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  • ‘Migrants detained for having Bangladeshi phone contacts, should include BCCI members by this logic’: Mahua on Odisha detentions

    Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Thursday once again targeted the Odisha government over the detention of migrant workers from West Bengal, alleging that two of them were still being held only because their phones had Bangladeshi contact numbers.More ...

    12 July 2025 Indian Express
    Mamata Banerjee says BJP targeting Bengal migrants in Delhi: ‘Our people treated as infiltrators’

    West Bengal Chief Minister on Thursday accused the BJP government in Delhi of targeting Bengali migrant workers in a Vasant Kunj colony and treating them as infiltrators in their own country.Accusing the BJP of “exporting their anti-Bengal agenda to ...

    12 July 2025 Indian Express
    2 TMC leaders killed within 24 hours in 2 Bengal districts, probe on: Police

    TWO LOCAL Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders were murdered within a span of 24 hours in two West Bengal districts, police said on Friday.TMC leader Rezzak Khan, 38, was shot multiple times and then hacked to death in South 24 ...

    12 July 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Shift focus from negativity to creativity’: Mamata Banerjee claims MSME success in Bengal

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday stressed the importance of shifting focus from “negativity” and “narratives” to creativity and self-reliance, highlighting that negativity overshadows progress and achievements. “Many things have happened in Bengal. You probably don’t know ...

    12 July 2025 Indian Express
    ‘On what basis have they been detained?’ HC asks Bengal chief secy to coordinate with Odisha over detention of migrant workers

    The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the chief secretary of West Bengal to coordinate with the Odisha government over the detention of over 400 people, mostly from West Bengal, on suspicion of being illegal Bangladesh migrants.Hearing two habeas ...

    11 July 2025 Indian Express
    3 sentenced to death for rape and murder of a minor girl

    A special POCSO court in Jalpaiguri has sentenced three men to death for the rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl in August 2020.Rahaman Ali, Jamirul Haque, and Tamirul Haque — all aged between 30 and 35 years — ...

    11 July 2025 Indian Express
    Calcutta HC dismisses plea of govt, SSC against debarring ‘tainted’ candidates from fresh recruitment

    A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday dismissed the petitions of the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) and the state government, challenging the single bench order of debarring “tainted” candidates from appearing in the fresh ...

    11 July 2025 Indian Express
    KLO chief accuses Mamata govt of ‘police, political terror’, TMC calls him BJP’s stooge

    Accusing the TMC government of “political and police terror” against the Koch and Rajbanshis communities in West Bengal, Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) chief Jibon Singh has asked people to rise against ‘Kolkata Sarkar’.The TMC linked the KLO chief’s statement ...

    11 July 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata Metro Purple Line: Tunnelling work from Kidderpore to Park Street begins

    Tunnelling work on Kolkata Metro’s Purple Line from Kidderpore to Victoria began Thursday, with the launch of a Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) named ‘Durga’.Metro Railway officials said the machine will tunnel up to Victoria in the first phase, covering ...

    11 July 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata law college rape case: State govt submits report to Calcutta HC

    The West Bengal government submitted a sealed report on the progress of the investigation into the rape of a 24-year-old student at a law college in South Kolkata to the Calcutta High Court on Thursday.The state’s counsel also presented ...

    11 July 2025 Indian Express
    Rainfall very likely to continue across most South Bengal districts for few days

    Written by Shambhavi PandeyWest Bengal continued to witness cloudy skies and intermittent rainfall on Thursday, as monsoon remained active across the state.In Kolkata, the weather on Thursday stayed mostly overcast through the day, with brief spells of light rain ...

    11 July 2025 Indian Express
    Mamata meets Omar, says Govt should ensure safety in Kashmir

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday appealed to the Centre to take immediate steps to ensure the safety and security of Jammu and Kashmir, stating that such measures were crucial for reviving tourism in the region.Banerjee met ...

    11 July 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Trust people who have been to Kashmir after attack’: Omar Abdullah appeals to potential tourists from West Bengal

    Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah appealed to potential tourists from West Bengal to visit Kashmir, stating that security would be given. Speaking at a Travel and Tourism fair inauguration programme in Kolkata on Thursday, he said, “I ...

