After the Union government’s flagship urban poverty alleviation mission ended last year, the West Bengal government has flagged “non-availibility” of funds from the Centre, saying it has affected the construction and operation of urban homeless shelters.The Deen Dayal Upadhyaya ...
19 October 2025 Indian ExpressBJP MP from Darjeeling, Raju Bista’s convoy on Saturday was allegedly attacked when it was passing through Masdhura area near Sukhia Pokhri, police said.Bista claimed that “unknown miscreants” pelted stones at his convoy, damaging the vehicle.A complaint in this ...
19 October 2025 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and urged him to revoke the Central government’s “unilateral decision” to appoint interlocutor for talks with leaders of the Darjeeling hills over various demands, including ...
19 October 2025 Indian ExpressOver 75,000 migrant labourers working outside West Bengal have applied under the Mamata Banerjee Government’s Shramasree programme, expressing interest in returning to the state, labour department officials said, adding that the verification process had started and that 1,000 of ...
19 October 2025 Indian ExpressAfter days of dry and clear skies, light rain and thundershowers are expected in parts of South and North Bengal on Saturday and Sunday, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The rain is likely to bring temporary relief ...
19 October 2025 Indian ExpressA day after the Odisha MBBS student who was allegedly raped outside a private medical college in West Bengal left the hospital where she had been admitted, her father said that she wanted to continue her studies in the ...
19 October 2025 Indian ExpressQuick thinking by residents and prompt action by the Kolkata Police led to the arrest of three individuals allegedly involved in a high-profile murder case in Rajasthan. The arrests were made in the Phoolbagan area on Thursday evening.The incident ...
18 October 2025 Indian ExpressA day after the Calcutta High Court rapped the state government, “ Is the state at all interested in putting a ban on firecrackers…” and the police prohibiting the flying of sky lanterns during Kali Puja and Diwali , ...
18 October 2025 Indian ExpressThe Centre’s appointment of former Deputy National Security Adviser Pankaj Kumar Singh on Thursday as an interlocutor for talks with leaders of the Darjeeling hills in West Bengal over various demands from the region, including finding a “permanent political ...
18 October 2025 Indian ExpressThe Kolkata Police has prohibited flying sky lanterns during Kali Puja and Diwali due to potential fire hazards. According to Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Verma, strict surveillance will be implemented to enforce the ban and violators may face police ...
18 October 2025 Indian ExpressIs the state at all interested in putting a ban on firecrackers… remarked the Calcutta High Court’s vacation bench while directing the West Bengal government to submit a detailed report on implementing its guidelines to prevent sale of illegal ...
18 October 2025 Indian ExpressBefore kickstarting the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in poll-bound West Bengal, the Election Commission (EC) has started comparing this year’s voters’ list with that of 2002, when the last revision exercise was conducted in the state.This ...
18 October 2025 Indian ExpressWith the Election Commission all set to start the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral roll in poll-bound West Bengal, the state unit of the Congress on Thursday asked the poll panel to convene an all-party meeting at the ...
18 October 2025 Indian ExpressMonths ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections, the Trinamool Congress launched a new digital outreach programme, ‘Ami Banglar Digital Joddha (I am Bengal’s Digital Warrior)’, aimed at countering the BJP’s online campaigns ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections.According to ...
17 October 2025 Indian ExpressThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) launched a fresh series of raids on Thursday morning as part of its ongoing investigation into money laundering in the illegal sand mining racket in West Bengal.Multiple teams from the central agency are currently conducting ...
17 October 2025 Indian ExpressWith the West Bengal Assembly polls months away, the BJP has intensified its preparations, launching a series of outreach initiatives targeting different sections of society — including appeals to the state’s intellectual and cultural interests.Union Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav ...
17 October 2025 Indian ExpressAfter announcing Jagannath Mandir and Durga Angan projects, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has now said that a large Mahakal mandir will be built in Siliguri.During her visit to flood-hit North Bengal, Banerjee on Thursday visited the Mahakal ...
