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  • News from West Bengal | 29 Nov, 2025 | ১৫ অগ্রহায়ণ, ১৪৩২
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  • TMC panchayat pradhan & his aide shot at in Howrah, remain critical: Police

    Trinamool Congress leader Debobrata Mondal, alias Babu Mondal, and his associate were critically injured after unidentified assailants opened fire at them in Howrah late on Thursday night, police said.Mondal, who is the head of Howrah’s Sampuipara Basukathi gram panchayat ...

    29 November 2025 Indian Express
    FIR filed on Dona Ganguly’s online harassment complaint

    An FIR was filed after Dona Ganguly, wife of former cricketer Sourav Ganguly, lodged a complaint with Kolkata Police, alleging that she has been subjected to “obscene comments and body-shaming” on social media, police said on Friday, adding a probe has ...

    29 November 2025 Indian Express
    BJP leader Suvendu not to attend Lokayukta meeting chaired by Bengal CM Mamata

    In a fresh flashpoint underscoring the rising political heat ahead of the 2026 West Bengal Assembly polls, Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari on Friday rejected the state government’s invitation to the annual Lokayukta Committee meeting chaired by Chief ...

    29 November 2025 Indian Express
    With 12-day Durga Puja break, Bengal govt employees will have more than 150 days off in 2026

    State government employees in West Bengal will have more than 150 non-working days in 2026, with an extended 12-day holiday during Durga Puja and several long festival breaks throughout the year.According to the holiday list published by the state ...

    29 November 2025 Indian Express
    TMC panchayat chief shot on open road in Howrah, hospitalised along with associate

    The head of Howrah’s Sampuipara Basukathi gram panchayat and Trinamool Congress leader Debobrata Mondal, alias Babu Mondal, was shot on Thursday night. His associate, Anupam Rana, was also hit by a bullet.Both were rushed to a private hospital in ...

    29 November 2025 Indian Express
    3 senior EC officials camp in Kolkata to oversee SIR exercise

    The Election Commission (EC) has sent three senior officers to West Bengal to oversee the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state.Earlier, the EC teams had visited the state twice to oversee the exercise in the ...

    29 November 2025 Indian Express
    Happening today in Bengal: EC’s deadline to Kolkata Police for BLO protest ends; protest in JU over council polls

    The 48-hour deadline given to Kolkata Police by the Election Commission over the ongoing protest by a section of BLOs against “SIR work pressure” ends today. The EC had sent off a notice to Kolkata Police, calling the BLOs’ ...

    28 November 2025 Indian Express
    Mamata orders major police reshuffle, 40 top cops shifted

    Amid the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal and Assembly elections only months away, the Mamata Banerjee government on Thursday carried out a major police reshuffle, transferring at least 10 district police chiefs (Superintendent ...

    28 November 2025 Indian Express
    West Bengal ranks as nation’s 2nd most popular tourist spot; US, UK, Russia top contributors

    West Bengal has emerged as the second most popular destination for international tourists visiting India, trailing only Maharashtra, according to the Union Tourism Ministry’s India Tourism Data Compendium 2025.The state welcomed 31 lakh international visitors in 2024, marking a ...

    28 November 2025 Indian Express
    SIR in Bengal: ‘Dead man’s form’ used by alleged Bangladesh national, he gets arrested

    As the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise continues in West Bengal, incidents of illegal migrants allegedly leaving the state have risen. But in Dankuni, Hooghly district, a Bangladesh national allegedly made an attempt to stay in the country by ...

    28 November 2025 Indian Express
    Rs 40 more for 750 ml: Liquor prices to shoot up from Dec 1 in Bengal

    With winter setting in, prices of all types of liquor in West Bengal are set to rise ahead of the new year. According to a recent notification issued by the state Excise department, the new additional excise duty will ...

    28 November 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal BSF finds gold worth Rs 1 crore in cycle tyre, smuggler manages to flee

    When you look at a bicycle tyre, you expect it to be inflated with air. Troops of the Border Security Force (BSF), however, were in for a surprise.A bizarre discovery along the India-Bangladesh border stunned officials. Acting on intelligence ...

