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  • News from West Bengal | 13 Aug, 2025 | ২৮ শ্রাবণ, ১৪৩২
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  • ‘Fake’ voters: EC orders to suspend, book 5 officials, but Bengal govt takes just two off poll duty

    Days after the Election Commission of India (ECI) shot off a letter to the West Bengal government issuing directions to suspend and file FIR against five officials over alleged fake voter lists, the state government on Monday wrote to ...

    12 August 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Dissolve Lok Sabha, conduct fresh elections’: TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee amid alleged voter list irregularities

    Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday launched a fierce attack on the Election Commission of India (ECI), demanding dissolution of the Lok Sabha and fresh elections, citing widespread irregularities in the voter list. Speaking at ...

    12 August 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal Cabinet gives nod to build ‘Durga Angan’ on lines of Digha’s Jagannath Dham

    The West Bengal Cabinet on Monday gave the go-ahead to the proposal of building ‘Durga Angan’, a courtyard dedicated to goddess Durga, on the lines of the Jagannath temple which was inaugurated in the state’s coastal town of Digha ...

    12 August 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Deliberate attack to injure my wife’: R G Kar victim’s father files complaint against Kolkata Police after rally

    Two days after the ‘Nabanna Abhijan’ called by the parents of the deceased R G Kar doctor, the father has filed a complaint with the Shakespeare Sarani Police Station over the alleged attack on his wife by Kolkata Police.Filing ...

    12 August 2025 Indian Express
    Ahead of Durga Puja, Kolkata Metro expands with 14 additional services on three lines

    With Durga Puja festivities around the corner, Kolkata Metro has announced a significant increase in services across its Green and Purple Lines to accommodate the anticipated rush of commuters. The new schedules, which take effect on Monday, August 11, ...

    12 August 2025 Indian Express
    Heavy rain to lash North Bengal from August 11 to 13: IMD

    Heavy rainfall is expected in North Bengal districts from August 11 to 13 due to a low-pressure area forming over the Bay of Bengal, prompting the IMD to issue a red alert. While South Bengal will also see rain ...

    12 August 2025 Indian Express
    Ex-TMC leader Bibhas Adhikari, arrested in Noida for a ‘fake police station’, allegedly ran similar set-up in Kolkata

    Ex-TMC leader Bibhas Chandra Adhikari, arrested in Noida for “running a fake police station”, has allegedly been found to have operated a similar set-up in Kolkata.Adhikari, a former Trinamool Block President from Nalhati in Birbhum and once under the ...

    12 August 2025 Indian Express
    Over 8,000 West Bengal health dept vacancies to be filled a year after protests by junior doctors

    The West Bengal Health Recruitment Board (WBHRB) has initiated a massive recruitment drive to fill over 8,000 positions in the state’s health department, in an announcement that comes nearly one year after a wave of junior doctor protests demanded ...

    12 August 2025 Indian Express
    With polls in sight, Bengal BJP revives Durga Puja at Kolkata’s EZCC after 2 yrs

    The BJP in West Bengal will organise Durga Puja at the Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre (EZCC) in Kolkata this year. The “khunti puja” (worship of the pole that marks the beginning of pandal construction) was held on Sunday, with ...

    12 August 2025 Indian Express
    Railways unable to complete over 69 projects in Bengal due to land issues: Union minister

    Union minister Sukanta Majumdar on Sunday claimed that the Railways are unable to complete and commission more than 69 projects in West Bengal due to land availability issues.“There is no dearth of funds, but the Railways are unable to ...

    11 August 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal: 3 killed as truck plows into shops on NH in Panshkura

    Three people were killed and several others were injured when a speeding truck on National Highway 16 reportedly lost control and veered onto the sidewalk and crashed into several shops, police said on Sunday.According to the police, the accident ...

    11 August 2025 Indian Express
    New research center ‘to bridge gap between academia and policy’

    By Parthivee MukherjiThe Centre for Research and Policy, Communication and Society (CRPCS) was formally unveiled on Sunday.At the inauguration, CRPCS chairperson Abhijit Roy emphasized on the necessity for “a space for research” and expressed a commitment to ensuring that ...