17 October 2025 Indian ExpressDespite clear orders from both the Calcutta High Court and a Bangladesh court for their repatriation, the families of six people from Birbhum, including a pregnant woman, her husband and their son, remain in anxious wait.With the October 26 ...
17 October 2025 Indian ExpressThe father of the MBBS student, who was allegedly gangraped last week outside her medical college campus, described West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as a “mother-like figure” on Wednesday and urged her to forgive him if he had ...
16 October 2025 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday claimed that the state government had evacuated at least 20,000 people from their homes before the recent North Bengal floods, and rescued 1,300 people during the “disaster”.“… Otherwise, what would have ...
16 October 2025 Indian ExpressDays after BJP leaders were injured after a mob attacked them in Jalpaiguri district during their visit to flood-affected people, the party’s West Bengal unit on Wednesday took out a protest rally.Led by senior leaders, such as Union Minister ...
16 October 2025 Indian ExpressNearly a year after he shot into prominence as the key whistleblower in the multi-crore financial irregularities case at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Akhtar Ali has resigned from his government service, citing “vendetta” and a series ...
16 October 2025 Indian ExpressAfter getting custody of the male friend of an MBBS student, who was allegedly gangraped outside the medical college campus in West Bengal’s Paschim Bardhaman district last Friday night, the police are trying to piece together his role in ...
16 October 2025 Indian ExpressKolkata Police’s Cyber Crime Division has busted an alleged fake call centre and arrested 17 people — including 16 women — for allegedly duping victims across India and Bangladesh who used online dating and matrimony applications.A case was lodged ...
16 October 2025 Indian ExpressFloods began to rise swiftly in the remote Jiti Tea Garden around 3:30 am on October 5. Panic spread through the community. Amid the darkness, one call changed everything.Eighteen-year-old Krintika Munda, a Class 11 student, sensed the looming danger ...
16 October 2025 Indian ExpressThe Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed police to prevent unauthorised entry into the private medical college and hospital in Paschim Bardhaman where a second-year student, who was allegedly gang-raped outside the campus on October 10, is undergoing treatment.The ...
16 October 2025 Indian ExpressExpressing satisfaction over the police investigation into the alleged gangrape of a medical student in Paschim Bardhaman district, Police Commissioner of Asansol-Durgapur Commissionerate Sunil Chowdhury on Tuesday said that they made the first arrests in the case within two ...
16 October 2025 Indian ExpressHours after reconstructing the crime scene with one of the five accused and the male friend of the MBBS student, who was allegedly gangraped on Friday night in a forest area near the medical college in Paschim Bardhaman district ...
15 October 2025 Indian ExpressThe Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the Paschim Bardhaman district administration to “act accordingly” over a petition filed by the BJP, seeking permission to hold a demonstration against the alleged gangrape of a medical student there.The BJP had ...
15 October 2025 Indian ExpressIIT Kharagpur on Tuesday launched a Platinum Jubilee Special Drive to strengthen innovation and research through its new Research Park at Rajarhat, Kolkata.The drive, announced as part of the institute’s 75th-year celebrations, is designed to deepen collaboration between academia, ...
15 October 2025 Indian ExpressThe National Commission for Women (NCW) has taken suo motu cognisance of the alleged gang rape of a second-year MBBS student of a private medical college in Durgapur late on Friday night (October 10). A fact-finding report by a ...
15 October 2025 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday visited flood-hit Mirik in Darjeeling district, met affected families and inspected damaged homes. Banerjee announced that all families who lost their homes in the floods and landslides will receive financial assistance ...
15 October 2025 Indian ExpressA vacation bench of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the West Bengal government to submit a “comprehensive report” and produce the case diary in connection with the mob attack on BJP MP Khagen Murmu and BJP MLA ...
15 October 2025 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Monday termed the alleged gang-rape of a second-year MBBS student in Paschim Bardhaman district as “outrageous, and shocking to public conscience”, saying this was not the first time such an incident has ...
