West Bengal
- Kolkata
Abhishek Banerjee questions Election Commission’s role in Bengal polls
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday questioned the role of the Election Commission (EC) in holding polls in West Bengal and cautioned against alleged attempts by the ruling…
- India
Trinamool delegation to meet ECI on Tuesday over fake voter issue
Kolkata: A ten-member delegation of Trinamool Congress will meet the Election Commission of India (ECI) in Delhi on Tuesday (March 11) on the issue of bogus voters in West Bengal. “We have…
- India
JU ruckus: Agitating students to decide on next stage of protests today
Kolkata: The students of Kolkata’s iconic Jadavpur University agitated over the March 1 ruckus in which two students were allegedly hit and injured by a Minister’s car will announce their next course…
- India
Jadavpur University violence: Injured student slapped with non-bailable sections
Kolkata: Indranuj Ray, a first-year student of Jadavpur University, who is currently under treatment at a Kolkata-based hospital for injuries sustained after allegedly being hit by the vehicle of West Bengal Education…
- Hate Crime
Mob attacks Christian home in West Bengal, accuses family of religious conversion
In yet another incidence of attack against minority communities, a Christian family was attacked by a Hindu mob in West Bengal’s Panshkura town of Purba Medinipur district. The attack was launched on…
- India
Female loco pilot returning from ‘washroom break’ fatally hit by train
New Delhi: A woman loco pilot was mowed down by a speeding train in West Bengal’s Malda division when she was crossing the track to return to the engine after a ‘washroom…
- India
RG Kar case: Victim’s parents seek RSS Chief’s intervention to ensure justice
Kolkata: The parents of the RK Kar case victim on Saturday met the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat and sought his intervention in ensuring justice for their daughter. Bhagwat, who…
- Hate Crime
West Bengal: Student thrashed on train, called ‘Bangladeshi’ by Hindutva mob
In yet another incidence of growing intolerance towards minorities in India, a 27-year-old Muslim student Rezaul Islam Mondal was brutally assaulted and humiliated allegedly by a Hindutva extremist group on a Sealdah-bound…
- India
Watch: Professor ‘marries’ student in Bengal, later calls it ‘class excercise’
A professor in West Bengal allegedly married a first-year student inside a classroom with full wedding ceremonies, including haldi and mehendi; raising many eyebrows. The incident took place in the psychology department…
- India
RG Kar case: Trinamool MLA urges party colleagues not to attack victim’s parents
Kolkata: At a time when the Trinamool Congress leaders are attacking the parents of the victim in the R.G. Kar rape and murder case for opposing the death sentence to the sole…
- Bollywood
Singer Monali Thakur stops concert midway, rushed to hospital
Mumbai: Renowned singer Monali Thakur was admitted to a hospital in West Bengal after experiencing breathing difficulties during a live performance at the Dinhata Festival in Cooch Behar on January 21. The…
- India
Body of minor girl found in Bengal’s Basanti, rape & murder suspected
Kolkata: A naked body of a missing minor girl, suspected to be a victim of rape and murder, was recovered from a field at Basanti in South 24 Parganas district of West…
- India
Should get deserved punishment: RG Kar rape-murder convict’s mother
Kolkata: The mother of Sanjay Roy, who was convicted for the rape and murder of an on-duty medic of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, on Sunday said if her son is…
- India
RG Kar verdict: Political slugfest erupts in Bengal after Sanjay Roy’s conviction
Kolkata: Just hours after a special court in Kolkata convicted civic volunteer Sanjay Roy for the rape and murder of a junior woman doctor of state-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital…
- India
Mamata Banerjee to review preparation for Bengal Global Business Summit today
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will be chairing a meeting on Wednesday to review the preparation for the Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS) 2025, the annual business meet organised by…
