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  • News from West Bengal | 24 Jun, 2025 | ১০ আষাঢ়, ১৪৩২
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  • Ahead of 2026 Bengal Assembly elections, TMC to campaign success of Banglar Bari scheme

    Following West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s disbursement of the second instalment under the Banglar Bari housing scheme for 12 lakh beneficiaries, Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders took to social media to highlight the initiative’s scale, financial details, and the ...

    24 May 2025 Indian Express
    Cooch Behar: 3 die after ‘cooking & eating meat of dead goat’; samples sent for tests: Health dept

    After deaths of three persons recently, which is being linked by doctors to their cooking and eating the meat of a goat that died, teams from the state health department and the animal resources department (ARD) have visited and ...

    24 May 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Major setback for India on Bangladesh situation’, ’Op Sindoor just the beginning’: Former national security advisor M K Narayanan

    Former National security adviser M K Narayanan on Friday expressed concern over the political turmoil in neighbouring Bangladesh and emphasised the need for strong India-Bangladesh ties. He also spoke about India’s relations with China and Pakistan, highlighting the “importance ...

    24 May 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Second Birth’: More than week after release by Pakistan, BSF jawan Purnam Shaw reaches home

    BSF jawan Purnam Kumar Shaw, 40, who returned to India on May 14, after being released by Pakistan Rangers, reached his residence in the Hooghly district on Friday evening.Shaw, 40, was detained on April 23 by Pakistan Rangers after ...

    24 May 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal: Two held in Rs 266 cr fraud case, assets of accused frozen, says ED

    THE DIRECTORATE of Enforcement (ED), Kolkata Zonal Office, has taken action against an alleged multi-crore investment fraud, conducting search operations and freezing substantial assets linked to M/s LFS Broking Pvt Ltd and its associates. The ongoing investigation, initiated under ...

    24 May 2025 Indian Express
    Accused of stealing chips, 12-year-old boy ‘dies by suicide’

    A 12-year-old boy died by allegedly consuming pesticide on Thursday evening, after he was accused of “stealing” a packet of chips from a store and made to do sit-ups by the shopkeeper at Gosainber area of Panskura in Paschim ...

    24 May 2025 Indian Express
    West Bengal tourism dept to celebrate Jamai Shashti with ‘Jamai Aador’ food festival

    Written by Adrija DattaIn an effort to promote cultural tourism and celebrate Bengal’s treasured familial traditions, the West Bengal Tourism Development Corporation Limited (WBTDCL) will host ‘Jamai Aador’, a special initiative launched by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in celebration ...

    24 May 2025 Indian Express
    North Sikkim hit by landslides; yellow alert issued for Bengal

    While yellow alert for rain and thunderstorm has been issued for West Bengal, heavy rainfall in northern Sikkim on Tuesday and Wednesday led to landslides in the neighbouring state, leaving hundreds of tourists stranded there.Officials said the road linking ...

    24 May 2025 Indian Express
    Thunderstorms, gusty winds to continue in Bengal till at least May 24

    Written by Debasmita ChowdhuryBengal is currently experiencing a spell of severe thunderstorms, with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) issuing persistent yellow alerts across the region.This pattern is expected to continue, bringing light to moderate rain and thundershowers to both ...

    23 May 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata Metro to run early trains for UPSC candidates on May 25

    Written by Adrija DattaIn a move aimed at facilitating candidates appearing for the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2025, Kolkata Metro Railway will operate additional and early morning services on the Blue Line (North-South Corridor) this Sunday, May 25.According ...

    23 May 2025 Indian Express
    ‘When did BCCI turn weathermen?’ West Bengal sports minister fumes as IPL final shifts to Ahmedabad

    The decision of the BCCI to shift the venues of the IPL playoff and final matches from Kolkata’s Eden Gardens to Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, has sparked a fresh war of words between the TMC-ruled West Bengal ...

    23 May 2025 Indian Express
    SUCI(C) hits streets in West Bengal to demand immediate DA disbursal for state employees

    The Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) or SUCI(C) staged a rally in Kolkata from Raja Subodh Mullick Square to R R Avenue this afternoon, demanding the immediate disbursal of DA for government employees. It was held by the ...