15 October 2025 Indian ExpressJust as the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) was celebrating Kolkata’s recognition as the “Safest City” for the fourth consecutive year, based on the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report, two back-to-back alleged incidents of rape — one of an ...
15 October 2025 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday claimed that the deluge in North Bengal was caused by water flowing down from neighbouring Bhutan, and demanded compensation from both the Central government and Himalayan Kingdom.Banerjee was visiting the disaster-hit Nagrakata ...
14 October 2025 Indian ExpressAsansol police have arrested two more persons in connection with the gangrape of a medical student of a private medical college in Paschim Bardhaman, taking the total number of arrests in the case to five.A court later remanded Safiq, ...
14 October 2025 Indian ExpressAs West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee questioned why the MBBS student, who was allegedly gangraped Friday in Paschim Bardhaman district, was out of the campus “after midnight”, triggering a row, the timeline of the incident points otherwise.The medical ...
14 October 2025 Indian ExpressHours after the police in West Bengal’s Durgapur arrested three suspects in connection with the gang rape of a second-year MBBS student of a private medical college in the city last week, a senior officer said Monday they have nabbed two more people.The police have identified the fifth suspect as Safiq, ...
14 October 2025 Indian ExpressNearly four months after the gang rape of a law student at a law college in South Kolkata, one of the accused — the college’s security guard, Pinaki Banerjee (55) — was granted bail on a bond of Rs ...
14 October 2025 Indian ExpressChief Minister Mamata Banerjee began her five-day tour of North Bengal’s flood-ravaged areas, her second visit in just 10 days, flying from Kolkata to Bagdogra before heading to Alipurduar for a high-level review meeting.At least 30 people have been ...
14 October 2025 Indian ExpressIn hours after the Asansol police registered an FIR into the alleged gangrape of a private medical college student in Paschim Bardhaman district on Saturday, they began search operations in the forested area surrounding the college campus, where the ...
14 October 2025 Indian ExpressThe Opposition hit out at the chief minister, accusing her of trying to blame the student and shift the responsibility to the private medical college.Speaking to mediapersons outside the Kolkata airport before leaving for flood-hit north Bengal, the chief ...
13 October 2025 Indian ExpressA string of festivals in West Bengal has put a temporary halt to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, which will now most likely begin in November, sources in the Election Commission (EC) said.“We have Diwali, Bhaiphonta, ...
13 October 2025 Indian ExpressWithin 36 hours of the alleged rape of a second-year MBBS student of a private medical college in West Bengal’s Durgapur, the state police have made three arrests in the case.“The three arrested men have been forwarded to court ...
13 October 2025 Indian ExpressThe alleged rape of a second-year MBBS student at a private medical college in Pashchim Bardhaman district has triggered sharp criticism of the state government from the Opposition and renewed calls for urgent action to protect women.BJP MP Sukanta ...
13 October 2025 Indian ExpressA small village in Murshidabad is in mourning after a fire at a temporary workers’ shelter near Bengaluru, earlier this month, claimed six lives and left another man fighting for his life. The blaze, which officials say followed a ...
13 October 2025 Indian ExpressThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday said that it has seized Rs 45 lakh cash, “incriminating documents” related to properties, and digital devices in connection with the searches at 13 places, including the camp office of West Bengal minister ...
13 October 2025 Indian ExpressThe Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls will not start in West Bengal in October. According to the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of the state, the SIR is likely to start only by the first ...
12 October 2025 Indian ExpressThe family of the RG Kar Medical College junior doctor, who was raped and murdered in August last year, on Saturday questioned the security and safety of women in West Bengal, hours after an MBBS student of a private ...
12 October 2025 Indian ExpressLeader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Friday asked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to produce “documentary proof” of her allegations of irregularities involving the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) or they will see it as an attempt ...
12 October 2025 Indian ExpressA second-year MBBS student of a private medical college in West Bengal’s Pashchim Bardhaman district was allegedly dragged outside her college campus and raped Friday night. No arrests have been made yet in this connection, the police said, adding ...
