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Ahead of 2024 national polls, BJP replaces organisational unit chiefs in Bengal
Updated on Aug 09, 2023 12:46 PM IST
On April 14, Union home minister Amit Shah addressed a rally in Birbhum and said BJP must win over 35 of Bengal’s 42 Lok Sabha seats
Ex-CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee may be discharged on Wednesday: Hospital
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee “is alert and responding to doctors and visitors”, the hospital said in a statement
Updated on Aug 08, 2023 08:25 PM IST
Judge orders arrest of 4 school teachers in CBI’s Bengal recruitment case
The four teachers, who are residents of Murshidabad district, were taken to Presidency correctional home after being remanded in judicial custody for 14 days
Updated on Aug 07, 2023 09:51 PM IST
West Bengal: Man dies in police custody during interrogation; officer suspended
Police said that gold ornaments were stolen from the house of one Prabal Ghosh, who filed a complaint with the Nabagram police station on Wednesday. Following the complaint, Ghosh, a wage labourer, was picked up by the police for questioning
Updated on Aug 06, 2023 12:13 PM IST
Sreyasi Pal
Severed head of elephant found in Bengal river; poachers' role suspected
On Friday evening, villagers living near Volka range of Buxa reserve spotted the severed elephant head in Sankosh river, close to Bengal-Assam border.
Updated on Aug 06, 2023 04:46 AM IST
Severed elephant head, with tusks removed, found floating in W Bengal river
The area from where the elephant head was found is close to the Bengal-Assam border and forest officials apprehend that the animal was killed recently
Updated on Aug 05, 2023 08:02 PM IST
TMC MP caught on camera assaulting toll plaza employee
The BJP took a dig at member of Parliament Sunil Kumar Mondal saying that he was another example of the TMC’s idea of a gentleman
Updated on Aug 05, 2023 03:49 PM IST
SC directs Cal HC to hear PIL against Suvendu Adhikari; sets aside order for FIR
Senior lawyer Jaideep Gupta told the SC that Suvendu Adhikari was “the only man in this country who is beyond the pale of criminal law” due to two orders of the high court
Updated on Aug 04, 2023 08:14 PM IST
Abraham Thomas
Child run over by speeding truck in Kolkata; mob sets police vehicles on fire
While the child died on the spot after he was run over by the truck, the father was seriously injured and rushed to the hospital
Updated on Aug 04, 2023 08:58 AM IST
Ex-Bengal CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee alert, responding to people, says hospital
Bhattacharjee was admitted to a city-based hospital after he complained of breathing complications on Saturday afternoon (August 29)
Updated on Aug 03, 2023 08:35 PM IST
BJP leader accuses TMC MP Nushrat Jahan of duping investors. Baseless, she says
Nusrat Jahan, who represents the Basirhat constituency of North 24 Parganas district, appeared before the media at the Kolkata Press Club on Wednesday afternoon and said the charges levelled by the BJP leader were “completely baseless”
Updated on Aug 02, 2023 08:49 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee’s focus on non-aided, Khareji madrasas trigger ‘vote politics’ row
West Bengal’s projected population in 2021 stood at 101.9 million. During the last 2011 census, the Hindu population stood at 70.54% while Muslims comprised 27.01%
Updated on Aug 02, 2023 08:20 PM IST
Talks on to sell rights of 3 Satyajit Ray masterpieces to US film distribution firm
While Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne, a cult classic by Ray from 1969, was produced by Purnima Pictures, Aranyer Din Ratri and Pratidwandi were produced by Priya Films in 1970
Updated on Aug 02, 2023 08:46 AM IST
State govt not concerned about public: Calcutta HC on TMC’s Aug 5 gherao event
Chief justice of Calcutta HC TS Sivagnanam said that the bottom line is that the state is not concerned about the public and the office-goers
Updated on Aug 01, 2023 09:18 AM IST
Ex-Bengal CM Bhattacharjee taken off invasive ventilation; CM Banerjee pays visit
The health condition of Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, who was West Bengal chief minister from 2000 to 2011, has improved, said a doctor
Updated on Jul 31, 2023 08:34 PM IST
West Bengal assembly passes motion condemning Manipur violence
Speaking on the motion, Mamata Banerjee condemned the role of the BJP and the Union government in tackling the situation in the strife-torn state.
