s Baishnabnagar, ...

    12 January 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata set to host vintage car exhibition today

    The fourth edition of the EIMG Concours d’Elegance 2025 will be held in Kolkata’s Lake Club Sunday, showcasing 90 restored vintage automobiles. The vehicles will include rare and iconic vehicles, including several Rolls-Royces, a 1925 AC Royal and 1948 ...

    12 January 2025 Indian Express
    West Bengal: Visually impaired student duped of Rs 50,000, cyber cell recovers amount

    A visually impaired scholar student residing at the Jadavpur University hostel, recently, fell victim to an online fraud, after he was duped of Rs. 50,659 by a fraudulent astrologer.The incident occurred last year in November while the student was ...

    12 January 2025 Indian Express
    BSF ‘forced to fire’ at Bangladesh smugglers to foil infiltration bid, seizes 572 Phensedyl bottles

    The Border Security Force (BSF) thwarted a deadly attack by Bangladeshi smugglers who were trying to cross over to the Indian fencing area in Malda district, West Bengal, and seized a huge quantity of Phensedyl, a codeine-based cough syrup, ...

    12 January 2025 Indian Express
    TMC councillor’s murder in Malda: Police seize weapons, say key accused got Rs 50 lakh contract’

    As part of the ongoing investigation into the murder of Trinamool Congress Malda district vice-president and councillor of English Bazar Municipality, Dulalchandra Sarkar alias Babla, the Malda Police on Friday recovered one 9 mm pistol, two pistols, seven rounds ...

    12 January 2025 Indian Express
    Pregnant woman dies, four others ill at Bengal hospital; saline under lens

    A PREGNANT woman died on Friday at the Midnapore Medical College and Hospital in Paschim Medinipur, leading to protests from the family members who raised serious concerns about the quality of medical supplies. The woman, Mamni Das, had been ...

    12 January 2025 Indian Express
    Passport scam: Bengal police find ‘rate chart’ for fake documents — Rs 15,000 for Aadhaar, Rs 3,000 for PAN

    For an Aadhaar card, the price was set at Rs 15,000, for a Voter ID card Rs 10,000, for a Birth Certificate Rs 12,000, and for a PAN card Rs 3,000 — this was the rate chart for fake ...

    11 January 2025 Indian Express
    TMC suspends Rajya Sabha ex-MP Santanu Sen, and ex-MLA Arabul Islam

    The Trinamool Congress has suspended its former Rajya Sabha MP Santanu Sen and former Bhangar MLA Arabul Islam for allegedly breaching party discipline and engaging in anti-party activities, senior party sources said Friday.TMC vice-president and spokesperson Jay Prakash Majumder ...

    11 January 2025 Indian Express
    BSF faces opposition by BGB during fencing at Bangladesh border, holds  flag meeting

    Amid the recent objections by the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) over the Border Security Force’s (BSF) attempts to erect fences in certain areas along the India-Bangladesh border, the two forces held a meeting at the Integrated Check Post (ICP) ...

    11 January 2025 Indian Express
    In Riverine unfenced border with Bangladesh, BSF battles smugglers and infiltrators

    The India-Bangladesh border near BOP Hakimpur and BOP Tarali 1 in North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, is a highly vulnerable stretch, posing significant challenges for the Border Security Force (BSF), due to the unfenced Sonai River, which forms the ...

    11 January 2025 Indian Express
    ZSI discovers ‘3.4 million-year-old’ species of pangolin

    Scientists of the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have identified a new species: the Indo-Burmese pangolin (Manis indoburmanica). This discovery sheds light on the evolutionary diversity of pangolins — this species diverged from the Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) approximately ...

    11 January 2025 Indian Express
    Govt to build 4-lane, 5-km bridge for Gangasagar Mela, says Mamata

    CHIEF MINISTER Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that the new bridge that would be built over the Muri Ganga river for the Gangasagar Mela would be a four-lane one that would span a total length of five kilometres.Banerjee  was ...

