Lashing out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over corruption charges against leaders of her Trinamool Congress, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday pointed out Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s track record in office.During a Lok Sabha election ...
7 May 2024 Indian ExpressIn the third phase of the Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal, the districts of Malda and Murshidabad will vote Tuesday. On the four seats involved — Maldah Uttar, Maldah Dakshin, Murshidabad and Jangipur — apart from the ruling ...
7 May 2024 Indian ExpressAn 11-year-old boy was killed and two others were severely injured after a suspected bomb explosion while they were playing near a pond in the Hooghly district of West Bengal.According to the police, the deceased has been identified as ...
7 May 2024 Indian ExpressThe police in West Bengal’s East Midnapore have registered an FIR against BJP Tamluk Lok Sabha constituency candidate and former Calcutta High Court judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay and Bharatiya Yuva Morcha (BJYM) leader Prashanta Das for allegedly attacking sacked school ...
7 May 2024 Indian ExpressThe India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued an ‘orange’ alert for moderate rain and thundersquall with lightning and gusty winds of up to 50-60 kmph in North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, Hooghly and East Burdwan in West Bengal ...
7 May 2024 Indian ExpressThe Communist Party of India (Marxist) has shared a video of Buddhadeb Bhattacharya generated using artificial intelligence (AI) in which the ailing former West Bengal chief minister urges voters to vote for the Left and secular forces in Lok ...
7 May 2024 Indian ExpressBengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Sunday wrote to Raj Bhavan staff and asked them to ignore any communication from the police regarding molestation charges levelled against him. He also told the Raj Bhavan staff that no criminal ...
6 May 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday accused the BJP of scripting the incidents of Sandeshkhali where allegations of sexual abuse against TMC leaders have surfaced. She also questioned why Prime Minister Narendra Modi was silent on the issue ...
6 May 2024 Indian ExpressTMC leader Kunal Ghosh, who was removed as the party’s state general secretary, met Rajya Sabha MP Derek O’Brien on Saturday. Ghosh, accompanied by state Education Minister Bratya Basu, went to O’Brien’s office in Ballygunge in the afternoon. The ...
6 May 2024 Indian ExpressWritten by Taniya AcharjeeKolkata might experience a much graver water shortage than Bengaluru, said Dipankar Sinha, a council member of the Institute of Town Planners, India (ITPI), on Saturday.Sinha and other ITPI members were addressing a press conference warning ...
6 May 2024 Indian ExpressSenior TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday said his party was keen on an alliance with the Congress, and because of that he went to meet Rahul Gandhi at his residence at 6 am.Abhishek, the nephew of Chief Minister ...
5 May 2024 Indian ExpressIn a fresh row over the Sandeshkhali incident, the Trinamool Congress on Saturday highlighted a purported video featuring a BJP leader who claimed that women had filed sexual harassment complaints at the behest of Leader of Opposition in the ...
5 May 2024 Indian ExpressDays after the party removed him from the state general secretary post, Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Kunal Ghosh on Saturday met party leader Derek O’Brien and state Education Minister Bratya Basu at the former’s residence at Beckbagan.Ghosh emerged from ...
5 May 2024 Indian ExpressTMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Friday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for raising questions on security of women in West Bengal, while alleging that BJP leaders were involved in incidents of torture of women.He cited NCRB report which pronounced ...
5 May 2024 Indian ExpressWritten by Taniya AcherjeeThunderstorms with lightning and gusty winds that go up to 30-40 kmph are likely at several places in southern Bengal from Sunday, including North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, East Midnapore, Birbhum, Murshidabad and Nadia. From ...
5 May 2024 Indian ExpressKolkata Police have formed a special enquiry team (SET) to investigate the sexual harassment allegations levelled against West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose by a contractual woman employee at the Raj Bhavan.Sources in the Kolkata Police said that ...
5 May 2024 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal Police on Friday said a video clip purportedly showing senior Congress leader Adhir Chowdhury urging people to “vote for the BJP” was doctored. Following the development, the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) also ordered action ...
5 May 2024 Indian ExpressWITH RAHUL Gandhi filing nomination papers from the Rae Bareli Lok Sabha seat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday took a swipe at the Congress leader, saying that fear of losing elections is making him “run” from one seat to ...
4 May 2024 Indian ExpressAs West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Friday called the sexual harassment allegations levelled against him by a contractual employee of the Raj Bhavan a “sinister plot”, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee slammed the Governor and questioned the ...
4 May 2024 Indian ExpressA day after a contractual employee at the Raj Bhavan accused West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose of sexually harassing her, CM Mamata Banerjee Friday hit out at him and questioned the silence of PM Narendra Modi, who ...