    23 May 2025 Indian Express
    Police, Defence launch probe into ‘drone sightings’ in Kolkata

    Kolkata Police, as well as the Ministry of Defence, have launched a probe into reports of drone-like objects spotted hovering over the Kolkata sky two days ago.On Monday night, at least 8-10 such objects were found flying over the ...

    23 May 2025 Indian Express
    Calcutta HC asks 2 protesting teachers to appear before police today

    The Calcutta High Court single bench of Justice Tirthankar Ghosh on Wednesday directed the two petitioners who had moved the court against the police summons to appear before the Bidhannagar North Police by 10 am Thursday.The court has asked ...

    23 May 2025 Indian Express
    Bank Loan Fraud Case: Court rejects bail plea of ex-UCO chairman, sends him to ED custody

    Rejecting the bail application of former chairman and managing director of UCO Bank, Subodh Kumar Goel, arrested in a bank loan fraud case of over Rs 6,200 crore, a sessions court in Kolkata on Wednesday extended his ED custody ...

    22 May 2025 Indian Express
    3 from West Bengal among 103 redeveloped rail stations to be opened by PM Modi today: What’s new at these stations?

    Written by Adrija DattaPrime Minister Narendra Modi will virtually inaugurate three redeveloped railway stations in West Bengal—Kalyani Ghoshpara, Panagarh, and Joychandi Pahar—on May 22 as part of the nationwide launch of 103 Amrit Stations under the Amrit Bharat Station ...

    22 May 2025 Indian Express
    North Bengal visit | Remain vigilant, step up patrol: CM Mamata Banerjee to police in border districts

    Alerting about illegal cross-border movements, including potential terrorist threats, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday directed all district administrations of north Bengal to remain vigilant and increase patrolling.Addressing a review meeting at Siliguri’s Uttarkanya, the administrative headquarters of North ...

    22 May 2025 Indian Express
    No change in plan, private bus operators to go on strike from tomorrow

    COMMUTERS IN Kolkata are bracing for a trying time from Thursday as private bus operators across West Bengal have called for a three-day statewide strike.On Tuesday, Transport Department Secretary Soumitra Mohan convened a meeting to discuss the looming strike, ...

    22 May 2025 Indian Express
    Flights from Kolkata to Srinagar to resume on June 16

    Flights from Kolkata (CCU) to Srinagar (SXR) are set to resume on June 16, after they were suspended in the aftermath of the Pahalgam terror attack.This resumption is expected to ease travel for those with work requirements, while a ...

    22 May 2025 Indian Express
    Assets worth Rs 1.5 cr seized after raids at multiple locations: ED in money laundering case

    THE DIRECTORATE of Enforcement (ED), Kolkata Zonal Office, conducted extensive search operations on May 16 across multiple cities, including Mumbai, Bengaluru, Jalandhar, Indore and Kolkata, the agency said in a statement on Tuesday.The raids were part of an ongoing ...

    21 May 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal road accident victim’s son asked to ‘pick up body parts’ by police, probe ordered

    IN A shocking incident, the son of a road accident victim was allegedly told by police personnel to pick up his father’s body parts. The accident took place in Guskara, Purba Bardhaman district, around 8 am on Monday.However, in ...

    21 May 2025 Indian Express
    Murshidabad violence: High Court-appointed panel says local police were inactive, absent

    The three-member committee formed by the Calcutta High Court to look into last month’s violence in Murshidabad has said in its report that police were “completely inactive”.The report also mentioned local Trinamool Congress leader Mehboob Alam. “The attacks were ...

    21 May 2025 Indian Express
    Deprived teachers move Calcutta HC against CM’s relief for Group C and D staff

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had announced a monthly ex gratia allowance for Group C and Group D staff from the 2016 School Service Commission (SSC) panel who lost their jobs, following a Supreme Court order last month.On ...

    21 May 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Should there not have been a Laxman Rekha on corruption?’: Agitating teachers say on Mamata’s comments as sit-in protest continues for 14th day

    “The Chief Minister has said that there should be a Laxman Rekha regarding our protest, but then our question is — should there not have been a Laxman Rekha on corruption?” asks Chinmoy Mondal, a prominent face of the ...

    21 May 2025 Indian Express
    Over Rs 32 lakh in fines for spitting at Bengal’s Eastern Railway stations in first 3 months of 2025

    West Bengal’s Eastern Railway (ER) has cracked down on unhygienic practices, collecting over Rs 32 lakh in fines from individuals spitting at railway stations across its network in the first three months of 2025.A staggering 31,576 people were penalised ...

