West Bengal
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Bengal orders closure of 252 madrasas, serves notices to 100
Kolkata: The West Bengal government has ordered the closure of 252 madrasas and sent show-cause notices to about 100 others after a statewide survey found that several institutions lacked required approvals and…
- India
People free to choose food habits, religious practices: Bengal CM
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said people have the constitutional freedom to choose their food habits and religious practices, in an apparent response to godman Dhirendra Shastri, popularly known as…
- India
Odisha orangutan mystery: Case filed, STF questions 3 in Bengal
Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s DGP in-charge Vinaytosh Mishra said that a case was registered on Friday, September 11, in connection with the appearance of five baby orangutans in a forest in Balasore district and…
- Hate Crime
Bengal: Resort security guard assaults tourist family with lathi
Kolkata: A Muslim family in West Bengal’s East Midnapore district was allegedly assaulted at a resort on Saturday, September 5, after a dispute over parking escalated. The family said the assault occurred…
- India
ED raids on premises linked to TMC MP spark political row
Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) searches at premises linked to TMC Rajya Sabha MP Nadimul Haque on Monday, September 7, triggered a political war of words, with the BJP defending the action…
- India
Suvendu apologises over ‘distorted’ Durga image in govt ad
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday, September 7, apologised for a government advertisement carrying a “distorted” image of Goddess Durga with 11 arms instead of the traditional 10, seeking…
- India
BJP condemns ‘anti-national’ slogans amid JU graffiti war
Kolkata: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would not enter university campuses, but those writing anti-national slogans should be dealt with firmly, the party’s West Bengal unit chief Samik Bhattacharya said on Sunday,…
- Kolkata
Back-to-back attacks on Christians in Bengal reported in August
West Bengal: A Christian family was allegedly attacked by a Hindutva group while bidding farewell to a departed soul in a cemetery inside a church premises in West Bengal. The incident occurred…
- India
Kolkata school suspends teacher over ‘tilak removal’ row
Kolkata: Prodded by West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, a private missionary school in Kolkata suspended a teacher following an allegation that she repeatedly removed a sandalwood mark (tilak) from the forehead…
- Bangalore
Bengaluru cops aid Bangladeshi woman, newborn before deportation
Bengaluru: The Bengaluru police ensured the safe delivery of a pregnant Bangladeshi woman detained during ‘Operation Mukta’ and cared for her newborn daughter until the deportation process was completed. The 22-year-old woman,…
- Hyderabad
Bengal native arrested in Hyderabad with 91 gram heroin
Hyderabad: A man from West Bengal was arrested for drug peddling in Hyderabad on Thursday, September 3, and 91 gms of heroin worth Rs 9 lakh was seized from him. The accused…
- World
ISI-backed Bangladesh terror groups raise spillover threat to India
New Delhi: The Indian security agencies are keeping a close watch on two terror groups and their splinters that operate out of Bangladesh. The Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB)…
- India
Abhishek alleges BJP goons vandalised TMC office in Kolkata
Kolkata: TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Thursday alleged that armed BJP men barged into the party’s Camac Street office here early on Thursday and vandalised the premises. Banerjee claimed that…
- India
Bengal: Fire Department serves notice on Abhishek’s office
Kolkata: The West Bengal Fire and Emergency Services Department has served a notice on the Camac Street office of TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee, citing several alleged safety lapses, a senior official said.…
- Kolkata
Mahua flags religious bias against IAS, IPS officers to assns
West Bengal: Trinamool Congress (TMC) senior leader and Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra questioned IPS and IAS associations over their inability to address the alleged religious discrimination faced by senior Muslim officers…