West Bengal
- Kolkata
Mahua Moitra moves UN body over ‘exclusion of Muslim officers’
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra has written to the UN Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues alleging that senior Muslim IAS and IPS officers in West Bengal were excluded from official…
- India
TMC MP Mahua Moitra egged during ‘BJP protest’ in Bengal
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Wednesday, September 16, faced a protest allegedly by BJP workers and was pelted with eggs during a visit to Nadia district’s Tehatta area, where demonstrators…
- India
Azharuddin reacts to IPS officer’s transfer over ‘Assalamualaikum’
Hyderabad: Telangana Minority Welfare Minister Mohammed Azharuddin on Tuesday, September 15, questioned the transfer of Bushra Bano, an Indian Police Service Officer in West Bengal, over her greetings in a video. In…
- India
3 months after BJP govt’s curb, Bengal’s beef trade collapses
West Bengal: Meat trader Mushtaq has not earned a single penny in over three months since the Suvendu Adhikari-led West Bengal government issued a notice on cattle slaughter. “It was halted because…
- India
An ‘Assalamualaikum,’ ‘Inshallah’ gets IPS officer transferred
Hyderabad: Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Bushra Bano, against whom a right-wing organisation filed a complaint with the West Bengal Home Secretary, has been transferred. The transfer order was issued on Monday,…
- India
Complaint against IPS officer for greeting with Assalamualaikum
West Bengal: A complaint was filed with the West Bengal Home Secretary against IPS officer Bushra Bano for using Urdu greetings in her latest video, where she shared her journey of joining…
- India
Bengal orders closure of 252 madrasas, serves notices to 100
Kolkata: The West Bengal government has ordered the closure of 252 madrasas and sent show-cause notices to about 100 others after a statewide survey found that several institutions lacked required approvals and…
- India
People free to choose food habits, religious practices: Bengal CM
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari said people have the constitutional freedom to choose their food habits and religious practices, in an apparent response to godman Dhirendra Shastri, popularly known as…
- India
Odisha orangutan mystery: Case filed, STF questions 3 in Bengal
Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s DGP in-charge Vinaytosh Mishra said that a case was registered on Friday, September 11, in connection with the appearance of five baby orangutans in a forest in Balasore district and…
- Hate Crime
Bengal: Resort security guard assaults tourist family with lathi
Kolkata: A Muslim family in West Bengal’s East Midnapore district was allegedly assaulted at a resort on Saturday, September 5, after a dispute over parking escalated. The family said the assault occurred…
- India
ED raids on premises linked to TMC MP spark political row
Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) searches at premises linked to TMC Rajya Sabha MP Nadimul Haque on Monday, September 7, triggered a political war of words, with the BJP defending the action…
- India
Suvendu apologises over ‘distorted’ Durga image in govt ad
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Monday, September 7, apologised for a government advertisement carrying a “distorted” image of Goddess Durga with 11 arms instead of the traditional 10, seeking…
- India
BJP condemns ‘anti-national’ slogans amid JU graffiti war
Kolkata: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would not enter university campuses, but those writing anti-national slogans should be dealt with firmly, the party’s West Bengal unit chief Samik Bhattacharya said on Sunday,…
- Kolkata
Back-to-back attacks on Christians in Bengal reported in August
West Bengal: A Christian family was allegedly attacked by a Hindutva group while bidding farewell to a departed soul in a cemetery inside a church premises in West Bengal. The incident occurred…
- India
Kolkata school suspends teacher over ‘tilak removal’ row
Kolkata: Prodded by West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, a private missionary school in Kolkata suspended a teacher following an allegation that she repeatedly removed a sandalwood mark (tilak) from the forehead…