    11 July 2025 Indian Express
    CBI team visits residence of 3 BJP workers killed in post-poll violence in Sandeshkhali

    A CBI team on Wednesday visited the residences of three BJP workers who were killed allegedly in 2019 post-poll violence in Sandeshkhali area of West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, an officer said. The CBI on Saturday took over ...

    11 July 2025 Indian Express
    ‘What if Bengali tourists stop going to Odisha?’: Mahua Moitra after detention of 444 Bengal migrants as ‘Bangladeshi nationals’

    The Odisha police’s detention of 444 migrant workers in Jharsuguda district on suspicion of being Bangladeshi nationals has triggered backlash from Trinamoool Congress leaders and families of the detained.The migrants — reportedly from West Bengal districts including Nadia, Murshidabad, ...

    10 July 2025 Indian Express
    Calcutta High Court to hear plea of Sanjay Roy seeking acquittal in RG Kar case

    The Calcutta High Court is likely to hear a petition filed by Sanjay Roy seeking acquittal in the RG Kar rape-murder case.In January this year, a trial court in Sealdah sentenced Roy to life imprisonment “until his last breath” ...

    10 July 2025 Indian Express
    Bihar is Bengal in NITI map: Mamata says ‘grave lapse’, demands apology

    Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday wrote a letter to NITI Aayog vice chairman Suman Bery, expressing her strong disapproval over West Bengal being mislabelled as Bihar in their official summary report.The chief minister condemned the error and sought ...

    10 July 2025 Indian Express
    School Jobs Case | ‘Irreplaceable loss’: Govt, SSC bat for ‘tainted’ teachers, argue against barring them from fresh hiring

    The West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) on Wednesday appealed in the Calcutta High Court arguing that candidates identified as ineligible have already faced punishment and if they are barred from participating in the application process, it would cause ...

    10 July 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata Law College Rape Case: 4 accused sent to judicial custody; bail plea of security guard rejected

    A court in Alipore in Kolkata on Tuesday sent all the four men, arrested in connection with the alleged rape of a 24-year-old student at a law college, to judicial custody till July 22.The court rejected the bail plea ...

    10 July 2025 Indian Express
    Migrant row: Relatives of two Birbhum families file habeas corpus petition in Calcutta HC

    The relatives of two migrant families from Birbhum district, detained by Delhi police and allegedly pushed into Bangladesh, on Tuesday filed a habeas corpus writ petition with the Calcutta High Court.The plea, filed on behalf of the missing families, ...

    10 July 2025 Indian Express
    Bharat Bandh: Trade union stir evokes mixed response in West Bengal

    The Bharat Bandh called by 10 central trade unions on Wednesday evoked a mixed response in West Bengal, as CPI(M) workers tried to stop the public transport system, including the train services at different parts of the state.In some ...

    10 July 2025 Indian Express
    As waterlogging grips Bengal, IMD predicts continued rain for this week

    Written by Shambhavi PandeySeveral districts across West Bengal, including Kolkata, continued to reel under monsoon showers on Wednesday, with intense rainfall triggering urban water-logging and prompting the India Meteorological Department (IMD) to issue multiple warnings.An orange alert was issued ...

    10 July 2025 Indian Express
    Birbhum SP moves Calcutta HC against NCW summons in Anubrata Mondal case

    Birbhum Superintendent of Police (SP) Amandeep on Tuesday moved a petition in the Calcutta High Court, challenging the summons issued to him by the National Commission of Women (NCW) in a case related to alleged derogatory remarks made by ...

    9 July 2025 Indian Express
    Two arrested from Bengal for ‘spying’ for Pakistan intelligence agency

    The Special Task Force (STF) of the West Bengal Police has arrested two individuals from Purba Bardhaman on suspicion of allegedly passing on information to Pakistan’s intelligence agency, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).The arrests, made late Saturday night, followed a search ...

    9 July 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Need urgent unity of Opposition parties’: Mamata on Assam govt’s NRC notice to Bengal resident

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed shock after a Coochbehar resident in the state was served an NRC notice by the Assam government, calling it “a systemic assault on democracy”.She posted on X, “I am shocked and deeply ...

