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In the run-UP to SIR: EC’s BLO hiring hits snag, sends notice to 600 teachers for refusing to work
Even as the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal is scheduled to start in November first week, the state Chief Electoral Office is reportedly facing issues in employing Booth Level Officers (BLOs), crucial for implementing ...
25 October 2025 Indian ExpressBolpur: Month after recovery, Army defuses ‘WWII-era’ bomb
A blast sent thick black smoke into the air, shaking the area of Bolpur of West Bengal’s Birbhum district on Wednesday. Indian Army personnel had just defused a World War II-era mortar shell, recovered from Ajay river.A month ago, ...
25 October 2025 Indian ExpressCalcutta HC ends protection for BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari from police action without court permit; SIT to probe five cases against him
In a setback for Leader of Opposition in the Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari, the Calcutta High Court on Friday withdrew the blanket protection that had prevented the police from taking coercive action against him without court permission.The single-judge bench ...
25 October 2025 Indian Express1 arrested for idol damage in Bengal, police say no communal or political link found so far
Police have arrested one person in connection with damage to an idol of Goddess Kali in the Kakdwip area of South 24 Parganas that led to tension and protest in the area on Wednesday.In a statement, the West Bengal ...
24 October 2025 Indian ExpressBoard of Practical Training (ER) celebrates 50 years, focus on AI and healthcare
The Board of Practical Training (Eastern Region), Ministry of Education, recently celebrated 50 years of apprenticeship training at Regional Apprenticeship Day (RAD) 2025 held in Kolkata,an official statement said.According to the statement, the ceremony, which featured Baidyanath Yadav (retired ...
24 October 2025 Indian ExpressMan ‘set ablaze’ after brawl during Kali Puja immersion near Kolkata
A 45-year-old man suffered burn injuries after allegedly being set ablaze during a brawl among participants of a Kali Puja immersion procession at Bediapara in South Dumdum area on Thursday, police said.Ranjit Karmakar was returning home after the idol ...
24 October 2025 Indian ExpressIIM Calcutta and Satyajit Ray film institute sign MoU to expand opportunities for India’s creative economy
The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta and Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute (SRFTI) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Thursday, marking the first-ever collaboration between a premier business school and a leading media institute in the country.This ...
24 October 2025 Indian Express‘WWII-era’ bomb defused in Bengal’s Bolpur, a month after its discovery in riverbed
A blast sent thick black smoke into the air, shaking Bolpur in West Bengal’s Birbhum district on Wednesday. However, there is no reason for panic as the quake was the effect of the Indian Army personnel defusing a World ...
24 October 2025 Indian ExpressBJP plans over 1,000 CAA camps across West Bengal, to focus on Bangladesh-bordering districts ahead of SIR and polls
With Diwali and Kali Puja over, the West Bengal BJP has begun preparations to set up more than 1,000 Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) camps across the state. This comes ahead of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral ...
24 October 2025 Indian ExpressDry spell for Bengal mostly expected to continue on Friday: IMD
The weather across West Bengal on Friday, October 24, is expected to remain largely dry and stable, according to a forecast by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD).In South Bengal, including districts such as Kolkata, Howrah, Hooghly, North and South ...
24 October 2025 Indian ExpressNew bridge proposed over Bengal’s Hooghly river at Bagnan, as part of Varanasi-Kolkata Expressway
A new bridge may soon come up over the Hooghly River in West Bengal as part of the Varanasi-Kolkata four-lane expressway project. According to officials in the state Public Works Department (PWD), the proposed bridge would be constructed at ...
24 October 2025 Indian ExpressAnother hospital horror in Bengal, teen ‘molested’ at Kolkata’s SSKM by former staff member
A 15-year-old girl, who was accompanying her parents to Kolkata’s SSKM Hospital, was allegedly molested by a former staff member on Wednesday.Police have arrested the accused, identified as Amit Mallik, 35, who is currently working as a temporary staff ...
24 October 2025 Indian ExpressWoman molested near Dakshineswar Metro Station; one arrested
A woman was allegedly molested near West Bengal’s Dakshineswar Metro Station on Tuesday evening while returning home from work.According to the complaint lodged at the Dakshineshwar police station, the alleged incident occurred around 7.30 pm near the busy Dakshineswar ...
