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Bengal: Woman dies of accident after her car 'chased away' by drunk men in SUV on NH-19, police reject claim

Feb 25, 2025, at 12:08 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: A woman died of an accident after her car was allegedly chased away by drunk men in an SUV on NH-19 in West Burdwan in the wee hours on Monday, media reports said.

Mamata Banerjee dares Suvendu Adhikari to tackle revolt, LoP says 'you can't scare me'

Feb 19, 2025, at 11:17 am

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari has hit out at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who dared the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA to get hold of himself upon facing a revolt from people of a particular religion.

No tie-up with Congress in Bengal, says Mamata Banerjee claiming TMC enough to defeat BJP

Feb 11, 2025, at 11:26 am

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday cleared her party Trinamool Congress (TMC) will fight the 2026 assembly elections alone ruling out any possible tie-up with her INDIA bloc ally Congress.

Suvendu Adhikari warns Mamata Banerjee after BJP’s Delhi win: ‘You’re next’

Feb 09, 2025, at 12:22 am

Kolkata: Buoyed by the BJP’s resounding victory in the 2025 Delhi Assembly election, Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari issued a stark warning to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday evening.

Calcutta HC rejects Bengal govt's plea seeking death penalty for RG Kar convict Sanjoy Roy

Feb 07, 2025, at 11:25 am

Kolkata/IBNS: A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Friday rejected the West Bengal government's plea seeking death penalty for civic volunteer Sanjoy Roy, who has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a sessions court in connection with the rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor in Kolkata's state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

Viral videos show Bengal university professor 'marrying' student inside classroom, authorities order probe

Jan 31, 2025, at 12:03 am

Kolkata/IBNS: A female professor in West Bengal landed into deep trouble after several videos purportedly showing her getting married to a college student inside a classroom went viral putting the university officials on alert.

Mamata Banerjee suspends 12 doctors at Midnapore hospital over woman's death due to 'expired' saline

Jan 17, 2025, at 12:20 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday suspended 12 doctors at the Midnapore Government Hospital over the death of a woman allegedly due to the administration of expired saline.

Bengal: Woman dies, 5 others critical after 'expired' saline administered at patients at Midnapore govt hospital

Jan 11, 2025, at 01:40 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: A woman died and five others were in critical condition after delivering babies as a result of an "expired" saline administered at the patients of a government hospital in West Bengal, media reports said.

Mamata accuses BSF of enabling infiltration; BJP calls Bengal a 'nursery for Bangladeshi influx'

Jan 02, 2025, at 05:29 pm

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused central forces of enabling infiltration from Bangladesh, alleging it was part of the Centre's "nefarious blueprint" to destabilise the state, media reports said.

'We will take revenge, with interest:' Suvendu Adhikari warns Mamata Banerjee over her Sandeshkhali claims

Dec 31, 2024, at 11:44 pm

Sandeshkhali/IBNS: A day after Mamata Banerjee visited Sandeshkhali, West Bengal's Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari was in the obscure riverine island on Tuesday, where he warned the Chief Minister of imprisonment over false cases if the Bharatiya Janata Party forms government in the state..

Truth ultimately gets revealed: Mamata Banerjee in her first visit to Sandeshkhali after Lok Sabha polls

Dec 31, 2024, at 11:38 am

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday asserted a lot of money was in the play to level the allegations of gangrape in Sandeshkhali, where massive protests broke out against erstwhile Trinamool Congress local strongman Sheikh Shahjahan months ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

Odisha tigress Zeenat sedated and captured in West Bengal after 21 days of chase

Dec 30, 2024, at 03:11 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Tigress Zeenat, who had escaped Odisha Tiger Reserve, was sedated and captured in West Bengal's Bankura district on Sunday following a chase for 21 days, media reports said.

Kashmiri terrorist, arrested in Bengal's Canning, met Hafiz Saeed's son in PoK

Dec 28, 2024, at 12:49 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Javed Munshi, a terrorist associated with Lashkar-e-Taiba who was arrested in West Bengal's Canning, travelled to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir thrice and met LeT founder Hafiz Saeed's son Talha Saeed, media reports said.

Viral 'Russian chaiwali' in Bengal's Howrah 'forced to shut down' shop over moral policing and gender discrimination

Dec 24, 2024, at 01:41 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: A young woman tea seller or 'Russian chaiwali' as she is viral on internet has been allegedly forced to shut down her independent business at Ankurhati in West Bengal's Howrah district over moral policing and gender discrimination by the locals, media reports said.