    21 May 2025 Indian Express
    Six dead as passenger van, bus collide in West Bengal’s Nadia

    All six occupants of a passenger van died in a collision with a bus on West Bengal’s Krishnanagar-Karimpur highway, near Mahishbathan-Kathalia in Nadia district, on Tuesday morning.The accident, which occurred around 7:30 am, involved a van carrying passengers from ...

    21 May 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal police summon 15 protesting teachers; none show up on first day of questioning

    The Bidhannagar North Police Station had summoned 15 protesting teachers to appear for questioning in connection with Thursday’s violence in front of Bikash Bhawan. However, on Monday, none of the summoned teachers turned up at the police station.Chinmoy Mondol, ...

    21 May 2025 Indian Express
    Mamata Banerjee announces four industrial parks, convention centre in North Bengal

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Monday that the state government will build four industrial parks and an international convention centre along with a 100-room hotel in North Bengal.Addressing a business synergy convention of industrialists and traders in Siliguri, ...

    20 May 2025 Indian Express
    Darjeeling Zoo welcomes cubs two of rare and vulnerable snow leopard

    Two snow leopard cubs were born at the Darjeeling Zoo, or Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park (PNHZP), last month, officials said.The zoo, which houses seven female and four male snow leopards, in addition to the two cubs, holds the ...

    20 May 2025 Indian Express
    Calcutta HC issues rules against TMC leader Kunal Ghosh, 7 jobseekers for ‘objectionable comments’ against Justice Biswajit Basu

    The Calcutta High Court on Monday issued a rule, in connection with “objectionable remarks” against senior counsel Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya, against Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh and seven job seekers who participated in the protest.The Police Commissioner has submitted ...

    20 May 2025 Indian Express
    21 arrested after Malda clash ‘over parking’; police rule out communal angle

    Two groups clashed over parking e-rickshaws at Ratua in West Bengal’s Malda district on Saturday evening, leading to property damage, police said while ruling out any communal angle to the incident even as the Opposition BJP made allegations to ...

    20 May 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata couple grieving after daughter’s death attempt suicide in Ganga, saved

    Overcome with grief after the death of their 11-year-old daughter due to a kidney ailment, a couple attempted suicide while travelling in a launch in Kolkata on Saturday but were saved by its staff’s quick thinking and swift action.The ...

    20 May 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal: In ‘rarest of rare case’, Malda youth who killed 4 of his family gets death sentence

    Four years after Asif Mohammad, then 19, killed four members of his family – parents, sister and grandmother – in the Kaliachak area of Malda district in West Bengal, the trial court on Saturday sentenced him to death, calling ...

    20 May 2025 Indian Express
    Thunderstorms to lash Bengal from May 19 to May 22: IMD

    Written by Adrija Datta,The IMD in Kolkata has issued a special weather bulletin forecasting increased thunderstorm activity and heavy rainfall across several districts of West Bengal between May 19 and May 22.This development is attributed to the presence of ...

    20 May 2025 Indian Express
    See where Kumartuli’s Durga idols are destined for globally, four months ahead of the festival

    Written by Adrija DattaThe artisan lanes of Kolkata’s Kumartuli, renowned for their exquisite craftsmanship of Durga idols, are abuzz with early activity as international shipments have commenced as early as May—four months ahead of Durga Puja 2025, which falls ...

    19 May 2025 Indian Express
    Police send notice to 15 teachers over May 15 clashes

    The Bidhannagar North police have sent a notice to 15 teachers protesting in front of Bikash Bhavan, the headquarters of the state education department in Kolkata’s Salt Lake and summoned them for allegedly damaging government property and obstructing public ...

    19 May 2025 Indian Express
    Ahead of 2026 Assembly polls, CM Mamata going on a 3-day visit to North Bengal; TMC expects more Oppn leaders to join party

    To bolster Trinamool Congress’s (TMC) influence in North Bengal, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will be on a three-day visit to the region from May 19, especially when the 2026 Assembly election is barely a few months away.Days ...

