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Legal procedures not followed during raid at Anis Khan’s home: Bengal govt in court
Kolkata: The police raid at the residence of deceased student leader Anis Khan on February 18 was not done following proper legal procedures, the West Bengal government admitted to the Calcutta High…
- India
Shah’s visit to Bengal a wake-up call for state unit?
Kolkata: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s West Bengal unit received a much needed shake-up to arouse it from its slumber during Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit to the state recently. According to…
- India
Bengal means Business: Check out Mamata’s eight pillar strategy
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday laid out an eight-pillar strategy for the development of the state and making it a global hub for business. Addressing the Summit, the…
- Offbeat
Four held for ‘raping’ Bengal monitor lizard in Maha forest
Mumbai: Four persons were arrested for allegedly raping a Bengal monitor lizard in Sahyadri Tiger Reserve (STR) in Maharashtra, a forest official said on Wednesday. The incident, which occurred at Gothane village…
- India
Bengal was offered Pegasus spyware for just Rs 25 crore, says Mamta
Kolkata: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that the cyber-security company which developed Pegasus had approached the state police at least four to five years back with an offer…
- India
Trinamool wins over 86% wards in Bengal municipal poll
Kolkata: The invincibility of Trinamool Congress was again proved when the ruling party not only won 102 of the 108 municipalities but managed to take control of more than 86 per cent…
- Elections
Polling begins for elections to four municipal corporations in Bengal
Kolkata: Voting for elections to municipal corporations of Bidhannagar, Asansol, Siliguri and Chandannagar in West Bengal began at 7 am on Saturday. Elaborate security arrangements have been made by the police in…
- India
Bengal train accident: Death toll reaches 9, Railway Minister visits spot
Kolkata: The death count in the Guwahati-Bikaner Express train accident in north Bengal climbed to nine and the officials said tracks have been cleared for traffic. Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw arrived…
- India
Live-streaming of suicide on Facebook triggers row in Bengal
Kolkata: A controversy has been triggered in West Bengal after a man, his wife and their son committed suicide at Bakkhali area in South 24 Parganas district with the act streaming live…
- India
Bengal CM rebukes his brother for not abiding Covid rules
Kolkata: Rebuking her brother for moving around outside with Covid patients at home, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that the government might impose stricter rules if the number…
- India
Mamata won Bengal because she campaigned from a wheelchair: Athawale
Panaji: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee managed to secure a majority in the 2021 West Bengal assembly polls, because she met with an accident and campaigned from a wheel-chair, Union Minister…
- India
Bengal’s Omicron child patient now tests Covid negative
Kolkata: The seven-year-old boy, who was detected to have coronavirus’ Omicron variant, and all other family contacts in West Bengal’s Malda, were found negative on Thursday. The boy, who arrived in Hyderabad…
- India
7-yr-old Bengal boy tests positive for Omicron
Kolkata: West Bengal on Wednesday reported its first Omicron case as a seven-year-old boy from Murshidabad district tested positive for the coronavirus variant, a senior official of the health department said. The…
- India
Cyclone Jawad might trigger heavy rains in south Bengal
Kolkata: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday issued an alert for the formation of Cyclone Jawad, which may hit the coasts of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha on December 4 morning. The…
- Books
The Immortals: Siraj-ud-Doulah, the Nawab of Bengal
Siraj-ud-Doulah, the Nawab of Bengal was the first Indian king to foresee the threat posed to the future of the country by the English East India Company which entered India in the…
