West Bengal

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

Six killed in blast at illegal firecracker factory in Bengal

At least six persons, including three children, have been reportedly killed following a major blast at an illegal firecracker factory at Patharpratima in South 24 Parganas district in West Bengal on Monday night.

Apr 1, 2025

Communal tension continues in Bengal's Mothabari, 57 arrested

Tension continued in Mothabari in West Bengal's Malda district, where communal attacks took place last week. The state police have claimed to have made 57 arrests in this connection so far.

Mar 30, 2025

Bengal school job case: Calcutta HC extends Sujay Bhadra's interim bail period

A division bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Monday, extended the interim bail period for Sujay Krishna Bhadra, one of the prime accused in the cash-for-school job case in West Bengal, till April 22.

Mar 24, 2025

Security alert in Bengal's Murshidabad after intel input on Bangladesh's JMB, HUT

Intelligence agencies, both central and state, have been put on high alert in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, especially in the villages close to the international border, following inputs on fresh attempts by Bangladesh-based underground outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and Hizb-ut-Tahrir (HUT) trying to infiltrate.

Mar 24, 2025

Lookout notices for 69 Bangladeshi infiltrators possessing Indian passports

Kolkata police issue Lookout notices for 69 Bangladeshis possessing Indian passports

The Kolkata Police have issued lookout notices against 69 Bangladeshi infiltrators who procured Indian passports by furnishing fake documents after illegally entering the country through porous borders at different points in time.

Mar 19, 2025

Internet services suspended in parts of Bengal's Birbhum till March 17

Internet suspended in Bengal's Birbhum area till March 17 amid clashes

Internet services have been suspended till March 17 at Sainthia town in Birbhum district of West Bengal following clashes between two groups.

Mar 15, 2025

Four Bengal cops under scanner in Bangladeshi fake passport racket case

Bengal fake passport racket: Accused retired cop cleared 52 forged applications

Abdul Hai, the retired assistant inspector who was earlier attached to the security control organisation of Kolkata Police who was arrested this year in connection with the fake passport racket in West Bengal, had cleared police verifications for at least 52 applications for fake passports reportedly against payment of cash.

Mar 14, 2025

Encroachment on confiscated land of chit fund entity: ED warns Bengal govt

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has sent a communication to the West Bengal government informing the latter about the rampant encroachment on the land owned by the chit fund entity Rose Valley Group, which had been confiscated by the agency.

Mar 13, 2025

Calcutta HC lifts ban on political rallies in JU locality till March 13

Calcutta HC directs JU student named in FIR to cooperate with police

A single judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Wednesday, directed a student of Jadavpur University (JU) to cooperate in the ongoing investigation by Kolkata Police in the case of ruckus within the university campus on March 1.

Mar 12, 2025

Calcutta HC lifts ban on political rallies in JU campus locality till March 13

A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Wednesday, lifted the earlier ban on any political rally in the locality in the vicinity of the Jadavpur University (JU) campus in Kolkata till March 13 without prior permission of the court, which the same bench had earlier imposed last week amid the prevailing and continuing tension in the area then over the ruckus within the university premises on March 1.

Mar 12, 2025

JU crisis: Fresh petition in Calcutta HC claims police excesses against students

A fresh petition at a division bench of the Calcutta High Court was filed on Monday alleging police excesses against the students of Kolkata's iconic Jadavpur University (JU) in the March 1 ruckus case.

Mar 10, 2025

Women's Day gains special significance for Trinamool ahead of crucial Bengal Assembly polls

This year, International Women's Day holds special importance for the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal, as the state gears up for crucial Assembly elections to be held next year.

Mar 7, 2025

Women patients fall sick in Bengal hospital after injection

Women patients fall sick in Bengal hospital after allegedly given wrong injection

Several postpartum women in Burdwan Medical College and Hospital in the East Burdwan district of West Bengal fell sick on Monday night after allegedly being administered the wrong injection.

Mar 4, 2025

Jadavpur University violence: Injured student slapped with non-bailable sections

Indranuj Ray, a first-year student of Jadavpur University, who is currently under treatment at a Kolkata-based hospital for injuries sustained after allegedly being hit by the vehicle of West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu, has been slapped with charges under non-bailable sections by the Kolkata Police.

Mar 3, 2025

In Mamata's Bengal, 64,910 female students opt out of higher secondary exam

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