    28 November 2025 Indian Express
    West Bengal SSC re-releases list of 1,806 ‘tainted’ candidates with additional details

    The West Bengal School Service Commission on Thursday published afresh a “comprehensive” list of 1,806 “tainted” candidates, who were previously marked as qualified for the posts of assistant teachers in the 2016 State Level Selection Test (SLST).The list containing ...

    28 November 2025 Indian Express
    TMC MP questions EC over use of ‘mysterious’ AI app for SIR in Bengal

    Trinamool Congress (TMC) Rajya Sabha MP Saket Gokhale on Thursday questioned the “mysterious” AI application that the Election Commission has said it will use for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in West Bengal.In a post on X, the ...

    28 November 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Want baby to be born in India’: Family despairs, clock ticks for pregnant Sunali Khatun as SC suggests govt to get her back from Bangladesh

    Every day that passes, every court hearing that raises “false hopes”, what they dread the most inches closer, says the family of Sunali Khatun. Pregnant when deported around five months ago, the 25-year-old could go into labour any time ...

    27 November 2025 Indian Express
    Happening Today in Bengal: A standoff between protesting BLOs and chief electoral officer; hunger strike in Jadavpur

    EC vs BLOs The Election Commission has requested a report from Kolkata Police regarding a protest by a section of BLOs (Booth Level Officers) at the CEO’s office, calling it a “serious security breach”. The action taken report has ...

    27 November 2025 Indian Express
    Birbhum police’s ‘Samarth’ app: a new AI tool puts legal experts in the pocket of investigators

    The Birbhum district police in West Bengal have developed a custom AI-powered Android application named Samarth to enhance the efficiency and legal accuracy of daily police work. The tool is expected to be a significant leap in modern policing, ...

    27 November 2025 Indian Express
    ‘His bail can be cancelled: judge after former Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee fails to appear before ED court

    A special ED court judge Wednesday warned the counsel for former education minister Patha Chatterjee that his bail may be cancelled if he does not appear in person for the hearings in the West Bengal “cash-for-jobs scam” case.Partha Chatterjee ...

    27 November 2025 Indian Express
    Democracy being attacked: CM targets BJP on Constitution Day, vows to protect it

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday pledged to “protect democracy” in India and slammed the BJP-led government at the Centre for attacking democracy and religion, raising questions on citizenship and voting rights, and for “rushing” the Special Intensive Revision ...

    27 November 2025 Indian Express
    CBI arrests aide of Shahjahan Sheikh for 2024 attack on ED in Sandeshkhali

    CBI’s anti-corruption branch in Kolkata has arrested another suspect in connection with the alleged attack on Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials at Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district, during a raid at the residence of former TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh  ...

    27 November 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Pledge to protect democracy’: On Constitution Day, Mamata backs BLOs, slams BJP

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday pledged to “protect democracy” in India and slammed the BJP government at the Centre for attacking democracy and religion, raising questions on citizenship and voting rights, and for “rushing” the Special ...

    27 November 2025 Indian Express
    ECI seeks report from Kolkata Police over protest at CEO office, calls it ‘security breach’

    The Election Commission Wednesday wrote to Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj Kumar Verma, alleging “serious security breach” during the ongoing protest by BLOs at the Chief Electoral Officer’s office in Kolkata, and sought an action-taken report within 48 hours.“I am ...

    27 November 2025 Indian Express
    Kasba hotel murder: Fight over ₹2,000 led to CA’s death, Kolkata police probe hints

    Chartered accountant Adarsh Losalka, who was found dead inside a hotel in Kolkata’s Kasba area on November 22, was allegedly murdered over a dispute involving ₹2,000, police sources said on Wednesday.According to the sources, Losalka had arranged to meet ...

    27 November 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata Metro to upgrade systems as Blue Line eyes 90-second frequency mirroring London, Moscow Metro services

    Kolkata Metro is eyeing to achieve the goal of operating services at an interval of 90 seconds, similar to the services in London and Moscow. Presently, the frequency of services in Blue Line — the country’s oldest Metro Corridor ...

