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2 compartments of express train derail near Bengal’s New Jalpaiguri

Kolkata: At least two rear compartments of the Sealdah-bound Kanchanjunga Express derailed on Monday after a goods train collided with it near New Jalpaiguri station in West Bengal, a senior railway official…
HC directs WB govt to ensure 1% quota for transgender persons in public employment

Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court has directed the West Bengal government to ensure one per cent reservation for transgender persons in all public employment in the state. Noting that the state government…

Bengal hijab row: Teacher decides not to re-join after college allows head scarf

Kolkata: The teacher of a private law college in Kolkata, who was allegedly asked not to attend classes wearing a hijab but later told a head scarf can be allowed, on Thursday…
Hijab row: College says wearing headscarf allowed, teacher seeks time to rejoin

Kolkata: A private law college in Kolkata, where a teacher was “forced to resign” after she was allegedly not allowed to attend classes wearing a hijab, on Tuesday said she can cover…
Bengal bypolls: 55 companies of CAPF to be deployed in 4 Assembly seats

Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided to deploy 55 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) personnel for the bye-elections for four Assembly constituencies in West Bengal to be…
Kolkata teacher stops going to college over wearing ‘hijab’

Kolkata: A teacher at a private law college affiliated to the University of Calcutta resigned and stopped attending classes after the institute authorities allegedly requested her to refrain from wearing a hijab…
TMC’s actor-MLA assaults restaurant owner for ‘abusing’ Abhishek, apologises later

Kolkata: Actor-turned-Trinamool Congress MLA Soham Chakraborty created a controversy by assaulting a restaurant owner who allegedly abused party MP Abhishek Banerjee during the shooting of a film there. Both Chakraborty and restaurant…

TMC wins Muslim-majority pockets in south Bengal, BJP wins in north

Kolkata: People belonging to the minority community helped TMC sweep Muslim-majority pockets in the southern region of West Bengal while the division of their votes facilitated BJP’s victories in the northern part…
West Bengal: TMC registers over 2% vote swing, BJP down by two

Kolkata: Refuting predictions made by a majority of exit polls for West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress registered a 45.77 per cent vote share in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal,…
Several factors led to TMC’s victory, proving Exit Poll projections wrong

Kolkata: Several factors played a key role in the Trinamool Congress’ victory in West Bengal, that proved all Exit Poll projections wrong. Trinamool supremo Mamata Banerjee’s party bagged 29 out of 42…
Mahua Moitra returns to Parliament with resounding victory in Krishnanagar

Kolkata:In a political comeback that can only be described as triumphant, Mahua Moitra, the firebrand leader of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), is headed for a resounding victory in Krishnanagar Lok Sabha seat…
TMC, BJP in neck and neck fight in Bengal

Kolkata: The TMC and the BJP were on Tuesday locked in a neck-and-neck contest in West Bengal as counting of postal ballots for the Lok Sabha polls was underway, with the former…
Sandeshkhali violence rocks final phase of LS polls, 69.89 pc voter turnout recorded

Kolkata: Widespread violence between supporters of the TMC and the BJP over alleged electoral malpractices in strife-torn Sandeshkhali marred the final phase of Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal on Saturday, resulting…
Sporadic incidents of violence mar final phase of voting in Bengal

Kolkata: Sporadic incidents of violence marred the seventh and final phase of Lok Sabha polls in the nine parliamentary constituencies in West Bengal, as TMC, ISF and BJP workers clashed in various…
West Bengal: ED files chargesheet against Sheikh Shahjahan

Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday filed a chargesheet against former Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan who has been described as the mastermind in the incident of attack on an ED…