24 October 2025 Indian ExpressPolice rule out ‘foul play’ in death of RG Kar rape convict’s teenage niece: ‘Suicide by hanging’
The Kolkata Police on Tuesday ruled out any foul play in the death of a teenage girl, the niece of RG Kar rape convict Sanjoy Roy. Police said a post-mortem report concluded that the death was due to suicide ...
23 October 2025 Indian ExpressProtest in Bengal’s Kakdwip over damaged idol, BJP slams TMC govt, police warn against rumour mongering
Protests erupted in the Kakdwip area of South 24 Parganas district in West Bengal on Wednesday after an idol of Goddess Kali was found damaged.As residents refused to immerse the idol and blocked the national highway, police said they ...
23 October 2025 Indian ExpressCourt remands 4 accused in Durgapur gangrape case to judicial custody till October 27
A local court here on Wednesday remanded four accused, arrested in connection with the alleged gangrape of a medical student, to judicial custody till October 27.The student from Odisha was allegedly gangraped by some men outside the campus of ...
23 October 2025 Indian ExpressBengal medical student ‘gangrape’: 2 of the 6 accused may turn approver, police say friend ‘tried to mislead’ probe
Two of the six accused in the case of alleged gangrape of a medical student in Paschim Bardhaman district of West Bengal are likely to become police approvers, sources said.On Wednesday, four of the six accused – Nasiruddin Sheikh ...
23 October 2025 Indian Express‘Assault, rape threats’ against woman doctor in Bengal: Third arrest made; Health dept seeks report from medical college
Police made a third arrest late Tuesday in connection with the alleged assault and rape threats against a junior female doctor at a Uluberia Government Medical College and Hospital in Howrah district on Monday evening.According to police, Sheikh Samrat ...
23 October 2025 Indian ExpressHome guard held for ‘assault, rape threats’ to woman doctor at Bengal govt hospital
A junior female doctor at a West Bengal government hospital was allegedly assaulted and threatened with rape by a home guard on Monday evening. Both accused were produced on Tuesday before the Uluberia Court, which granted three-day police custody.Police ...
23 October 2025 Indian ExpressKhichuri, katla curry to mutton kosha: Bengal jails festive menus for Kali Puja and Diwali
As Kolkata and the rest of Bengal celebrate Kali Puja and Diwali, several correctional homes across the state have swapped routine rations for special festival menus, providing inmates a taste of home with dishes ranging from khichuri and aloo ...
23 October 2025 Indian ExpressMassive fire engulfs dye factory in Bengal’s Khardah; three adjacent factories gutted
West Bengal Khardah Dye Factory Fire: A massive fire broke out at a dye factory early Tuesday morning at Ishwaripur in Khardah, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal. Twenty fire engines were rushed to the densely populated area to prevent ...
22 October 2025 Indian ExpressKolkata’s AQI plunges due to bursting of banned firecrackers amid festivities
The air quality in Kolkata deteriorated on Monday night as the city choked under a thick smoke due to bursting of firecrackers amid Diwali and Kali Puja celebrations.As part of their crackdown to curb different violations during the festivities, ...
22 October 2025 Indian ExpressBJP leader Suvendu Adhikari alleges ‘TMC women attacked’ his convoy; Trinamool calls it ‘people’s anger’
Suvendu Adhikari Attacked News: Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday alleged that his car was attacked by women members of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) while he was en route to inaugurate a Kali Puja ...
22 October 2025 Indian ExpressIIT Kharagpur ‘clash’: 3 expelled, 4 suspended students appeal to director to reconsider decision, request they be given opportunity to rectify behaviour
Seven IIT Kharagpur students, who faced disciplinary action for engaging in a fight on the campus earlier this month, have recently written to the director of the institute to withdraw the decision to save their careers from being destroyed. ...
22 October 2025 Indian ExpressWB NUJS to get new vice chancellor, CJI B R Gavai picks O V Nandimath as replacement for outgoing VC N K Chakrabarti
The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (WB NUJS) is all set to get a new vice chancellor (VC) after the institute reopens post Puja vacation in November.University officials said that a search committee had recommended three names ...
