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  • Kolkata law college rape case: NCW team visits crime scene, says not aware of victim’s whereabouts

    The National Commission for Women (NCW) team on Sunday visited the law college in Kolkata where a 24-year-old student was allegedly raped on June 25.NCW member Archana Majumdar along with two other members visited the local police station and ...

    1 July 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata’s Indian Statistical Institute marks Mahalanobis’s birth anniversary, celebrates 75 years of NSS

    By Shambhavi PandeyThe Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata, commemorated the 132nd birth anniversary of its founder, Professor Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, on Sunday.Observed nationally as Statistics Day and internally as Workers’ Day, the celebration this year focused on “75 Years ...

    1 July 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata law college rape case: Prime accused a serial offender, only his crimes went unchecked

    Manojit Misra, the prime accused in the Kolkata law college rape case, has at least five cases registered against him, including attempt to murder, sexual assault and extortion, a senior Kolkata Police officer said.His trail of offences began in ...

    30 June 2025 Indian Express
    ‘She has broken a family of 40 years’: Kalyan Banerjee reacts to Mahua Moitra’s ‘misogyny’ jibe as TMC MPs clash over Kolkata rape case

    Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee Sunday made a personal attack on fellow TMC MP Mahua Moitra after she accused him and MLA Madan Mitra of “misogyny” over their remarks about the Kolkata law college rape case. Meanwhile, the TMC ...

    30 June 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Culprits will be tried in people’s court’: Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan attacks Mamata govt over rape at Kolkata law college

    While condemning the rape of a student at Kolkaka law college, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday accused West Bengal’s Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government of “patronising” the perpetrators of the crime and making the college authorities helpless.“This ...

    30 June 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Happened in institution meant to uphold rule of law’: Lawyer asks Calcutta HC to take suo motu cognisance of rape at college

    A lawyer of the Calcutta High Court has urged Chief Justice T S Sivagnanam to take suo motu cognisance of the rape at a Kolkata law college, arguing that the state machinery will otherwise “continue its descent into callous ...

    30 June 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata law college rape case: CCTV footage corroborates victim’s account, SIT expanded to 9 members

    The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Kolkata law college rape case has been expanded from five to nine members to expedite the investigation, police officers confirmed Sunday. The move comes as investigators make significant progress, with collected CCTV ...

    30 June 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata rape case: Mahua Moitra hits out at TMC leaders’ remarks amid row — ‘Misogyny cuts across party lines’

    Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra Saturday said the party condemns “disgusting comments no matter who makes them” after it disassociated from two of its leaders’ — MLA Madan Mitra and MP Kalyan Banerjee — remarks on the alleged rape ...

    30 June 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata law student’s rape: BJP forms 4-member fact-finding panel; its protest rally stopped, police detain Sukanta

    TWO DAYs after a 24-year-old student was allegedly raped at a law college in Kolkata, the BJP at the central level on Saturday constituted a four-member fact-finding committee to look into the matter. The committee was announced by Union ...

    29 June 2025 Indian Express
    Law student’s rape in Kolkata: TMC MLA Madan Mitra’s remarks on victim sparks row

    Two days after a 24-year-old student was allegedly raped at a law college in Kolkata, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA from Kamarhati, Madan Mitra, on Saturday said that the incident “could have been avoided if the victim had not gone ...

    29 June 2025 Indian Express
    Union minister Vaishnaw flags off Purulia–Bankura–Howrah MEMU train: ‘101 stations being upgraded’

    Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday virtually inaugurated the first Purulia–Bankura–Howrah MEMU train via Masagram, highlighting the Centre’s drive to expand and modernise rail networks.He noted that currently the rail investment in West Bengal has risen from around ...

    29 June 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata law student’s rape: Medical report doesn’t rule out sexual assault

    The medical report of the 24-year-old student allegedly raped inside a law college campus in Kolkata has confirmed several abrasion marks on her body and said that “sexual assault cannot be ruled out”.The victim’s medical check-up was done on ...

    29 June 2025 Indian Express
    Law student’s rape inside Kolkata college: Video of crime recovered from accused’s phone, security guard is fourth arrest

    A video of the crime found on the phone of the accused is likely to serve as clinching evidence in the alleged rape of a law student inside a Kolkata college where she studies, investigators have told The Indian ...