    19 May 2025 Indian Express
    ‘I have already lost my job, now I am fighting to save my eyesight,’ says a sacked Bengal teacher assaulted in Thursday’s police lathi-charge

    “It is a long path we have to fight and travel, but we will not give up,” said Kiron Debnath, a protesting teacher who was lathi-charged by the Bengal Police outside the state School Education Department headquarters in Salt ...

    19 May 2025 Indian Express
    ECI suspends West Bengal official for ‘dereliction in discharge of duties’

    The Election Commission of India (ECI) has suspended Arun Gorain, assistant system manager of Kakdwip subdivision in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, for alleged gross misconduct after getting complaints from the district administration.Acting on the instructions of Chief ...

    19 May 2025 Indian Express
    How Kolkata improved its air quality within 6 years

    (Written By Adrija Datta)Over a span of six years, Kolkata has demonstrated a remarkable turnaround in its air quality, transforming from one of the most polluted cities in the country in 2019 to being nationally recognised for its improved ...

    18 May 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata Corporation drafts rules for uniform standards for conservation, management of heritage structures in city

    Written by Sharadiya MitraKolkata city’s right architectural legacy stands poised for consistent preservation, as the civic body has recently drafted a set of updated rules to ensure uniform standards for the conservation and management of all listed heritage structures ...

    18 May 2025 Indian Express
    Sudip Banerjee, Anubrata Mondal dropped as TMC district unit chiefs in rejig

    IN THE run-up to the Assembly election in 2026, the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday reshuffled several of its district unit presidents, removing senior leaders Sudip Banerjee and Anubrata Mondal from the post in North Kolkata and Birbhum, ...

    17 May 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal man dies while descending from Mt Everest summit: ‘Refused to move’

    Subrata Ghosh, a 45-year-old mountaineer and teacher from Ranaghat in Nadia district in West Bengal, died on Thursday while descending from Mount Everest, the highest peak in the Himalayas, hours after successfully reaching the summit.Ghosh and another climber Rumpa ...

    17 May 2025 Indian Express
    Remunerate & restore all parties whose lives, properties affected in Murshidabad violence: Calcutta HC to govt

    THE CALCUTTA High Court on Thursday directed the TMC government in the state to “remunerate and restore” all parties whose lives and properties were affected during the clashes in Murshidabad last month during protests over the Waqf law.The court ...

    17 May 2025 Indian Express
    BJP MP Jyotirmay Mahato writes to Calcutta HC, requests it to take suo motu cognisance of ‘police brutality’ amid teachers’ protest

    BJP MP Jyotirmay Singh Mahato wrote to the Calcutta High Court Chief Justice on Saturday requesting the court to take suo motu cognisance of the alleged police brutality during the teachers’ protest in front of Bikas Bhavan in Kolkata ...

    17 May 2025 Indian Express
    Yaba tablets in dholak: Bengal STF seizes contraband worth Rs 20 lakh, 3 held

    The West Bengal Special Task Force (STF) achieved a significant breakthrough on Thursday, foiling a unique attempt to smuggle banned narcotics in the Chamta-Beparipara area under Tufanganj police station in Cooch Behar district.Acting on confidential information, the STF team ...

    17 May 2025 Indian Express
    Yellow alert in most North Bengal districts, thunderstorms also likely in Kolkata on May 16

    The IMD in Kolkata has issued a weather warning indicating the likelihood of rain accompanied by thunderstorms across several districts of North Bengal on May 16.A yellow alert has been issued for the districts of Alipurduar, Coochbehar, Darjeeling, Uttar ...

    17 May 2025 Indian Express
    Followed protocol before lathi-charging, respect their sentiments’: Bengal police on teachers protesting outside Bikash Bhawan

    Hours after police lathi-charged protesting teachers outside Bikash Bhawan on Thursday evening, the Bengal police defended their actions and asserted that all necessary protocols were followed.Addressing the media, Supratim Sarkar, Additional Director General (ADG) of South Bengal, stated, “The ...

    17 May 2025 Indian Express
    TMC’s march ‘for jawans’, BJP’s rally for ‘success of Operation Sindoor’: Bengal’s political battleground heats up after short break

    The on ground political battle between the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to return — after a brief hiatus over the India-Pakistan tensions — with both the parties planning rallies over the ...

    17 May 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Apologise for baseless allegations’: Bengal LoP Suvendu Adhikari sends notice to former BJP MP John Barla

    West Bengal’s Leader of Opposition in the Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, has issued a legal notice to former BJP MP John Barla, demanding a public apology within 48 hours after the latter made “baseless allegations” against him.Barla, who recently switched ...