    11 August 2025 Indian Express
    Verbal volley between TMC, BJP workers during launch of local AC train; Union minister Sukanta Majumdar proposes renaming of Sealdah railway station

    Tensions ran high at DumDum railway Station as Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP) workers and Trinamool Congress supporters engaged in a heated war of words on the day of the inauguration of the AC local train.On Sunday the first ...

    11 August 2025 Indian Express
    Day after IISER PhD scholar’s death by ‘suicide’, family files police complaint: ‘Victim of ragging… Authorities ignored his pleas’

    By Ravik Bhattacharya and Raajnandini MukherjeeFAMILY MEMBERS of a 25-year-old PhD scholar who allegedly died by suicide after levelling allegations of ragging at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), in Kalyani, Nadia, filed a police complaint ...

    11 August 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal: FIR against BJP MLA Ashok Dinda for ‘threatening’ police personnel

    THE KOLKATA Police on Saturday registered an FIR against former cricketer and BJP MLA Ashok Dinda for allegedly threatening police personnel during a ‘Nabanna march’ to mark the completion of one year of the rape and murder of a ...

    11 August 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Just want justice, never thought this could happen’: RG Kar victim’s mother recounts ‘assault by police’ during death anniversary march

    The mother of the RG Kar rape and murder victim, who was injured allegedly during Saturday’s police action during the “Nabanna Abhijan” march held in Kolkata on the trainee doctor’s first death anniversary, said on Sunday that she had ...

    11 August 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata Police probe alleged assault on RG Kar victim’s mother during march; 7 FIRs against BJP leaders

    The Kolkata Police said on Sunday that they launched an investigation into the allegation of the RG Kar victim’s mother that the police had beaten her during a protest march organised by the BJP on the anniversary of her ...

    11 August 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Police pinned me to ground, broke my bangles’: Mother of RG Kar victim ‘injured’ in lathicharge during protest, hospitalised

    THE PARENTS of a junior postgraduate trainee doctor who was raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata last year, allegedly suffered injuries during a police lathicharge in Kolkata on Saturday, during their ‘Nabanna Abhiyan’ ...

    11 August 2025 Indian Express
    Year after R G Kar, protest leaders mired in legal, professional troubles

    A year on from the rape and murder of their colleague inside R G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, the junior doctors who led the agitation for justice and reform have faced legal, professional and financial troubles ...

    10 August 2025 Indian Express
    1 year since R G Kar rape-murder: Kolkata Police lathicharge protesters to halt secretariat march

    PARTS OF Kolkata, including Dharmatala and the neighbouring city of Howrah, witnessed chaos on Saturday, a day that marked the completion of one year of the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at the state-run RG Kar hospital, ...

    10 August 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal: Abhishek slams poll panel, vows to fight against SIR

    Trinamool Congress (AITC) national general secretary, Abhishek Banerjee, on Friday hit out at the Election Commission of India (ECI) and the Centre, accusing them of colluding with the BJP to rig elections and persecuting the people of Bengal.Speaking to ...

    10 August 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal: EC sets Aug 11 deadline for govt to act against EROs in voter fraud cases

    The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday sent a reminder letter to the West Bengal Chief Secretary Manoj Pant asking to take action against the poll officers, for whom the poll body sought suspension and an FIR over ...

    10 August 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata rape-murder | ‘Organisers should apply for permission in advance’: Police deny nod to Nabanna protest today

    THE WEST Bengal as well as the Kolkata Police have prohibited a ‘Nabanna Abhiyan’ protest scheduled for Saturday, citing security concerns and a “lack of official permission.”The protest, called by the parents of the RG Kar rape and murder ...

    10 August 2025 Indian Express
    ‘The phone does not ring at 9:30 pm anymore… It was a ritual. Life has changed’: Parents of R G Kar rape and murder victim

    A YEAR has passed since everything changed overnight for the parents of a junior doctor who was raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata while on duty.In an interview with the Indian Express, the ...

    9 August 2025 Indian Express
    ‘I was never made for this world’: PhD scholar at IISER in West Bengal’s Nadia alleges ragging, ‘ends life’

    By Ravik Bhattacharya and Raajnandini MukherjeeA 25-YEAR-OLD PhD scholar at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), in Kalyani, Nadia, died during treatment at a hospital hours after he allegedly attempted suicide on the college premises on ...

