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Amid Manipur horror, BJP alleges two tribal women stripped naked, tortured in Bengal's Malda

Jul 22, 2023, at 09:49 pm

Kolkata: Amid outrage over a recent viral video where two women were seen paraded naked by a mob in strife-hit Manipur, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday alleged that two tribal women were stripped naked and tortured in West Bengal's Malda region recently.

Bengal: Stones pelted at Vande Bharat Express in Darjeeling district, second incident in 24 hours

Jan 04, 2023, at 05:49 am

Darjeeling/IBNS: In a second incident in 24 hours, unidentified miscreants on Tuesday pelted stones at the New Jalpaiguri–Howrah Vande Bharat Express near the Phansidewa area in Darjeeling district.

West Bengal: Stones pelted at Vande Bharat in Malda, blame game politics begin

Jan 03, 2023, at 08:56 pm

Kolkata: Stones were pelted on the Howrah bound Vande Bharat Express at Malda, barely a day after the semi-super fast train was commercially introduced to link Kolkata with north Bengal, and even before the perpetrators were arrested the blame game began between the West Bengal ruling TMC and the opposition BJP.

West Bengal: Stones pelted at Vande Bharat Express days after launch

Jan 03, 2023, at 06:14 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: India's seventh Vande Bharat Express was on Monday attacked by an unknown mob in West Bengal's Malda, three days after it was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, media reports said.

West Bengal: Man killed, minor girl wounded in two separate explosions in two days

Mar 31, 2022, at 05:14 am

Kolkata/IBNS: A day after a suspected crude bomb exploded in a house in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas claiming a life, a minor girl was on Wednesday seriously injured in a blast in Malda district.

Foxes attack village in Bengal's Malda dist, 38 injured

Nov 12, 2021, at 01:40 pm

Malda/IBNS: A sudden attack by a skulk of foxes have left at least 38 people injured in West Bengal's Malda district, media reports said.

Chinese national wanted by ATS caught while crossing into Indian territory from Bangladesh

Jun 11, 2021, at 05:48 am

Malda/IBNS: A Chinese national has been detained by the Border Security Force (BSF), close to India and Bangladesh border, on Thursday, over suspicious activities, officials said.

BSF intercepts Chinese national in Bengal's Malda

Jun 10, 2021, at 10:00 pm

New Delhi/UNI: The Border Security Force (BSF) has said that a Chinese national roaming in Malda, West Bengal was intercepted on Thursday.

Bengal Polls: Malda BJP candidate shot at by miscreants

Apr 19, 2021, at 03:44 am

Malda: Unidentified miscreants on Sunday shot at BJP candidate from Malda, Gopal Chandra Saha, amid the ongoing assembly elections in West Bengal.

Yogi Adityanath to address three election rallies in West Bengal tomorrow

Mar 16, 2021, at 01:06 am

Lucknow/UNI: Uttar Pradesh chief minister and BJP's star campaigner Yogi Adityanath will address three election meetings in West Bengal on Tuesday.

Bengal: 5 Trinamool Congress MLAs, 14 Malda Zilla Parishad members join BJP

Mar 08, 2021, at 11:21 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: In an apparent setback for West Bengal's ruling party, five sitting Trinamool Congress MLAs and 14 members of Malda Zilla Parishad Monday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the poll-bound state.

Won't return with empty hands this time: Mamata Banerjee to crowd in Malda

Feb 10, 2021, at 09:02 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday urged people of Malda to vote for the Trinamool Congress, which has not been able to make a dent in the district even during the heydays.

West Bengal: Forensic team again at explosion site at Malda plastic factory after previous clues hint something more serious

Nov 22, 2020, at 05:05 am

Malda/UNI: The forensic team examining the blast in a plastic factory here has said there is possibility that the explosion may not have been caused by a technical fault in the machine as thought earlier.

West Bengal: At least five killed in Malda plastic factory explosion

Nov 19, 2020, at 08:15 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: At least five labourers were killed and several others were seriously injured in a high intensity explosion at a plastic factory at Sujapur area under Kaliachak Police Station limits in Malda district of West Bengal on Thursday morning, officials said.

nCoV: West Bengal registers 521 fresh cases, 13 deaths, tally at 16,711

Jun 28, 2020, at 12:07 am

Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal on Saturday recorded 521 confirmed Covid-19  cases, taking the tally to 16,711, while the toll jacked up to 629 with 13 more deaths.

West Bengal: Exorcism kills two kids in Malda District, police begin investigation

Feb 15, 2020, at 03:41 pm

Malda/UNI: Police on Saturday began an inquest after two kids were allegedly tortured to death in the name of exorcism by two tantrick after four boys fell sick in their home after returning from play in West Bengal's Malda district, official sources said.