    27 November 2025 Indian Express
    Happening today in Bengal: Brace for traffic disruption in Kolkata

    A bunch of protests and marches in Kolkata is likely to cause a major traffic disruption today afternoon, causing inconvenience to commuters heading from south to north Kolkata or to Howrah. Two major demonstrations are scheduled to take place ...

    26 November 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata law college rape: Student’s father alleges pressure to drop case, police begin probe

    The father of a student, who was allegedly gangraped at a Kolkata law college in June this year, has alleged that he is being threatened and pressured to withdraw the case.Speaking to The Indian Express, the student’s father said ...

    26 November 2025 Indian Express
    Eye of accident victim ‘gouged out’ at morgue, Mamata orders probe after victim’s family block her convoy in Barasat

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s convoy, returning from a rally in Bongaon, was on Tuesday evening stopped in Barasat by the agitating family members of an accident victim,who alleged that one of the eyes of their dead relative was removed ...

    26 November 2025 Indian Express
    EC rejects TMC’s request over size of delegation, Abhishek seeks livestream of meet

    The TMC’s request for an appointment with Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar in New Delhi over the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal was rejected by the Election Commission after the latter insisted on ...

    26 November 2025 Indian Express
    Mamata’s attack on BJP, Election Commission over Bengal SIR row: 5 quotes

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday vowed to “shake” the foundation of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) across the country if she is challenged in the state, and attacked the Election Commission of India (ECI) over the ongoing Special ...

    26 November 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Don’t dare to hurt Bengal or I will shake the nation’: Mamata to BJP

    West Bengal Election 2026: Asserting that the BJP will not return to power at the Centre in the 2029 Lok Sabha elections, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday warned the BJP against “hurting the people of Bengal” ...

    26 November 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Quit playing games’: Angry Mamata to BJP after her chopper to Bangaon is grounded ‘at the last minute’

    An angry Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday accused the BJP of conspiring against her after a helicopter, scheduled to take her to the rally venue in Bongaon in North 24 Parganas district, was reportedly not allowed to fly. Sources said ...

    26 November 2025 Indian Express
    After 24 hrs wait, CEO meets protesting BLOs, but ‘SIR pressure’ dharna to go on

    Almost 24 hours after the members of BLO (Booth Level Officers) Adhikar Raksha Committee sat on a dharna outside the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer’s office protesting over “excessive work pressure” under the SIR, the protesters on Tuesday insisted ...

    26 November 2025 Indian Express
    Don’t allow repeat of Bihar mistakes, ensure 100% SIR forms are submitted: Abhishek Banerjee to TMC cadre

    Warning party cadre against “repeating Bihar mistakes”, TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday told them to ensure that one hundred per cent SIR enumeration forms are submitted.Taking stock of the party’s work in the ongoing Election Commission Special ...

    26 November 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Call for Mamata’s fourth term’ by police officers: Suvendu writes to CEC seeking bar on them from election duty

    Leader of Opposition in the Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Monday wrote to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar alleging “blatant politicisation” within the West Bengal Police and Kolkata Police, claiming that recent statements by police personnel show that “electoral ...

    26 November 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal Governor visits Hakimpur border town to see ‘reverse exodus’: ‘Will send report to competent authorities’

    West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose on Monday evening visited Hakimpur town in North 24 Parganas as hundreds of illegal immigrants from Bangladesh flocked to the border town to cross over to the neighbouring country in the wake of ...

    25 November 2025 Indian Express
    Three children killed, two injured after car plunges into pond in Howrah

    Three children died and two others were injured when the van in which they were returning home from school fell into a pond in Howrah district’s Uluberia area on Monday afternoon, police said.The van driver has been arrested and ...

    25 November 2025 Indian Express
    What happened inside Kolkata hotel room: As police try to piece together murder night, some blank spaces remain to be filled

    A day after arresting a man and a woman, both in their 20s, for the murder of a 33-year-old chartered accountant at a Kolkata hotel, the police are trying to join together the pieces of evidence to figure out ...

    25 November 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Severe impact on the fairness’: Mamata objects to Bengal CEO’s outsourced hiring of data staff, booths in private complexes

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday wrote to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, objecting to two proposals put forward by the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal — hiring data entry operators and software developers through an external ...

