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Calcutta high court forms SIT to probe into IIT Kharagpur student death case
Updated on Jun 14, 2023 02:51 PM IST
The third-year mechanical engineering student of IIT Kharagpur was found dead in the hostel on October 14, 2022
Struggle to trace 17 passengers of Jnanenswari Express lingers on even after 13 yrs
At least 148 passengers of the Mumbai-bound Jnaneswari Express were killed when the train derailed on May 28, 2010
Updated on Jun 13, 2023 05:29 PM IST
TMC MLAs not letting our candidates file panchayat poll nominations: BJP leader
Amit Malviya alleged the Bengal Police is behaving like a TMC cadre, adding that the ruling party is paranoid because the BJP is leading the nomination process.
Published on Jun 12, 2023 06:18 PM IST
Opposition parties in Bengal question civic volunteers deployment during clashes
Several parts of Bengal witnessed sporadic clashes since June 8 when state election commissioner (SEC) Rajiva Sinha announced panchayat polling dates
Updated on Jun 12, 2023 09:44 AM IST
Congress to Bengal guv on panchayat polls: 'TMC thugs preying like monsters'
The nomination process for nearly 75,000 seats in the three-tier Panchayati Raj system, which began on Friday, would continue till June 15.
Published on Jun 10, 2023 09:08 AM IST
Opposition moves HC, Congress worker killed in Bengal ahead of panchayat polls
According to police officials, Congress worker Phoolchand Sheikh was shot dead by unidentified assailants in Murshidabad district’s Khargram.
Published on Jun 10, 2023 05:04 AM IST
Bengal rural polls: Opp parties seek more time for nominations, central forces
State election commissioner Rajiva said that they will inform the state government if they need additional forces
Updated on Jun 09, 2023 08:43 AM IST
West Bengal panchayat polls to be held in single phase on July 8
The ruling Trinamool Congress had recorded a resounding victory in the 2018 West Bengal panchayat polls, with the BJP coming a distant second.
Updated on Jun 08, 2023 07:04 PM IST
HT News Desk, Kolkata
West Bengal govt launches buses with air purifiers in Kolkata to beat pollution
The West Bengal Pollution Control Board said that the Bus Roof Mounted Air Purification System, named ‘Suddha Vayu’, is the first of its kind in India
Updated on Jun 06, 2023 02:31 PM IST
CISF detains man for giving hoax bomb call at Kolkata Airport
The airline crew immediately informed the CISF. All the passengers were brought down from the plane.
Published on Jun 06, 2023 11:07 AM IST
PTI | | Posted by Sreelakshmi B
Visva-Bharati professor arrested in Bengal on sexual harassment charges
A woman working on a Ph.D thesis under the accused professor’s guidance alleged that she was sexually harassed and mentally tortured by him
Updated on Jun 05, 2023 06:55 PM IST
Abhishek Banerjee’s wife Rujira stopped at airport by officials on ED reques
A TMC leader said Rujira Banerjee reached the airport at about 7am for the flight and picked up her boarding pass. She was stopped soon after.
Updated on Jun 05, 2023 01:31 PM IST
Odisha train crash: Chaos at Bengal’s Howrah station; survivors recount horror
Two trains, including the ill-fated 12864 Sir M Visvesvaraya Howrah Superfast Express, reached Howrah station on Saturday, carrying around 1,200 passengers, some of whom were injured
Updated on Jun 03, 2023 08:38 PM IST
Odisha train crash: ‘He was going to Chennai in search of work’
'He was going to Chennai': 23-year-old migrant worker from Malda leaves behind distraught family
Published on Jun 03, 2023 07:17 PM IST
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Bengal BJP leader Prasanta Basunia shot dead at home by 2 men in Cooch Behar village
Police said the victim’s mother told investigators that she could identify one of the assailants and that she had seen him earlier
Updated on Jun 02, 2023 08:01 PM IST
IMD issues heatwave warning in West Bengal till June 7
The bulletin put out by the IMD states, “Mainly dry westerly wind is prevailing over the region”.