    9 July 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata partially submerged as heavy rains disrupt city life

    Continuous and intense rainfall since early morning on Tuesday brought Kolkata to a standstill, severely disrupting daily life and traffic.Large swathes of the city, including Thanthania, College Street, Bow Bazar, Behala, Garden Reach, Metiaburj, Rashbehari, Silpara, Sakher Bazar, Golf ...

    9 July 2025 Indian Express
    Dinhata farmer gets ‘illegal migrant’ notice from Assam, TMC slams BJP

    A notice to a farmer in Dinhata in Cooch Behar district from Assam’s Foreigners Tribunal, declaring the 50-year-old an “illegal migrant” has ignited a fierce political slugfest in West Bengal.Uttam Kumar, a resident of Sadyaler Kuthi in Dinhata subdivision, ...

    9 July 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal school jobs case: Calcutta HC orders govt to bar ‘tainted’ candidates of 2016 from fresh hiring

    The Calcutta High Court on Monday ordered the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) to rectify its latest notification for the recruitment of over 35,000 school staff, directing it to bar “identified tainted” candidates of the 2016 selection process ...

    8 July 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata law college rape: Bengal govt frames rules for 2022 bill to recruit Group C and D staff in colleges via College Service Commission

    In the wake of the recent alleged rape at Kolkata’s Law College, in which the main accused is a former Trinamool Congress (TMC) student leader and a casual staffer, the West Bengal government has moved to implement a law ...

    8 July 2025 Indian Express
    Light to very heavy rainfall likely across Bengal on July 7: IMD

    Written by Anisha GhoshThe India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast light to moderate rainfall across most parts of West Bengal on Monday, July 7. Isolated areas in some districts are likely to witness heavy to very heavy rainfall as ...

    8 July 2025 Indian Express
    Relatives of Bengal family pushed into Bangladesh to file habeas corpus petition in HC

    The family of Danish Sheikh, who and his wife and an eight-year-old son were pushed into Bangladesh on June 26, has decided to file a habeas corpus petition in the Calcutta High Court.A missing diary has also been lodged ...

    8 July 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata law college, where student was raped, reopens amid heavy security

    Kolkata’s law college reopened on Monday amid heavy security after remaining closed for over a week following the gang rape of a student on campus.Vice Principal Nayna Chatterjee said only BA LLB students of the first semester who did ...

    8 July 2025 Indian Express
    ‘We will approach court to bring them back’: Families of migrants pushed into Bangladesh lodge missing diary with Bengal police

    Family members of a husband, wife, and son who were allegedly pushed into Bangladesh after they were detained in Delhi for “being illegal immigrants” have lodged a missing diary with the Paikar police in West Bengal’s Birbhum. They plan ...

    8 July 2025 Indian Express
    Over 100 hits in 6 years: Kolkata airport battles against bird strikes

    In the wake of the Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner crash in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, on June 12, which has raised fresh concerns over air safety, Kolkata’s Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport (NSCBI) is tackling a persistent threat: bird ...

    8 July 2025 Indian Express
    Brinjal at Rs 200, cucumber at Rs 80: vegetable prices soar in Kolkata, burdening households

    Written by Anisha GhoshThe prices of vegetables are soaring high in Kolkata. While brinjal now sells for 150-200 per kg, prices of tomatoes, green chillies, ridge gourd, bottle gourd and pointed gourd have also surged.“The price of bottle gourd ...

    7 July 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata law college rape accused Monojit Mishra held key administrative post despite pending criminal charges, reveals notice

    Fresh questions are being raised about the administrative practices at the Kolkata law college where a student was allegedly raped, with official documents revealing that Monojit Mishra, the prime accused, was designated as a student contact point despite having ...

    7 July 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal: Class 8 student held for molesting classmate, girl’s mother says school tried to ‘settle the matter’

    Nearly two weeks after a class eight student in Jalpaiguri district was allegedly molested by her classmate, the boy was detained on Saturday after her mother sent a written complaint to the district Child Welfare Committee (CWC), the Superintendent ...

    7 July 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata law college rape case | ‘Not leaders, party workers should have got job’: TMC MP on hiring of key accused

    Trinamool Congress (TMC) Lok Sabha MP Kalyan Banerjee on Saturday said that while giving a job to a party leader in a law college in Kolkata is unacceptable, party workers should be considered for such positions.“It is my personal ...