    9 August 2025 Indian Express
    R G Kar rape-murder: A year later, where the cases stand

    Saturday, August 9, marks one year since a junior doctor was raped and murdered at Kolkata’s R G Kar Medical College and Hospital. While her parents await justice, the cases related to the incident are still being heard at ...

    9 August 2025 Indian Express
    Intense rain to lash North Bengal next week as well, South Bengal to see some relief: IMD

    Written by Parthivee MukherjiNorth Bengal is bracing for another spell of intense rainfall as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a “very heavy rain” warning for Monday. This comes after three days of sporadic heavy downpours that are ...

    9 August 2025 Indian Express
    RG Kar rape-murder: a year on, security in Kolkata hospital at all-time high, but safety dims as one moves away from city

    From the glow of new floodlights to CCTV cameras on every corner, and the presence of CISF personnel, the sprawling campus of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata now remains under the cover of multiple security measures, ...

    9 August 2025 Indian Express
    Election Commission ‘shameless’, it’s compromising its neutrality, says Abhishek Banerjee

    Doubling down on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s attack on the Election Commission a day ago, TMC leader in Lok Sabha, Abhishek Banerjee, on Thursday accused the poll panel of compromising its constitutional neutrality and playing a “shameless role” in ...

    9 August 2025 Indian Express
    1 year of RG Kar rape-murder: HC refuses to pass order against march to Nabanna

    While observing that “right to protest is a fundamental right”, the Calcutta High Court on Thursday while hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) against a proposed protest rally, by the parents of the RG Kar rape and murder victim, ...

    9 August 2025 Indian Express
    Mamata warns: ‘Without knowing details, don’t fill any ECI forms for SIR’

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has warned people of West Bengal against filling up any form by the Election Commission of India (ECI) related to Special Intensive Revision (SIR) without “knowing the details.”During a public programme at Jhargram ...

    9 August 2025 Indian Express
    HC stays Bengal JEE results, asks Board to prepare new list with old OBC quota

    Hours before the declaration of West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination (WBJEE) results, the Calcutta High Court on Thursday put a stay on it over the OBC reservation issue.The single judge Bench of Justice Kausik Chanda ordered the JEE Board ...

    9 August 2025 Indian Express
    While Mamata targets ECI, Bengal’s Opposition parties start preparing BLA list for SIR

    After getting a letter from Election Commission of India (ECI), Opposition parties in West Bengal are preparing a Booth Level Agents (BLA) list, while the TMC is yet to make an official decision.On July 30, the ECI wrote to ...

    8 August 2025 Indian Express
    50% tariff by Trump will have severe impact on India, says TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee; blames BJP govt’s ‘failed foreign policy’

    TMC National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday hit out at the BJP-led central government over the recent imposition of a 50% tariff on Indian goods by US President Donald Trump. Speaking at the Kolkata airport, Banerjee called it ...

    8 August 2025 Indian Express
    WBJEE results, expected on August 7, stayed by Calcutta High Court over OBC list row

    The Calcutta High Court on Thursday stayed the declaration of results of the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination (WBJEE), which were scheduled to be announced today, August 7. The court objected to the publication of the merit list based ...

    8 August 2025 Indian Express
    As Kolkata schools flag plagiarism using AI tools, parents debate its role in homework

    Artificial Intelligence (AI) has rapidly become an undeniable presence in today’s classrooms. Tools like ChatGPT, Google Gemini, and Meta AI are now routinely being used by students and sometimes even their parents to complete assignments. It has become more ...

    8 August 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Suspension appears to be a harsh measure’: WBCS Association writes to Bengal Chief Secretary over ECI action on poll officers

    The West Bengal Civil Service (Executive) Association has written to Chief Secretary Manoj Pant, raising concerns over the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) order seeking suspension of poll officers and registration of FIRs against them in connection with an ...

    8 August 2025 Indian Express
    Renowned historian Rajat Kanta Ray passes away at 79

    Eminent historian Prof Rajat Kanta Ray, the former head of the Department of History at Kolkata’s Presidency University (earlier College), passed away in Kolkata on Wednesday at the age of 79.Ray was one of the longest-serving faculty members at ...