    25 November 2025 Indian Express
    Kasba hotel murder: Couple ‘trapped’ CA through dating app, ‘withdrew money from ATM’ after allegedly killing him

    A day after Chartered Accountant Adarsh Losalka was murdered in a hotel in Kasba, police said he had met accused Kamal Saha and Dhruvo Mitra on a dating app a day before his death.On Monday, Joint Commissioner of Police ...

    25 November 2025 Indian Express
    BLOs hold protest outside Bengal CEO office: ‘What EC is asking is impossible to do in short time’

    A section of Booth Level Officers (BLOs), engaged in the ongoing SIR of electoral rolls, staged a protest on Monday outside the Chief Electoral Officer’s (CEO) office in Kolkata, citing “excessive workload” and “net connectivity issues”.The protesting BLOs had ...

    25 November 2025 Indian Express
    A Legacy Lost: Bankim’s family seeks university, upkeep of his Kolkata, Naihati houses

    The ongoing controversy surrounding Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay and Rabindranath Tagore has left the descendants of the former 19th-century novelist, poet, essayist and journalist pained, who are now demanding a university in his name as well as proper upkeep of ...

    25 November 2025 Indian Express
    SIR form submitted — will you be called for a hearing in West Bengal? Here’s what you need to know

    In most parts of West Bengal, enumeration forms have already been submitted. According to data from the CEO, West Bengal, as of Sunday, 7.64 crore forms have been distributed out of 7.66 crore electors, which is about 99.75 per ...

    25 November 2025 Indian Express
    Happening today in Bengal: BLOs to march against SIR in Kolkata

    A platform of BLOs (Booth Level Officers) will hold a rally from College Square to the office of Chief Electoral Officer in Kolkata on Monday, claiming they are being subjected to “inhuman stress” and that the poll panel had ...

    25 November 2025 Indian Express
    Clear skies ahead for West Bengal; minimum temperature may drop by 2°C after Tuesday: IMD

    While a well-marked low-pressure area is strengthening over the distant Strait of Malacca and the South Andaman Sea, the immediate weather outlook for West Bengal remains stable with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecasting mostly clear skies for the ...

    24 November 2025 Indian Express
    Teachers on BLO duty, Bengal govt schools face staff crunch

    The ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal has adversely affected academic activities in government-run schools in the state, with thousands of teachers – who have been appointed as Booth Level Officers (BLOs) by the ...

    24 November 2025 Indian Express
    SIR fear needs to be allayed, CM’s claim must be examined: West Bengal Governor

    Amid reports of alleged suicides by BLOs during the ongoing SIR (Special Intensive Revision) of electoral rolls in West Bengal and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee questioning the Election Commission’s exercise, Governor CV Ananda Bose on Sunday said knee-jerk reactions ...

    24 November 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata imposes strict 7 am-9 am no-parking rule to help municipal corporation sweepers

    Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim has announced a new no-parking rule on city roads every morning from 7 am to 9 am. This directive, aimed at addressing impediments to citywide cleaning efforts, mandates that all roads must be completely free ...

    24 November 2025 Indian Express
    Aadhaar cards found dumped outside Kolkata park, police launch probe; BJP says Bengal is ‘headquarters for infiltrators’

    Several Aadhaar cards were found abandoned outside a park in Salt Lake in Kolkata Sunday morning amid the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in West Bengal.Morning joggers noticed the Aadhaar cards lying on the side ...

    24 November 2025 Indian Express
    Murder in Kolkata hotel: Delivery agent, woman, last seen entering CA’s room, arrested; post-mortem report confirms death by strangulation

    A delivery agent and a woman, both in their 20s, have been arrested in connection with the death of a Chartered Accountant, whose naked body was found with legs tied, in a hotel room in south Kolkata’s Kasba area ...

    24 November 2025 Indian Express
    Man found dead in Kasba hotel; police track two companions from CCTV

    The body of a 33-year-old man was recovered on Saturday afternoon from a hotel room in Kasba’s Rajdanga area, police said, and investigators are tracing two people who were seen with him on CCTV. The deceased has been identified ...