22 October 2025 Indian Express‘Govt hospital issuing fake birth and death certificates,’ Bengal BJP MLA writes to Amit Shah ahead of SIR
Just days before the special intensive revision (SIR) of the voter list is to start in West Bengal, BJP MLA Sankar Ghosh has written to the Union Home Minister Amit Shah about the alleged issuance of over 850 fake ...
21 October 2025 Indian ExpressDirect flights between India and mainland China to resume after 5 years; Kolkata-Guangzhou IndiGo flight to take off on Oct 26
Direct air connectivity between India and mainland China is set to resume after a hiatus of over five years. IndiGo Airlines, India’s largest carrier, will launch a daily non-stop flight connecting Kolkata (Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport) to ...
20 October 2025 Indian ExpressKolkata Metro Timings on Diwali: Special night trains on Metro’s east‑west line for Kali Puja
Kolkata Metro Train Timings Today: Kolkata Metro will extend its services on Kali Puja, October 20, for an additional hour along the East-West corridor.The Green Line (Howrah Maidan-Salt Lake Sector 5 stretch) will see 120 metro services, with 60 ...
20 October 2025 Indian ExpressLegal support to volunteers, use of AI: BJP spruces up its social media strategy before Bengal polls
With the Assembly elections in Bengal just a few months away, the Opposition BJP has upped its social media outreach.According to party sources, the BJP will have a more active presence on social media, and it will induct volunteers ...
19 October 2025 Indian ExpressKolkata Traffic Restrictions Today for Kali Puja 2025: Kolkata Police issues traffic advisory for October 20. Check routes to take
Kali Puja 2025, Kolkata Traffic Advisory Today: In view of Kali Puja celebrations on October 20, the Kolkata Police has announced traffic restrictions and diversions to ensure vehicular movement and public safety.The curbs will come into effect from the ...
19 October 2025 Indian ExpressAfter Centre’s urban poverty mission DAY-NULM ends, West Bengal flags lack of funds for homeless shelters
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 Raju Bista’s ‘convoy attacked’ near Sukhia Pokhri in Darjeeling, probe on
BJP 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 Express‘Unilateral, revoke it’: Mamata Banerjee writes to PM on appointment of Gorkhaland interlocutor
West 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 register under Bengal’s Shramasree scheme; 1,000 getting monthly allowance: officials
Over 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 ExpressLight rain, thundershowers likely in parts of West Bengal during Kali Puja
After 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 Express‘Will meet Odisha CM along with her’: rape survivor’s father says she wishes to continue in the same college, but he will see options in home state
A 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 ExpressSpotted ‘climbing a building’: Murder suspects from Rajasthan’s escape ends in Kolkata; three arrested
Quick 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 ExpressDay after HC rap, Kolkata police cracks down: 3,000kg ‘illegal’ firecrackers seized, drones monitor from sky
A 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 ExpressGorkhaland statehood demand back in spotlight as Centre appoints former Dy NSA as interlocutor for talks
The 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 ExpressNo sky lanterns this Diwali, Kolkata Police cites fire hazard, flight safety
The 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 Express‘Is state at all interested in putting a ban on firecrackers?’: HC raps Bengal govt ahead of Diwali
Is 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 ExpressIn pre-SIR exercise in 7 Bengal districts, nearly 50% names not in benchmark 2002 voters’ list
Before 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 ExpressCongress asks EC to call all-party meeting on SIR, says release findings of matching-mapping exercise
With 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 ExpressAbhishek launches ‘Ami Banglar Digital Joddha’, TMC looks to recruit ‘content creators, digital amplifiers’ ahead of Bengal polls
Months 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 ExpressRaids in ‘7 locations’ across West Bengal as ED intensifies illegal sand mining probe
The 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 ExpressBengal BJP plans art, film, and music festivals as outreach ahead of 2026 polls
With 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 ExpressMamata announces plan to build grand Mahakal Mandir in Siliguri
After 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 Express‘She is pregnant, will they ever be home?’: Family of Sunali Khatun worries weeks after Calcutta HC and Bangladesh court order her return
Despite 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 ExpressBengal ‘gangrape’ case | Father of woman seeks Mamata’s forgiveness: ‘She is like mother’
The 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 ExpressMamata says State evacuated at least 20,000 before North Bengal floods; rescued 1,300
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday claimed that the state government had evacuated at least 20,000 people from their homes before the recent North Bengal floods, and rescued 1,300 people during the “disaster”.“… Otherwise, what would have ...