    7 August 2025 Indian Express
    West Bengal: Tension in Barasat after clashes break out during Suvendu Adhikari’s rally

    Tensions flared in Barasat, in the North 24 Parganas district on Wednesday during the BJP’s ‘Kanya Suraksha Yatra’ rally, led by Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, as Trinamool Congress supporters allegedly clashed with BJP participants, during the event aimed ...

    7 August 2025 Indian Express
    Mamata slams Shah for SIR: ‘Show your parents’ birth certificates first

    In a scathing attack on the BJP and Union Home Minister over the detention and deportation of Bengali migrants and the controversial Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday challenged Amit ...

    7 August 2025 Indian Express
    Mamata says she won’t suspend officials, calls EC ‘bonded labourer’ of BJP

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday came down heavily on the Election Commission for ordering the suspension of five officials of the state government over alleged irregularities in voter registration.Accusing the Election Commission (EC) of acting as ...

    7 August 2025 Indian Express
    Severe rainfall prediction in hills and a caution for landslides as IMD sounds alerts across West Bengal

    Written by Parthivee MukherjiWest Bengal is expected to continue facing the brunt of heavy rainfall amid an active monsoon phase over the next seven days predicted, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Wednesday. It issued multiple alerts across ...

    7 August 2025 Indian Express
    Actor-BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty granted relief by Calcutta High court from coercive action in financial fraud case until September 10

    The Calcutta High Court on Wednesday ordered that no coercive action can be taken against actor and BJP leader Mithun Chakraborty until September 10, in a financial fraud case filed by his former secretary Suman Roychowdhury and Roychowdhury’s wife.Justice ...

    7 August 2025 Indian Express
    BJP, Centre behind maltreatment of Bengali migrants, flood: Mamata

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday alleged that the BJP and the Central government were responsible for the alleged maltreatment of Bengali migrants in other states and a flood-situation in southern districts of the state.Addressing a gathering during a ...

    7 August 2025 Indian Express
    Parents of R G Kar rape-murder victim travel to Delhi, hope to meet Amit Shah and CBI director

    The parents of the R G Kar Medical College rape-murder victim travelled to Delhi from West Bengal Wednesday to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah and the director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), reiterating they are dissatisfied ...

    7 August 2025 Indian Express
    With Shah’s counsel, Bengal BJP gets down to drawing Assembly poll roadmap

    Allaying concerns over Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, countering the Trinamool Congress’s (TMC) narrative on language and culture, and an emphasis on women’s security and other issues will be the BJP’s focus as it heads towards the ...

    7 August 2025 Indian Express
    Suvendu’s convoy attacked in Cooch Behar: ‘TMC murder plan’

    The convoy of Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, was allegedly attacked by some people in Cooch Behar district of West Bengal on Tuesday afternoon.Glasses of the bulletproof vehicle in which Adhikari and former Union ...

    6 August 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata law college rape: Court grants four-day police custody of prime accused Monojit Mishra, 3 others

    The Alipore court on Tuesday granted four-day police custody of Monojit Mishra, the prime accused in the Kolkata law college rape case, and three of his co-accused, officials said.The Kolkata Police had sought the custody of Mishra (31), a ...

    6 August 2025 Indian Express
    Overhaul of TMC leadership in Parliament: As Kalyan attacks Mahua again, he is dropped as TMC chief whip

    In a swift move, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) leadership on Tuesday accepted the resignation of Kalyan Banerjee as the party’s chief whip in Lok Sabha, and replaced him with Barasat MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar. Satabdi Roy, the TMC MP ...

    6 August 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Just for a few we can’t let all get affected’: CU to hold exams on TMCP foundation day, despite education dept’s request to postpone

    AMID A controversy regarding the scheduling of Calcutta University (CU) exams on the foundation day of the Trinamool Congress’s student wing, the Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP), Calcutta University’s interim Vice-Chancellor, Shanta Dutta De, said on Monday that the examinations ...