    24 November 2025 Indian Express
    Happening today in Bengal: Kolkata braces for traffic snarls as Vidyasagar Setu closes; Police prep for marathon

    Commuters traveling from Kolkata to Howrah will face the closure of the second Hooghly bridge (Vidyasagar Setu) and traffic disruptions for eight hours. Kolkata police informed that the bridge will be closed from 6 am to 2 pm on ...

    23 November 2025 Indian Express
    Passenger on Air India’s Vancouver-Delhi flight complains of chest pain, declared dead after deboarding in Kolkata

    A 70-year-old man, who complained of chest pain and uneasiness on board an Air India flight from Vancouver to Delhi on Friday night, was deboarded in Kolkata and rushed to a hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival, ...

    23 November 2025 Indian Express
    BJP flags ‘disproportionate’ increase of Muslim voters in Bengal; TMC calls claim ‘baseless’

    The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) recently submitted a document to the Election Commission of India (ECI) claiming that the share of Muslim voters in West Bengal increased by 127.7 per cent while the percentage of Hindu electors rose by 72.3 ...

    23 November 2025 Indian Express
    Happening today in Bengal: More Metro service on the Green Line

    There is some good news for Metro commuters in Kolkata with more services on the Green Line. From Saturday, the Metro will operate 202 services (101 UP and 101 DN) on the Green Line instead of the usual 186. ...

    23 November 2025 Indian Express
    BJP says woman party worker pushed off roof by ‘TMC miscreants’, police arrest one

    The BJP on Friday claimed that a woman party worker was hospitalised after she was allegedly pushed off the roof of an under-construction building in Raidighi in South 24 Parganas district, allegedly by miscreants backed by the ruling TMC.The ...

    23 November 2025 Indian Express
    ‘105.49% in Uttar Dinajpur’: Since 2002 SIR, steepest rise in voters in Bengal’s border districts

    Between 2002, when the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) was last conducted by the Election Commission of India, and 2025, West Bengal has seen a 66% increase in the number of registered voters — from 4.58 crore to 7.63 crore. ...

    22 November 2025 Indian Express
    ‘It lasted for quite some time’: Strong tremors spark panic in Kolkata, parts of Bengal after earthquake in Bangladesh

    West Bengal Kolkata Earthquake Today: Kolkata and several parts of West Bengal were rattled by strong tremors on Friday morning after a 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck neighbouring Bangladesh. The epicentre of the quake, which occurred at approximately 10.08 am ...

    22 November 2025 Indian Express
    ED searches multiple locations in Bengal, Jharkhand in connection with ‘corruption’ in coal mining exports

    The ED has launched a search operation at multiple addresses of coal traders. Since Friday morning, searches have been underway in Dhanbad in Jharkhand and Asansol, Purulia and Kolkata in West Bengal.According to ED sources, search operations are underway ...

    22 November 2025 Indian Express
    After Mamata asks ECI to stop Bengal SIR, Suvendu says ‘TMC nurtured illegal elements’

    Bengal Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikary has hit out at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for calling the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process “inhuman” and urging the Election Commission of India (ECI) to stop it. Amid the ongoing SIR of ...

    22 November 2025 Indian Express
    Coal Mining Scam: ED raids in Jharkhand, West Bengal against coal mafia

    ED Raids in Jharkhand, Bengal News: The Enforcement Directorate on Friday conducted searches in a coordinated money laundering case action against the coal mafia in Jharkhand and West Bengal, official sources said.More than 40 premises in the two states are ...

    22 November 2025 Indian Express
    Happening today in Bengal: Governor at heritage walk. But will he talk?

    All eyes will be on West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose today as he will  attend a heritage initiative on the banks of the Hooghly river – his first public appearance since a war of words erupted between him ...

    22 November 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Turnaround Tycoon’ booked in cyber crime racket case: Who is Pawan Ruia

    For 68-year-old industrialist Pawan Ruia, the chairman of the Ruia Group, booked in a multi-crore cyberfraud racket case, this is not the first time he has hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons.He was arrested by the CID ...

