Citing the Supreme Court order on a Kerala government case, West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose Friday said that it was well within his power as Chancellor of all state universities to appoint vice-chancellors.The apex court ruled Wednesday that ...
2 December 2023 Indian ExpressThe state Health Department has issued a notification making it clear that doctors must be registered with the West Bengal Medical Council (WBMC) to treat patients under the Swasthya Sathi scheme.According to the notification, issued on November 24, the ...
2 December 2023 Indian ExpressThe murder of Trinamool Congress (TMC) panchayat pradhan Rupchand Mondal, who was killed in a bomb attack in the Amdanga area of Barasat in North 24 Parganas district on November 16, was a fallout of a land dispute, the ...
2 December 2023 Indian ExpressMihilal Sheikh, who had lost his mother, wife and a 10-year-old daughter in last year’s Bogtui killings in West Bengal and got a job from the state government as part of the compensation package, has claimed that his salary ...
2 December 2023 Indian ExpressThe Anti-Rowdy Section (ARS) of Kolkata Police on Friday sent notices to five BJP MLAs — Shankar Ghosh, Monoj Tigga, Dipak Burman, Sudip Banerjee, and Niladri Shekhar Dana — for allegedly insulting the national anthem. They have been asked ...
2 December 2023 Indian ExpressLeader of Opposition in state Assembly Suvendu Adhikari and 11 other BJP MLAs were booked on Wednesday for allegedly “insulting the National Anthem” and “provoking breach of peace” during a protest by the TMC outside the West Bengal Assembly.The ...
2 December 2023 Indian ExpressFollowing the ruling TMC legislators’ three-day dharna at the statue of Dr BR Ambedkar inside the Assembly premises against the Centre over non-payment of state’s dues, the BJP MLAs on Friday washed the protest site with Gangajal, triggering allegations ...
2 December 2023 Indian ExpressBJP MLAs on Thursday staged a walkout from the West Bengal Assembly, demanding a discussion on the suspension of the jailed state minister and TMC MLA Jyoti Priya Mallick.Nearly 30 BJP legislators walked out of the Assembly hall after ...
1 December 2023 Indian ExpressActors Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor and Kamal Hasan will inaugurate the 29th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) at Netaji Indoor Stadium on December 5.During the annual film festival, which concludes on December 12, 219 movies from 39 countries will ...
1 December 2023 Indian ExpressThe CBI on Thursday conducted searches on the premises of a Trinamool Congress MLA and two party councillors at various locations in West Bengal in connection with the alleged scams in recruitments in schools and municipalities in the state.The ...
1 December 2023 Indian ExpressBJP state president Sukanta Majumder on Thursday wrote to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to seek a probe into alleged financial and other irregularities at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.Majumdar accused principal of the institution Prof (Dr) Sandip ...
1 December 2023 Indian ExpressBollywood superstar Salman Khan, actors Anil Kapoor and Kamal Haasan will inaugurate the 29th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF) at the Netaji Indoor Stadium on December 5.The annual film festival, which will continue till December 12, will screen 219 ...
1 December 2023 Indian ExpressThe Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday conducted searches and raids at various locations in West Bengal, including the residences of a Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA and two councillors, in connection with two recruitment scams in the state.The ...
30 November 2023 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal Assembly on Wednesday passed a bill to increase the salary of MLAs and ministers in the state. The bill had proposed an increase of Rs 40,000 per month to the existing monthly salaries of MLAs and ...
30 November 2023 Indian ExpressA postgraduate student of Jadavpur University on Wednesday alleged that he was being ragged and harassed by some seniors of the varsity’s Boys’ Main Hostel. The complaint of ragging came a week after the university had barred the entry ...
30 November 2023 Indian ExpressAs Amit Shah addressed a rally at Kolkata’s Esplanade, overlooking the Victoria House, on Wednesday and targeted the TMC government in West Bengal, the setting looked very familiar. Nine years ago, Shah, who was then BJP national president, had ...
30 November 2023 Indian ExpressCalling Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah’s rally in Kolkata on Wednesday a “flop show”, the ruling Trinamool Congress said that his party raises the issue of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) only “when elections are ...
30 November 2023 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday, urging him not to rush through the criminal bills scheduled to be placed in the winter session of the Parliament. Shah was ...
30 November 2023 Indian ExpressAhead of his mega public meeting in Kolkata on Wednesday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that the BJP has emerged as the first choice of the people of Bengal and the fall of Trinamool Congress is a certainty ...
29 November 2023 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal government has written to the Centre seeking the release of funds to the tune of Rs 828 crore under the National Health Scheme (NHS) that it claimed have been withheld, it is learnt.In the current financial ...