Updated on Jun 01, 2023 07:47 PM IST
Saradha chit fund owner’s complaint to be forwarded to CBI: Kolkata court
In April, Sen wrote to the CMM court that in 2011-12 he was pressured to pay a few crores of rupees to the Contai municipality for sanctioning a high-rise complex of Saradha Realty
Updated on Jun 01, 2023 07:19 PM IST
TMC slammed after Bengal job scam suspect mentions working for Abhishek Banerjee
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state leadership saw Bhadra’s arrest as a significant development although three TMC legislators, including former education minister Partha Chatterjee, are already in judicial custody
Updated on Jun 01, 2023 04:22 PM IST
West Bengal implements National Education Policy in colleges from 2023-24
The West Bengal government said that the 4-year undergraduate level programme will be introduced in all government/ government aided/ government sponsored higher education Institutions from the academic session 2023-2024
Updated on May 31, 2023 06:29 PM IST
Bengal governor seeks 3rd name to select State Election Commissioner
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said this was the first time that “we are facing this sort of trouble. Let good sense prevail. I will not bow before anyone”
Updated on May 30, 2023 05:38 PM IST
‘If I press button, 4 MPs will join’: Abhishek Banerjee’s jab at Bengal Congress
TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee said the “so-called rainbow alliance of the Left and Congress” only helped the BJP in Bengal because the TMC is the main political force in the state
Updated on May 29, 2023 07:08 PM IST
West Bengal: Kurmi leaders held for attack on Abhishek Banerjee’s convoy
The tribal bodies in West Bengal has announced a state-wide bandh on June 8 in protest against the attack on tribal minister Birbaha Hansda’s car
Updated on May 28, 2023 06:03 PM IST
Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee apologises to kin of victims of cracker factory blast
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee gave cheques for ₹2.5 lakh and a government job as compensation to each victim’s family
Updated on May 27, 2023 03:35 PM IST
HT Corresponden
Bengal govt offers rewards for info on illegal firecracker units
After four devastating blasts, claiming the lives of 16 people in the last10 days, the state government initiated the move towards illegal fire cracker units.
Published on May 27, 2023 11:42 AM IST
PTI | | Posted by Lingamgunta Nirmitha Rao
TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee’s convoy attacked in Bengal amid Kurmi agitation
Abhishek Banerjee had visited the Salboni area of Bengal’s Jhargram district as part of his two-month-long Nabo Jowar (new tide) Yatra.
Updated on May 27, 2023 04:33 AM IST
Rose Valley chit fund case: ED files fresh charge sheet under PMLA
The Rose Valley financial scandal or Rose Valley Chit Fund Scam was a multi-crore financial scam and alleged political scandal involving around ₹17,000 core caused by the collapse of a Ponzi scheme run by Rose Valley Group in West Bengal
Updated on May 25, 2023 06:31 PM IST
Will oppose Delhi ordinance in Rajya Sabha: Mamata Banerjee promises Kejriwal
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said that this will give us a chance to the Opposition parties to defeat the BJP before the 2024 Lok Sabha polls
Updated on May 23, 2023 08:49 PM IST
Bengal govt asks hospitals to ensure ‘dignified’ conveyance of deceased
The circular pointed out instances where relatives are forced to carry their deceased near ones themselves owing to the lack of proper conveyance facility.
Updated on May 23, 2023 02:41 PM IST
‘Bengal far worse than Ukraine’: BJP leader on illegal firecracker unit blasts
Three explosions in West Bengal linked to illegal firecrackers have been reported in a span of seven days.
Updated on May 23, 2023 06:13 AM IST
Calcutta HC okays order for CBI probe into recruitment by civic bodies
The West Bengal government moved a division bench challenging justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay’s order and sought a stay
Updated on May 22, 2023 09:50 PM IST
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