    17 May 2025 Indian Express
    Now, a robot can self-detect crop diseases and spray pesticides, courtesy IIT KGP

    written by Sharadiya MitraAt IIT Kharagpur’s Mechanical Engineering department, a remarkable innovation in smart farming has taken shape: a machine that will deploy pesticides after detecting plant diseases.“This breakthrough aims to address key challenges faced by farmers and enhance ...

    17 May 2025 Indian Express
    Murshidabad riots: Kolkata HC flags ‘inadequate’ number of police personnel; Bengal counsel Kalyan Bandopadhyay rakes up Pahalgam terror attack

    The Kolkata High Court Thursday advised the West Bengal government to employ more police personnel, given the deaths of a father and son in the Dhulian riots in Murshidabad.A Division Bench comprising Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Raja Basu ...

    16 May 2025 Indian Express
    Sacked Bengal teachers lathi-charged during Kolkata protest, many injured

    The teachers who lost their jobs following a Supreme Court order over allegations of irregularities in their recruitment clashed with police during a protest on Thursday and broke open the main gate of Bikash Bhavan, the West Bengal Education Department ...

    16 May 2025 Indian Express
    Police strength less, now is the time to hire more: HC to govt on Murshidabad violence

    Releasing a petition seeking a CBI probe into the murder of a father-son duo, who were killed in the communal violence that had rocked parts of Murshidabad district in April, the Calcutta High Court on Thursday advised the state ...

    16 May 2025 Indian Express
    As Bengal’s Bikash Bhawan turns into a fortress, school job losers break barricades, continue protest

    Bikash Bhawan in Salt Lake, where the West Bengal Education department is housed, turned into a fortress on Friday morning with a heavy deployment of police, Rapid Action Force, and combat personnel guarding the entire building.Protesting teachers, who have ...

    16 May 2025 Indian Express
    Jobless teachers in Bengal break main gate of SSC headquarters: ‘Won’t sit for exam again’

    A massive protest broke out on Thursday between the Bidhannagar Police and jobless SSC teachers who had called for the “Bikash Bhawan Abhijan.”Over one thousand teachers — identified as “not specifically tainted” and allowed to return to schools until ...

    16 May 2025 Indian Express
    Former BJP MP John Barla joins TMC: ‘LoP Adhikari stopped me from building hospital’

    In a jolt to the West Bengal BJP ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections, ex Union minister, and Adivasi face of the party in North Bengal, John Barla, joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in Kolkata on Thursday.His induction comes ...

    16 May 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal tourism gets Digha temple booster: 20 lakh people visited Jagannath Dham in 15 days

    In a boost to tourism in West Bengal, the newly inaugurated Jagannath Dham in the coastal town of Digha is drawing massive crowds.In the first 15 days, an estimated 20 lakh people visited the temple, according to ISKCON (International ...

    16 May 2025 Indian Express
    Dilip Ghosh on stepson’s death: Was undergoing counselling, had drug-related issues

    A Day after his 26-year-old stepson, Srinjoy Dasgupta, was found dead at his New Town residence, senior BJP leader Dilip Ghosh on Wednesday publicly expressed concern over the use of drugs among young people.The BJP leader told media pesons ...

    16 May 2025 Indian Express
    Hooghly’s heritage takes to water: Kolkata port plans floating cafés and museums

    Wriiten by Sharadiya MitraThe Syama Prasad Mukherjee Port, Kolkata (SMPK), is offering a new opportunity to hospitality brands, tourism operators, and innovators to revolutionise tourism along the Hooghly river.The port invites proposals to repurpose three historic pilot launches—P.L. Rupsa, ...

    16 May 2025 Indian Express
    Our job is to bring him back from Bangladesh: CM on ‘abduction’ of a farmer in Dinhata

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday directed Chief Secretary Manoj Pant to look into the case of a 50-year-old farmer from Cooch Behar being allegedly abducted by a group of Bangladesh nationals and later arrested in the neighbouring country.Asserting ...

    15 May 2025 Indian Express
    Govt to allot 2,515 acres for setting up steel factories across the state

    The state Cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to allot 2,515 acres of land to different industrial parks for setting up steel production units across the state.Announcing the decision, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said the move would boost the ...