Daal mein kuch kaala hain ya sab kuchh kaala hain? SC questions authenticity of scanned OMRs in Bengal recruitment scam case

Dec 19, 2024, at 11:26 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court Wednesday pointed out the need to examine the authenticity of the electronic data stored in the database of the West Bengal School Service Commission (SSC) to understand whether there can be a distinction made between 'tainted' and 'untainted' candidates.

Archrivals TMC and BJP ally to win a co-operative election unopposed in Bengal's Nandigram

Dec 17, 2024, at 10:43 am

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) joined hands with its archrival Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to win a co-operative election unopposed in West Bengal's Nandigram which happens to be the assembly constituency of Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari.

'By Allah's grace, we will be in majority one day': Bengal TMC leader Firhad Hakim sparks row

Dec 14, 2024, at 10:06 pm

Kolkata: Firhad Hakim, a senior leader and legislator of Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, has once again sparked controversy with his communal comments.

'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.

Mamata Banerjee questions Congress’s leadership as INDIA bloc allies outperform in key states

Dec 07, 2024, at 09:36 pm

Kolkata: After the Congress’s lacklustre performance in the recent Assembly polls across states, despite a modest improvement in the Lok Sabha polls, its allies in the INDIA bloc have begun to dismiss the party’s potential as a formidable opponent to BJP. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s recent comment about leading the opposition alliance further highlighted this sentiment.

'I am the final word': Mamata Banerjee reminds TMC leaders of her absolute authority in party amid 'power-struggle'

Dec 03, 2024, at 05:02 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday reminded her party colleagues about her absolute authority in the Trinamool Congress' decision-making amid the rumour over a possible power-struggle involving her nephew Abhishek Banerjee.

'Anti-national activities exposed?': BJP slams TMC after husband of Mamata's leader arrested with dangerous nuclear materials

Nov 30, 2024, at 07:36 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has slammed the Trinamool Congress (TMC) after one of its leader's husband was arrested in West Bengal's Darjeeling with confidential DRDO documents and dangerous nuclear materials worth crores, media reports said.

Mamata Banerjee's TMC set to clean sweep West Bengal bypolls

Nov 23, 2024, at 04:51 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) is set to sweep the six assembly byelections 6-0, warding off the criticisms it had faced over the RG Kar rape-murder case.

West Bengal is in India, you must speak in Hindi: Woman in Kolkata Metro tells co-passenger stirring row

Nov 22, 2024, at 07:24 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: A major scuffle broke out in the Kolkata Metro recently after two women got engaged in a debate over language and identity.

Bengal: 17 arrested in clashes between two groups in Murshidabad's Beldanga over Kartik Puja pandal row

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.

TMC leader shot dead as violence mars bypolls in Bengal's North 24 Parganas

Nov 13, 2024, at 07:45 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Trinamool Congress leader Ashok Shaw was shot dead in Barrackpore's Bhatpara area amid the ongoing byelections in six assembly constituencies on Wednesday, media reports said.

BJP worker's body found inside party office in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas dist; woman arrested

Nov 10, 2024, at 07:36 am

Kolkata: A BJP worker was found dead inside the party office at Usthi in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, media reports said.

Three coaches of Secunderabad-Shalimar Express train derail at Nalpur in West Bengal's Howrah

Nov 09, 2024, at 04:30 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Three coaches of Secunderabad-Shalimar Express train derailed at Nalpur in the Howrah district of West Bengal on Saturday morning, media reports said.

Bengal: 5-year-old girl raped and murdered in Alipurduar, accused beaten to death by angry villagers

Nov 02, 2024, at 06:14 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: In another shocker from the state of West Bengal, a five-year-old girl was raped and murdered by a 40-year-old man in the Alipurduar district on Friday, media reports said.

Violent protests erupt in Bengal's South 24 Parganas over TMC govt's housing scheme beneficiary list

Oct 31, 2024, at 07:34 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Tension erupted in a part of West Bengal's South 24 Parganas after the Mamata Banerjee government released lists of beneficiaries in the state's housing scheme, media reports said. 

I apologise to people of Bengal, Delhi where regional govts did not implement Ayushman Bharat: Modi

Oct 29, 2024, at 10:11 pm

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday targeted the state governments of West Bengal and Delhi for not implementing the Centre's Ayushman Bharat Yojana under which people aged over 70 can avail of Rs 5 lakh annually as a health cover.

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