    6 August 2025 Indian Express
    1,000 bullets, 15 fire arms seized from an apartment in Khardah near Kolkata

    A massive arsenal of 15 firearms and 1,000 rounds of ammunition, along with a large amount of cash, was discovered in a multi-story residence in the Regent Park area of Rahra, located in the North 24 Parganas district, police ...

    6 August 2025 Indian Express
    Suvendu Adhikari’s convoy attacked in Cooch Behar, BJP blames TMC workers

    The convoy of Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, was allegedly attacked by some people in Cooch Behar district of West Bengal on Tuesday afternoon.Glasses of the bulletproof vehicle in which Adhikari and former Union ...

    6 August 2025 Indian Express
    Shanta Paul case: Kolkata police arrest man for helping Bangladeshi actress with fake documents

    The Kolkata police have made another arrest in connection with the ongoing investigation into Bangladeshi model and actress Shanta Paul, who was recently arrested for allegedly possessing forged Indian identity documents.The accused, identified as Soumik Dutta, 36, from Naihati ...

    6 August 2025 Indian Express
    EC suspends 5 officials over Bengal ‘fake voters’

    The Election Commission of India (ECI) has taken action in a case of alleged voter fraud in West Bengal, ordering the suspension of five officers and an FIR against them. The allegations include the fraudulent registration of voters using ...

    6 August 2025 Indian Express
    TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee resigns as chief whip in LS amid rift with Mahua Moitra

    Senior Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee on Monday resigned as the party’s chief whip in the Lok Sabha alleging that he was being blamed unfairly for lack of coordination among MPs even as some barely attend Parliament.The move came ...

    5 August 2025 Indian Express
    2019 murder of 3 BJP workers in Sandeshkhali: Calcutta High Court upholds CBI’s probe order

    The Calcutta High Court on Monday upheld an earlier order directing a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the 2019 murder of three BJP workers in Sandeshkhali, North 24 Parganas.A division bench of Justice Debangshu Basak and Justice ...

    5 August 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Those who criticised Mamata Banerjee, were awarded’: TMC MP amid feud with Mahua as Abhishek Banerjee heads party in Parliament

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee appointed her nephew and second-in-command Abhishek Banerjee the leader of the TMC parliamentary party Monday, even as she said, without naming anyone, that two to three MPs were “bringing the party into disrepute” ...

    5 August 2025 Indian Express
    ‘What’s the difficulty in working on Sunday?’: Calcutta HC to primary teachers opposing duties for SIR

    The Calcutta High Court on Monday refused to interfere with the Election Commission’s decision to appoint primary school teachers as Booth Level Officers (BLOs) for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal.Justice Amrita Sinha, hearing ...

    5 August 2025 Indian Express
    Mamata blames DVC for ‘man-made’ floods in South Bengal: ‘They released 30 times more water than in 2023’

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee blamed the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) for the recent floods in parts of South Bengal, alleging “a staggering 11-fold increase in DVC’s water discharge in 2025, compared to 2024, (which is also) 30 ...

    5 August 2025 Indian Express
    Two EROs in Bengal face scrutiny as 102 ‘ghost voters’ discovered in Nandkumar and Rajarhat-Gopalpur

    West Bengal’s State Election Commission has taken a stern stance against administrative negligence after the discovery of numerous “ghost names” on the voter lists in two municipalities. The commission has summoned the electoral registration officers (EROs) of Nandakumar in ...

    5 August 2025 Indian Express
    RG Kar rape-murder victim’s parents urge all political parties, except TMC, to join them for August 9 rally to mark daughter’s first death anniversary

    RG Kar rape-murder case update: The parents of the R G Kar Medical College rape-murder victim Sunday said they are reaching out to various political parties, except the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC), to join the August 9 Nabanna Abhijan, ...

    5 August 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal braces for a wet week: Heavy rainfall, flooding feared in North Bengal, thunderstorms to continue in South Bengal

    The India Meteorological Department (IMD) Sunday said that light to moderate rain and thunderstorms are expected to affect many parts of South Bengal throughout the week.The weather office also issued a warning for heavy to extremely heavy rainfall over ...