    29 June 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata rape case: Abrasion marks found around neck, body of student, says medical report

    The medical report of the 24-year-old student allegedly raped inside a law college campus in Kolkata has confirmed several abrasion marks on her body and said that “sexual assault cannot be ruled out”.According to the report, a copy of ...

    29 June 2025 Indian Express
    ‘If found guilty, he should get maximum punishment’: Father of Monojit Mishra, prime accused in Kolkata rape case, speaks out

    Two days after Monojit Mishra was arrested in connection with a rape case, his father is still coming to terms with the news that his son has been accused of raping and assaulting a 24-year-old student on the premises ...

    29 June 2025 Indian Express
    Heavy rain, thunderstorm alert in Bengal till Thursday; landslide warnings issued for Darjeeling, Kalimpong

    Written by Shambhavi PandeyWest Bengal is on alert for another wet spell as a fresh upper-air cyclonic circulation is set to develop over the north Bay of Bengal and adjoining coastal Bangladesh and West Bengal on Sunday. The India ...

    29 June 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata rape survivor’s statement recorded in Alipore court

    The 24-year-old student who was allegedly raped inside a law college campus in Kolkata appeared before a magistrate at a court in Alipore on Saturday and recorded her statement under Section 183 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS). ...

    29 June 2025 Indian Express
    Rape complaint against Bengal monk who had won Padma Shri, he says charges ‘baseless’

    A first information report (FIR) on charges of rape has been registered against Swami Pradiptananda, also known as Kartik Maharaj, a monk associated with the Bharat Sevashram Sangha’s Beldanga unit in Murshidabad, police said on Friday.The move comes after ...

    28 June 2025 Indian Express
    Jagannath Dham temple in Digha | Mamata inaugurates first Rath Yatra, sweeps path, pulls chariots: ‘Soul-stirring experience’

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday inaugurated the first Rath Yatra from the newly constructed and inaugurated Jagannath Dham temple in Digha, in the Purba Medinipur district and participated in all the ceremonial rituals.Several cabinet ministers also participated in ...

    28 June 2025 Indian Express
    Security guard of Kolkata law college where student was raped held, fourth arrest in case

    The medical report of the 24-year-old student allegedly raped inside a law college campus in Kolkata has confirmed several abrasion marks on her body and said that “sexual assault cannot be ruled out”.According to the report, the alleged incident ...

    28 June 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Police can’t be deployed in every college…’: On Kolkata rape case, TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee says men should ‘save their female colleagues’

    After the alleged rape of a 24-year-old student in Kolkata by a former TMC student leader, party MP Kalyan Banerjee Friday said that police personnel can’t be deployed in every college and that men should “save their female colleagues”. ...

    28 June 2025 Indian Express
    ZSI to aid Army with research on edible fauna; announces celebrations for its 110th Foundation Day anniversary

    Written by Shambhavi PandeyThe Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) will mark its 110th Foundation Day on June 30 with a series of key initiatives, including the signing of two MoUs with the Indian Army and the International Union for ...

    28 June 2025 Indian Express
    Rape in Kolkata law college: BJP alleges ‘TMC allows criminals in educational institutes’, ruling party says ‘Aparajita Bill needed’

    The rape case of a woman in the premises of a Kolkata law college, registered on Friday, has sparked a political row, with the BJP-led Opposition invoking the R G Kar rape and murder case in August last year.BJP ...

    28 June 2025 Indian Express
    US residents ‘targeted’ by Kolkata-based ‘fraud call centre’; 5 arrested from Park Street

    The Cyber Police Station of Kolkata Police on Thursday arrested five persons in connection with a “fraudulent call centre” that allegedly targeted residents of the United States. The arrests were made following a raid at a premises on Park ...

    28 June 2025 Indian Express
    HC order to make Sixth Pay Commission report public triggers new row over DA

    A FRESH controversy has erupted over Dearness Allowance (DA) for West Bengal government employees, after the Sixth Pay Commission report was made public by the state government on Wednesday.This comes after a Calcutta High Court directive that the report ...

