West Bengal
- Kolkata
Another TMC MP injured in Bengal a day after attack on Abhishek Banerjee
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Kalyan Banerjee said he suffered head injuries after being mobbed in front of a police station he visited in West Bengal’s Hooghly district on Sunday, May 31,…
- Kolkata
Mamata pressured private hospital to admit Abhishek Banerjee: BJP
Kolkata: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday, May 31, alleged that Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee had pressured a private hospital to get her nephew and party leader Abhishek Banerjee…
- India
India’s vultures are coming back, one tiger reserve at a time
Mumbai: Two decades after toxic veterinary drugs cleared India’s skies of its ultimate scavengers, vultures are making a comeback with more than 700 birds bred in captivity and phased wild-release programmes turning…
- India
61 hate crimes in April: A month of bulldozers, boycotts and deleted voters
Hyderabad: Siasat.com recorded 61 hate crimes across India in April – 49 targeting Muslims, 10 against Dalits and two against Christians. The numbers are consistent with the steady religious and caste-motivated violence that has…
- India
Abhishek Banerjee called ‘Bangladeshi,’ attacked with stones, eggs; Mamata fumes
Kolkata: All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee was roughed up on Saturday, May 30, allegedly by locals, when he visited West Bengal’s Sonarpur area to meet families of…
- India
11 holding centres set up in Bengal, 335 suspected ‘infiltrators’ lodged
Kolkata: As part of its “detect, delete and deport” policy, the West Bengal government has so far set up 11 holding centres for suspected illegal immigrants, and 335 detainees are currently being…
- Hate Crime
Kolkata municipality serves demolition notices two days before Bakrid
Kolkata: With only two days for Bakrid, residents of Tiljala-Topsia neighbourhood in West Bengal’s capital city woke up to demolition notices pasted on their doors from the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), declaring…
- India
SC notice to Centre on plea seeking ban on child employment in orchestras, spas
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, May 25, sought responses from the Centre, child rights body NCPCR, and the NHRC on a PIL seeking an absolute ban on the employment of…
- India
Mamata, Abhishek Banerjee back CJP: TMC leader Derek O’Brien
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee and national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee have expressed full support for the satirical digital outfit Cockroach Janta Party, TMC Rajya Sabha leader Derek O’Brien said…
- India
Bangladeshi couple held in West Bengal after 14 years of illegal stay
Kolkata: A Bangladeshi couple allegedly living illegally in West Bengal for the last 14 years has been arrested from the Jagacha police station area in Howrah district, police said on Sunday. The…
- Kolkata
BJP sweeps Bengal’s Falta Assembly repoll by over one lakh votes
Kolkata: The BJP on Sunday swept the repoll to Bengal’s Falta Assembly seat with a victory margin of more than one lakh votes in the constituency long seen as a citadel of…
- India
Falta counting: Massive lead for BJP in early trends
Kolkata: BJP candidate Debangshu Panda secured a commanding lead of more than 9,000 votes over his nearest rival after the first round of counting in the repoll to West Bengal’s Falta assembly…
- India
I-PAC raid row: SC to hear ED plea against Mamata Banerjee today
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Friday, May 22, a plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), alleging interference by then West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and…
- Kolkata
Bakrid: Calcutta HC reserves order on Bengal cattle slaughter restrictions
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday, May 21, reserved its order on a batch of petitions challenging a West Bengal government notification that restricts cattle slaughter ahead of Eid ul-Adha, with the…
- Kolkata
BJP-led Bengal govt makes singing of Vande Mataram mandatory in all madrasas
Kolkata: The West Bengal government has made the singing of “Vande Mataram” at assembly prayers compulsory in all madrasas with immediate effect, according to an official order. The order by the Directorate…