    15 May 2025 Indian Express
    CM Mamata Banerjee announces financial assistance to jobless Group C and D employees

    In a relief to the Group C and Group D employees whose appointments were terminated by the Supreme Court in the wake of the cash-for-jobs scam in state-run schools. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced payment of monthly ...

    15 May 2025 Indian Express
    India, Pak exchange paramilitary men in each other’s custody

    A BSF constable, who was in Pakistani custody for three weeks, returned to India Wednesday after the two countries swapped a prisoner each at the Wagah-Attari border.Officials said Constable Purnam Kumar Shaw, from Rishra in West Bengal’s Hooghly district, ...

    15 May 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Their deaths weren’t in vain’: Families of jawans killed in J&K attacks on India’s strikes, conflict and loss

    When Gangadhar Doloi was selected as a sepoy in the Indian Army in 2014, his poverty-stricken family in Howrah was overjoyed. Two years later, Gangadhar was among the 18 soldiers killed in a fidayeen attack on an Army camp ...

    15 May 2025 Indian Express
    When and where you can observe ‘zero shadow day’ in Bengal

    Written by Adrija Datta Several districts across West Bengal are set to witness the rare and scientifically significant phenomenon of Zero Shadow Day (ZSD) during the months of June and July this year.“In Kolkata, Zero Shadow will occur on June ...

    15 May 2025 Indian Express
    FIR filed after horse found abandoned in Kolkata dies, probe on

    A case of “cruelty to animals” has been registered against the owner of a horse which died on Monday after it was found abandoned in a critical condition at the Bridge Parade Ground in Kolkata on May 7, police ...

    15 May 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal fake passport probe: Arrested ‘Pak national’ also made fake visas, ED tells court

    Seeking court’s permission to question Ahammed Hossain Azad, who has been arrested in connection with the ongoing probe into the fake passport racket, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday said that the 53-year-old was also involved in making fake ...

    15 May 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Can’t believe it’: Elated Bengal family celebrates as Pakistan hands over BSF jawan Purnam Shaw to India

    Amid the recent ceasefire between India and Pakistan, a wave of immense relief swept through the family of BSF jawan Purnam Shaw. On Tuesday morning, Bholenath Shaw, Purnam’s father, received official confirmation from BSF Headquarters that his son had ...

    15 May 2025 Indian Express
    HC allows plea alleging ‘irregularities’ in functioning of Digha Jagannath temple

    The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday granted permission for filing a petition alleging “irregularities” in the administration and functioning of the newly inaugurated Jagannath Dham temple in West Bengal’s Digha.The matter was “mentioned” before the division bench of Justices ...

    14 May 2025 Indian Express
    Track Kolkata buses on your phone: State govt introduces new app feature

    Written by Sharadiya Mitra To ensure smooth travel, the Government of West Bengal has introduced a new feature to its cab-based app services. Passengers can now get real-time information about public buses through the newly launched “Where Is My Bus” ...

    14 May 2025 Indian Express
    Dilip Ghosh’s stepson found dead at home, police file case of unnatural death

    Senior BJP leader Dilip Ghosh’s 26-year-old stepson was found dead at his New Town residence on Tuesday morning.Srinjoy Dasgupta worked with an IT firm. Sources said the family cook discovered him “unconscious”. He was rushed to a nearby private ...

    14 May 2025 Indian Express
    Rain, thunderstorms expected across Bengal on May 13; orange alert on in North Bengal districts

    Written by Adrija DattaThe India Meteorological Department (IMD) in Kolkata has issued a weather warning indicating the likelihood of rain and thunderstorms across several parts of North and South Bengal on May 13, Tuesday.An orange alert was issued for ...

    14 May 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal: EC begins verification of unrecognised parties

    West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer has ordered verification of addresses of political parties that are registered with the Commission but are unrecognised, ahead of the 2026 Assembly elections. Sources in the Election Commission say there are eight recognised political ...

    14 May 2025 Indian Express
    Amid Indo-Pak tensions, Bengal task force keeps check on vegetable, meat prices in state

    Written by Sharadiya MitraKolkata, May 12Amid rising tensions on the western front of India, the West Bengal government has intensified its monitoring of local markets to curb illegal hoarding and artificially inflated prices of essential goods, such as vegetables, ...

