'Babri Masjid should be rebuilt in Bengal's Murshidabad': TMC MLA Humayun Kabir sparks row
Dec 11, 2024, at 12:09 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Triggering a new controversy, Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir has indicated that he hopes to rebuild Babri Masjid in Beldanga in Bengal's Murshidabad district.
Nov 18, 2024, at 04:50 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Seventeen people have been arrested in connection with clashes between two groups at Beldanga in West Bengal's Murshidabad district as communal tension brewed in the region, media reports said.
West Bengal: IT officials raid TMC MLA's houses in Murshidabad
Dec 20, 2023, at 08:45 pm
Murshidabad/UNI: The Income Tax Department raided the house of TMC MLA Bayron Biswas at Shamsherganj in West Bengal's Murshidabad district on Wednesday, official sources said.
West Bengal: 3 killed in car accident in Murshidabad
Dec 11, 2023, at 02:15 am
At least Three people were killed and at least 30 others wounded in various degrees when a pick-up van, in which they were returning home from a crematorium, was hit by a goods laden tractor in West Bengal's Murshidabad district on Saturday night, official sources said on Sunday.
Violence hits West Bengal as parties clash amid panchayat election nomination process
Jun 11, 2023, at 04:31 am
Kolkata: The situation across various districts of West Bengal remained tense on the second day of the panchayat election nomination process, media reports said.
IT Dept seizes Rs 16 cr cash in raids on TMC MLA Jakir Hossain's beedi factories
Jan 12, 2023, at 11:46 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The Income Tax (IT) Department initiated raids on several premises belonging to TMC’s Jangipur MLA and beedi baron, Jakir Hossain, in Murshidabad's Suti and recovered over Rs 16 crore in cash from his house and business locations.
Murshidabad: Ambuja Cements builds check dam across the Kalnoi river
Jul 26, 2022, at 07:23 pm
Kolkata: Ambuja Cements on Monday said it has built and inaugurated a check dam across the Kalnoi river at Murshidabad in West Bengal that ensures water availability for multiple purposes and a better quality of life to people living in the region.
Apr 29, 2021, at 08:17 pm
Murshidabad/WB/IBNS: A CPI-M activist died and two others were seriously injured after a car in the convoy of Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate Jafikul Islam allegedly knocked them down at Sahabajpur area in Murshidabad's Domkal on Wednesday midnight, hours before the eighth and final phase of Bengal assembly polls.
Bengal: Congress candidate in Murshidabad's Samserganj, Md. Rezaul Haque, dies of Covid-19
Apr 15, 2021, at 04:31 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Congress candidate at Samserganj assembly seat in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, Md. Rezaul Haque aka Mantu Biswas, who had contracted Covid-19, died at a Kolkata hospital on Thursday morning, reports said.
Bengal: At least 7 dead, 15 injured in collision between SUV and auto-rickshaw in Murshidabad
Mar 12, 2021, at 12:20 am
Kolkata/IBNS: At least seven people were killed and 15 others were seriously injured as a speeding SUV reportedly collided with an auto-rickshaw on National Highway 34 near Dhola More area under Suti Police Station limits in Murshidabad district of West Bengal at around 1 pm. on Thursday.
Bomb attack on West Bengal Minister Jakir Hossain: Bangladeshi national held in Murshidabad
Feb 24, 2021, at 08:59 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Wednesday arrested a Bangladeshi national allegedly involved in Nimtita railway station blast in Murshidabad that left at least 26 people, including state minister Jakir Hossain, seriously injured,, sources said.
Won't allow NPR, NRC to be implemented in West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee in Murshidabad
Feb 10, 2021, at 02:55 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said her government won't allow the implementation of the National Population Register (NPR) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) in the state, while addressing a rally in the Murshidabad district.
West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee to address public meeting in Murshidabad on Feb 9
Feb 05, 2021, at 06:52 pm
Baharampur/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will be in Murshidabad on Feb 9 to attend a public meeting.
NIA detains Al-Qaeda suspect from West Bengal's Murshidabad
Dec 22, 2020, at 08:30 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has detained a suspected Al-Qaeda operative from Jalangi in Murshidabad district of West Bengal, reports said on Tuesday.
NIA officials nab Al-Qaeda suspect from West Bengal's Murshidabad
Nov 02, 2020, at 11:41 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday arrested a suspected Al-Qaeda operative from West Bengal's Murshidabad district in connection with the Al-Qaeda case of West Bengal and Kerala, officials said on Monday.
