West Bengal

World is surprised seeing development in India, says PM Modi in Bikaner

PM Modi highlights five-point crisis in Bengal under Trinamool govt

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Thursday, highlighted five crisis points that West Bengal is reportedly saddled with under the leadership of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government.

May 29, 2025

PM Modi to lay foundation stone for Varanasi-Gaya-Ranchi-Kolkata expressway's second phase today

In a landmark move to boost infrastructure and connectivity in eastern India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone for the second phase of the Varanasi-Gaya-Ranchi-Kolkata Expressway (NH-319B) on Thursday, during his visit to Bihar.

May 29, 2025

PM Modi's 2-day packed schedule for four states, many projects to be launched

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a packed schedule ahead as he embarks on a two-day tour of four states, starting from Sikkim on Thursday. PM Modi will lay the foundation stone and inaugurate a slew of projects in Bihar, West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh, aggregating close to Rs 70,000 crore.

May 28, 2025

Four Bengal cops under scanner in Bangladeshi fake passport racket case

Fake passport racket: Cops tracking foreign nationals enrolled in voters' list in Bengal

Foreign nationals, mainly Bangladeshis, enrolled in the voters' list in West Bengal with forged documents, are being tracked, police said on Wednesday.

May 21, 2025

Bengal school job case: ED summons Trinamool youth leader for interrogation

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday issued summons to a Trinamool Congress leader in West Bengal for questioning in connection with the multi-crore cash-for-school job case.

May 19, 2025

Intelligence network beefed up along Sundarban's coastal borders amid infiltration fears

Central and state intelligence agencies have intensified surveillance across the 150 km stretch of coastal borders in the remote Sundarban region, spanning the South 24 Parganas and North 24 Parganas districts of West Bengal, amid heightened concerns over illegal infiltration.

Apr 29, 2025

Two crucial hearings on Bengal school jobs cases at Calcutta HC today

Two crucial hearings related to irregularities in school job recruitments in West Bengal are scheduled before two division benches of the Calcutta High Court on Monday.

Apr 28, 2025

CISF jawan shot dead in Bengal's Salanpur, tension grips area

Tension erupted in Salanpur in the West Burdwan district of West Bengal after the body of a Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) jawan was found in suspicious circumstances.

Apr 24, 2025

Bengal school job case: Charge framing process at special court postponed after accused hospitalised

Bengal school job case: Prime accused Sujay Bhadra's interim bail period extended

A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Tuesday, extended the interim bail period for Sujay Krishna Bhadra, one of the prime accused in the cash-for-school job case in West Bengal, by another two months.

Apr 22, 2025

Woman's body with sealed lips found in dumped trolley bag in Kolkata

The body of a woman with sealed lips was recovered from a trolley bag dumped at the roadside at Baguihati in the northern outskirts of Kolkata on Tuesday.

Apr 22, 2025

Rekha Gupta govt terminates AAP volunteers, other staff posted by Kejriwal, Atishi offices

Shameful: Delhi CM Rekha Gupta on Waqf-related violence in Bengal, Mamata Banerjee's 'failure'

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Thursday described the communal violence in West Bengal over the Waqf Act as "shameful" and a blot on the performance of her counterpart, Mamata Banerjee.

Apr 18, 2025

Father serves poisoned milk to 4 kids in Bihar before attempting suicide, three dead

Cop killed while attempting to prevent cattle smuggling in Bengal's Nandigram

Tension prevailed at Nandigram in West Bengal's East Midnapore district on Thursday after a policeman was killed while attempting to prevent cattle smuggling in a locality.

Apr 17, 2025

Fresh ED raids in Nadia in Bengal fake passport case

Officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) have been conducting fresh raids and search operations since Thursday morning at Chakdaha in the Nadia district of West Bengal.

Apr 17, 2025

Fake passport case: ED raids eight places in Bengal

Enforcement Directorate (ED) sleuths on Tuesday conducted raids at eight places in West Bengal in connection with the money laundering in the fake passports case.

Apr 15, 2025

Bengal school job case: CBI probes why WBSSC infrastructure not used to preserve OMR sheet scans

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths probing the multi-crore cash-for-school job case are now probing why the available infrastructure of West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) was not used in preserving the "scanned" or "mirror" images of the optimal mark recognition (OMR) sheets used in the written examination for appointments for teaching and non-teaching jobs in state-run schools in 2016.

Apr 14, 2025

Crucial meeting between Bengal Education Minister with school job losers today

West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu will meet the school job losers, whose relay hunger strike has entered the second day on Friday.

Apr 11, 2025

CM Mamata Banerjee under attack after SC cancels appointment of 25,753 teachers

A political has erupted in West Bengal following the Supreme Court's decision to uphold last year's order of the Calcutta High Court cancelling all the appointments in teaching and non-teaching categories made by the West Bengal School Service Commission (WBSSC) in 2016.

Apr 3, 2025

Six killed in illegal firecracker factory blast in Bengal

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