Bharat Bandh: Violence erupts in West Bengal's Malda, police vehicles torched, cops attacked

Jan 08, 2020, at 08:20 pm

Kolkata/ IBNS: The 24-hour Bharat Bandh (nationwide strike) called by ten Central Trade Unions (CTU) to protest against the Narendra Modi government's "anti-people policies" turned ugly in West Bengal's Malda town where two police vehicles were torched by a mob and the cops faced stone pelting.

Three kids drown in Malda and youth missing during immersion of Durga idol in Bengal

Oct 09, 2019, at 02:17 pm

Kolkata, Oct 9 (UNI) Three kids were drowned and a youth went missing during the immersion of Durga idol in two districts of West Bengal, police confirmed on Wednesday.

One killed and four injured in house collapse in West Bengal

Sep 10, 2019, at 05:12 pm

Malda, Sep 10 (UNI) At least one minor was killed and four others, including a woman, were injured when the roof of a house, under construction, collapsed in Nurpur village under Manikchawk Police Station in the district last night.

One killed and four injured in house collapse in West Bengal

Sep 10, 2019, at 05:07 pm

Malda, Sep 10 (UNI) At least one minor was killed and four others, including a woman, were injured when the roof of a house, under construction, collapsed in Nurpur village under Manikchawk Police Station in the district last night.

Kolkata: Youth from Malda with nearly Rs 2 lakh fake Indian currencies arrested

Aug 18, 2019, at 09:39 pm

Kolkata, Aug 18 (UNI) A 22-year-old-youth from Malda district was arrested by the STF of Kolkata Police for possessing Rs 1,92 lakh fake Indian currencies from Strand Road near Babughat, police said today.

West Bengal: One held for possessing firearms

May 12, 2019, at 10:47 pm

Malda, May 12(UNI) Police arrested one person and seized firearms from his possession, after raiding his house at Jadupur in Kaliachak area here, last night. According to sources, a team from Kaliachak Police Station raided Malek Shaikh's house based on a tip-off, and recovered two muskets and three one-shutters.

West Bengal: Fake Indian currencies supply kingpin arrested from Malda

Apr 30, 2019, at 05:08 pm

Kolkata, Apr 30 (UNI) Probing the trails of fake currencies trading in Bengal's border areas, the sleuths of National Investigating Agency (NIA) arrested the kingpin, Saddam alias Feroz Sheikh, from a hideout in Malda district, a border area of neighbouring Bangladesh.

#LokSabhaElection2019: Rahul Gandhi takes a dig at PM Narendra Modi and CM Mamata Banerjee during Malda rally

Mar 23, 2019, at 06:29 pm

Chachal (Malda), Mar 23 (UNI) Launching a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said she only makes promises.

#LokSabhaElection2019: Rahul Gandhi targets Mamata Banerjee, Mausam Noor during Malda rally

Mar 23, 2019, at 05:59 pm

Malda, Mar 23 (IBNS): Congress president Rahul Gandhi commenced his Lok Sabha polls campaign in West Bengal on Saturday by addressing a rally in Malda and targeted West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee -led government and said she is torturing the people of the state.

Opposition BJP lambasts TMC led Malda Zilla Parishad for presenting populist budget

Mar 09, 2019, at 05:20 pm

Malda, Mar 9 (UNI): Malda Zilla Parishad on Thursday passed Rs 422 crore budget along with a slew of development projects which was severely crticised by the opposition BJP.

Bengali refugees will be given citizenship under the Citizenship Bill: Amit Shah says in Malda rally

Jan 22, 2019, at 05:05 pm

Malda, Jan 22 (IBNS): Starting the Bharatiya Janata Party's campaign before the Lok Sabah polls by addressing a rally in Malda town, party president Amit Shah on Tuesday urged people to remove Trinamool Congress-led government from the state and promised that all Bengali refugees will be granted citizenship with the passage of the Citizenship Bill.

Amit Shah addresses rally in Malda, urges people of Bengal to defeat TMC

Jan 22, 2019, at 03:44 pm

Malda, Jan 22 (IBNS): Urging people to remove the Trinamool Congress-led government from the state, Bharatiya Janata Party chief Amit Shah on Tuesday addressed a rally in Malda and said people must establish democracy by voting his party to power in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

BJP president Amit Shah to address rally in Malda today

Jan 22, 2019, at 09:53 am

Malda, Jan 22 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah will start his party's campaign in West Bengal ahead of the Lok Sabha polls by addressing a rally in Malda on Tuesday.

Amit Shah helicopter to use private helipad after WB govt denies permission to land at Malda airport

Jan 21, 2019, at 11:45 pm

Kolkata, Jan 21 (IBNS): BJP president Amit Shah's helicopter will land at a private helipad in West Bengal's Malda on Tuesday after the state government did not give permission to land at the local airport, media reports said.