16 October 2025 Indian Express‘TMC government is anti-tribals’: BJP holds protest rally against attack on party leaders
Days after BJP leaders were injured after a mob attacked them in Jalpaiguri district during their visit to flood-affected people, the party’s West Bengal unit on Wednesday took out a protest rally.Led by senior leaders, such as Union Minister ...
16 October 2025 Indian ExpressRG Kar whistleblower quits govt job, joins BJP as polls draw near
Nearly a year after he shot into prominence as the key whistleblower in the multi-crore financial irregularities case at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Akhtar Ali has resigned from his government service, citing “vendetta” and a series ...
16 October 2025 Indian ExpressBengal Gangrape Case: Friend in custody, police want to know why he didn’t seek help or raise alarm
After getting custody of the male friend of an MBBS student, who was allegedly gangraped outside the medical college campus in West Bengal’s Paschim Bardhaman district last Friday night, the police are trying to piece together his role in ...
16 October 2025 Indian Express‘False promises of marriage and sex’: 16 women among 17 held in Kolkata for defrauding matrimony and dating app users
Kolkata Police’s Cyber Crime Division has busted an alleged fake call centre and arrested 17 people — including 16 women — for allegedly duping victims across India and Bangladesh who used online dating and matrimony applications.A case was lodged ...
16 October 2025 Indian ExpressIn Bengal’s flooded tea gardens, a girl’s 3:30 am phone call sparks coordinated rescue for expecting mothers, and hundreds more
Floods began to rise swiftly in the remote Jiti Tea Garden around 3:30 am on October 5. Panic spread through the community. Amid the darkness, one call changed everything.Eighteen-year-old Krintika Munda, a Class 11 student, sensed the looming danger ...
16 October 2025 Indian ExpressCalcutta HC directs police to prevent unauthorised entry into Paschim Bardhaman medical college hospital
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed police to prevent unauthorised entry into the private medical college and hospital in Paschim Bardhaman where a second-year student, who was allegedly gang-raped outside the campus on October 10, is undergoing treatment.The ...
16 October 2025 Indian Express‘Gangrape’ Case: Satisfied with probe, made arrests within 2 days, says top cop
Expressing satisfaction over the police investigation into the alleged gangrape of a medical student in Paschim Bardhaman district, Police Commissioner of Asansol-Durgapur Commissionerate Sunil Chowdhury on Tuesday said that they made the first arrests in the case within two ...
16 October 2025 Indian ExpressBengal ‘gangrape’ case: Friend of MBBS student arrested after police reconstruct crime scene
Hours after reconstructing the crime scene with one of the five accused and the male friend of the MBBS student, who was allegedly gangraped on Friday night in a forest area near the medical college in Paschim Bardhaman district ...
15 October 2025 Indian Express‘Gangrape’ Case: On BJP seeking nod to hold dharna, High Court tells police: ‘Act as per the law’
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the Paschim Bardhaman district administration to “act accordingly” over a petition filed by the BJP, seeking permission to hold a demonstration against the alleged gangrape of a medical student there.The BJP had ...
15 October 2025 Indian ExpressPlatinum Jubilee Drive: IIT-Kharagpur launches drive to boost research park at Rajarhat
IIT Kharagpur on Tuesday launched a Platinum Jubilee Special Drive to strengthen innovation and research through its new Research Park at Rajarhat, Kolkata.The drive, announced as part of the institute’s 75th-year celebrations, is designed to deepen collaboration between academia, ...
15 October 2025 Indian ExpressBengal MBBS student rape case: ‘No street lights or police surveillance in area,’ says National Commission for Women report
The National Commission for Women (NCW) has taken suo motu cognisance of the alleged gang rape of a second-year MBBS student of a private medical college in Durgapur late on Friday night (October 10). A fact-finding report by a ...
15 October 2025 Indian ExpressRs 1.2 lakh for families who lost homes in North Bengal floods: Mamata Banerjee announces during Mirik visit
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday visited flood-hit Mirik in Darjeeling district, met affected families and inspected damaged homes. Banerjee announced that all families who lost their homes in the floods and landslides will receive financial assistance ...