    28 June 2025 Indian Express
    Rath Yatra In Digha today: CM Mamata Banerjee reviews security, says pilgrims can’t spill on road to pull chariots

    Thousands of devotees who are expected to attend the Rath Yatra festival, originating from the newly constructed Jagannath Dham temple, in Digha, in Purba Medinipur district, on Friday, will have to stand behind the barricades along the one kilometre ...

    28 June 2025 Indian Express
    Ex-TMC student leader among 3 arrested for ‘raping student inside law college in Kolkata’

    A 24-year-old student was allegedly raped at a law college in Kolkata this week, after which police arrested three men — a contractual staffer, who was a TMC students’ wing functionary, and two students.The three accused have been identified ...

    28 June 2025 Indian Express
    After 4-year manhunt, CBI arrests prime accused in Bengal BJP worker’s post-poll murder

    Four years after a BJP worker’s murder in an alleged incident of post-poll violence, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested prime accused Arun Dey (50), also known as ‘Bhai’, from Teghoria near Kolkata on Thursday.The BJP worker, Abhijit ...

    27 June 2025 Indian Express
    Jagannath Dham: Mamata reaches Digha, set to oversee preparations for first Rath Yatra on Friday

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee arrived in Digha, in the Purba Medinipur district on Wednesday to oversee preparations for the first-ever Rath Yatra at the newly built Jagannath temple in the seaside town. The Chief Minister is set to inaugurate ...

    27 June 2025 Indian Express
    Green Initiative: With new projects, 3 Kolkata colleges turn waste into fuel

    In a major push towards sustainable energy, NRS Medical College, Calcutta Pavlov Hospital, and Adyapeath Annada Polytechnic College have successfully launched a pilot project that turns kitchen waste into biogas to run their canteens.Guided by the West Bengal Renewable ...

    27 June 2025 Indian Express
    One more held; forensic team collecting evidence: Police in Kaliganj blast case

    Two days after a 13-year-old girl died in a bomb explosion in Kaliganj, in the Nadia district, a forensic team on Wednesday examined the place where the incident took place and collected samples from the spot, officerssaid.With the arrest ...

    27 June 2025 Indian Express
    BJP will be reduced to under 50 seats in Assembly polls: Abhishek Banerjee

    Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP and the party’s second-in-command, Abhishek Banerjee, on Wednesday claimed that the BJP-led government at the Centre would soon fall, and that the party would be reduced to below 50 seats in the 2026 state Assembly ...

    27 June 2025 Indian Express
    Why this 19th century house in Kolkata is seeking a heritage tag

    The historical residence at 48A Kailash Bose Street, in Kolkata, where the country’s first widow remarriage had taken place has applied for a heritage tag.The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has been actively involved in the same so that the ...

    26 June 2025 Indian Express
    25 years after it started, Bengal school scraps ‘separate’ midday meals for student of different communities hours after probe begins

    Hours after the district administration ordered a probe to look into claims that separate midday meals were being cooked and served to students of different communities for years at a primary school in the Purba Bardhaman district, the school ...

    26 June 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Disturbed’ due to old age ailments, man kills elderly father in Bengal’s Baranagar

    A 52-year-old man has allegedly confessed to murdering his elderly father in West Bengal’s Baranagar early Tuesday morning. He said he was “disturbed by his father’s old-age ailments”, the police said.Goutam Adhikary, son of 74-year-old Lalit Adhikary, surrendered at ...

    26 June 2025 Indian Express
    West Bengal rains: Southern districts to see daily rain till June 28; heavier rain to hit North Bengal end of month

    Written by Shambhavi Pandey.Several districts in South Bengal are likely to see light to moderate rainfall daily until at least June 28, with isolated heavy showers possible across parts of Bankura, Purulia, Purba Bardhaman, and Nadia.This is because of ...

    26 June 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal bomb blast that killed teenager: Arrest count up to 5 as forensic team gathers evidence

    Two days after a minor girl died of a bomb explosion in Kaliganj, a forensic team is examining the place where the incident happened. The team is currently collecting samples from the spot as the victim’s family continues to ...