    21 November 2025 Indian Express
    Jadavpur University to have more CCTVs, 32 more guards, and security audit by Kolkata Police: Bengal govt submits report to Calcutta HC

    The Bengal Education department has submitted a compliance report to the Calcutta High Court detailing the implementation of security measures on Jadavpur University’s main and Salt Lake campuses.In August, the Calcutta High Court had directed the department to file ...

    21 November 2025 Indian Express
    How Bengal police linked industrialist Ruia to a multi-crore cybercrime network

    At 9, Ezra Street in Kolkata, the centrepiece of a Rs 317 crore cyberfraud probe in which industrialist Pawan Ruia has been named accused, stands a dilapidated, three-storeyed, colonial-era building with exposed patches of bricks and a jumble of ...

    21 November 2025 Indian Express
    Vande Mataram birthplace fights for survival: Damp walls, crammed rooms & fund crunch

    In one corner of the Bankim Bhavan Gaveshana Kendra Museum — some 45 km from Kolkata — a bronze bust, a handwritten music book, a shawl and a turban compete for space in a pastel-blue room lined with family ...

    21 November 2025 Indian Express
    Jadavpur University forms team to probe alleged moral policing on campus

    Jadavpur University has formed a four-member team to investigate an incident of alleged moral policing on campus involving four fourth-year engineering students.According to a senior JU official, a group of women submitted a complaint to Vice-Chancellor Chiranjib Bhattacharjee, alleging ...

    21 November 2025 Indian Express
    Halt SIR, reassess method and timelines: Mamata to CEC

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written to Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, urging him to immediately halt the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state and “thoroughly reassess the present methodology and timelines”.The ...

    21 November 2025 Indian Express
    To help pilots combat winter fog, Kolkata airport completes CAT III-B ILS upgrade

    The Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Kolkata is set to boost its operational resilience during fog-prone winter months and heavy rain, with the full installation of the modern Category (CAT) III-B Instrument Landing System (ILS) on both ...

    21 November 2025 Indian Express
    SIR on, EC team begins preparations for West Bengal Assembly elections with EVM checks

    Amid the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, the Election Commission is going to start preparations for the Assembly elections in the state, which is scheduled to take place between April and May next ...

    21 November 2025 Indian Express
    At a Bengal border outpost, SIR scare and a surge in people crossing over to Bangladesh: ‘They said we will be caught… didn’t want to take the risk’

    At Hakimpur border outpost in West Bengal, the road leading to Bangladesh is strewn with groups of people – men, women, children, young and old alike – squatting with bags, blankets, and boxes, waiting for their turn to cross ...

    20 November 2025 Indian Express
    School Jobs Scam Case | Modify & republish ‘tainted’ candidates names: HC to SSC

    The Calcutta High Court directed the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) to modify and republish the list of ‘tainted’ candidates from 2016, including roll numbers, names, father’s name, and subjects, to ensure transparency and prevent ineligible candidates from ...

    20 November 2025 Indian Express
    Happening today in Bengal: EC team in Murshidabad, Malda

    The visiting four-member Election Commission team, led by Deputy Election Commissioner Gyanesh Bharti, will today visit Murshidabad and Malda districts as part of their review of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state. While ...

    20 November 2025 Indian Express
    TMC to organise mega rally on Babri Masjid demolition anniversary

    Ahead of next year’s Assembly election, the Trinamool Congress is set to organise a grand rally on December 6, the anniversary of the Babri Masjid demolition.The TMC’s minority cell generally organises this rally every year, but this time, the ...

    20 November 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata Metro Purple Line: Land deal with Nepal Consulate clears path for Joka-Esplanade metro work

    After three years of effort, a complex issue that delayed work on the metro line from Esplanade to Mominpur on the underground stretch of the Kolkata Metro’s Purple Line has been resolved. Construction on the stretch is set to ...

    20 November 2025 Indian Express
    Will use AI-based app to identify duplicate voters in SIR: Bengal Chief Electoral Officer

    West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) on Tuesday said that an AI-based software with face recognition features will be used to identify duplicate voters in West Bengal during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the ...