    13 May 2025 Indian Express
    Cakes, sarees, and a cricket tifo: Kolkata’s tributes to Operation Sindoor

    The S-400 defense system, fighter jets, and “Operation Sindoor” on the western frontier against Pakistan have found prideful representation in an unexpected place: cakes, baked at a confectionery at Kolkata’s Entally Market, for the Indian Army.Taste & Bite, a ...

    13 May 2025 Indian Express
    Hawker beaten up by BJP workers for ‘anti-India post’, arrested for promoting enemy

    A hawker from Murshidabad was arrested by police in Bankura for allegedly sharing “anti-India posts” on social media.Imran Sheikh, who is in his 20s, was beaten up by local BJP workers before he was handed over to the police.Sources ...

    13 May 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata Metro to increase rides between Joka and Majerhat from May 13

    Written by Adrija Datta In a significant development for commuter convenience, Kolkata Metro Railway has announced an increase in the number of services on the Purple Line between Joka and Majerhat, beginning May 13.According to the Metro Railway authorities, a ...

    13 May 2025 Indian Express
    Free coaching for JEE, NEET, other competitive exams: Bengal HS board’s landmark initiative ‘particularly for rural students’

    In a landmark initiative, the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (WBCHSE) has launched a free competitive exam coaching program for Class XII science students. This is the first such move by the Council in its 50-year history, ...

    13 May 2025 Indian Express
    Promise of ‘quick stock market returns’ leads to Rs 1.4 crore loss for Kolkata woman; probe on

    A 51-year-old woman, residing in West Bengal’s Haridevpur police station area in Tollygunge, has reported a loss of Rs 1.4 crore after being lured into investing in “the stock market” with the promise of “rapid, multi-fold returns”.Having lost a ...

    13 May 2025 Indian Express
    West Bengal chief electoral officer orders verification of unrecognised political parties

    With the Assembly elections expected in 2026, West Bengal’s chief electoral officer (CEO) has ordered the verification of the addresses of political parties that are registered with the commission but are unrecognised.According to sources in the Election Commission, there ...

    12 May 2025 Indian Express
    Mysterious drone found in Murshidabad near Bangladesh border, BSF sources say it’s likely a consumer device

    The Border Security Force (BSF) in the Murshidabad district of West Bengal Saturday night recovered a drone near the sensitive India-Bangladesh border.The discovery in the Durgapur-Barojdihi village, more than 2,000 metres inside the Indian territory from the border, raised ...

    12 May 2025 Indian Express
    Ceasefire brings hope to wife of BSF jawan held by Pak: ‘I’m hopeful of his return now’

    For Rajani, the wife of BSF jawan Purnam Singh held by Pakistan Rangers for nearly three weeks, the news of a ceasefire between India and Pakistan has come as a relief.“I had lost all hope… But yesterday, after the ...

    12 May 2025 Indian Express
    Metro links Kolkata airport to city and suburbs, seamless connections ahead

    Commuters tired of battling Kolkata’s traffic to reach Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport can soon breathe a sigh of relief.The first-phase of the Metro link, connecting the airport to the city, and suburbs is almost ready, with officials ...

    12 May 2025 Indian Express
    Mother dies 4 months after being given ‘expired saline’ by West Bengal govt-run hospital

    Four months after allegedly being administered contaminated saline in the West Bengal government-run Midnapore Medical College, 20-year-old Nasrin Khatun – a new mother – died on Sunday night.According to her family, her condition had remained critical since the saline ...

    12 May 2025 Indian Express
    ‘My husband will soon be back’: wife of Poornam Shaw, BSF jawan detained in Pakistan, hopeful after call from Mamata Banerjee

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee called the wife of Poornam Kumar Shaw, who has been detained in Pakistan since April 23, and informed her that he was in good health, the woman said on Sunday.“I am extremely thankful ...

    12 May 2025 Indian Express
    Teachers protesting outside Bikash Bhavan in Kolkata not ready to disperse despite police directive

    Teachers protesting in front of Bikash Bhavan in Kolkata’s Salt Lake have refused to vacate the site despite the Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate sending them a notice seeking the same, citing the “war-like situation” in the country in the wake ...