    26 June 2025 Indian Express
    Beyond the headlines: As HC order on MNREGA gives TMC a boost, BJP says act against ‘corruption’ first

    After multiple setbacks in court, the TMC-led state government got significant relief as the Calcutta High Court recently directed the Central government to resume the MNREGA scheme in the state from August 1. The BJP, however, has pointed out ...

    26 June 2025 Indian Express
    Art and spirituality: Kolkata gears up for ISKCON Rathayatra festivities from today

    Kolkata is gearing up for the 54th Annual Rathayatra organized by ISKCON Kolkata, set to begin on June 25. The celebration carries the theme of “Let Peace Prevail” .This year, Lord Jagannath’s chariot will roll on newly fitted tyres ...

    26 June 2025 Indian Express
    School jobs case: ED attaches assets worth Rs 27.19 crore

    The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Kolkata Zonal Office, has provisionally attached movable and immovable assets worth Rs 27.19 crore in connection with the West Bengal Central School Service Commission (SSC) Group C & D recruitment scam.The attached assets, held ...

    26 June 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Only for speaking Bengali’: Mamata targets BJP over migrant labourers from West Bengal being ‘pushed’ to Bangladesh

    Blaming ‘the BJP’s language politics’, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday targeted the BJP over the issue of migrant labourers from West Bengal being allegedly harassed, detained and then pushed into Bangladesh.“It is happening in all BJP-ruled ...

    25 June 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata and other south Bengal districts to see daily rain until July 1: IMD

    By Shambhavi PandeyFor the rest of this week, most South Bengal districts are forecast to experience light to moderate rainfall in several areas daily until July 1. From Wednesday, June 25, onwards, isolated heavy rain is expected in the ...

    25 June 2025 Indian Express
    40 days after he went missing, man’s body found buried near in-laws’ house in Bengal; police say wife killed him

    Forty days after Robin Ruidas, a resident of Chanditala Junglepara village, went missing, his decomposed body was discovered on Sunday. Then, his wife and three of her family members were arrested.Police exhumed Ruidas’s body, which was found buried half ...

    25 June 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal: Include 19 of CM’s books in school libraries across state, says Education dept circular

    The STATE Education Department has issued a circular instructing all government and government-aided secondary and higher secondary schools in the state to include 19 books written by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in their school libraries.A notice has been sent ...

    25 June 2025 Indian Express
    ‘We want CBI probe’: Kin of 13-year-old killed in Kaliganj crude bomb attack says; child rights body seeks report

    The family members of the 13-year-old girl who died in a crude bomb explosion in Nadia district on Monday demanded a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday. The explosion took place during what residents claimed ...

    25 June 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata and most other South Bengal districts to see daily rain for a week until July 1: IMD

    Written by Shambhavi PandeyFor the rest of this week, most South Bengal districts are forecast to experience light to moderate rainfall in several areas daily until July 1. From Wednesday, June 25, onwards, isolated heavy rain is expected in ...

    25 June 2025 Indian Express
    Award-winning prof Dr Suman Chakraborty takes over as IIT-KGP Director

    Professor Suman Chakraborty, a nationally awarded scientist and eminent academic, officially took over as the Director of IIT Kharagpur on Monday.An internationally recognised expert in mechanical engineering, Prof Chakraborty has been a faculty member at the institute since 2002. ...

    24 June 2025 Indian Express
    Parents of R G Kar rape-murder victim move Calcutta High Court: ‘Permit our legal counsel to visit crime scene’

    The parents of the victim of a rape and murder at the R G Kar Medical College and Hospital last year have moved the Calcutta High Court, seeking permission for their legal counsel to visit the crime scene.On Monday, ...

    24 June 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal braces for a week of heavy rain; landslide risk in hills

    Written by Shambhavi PandeyWest Bengal can anticipate continued rainfall and generally cloudy skies for the next seven days starting Monday, according to the IMD. This persistent wet spell is influenced by several prevailing meteorological conditions.The weather office predicts generally ...

    24 June 2025 Indian Express
    Bangladesh High Commissioner meets Mamata at Nabanna

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday received Bangladesh’s newly appointed High Commissioner to India, Md. Riaz Hamidullah, at Nabanna. The two leaders held a warm, wide-ranging discussion, a statement said, though Banerjee’s office did not disclose specific ...