    7 July 2025 Indian Express
    Detained in Delhi, Bengal family of 3 pushed into Bangladesh; ‘who will bring them back,’ ask relatives

    IN A fresh incident, a family of three, including their minor son, was detained in Delhi as “illegal Bangladeshis” and then finally “pushed into the neighbouring country,” their relatives said. The relatives claimed that the family hails from Birbhum ...

    7 July 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata law college rape case: Police seize mobile phone of another security guard

    The Kolkata Police on Saturday seized the mobile phone of another security guard who was on duty at a law college in the city, where a 24-year-old student was allegedly raped on campus on June 25.The security guard was ...

    7 July 2025 Indian Express
    Thai Lion Air plane grounded in Kolkata following technical snag

    A Thai Lion Air flight to Bangkok was grounded at the Kolkata airport in the early hours of Saturday after it developed technical glitches, officials said.The flight with 130 passengers and seven crew on board returned to the parking ...

    6 July 2025 Indian Express
    New BJP Bengal chief sends a message: ‘Party above self, nation above party’

    Newly appointed BJP state president Samik Bhattacharya on Saturday said that he aims to lead a united party and insisted that “the party is bigger than any individual, and the country is bigger than the party.”During his first press ...

    6 July 2025 Indian Express
    2021 Abhijit Sarkar murder case: Popular Trinamool face who began political innings with Cong, now on CBI radar in BJP worker’s murder

    A POPULAR face of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), who played a key role in unearthing a rape case that happened at a police station over two decades ago, MLA Paresh Pal is now one of the main accused named ...

    6 July 2025 Indian Express
    1 killed, 3 hurt in crude bomb blasts in Bengal; ‘they were planning to kill me,’ says TMC leader

    One person died and three others were critically injured in crude bomb blasts in West Bengal’s Purba Bardhaman on Friday night, the police said, adding that they have cordoned off the blast site and are investigating the materials used ...

    6 July 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal minister’s convoy attack: CM Mamata Banerjee raps police, 5 arrested

    The West Bengal Police arrested five people for attacking state minister Siddiqullah Chowdhury’s convoy after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed her disappointment over the incident.Reacting to the development, Bengal Urban Development and Municipal Affairs Minister Firhad Hakim told The ...

    6 July 2025 Indian Express
    Bengal 2021 post-poll violence case: Retired school teacher gets life in jail for raping minor

    A SPECIAL court in Malda on Friday sentenced a former school teacher to life imprisonment in connection with the rape of a minor girl – the first conviction in a 2021 post-poll violence case probed by the CBI. The ...

    6 July 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata law college rape: 4 accused taken to crime scene, police say crucial step in probe

    The Detective Department (DD) of the Kolkata Police on Friday took the four accused persons to the crime scene and reconstructed the alleged rape incident at a law college in Kolkata, with officers terming this as a “crucial step ...

    6 July 2025 Indian Express
    Multiple West Bengal districts under orange alert for thunderstorms on July 4 and 5: IMD

    Written by Anisha GhoshThe IMD has issued an orange alert for multiple districts in West Bengal, forecasting thunderstorms with gusty wind speed reaching 30-40 kmph and heavy to very heavy rainfall on Friday and Saturday.The districts under the orange ...

    5 July 2025 Indian Express
    TMC leader shot at, BJP MLA’s son & his driver held: Police

    A TRINAMOOL Congress (TMC) leader was seriously injured after he was allegedly shot at in Cooch Behar on Thursday evening, police said on Friday. The son of local BJP MLA Sukumar Roy, Dipankar Roy, and his driver, Uttam Gupta, ...

    5 July 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Often felt like a student’: Outgoing BJP Bengal president Sukanta Majumdar writes to party workers

    Outgoing West Bengal president of BJP Sukanta Majumdar on Friday wrote a letter to all party workers in the state to thank them, asking them to walk with “greater unity”.“In today’s political climate of Bengal, the journey must continue ...