    5 August 2025 Indian Express
    Law student’s rape: Calcutta University drops Kolkata college as LLB exam centre over police presence

    Calcutta University has decided not to hold its LLB fourth, sixth, and eighth semester examinations at the law college in Kolkata where a former contractual staffer allegedly raped a student on June 25, an official said on Sunday. The ...

    4 August 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal: Infant dies after falling into stagnant water at waterlogged home

    A BABY girl, just a few months old, died after reportedly falling from a bed into stagnant water inside her waterlogged home at Birati in North Dumdum, officials said on Saturday.According to local residents, the infant was alone on ...

    4 August 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal govt rolls out Rs 8,000-cr outreach programme to resolve local issues

    TAPAN MONDOL, 31, seated on the front bench in a classroom of Bele-Durganagar High School, Joynagar, in South 24 Parganas, while attending a meeting as part of the TMC government’s ‘Amader Para, Amader Samadhan’ (Our Neighbourhood, Our Solution) initiative, ...

    4 August 2025 Indian Express
    Red alert for multiple North Bengal districts, Kolkata expected to receive light to moderate rainfall

    The India Meteorological Department (IMD) Saturday issued a red alert (take action) for rain in North Bengal districts like Jalpaiguri, Alipurduar, and Kalimpong. Whereas, Darjeeling and Coochbehar have been put under an Orange alert (be prepared).“Moderate flash flood risk ...

    3 August 2025 Indian Express
    Bangladeshi model’s arrest: probe widens to include Shanta Paul’s finances, friend under scanner

    The Detective Department of the Kolkata police, which is investigating Bangladeshi model and actress Shanta Paul, 28, who was arrested for allegedly possessing Indian voter ID and Aadhaar cards, has widened its probe after noting inconsistencies in her statements.The ...

    3 August 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Last-minute requests not acceptable’: Exams clashing with TMCP rally won’t be rescheduled, says Calcutta University interim V-C Santa Datta De

    The interim vice-chancellor of the Calcutta University, Santa Datta De, said on Saturday that the BCom Semester 4 and BA LLB Semester 4 exams will be held on August 28 as per schedule, despite demands that they be rescheduled ...

    3 August 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Advice on how to enter and reside in India using medical visas’ — travel vlog of arrested Bangladeshi model cum actress

    A day after a 28-year-old Bangladeshi woman, Shanta Paul, was arrested by the Lalbazar Detective Department in Kolkata for allegedly possessing Indian identity documents such as Aadhaar and voter ID cards, the police on Friday said that they are ...

    3 August 2025 Indian Express
    Man ‘slaps’ co-passenger on IndiGo flight, detained

    A passenger on an IndiGo flight from Mumbai to Kolkata on Friday was detained by the police after he was seen in a video purportedly slapping another person — who was reportedly suffering a panic attack — while on ...

    3 August 2025 Indian Express
    Two men transporting cattle tied up, made to squat, 2 held: Bengal Police

    TWO MEN were beaten, tied up and made to squat allegedly by members of a Hindu outfit, accompanied by some BJP workers, in Durgapur on Friday after they were spotted transporting cattle – including cows – police said. Two ...

    3 August 2025 Indian Express
    Red alert in North Bengal, yellow in Kolkata and surroundings: IMD bulletin for August 2 and 3

    Written by Parthivee Mukherji As the southwest monsoons continue to lash Bengal, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday put the North Bengal districts of Jalpaiguri and Alipurduar on red alert for August 2 and 3, citing the likelihood of ...

    2 August 2025 Indian Express
    Armed with BrahMos, GRSE delivers ‘Himgiri’ warship to Indian Navy

    The Garden  Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) Limited, on July 31, delivered a new warship named Himgiri to the Indian navy, according to an official statement. The ship is the first of three advanced frigates being made by GRSE ...

    2 August 2025 Indian Express
    Ahead of possible SIR exercise, EC writes to Bengal CEO, directs preparation of booth level agents’ list

    The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday wrote to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal directing the preparation of the list of booth level agents (BLA) at the earliest. This comes ahead of a possible Special ...

    2 August 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Scared of our safety’: Section of Bengal teachers want to skip BLO duty amid SIR row

    The remarks on Booth Level Officers (BLOs) made by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as well as Opposition BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, amid talks of the impending Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, have raised concerns ...