    24 June 2025 Indian Express
    Teenager killed by ‘crude bomb hurled during TMC victory rally’ in Kaliganj; party worker detained

    A 13-year-old girl was killed in an explosion in West Bengal’s Kaliganj on Monday, allegedly after a crude bomb was hurled during a Trinamool Congress (TMC) victory rally following the party’s bypoll win.Police detained TMC worker Adar Ali Shaikh ...

    24 June 2025 Indian Express
    In landmark order, Calcutta HC says transgender ID can be submitted while applying for passport; ‘big victory’ says petitioner

    Following an order by the Calcutta High Court after a battle lasting over a year, Anuprabha Das Majumdar, a transgender woman, can now apply for a passport with her transgender identity card.Directing the passport authority to consider the transgender ...

    23 June 2025 Indian Express
    Heavy rain to return mid-week to Bengal even as low pressure fades: IMD

    Written by Shambhavi PandeyThe India Meteorological Department has issued yellow and orange alerts for Sunday for parts of West Bengal, where thunderstorm activity intensified on Saturday. The low-pressure system that brought heavy rain has moved further away, gradually weakening ...

    23 June 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal: FIR against Sukanta over ‘derogatory’ remark on Kolkata police

    AN FIR has been filed against BJP state president and Union Minister of State Sukanta Majumdar for allegedly making derogatory remarks comparing the Kolkata Police’s law and order situation to sex workers in Sonagachi, a red-light area in the ...

    23 June 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal: Registration status of doctor under lens over ‘practice in UK’

    Dr Rajatshubhra Banerjee, the doctor who was recently detained by the police in Bhabanipur during a protest led by West Bengal BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar is now likely to face disciplinary scrutiny from the West Bengal Medical Council (WBMC).Sources ...

    23 June 2025 Indian Express
    Veteran Trinamool MP Sougata Roy admitted to hospital in Kolkata

    Veteran Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Sougata Roy, 77, was admitted to a private hospital in Kolkata on Sunday after experiencing loss of consciousness.The Belle Vue Clinic stated that Roy had several episodes of diarrhoea on Sunday. The TMC leader ...

    23 June 2025 Indian Express
    All eyes on today’s by-election result in Bengal’s Kaliganj; tight security protocol for counting day

    The Election Commission (EC) has undertaken a host of measures to ensure a smooth and peaceful counting for the bypoll to the Kaliganj Assembly seat in West Bengal’s Nadia district. The counting is slated to commence at 8 am ...

    23 June 2025 Indian Express
    Now, Bengal schools may start feeding stray dogs to sensitise students

    The Paschim Banga Samagra Shiksha Mission (PBSSM) has suggested schools all across West Bengal feed stray dogs once a day to sensitise students “about the importance of taking care of such animals living in their neighbourhood”.“Some more activities are ...

    23 June 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal: Video shows school students with umbrellas in classroom as water leaks from roof; BJP hits out at govt

    A POLITICAL tussle has broken out over a video that surfaced on social media purportedly showing school students sitting in a classroom with umbrellas as water is leaking from the roof. The BJP has targeted the ruling TMC government ...

    23 June 2025 Indian Express
    Sukanta, doctor who asked question during CM’s lecture ‘detained’

    STATE BJP president Sukanta Majumdar and a London-based doctor, Rajatshubhra Bandyopadhyay, were both detained by the city police amid a roadside conversation in south Kolkata’s Bhabanipur area on Friday.Although they were both released around three hours later, the incident ...

    22 June 2025 Indian Express
    Several districts in Bengal brace for floods; CM Mamata Banerjee dispatches ministers to flood-prone areas

    Some more areas in South Bengal got submerged after over 70,000 cusec of water was released from Durgapur Barrage on Saturday morning. According to sources, the water was released following heavy rainfall in neighbouring Jharkhand and Bihar. The areas ...

    22 June 2025 Indian Express
    BJP minority cell leader found dead at Hooghly residence; family alleges murder

    A BJP minority cell leader was found dead on the balcony of his residence at Goghat in Hooghly on Saturday morning with his family alleging that the “murder” was politically motivated. According to sources with the police, a probe ...