    5 July 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata Airport introduces exclusive culinary masterclasses in lounge with Chef Rango Mukherjee

    Passengers at Kolkata’s Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport are in for a treat, with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) kicking off a weekly culinary masterclass series with the renowned chef Rango Mukherjee.“The inaugural session, held on Thursday ...

    5 July 2025 Indian Express
    Man arrested for posing as ED officer, extortion

    The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), in Kolkata, has busted an extortion racket operating in Kolkata and Bardhaman, and arrested the alleged mastermind, S K Jinnar Ali. He has been taken into ED custody until July 16 for further questioning.The ...

    5 July 2025 Indian Express
    New Bengal BJP chief says party not against Muslims, wants no riots

    In a clear departure from his predecessors’ pro-Hindutva stand, newly appointed West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Thursday said that his party is not against Muslims and that it envisages a West Bengal where Muharram and Durga puja ...

    4 July 2025 Indian Express
    TMC minister’s convoy attacked in his constituency, threatens to quit party

    TMC minister Sidduqullah Chowdhury’s convoy was allegedly attacked by his party supporters during his visit to his Assembly constituency, Manteswar, on Thursday.According to sources, the protesters carrying black flags vandalised his car and called him “thief”, “extortionist”.“This was an ...

    4 July 2025 Indian Express
    Act against harassment of Bengali migrants: Bengal chief secretary to Odisha

    A week after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed concerns over reports of Bengali migrants being held captive in neighbouring Odisha on suspicion of being Bangladesh nationals, Chief Secretary Manoj Pant on Thursday wrote a letter to his ...

    4 July 2025 Indian Express
    ‘No coercive steps till next hearing’: Calcutta HC on rape case against Padma Shri awardee Kartyk Maharaj

    The Calcutta High Court on Thursday stated that no “coercive steps” would be taken against Padma Shri awardee Swami Pradiptananda, popularly known as Kartik Maharaj, until the next hearing in his case.The counsel for Kartik Maharaj had put in ...

    4 July 2025 Indian Express
    Amid law college rape case hearing, a Calcutta HC order to keep all union rooms under ‘lock and key’ in Bengal

    The Calcutta High Court on Thursday ordered union rooms of all state-run and state-aided colleges and universities to remain locked and out of use, except when “written permission of the registrar of the university” is taken.The division bench of ...

    4 July 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata Law College Rape Case: Detective Dept takes over probe from SIT, charges of voyeurism, kidnapping added to FIR

    The Detective Department (DD) of Kolkata Police on Wednesday took over the probe from the Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the alleged rape of a 24-year-old student at a law college in Kolkata.The SIT, initially comprising five members and ...

    4 July 2025 Indian Express
    Cricketer faces Domestic Violence Case: HC orders Shami to pay Rupees 4 lakh/month alimony to wife and daughter

    The Calcutta High Court has ordered cricketer Mohammed Shami to pay an interim amount of Rs 4 lakh per month as alimony to his estranged wife Hasin Jahan and their daughter, amid the ongoing legal case with his spouse. ...

    3 July 2025 Indian Express
    CBI names TMC MLA, councillors in murder chargesheet of Bengal BJP worker

    The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is probing the murder of a BJP worker in Kolkata during the 2021 post-poll violence, has named TMC MLA Paresh Pal and two city councillors in its supplementary chargesheet.The central agency has ...

    3 July 2025 Indian Express
    CA arrested in loan fraud case, ED says he laundered money on behalf of former CMD of UCO Bank

    The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday said that it has arrested a chartered accountant, Anant Kumar Agarwal, in connection with the ongoing investigation into Rs 6,000-crore loan fraud case involving Concast Steel & Power Ltd (CSPL).Agarwal, who has been ...

    3 July 2025 Indian Express
    Law College Rape Case: Institution sacks prime suspect, expels two co-accused

    The management of the law college in Kolkata where a 24-year-old student was allegedly raped last week terminated the services of prime accused Monojit Mishra and expelled the two other co-accused from the institution in the wake of their ...

    3 July 2025 Indian Express
    Over 40 held after violent protests break out at LPG bottling plant in Bengal

    Tension gripped the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd’s LPG bottling plant in West Bengal’s Budge Budge on Tuesday night after a violent protest by drivers and porters broke out. The agitators are demanding payment of “pending dues of three years”.Over ...

