Bharatiya Janata Party observing 12-hour strike in West Bengal today
Aug 28, 2024, at 02:39 pm
The Bharatiya Janata Party is observing a 12-hour Bengal strike on Tuesday to protest against the police action on those students who were taking part in the march to the state secretariat Nabanna.
May 14, 2024, at 03:33 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Multiple incidents of violence were reported in West Bengal, where people in eight constituencies voted on Monday in the fourth phase of Lok Sabha polls.
TMC leader Kunal Ghosh quits party posts, says 'I am a misfit in the system'
Mar 01, 2024, at 11:19 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress (TMC) spokesperson Kunal Ghosh, who was at the forefront in defending the West Bengal ruling party over Sandeshkhali case, quit two party posts on Friday.
BJP removes Bengal leader Anupam Hazra as national secretary over controversial remarks
Dec 27, 2023, at 08:42 am
Kolkata: The BJP on Tuesday removed Anupam Hazra, party MP from Bengal's Bolpur, from the post of national secretary over statements that were not in line with the party’s policy.
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.
Mamata Banerjee visits hospital to see critically ill ex-WB CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
Aug 01, 2023, at 02:52 am
Kolkata/IBNS/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday visited the Woodlands Hospital in the city to see the ailing Marxist leader and her predecessor Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, who is undergoing treatment for his respiratory tract infections.
West Bengal: Fire destroys plastic factory in Baruipur, no casualty
Jul 31, 2023, at 02:05 am
Kolkata: A major fire that broke out at a plastic factory at Baruipur in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district on Saturday night was still razing as the fire brigade personnel with the help of locals were fighting the blaze, official sources said on Sunday.
West Bengal: Newly elected TMC Panchayat member lynched to death in South 24 Parganas
Jul 29, 2023, at 08:38 pm
Kolkata: Newly elected Trinamool Congress panchayat member Moimur Gharami, alias Moyna, was lynched to death after a gunshot from the miscreants missed the target, which hit his companion, in front of his house at Magrahat in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, police said on Saturday.
Violence hits Panchayat polls in West Bengal, 12 die
Jul 08, 2023, at 10:03 pm
Kolkata: Violence rocked West Bengal during the single phase three-tier Panchayat polling as 12 people, who were owing allegiance to both the ruling Trinamool Congress and Opposition, lost their lives in different parts of the state on Saturday.
Bengal jobs scam: TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee can be quizzed by probe agencies, rules SC
May 26, 2023, at 06:40 pm
New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: The Supreme Court on Friday ruled the probe agencies, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED), can go on with their quizzing of Trinamool Congress MP and national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee in the West Bengal teacher recruitment scam, media reports said.
CBI quizzes Abhishek Banerjee in teacher recruitment scam for hours, TMC MP says 'waste of time'
May 21, 2023, at 06:02 am
Kolkata/UNI: The CBI on Saturday grilled Trinamool Congress National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee for a marathon of more than nine and a half hours at its office at Nizam Place in regard to the alleged teachers' recruitment scam in the state government-aided schools.
The Kerala Story: SC to hear plea challenging Bengal ban on May 12
May 10, 2023, at 05:50 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear on May 12, Friday, the plea filed by the makers of the movie, The Kerala Story, challenging the decision of the West Bengal government to ban the screening of the movie in the State.
Violence rocks West Bengal's Kaliaganj after alleged rape, murder of minor girl
Apr 23, 2023, at 01:46 am
Kolkata: Violence engulfed West Bengal’s Kaliaganj on Saturday after a tribal girl was allegedly raped and murdered, media reports said.
CBI raids Bengal Trinamool MLA Tapas Saha's house in cash-for-jobs scam
Apr 22, 2023, at 12:57 am
Kolkata/UNI: Within four days of the Calcutta High Court order for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry, a team of the probe agency Friday raided the house of Trinamool Congress legislator Tapas Saha in connection with the cash-for-jobs scandal in the education sector in West Bengal.
Apr 20, 2023, at 02:48 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The Trinamool Congress Wednesday threatened to initiate legal proceedings against Bengal's Leader of Opposition and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Suvendu Adhikari if he didn't immediately withdraw his "false" statement against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Bengal: Fresh violence in Hooghly's Rishra post Ram Navami clashes, railway properties targeted
Apr 04, 2023, at 05:47 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: A day after a clash over Ram Navami procession, violence broke out at Rishra in West Bengal's Hooghly district late last night, media reports said.