    22 June 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal: Major fire at Barasat factory complex, many godowns gutted

    A major fire broke out at a warehouse and factory complex spanning over 30 bighas in Barasat’s Bamunmora Kadambagachi area around 7 pm on Saturday. Over 20 fire engines reached the spot and began efforts to douse the flames.According ...

    22 June 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Serious breach of security, contempt of House’: BJP MP Sukanta Majumdar alleges in letter to Lok Sabha Speaker after attack on convoy

    A day after shoes, bricks and stones were hurled at him and his convoy in West Bengal, BJP state president and Union Minister of State for Education and DoNER Sukanta Majumdar on Thursday wrote to Lok Sabha Speaker Om ...

    22 June 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Fruit of decade-long activism’: Nepali listed as optional subject for West Bengal Civil Service exam

    By Debasmita ChowdhuryThe West Bengal government has included Nepali as an optional subject in the West Bengal Civil Service (WBCS) 2025 Mains examination, fulfilling sustained demands by the Gorkha community.Hindi and Santhali were made “compulsory language” subject options, according ...

    22 June 2025 Indian Express
    9 dead in car-truck collision on NH-18; victims were headed to Jharkhand from Bengal’s Purulia

    Nine people died in a head-on collision on National Highway 18 in West Bengal’s Purulia district on Friday morning. The accident, near Namsol Primary School in the Balarampur police station area, involved a car carrying nine passengers and a ...

    22 June 2025 Indian Express
    Calcutta HC restrains govt from giving stipend to sacked Group C, D school staff

    IN A setback for the West Bengal government, the Calcutta High Court on Friday stayed the disbursal of monthly stipends announced for sacked Group C and Group D school employees whose appointments were nullified by the Supreme Court earlier ...

    21 June 2025 Indian Express
    Days after interim stay, contempt plea in HC over ‘OBC list’ in college portal

    The Calcutta High Court on Thursday allowed a contempt petition to be filed against the West Bengal government for allegedly violating the stay on the interim Other Backward Classes (OBC) list in undergraduate college admissions in the state.Petitioner Purabi ...

    21 June 2025 Indian Express
    Arrested for murder of parents in Bengal: ‘Rohingya Sympathiser’ engineer saw them as ‘not religious enough’

    A man allegedly growing disenchanted with his family’s perceived lack of religiosity, a recluse who immersed himself in religious literature and a “Rohingya sympathiser” who was allegedly making plans to escape to Myanmar. That’s the picture that the police ...

    21 June 2025 Indian Express
    Kaliganj bypoll: Voting peaceful with 70% turnout, EC seeks report on ‘vulgar gesture’ made by BJP candidate

    The Election Commission of India (ECI) has sought a report from the presiding officer after taking cognisance of reports that the BJP candidate for Kaliganj Assembly seat, Ashish Ghosh, made a vulgar gesture after casting his vote in the ...

    20 June 2025 Indian Express
    Stones, slippers hurled at Bengal BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar’s convoy; he alleges TMC conspiracy

    Union Minister and West Bengal state BJP president Sukanta Majumdar on Thursday said that shoes, bricks and stones were hurled at his convoy by a group of people in Budge Budge area of South 24 Parganas district while he ...

    20 June 2025 Indian Express
    BJP MP Abhijit Gangopadhyay taken to Delhi AIIMS by air ambulance for further treatment

    BJP MP and former Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay is being shifted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, on Thursday for further treatment, five days after he was admitted to a private hospital in Kolkata with acute ...

    20 June 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata puja committee says police ‘targeted’ them over ‘theme of Op Sindoor’ by issuing safety notice

    Controversy has erupted between a prominent Durga Puja organising committee in Kolkata and the city police, with the organizers alleging harassment over their puja theme of Operation Sindoor and the police citing serious public safety concerns based on last ...

    20 June 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Provide info on OBC surveys’: West Bengal govt gets notice from National Commission for Backward Classes

    The National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) issued a notice last week to West Bengal Chief Secretary Manoj Panth, seeking detailed information on the surveys conducted for the newly announced Other Backward Classes (OBC) list in the state within three days. According ...

    20 June 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal’s Kaliganj bypoll: 10.83% turnout till 9 am

    Polling for the Kaliganj Assembly by-election began on Tuesday morning under heavy security provided by central forces. However, voter turnout remained low in the initial hours, likely due to heavy rainfall in the region.According to the Election Commission of ...