4 May 2024 Indian ExpressAfter weeks of sweltering heat in the city, Kolkata on Thursday saw a dip in the maximum temperature that was recorded at 39.2 degree Celsius. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast light rain in South Bengal districts from ...
4 May 2024 Indian ExpressWritten by Taniya AcherjeeA local court on Tuesday sentenced a man to Rigorous Life Imprisonment of five years for stabbing a 32-year-old woman to death in West Bengal’s Jhargram district.According to Special Public Prosecutor Bivas Chatterjee, the accused Ranjit ...
4 May 2024 Indian ExpressElections in Habibpur Assembly constituency, in Malda district are like a festival. Political leaders from various parties during elections visit the constituency, approach and hire the tribals to participate in their election campaign, pay the tribals for their job ...
3 May 2024 Indian ExpressTHE protracted stand-off between the Trinamool Congress government in West Bengal and Governor C V Ananda Bose deepened Thursday after the TMC flagged the case of a woman contractual staffer at Raj Bhavan who alleged that the Governor had ...
3 May 2024 Indian ExpressA local court on Tuesday sentenced a man to Rigorous Life Imprisonment of five years for stabbing a 32-year-old woman to death in West Bengal’s Jhargram district.According to Special Public Prosecutor Bivas Chatterjee, the accused Ranjit Mandi had killed ...
3 May 2024 Indian ExpressTrading rote learning for understanding concepts and long studying sessions for shorter ones is how Chandrachur Sen bagged the first rank in this year’s Madhyamik (West Bengal Board) exams.A student of Rambhola High School in Cooch Behar district, Sen ...
3 May 2024 Indian ExpressPrime Minister Narendra Modi is set to address election rallies in south Bengal, as part of his two-day visit to the state, beginning Thursday. He is scheduled to reside at the Raj Bhavan in Kolkata on Thursday night.PM Modi, ...
3 May 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday criticised the Election Commission for the “delay” in releasing the final voter turnout figures for the initial two phases of the Lok Sabha polls.She also expressed concern over the sudden increase ...
3 May 2024 Indian ExpressTaking breaks for better learning, writing while revising and nurturing a curiosity for knowledge are some practices that helped Chandrachur Sen come first in the West Bengal Madhyamik (Class 10) results.“Breaking up my study sessions instead of studying for ...
3 May 2024 Indian ExpressA day after the Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader sparked a row by sharing the stage with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former MLA Tapas Roy at a Kolkata event, Kunal Ghosh on Thursday alleged that apart from Partha ...
3 May 2024 Indian ExpressTHE TRINAMOOL Congress (TMC) leadership on Wednesday removed its leader Kunal Ghosh as the party’s state general secretary, hours after he shared the stage with former TMC MLA turned BJP Lok Sabha candidate Tapas Roy and praised him.In a ...
3 May 2024 Indian ExpressUttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday slammed the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government over the law and order situation in West Bengal and accused it of not taking action against rioters. CM Adityanath addressed election rallies in ...
3 May 2024 Indian ExpressThe West Bengal police have finally banned the use of laser lights, laser beams and laser light shows in vast areas around Kolkata’s Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose airport. The move was prompted by a series of incidents where pilots ...
3 May 2024 Indian ExpressFollowing the alleged suicide of a second-year mechanical engineering student, National Institute of Technology (NIT) Durgapur, Director, Arvind Choubey, has claimed that he was allegedly forced to resign from his post by protesting students on Monday.Arpan Ghosh, 21, was ...
2 May 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal state secretariat, Raj Bhavan, Indian Museum receive threatening emails Kolkata, Apr 30 (PTI) The West Bengal state secretariat, Raj Bhavan and the Indian Museum here on Tuesday received emails threatening to blow off the buildings using explosives, ...
2 May 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has questioned the need for holding the Lok Sabha elections in seven phases when the state is sizzling under a heatwave.“This heat is unbearable. Elections have been dragging on forever. I’ve been away ...
1 May 2024 Indian ExpressThe Calcutta High Court on Tuesday rejected a bail prayer of former West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee in a money laundering case initiated by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with its probe into money trail in a primary school ...
1 May 2024 Indian ExpressWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday accused Union Home Minister Amit Shah of “peddling lies” on the state government’s submission of utilisation certificates for central projects and urged the BJP leadership to hold the mirror to themselves.Addressing ...
1 May 2024 Indian ExpressOn a day when the highest temperature rose to 43 degree Celsius in Kolkata, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said some districts in West Bengal may see light rainfall from Sunday. Meanwhile, the highest maximum temperature in West Bengal ...
1 May 2024 Indian ExpressBengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday lambasted the BJP for using the uniform civil code (UCC) as a poll plank and said the Hindus will not benefit from it.While addressing a public meeting at Jangipur in the minority-dominated ...
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