29 November 2023 Indian ExpressFor Lokhi Pakhira, the past 17 days were all about praying for the safe return of her son Souvik (24), who was among the three workers from Bengal trapped in the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarkashi since November 12. However, ...
29 November 2023 Indian ExpressChief Minister Mamata Banerjee will inaugurate the 47th International Kolkata Book Fair on January 18 which will continue till 31st of the same month.Booksellers and Publishers Guild which organises the annual fair announced on Tuesday that the United Kingdom ...
29 November 2023 Indian ExpressThe BJP on Monday held public meetings across West Bengal to mobilise party workers and supporters to attend Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s rally in Kolkata on Wednesday.In Kolkata, BJP state president Sukanta Majumdar along with senior party leaders ...
29 November 2023 Indian ExpressA booth president of the ruling Trinamool Congress was beaten to death at Radhanagar village in Canning sub-division of West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district on Monday evening, police said.The deceased was identified as Musakali Mollah.Eight people have been ...
28 November 2023 Indian ExpressOn the court’s direction, a medical board of ESIC Medical College Hospital in Joka will evaluate the health condition of Sujay Krishna Bhadra, arrested in connection with the alleged recruitment scam in West Bengal and is currently admitted at ...
28 November 2023 Indian ExpressThree elephants were mowed down by a train in the Rajabhat Khawa area near Buxa Tiger Reserve in north Bengal’s Alipurduar district on Monday morning.A freight train, bound for Siliguri from Alipurduar junction, was crossing the Rajabhat Khawa area ...
28 November 2023 Indian ExpressThree persons were arrested by police in Hooghly district in West Bengal on Monday after they allegedly tried to extort Rs 2 lakh from a tractor driver near Rajhat Crossing on Delhi-Kolkata highway by impersonating CID officials.The three were ...
28 November 2023 Indian ExpressKolkata witnessed an exciting sight of colourful vintage cars on Sunday as around 50 rare classic vehicles meandered through the roads of the metropolis, from the historic Town Hall in the heart of the city to Eco Park in ...
28 November 2023 Indian ExpressThe BJP has started preparations for a rally to be addressed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Kolkata on November 29 after the Calcutta High Court gave the nod to the party to hold the public meeting.On Sunday, ...
27 November 2023 Indian ExpressA speeding luxury car rammed into a two-wheeler killing a 19-year-old youth and leaving two injured near Fort William’s South Gate in Kolkata on Sunday, police said. The two men who were driving the car, a Mercedes, were arrested ...
27 November 2023 Indian ExpressLeader of Opposition in state Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday called for a 12-hour bandh at Khejuri area of Purba Medinipur district to protest against what he called the “wrongful arrest” of a party worker.According to reports, BJP worker ...
27 November 2023 Indian ExpressA cyclonic circulation is likely to form over the Bay of Bengal on Monday which may obstruct the arrival of winter in Bengal, the Met Office said on Saturday. According to a senior Met department official, the cyclonic circulation ...
27 November 2023 Indian ExpressBJP MP Dilip Ghosh on Sunday hit out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and said she should be summoned by central probe agencies as she was the “real kingpin of all scams”.Addressing a street corner meeting at ...
27 November 2023 Indian ExpressFrom help desks at railway stations to an upcoming office for coordination in Delhi and SMSs to inform migrants about job opportunities back home, the West Bengal government is ramping up its efforts to reach out to migrant labourers ...
26 November 2023 Indian ExpressUnion Minister of State for Education Subhas Sarkar on Saturday said that after “successive investigations” by central teams, the Ministry of Education has recommended a CBI probe into alleged “irregularities” in implementation of the midday meal scheme in state-run ...
26 November 2023 Indian ExpressDays after the death of a man in a police station that led to a political war of words between the ruling Trinamool Congress and the Opposition parties, the Kolkata Police have released funds for getting installed more CCTV ...
26 November 2023 Indian ExpressA day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee threatened to “reopen” old cases against Opposition leaders in response to the arrest of TMC leaders, BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari on Friday wrote to Hare police station seeking an FIR ...
26 November 2023 Indian ExpressOn the outer fringes of the Sundarbans biosphere in West Bengal, Monirul Mondal is busy assessing the mangrove trees in front of him at various stages of growth. The mangroves of Haroa village serve a different purpose—here, the trees ...
25 November 2023 Indian ExpressThe annual tiger census in West Bengal’s Sunderbans will begin on November 27, a senior Forest department official said on Friday. The tiger census is part of the nationwide census by different states having big cat populations, the official ...
25 November 2023 Indian ExpressA delegation from Spain met state chief secretary H K Dwivedi at Nabanna on Friday and expressed keen interest in collaboration in areas such as teachers’ training and student exchange programmess in the Spanish language. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ...
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