    20 June 2025 Indian Express
    Beat the Heat for Rs 29: Eastern Railway to Launch Budget Air-Conditioned Suburban Train Service

    (Written by Debasmita Chowdhury)The Eastern Railway zone is running trials for air-conditioned suburban train services which officials said will be offered at significantly low fares.It has received its first AC EMU (Electric Multiple Unit) train manufactured at Integral Coach ...

    20 June 2025 Indian Express
    Assembly Bypoll: Kaliganj votes today, parties eye early boost

    As the bypoll in the Kaliganj Assembly segment in Nadia district comes less than a year before the elections in West Bengal, both the ruling TMC and the Opposition BJP are leaving no stones unturned to win the seat.With ...

    19 June 2025 Indian Express
    Samvidhan Hatya Diwas | TMC govt to stay out of Centre’s Emergency anniversary event: ‘mockery of democracy’

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday hit out at the BJP-led central government over its decision to observe June 25 as Samvidhan Hatya Diwas (Constitution Murder Day), marking 50 years since the imposition of the Emergency.Calling the ...

    19 June 2025 Indian Express
    West Bengal plans 25 new fire stations after series of incidents in Kolkata

    After a series of escalating fire incidents across Kolkata and its surrounding areas, the West Bengal government said it is planning to propose the construction of 25 new fire stations across the state.State Fire and Emergency Services Minister Sujit ...

    19 June 2025 Indian Express
    HC orders Centre to restart MGNREGA in Bengal from Aug 1, TMC says state govt vindicated

    Stating that no central scheme can be sent to cold storage forever, the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday directed the Centre to restart MGNREGA, the 100-day rural job guarantee scheme, in West Bengal prospectively from August 1.The Division Bench ...

    19 June 2025 Indian Express
    Calcutta HC MGNREGA order: Govt to seek arrears, BJP says ‘won’t change anything’

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said that her government will seek arrears from the Centre in the wake of the Calcutta High Court’s order for restart of the MGNREGA, the 100-day rural job guarantee scheme, in the state ...

    19 June 2025 Indian Express
    Monsoon intensifies in Bengal: IMD issues orange alert for Kolkata, adjoining districts

    Written by Shambhavi PandeyThe southwest monsoon has intensified over Kolkata and adjoining areas, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting heavy rainfall, thunderstorms, and gusty winds on Wednesday and Thursday. An orange alert has been issued for multiple districts ...

    19 June 2025 Indian Express
    Resume MGNREGA in West Bengal: Calcutta HC to Centre

    The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday ordered that the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), which has been stalled in the state for three years following allegations of corruption, be restarted from August 1.During the hearing, Chief ...

    19 June 2025 Indian Express
    Political sparring erupts in Bengal after Calcutta High Court stays new OBC list

    As the Opposition BJP on Wednesday celebrated the Calcutta High Court’s decision to put an interim stay on the West Bengal government’s fresh OBC list, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said the ruling was interim and under legal review.“We acted ...

    19 June 2025 Indian Express
    FIR lodged against film Kesari Chapter 2 for ‘distorting historical facts’ after police complaint in Bengal

    A resident of Bidhannagar South filed a police complaint against the film Kesari Chapter 2 currently streaming on Jio Hotstar, alleging it distorts historical facts related to West Bengal’s freedom struggle.Ranajit Biswas, a resident of Nabapally, Sector IV, filed ...

    19 June 2025 Indian Express
    West Bengal govt begins UG admissions for state colleges: Here is what you need to know

    The undergraduate admissions process began on the West Bengal government’s online portal on Wednesday morning, for over nine lakh seats across 7,229 courses in 460 state and state-aided colleges.The first phase of the application process for the colleges, which ...

    19 June 2025 Indian Express
    Priyangu Pandey attack case: NIA names 4 more in third supplementary chargesheet

    The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has chargesheeted four more accused individuals in connection with the 2024 mob attack on Priyangu Pandey in Bhatpara, West Bengal, officials said on Tuesday.In its third supplementary chargesheet filed before the NIA Special Court ...