    2 August 2025 Indian Express
    Mamata hikes Durga Puja grant to Rs 1.10 lakh, waives tax & govt fees

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday announced to hike the annual Durga Puja grant to Rs 1.10 lakh, which is given to over 40,000 puja committees in the state.At a mega conclave of representatives from puja committees ...

    2 August 2025 Indian Express
    Three months after WBJEE 2025, results likely on August 7: Board asks students to update social category details

    Over three months after the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination (WBJEE) was held, the Board on Thursday announced that the results are likely to be declared on August 7. The delay, the Board said, was due to legal proceedings ...

    1 August 2025 Indian Express
    Bangladeshi actress caught in Kolkata, cops find 2 Aadhaar cards, other Indian documents on her

    A 28-year-old Bangladeshi woman, Shanta Paul, who police say is an actress and model by profession, has been arrested by the Lalbazar Detective Department in Kolkata for allegedly possessing Indian identity documents such as Aadhaar and voter ID cards.According ...

    1 August 2025 Indian Express
    ED conducts first raid in Andaman & Nicobar Islands into ‘loan scam’ allegedly linked to ex-MP

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday conducted its first-ever raids in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in connection with an alleged loan scam at the Andaman Nicobar State Cooperative Bank (ANSCB). Searches were carried out at nine locations in ...

    1 August 2025 Indian Express
    Heavy rains lash Bengal: IMD issues yellow alerts for South Bengal till August 3

    Written by Parthivee MukherjiThe India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday issued yellow alerts for most of South Bengal, warning of thunderstorms with gusty winds (30–40 kmph) and lightning till August 3. The alert covers districts including Howrah, Hooghly, Bankura, ...

    1 August 2025 Indian Express
    You are first batch, will carry lineage: President to AIIMS Kalyani graduates

    President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday attended the first convocation of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)-Kalyani in Nadia district.According to the authorities, a total of 48 MBBS students, who were admitted in 2019, and nine Post-Doctoral Certificate Course ...

    1 August 2025 Indian Express
    TMC panchayat member hacked to death in Bengal

    A Trinamool Congress leader in Kanpur in West Bengal’s Hooghly district was hacked to death by unidentified assailants, police said on Thursday.The incident occurred near the Kanaipur autorickshaw stand on Wednesday evening when a group of men attacked him ...

    1 August 2025 Indian Express
    Calcutta HC to hear plea of 3 doctors transferred after R G Kar protests

    The Calcutta High Court will hear the case of Aniket Mahato, Ashfaqulla Naiya and Debashis Halder, the three faces of the R G Kar movement, regarding their transfer to different facilities after getting allocated hospitals post counselling.Aniket Mahato, Ashfaqulla ...

    31 July 2025 Indian Express
    Malda woman reiterates charge against Delhi Police at TMC presser in Kolkata

    Days after Delhi Police rebutted the claims of assaulting a woman from Malda, calling it “fabricated” and “politically motivated”, the TMC on Wednesday presented the woman, identified as Sajnu Parveen, at a press conference in Kolkata, where she reiterated ...

    31 July 2025 Indian Express
    3 men held in Kolkata for extortion through dating app for LGBTQ+ community

    Kolkata Police have arrested three men for their alleged role in an extortion racket involving a dating app commonly used by members of the LGBTQ+ community. The arrests came after a complainant approached the police on July 17, claiming ...

    31 July 2025 Indian Express
    Chief Electoral Officer of Bengal orders probe into Form 6 disposals; Suvendu calls it ‘scandalous betrayal of democracy’

    Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal Manoj Agarwal has written to all district administrations directing District Election Officers to form teams of senior officers and conduct sample checking of all Form 6 disposals – which are used to ...

    31 July 2025 Indian Express
    Dr Alok Kumar Rai takes charge as IIM Calcutta Director

    Dr Alok Kumar Rai on Wednesday officially took over as the new Director of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta on Wednesday, becoming the fourth person to hold the post in the last three years.The appointment was announced ...

    31 July 2025 Indian Express
    KMC makes Bengali mandatory in monthly meetings amid row over language in BJP-ruled states

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has taken to the streets protesting against the alleged harassment of Bengalis in BJP-ruled states for speaking Bengali. Now, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has made it mandatory for its councillors to speak ...

