West Bengal

EC removes West Bengal's acting DGP Rajeev Kumar, appoints Vivek Sahay to post [details]

Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Vivek Sahay will be the new Director General of Police in West Bengal, succeeding acting DGP Rajeev Kumar, whose removal was ordered by the Election Commission of India earlier on Monday.

Mar 18, 2024

Sandeshkhali Case: Sheikh Shahjahan finally arrested by West Bengal police

The alleged mastermind of the Sandeshkhali attack Sheikh Shahjahan has been arrested by the state police ending the 55-day row

Feb 29, 2024

Calcutta HC rejects plea for fast track hearing in PIL on Sandeshkhali

A division bench of the Calcutta High Court on Monday rejected the plea for a fast track hearing on a PIL demanding the deployment of Central Armed Forces Personnel in West Bengal's Sandeshkhali.

Feb 19, 2024

Rare species of bamboo rat spotted in Bengal

A rare species of bamboo rat was found in north Bengal on Tuesday with the forest department veterans claiming that this is probably the first time it was spotted in the entire state.

Nov 7, 2023

World Rhino Day: West Bengal takes unique initiative to expand areas for free movement of rhinos

West Bengal forest department has taken a unique initiative to expand the area of grasslands for free movement of one-horned rhinos in north Bengal.

Sep 22, 2023

West Bengal: Alarming rise in dengue cases; over 26K people affected [details]

The dengue situation in West Bengal is taking an alarming shape with the total number of affected people in the state crossing the 26,000 mark, an official said on Wednesday.

Sep 20, 2023

Former West Bengal CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's condition remains critical

Former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has undergone a CT scan on Monday, sources from the private hospital in Kolkata where he is admitted even as his condition continued to be serious.

Jul 31, 2023

Trinamool Congress set for thumping majority in West Bengal Panchayat elections

With counting of votes for the panchayat elections in West Bengal still underway on Tuesday, the trend 11 p.m. showed that while the ruling Trinamool Congress is maintaining a clear numerical supremacy in all the three tiers, there is a tight contest between the BJP and the Congress-Left Front alliance for the second position.

Jul 12, 2023

Denied ambulance, grieving father carries son's body in bag and travels 200 km by bus in West Bengal

A man in West Bengal after being unable to pay high ambulance fare, was forced to carry his five-month old son's body wrapped in a bag by bus from Siliguri (Darjelling district) to Kaliaganj (North Dinajpur district) travelling a total distance of around 200 kilometre.

May 15, 2023

Bengal Ram Navami clashes: NGO fact-finding team prevented from reaching Howrah

The members of a fact-finding team of an NGO from Delhi, who have come to review the situation at Shibpur and Kazipara areas in Kolkata-adjacent Howrah district where clashes broke out over a Ram Navami procession on March 30, were on Sunday stopped by the police from reaching the troubled pockets.

Apr 9, 2023

Adenovirus tightens grip in WB: Three more children die in Kolkata, toll 48 in 11 days [details]

Adding further panic over the adenovirus spread in West Bengal, deaths of three more children, admitted to two hospitals in Kolkata with related symptoms, have been reported during the last 24 hours.

Mar 9, 2023

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Deployment of central forces: West Bengal refuses to bear cost, new tussle erupts

Since the central armed forces personnel were deployed for poll purposes monitored by the office of the Election Commission of India, the question of the state government bearing a share of the expenses does not arise, says West Bengal government

Feb 11, 2023

PM Modi's mother Heeraben Modi passes away at 100: Akshay Kumar, Kangana, Sonu Sood, Kapil Sharma from B'town offer condolences

Recalling his last visit to his mother on her 100th birthday this year PM Modi tweeted, "When I met her on her 100th birthday, she said one thing, which is always remembered that work with intelligence, live life with purity, that is, work with intelligence and live life with purity."

Dec 30, 2022

Surrogacy rules to be stricter in West Bengal

West Bengal government is in the process of making surrogacy rules stricter and stringent in the state.

Dec 10, 2022

Bharat Jodo Yatra: States missing the march to have local Yatras now, says Congress

In the states which are not on the route of the main Rahul gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra, the party has started state-level yatras.

Nov 1, 2022

Explosion on roof jolts school in West Bengal's Titagarh, no injuries

An explosion took place on the roof of a school in West Bengal's Titagarh on Saturday while classes were on, but there were no injuries.

Sep 17, 2022

West Bengal's scams, their time frame and controversies around them [read now]

Different central agencies probing the different financial scams in West Bengal have witnessed a unique timing pattern in such scams since 2011, when the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress came to power in the state ending the 34-year Left Front rule.

Sep 4, 2022

Bengal cattle smuggling case: Frequent transfers of Birbhum top cops intrigue CBI

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probing the multi- crore cattle smuggling scam in West Bengal have found that police officers were frequently transferred in Birbhum district from 2015 and 2017 when Anubrata Mondal as the all-powerful Trinamool Congress district president there.

Aug 17, 2022

CISF jawan who shot dead colleague at Kolkata museum held

A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) trooper, who opened indiscriminate fire with his AK-47 rifle on Saturday evening, killing a colleague and critically injuring another, was neutralised and apprehended

Aug 6, 2022

Vice Presidential poll outcome: Dhankhar wins, to become 16th Vice President of India

Opposition nominee for Vice President Margaret Alva on Saturday congratulated her contender -- NDA-backed candidate Jagdeep Dhankhar, after the latter emerged victorious in the Vice-Presidential election.