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‘Acting PM’ should take care of border, not divide people: Mamata in Murshidabad
Updated on May 05, 2025 07:02 PM IST
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said she was not talking about the Prime Minister, but the ‘acting Prime Minister’
7 illegal Bangladeshi immigrants who worked in Delhi, Mumbai nabbed in Bengal
Around 100 Bangladesh citizens have been arrested in various districts of West Bengal since December last year
Updated on May 04, 2025 09:30 PM IST
Bengal: Civil engineering student found dead in his IIT Kharagpur hostel room
Kolkata: An IIT Kharagpur civil engineering student was found dead in his hostel, suspected suicide. His family has been informed; investigation ongoing.
Updated on May 04, 2025 04:41 PM IST
As Mamata Banerjee opens Jagannath temple in Digha, political row erupts
Mamata Banerjee said the new Jagannath temple in Digha would be handed over to Iskcon after the consecration
Published on May 01, 2025 04:23 PM IST
Bengal job case: Governor allows ED to prosecute ex-edu min Partha Chatterjee
The federal agency arrested Partha Chatterjee on July 23, 2022. He is presently lodged in the Presidency Correctional Home in Kolkata
Updated on May 01, 2025 07:01 PM IST
Kolkata hotel fire: Owner, manager held, probe panel to submit report in 15 days
A fire broke out at Hotel Rituraj in central Kolkata on Tuesday night killing at least 14 people, including two children, and injuring over a dozen
Published on May 01, 2025 06:04 PM IST
Kolkata hotel fire eyewitnesses recount harrowing ordeal
Fourteen persons, including a woman and two children, were killed when a fire broke out in a six-storey hotel in central Kolkata on Tuesday night
Published on Apr 30, 2025 07:43 PM IST
Three college students held for alleged gang rape of school girl in Kolkata
According to police, one accused student even filmed the incident and shared the video with the minor girl student’s friend
Published on Apr 30, 2025 10:06 AM IST
Kolkata: At least 14 persons, including 2 children, killed in hotel fire
The dead includes 11 men, one woman and two children. Fire brigade officials said that most of them died due to asphyxiation.
Published on Apr 30, 2025 08:17 AM IST
Staffer jumps off Kolkata hotel in panic after fire breaks out, dies: Official
The five-storey hotel, located near the wholesale market at Mechua Bazar in north Kolkata, mostly caters to traders from other states.
Updated on Apr 29, 2025 10:47 PM IST
Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose gives assent to 3 Bills
This comes days after the Supreme Court set a timeline of one month for governors to act on the bills passed by the state assemblies
Published on Apr 29, 2025 08:30 PM IST
As Mamata preps for Jagannath Temple inauguration in Digha, BJP takes a swipe
The newly-built Jagannath Temple, a replica of the 12th-century shrine in Puri, is scheduled to be inaugurated on April 30
Updated on Apr 29, 2025 08:07 PM IST
BSF man’s wife to meet senior officials in a bid to secure his release from Pakistan custody
On April 23, a day after terrorists gunned down 26 tourists in Pahalgam, the BSF’s 24th battalion constable was detained by Pakistan Rangers after he accidentally crossed the zero line in the Ferozepur sector
Published on Apr 29, 2025 09:04 AM IST
HT Correspondents, Ferozepur/kolkata
HT This Day: April 29, 1935 -- Horrific plane crash at Dum Dum in Calcutta
The victims were Mr. B. K. Das, who was flying his own machine, Mr. D. K. Roy, who was piloting a Bengal Flying Club machine and two joyriders Miss Ferguson and Mr. P. Gupta who was from Sylhet
Published on Apr 28, 2025 02:31 PM IST
Mamata announces ₹10L aid for kin of 3 killed in Pahalgam, 6 Para commando
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee also offered a government job to one member from the four the bereaved households
Published on Apr 26, 2025 06:49 PM IST
Bengal: Family of BSF jawan captured by Pakistan hopes for his safe return soon
BSF jawan Purnab Kumar Sha, who accidentally crossed the border while assisting villagers working in the fields near the zero line, was taken by the Pakistan border force on Wednesday
Published on Apr 26, 2025 04:33 PM IST
Bengal: Merchant navy officer held for murdering woman he met on social media
The Bidhannagar Police had recovered a trolley bag with a body inside from a drain in Baguihati on April 22
Published on Apr 25, 2025 06:37 PM IST
Mamata asks ministers to be more proactive on ground, cites Murshidabad violence
Banerjee stressed that the Murshidabad violence would never have reached such a scale if TMC legislators and MPs played their role
Published on Apr 24, 2025 05:00 AM IST
Bengal govt questions contempt petition in teacher recruitment case in high court
A lawyer of the state government said the contempt petition was not maintainable because portions of that order were modified by the Supreme Court on April 3
Published on Apr 23, 2025 09:29 PM IST
Pahalgam: Three from West Bengal, including IB officer, killed in terror attack
Pakistan-based terrorists on Tuesday opened fire at tourists in Pahalgam’s Baisaran meadow, killing 26 people and injuring several others.
Updated on Apr 23, 2025 10:31 AM IST
Mamata Banerjee to visit riot-torn areas of Murshidabad in May first week
Communal clashes had erupted following protests against the Waqf (Amendment) Act, in some areas of Murshidabad district on April 11 and 12 leaving three persons dead
Published on Apr 22, 2025 04:59 PM IST
Bengal school teachers start fresh agitation, demand release of OMR list
The agitators, who claimed to have passed the selection test because of merit and not by paying bribe, blocked the road outside the WBSSC office at Salt Lake
Updated on Apr 22, 2025 12:34 AM IST
8 suspects in Murshidabad riots arrested from Odisha: Bengal police
The arrests were made by the special task force of the West Bengal Police after it interrogated 16 Murshidabad residents working as migrant labourers in various parts of Odisha’s Jharsuguda district
Published on Apr 21, 2025 08:07 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee lays foundation stone of 1600-MW power plant at Salboni
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said that a series of coal-based power plants were coming up across the state
Published on Apr 21, 2025 07:47 PM IST
2 killed, 3 injured in fire in Kolkata cloth godown
Police said that five persons got trapped in the fire which broke out in a cloth go-down on the third floor of a commercial building
Published on Apr 21, 2025 05:56 PM IST
Fourth suspect held in Murshidabad murders; political tussle continues
Jiaul Sheikh, a resident of Sulitala village, was arrested on Saturday night by the special task force (STF) of the state police from the home of one of his relatives at Chopra in North Dinajpur district
Published on Apr 20, 2025 08:04 PM IST
West Bengal Governor to meet riot victims today, visit Murshidabad on Saturday
This comes a day after West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee urged Bose to defer his visit to the riot-hit area by a few days.
Updated on Apr 18, 2025 11:25 AM IST
Rioters tried to kill policemen in Murshidabad: Bengal govt to Calcutta HC
The violence rocked Suti, Raghunathganj, Dhuliyan and Shamserganj towns and adjacent rural areas in Murshidabad’s Jangipur sub-division for five day
Published on Apr 17, 2025 11:10 PM IST
West Bengal violence: NCW to probe alleged molestation cases in Murshidabad
A four-member NCW inquiry committee will visit Samserganj, Jafrabad and other affected areas in Murshidabad on April 19.
Published on Apr 16, 2025 05:37 PM IST
WB: ED raids multiple locations in connection with alleged fake passport racket
In December 2024, the Kolkata Police busted a racket that issued fake passports based on forged documents.
Updated on Apr 15, 2025 04:09 PM IST