    11 January 2025 Indian Express
    Systematic changes needed in addressing women’s safety: Civil society group to CM

    THE “infrastructure” of women’s safety needs to change, a collective of citizens comprising filmmaker Aparna Sen and organisers of Reclaim the Night protests during the RG Kar movement pointed out on Thursday.In an open letter addressed to Chief Minister ...

    10 January 2025 Indian Express
    State govt illegally selling Alipore Zoo land to construct shopping mall, alleges Bengal BJP

    The state BJP, led by the Leader of Opposition in Assembly Suvendu Adhikari, hit the streets of Kolkata from Rabindra Sadan to the National Library in protest of the ruling TMC-led state government allegedly trying to sell land near ...

    10 January 2025 Indian Express
    Night vision cameras, alarms deployed along unfenced border with Bangladesh

    The Border Security Force (BSF) has implemented a hybrid approach, combining traditional techniques with state-of-the-art technology, to secure the porous, unfenced India-Bangladesh international border and effectively combat potential intruders, smuggling and human trafficking.India shares a large 4,096 km border ...

    10 January 2025 Indian Express
    R G Kar rape and murder case: Verdict likely on January 18

    THE TRIAL in the rape and murder case of a woman junior doctor at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata in August last year was complete and the verdict is likely to be pronounced on January ...

    10 January 2025 Indian Express
    Speaker seeks legal advice on TMC MLA’s jail-time medical bills

    A medical bill submitted by Trinamool Congress MLA Manik Bhattacharya to the West Bengal Assembly was found to be dated back to the time when he was incarcerated in Presidency jail in connection with the multi-crore teacher recruitment scam ...

    10 January 2025 Indian Express
    CM Mamata Banerjee: Changing times require us to look at AI, data science

    At the culmination of Students Week on Wednesday, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee talked about the evolving educational scenario while listing her government’s achievements in the field.She said Bengal stood first in skill training and micro, small and medium industries, ...

    10 January 2025 Indian Express
    Changing times require us to look at subjects like artificial intelligence and data science: Mamata Banerjee

    At the culmination of Students Week on Wednesday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee talked about the evolving educational scenario while listing her government’s achievements in the field. She said Bengal stood first in skill training and micro, small ...

    10 January 2025 Indian Express
    After CM’s rebuke, 90 govt buses to be added to West Bengal’s fleet

    The number of state-run buses in Kolkata will increase from 550 to 640 this year, with an addition of 90 more vehicles to the fleet. This move comes at a time when Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has sharply criticised ...

    10 January 2025 Indian Express
    BJP targets TMC govt in Bengal over school dropouts: ‘Highest in country’

    BJP leader and former Union minister Subhash Sarkar on Tuesday said that West Bengal has the highest number of school dropouts in the country and hit out at the state government over the issue of jobs.Sarkar said that while ...

    9 January 2025 Indian Express
    TMC’s Malda town unit chief arrested for party councillor’s murder

    A week after TMC councillor Dulal Sarkar alias Babla was shot dead in Malda, police arrested party colleague, Narendranath Tiwari for murder.One more person, identified as Swapan Sharma, has also been arrested. Sources in the police said that Sharma ...

    9 January 2025 Indian Express
    From Star to Binodini, why one of Kolkata’s oldest theatres has a new name today

    At the crossing of Bidhan Sarani and Grey Street in north Kolkata’s Hatibagan neighbourhood, stands Star theatre, a 137-year-old Grade 1 heritage building that is impossible to miss. Last week, on December 31, 2024, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata ...

    8 January 2025 Indian Express
    BGB officer’s claim of taking control of 5-km border stretch on Indian side baseless: BSF

    The Border Security Force (BSF) has dismissed as “baseless and irresponsible” the claims made by a Bangladeshi Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) officer in a purported video, where he is seen asserting that Bangladesh has taken control of a 5-km ...

    8 January 2025 Indian Express
    Gangasagar Mela: Need tight vigil to foil trouble from Bangladesh, says CM Mamata

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Tuesday that there was the need to ensure a comprehensive surveillance — on land, air and water — to thwart any attempts at fomenting trouble from neighbouring trouble-torn Bangladesh during the upcoming Gangasagar ...