President Droupadi Murmu arrives in Kolkata on maiden Bengal visit since assuming office
Mar 27, 2023, at 06:57 pm
Kolkata/UNI: President Droupadi Murmu on Monday arrived in the city on her maiden visit to West Bengal after taking oath.
BJP’s Bengal legislator Suman Kanjilal crossed over to TMC
Feb 06, 2023, at 03:28 am
Kolkata: In a setback to the Bharatiya Janata Party, its legislator from Alipurduar in northern West Bengal Suman Kanjilal crossed over to West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress on Sunday.
West Bengal: Four injured in Bhatpara crude bomb blast
Nov 27, 2022, at 11:18 pm
Barrackpore: Panic gripped a part of the Bhatpara municipal area of West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Sunday following a series of explosions a little after four people were wounded as a crude bomb went off, official sources said.
Mahua Moitra shares video of her dancing to mark Durga Puja festivities
Oct 01, 2022, at 06:16 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra Friday shared a video of her dancing with the people of Bengal's Nadia district as part of a procession to mark Mahapanchami celebrations as the annual autumn festival of Durga Puja kickstarted.
Sep 01, 2022, at 01:39 am
Kolkata/IBNS/UNI: Rejecting an appeal of conditional bail, a special court in the city on Wednesday further extended the judicial remand of former West Bengal education minister Partha Chatterjee and his close aide Arpita Mukherjee for two more weeks in connection with the government-aided schools' scam.
Am a lawyer and might show up in court someday: Mamata Banerjee
Aug 26, 2022, at 05:28 am
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday said she is a Bar Association member and therefore might show up in the court someday.
'Demand unbiased, speedy probe in cattle smuggling case': TMC after Anubrata Mondal's arrest
Aug 12, 2022, at 02:52 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The Trinamool Congress on Thursday demanded an "unbiased and speedy probe'" in the cattle smuggling case as it reiterated its claim of "zero tolerance towards corruption" in the wake of party leader Anubrata Mondal's arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the case.
CBI arrests former SSC advisor Shanti Prasad Sinha, chairman Ashok Saha in Bengal
Aug 11, 2022, at 04:02 am
Kolkata/UNI: The Central Bureau Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday arrested former School Service Commission (SSC) advisor Shanti Prasad Sinha and former SSC chairman Ashok Saha in connection with the West Bengal teaching staff recruitment scam.
SSC Scam: Fresh ED remand for sacked Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee, aide Arpita Mukherjee
Aug 04, 2022, at 05:19 am
Kolkata/UNI: A city court on Wednesday extended by two days the Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody of former West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee and his alleged aide Arpita Mukherjee, arrested in connection with the state school service commission (SSC) scam.
UK unveil plaque to commemorate Bengal-Britain medical ties on National Doctors’ Day 2022
Jul 01, 2022, at 08:07 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: The United Kingdom marked the 140th Birth Anniversary of Dr. B. C. Roy and National Doctors’ Day by unveiling a commemorative plaque at the office here Friday.
Husband chops off wife's hand in Burdwan after she gets government job, 2 arrested
Jun 07, 2022, at 11:40 pm
Burdwan: Police have arrested two people from East Burdwan on Tuesday for allegedly being involved in the incident of chopping off the hand of a woman by her husband.
Amit Shah inaugurates BSF's floating border outposts at Hingalganj in Bengal
May 05, 2022, at 10:12 pm
Hingalganj/UNI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday inaugurated BSF's floating border outposts at Hingalganj in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. Shah also flagged off a boat ambulance at a floating BOP at Sutlej here.
ED summons seven Bengal IPS officials in coal scam
Jul 09, 2021, at 12:00 am
New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday summoned seven senior IPS officials with the Bengal cadre in connection with its ongoing probe into a busted illegal coal mining and smuggling scam, officials said.
Mamata Banerjee, Jagdeep Dhankar lock horns again over latter's Cooch Behar visit
May 13, 2021, at 04:45 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Governor Jagdeep Dhankar once again indulged in a war of words on Wednesday over the latter's plans to visit Cooch Behar district to meet people affected by post-poll violence.