West Bengal
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IIT-M Dalit scholar rape: Main accused arrested in West Bengal
Kingshuk Debsharma, a research scholar from the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) who is an accused in the sexual assault case of a 30-year-old Dalit woman PHD scholar, was arrested on Sunday…
- India
Watch: BJP-TMC leaders clash in WB Assembly, 5 BJP MLAs suspended
Kolkata: The West Bengal Assembly plunged into pandemonium on Monday as ruling TMC and BJP MLAs exchanged blows after saffron party legislators demanded a statement by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the…
- India
Bharat bandh: State govt offices in West Bengal to remain open on March 28-29
Howrah: Following trade unions’ call for a nationwide bandh on March 28-29, the West Bengal government on Saturday said all offices will remain open on those days and mandated employees to report…
- India
NHRC seeks report from Bengal government on Birbhum shocker
New Delhi The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken the suo motu cognizance of incidents of violence in West Bengal’s Birbhum where 8 persons including women and children were allegedly burnt to…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Drugs racket busted in Malkajgiri, 16 grams of Heroin seized
Hyderabad: Malkajgiri police on Friday busted a drugs racket and have arrested 4 people. 16 grams of Heroin were seized. On receiving the information, Rachakonda police busted 4 people attempting to bring…
- Elections
BJP gears up for bypolls in West Bengal
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has geared up for the upcoming by-elections in a Lok Sabha seat and an Assembly constituency in West Bengal. The party appointed Suvendu Adhikari as…
- India
Mamata calls for opposition alliance to defeat the BJP in 2024
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday termed the BJP’s victory in assembly elections in four states as not a true reflection of people’s mandate and accused the saffron camp…
- India
Why Bengal is low on crime but high on political violence
Kolkata: In the recently concluded municipal polls, the Trinamool Congress won 102 of the 108 municipalities preceded by the resounding victory in the assembly elections, proclaiming an unquestionable political supremacy in the state.…
- Entertainment
Kacha Badam singer Bhuban meets with car accident
Mumbai: Internet sensation ‘Kacha Badam’ singer Bhuban Badyakar has reportedly met with a car accident while learning to drive new car that he purchased recently. The incident took place on Monday in…
- India
Ukraine crisis: West Bengal govt opens helpline number for stranded citizens
Kolkata: The West Bengal government opened a helpline number and set up a team for helping Indian citizens and people from the state stranded in Ukraine. The Control room numbers are 033-22143526…
- India
Vijayan slams UP counterpart over Kerala CM’s remark
Thiruvananthapuram: Reacting to UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s statement on Kerala a couple of weeks ago, CM Pinarayi Vijayan said that the remark by his UP counterpart is politically motivated and it…
- India
Muslim student leader’s death sparks protests in West Bengal, CM orders probe
Anis Khan, a student of Aliah University in West Bengal, who had been an active part of the protests against the contentious CAA and NRC was found dead near his residence in…
- India
West Bengal Hindu family takes care of mosque for over 50 years
North 24 Parganas: In a tale that speaks of communal harmony in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas, a Hindu family has been for the last 50 years acting as caretakers of the…
- India
West Bengal withdraws ban on incoming international flights from tomorrow
Kolkata: In view of decreasing trend of COVID cases, the West Bengal government has withdrawn a ban on incoming international flights with effect from Tuesday. However, international passengers either have to be…
- India
TMC registers big win in Bengal’s 4 municipal corporations
Kolkata:The winning spree of Trinamool Congress continues in West Bengal as the party won four municipal corporations — Siliguri, Asansol, Bidhannagar and Chandannagar with a thumping majority reducing the opposition to the…