12 October 2025 Indian ExpressThe state government plans to raise Rs 29,000 crore in the third quarter of the 2025–26 financial year, bringing total market borrowings to about Rs 78,000 crore by the end of third quarter, government officials said on Friday. Finance ...
12 October 2025 Indian ExpressWritten by Anisha GhoshHeavy rain and thunderstorms lashed parts of Kolkata and adjoining districts on Friday afternoon, triggering traffic snarls and waterlogging in several low lying areas. The rains are expected to continue during the weekend.The India Meteorological Department ...
12 October 2025 Indian ExpressNearly four months after six members of two families, including a pregnant woman, were pushed into Bangladesh by the BSF on suspicion of being illegal immigrants, a court in Bangladesh has recognised them as Indian citizens and directed the ...
11 October 2025 Indian ExpressPolice have launched an investigation into an alleged rape case after a 21-year-old engineering student filed a complaint against her classmate in Kolkata on Wednesday. The accused is currently absconding, officials said.The incident allegedly took place on September 26 ...
11 October 2025 Indian ExpressThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday conducted simultaneous searches in at least 11 locations, including a residential building belonging to West Bengal minister Sujit Bose, in Kolkata and adjoining areas in connection with the alleged irregularities in recruitment to ...
11 October 2025 Indian ExpressBengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s ‘warning’ to the Election Commission regarding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise has sparked a war of words with the BJP. Citing her “threat”, the BJP has demanded action against CM Mamata and the ...
11 October 2025 Indian ExpressThe Centre has released Rs 680.71 crore as the first instalment of Untied (Basic) Grants under the Fifteenth Finance Commission (XV-FC) for Rural Local Bodies (RLBs)/ and Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) of West Bengal, for the financial year 2025-26.“The ...
10 October 2025 Indian ExpressWith the Election Commission all set to start Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, where Assembly elections are due early next year, the state unit of the BJP on Thursday held a high-level meeting to ...
10 October 2025 Indian ExpressThree more persons were arrested on Thursday for their alleged involvement in the attacks on BJP lawmakers, taking the total number of arrests in the case to five, police said.Two persons were arrested during a late-Wednesday night special operation ...
10 October 2025 Indian ExpressThe recent heavy torrential rains and subsequent landslides in West Bengal have significantly affected the prominent tea-producing areas of Darjeeling, Dooars, and Terai, resulting in substantial losses to the regional tea economy, with the Tea Association of India (TAI) ...
10 October 2025 Indian ExpressTwo days after a mob attacked BJP MP Khagen Murmu and party MLA Shankar Ghosh in the flood-hit Nagrakata area of Jalpaiguri district, police on Wednesday arrested two persons.“We have arrested two persons, identified as Ekramul Haque and Govinda ...
10 October 2025 Indian ExpressA Public Interest Litigation (PIL) and another plea were filed before the Calcutta High Court Thursday, seeking a probe by Central agencies into the assault on BJP MP Khagen Murmu in Nagrakata in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri earlier this week.Murmu ...
10 October 2025 Indian ExpressMalda Police in West Bengal rescued a three-year-old girl within 25 minutes of her alleged abduction on Tuesday, intercepting two masked kidnappers after a high-speed chase near the Bengal-Bihar border.The incident occurred around 12:30 pm when the child was ...
10 October 2025 Indian ExpressA watch tower taller than Delhi’s Qutub Minar is coming up in Howrah, West Bengal. Standing at 400 feet (120 metres), the tower is expected to open to the public next year.The structure will also feature a revolving restaurant ...
10 October 2025 Indian ExpressIn the loot and murder of Baranagar jewellery shop owner Sankar Jana in Bengal, police have so far arrested five persons, including two from Jamshedpur, Jharkhand.On Saturday, in broad daylight, 60-year-old Jana was found dead with his legs tied ...
9 October 2025 Indian ExpressUpon reaching Kolkata following a visit to the flood-hit North Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on Union Home Minister Amit Shah, accusing him of overstepping his authority and “behaving like the acting prime ...