Published on Jul 31, 2023 06:04 PM IST
PTI | | Posted by Lingamgunta Nirmitha Rao
Four ‘kidnapped’ Bengal panchayat poll winners return home, accuse ‘police’
The four opposition candidates won the Krishnachandrapur gram panchayat seats from Mathurapur in South 24 Parganas district against the ruling TMC candidates
Updated on Jul 30, 2023 05:57 PM IST
Former Bengal CM Buddadeb Bhattacharya hospitalised with breathing difficulties
A team of senior doctors, including a cardiologist and a pulmonologist, was constituted to monitor his health.
Published on Jul 29, 2023 07:17 PM IST
PTI | | Posted by Yagya Sharma
4 persons who won Bengal panchayat elections allegedly abducted in Kolkata: Police
The TMC rejected allegations that its activists were involved in the abduction, saying the party had done well in the panchayat elections
Updated on Jul 28, 2023 08:05 PM IST
Visva-Bharati suspends student for Facebook posts supporting Amartya Sen
Visva-Bharati has been in news since 2018 when Chakrabarty took over as vice-chancellor.
Updated on Jul 29, 2023 04:30 AM IST
West Bengal gears up to combat dengue menace; over 3,000 cases reported this year
Some pockets in Nadia, North 24 Parganas and Hooghly have seen a sudden rise in cases, and at least five people in Kolkata have died due to dengue in the last week
Updated on Jul 28, 2023 09:31 AM IST
Bengal governor appoints lawyer to represent him at Kolkata’s Jadavpur University
The appoinment was made days after Raj Bhawan appointed a retired judge from Karnataka and a retired IPS officer from Kerala as acting vice-chancellors of two universities
Updated on Jul 27, 2023 05:14 PM IST
CBI files FIR against TMC lawmaker Manik Bhattacharya in school recruitment case
Manik Bhattacharya, who was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in October 2022, was grilled by CBI officials in Kolkata’s Presidency correctional home
Updated on Jul 26, 2023 09:03 PM IST
‘Think he likes the name’: Mamata Banerjee responds to PM’s barbs about INDIA
Mamata Banerjee responded to PM Modi’s stinging barbs at the 26-party opposition grouping for its choice of a name for the alliance
Updated on Jul 25, 2023 08:08 PM IST
West Bengal: Two tribal women stripped, assaulted in Malda district, claims BJP
Sharing the video on his official Twitter handle, BJP leader Amit Malviya, who is also the party’s co-incharge for West Bengal, said the women belonged to a socially marginalised community
Updated on Jul 22, 2023 07:16 PM IST
‘Ripped my clothes’: BJP worker alleges sexual assault during Bengal rural polls
The saffron party worker claimed that she was forcibly dragged by her hair by unknown individuals associated with the rival party.
Updated on Jul 21, 2023 09:24 PM IST
BJP candidate stripped, paraded naked on poll day in WB’s Howrah, says party MP
Police, however, said that they received a complaint from a woman via email on July 13. A day later a FIR was lodged but until now no evidence has been found to support the allegations
Updated on Jul 21, 2023 08:16 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee launches INDIA campaign in WB; slams BJP over Manipur incident
Banerjee also stepped up her attack against the BJP-led government at the centre on the Manipur incident where two women were stripped, paraded and gangraped on May 4.
Updated on Jul 21, 2023 07:14 PM IST
‘Gherao BJP leaders’ homes on Aug 5, protest in Delhi in Oct: Abhishek Banerjee
Banerjee also called forward party workers from every block and ward of Bengal to peacfully gherao the houses of BJP workers from 10 am to 6 pm on August 5.
Published on Jul 21, 2023 03:44 PM IST
Kolkata man armed with firearm arrested outside Mamata Banerjee’s house: Police
A man armed with a firearm and a dagger was arrested near West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee's residence. The man claimed to be an intelligence officer and was found with identity cards of security agencies. The police are investigating his motives.
Updated on Jul 21, 2023 03:07 PM IST