15 October 2025 Indian ExpressHC seeks case diary of police probe into mob attack on BJP leaders in north Bengal
A vacation bench of the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the West Bengal government to submit a “comprehensive report” and produce the case diary in connection with the mob attack on BJP MP Khagen Murmu and BJP MLA ...
15 October 2025 Indian Express‘Can’t say Bengal is safe for girls’: Governor Bose after meeting ‘gang-rape’ victim, family
West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Monday termed the alleged gang-rape of a second-year MBBS student in Paschim Bardhaman district as “outrageous, and shocking to public conscience”, saying this was not the first time such an incident has ...
15 October 2025 Indian Express‘Safest City’ jubilation to political crisis: Back-to-back ‘rapes’ bring spotlight back on women safety in Bengal
Just as the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) was celebrating Kolkata’s recognition as the “Safest City” for the fourth consecutive year, based on the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report, two back-to-back alleged incidents of rape — one of an ...
15 October 2025 Indian ExpressBhutan should compensate Bengal for floods, says CM Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday claimed that the deluge in North Bengal was caused by water flowing down from neighbouring Bhutan, and demanded compensation from both the Central government and Himalayan Kingdom.Banerjee was visiting the disaster-hit Nagrakata ...
14 October 2025 Indian Express‘Gangrape’ of medical student in Paschim Bardhaman: Two more arrested, one being questioned, say police
Asansol police have arrested two more persons in connection with the gangrape of a medical student of a private medical college in Paschim Bardhaman, taking the total number of arrests in the case to five.A court later remanded Safiq, ...
14 October 2025 Indian ExpressBengal ‘Gangrape’ Case: Not midnight as Mamata claimed, student was back in college by 10 pm
As West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee questioned why the MBBS student, who was allegedly gangraped Friday in Paschim Bardhaman district, was out of the campus “after midnight”, triggering a row, the timeline of the incident points otherwise.The medical ...
14 October 2025 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Police arrest fifth suspect in MMBS gang rape case, question another man
Hours after the police in West Bengal’s Durgapur arrested three suspects in connection with the gang rape of a second-year MBBS student of a private medical college in the city last week, a senior officer said Monday they have nabbed two more people.The police have identified the fifth suspect as Safiq, ...
14 October 2025 Indian ExpressKolkata law college gang rape: Accused security guard gets bail
Nearly four months after the gang rape of a law student at a law college in South Kolkata, one of the accused — the college’s security guard, Pinaki Banerjee (55) — was granted bail on a bond of Rs ...
14 October 2025 Indian ExpressMamata back in flood-hit north Bengal for next 10 to take stock of recovery efforts
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee began her five-day tour of North Bengal’s flood-ravaged areas, her second visit in just 10 days, flying from Kolkata to Bagdogra before heading to Alipurduar for a high-level review meeting.At least 30 people have been ...
14 October 2025 Indian ExpressHow a phone call led to arrest of 3 men in Bengal gangrape case
In hours after the Asansol police registered an FIR into the alleged gangrape of a private medical college student in Paschim Bardhaman district on Saturday, they began search operations in the forested area surrounding the college campus, where the ...
14 October 2025 Indian ExpressBengal gangrape: Mamata asks why she was out at midnight; Opp says it’s ‘victim blaming’
The Opposition hit out at the chief minister, accusing her of trying to blame the student and shift the responsibility to the private medical college.Speaking to mediapersons outside the Kolkata airport before leaving for flood-hit north Bengal, the chief ...
13 October 2025 Indian ExpressHolidays one after another in festive month, why SIR won’t see October launch in Bengal
A string of festivals in West Bengal has put a temporary halt to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, which will now most likely begin in November, sources in the Election Commission (EC) said.“We have Diwali, Bhaiphonta, ...
13 October 2025 Indian ExpressBengal MBBS student rape case: police arrest 3 people; victim’s father says he wants to take her to Odisha
Within 36 hours of the alleged rape of a second-year MBBS student of a private medical college in West Bengal’s Durgapur, the state police have made three arrests in the case.“The three arrested men have been forwarded to court ...