    3 July 2025 Indian Express
    Cop, National Volunteer Force worker killed as truck hits patrol car in Bengal’s Purba Medinipur

    Two people, including a sub-inspector of police, were killed and a constable was injured when a speeding truck hit the police patrol car on the Haldia-Mecheda National Highway 116 Tuesday night in West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur district.According to the ...

    3 July 2025 Indian Express
    From RG Kar to law college rape case, crisis in Trinamool deepens as Opposition turns up heat

    On June 25, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee arrived in Digha to oversee preparations for the first Rath Yatra at the newly built Jagannath temple in the seaside town. On the same day, a 24-year-old student was allegedly raped at ...

    3 July 2025 Indian Express
    Law College Rape Case: Vice-Principal questioned again, police chief notes swift probe

    The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Kolkata Police, probing the alleged rape of a 24-year-old student, on Tuesday questioned the vice-principal of the law college for the second time.Sources said 31-year-old Monojit Mishra, the prime accused, allegedly spoke to ...

    2 July 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata law college rape case: Police get a week’s custody, say ‘all the evidence confirms woman’s statement’

    Seeking 10 more days of custody of the four arrested accused in the Kolkata law college rape case, the police on Tuesday told the court that medical, circumstantial and electronic evidence corroborated the woman’s statement.The four arrested — prime ...

    2 July 2025 Indian Express
    A decade after opting India during historic exclave exchange, 8 detained as illegal Bangladeshi in Delhi later released

    About a decade after they chose to come to India after an historic enclave exchange with Bangladesh, eight members of the families of migrant labourers, hailing from Cooch Behar district of West Bengal, were detained in Delhi on suspicion ...

    2 July 2025 Indian Express
    Law college rape case: One TMC leader apologises, another sparks fresh outrage

    Even as TMC MLA Madan Mitra offered “unconditional apology” to the party for his remarks on the law college rape case, TMC minister Manas Bhuiyan on Tuesday sparked fresh outrage purportedly calling the alleged rape of a the 24-year-old ...

    2 July 2025 Indian Express
    Law college rape case: TMC minister sparks fresh outrage with ‘small incident’ remark, clarifies

    A fresh controversy erupted on Tuesday after TMC minister Manas Bhuiyan purportedly compared the alleged rape of a law student as a “small incident”.Speaking at a Doctor’s Day blood donation camp in Kolkata, Bhuiyan said, “No culprit of the ...

    2 July 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata law college rape case: SIT analyses call records of accused, college VP questioned twice

    The Kolkata Police are continuing their investigation into the alleged rape of a student at a law college in the city, with the SIT questioning college Vice Principal Nayna Chattopadhyay twice so far.The ongoing probe involves an extensive analysis ...

    2 July 2025 Indian Express
    Chief Secy Manoj Pant gets six-month extension

    West Bengal Chief Secretary Manoj Pant has been granted a six-month extension, allowing him to continue in office until December 31.Pant, a 1991-batch IAS officer, was due to retire on June 30. However, the state government sought an extension ...

    2 July 2025 Indian Express
    Zoological Survey of India’s 110-hour hackathon culminates in Kolkata grand finale

    Written by Shambhavi PandeyThe Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) celebrated the grand finale of its 110-hour national hackathon on Monday at the Biswa Bangla Convention Centre in Kolkata, marking the 110th Foundation Day of the institute. The event was ...

    2 July 2025 Indian Express
    TMC MLA Madan Mitra apologises for comment on law college rape case: ‘I am a party loyalist’

    Trinamool Congress MLA Madan Mitra has submitted a response to the show-cause notice issued to him by the party, following his remarks on an alleged rape case at a law college in South Kolkata.Mitra, the Kamarhati MLA, dispatched his ...

    2 July 2025 Indian Express
    Multiple yellow alerts in Bengal as IMD predicts widespread rainfall, thunderstorms for next few days

    Written by Shambhavi PandeyRain will continue to sweep across Bengal, as the IMD has predicted widespread rainfall, occasional thunderstorms and gusty winds in several districts over the next few days.Multiple yellow alerts have been issued for both North and ...