    8 January 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Work proceeding as planned, situation normal’ says BSF day after tensions with BGB over fence on Indo-Bangla border

    After tension erupted on Monday when the Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) attempted to obstruct the construction of a barbed wire fence along the India-Bangladesh border in the Sukdevpur area of Malda district, the Border Security Force (BSF) on Tuesday ...

    8 January 2025 Indian Express
    ‘If you don’t have place, we will keep it in our Tiger reserve ‘: Mamata Banerjee hits out at Odisha on Zeenat issue

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday expressed her displeasure over another tiger entering West Bengal from Odisha forests and urged the government of the neighbouring state to send teams to rescue the big cat.Banerjee said the Bengal Forest Department’s ...

    8 January 2025 Indian Express
    With HMPV cases under scanner, how Kolkata hospitals are ramping up measures

    Hospitals in Kolkata are ramping up precautionary measures as Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) cases get reported across India. The virus, known for causing respiratory illnesses, predominantly affects young children and the elderly.A six-month-old baby, diagnosed with HMPV in November, made ...

    8 January 2025 Indian Express
    Govt transports, free biodegradable bags, ambulances: Mamata Banerjee announces facilities for pilgrims at Gangasagar Mela

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee spoke on the arrangements made for pilgrims to Gangasagar, and laid foundation stones for infrastructural developments in the area.“To make Ganga Sagar eco-friendly and a green mela, we have decided to make it ...

    8 January 2025 Indian Express
    Around 60 flights delayed at Kolkata airport due to poor visibility

    Around 60 flights were delayed at the Kolkata airport on Monday due to poor visibility, an official said.Due to dense fog, low visibility procedures (LVP) had to be implemented at the airport from 7 am, the official said.According to ...

    7 January 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal health dept issues SOP restricting private practice for govt doctors while on duty

    The West Bengal Health Department has issued new guidelines for framing duty rosters of faculty in medical teaching institutions. The guidelines restrict private practice during duty hours and mandate the presence of faculty in key departments like the central ...

    7 January 2025 Indian Express
    Day after swap, Mamata says ‘Indian fishermen were beaten, tortured in Bangladesh jails’

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday alleged that Indian fishermen, arrested for illegally entering Bangladesh waters, were tortured and beaten up in the jails of the neighbouring country.At a public event in Sagar Island in South 24 ...

    7 January 2025 Indian Express
    Centre spends crores on Kumbh, treats Gangasagar mela as stepchild: Mamata Banerjee

    Accusing the BJP government at the Centre of treating the Gangasagar Mela in West Bengal as a “stepchild”, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that while crores of rupees are being spent on Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj in ...

    7 January 2025 Indian Express
    Whale carcass found near Sagar Islands, bears resemblance to one rescued & released last week

    The villagers in Sumatinagar, Sagar Islands, in South 24 Parganas, spotted a floating whale carcass on Sunday afternoon and notified forest department officials, who subsequently retrieved the carcass. The forest officials are waiting for the post-mortem report to determine if ...

    7 January 2025 Indian Express
    Malda TMC leader murder: police announce reward as hunt continues for 2 prime suspects

    The Malda police in West Bengal have intensified their efforts to arrest Krishna Rajak alias Rohan and Bablu Yadav, the key suspects in the murder of Trinamool Congress (TMC) councillor Dulal Sarkar alias Babla. The police announced a reward ...

    6 January 2025 Indian Express
    Congress paying price of expelling Mamata, says ex-party chief

    Recalling Mamata Banerjee’s expulsion from the Congress in 1997, when Sitaram Kesri was party president, former state unit chief Pradip Bhattacharya has said that the Congress was still paying the price of expelling her in West Bengal.“The Congress is ...

    6 January 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata: Woman from Bangladesh found roaming without passport held

    A 20-year-old Bangladeshi woman, identified as Baby Biswas, who was found roaming near NRS Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on Sunday, was arrested after she failed to produce valid travel documents, police said.According to police sources, Biswas, a ...

