West Bengal
- India
Bengal govt calls for 50% devolution of taxes to states
Kolkata: Sixteenth Finance Commission Chairman Arvind Panagariya on Tuesday said the West Bengal government has urged the panel to increase the devolution of taxes to states from the current 41 per cent…
- News
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee criticizes BJP for targeting Muslims
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday slammed the BJP-led central government over the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, accusing it of targeting Muslims. She also expressed doubts on its passage in…
- India
Yunus in Bangladesh & Mamata in Bengal are same: S Adhikari
Kolkata: West Bengal Leader of the Opposition (LoP) Suvendu Adhikari criticised Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday for seeking to send UN peace-keeping forces to Bangladesh, saying that Muhammad Yunus in Bangladesh…
- India
Potato prices in Bengal retail markets likely to rise as traders threaten strike
Kolkata: The price of potatoes, which is already high in the retail markets of West Bengal, might rise further in the coming week following the decision of the traders association to go…
- Telangana
Telangana police report on child pornography leads to arrest in West Bengal
Hyderabad: A man has been apprehended in West Bengal for allegedly distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM), an official confirmed on Thursday, November 28. The operation followed a report from the Telangana…
- India
Trinamool leader granted bail by HC in Bengal school job case
Kolkata: A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Tuesday, granted conditional bail to former Trinamool Congress leader Santanu Bandopadhyay, who allegedly acted as one of the principal middlemen in the…
- Kolkata
NDA tastes bypoll success in Bihar, Assam, Meghalaya; Bengal remains elusive
Kolkata: The juggernaut of the BJP-led NDA, which triumphed in three of the four east and north-eastern states that went for assembly bypolls on Saturday, was halted yet again in West Bengal…
- Kolkata
TMC takes massive lead in Bengal assembly bypolls, eyes clean sweep
Kolkata: Ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidates have taken an unassailable lead in the bypolls held in the six assembly constituencies in West Bengal, with counting underway since 8 am on Saturday. These…
- Kolkata
TMC to oppose Waqf Bill in upcoming West Bengal assembly session
Kolkata: The Winter Session of the West Bengal Assembly, beginning on November 25, will see key discussions on various issues, including the ruling TMC’s resolution to oppose the Centre’s Waqf (Amendment) Bill,…
- Kolkata
Amid RG kar protest, counting of votes for West Bengal by-polls scheduled
Kolkata: The counting of votes for six Assembly constituencies in West Bengal, where by-polls were held last week, is scheduled for Saturday, with the election results drawing significant attention due to the…
- India
Clashes in West Bengal over Islamophobic sign during event, 17 arrested
Violent communal clashes erupted in West Bengal’s Murshidabad city on Saturday night, November 16, following the display of an allegedly Islamophobic message on a neon signboard at Kartik Purnima festival pandal in the…
- Kolkata
100 cyclists rally 10 km in Kolkata demanding justice for R G Kar victim
Kolkata: Demanding justice for the woman doctor who was raped and murdered at RG Kar hospital here in August, 100 cyclists on Sunday paddled for 10 km to reach her workplace in…
- India
RG Kar case: Police prevents accused Sanjay Roy’s media interactions
Kolkata: The “sole prime accused” in the rape and murder of a junior doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital, civic volunteer Sanjay Roy, on the second day of the trial…
- India
Illegal Bangladeshi infiltration case: ED raids in Jharkhand, West Bengal
Ranchi: The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday raided multiple locations in poll-bound Jharkhand apart from West Bengal in a money laundering investigation linked to alleged illegal infiltration of Bangladeshi nationals, official sources said.…
- India
RG Kar case: Sanjay Roy accuses former Kolkata CP of conspiracy to frame him
Kolkata: Civic volunteer Sanjay Roy, who is so far the ‘sole prime accused’ in the ghastly rape and murder of a lady junior doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in…