    2 July 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata law college rape case: SIT sends ‘11th hour’ CCTV footage, phones of accused for forensic test

    The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Kolkata Police probing the alleged rape of a law student on a college campus is confident of building an “airtight” case after retrieving the cellphones of the four arrested accused and the CCTV ...

    1 July 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata rape: BJP fact-finding committee arrives in Kolkata, faces protesters at law college

    The four-member fact-finding committee constituted by the BJP to look into the case involving alleged rape of a student at a law college in Kolkata arrived in the city on Monday.The team, which met the Kolkata Police Commissioner Manoj ...

    1 July 2025 Indian Express
    Calcutta HC orders CBI probe into 3 BJP workers’ murder in Sandeshkhali

    Six years after three Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers were allegedly killed and their bodies mutilated in Sandeshkhali, North 24 Parganas, the Calcutta High Court on Monday ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe.Justice Joy Sengupta directed that ...

    1 July 2025 Indian Express
    Six years on, Calcutta HC directs CBI probe into Sandeshkhali BJP leaders’ murders

    Six years after three Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers were allegedly murdered and mutilated in Sandeshkhali, North 24 Parganas, the Calcutta High Court on Monday ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation probe.Justice Joy Sengupta directed that the CBI’s Joint ...

    1 July 2025 Indian Express
    Metro services disrupted in Kolkata amid heavy rain

    Commuters in Kolkata faced significant disruptions to metro services this Monday, the first working day of the week, due to severe waterlogging caused by heavy rainfall. While some services are still operating, they are running at a crawling pace.Services ...

    1 July 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata Law College Rape: PILs in HC seek CBI and court-monitored probes, cite ‘proximity’ of main accused to ruling TMC

    Separate PILs were filed in the Calcutta High Court on Monday seeking CBI and court-monitored probes into the alleged rape of a law student at a college in Kolkata.The Division Bench of Justice Soumen Sen and Justice Smita Das ...

    1 July 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata law college rape: Classes suspended till further notice

    The Kolkata law college where a 24-year-old student was allegedly raped last week announced that classes will be suspended and the institution’s premises will remain closed for all students until further notice.The decision was taken by the college’s governing ...

    1 July 2025 Indian Express
    Turmoil in Tollywood: Technicians boycott actor Anirban Bhattacharya’s music video shoot

    Prominent actor-director Anirban Bhattacharya is at the centre of a growing dispute with film technicians in Tollywood, leading to repeated disruptions in the shooting of his music videos.The Federation of Cine Technicians and Workers of Eastern India has allegedly ...

    1 July 2025 Indian Express
    Woman TMC leader beat up old man on the street, complaint lodged

    A local woman TMC leader and her two associates allegedly beat up a 66-year-old former CPI(M) leader in the Kharida area of Kharagpur in West Bengal’s Paschim Medinipur district on Monday morning after the latter protested against the demolition ...

    1 July 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata law college rape case: NCW team visits crime scene, says not aware of victim’s whereabouts

    The National Commission for Women (NCW) team on Sunday visited the law college in Kolkata where a 24-year-old student was allegedly raped on June 25.NCW member Archana Majumdar along with two other members visited the local police station and ...

    1 July 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata’s Indian Statistical Institute marks Mahalanobis’s birth anniversary, celebrates 75 years of NSS

    By Shambhavi PandeyThe Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), Kolkata, commemorated the 132nd birth anniversary of its founder, Professor Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, on Sunday.Observed nationally as Statistics Day and internally as Workers’ Day, the celebration this year focused on “75 Years ...

    1 July 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata law college rape case: Prime accused a serial offender, only his crimes went unchecked

    Manojit Misra, the prime accused in the Kolkata law college rape case, has at least five cases registered against him, including attempt to murder, sexual assault and extortion, a senior Kolkata Police officer said.His trail of offences began in ...

    30 June 2025 Indian Express
    ‘She has broken a family of 40 years’: Kalyan Banerjee reacts to Mahua Moitra’s ‘misogyny’ jibe as TMC MPs clash over Kolkata rape case

    Trinamool Congress MP Kalyan Banerjee Sunday made a personal attack on fellow TMC MP Mahua Moitra after she accused him and MLA Madan Mitra of “misogyny” over their remarks about the Kolkata law college rape case. Meanwhile, the TMC ...

