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Low pressure in Bay of Bengal intensifies into depression
Bhubaneswar/Kolkata: A well-marked low-pressure area over the Bay of Bengal has intensified into a depression that could bring heavy rain in Odisha and West Bengal over the next few days. All Odisha…
- Politics
Mamata’s aide Chandrima Bhattacharya resigns as TMC Bengal chief
Kolkata: In yet another setback for the Mamata Banerjee faction of the Trinamool Congress, the party’s Bengal state president, Chandrima Bhattacharya, stepped down from her position on Saturday, July 4, barely a…
- Sports
IPL cricketer accused of cohabitation on marriage promise
Kolkata: Bengal cricketer Abhishek Porel, who plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL) for Delhi Capitals, has been accused of cohabitation on the promise of marriage. A young medical student from Karnataka…
- India
Bengal CID questions TMC’s Abhishek for nearly 6 hours
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee left the West Bengal CID headquarters here on the night of Thursday, June 11, after he was questioned for nearly six hours in the…
- World
Earthquake in Bhutan shakes Sikkim, North Bengal
Kolkata: Tremors were felt across Sikkim and parts of north Bengal after a 5.6-magnitude earthquake struck Bhutan late on Sunday, June 7, officials said. Tremors lasted for a few seconds, and there…
- India
AIMPLB opposes ‘compulsory’ Vande Mataram in Bengal madrasas
New Delhi: Calling it a violation of fundamental rights, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has sought withdrawal of a West Bengal government’s order making recitation of all stanzas of…
- India
Bengal: FIR against Mamata Banerjee for remarks ‘hurting religious sentiments’
Kolkata: An FIR has been lodged against former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee for hurting religious sentiments based on a complaint by a lawyer, police said on Wednesday, May 27. The…
- India
After 10 rounds of Falta counting, BJP candidate’s lead rises to 38,940 votes
Kolkata: With 11 more rounds of counting for the repolling of Falta Assembly constituency in the South 24 Parganas of West Bengal yet to be completed, the lead margin of the Bharatiya…
- India
Counting of votes in Bengal’s Falta Assembly repoll begins
Kolkata: Counting of votes for the repoll to the Falta Assembly constituency in West Bengal began at 8 am on Sunday, May 24, amid tight security, an Election Commission official said. The…
- India
BJP govt in Bengal will be of nationalists: Suvendu
Siliguri: Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Wednesday, May 20, said the BJP government in West Bengal will be of the nationalists and that it will uphold Indian tradition and culture. He said…
- India
Bengal SIR: Six residents file ‘suicide petition’ with President Murmu
Kolkata: Six residents of Arambagh in West Bengal’s Hooghly district have filed a suicide petition with President Droupadi Murmu after their names were removed from the state’s electoral rolls post Special Intensive…
- India
Bengal SIR: Man allegedly kills self after name removed from electoral rolls
Kolkata: A man allegedly died by suicide after his name was removed from the electoral rolls in West Bengal following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, police said on Monday, April 6.…
- Entertainment
Bengali actor Rahul Arunoday Banerjee dies after drowning in sea
Mumbai: Actor Rahul Arunoday Banerjee, who predominantly worked in Bengali cinema, tragically lost his life after drowning in the sea at Talsari during a shooting assignment. He was 43 years old at…
- India
Bengal SIR: EC publishes second supplementary voter list
Kolkata: The Election Commission published the second supplementary list under the SIR of electoral rolls in West Bengal, an official said. The poll panel, however, did not provide details on the total…
- India
Bengal SIR: ECI publishes 1st supplementary list of judicial adjudication cases
Kolkata: The first supplementary list for judicial adjudication of voters classified under the “logical discrepancy category” was published exactly at midnight after a day-long wait. The list was published online first on…