13 October 2025 Indian ExpressMBBS student ‘raped’ in Pashchim Bardhaman | ‘Women nowhere safe in Bengal’: BJP targets Mamata and police
The alleged rape of a second-year MBBS student at a private medical college in Pashchim Bardhaman district has triggered sharp criticism of the state government from the Opposition and renewed calls for urgent action to protect women.BJP MP Sukanta ...
13 October 2025 Indian Express‘Villagers pool in money’ as political leaders promise help to bring bodies of six migrant labourers who died in fire near Bengaluru
A small village in Murshidabad is in mourning after a fire at a temporary workers’ shelter near Bengaluru, earlier this month, claimed six lives and left another man fighting for his life. The blaze, which officials say followed a ...
13 October 2025 Indian Express‘Rs 45 lakh, property papers, digital evidence’ seized from Bengal fire services minister Sujit Bose’s residence- ED after raids
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday said that it has seized Rs 45 lakh cash, “incriminating documents” related to properties, and digital devices in connection with the searches at 13 places, including the camp office of West Bengal minister ...
13 October 2025 Indian ExpressSIR process likely to start in Bengal in November after festive season
The Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls will not start in West Bengal in October. According to the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of the state, the SIR is likely to start only by the first ...
12 October 2025 Indian Express‘Is it a safe state? We stand with survivor’: RG Kar victim’s family on MBBS student’s ‘rape’ in Bengal
The family of the RG Kar Medical College junior doctor, who was raped and murdered in August last year, on Saturday questioned the security and safety of women in West Bengal, hours after an MBBS student of a private ...
12 October 2025 Indian ExpressSIR exercise in West Bengal | Prove charge… it’s a bid to intimidate poll officials: Suvendu to Mamata Banerjee
Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Friday asked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to produce “documentary proof” of her allegations of irregularities involving the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) or they will see it as an attempt ...
12 October 2025 Indian ExpressOut to meet friend, MBBS student raped outside Bengal private medical college campus; probe on
A second-year MBBS student of a private medical college in West Bengal’s Pashchim Bardhaman district was allegedly dragged outside her college campus and raped Friday night. No arrests have been made yet in this connection, the police said, adding ...
12 October 2025 Indian ExpressWest Bengal to borrow ₹29,000 crore in Q3; year’s market borrowing may hit Rs 1 lakh crore
The state government plans to raise Rs 29,000 crore in the third quarter of the 2025–26 financial year, bringing total market borrowings to about Rs 78,000 crore by the end of third quarter, government officials said on Friday. Finance ...
12 October 2025 Indian ExpressAmid orange alert, rain, thunderstorm hit Kolkata; IMD’s weekend prediction for Bengal here
Written by Anisha GhoshHeavy rain and thunderstorms lashed parts of Kolkata and adjoining districts on Friday afternoon, triggering traffic snarls and waterlogging in several low lying areas. The rains are expected to continue during the weekend.The India Meteorological Department ...
12 October 2025 Indian ExpressBangladesh court recognises deported two Bengal families as ‘Indian citizens,’ directs High Commission to arrange their return
Nearly four months after six members of two families, including a pregnant woman, were pushed into Bangladesh by the BSF on suspicion of being illegal immigrants, a court in Bangladesh has recognised them as Indian citizens and directed the ...
11 October 2025 Indian ExpressEngineering student from Jharkhand allegedly raped by classmate in Kolkata
Police have launched an investigation into an alleged rape case after a 21-year-old engineering student filed a complaint against her classmate in Kolkata on Wednesday. The accused is currently absconding, officials said.The incident allegedly took place on September 26 ...
11 October 2025 Indian ExpressED raids Bengal minister’s office, 10 other properties in municipal hiring ‘scam
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday conducted simultaneous searches in at least 11 locations, including a residential building belonging to West Bengal minister Sujit Bose, in Kolkata and adjoining areas in connection with the alleged irregularities in recruitment to ...
11 October 2025 Indian ExpressMamata vs BJP: Suvendu seeks Central security for Bengal electoral official, cites CM’s ‘threat’ over SIR
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s ‘warning’ to the Election Commission regarding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise has sparked a war of words with the BJP. Citing her “threat”, the BJP has demanded action against CM Mamata and the ...