    19 June 2025 Indian Express
    Detained as Bangladeshis, Bengal workers now ‘scared’ to leave state

    “We spent a night at a detention camp. Somehow, through the intervention of our state’s police, we were released. I will never go to work in Assam again. I have worked in different parts of India but never faced ...

    19 June 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal Quota row | HC puts stay on OBC list, asks state: ‘Why not wait for SC order?’

    The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday put an interim stay on notifications issued by the West Bengal government with regard to reservations to 140 subsections under OBC-A and OBC-B categories made by it.This comes days after Chief Minister Mamata ...

    18 June 2025 Indian Express
    Calcutta HC directs govt to publish 6th Pay Commission report

    The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday directed the West Bengal government to publish the report of the Sixth Pay Commission by July 1.The order was passed in response to a case filed by government employee Debaprasad Halder, who alleged ...

    18 June 2025 Indian Express
    ‘We were herded like cattle by BSF towards Bangladesh in the dark…won’t go to Mumbai’: Bengal residents labelled as ‘illegal immigrants’

    “We were herded like cattle. Wielding batons, the BSF jawans drove us towards the border with Bangladesh and asked us not to return. We ran towards Bangladesh. It was completely dark,” said Nazimuddin Mondal, a resident of Hariharpara in ...

    18 June 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal: 1,300 shops gutted in Khidderpore fire, CM promises new market, aid

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday visited the Khidderpore market on Orphangunge Road, following a devastating fire that reportedly destroyed around 1,300 shops in the nearly 150-year-old market.During her visit, Banerjee announced a comprehensive rehabilitation package aimed at assisting ...

    18 June 2025 Indian Express
    Passengers of Mumbai-bound Air India flight from San Francisco deplaned in Kolkata after technical snag in engine

    A Mumbai-bound Air India flight AI180 from San Francisco was halted in Kolkata early Tuesday after one of its engines suffered a technical snag , news agency PTI reported.All passengers were deplaned safely at about 0520 hours during the scheduled halt ...

    18 June 2025 Indian Express
    Calcutta HC seeks govt’s response on transfer of 3 RG Kar doctors: ‘What’s the basis?’

    The Calcutta High Court has sought a response from the West Bengal government on whether the matter about the posting of three junior doctors of RG Kar Hospital should be heard by the High Court or the state tribunal.Justice ...

    18 June 2025 Indian Express
    Red alert in most South Bengal districts as monsoon covers state: IMD

    Written by Debasmita ChowdhuryThe Southwest Monsoon has now covered the entire state of West Bengal, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) confirmed on Monday. Consequently, it has issued red alerts for several districts of South Bengal today, June 17.The advancement ...

    18 June 2025 Indian Express
    From bunker runs to rationing food: Bengal scholar’s foreign dream turns nightmare in Israel

    A stash of groceries for two weeks, eyes constantly glued to a missile alert app, and frantic dashes to a bunker several times a day — life has turned into a daily survival drill for a researcher from West ...

    18 June 2025 Indian Express
    In 4 new posts in SSC, Kolkata Police, shadow of job scam and RG Kar

    The West Bengal Cabinet on Monday approved the creation of four new posts – two in the School Service Commission (SSC) and two in the Kolkata Police Commissionerate.The Cabinet, under Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, gave its nod to the ...

    17 June 2025 Indian Express
    BJP govts targeting citizens just because they speak Bengali: Mamata

    Amid reports of West Bengal residents being detained by police in Maharashtra on suspicion of being illegal Bangladesh migrants and pushed into the neighbouring country, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday accused the BJP of targeting Bengali-speaking citizens in ...

    17 June 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata: In chargesheet, ED says Pak man ran hawala network, forged papers

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a chargesheet under the anti-money laundering law against a Pakistani national, Ajad Mallik, who had been illegally living in Kolkata using forged Indian and Bangladeshi identity documents.In a statement released by the ED ...

    17 June 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal resident pushed into Bangladesh brought back with four others

    Following the intervention by the TMC government in West Bengal, 36-year-old Mehbub Sheikh, a resident of Murshidabad who was picked up by Maharashtra Police and pushed into Bangladesh on suspicion of being an illegal immigrant, was brought back to ...

    17 June 2025 Indian Express
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