9 October 2025 Indian ExpressWest Bengal has bucked a national trend in cyber crime registrations over three years — recording a steady decline even as the rest of the country saw a rise.According to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, published ...
9 October 2025 Indian ExpressThe Trinamool Congress TMC) on Wednesday claimed that its six-member delegation, which reached Agartala to take stock of the situation arising out of the vandalising of its party headquarters by BJP workers, was left stranded at the airport for ...
9 October 2025 Indian ExpressFacing criticism for taking part in the Durga Puja Carnival even as north Bengal reeled under floods and landslides, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday accused the Opposition BJP of “shamelessly politicising a natural calamity for narrow ...
9 October 2025 Indian ExpressLife has begun to crawl back in the Darjeeling hills, which was hit by landslides amid torrential rainfall on Saturday night. The official death count has reached 28 with the recovery of two more bodies from Bamandanga in Nagrakata ...
8 October 2025 Indian ExpressA day after BJP MP Khagen Murmu and party MLA Shankar Ghosh were attacked by a mob in Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district, another BJP MLA, Manoj Oraon of Kumargram in Alipurduar district, was allegedly attacked while distributing relief in North ...
8 October 2025 Indian ExpressThe BJP on Tuesday said the Trinamool Congress is using a “special community” to carry out attacks in Bengal. Addressing a press conference on the attack on BJP leader Khagen Murmu, Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya said, West Bengal ...
8 October 2025 Indian ExpressThe Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International (NSCBI) Airport, also known as Dum Dum Airport, recorded a massive rush of passengers returning to Kolkata after the annual Durga Puja festival and subsequent holidays. Airport authorities estimate that a footfall of ...
8 October 2025 Indian ExpressDurga Puja, Laxmi Puja, and Diwali are the peak season for tour operators. This is the time when families can plan holidays, with schools, colleges, and offices closed simultaneously. However, this year, with political turmoil and natural calamities, the ...
8 October 2025 Indian ExpressA video that circulated widely on social media, showing a rhinoceros desperately trying to swim as it was carried away by floodwaters, has focused attention on the plight of wildlife in north Bengal after intense rains swept through the ...
7 October 2025 Indian ExpressWhat began as a routine bath in the swollen Damodar River turned into a 45-kilometre ordeal across powerful currents for 87-year-old Maturi Tudu from the Jakta village in West Bengal’s Purba Bardhaman district, ending in an astonishing rescue.According to ...
7 October 2025 Indian ExpressKolkata Metro Durga Puja services: Kolkata Metro has registered its highest-ever passenger count in the recently concluded Durga Puja. The country’s oldest metro network system has carried more than 46.56 lakh passengers from Panchami to Dashami this year across ...
7 October 2025 Indian ExpressA day after rain-triggered landslides hit North Bengal, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee blamed the Central government for the situation while pointing out that 40 hydropower projects have been built on the Teesta in Sikkim even as she ...
7 October 2025 Indian ExpressA violent mob attack on BJP MP Khagen Murmu and party MLA Shankar Ghosh during their visit to flood-affected people at Nagrakata in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal on Monday turned into a political squabble with Prime Minister Narendra ...
7 October 2025 Indian ExpressA routine holiday turned into a nightmare for two groups from Kolkata who were visiting the Darjeeling-Kalimpong hills when a sudden bout of heavy rain struck on the night of October 5. With power out and mobile networks down, ...
7 October 2025 Indian ExpressThe death toll from one of the worst landslides in a decade in the hills of Darjeeling climbed to 23 on Monday after incessant rainfall since Saturday night.With rainfall significantly subsiding on Monday, with clear sky – both in ...
7 October 2025 Indian ExpressBJP MP Khagen Murmu and party MLA Shankar Ghosh were injured after a mob attacked them at Nagrakata in Jalpaiguri district on Monday during their visit to flood and landslide-affected people in the Dooars region of West Bengal.Murmu, the ...
