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Bengal train mishap: Death toll rises to 10, Kanchanjunga Express returns to Sealdah
The death toll in the Kanchanjunga Express-goods train collision in West Bengal’s Darjeeling district has risen to 10, said officials, adding that the train has returned to Sealdah. A senior official from…
- India
Bengal rail accident leaves several dead, 60 injured; toll could rise
New Jalpaiguri/Kolkata: At least 10 passengers died and 60 others were injured, after three rear coaches of the stationary Sealdah-bound Kanchanjunga Express derailed on Monday, June 17, as a goods train collided…
- India
Bengal rail accident: Centre announces Rs 10 lakh ex gratia for kin of deceased
The Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday. June 17, announced compensation of Rs 10 lakh to the kin of the deceased and Rs 2.5 lakh towards individuals who suffered grievous injuries…
- Kolkata
WB: 5 dead, 30 injured as goods train collides with Kanchanjunga Express
Kolkata: At least five persons died and around 30 others were injured after a goods train collided with the Sealdah-bound Kanchanjunga Express near Rangapani station in West Bengal on Monday, police said.…
- Kolkata
2 compartments of express train derail near Bengal’s New Jalpaiguri
Kolkata: At least two rear compartments of the Sealdah-bound Kanchanjunga Express derailed on Monday after a goods train collided with it near New Jalpaiguri station in West Bengal, a senior railway official…
- Kolkata
HC directs WB govt to ensure 1% quota for transgender persons in public employment
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court has directed the West Bengal government to ensure one per cent reservation for transgender persons in all public employment in the state. Noting that the state government…
- India
Bengal school job case: ED confiscates more properties linked to Partha Chatterjee
Kolkata: Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials have confiscated some property forms of land plots or residential houses indirectly or jointly held by former West Bengal education minister and Trinamool Congress secretary general Partha…
- Kolkata
Bengal bypolls: 55 companies of CAPF to be deployed in 4 Assembly seats
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided to deploy 55 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) personnel for the bye-elections for four Assembly constituencies in West Bengal to be…
- India
‘Petrol cheaper in Assam than West Bengal’: CM Sarma defends hike
Guwahati: A day after Lok Sabha poll results were declared, the Assam government hiked taxes on petrol and diesel. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed that the prices of fuel are cheaper…
- India
Five ‘young’ LS candidates win poll battle in West Bengal
Kolkata: Among the 42 candidates who have won the Lok Sabha, five – three of the Trinamool Congress and two of the BJP – are ‘young’. One of them is union minister…
- Kolkata
West Bengal: TMC registers over 2% vote swing, BJP down by two
Kolkata: Refuting predictions made by a majority of exit polls for West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress registered a 45.77 per cent vote share in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal,…
- India
Shatrughan Sinha leading in Asansol against BJP’s S.S. Ahluwalia
Kolkata: Actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha, of the Trinamool Congress, was leading in West Bengal’s Asansol seat by over 39,000 votes against his BJP rival, Surendrajeet Singh Ahluwalia. According to the trends by the…
- India
TMC, BJP in neck and neck fight in Bengal
Kolkata: The TMC and the BJP were on Tuesday locked in a neck-and-neck contest in West Bengal as counting of postal ballots for the Lok Sabha polls was underway, with the former…
- India
Sandeshkhali post-poll violence: ‘Worried’ Guv asks Mamata to intervene
Kolkata: West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Sunday said he was worried after getting reports about post-poll violence in Sandeshkhali, and asked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to intervene immediately and…
- India
Bengal: BJP approaches ECI seeking re-election in two constituencies
Kolkata: West Bengal BJP on Sunday approached the Election Commission of India (ECI) seeking re-election for certain booths in two Lok Sabha constituencies which went to polls in the seventh phase on…