West Bengal: Five dead as boat capsizes during Durga idol immersion in Murshidabad
Oct 27, 2020, at 11:10 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Five persons were killed after a boat carrying a Durga idol and several people capsized in a lake in Beldanga in Murshidabad district of West Bengal on Monday evening during immersion, reports said.
NIA busts secret chamber in arrested al-Qaeda operative's house in Bengal
Sep 20, 2020, at 11:30 pm
Murshidabad/UNI: With the grilling of one of the six arrested al-Qaeda operatives from Murshidabad, Abu Sufian Mollah, who was almost on the run, National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday unearthed a cemented secret chamber underneath the ground at his residence in Raninagar.
NIA takes custody of six Al-Qaeda operatives arrested in Murshidabad
Sep 20, 2020, at 03:58 am
Kolkata/UNI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday took the custody of six terrorists associated with Pakistan-sponsored module of Al-Qaeda after conducting night-long raids at several hideouts in West Bengal's Murshidabad district.
Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury concerned over his constituency’s links with terror outfit
Sep 20, 2020, at 12:18 am
Kolkata/UNI: Hours after NIA officials arrested nine terrorists associated with Pakistan-sponsored module of terror group Al-Qaeda, Congress MP and Leader of Opposition Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Saturday expressed grave concern over his constituency’s links with the terror outfit.
2 killed, 5 injured while making bombs in West Bengal's Murshidabad dist
Jul 04, 2020, at 08:46 pm
Murshidabad/UNI: At least two people were killed and five sustained wounds late last night while making crude bombs and stocking them in a house at Suti village in this district, police said today.
Jun 11, 2020, at 08:54 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Thousands of workers in West Bengal's Murshidabad are queuing up outside health centres to get covid-free certificate so that they can get back to work outside and within the state, officials said, according to reports.
COVID-19 Lockdown: Murshidabad SP transferred a week after mosque gathering
Apr 17, 2020, at 04:55 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A week after West Bengal government faced huge criticisms due to reports of a large gathering at a mosque in Murshidabad district amid the ongoing Coronavirus lockdown, the Superintendent of Murshidabad District Police, Ajeet Singh Yadav, has been transferred, officials said on Friday.
West Bengal: Two people killed in anti-CAA protests in Murshidabad
Jan 29, 2020, at 04:10 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Two persons were killed when some locals opened fire and hurled crude bombs on a group of people who were protesting against the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) in Murshidabad district of West Bengal on Wednesday, media reports said.
West Bengal: Six killed in bus accident in Murshidabad
Nov 30, 2019, at 06:45 pm
Kolkata/UNI: At least six people were killed and ten others were injured, some of them seriously, when a passenger bus carrying them collided head-on with an oil tanker near Farakka in Murshidabad district early hours today.
Mortal remains of Murshidabad labourers killed in Kashmir brought home
Oct 31, 2019, at 02:18 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The mortal remains of five labourers, who were killed by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir couple of days ago, were brought home on Thursday.
Oct 30, 2019, at 03:53 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday expressed her shock over the death of five labourers from the state by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir.
Murshidabad triple murder case: CID arrests prime accused Utpal Behra
Oct 15, 2019, at 04:20 pm
Jiaganj, Oct 15 (UNI) Seven days after the entire family of Bandhu Prakash Pal (35), a teacher, his pregnant wife Beauty and their six-year-old son Angan were brutally murdered at their residence, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID ) on Tuesday arrested the main accused for his alleged involvement in the crime.
CID takes charge of Murshidabad triple murder case, two suspects detained
Oct 12, 2019, at 06:33 pm
Jiaganj, Oct 12 (UNI) The Criminal Investigation Department (CID ) of West Bengal police swung into action four days after a family of three was brutally eliminated inside their rented house,here, even as ruling the TMC and opposition BJP have been fiercely debating the motive of the crime.
Oct 11, 2019, at 03:50 pm
Kolkata: Amid a face-off between West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar and the ruling Trinamool Congress over the killing of three people in West Bengal's Murshidabad, actress-filmmaker Aparna Sen urged Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to take action against the perpetrators without seeing any political colours.
Murshidabad: RSS worker, pregnant wife, 6-yr-old son 'killed'
Oct 10, 2019, at 03:34 pm
Kolkata/Murshidabad: A Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker, his pregnant wife, and their eight-year-old son were found dead in Murshidabad district of West Bengal, media report said on Thursday.