    20 November 2025 Indian Express
    Mohammad Sohrab, Lucknow gangster who jumped parole after Tihar jail finally arrested in Kolkata

    Months after he jumped parole, failing to return to Delhi’s Tihar jail,  gangster Mohammad Sohrab, who operates out of Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, was arrested in Kolkata by a joint team of Delhi Police and Kolkata Police, said police ...

    20 November 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal’s primary education board opens teacher applications: With 13,421 vacancies, here is what to know

    The West Bengal Board of Primary Education (WBBPE) Wednesday opened its online portal for applications for 13,421 primary teacher positions.State Education Minister Bratya Basu took to social media on Tuesday and said, “From tomorrow, the online portal will open ...

    20 November 2025 Indian Express
    ‘She wanted to resign’: BLO dies by suicide, her family in Bengal alleges ‘work pressure’

    A Booth Level Officer (BLO) in West Bengal died by suicide, with her family finding the body in the courtyard of her home in Malbazar. They have alleged that it was due to the pressure of Special Intensive Revision ...

    20 November 2025 Indian Express
    Mass Connect March: Amid SIR, CPI(M) to hold 1,000-km yatra to prepare ground for Assembly polls

    With the Election Commission conducting the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, the CPI (M), which failed to win a single seat in the last Assembly elections, is keen on using the exercise to rejuvenate ...

    19 November 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Maximum punishment of seven years under BNS sections’: Bengal governor lodged police complaint against TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee

    An FIR has been registered against TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee in Kolkata on a complaint lodged by the Raj Bhavan for accusing West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose of “sheltering BJP’s criminals” and “stocking arms and ammunition”.The FIR, lodged ...

    19 November 2025 Indian Express
    Voters’ SIR concerns: What to do if you don’t have documents from the 2003 voter list

    The ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls often uses the last available record to verify voters’ names, which is the 2002–2003 voter list. This has raised some common questions among citizens, such as: “What if my name ...

    19 November 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Unconstitutional & arbitrary’: Mamata writes again to PM over appointment of interlocutor for Darjeeling hills

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reconsider the Central government’s decision to appoint an interlocutor for the Darjeeling hills over the demands of the Gorkha community, including the issue of ...

    19 November 2025 Indian Express
    TMC MP Mamata Bala Thakur falls ill after 13-day hunger strike over electoral roll issue, hospitalised

    TMC’s Rajya Sabha MP and Matua Mahasangha leader Mamata Bala Thakur, who along with her supporters, has been protesting against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls fell ill on Monday, after a 13-day hunger strike.Although the ...

    19 November 2025 Indian Express
    Jalpaiguri: Woman, sister ‘assaulted’ after she confronts husband over ‘love emoji’ on ex-girlfriend’s post

    A woman and her sister were allegedly assaulted by her husband and his family in the Dhupguri area of West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district after she confronted him for reacting with a ‘love’ emoji on a picture shared by his ...

    19 November 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Love react’ on an ex-girlfriend’s post leads to violent clash between married couple’s families; police lodge complaint

    A woman and her sister were allegedly assaulted by her husband and his family in the Dhupguri area of West Bengal’s Jalpaiguri district after she confronted him for reacting with a ‘love’ emoji on a picture shared by his ...

    18 November 2025 Indian Express
    TMC MP Shatrughan Sinha’s praise for NDA’s Bihar victory and Nitish Kumar raises eyebrows in Bengal’s ruling party

    With the BJP-led NDA securing victory in the Bihar elections and West Bengal preparing for the 2026 Assembly polls, TMC MP and veteran actor Shatrughan Sinha’s praise for Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has raised eyebrows within the Trinamool ...

    18 November 2025 Indian Express
    EC team to visit West Bengal tomorrow again for SIR progress review

    A high-level team of senior officials of the Election Commission of India (ECI), led by senior Deputy Election Commissioner Gyanesh Bharti, is scheduled to arrive in Kolkata on Tuesday to review the progress of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) ...

    18 November 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal Governor leads combing operation in Raj Bhavan with Kolkata Police, after TMC MP’s ‘sheltering criminals’ allegations

    A political storm intensified in West Bengal on Monday after Governor C.V. Ananda Bose abruptly cut short his North Bengal visit to personally lead a live-broadcast combing search of the Raj Bhavan premises.The move came after allegations by Trinamool ...