    6 January 2025 Indian Express
    TMC ‘boycott’ row: Protesting against RG Kar rape-murder crime proves ‘costly’ for artists, earnings hit

    Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Kunal Ghosh’s call to ‘boycott’ artists who criticised the Bengal Government and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the RG Kar rape-murder incident has seemingly created a rift within the party. TMC General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee ...

    6 January 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Deeply painful to see valiant soldiers being insulted’: Suvendu Adhikari slams Mamata’s BSF statement

    West Bengal Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari wrote an open letter on Sunday criticising Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for accusing the Border Security Force of allowing infiltration from Bangladesh.In his letter, Adhikari said the chief minister’s statement was ...

    6 January 2025 Indian Express
    West Bengal: 1,500 yellow cabs to be phased out by 2026-end, says official

    Around 1,500 metered yellow taxis in West Bengal would be phased out by the end of next year, as commercial vehicles older than 15 years are not allowed to ply in the city, a transport department official said Saturday.In ...

    6 January 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal Police arrest 2 more youths for TMC leader Dulal Sarkar’s murder, suspect role of illegal liquor traders

    Two more suspects were arrested Saturday in connection with the recent murder of TMC English Bazar councillor Dulal Sarkar, taking the total number of arrests in the case to five. The police have also seized the bike used in ...

    6 January 2025 Indian Express
    TMC’s Babul Supriyo gets into heated argument with BJP MP Abhijit Gangopadhyay in Kolkata, police intervene

    A heated argument broke out between BJP MP Abhijit Gangopadhyay and Trinamool Congress legislator Babul Supriyo at the Vidyasagar Setu, also known as the second Hooghly bridge, in Kolkata on Friday night, necessitating police intervention.The incident occurred around 9 ...

    5 January 2025 Indian Express
    Retired West Bengal sub-inspector linked to fake passport racket arrested

    A retired officer with the West Bengal Police was arrested on Friday for his alleged involvement in a fake passport racket that facilitated illegal Bangladeshi immigrants to enter India, the police said.Abdul Hai, 61, former sub-inspector attached to the ...

    5 January 2025 Indian Express
    Malda: Among 3 held for murder of TMC leader, two from Bihar

    Malda police have arrested three youths, two from Katihar in neighbouring Bihar, in connection with the murder of TMC councillor Dulal Sarkar alias Babla.All the three arrested so far are in their early 20s —Sami Akhter (20), Tinku Ghosh ...

    5 January 2025 Indian Express
    18 hours after it got stuck Sunderbans creek, whale released into deep waters by West Bengal Forest dept

    After 18 hours of being stuck at a creek in the Sunderbans, a whale was rescued and released by the Bengal Forest department on Friday. The incident took place at Kakdwip in the South 24 Parganas district.Local people discovered ...

    5 January 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Mamata lowering country’s dignity, TMC responsible for infiltration from Bangladesh’: Oppn leaders in Bengal slams CM over BSF comment

    Leaders from the BJP, the CPI(M) and the Congress slammed Friday West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for accusing the central Border Security Forces (BSF) of allowing infiltration from Bangladesh to destabilise the state.BJP MP Shamik Bhattacharya told The ...

    4 January 2025 Indian Express
    After Zeenat, another tiger located in Jharkhand, about 20 kms from Bengal border

    Jharkhand forest department officials have spotted another tiger near Chowka in Khunti, which is approximately 20 kilometers from West Bengal. The location of the tiger is within 20 kilometres from the Bengal border, which connects to Ajodhya Pahar in ...

    4 January 2025 Indian Express
    Bangladeshi woman gets last glimpse of deceased Indian brother at zero line on Indo-Bangla border, courtesy BSF

    The Border Security Force (BSF) of the South Bengal Frontier helped a Bangladeshi woman have a last glimpse of her deceased Indian brother on Thursday amid rising tensions between the two countries.A panchayat member of the Gangulai village in ...

    4 January 2025 Indian Express
    Administrative Review Meeting: Mamata pulls up intel dept over infiltration, orders strict action against encroachment

    Ticking off the Intelligence Department of the West Bengal Police for allegedly “failing to track activities of miscreants entering the state”, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday directed Director General of Police (DGP) Rajeev Kumar to transfer “those who ...

