Bengal
- India
Will never allow NRC in Bengal: Mamata
Malda: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday maintained that she would “never allow” implementation of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in the state. “No one has to worry about…
- India
West Bengal: 11 detained for violence in Kaliaganj; curfew continues
Kaliaganj: A total of 11 people have been detained for their alleged involvement in violence at Kaliaganj in Uttar Dinajpur district over the death of a teenage girl, even as roads in…
- India
Ram Navami violence: NGO fact-finding team prevented from reaching Howrah
Kolkata: The members of a fact-finding team of an NGO from Delhi, who have come to review the situation at Shibpur and Kazipara areas in Kolkata-adjacent Howrah district where clashes broke out…
- India
After Ram Navami clashes, Hanuman Jayanti celebrated peacefully
Kolkata: The Hanuman Jayanti celebrations passed off peacefully in West Bengal as security forces maintained a strict vigil across the state to avoid a rerun of the violence that marked the Ram…
- India
Hanuman Jayanti: Calcutta HC asks Bengal govt to mull deploying central forces
Kolkata: In the wake of the violence in Rishra in West Bengal’s Hooghly district, a division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday advised the state government to consider deploying central…
- India
NCPCR seeks Bengal govt’s report on child marriages
Kolkata: The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has sent a notice to the West Bengal government seeking clarifications on the allegations of negligence by appropriate state authorities in connection…
- India
Post-Ram Navami fresh violence erupts in Bengal’s Hooghly
Kolkata: Fresh violence has erupted at the Rishra police station in West Bengal’s Hooghly district following railway services at the busy Howrah-Burdwan main division of Eastern Railways during the same time period.…
- India
Why is PM Modi ‘silent’: Kapil Sibal on Bengal, Bihar communal violence
New Delhi: In the wake of communal violence in West Bengal and Bihar, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Sunday questioned the “silence” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the matter, and…
- India
Ram Navami clashes: Bengal Guv summons chief secy after call from Shah
Kolkata: West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose sprang into action on Friday regarding the clashes in Howrah district on Thursday over a Ram Navami procession after receiving a call from Union Home…
- India
‘Mini Kashmir’ in many parts of Bengal: Vivek Agnihotri
Kolkata: Taking a dig at West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, “The Kashmir Files” director Vivek Agnihotri on Sunday said many parts of the eastern state “have turned…
- Politics
BJP plans big for Bengal, to kickstart ‘Jansampark Abhiyan’ ahead of LS polls
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party, which put up a tough fight against TMC in West Bengal in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, in its bid to present a better show has devised…
- Kolkata
Teachers’ scam: CBI seals records storeroom of Bengal education dept
Kolkata: Bikash Bhawan, the headquarters of the West Bengal education department, has now come under the scanner of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) which is probing the multi-crore teachers’ recruitment irregularities scam.…
- Delhi
Bengal coal mining scam: Delhi HC directs hospital to form medical board to examine accused
Delhi: Delhi High Court on Wednesday directed the Safdarjung Hospital to constitute a medical board for examining accused Gurupada Maji on his plea for interim bail on medical grounds in a money…
- India
Bengal panchayat polls: Suvendu Adhikari files PIL seeking central forces’ deployment
Kolkata: Leader of opposition in West Bengal Assembly Suvendu Adhikari on Monday filed a PIL before a division bench of the Calcutta High Court demanding the deployment of central armed forces during…
- India
TMC shares video of Adhikari’s comment on Bengal minister
Kolkata: Amid the ongoing row over TMC minister Akhil Giri’s controversial comment on President Droupadi Murmu, the party on Monday released a video where senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari was purportedly heard…