    18 November 2025 Indian Express
    Happening today in Bengal: Mega jansunwai by NCW, tea gardens to reopen

    The National Commission for Women (NCW) will commence a two-day maha jansunwai (mega public hearing) in Kolkata to tackle the heavy load of complaints from women in the city.The two-day public hearing will start from 10:00 am at Dr ...

    18 November 2025 Indian Express
    ‘What will happen to us now?’ ask untainted candidates who could not make it to WBSSC interview list

    On Saturday evening, the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) released a list of over 20,000 candidates who will be called for interviews for assistant teachers (higher secondary) posts in government-aided schools.According to the Commission, the list has been ...

    17 November 2025 Indian Express
    IIT Kharagpur starts taking applications for 7th Young Innovators’ Program

    The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur recently announced the opening of applications for the first round of the 7th edition of its Young Innovators’ Program (YIP), a global science and technology competition designed for students of Classes 8 ...

    17 November 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Their Bengal-phobia is real’: TMC launches ‘Bangla Birodhi BJP’ campaign after MP minister calls Raja Ram Mohan Roy ‘British agent’

    The Trinamool Congress has launched a “Bangla Birodhi BJP (anti-Bengal BJP)” campaign online after a leader of the saffron party, Madhya Pradesh Higher Education Minister Inder Singh Parmar, allegedly called 19th-century social reformer Raja Ram Mohan Roy a “British ...

    17 November 2025 Indian Express
    Happening today in Bengal: Vidyasagar Setu to be shut till 9pm, monthly film screening & discussion on SIR and citizenship

    Kolkata Police has announced a full closure of Vidyasagar Setu (Second Hooghly Bridge) on Sunday, November 16. The bridge will be shut to all vehicular traffic from 5:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. for essential repair and rehabilitation work, officials ...

    17 November 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Sheltering BJP goons’ charge: Governor seeks legal action against MP

    West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose has sought a legal opinion and will be asking Lok Sabha Speaker to order a probe after TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee accused him of “sheltering BJP criminals in Raj Bhavan”.“The Governor is writing ...

    17 November 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal govt to develop new airport in Purulia, access to several industrial areas in Jharkhand to get easier

    The West Bengal government has decided to develop an abandoned airstrip in Purulia’s Chharra into an airport.On Saturday, Bengal Transport Minister Snehashish Chakraborty said, “A delegation of the transport department recently went to Purulia to see the land. We ...

    16 November 2025 Indian Express
    Amid S.I.R. exercise in West Bengal, BLOs protest against digital data entry; cites ‘unreasonable’ workload, boycott training

    Amid the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in West Bengal, several Booth Level Officers (BLOs) in many districts across the state on Saturday staged protests against data entry of enumeration forms and refused to take ...

    16 November 2025 Indian Express
    Punjab-based doctor who passed out from Al-Falah University picked up for questioning in Bengal

    The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has picked up a Punjab-based doctor from West Bengal’s Uttar Dinajpur district for questioning in connection with the probe into the car blast near the Red Fort in the national capital in which 10 ...

    16 November 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata city records highest inhalable microplastic levels, followed by Delhi: IISER study

    Every breath of air we inhale may have not just dust and smoke as air pollutants, but also tiny plastic particles, according to a recent study by the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata.These tiny particles ...

    16 November 2025 Indian Express
    Happening Today In Bengal: Ultadanga Flyover to be shut till Sunday for repair, traffic diversions in city; new EMU train to be inaugurated

    Ultadanga flyover to be shut till Sunday for repair work, leading to traffic diversions that could create significant traffic disruptions on Saturday. The flyover that connects to the Kolkata airport will be closed for maintenance work until November 17 ...

    16 November 2025 Indian Express
    Major fire at Kolkata’s Ezra Street, 300 shops gutted, 20 fire engines pressed into action

    Around 300 shops were gutted after a major fire broke out early on Saturday in Kolkata’s congested Ezra Street. According to fire officials, there are no casualties as all people staying in the adjoining buildings have been evacuated.“We had ...

    16 November 2025 Indian Express
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