    31 July 2025 Indian Express
    Four-day Meet from Friday: BJP to form 43 district committees, to be ‘mix of veterans & new faces’

    In the run-up to the West Bengal Assembly elections scheduled to be held next year, the BJP’s state unit is set to form 43 organisational district committees during a four-day meeting starting August 1.Apart from the party’s state leadership, ...

    31 July 2025 Indian Express
    Heavy rain likely: orange, yellow alerts for many Bengal districts

    The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday issued “orange and yellow alerts” for several southern districts of West Bengal, saying the state will continue to receive “heavy to very heavy rain” in the next two days.In North Bengal, “isolated ...

    31 July 2025 Indian Express
    ‘No medicine for jealousy’: Mamata Banerjee attacks BJP over ‘conspiracy to exclude voters’ from electoral rolls in West Bengal

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday accused the BJP of a conspiracy to exclude voters’ names from electoral rolls, reiterating her long-standing allegations. Speaking at a government service distribution programme in Ilambazar, Birbhum, she issued a direct order ...

    30 July 2025 Indian Express
    Mamata Govt moves Calcutta High Court against stay on monthly allowance to Group C, D school employees

    The West Bengal Government has moved the Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court in the case of providing allowance to the Group C and Group D staff of the School Service Commission (SSC) who lost their jobs following ...

    30 July 2025 Indian Express
    Leh expedition team to name Tso-Morir peak in honour of RG Kar victim

    A diverse team of leading of professors, academicians, scientists, doctors, and experts from various fields is set to embark on the latest expedition to the remote Tso-Morir region of Leh district in Ladakh, according to an official statement.Titled, SEEMA ...

    30 July 2025 Indian Express
    Giraffe cub born at Kolkata’s Alipore Zoological Garden

    Alipore Zoological Garden in Kolkata has reported the birth of a giraffe calf in the facility, taking the total number of giraffes in the country’s oldest zoo to 10, sources said on Monday.“The giraffe couple, Savitri and Mangal, have ...

    30 July 2025 Indian Express
    Bhasha Andolan From Tagore’s Bolpur: Mamata hyphenates ‘SIR-linguistic terror’, slams EC-BJP ‘bid to bring NRC through backdoor’

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday hyphenated the issues of detention of Bangla-speaking migrants in several parts of the country with the Election Commission’s plan to roll out the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) across the country, including ...

    30 July 2025 Indian Express
    After Mamata posts ‘torture’ of Malda woman by cops, Delhi Police questions her, says no proof of her claims

    Hours after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee posted a video of a woman and her one-year-old child on her X handle, alleging that police beat up a migrant family from Malda’s Chanchal area in BJP-ruled Delhi, police rejected ...

    29 July 2025 Indian Express
    Suvendu Adhikari to EC: Surge in voter registration and issuance of domicile certificates in Bengal’s border districts

    West Bengal Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari Monday expressed concerns over an alleged increase in voter registration applications and the issuance of domicile certificates in the border districts, claiming that this is an attempt by the state administration to ...

    29 July 2025 Indian Express
    ‘After elections, you’re under state govt again’: Mamata tells BLOs not to harass any voter unnecessarily

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday sought to remind booth-level officers (BLOs), who assist the Election Commission in preparing and updating voters’ lists, that they work for the state government before and after elections, urging them to ...

    29 July 2025 Indian Express
    Will Durga Puja grant be hiked to Rs 1 lakh? The question on everyone’s lips ahead of CM meet

    Ahead of Durga Puja, puja committees in West Bengal are expecting Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to increase the financial grant for them, with a crucial meeting of festival organisers with the chief minister scheduled for July 31 at Kolkata’s ...

    29 July 2025 Indian Express
    Detention of Bangla-speaking migrants: Bhasha stir begins, Mamata to march in Birbhum today

    As the Trinamool Congress on Sunday launched its Bhasha Andolan campaign over detention and deportation of Bangla-speaking migrants in several states of the country, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is scheduled to lead a protest march in Birbhum town on ...

    29 July 2025 Indian Express
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