    4 January 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Why PM silent; why no strong response to attacks on Hindus’: Abhishek slams Centre over Bangladesh crisis

    TMC MP and party’s national general secretary, Abhishek Banerjee, on Thursday questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his “silence” on alleged attacks on Hindu minorities in neighbouring Bangladesh after the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government there on August ...

    3 January 2025 Indian Express
    CM Mamata Banerjee: Identify illegal accounts in co-operative banks in 2 months

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday slammed officials over illegal accounts in the co-operative banks across various districts in the state and directed them to launch an investigation into the fake accounts and complete the probe within two months.Banerjee, ...

    3 January 2025 Indian Express
    Education Minister gets an earful for semester system, told to scrap it

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday slammed state Education Minister Bratya Basu for introducing a semester system at the school-level education without her knowledge and directed him to withdraw the policy immediately.During an administrative review meeting, Mamata Banerjee explained ...

    3 January 2025 Indian Express
    ‘BSF is letting goons and murderers enter West Bengal’: Mamata Banerjee

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused the Border Security Force (BSF) of “sending goons and murderers across the border” from Bangladesh. During an administrative review meeting, the Chief Minister also expressed anger about the “activities” of ...

    3 January 2025 Indian Express
    Engineering student held for ‘raping’ classmate

    Kolkata Police on Wednesday arrested a 21-year-old engineering student, who has been accused of raping his classmate.According to police, the alleged incident took place on December 21 when the accused allegedly “lured” her to an empty apartment where he ...

    3 January 2025 Indian Express
    Arrested Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das denied bail, lawyer says will move higher court in Bangladesh

    The Chattogram Court in Bangladesh has denied bail to monk Chinmoy Krishna Das Brahmachari, in a hearing held under tight security today.Bangladesh Supreme Court lawyer Apurba Bhattacharya and 10 others had appeared before the court to represent the monk.The ...

    3 January 2025 Indian Express
    Foggy mornings, chilly nights to continue in West Bengal throughout first week of the year: IMD

    West Bengal is experiencing a wave of bone-chilling winter with no significant change in minimum temperatures expected in the next few days. However, there’s a chance of rain in some North Bengal districts over the weekend, including Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, ...

    3 January 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Due to police negligence’: Mamata on TMC councillor being gunned down in Bengal’s Malda

    The TMC’s Malda district vice-president and councillor of English Bazar Municipality, Dulalchandra Sarkar alias Babla, was shot dead by miscreants in Malda. Dulal was standing near his plywood factory near Jhaljhlia on Thursday morning when the incident took place.“Three ...

    3 January 2025 Indian Express
    TMC Foundation Day: With thanks, Mamata starts new year, gears up for next year’s polls

    Thanking the people and her party workers on the occasion of Trinamool Congress foundation day, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said “politics is not about power but about service”.“Roshni chand se hoti hai, sitaron se nahi; Mohabbat Trinamool ...

    2 January 2025 Indian Express
    Fake passport racket: Italy returned man held in Kolkata

    Kolkata Police on Wednesday arrested another person from Chakdaha in Nadia district for his alleged involvement in a fake passport racket, an officer said. Ghosh was produced before the Alipore court on Wednesday and sent to police custody till ...

    2 January 2025 Indian Express
    From Bengal’s Silicon Valley to the Kalighat skywalk: 5 expected gains for West Bengal this year

    The year 2025 is poised to be a year of transformation for West Bengal as several key projects are slated for completion.Among the most awaited are the launch of a Metro connectivity from Kolkata Airport to the city and ...

    2 January 2025 Indian Express
    After spurious drugs seized from Kolkata wholesale firm, investigators suspect major racket, online sales; firm owner arrested

    A day after drugs worth around Rupees 6.6 crore suspected to be spurious were seized from a wholesale firm in Kolkata, investigators now suspect it to be a major racket involving the alleged online sale of the drugs.A raid ...

