West Bengal

New observatory in West Bengal to boost astrophysics in India: Science Ministry

A new observatory set up by the S N Bose Centre for Basic Sciences (SNBCBS), an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology, in West Bengal will significantly help in scientific observations of astronomical objects in the country.

Jan 13, 2025

Teacher-student ratio to play crucial role in West Bengal govt school merger

With West Bengal education minister Bratya Basu recently hinting at merger of government-run schools, the department's officials have started working out a strategy to implement the unification, keeping in mind a balanced teacher to student ratio in each amalgamated school.

Jan 13, 2025

Bengal fake passport racket: Role of verification officers under scanner

The role of the five "verification and granting" officers attached to Passport Seva Kendras (PSK) in the state capital and the other five "verification officers" attached to different police stations in various divisions of Kolkata Police are under the scanner of the sleuths investigating the fake passport rackets in West Bengal.

Jan 10, 2025

Bangladeshi national arrested in Karnataka village

A Bangladeshi national, who was living illegally in India, was arrested from a village in Karnataka's Mangaluru district.

Jan 10, 2025

Four Kolkata cops under scanner in Bangladeshi fake passport racket case

Four more cops are under the scanner of Kolkata Police over their involvement with rackets engaged in arranging fake Indian identity documents, including passports for the illegal infiltrators coming from neighbouring Bangladesh.

Jan 7, 2025

Bengal school job case: Confiscation by ED reaches Rs 239.26 crore

The total confiscation amount by the Enforcement Directorate has reached Rs 239.26 crore so far in the cash-for-school-job case in West Bengal even though uncertainties continue to prevail over the completion of the process of framing charges in the ED-registered case in the matter.

Jan 3, 2025

Seven arrested for Trinamool leader Dulal Sarkar's murder in Bengal

Seven people have been arrested in connection with the murder of Trinamool Congress councillor Dulal Sarkar in West Bengal's Malda district, police said on Friday.

Jan 3, 2025

Trinamool councilor shot in Malda succumbs to injuries, Mamata slams police over security lapse

Dulal Sarkar, also known as Babla, a Trinamool Congress (TMC) councilor from Ward 22 of English Bazar Municipality in Malda district, succumbed to his injuries on Thursday afternoon after being shot in broad daylight in the morning.

Jan 2, 2025

ED conducts raids at multiple locations in Bengal in online forgery case

The officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) are conducting raids at multiple locations in West Bengal in connection with an alleged online forgery scam

Jan 2, 2025

Abhishek Banerjee skips reference of Trinamool, CM Mamata Banerjee in New Year message

Ripples have surfaced in the political circles of West Bengal as Trinamool Congress General Secretary and Lok Sabha member Abhishek Banerjee in his New Year message on Wednesday chose to skip the reference of his party, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the state government.

Jan 1, 2025

College student rapes classmate after intoxicating her, arrested in Kolkata

The Kolkata Police, on Wednesday, arrested a student of a reputed engineering college in the city on charges of raping his classmate at an empty residential flat in the city.

Jan 1, 2025

​ Year Ender: Bengal's shocker RG Kar case in 2024 saw massive protests amid shoddy probe claims

2024 was an eventful year for West Bengal for several reasons, but the incident that rocked the state and the country was the ghastly rape and murder of a woman doctor of state-run R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata within the premises

Dec 31, 2024

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

The process of framing charges in West Bengal's multi-crore cash-for-school job case, registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), at a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Kolkata on Monday, was postponed after the sudden hospitalisation of prime accused Sujay Krishna Bhadra earlier in the day.

Dec 30, 2024

Bengal school job case: Prime accused Sujay Krishna Bhadra hospitalised

The process for framing of charges in the cash-for-school-job case at a special court of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in Kolkata on Monday received a setback, as a prime accused in the case had to be hospitalised in the morning after he fell unconscious at the correctional home which he is housed now.

Dec 30, 2024

Bengal fake passport racket: Arrested agent had plans to escape to Bangladesh

Manoj Gupta, the agent associated with a fake passport racket in West Bengal and arrested by Kolkata Police, had plans to escape to neighbouring Bangladesh.

Dec 30, 2024

Bengal school job case: Special court hearing today to monitor progress of framing charges

Despite being a holiday, a special court of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in Kolkata will conduct a hearing on Thursday to monitor the progress of the formalities for framing charges in the Enforcement Directorate (ED)-registered cash-for-school job case.

Dec 26, 2024

Bengal school job case: Calcutta HC denies bail to Partha Chatterjee, four others

A single judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Tuesday, denied bail to former West Bengal Education Minister and ex-Trinamool Congress general secretary Partha Chatterjee and four others in the cash-for-school job case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Dec 24, 2024

Bengal PDS case: ED arrests three rice mill owners

The Enforcement Directorate (ED), on Tuesday, arrested three rice mill owners in connection with the ration distribution irregularities case in West Bengal.

Dec 24, 2024

190 illegal Bangladeshi immigrants arrested in Bengal's Nadia in 1 year; 52 in last 45 days

A total of 190 illegal Bangladeshi immigrants have been arrested in the Indo-Bangladesh border district of Nadia in West Bengal alone during the past year, as per the records of the state police.

Dec 23, 2024

64 pc of Kolkata's iconic Yellow Taxis to be off the roads by March 2025

Over 64 per cent of the iconic yellow taxis in Kolkata will be off the roads by March 2025 due to the 15-year service limit imposed by the state transport department.

Dec 23, 2024