7 October 2025 Indian ExpressHimadri Purkait, a 24-year-old third-year Sociology student at Jadavpur University, would pack his backpack, and travel whenever he got an opportunity. This time his destination was Darjeeling in West Bengal.According to his family, Himadri left his home in the ...
7 October 2025 Indian ExpressMore than 24 hours have passed since a 60-year-old jeweller was found murdered inside his shop with his legs tied in the Baranagar area near Kolkata. But the police have made little headway in the murder probe, except that ...
6 October 2025 Indian ExpressThe Opposition BJP has accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of being “insensitive” for taking part in the Durga Puja Carnival at Kolkata’s Red Road on Sunday evening, hours after incessant rains and landslides left at least 20 ...
6 October 2025 Indian ExpressThe Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, is all set to make its foray into medical education and launch a doctor of medicine (MD) programme once the National Medical Council (NMC) gives its go-ahead, IIT officials said.”Considering the availability of ...
6 October 2025 Indian ExpressWith soil already saturated by Saturday night’s incessant rainfall in the hill districts of North Bengal, the forecast of more rainfall in the region in the next 24 to 48 hours is likely to cause more landslides, according to ...
6 October 2025 Indian ExpressThe 12 hours of unrelenting rain have left the Darjeeling hills scarred and stunned. At least 20 people, including several children, were killed and many more injured after a string of powerful landslides swept through Mirik, Sukhiapokhri, Darjeeling and ...
6 October 2025 Indian ExpressHeavy rainfall in North Bengal have caused landslides in Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts that have killed at least 14 people, with the toll expected to rise. The rain also led to the collapse of two iron bridges in Darjeeling ...
6 October 2025 Indian ExpressThe weather department Sunday issued a Red Alert (Take Action) for several districts in North Bengal, predicting heavy rain, thunderstorms, and gusty winds over the next 24 to 48 hours. Residents have been advised to take necessary precautions as ...
6 October 2025 Indian ExpressAs the death toll from floods crossed 20 in North Bengal, especially in the Darjeeling hills, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday held a high-level meeting at Nabanna (state secretariat), opened a 24/7 control room, and said ...
6 October 2025 Indian ExpressAt least 20 people have been killed and scores are missing after heavy rainfall lashed the Himalayan region of West Bengal on Saturday night, triggering large-scale landslides in the districts of Darjeeling, Kalimpong, and Kurseong. Parts of the Terai ...
6 October 2025 Indian ExpressPANIC GRIPPED Sambhunath Das Lane in Kolkata’s Baranagar on Friday afternoon after shopkeepers found the body of Sankar Jana, 60, owner of Saraswati Chain and Ornament, lying on the floor of his jewellery store with his legs bound by ...
5 October 2025 Indian ExpressDEPUTY ELECTION Commissioner Gyanesh Bharti will reach West Bengal on October 7 for a two-day visit.According to sources, Bharti would be accompanied by the Election Commission’s IT specialist, Seema Khanna.The visit assumes significance amid reports that preparations are underway ...
5 October 2025 Indian ExpressOver 20 hours have passed since the murder of Sankar Jana, 60, owner of Saraswati Chain and Ornament at Baranagar in North 24 Parganas, but the murderers are still at large, even as the police indicate there were five ...
5 October 2025 Indian ExpressAMIT MITRA, Chief Financial Adviser to Chief Minister and a former state finance minister, on Friday said that recent US trade measures had plunged Indian businesses into “uncertainty.” In a post on X, Mitra warned that recent US actions ...
5 October 2025 Indian ExpressWith the Bengal Assembly polls just months away, the Opposition BJP has started preparing for the big political fight after the conclusion of Durga Puja.Union Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav and former Tripura CM Biplab Deb, the newly nominated BJP ...
5 October 2025 Indian ExpressKolkata has been named the safest city in India for the fourth year running, according to the National Crime Records Bureau’s (NCRB) 2023 data, prompting contrasting reactions from the Trinamool Congress and the BJP.The NCRB report shows Kolkata recorded ...
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