    30 June 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Culprits will be tried in people’s court’: Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan attacks Mamata govt over rape at Kolkata law college

    While condemning the rape of a student at Kolkaka law college, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Sunday accused West Bengal’s Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government of “patronising” the perpetrators of the crime and making the college authorities helpless.“This ...

    30 June 2025 Indian Express
    ‘Happened in institution meant to uphold rule of law’: Lawyer asks Calcutta HC to take suo motu cognisance of rape at college

    A lawyer of the Calcutta High Court has urged Chief Justice T S Sivagnanam to take suo motu cognisance of the rape at a Kolkata law college, arguing that the state machinery will otherwise “continue its descent into callous ...

    30 June 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata law college rape case: CCTV footage corroborates victim’s account, SIT expanded to 9 members

    The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Kolkata law college rape case has been expanded from five to nine members to expedite the investigation, police officers confirmed Sunday. The move comes as investigators make significant progress, with collected CCTV ...

    30 June 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata rape case: Mahua Moitra hits out at TMC leaders’ remarks amid row — ‘Misogyny cuts across party lines’

    Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra Saturday said the party condemns “disgusting comments no matter who makes them” after it disassociated from two of its leaders’ — MLA Madan Mitra and MP Kalyan Banerjee — remarks on the alleged rape ...

    30 June 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata law student’s rape: BJP forms 4-member fact-finding panel; its protest rally stopped, police detain Sukanta

    TWO DAYs after a 24-year-old student was allegedly raped at a law college in Kolkata, the BJP at the central level on Saturday constituted a four-member fact-finding committee to look into the matter. The committee was announced by Union ...

    29 June 2025 Indian Express
    Law student’s rape in Kolkata: TMC MLA Madan Mitra’s remarks on victim sparks row

    Two days after a 24-year-old student was allegedly raped at a law college in Kolkata, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA from Kamarhati, Madan Mitra, on Saturday said that the incident “could have been avoided if the victim had not gone ...

    29 June 2025 Indian Express
    Union minister Vaishnaw flags off Purulia–Bankura–Howrah MEMU train: ‘101 stations being upgraded’

    Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday virtually inaugurated the first Purulia–Bankura–Howrah MEMU train via Masagram, highlighting the Centre’s drive to expand and modernise rail networks.He noted that currently the rail investment in West Bengal has risen from around ...

    29 June 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata law student’s rape: Medical report doesn’t rule out sexual assault

    The medical report of the 24-year-old student allegedly raped inside a law college campus in Kolkata has confirmed several abrasion marks on her body and said that “sexual assault cannot be ruled out”.The victim’s medical check-up was done on ...

    29 June 2025 Indian Express
    Law student’s rape inside Kolkata college: Video of crime recovered from accused’s phone, security guard is fourth arrest

    A video of the crime found on the phone of the accused is likely to serve as clinching evidence in the alleged rape of a law student inside a Kolkata college where she studies, investigators have told The Indian ...

    29 June 2025 Indian Express
    Kolkata rape case: Abrasion marks found around neck, body of student, says medical report

    The medical report of the 24-year-old student allegedly raped inside a law college campus in Kolkata has confirmed several abrasion marks on her body and said that “sexual assault cannot be ruled out”.According to the report, a copy of ...

    29 June 2025 Indian Express
    ‘If found guilty, he should get maximum punishment’: Father of Monojit Mishra, prime accused in Kolkata rape case, speaks out

    Two days after Monojit Mishra was arrested in connection with a rape case, his father is still coming to terms with the news that his son has been accused of raping and assaulting a 24-year-old student on the premises ...

    29 June 2025 Indian Express
    Heavy rain, thunderstorm alert in Bengal till Thursday; landslide warnings issued for Darjeeling, Kalimpong

    Written by Shambhavi PandeyWest Bengal is on alert for another wet spell as a fresh upper-air cyclonic circulation is set to develop over the north Bay of Bengal and adjoining coastal Bangladesh and West Bengal on Sunday. The India ...

    29 June 2025 Indian Express
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