    12 May 2025 Indian Express
    IIT Kharagpur forms committee to look into ways to prevent campus suicides

    IIT Kharagpur on Saturday said that it has constituted a 10-member committee to look into ways to ensure the well-being of students in the campus.The committee comprising psychologists, legal experts and police professionals, educationists, counsellors, and alumni members will ...

    12 May 2025 Indian Express
    Heatwave predicted in West Bengal for next 3 days, mercury level likely to cross 40 degrees

    Written by Adrija DattaThe Regional Meteorological Centre in Kolkata has forecast heatwave conditions and isolated thunderstorm activity across parts of West Bengal from May 11 to May 13.According to the bulletin, heatwave conditions are likely to prevail at one ...

    11 May 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal STF arrests 4 with arms near Kolkata airport

    The Bengal Special Task Force (STF) conducted a raid at Purba Beraberi under the jurisdiction of the Narayanpur police station close to Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, Thursday night.According to STF sources, four people were arrested during the ...

    11 May 2025 Indian Express
    West Bengal to open immigrant cell to address complaints of overseas workers, students

    The West Bengal Government is set to open an immigrant cell to help migrant labourers working abroad, based on the advisory of the External Affairs Ministry and the Union Home Ministry to all states, officials said.According to the state ...

    11 May 2025 Indian Express
    West Bengal man arrested in Mumbai for pro-Pakistan Facebook post

    A man from West Bengal’s Purba Bardhaman district was arrested in Mumbai for allegedly supporting Pakistan on social media, police officials said on Saturday.The Purba Bardhaman police identified the man as Sarif Sheikh and said that he hails from ...

    11 May 2025 Indian Express
    As Indo-Pak border tensions escalate, summer vacations of govt-run schools in Bengal extended

    The West Bengal school education department has extended the summer vacations of state government-run schools till May 31 in light of the escalating tensions between India and Pakistan. Government schools in the state will now open on June 2.“Considering ...

    11 May 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Not taking bookings’, ‘tourists cancelling without care for refunds’: West Bengal travel operators share impact of Indo-Pak tensions

    West Bengal’s travel operators are feeling impacts on their businesses from the ongoing conflict between India and Pakistan — with trip cancellations now being multiplied across the country.The initial impact, in the fallout of the April 22 terror attack ...

    10 May 2025 Indian Express
    2 linked to Bangla terror outfit held, were planning recruitment drives: Police

    The Special Task Force (STF) of the West Bengal Police conducted raids at Nalhati and Murarai in Birbhum district and arrested two persons — Ajmol Hossain (28) of Nalhati and Saheb Ali Khan (28) — in the intervening night ...

    10 May 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata Port enhances security protocols, cancels leave of staff

    THE Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port (SMPK) in Kolkata has enhanced its security protocols and operational vigilance in the wake of the ongoing military conflict with Pakistan, port officials said on Friday. As per the directives from the Ministry of ...

    10 May 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal CPIM seeks to float ‘alternative schools’, tuition centres, health camps ahead of 2026 Assembly polls

    In its first letter of the year to its ranks, the CPIM has called for the formation of grassroots-level “alternative” schools, tuition centres, and health camps to reach out to the people of West Bengal.Named “Mission 360”, the party’s ...

    10 May 2025 Indian Express
    Anti-trafficking drives, running tuition centres: Children of sex workers in India’s largest red-light area fight back against stigma

    Written by Sharadiya Mitra,From conducting anti-trafficking drives to running tuition centres, children of sex workers formed an organisation in 1995 to help their peers and fight stigma in the country’s largest red-light area.In the narrow lanes of Sonagachi — ...

    10 May 2025 Indian Express
    Alleged JMB members arrested in Bengal: ‘Were plotting attacks, recruitment drives,’ say police

    In the intervening night of May 8 and 9, teams of the Special Task Force of West Bengal conducted simultaneous raids at Nalhati and Murarai in the Birbhum district and arrested two persons — Ajmol Hossain (28) of Nalhati ...

    10 May 2025 Indian Express
    BSF on high alert: Eastern border with Bangladesh, Nepal ‘stable’

    Amid heightened tensions and security alerts in the western regions bordering Pakistan, Border Security Force (BSF) officials in West Bengal have stated that the eastern border shared with Bangladesh and Nepal remains relatively stable.“Despite the relative calm compared to ...

    10 May 2025 Indian Express
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