    2 January 2025 Indian Express
    Political rival claims TMC panchayat chief in Malda ‘illegal Bangladeshi immigrant’, Calcutta HC seeks report

    The Calcutta High Court has sought a report from the sub-divisional officer (SDO) of Chanchal in Malda district over allegations citing that TMC-led Rashidabad Gram Panchayat chief is a Bangladeshi immigrant who entered the country illegally.A petition was filed ...

    2 January 2025 Indian Express
    Eyes on 2026 polls, Mamata Banerjee all set to hold mega administrative meeting

    On Thursday, January 2, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will hold a mega administrative review meeting at Nabanna Sabhaghar where top officials of the administration, heads of all departments, all District Magistrates and Superintendents of Police will be ...

    2 January 2025 Indian Express
    ISKCON devotees join in prayers for safety of Hindus in Bangladesh

    ISKCON devotees on Tuesday joined in prayers in Kolkata for the safety of Hindus in Bangladesh, where religious minorities have been facing attacks since the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government.Hundreds of followers of ISKCON (International Society for Krishna ...

    1 January 2025 Indian Express
    Spurious drugs worth around Rs 6.6 crore seized from Kolkata wholesale firm

    Drugs worth around Rs 6.6 crore, suspected to be spurious, have been seized from a wholesale firm in Kolkata in a joint operation by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) and the Drugs Control Directorate, West Bengal.The raid ...

    1 January 2025 Indian Express
    When BJP comes to power in state, probe commission will be set up: Suvendu in Sandeshkhali

    After Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited Sandeshkhali, in North 24 Parganas district, on Monday, Leader of Opposition in state Assembly Suvendu Adhikari held a rally at the same place on Tuesday and vowed to constitute an inquiry commission to ...

    1 January 2025 Indian Express
    On Zeenat’s capture, tiger expert part of operation recalls biggest fear: ‘We did not want a repeat of Royal Bengal tiger’s death in Lalgarh’

    Tracking tigress Zeenat since it entered West Bengal from Jharkhand, 58-year-old Mrintunjay Biswas had only one thing in mind — to avoid a repeat of an incident in 2018, when villagers killed a Royal Bengal tiger in Lalgarh.When Zeenat ...

    1 January 2025 Indian Express
    2 suspected Bangladeshi militants with links to Ansarullah Bangla Team arrested in Murshidabad

    The West Bengal Special Task Force Monday arrested two people for their alleged links to Al-Qaeda affiliate Ansarullah Bangla Team (ATB) from the state’s Murshidabad district.This followed the recent arrest of Minarul Sheikh and Mohammad Abbas, suspected members of ...

    1 January 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Special Performance by DJ Traffic cops’: Kolkata police post humorous warning for rule breakers on New Year’s Eve

    The Kolkata police have issued a unique and creative warning against violating traffic rules and drunk driving on New Year’s Eve. The post issued Monday, which has since gone viral, announces a “Special Performance by DJ Traffic Cops, Kolkata” ...

    1 January 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal govt hindering India-Bangladesh border fencing: Suvendu Adhikari

    Senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Monday accused the West Bengal government of deliberately hindering efforts to secure land for constructing BSF outposts and other vital infrastructure along the Bangladesh border, thus endangering national security.Addressing a press conference in ...

    31 December 2024 Indian Express
    National Tiger Conservation Authority asks for return of Zeenat to Odisha; medical board formed in Alipore zoo

    A day after its sedation and capture in West Bengal, Zeenat is reportedly healthy, and a medical board has been formed to conduct tests on the tigress. In light of her condition, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has ...

    31 December 2024 Indian Express
    Rs 100 crore defrauded in cyber cases this year: Kolkata Police

    Kolkata residents have been defrauded of a total of Rs 100 crore through cyber fraud within the last year, Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Kumar Verma said during the monthly crime conference on Saturday. According to sources, of the total ...

    31 December 2024 Indian Express
    Abhishek Banerjee slams sports, film celebs’ ‘silence’ on Manmohan’s demise

    Trinamool Congress’s national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee Sunday hit out at the sports and film personalities for not condoling the death of former prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh, claiming that the “complete silence” may have stemmed from the fear ...