11 October 2025 Indian ExpressCentre releases Rs 680 crore — first instalment of Finance Commission Grant for state local bodies
The Centre has released Rs 680.71 crore as the first instalment of Untied (Basic) Grants under the Fifteenth Finance Commission (XV-FC) for Rural Local Bodies (RLBs)/ and Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) of West Bengal, for the financial year 2025-26.“The ...
10 October 2025 Indian ExpressBJP twin strategy for polls: ‘Ensure no Hindu names deleted during SIR, focus on 160 seats’
With the Election Commission all set to start Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, where Assembly elections are due early next year, the state unit of the BJP on Thursday held a high-level meeting to ...
10 October 2025 Indian ExpressBJP MP Khagen Murmu attack: 5 held so far; PIL filed in High Court for NIA probe
Three more persons were arrested on Thursday for their alleged involvement in the attacks on BJP lawmakers, taking the total number of arrests in the case to five, police said.Two persons were arrested during a late-Wednesday night special operation ...
10 October 2025 Indian ExpressRain fury in North Bengal: Tea industry counts its losses — from human to economic costs
The recent heavy torrential rains and subsequent landslides in West Bengal have significantly affected the prominent tea-producing areas of Darjeeling, Dooars, and Terai, resulting in substantial losses to the regional tea economy, with the Tea Association of India (TAI) ...
10 October 2025 Indian Express2 held for mob attack on BJP leaders; party says no faith in police probe
Two days after a mob attacked BJP MP Khagen Murmu and party MLA Shankar Ghosh in the flood-hit Nagrakata area of Jalpaiguri district, police on Wednesday arrested two persons.“We have arrested two persons, identified as Ekramul Haque and Govinda ...
10 October 2025 Indian ExpressAttack on BJP’s Khagen Murmu: Pleas filed in Calcutta HC seek national agency probes into ‘police inaction, involvement of infiltrators’
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) and another plea were filed before the Calcutta High Court Thursday, seeking a probe by Central agencies into the assault on BJP MP Khagen Murmu in Nagrakata in West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri earlier this week.Murmu ...
10 October 2025 Indian ExpressAfter 25-minute chase to rescue 3-year-old kidnapped girl, Bengal Police return her to mother
Malda Police in West Bengal rescued a three-year-old girl within 25 minutes of her alleged abduction on Tuesday, intercepting two masked kidnappers after a high-speed chase near the Bengal-Bihar border.The incident occurred around 12:30 pm when the child was ...
10 October 2025 Indian Express‘Higher than Qutub Minar’: India’s ‘tallest’ watch tower in Howrah to open next year
A watch tower taller than Delhi’s Qutub Minar is coming up in Howrah, West Bengal. Standing at 400 feet (120 metres), the tower is expected to open to the public next year.The structure will also feature a revolving restaurant ...
10 October 2025 Indian ExpressBaranagar jeweller murder: Two arrested from Jharkhand, plan to kill and loot ‘was hatched inside jail’, say cops as they try to retrieve 15 kg gold
In the loot and murder of Baranagar jewellery shop owner Sankar Jana in Bengal, police have so far arrested five persons, including two from Jamshedpur, Jharkhand.On Saturday, in broad daylight, 60-year-old Jana was found dead with his legs tied ...
9 October 2025 Indian Express‘Amit Shah will become your Mir Jafar, don’t trust him’: Mamata’s message to PM Modi
Upon reaching Kolkata following a visit to the flood-hit North Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday launched a sharp attack on Union Home Minister Amit Shah, accusing him of overstepping his authority and “behaving like the acting prime ...
9 October 2025 Indian ExpressBengal bucks India’s cyber crime spike, with a steady three-year decline — lower than smaller states
West Bengal has bucked a national trend in cyber crime registrations over three years — recording a steady decline even as the rest of the country saw a rise.According to the latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, published ...
9 October 2025 Indian ExpressAfter HQ vandalism: TMC delegation ‘left stranded’ at Agartala airport for 3 hours, Mamata dares BJP, Tripura CM takes a dig
The Trinamool Congress TMC) on Wednesday claimed that its six-member delegation, which reached Agartala to take stock of the situation arising out of the vandalising of its party headquarters by BJP workers, was left stranded at the airport for ...
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