    31 December 2024 Indian Express
    CM’s permission ‘must’ for TMC ministers to attend private functions

    ALL WEST Bengal ministers from the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) are now required to get Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s approval before attending any private events or functions, sources said on Monday.The CM, in a recent internal meeting, is said ...

    31 December 2024 Indian Express
    End of 21-day hunt, tigress Zeenat sedated and caged in Bengal

    After wandering through three states and covering 300 km over the last 21 days, the three-year-old tigress that had escaped from Odisha’s Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) earlier this month was on Sunday sedated and captured from a forest near ...

    31 December 2024 Indian Express
    ‘Doing our job quietly’: West Bengal DGP warns against ‘exploitation’ of Bangladesh crisis

    Rajeev Kumar, the director general of West Bengal Police, stated in a press conference on Sunday that no one in the state will be allowed to exploit the turbulent situation in Bangladesh. He emphasised that both the West Bengal ...

    30 December 2024 Indian Express
    Home visits, rigorous checks, punishment for officers—Kolkata police tighten passport verification after racket bust

    Following the unearthing of a fake passport racket and the arrest of seven people, the Kolkata police have issued new internal guidelines for passport verification.According to sources, the new standard operating procedure (SOP) mandates that local police officers must ...

    30 December 2024 Indian Express
    22 armed personnel, ‘D zone’ for every public meeting: Suvendu Adhikari’s security increased after Bangladesh threat

    After reports emerged of a potential attack being planned on BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari by an Islamic fundamentalist group based in Bangladesh, the Centre has strengthened the security for the Leader of Opposition in Bengal.A letter from the office ...

    30 December 2024 Indian Express
    Kolkata travel agent held for procuring passports for Bangladeshis using forged documents

    The Kolkata police said on Sunday that they arrested a key figure in a passport fraud operating under the guise of a travel agency in Behala, taking the number of arrests in the case to seven.“One accused person, namely ...

    30 December 2024 Indian Express
    CM Mamata Banerjee to visit Sandeshkhali on December 30, nearly a year after unrest

    Close to a year after the Sandeshkhali unrest, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced that she will be visiting the violence-hit village on December 30 and participate in a government distribution programme. Leader of Opposition and BJP ...

    29 December 2024 Indian Express
    Blast at firecracker factory in West Bengal, 3 seriously injured

    Three people including a woman were seriously injured during a blast at a cracker factory in West Bengal’s Champahati on Saturday afternoon.All three injured were shifted to the nearby government hospital and are said to be in critical condition.The ...

    29 December 2024 Indian Express
    ‘Indian passports issued to Bangladeshi citizens’: Kolkata Police hold discussion with passport officers

    The passport verification process has come under the scanner of the Kolkata Police following the revelation that 73 Indian passports were issued to Bangladeshi citizens based on fake documents.Sources said the police department had sought information from various municipalities ...

    29 December 2024 Indian Express
    Security up in Kolkata after arrests of Bangladeshi infiltrators: Kolkata Police Commissioner

    Security has been stepped up in Kolkata ahead of New Year revelry, following the arrest of two Bangladeshi infiltrators from the heart of the city, Police Commissioner Manoj Kumar Verma said on Saturday. Verma said individuals arriving from foreign ...

    29 December 2024 Indian Express
    ‘Banglar Bari’ scheme: West Bengal to introduce toll-free number to prevent corruption, favouritism

    West Bengal Government will launch a toll-free number next week for the beneficiaries of the ‘Banglar Bari’ scheme that was recently inaugurated by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to provide houses for the poor.According to government sources, the toll free ...

    29 December 2024 Indian Express
    Bengal: Wolf ‘beaten to death’ by villagers

    A wolf was beaten to death by locals in the Budbud area of Paschim Bardhaman, forest officials said on Friday.According to the forest department sources, nearly 20 persons in Debshala village were injured by the wolf attack in the ...

    29 December 2024 Indian Express
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